American Gangster (
2007) | IMDb:
7.8
Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by Newark Detective Richie Roberts.
Starring:
Russell Crowe
,
Denzel Washington
,
Chiwetel Ejiofor
,
Cuba Gooding Jr.
,
Josh Brolin
,
Ted Levine
Lions for Lambs (
2007) | IMDb:
6.2
Three stories told simultaneously in ninety minutes of real time: a Republican Senator who's a presidential hopeful gives an hour-long interview to a skeptical television reporter, detailing a strategy for victory in Afghanistan; two special forces ambushed on an Afghani ridge await rescue as Taliban forces close in; a poli-sci professor at a California college invites a student to re-engage.
Factory Girl (
2006) | IMDb:
6.4
In the mid-1960s, wealthy debutant Edie Sedgwick meets artist Andy Warhol. She joins Warhol's famous Factory and becomes his muse. Although she seems to have it all, Edie cannot have the love she craves from Andy, and she has an affair with a charismatic musician, who pushes her to seek independence from the artist and the milieu.
Starring:
Sienna Miller
,
Guy Pearce
,
Hayden Christensen
,
Mena Suvari
,
Jimmy Fallon
,
Tara Summers
Brokeback Mountain (
2005) | IMDb:
7.7
In 1960s Wyoming, two men develop a strong emotional and sexual relationship that endures as a lifelong connection complicating their lives as they get married and start families of their own.
Starring:
Heath Ledger
,
Jake Gyllenhaal
,
Michelle Williams
,
Anne Hathaway
,
Randy Quaid
,
Linda Cardellini
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (
2004) | IMDb:
6.8
Three wealthy children's parents are killed in a fire. When they are sent to a distant relative, they find out that he is plotting to kill them and seize their fortune.
Birth (
2004) | IMDb:
6.2
It took Anna 10 years to recover from the death of her husband, Sean, but now she's on the verge of marrying her boyfriend, Joseph, and finally moving on. However, on the night of her engagement party, a young boy named Sean turns up, saying he is her dead husband reincarnated. At first she ignores the child, but his knowledge of her former husband's life is uncanny, leading her to believe that he might be telling the truth.
Starring:
Nicole Kidman
,
Cameron Bright
,
Danny Huston
,
Lauren Bacall
,
Alison Elliott
,
Anne Heche
Around the World in 80 Days (
2004) | IMDb:
5.8
A bet pits a British inventor, a Chinese thief and a French artist on a worldwide adventure that they can circle the globe in 80 days.
Starring:
Jackie Chan
,
Steve Coogan
,
Cécile de France
,
Jim Broadbent
,
Ewen Bremner
,
Karen Mok Man-Wai
House of D (
2004) | IMDb:
6.8
In the present, artist Tom Warshaw recalls his traumatic coming of age. As a 13-year-old growing up in New York City in 1973, Tom hangs out with Pappass, a mentally disabled man. With Tom's mother battling depression after the death of her husband, the young boy is left to his own devices. When Tom develops a crush on schoolmate Melissa, Pappass feels abandoned and begins behaving erratically.
Starring:
Anton Yelchin
,
Téa Leoni
,
David Duchovny
,
Robin Williams
,
Erykah Badu
,
Frank Langella
The Patriot (
2000) | IMDb:
7.2
After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants nothing more to do with such things, preferring the simple life of a farmer. But when his son Gabriel enlists in the army to defend their new nation, America, against the British, Benjamin reluctantly returns to his old life to protect his son.