Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (
2010) | IMDb:
6.2
As the global economy teeters on the brink of disaster, a young Wall Street trader partners with disgraced former Wall Street corporate raider Gordon Gekko on a two tiered mission: To alert the financial community to the coming doom, and to find out who was responsible for the death of the young trader's mentor.
Starring:
Michael Douglas
,
Shia LaBeouf
,
Josh Brolin
,
Carey Mulligan
,
Frank Langella
,
Susan Sarandon
Directed by:
Oliver Stone
Alexander (
2004) | IMDb:
5.6
Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians, he leads his army across the then known world, venturing farther than any westerner had ever gone, all the way to India.
Starring:
Colin Farrell
,
Angelina Jolie
,
Val Kilmer
,
Jared Leto
,
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
,
Anthony Hopkins
Any Given Sunday (
1999) | IMDb:
6.9
A star quarterback gets knocked out of the game and an unknown third stringer is called in to replace him. The unknown gives a stunning performance and forces the aging coach to reevaluate his game plans and life. A new co-owner/president adds to the pressure of winning. The new owner must prove herself in a male dominated world.
The Corruptor (
1999) | IMDb:
6.1
Danny is a young cop partnered with Nick, a seasoned but ethically tainted veteran. As the two try to stop a gang war in Chinatown, Danny relies on Nick but grows increasingly uncomfortable with the way Nick gets things done.
Savior (
1998) | IMDb:
7.2
A hardened mercenary in the Foreign Legion begins to find his own humanity when confronted with atrocities during the fighting in Bosnia.
Starring:
Dennis Quaid
,
Pascal Rollin
,
Catlin Foster
,
Stellan Skarsgård
,
John Maclaren
,
Nataša Ninković
Directed by:
Predrag Antonijević
The People vs. Larry Flynt (
1996) | IMDb:
7.3
Larry Flynt is the hedonistically obnoxious, but indomitable, publisher of Hustler magazine. The film recounts his struggle to make an honest living publishing his girlie magazine and how it changes into a battle to protect the freedom of speech for all people.
Starring:
Woody Harrelson
,
Courtney Love
,
Edward Norton
,
Brett Harrelson
,
Donna Hanover
,
James Cromwell
Directed by:
Miloš Forman
Freeway (
1996) | IMDb:
6.8
Following the arrest of her mother, Ramona, young Vanessa Lutz decides to go in search of her estranged grandmother. On the way, she is given a ride by school counselor Bob Wolverton. During the journey, Lutz begins to realize that Bob is the notorious I-5 Killer and manages to escape by shooting him several times. Wounded but still very much alive, Bob pursues Lutz across the state in this modern retelling of Little Red Riding Hood.
Starring:
Kiefer Sutherland
,
Reese Witherspoon
,
Wolfgang Bodison
,
Dan Hedaya
,
Amanda Plummer
,
Brooke Shields
Nixon (
1995) | IMDb:
7.1
A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within—spanning his troubled boyhood in California to the shocking Watergate scandal that would end his Presidency.
Heaven & Earth (
1993) | IMDb:
6.8
In a small Vietnamese village torn apart by war, a young woman faces unimaginable horrors before deciding to escape to the city. There, she encounters a compassionate Marine who offers her hope and a chance at a new life, igniting the possibility of a future together.
Starring:
Tommy Lee Jones
,
Haing S. Ngor
,
Joan Chen
,
Thuan K. Nguyen
,
Hiep Thi Le
,
Dustin Nguyen
Directed by:
Oliver Stone
The Joy Luck Club (
1993) | IMDb:
7.7
Through a series of flashbacks, four Chinese women born in America and their respective mothers born in feudal China explore their pasts.
South Central (
1992) | IMDb:
6.8
During a 10-year sentence for murdering the leader of a rival South Central Los Angeles gang, Bobby Johnson finds religion and rehabilitation with the help of Muslim inmate Ali. Upon his release, Bobby returns home to find that his young son, Jimmie, has joined the Deuces, his old crew. Tensions rise as Bobby struggles to convince Jimmie to leave the gang that was his only family during the painful years his absent father spent behind bars.
Starring:
Glenn Plummer
,
Byron Minns
,
Lexie Bigham
,
Vincent Craig Dupree
,
LaRita Shelby
,
Carl Lumbly
JFK (
1991) | IMDb:
8
Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.
Starring:
Kevin Costner
,
Tommy Lee Jones
,
Gary Oldman
,
Kevin Bacon
,
Michael Rooker
,
Jack Lemmon
Born on the Fourth of July (
1989) | IMDb:
7.2
Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.
Starring:
Tom Cruise
,
Raymond J. Barry
,
Caroline Kava
,
Holly Marie Combs
,
Kyra Sedgwick
,
Tom Berenger
Salvador (
1986) | IMDb:
7.4
In 1980, an American journalist covering the Salvadoran Civil War becomes entangled with both the leftist guerrilla groups and the right-wing military dictatorship while trying to rescue his girlfriend and her children.