Licorice Pizza (
2021) | IMDb:
7.1
The story of Gary Valentine and Alana Kane growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.
Vox Lux (
2018) | IMDb:
5.8
In 1999, teenage sisters Celeste and Eleanor survive a seismic, violent tragedy. The sisters compose and perform a song about their experience, making something lovely and cathartic out of catastrophe — while also catapulting Celeste to stardom. By 2017, the now 31-year-old Celeste is mother to a teenage daughter of her own and struggling to navigate a career fraught with scandals when another act of terrifying violence demands her attention.
Directed by:
Brady Corbet
Phantom Thread (
2017) | IMDb:
7.4
In 1950s London, a renowned dressmaker's meticulous lifestyle begins drastically changing as his relationship with his young muse intensifies.
Starring:
Daniel Day-Lewis
,
Vicky Krieps
,
Lesley Manville
,
Camilla Rutherford
,
Gina McKee
,
Brian Gleeson
Inherent Vice (
2014) | IMDb:
6.6
In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.
Starring:
Joaquin Phoenix
,
Josh Brolin
,
Owen Wilson
,
Katherine Waterston
,
Reese Witherspoon
,
Benicio del Toro
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them (
2014) | IMDb:
6.3
A New York couple's relationship is tested after the loss of their child. This film is the wide-released combination of the original two :him and :her volumes that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.
Starring:
Jessica Chastain
,
James McAvoy
,
Bill Hader
,
Viola Davis
,
Isabelle Huppert
,
Ciarán Hinds
Directed by:
Ned Benson
Her (
2013) | IMDb:
8
In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer, purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every need. To Theodore's surprise, a romantic relationship develops between him and his operating system. This unconventional love story blends science fiction and romance in a sweet tale that explores the nature of love and the ways that technology isolates and connects us all.
Starring:
Joaquin Phoenix
,
Scarlett Johansson
,
Amy Adams
,
Rooney Mara
,
Chris Pratt
,
Olivia Wilde
The Master (
2012) | IMDb:
7.1
Freddie, a volatile, heavy-drinking veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, finds some semblance of a family when he stumbles onto the ship of Lancaster Dodd, the charismatic leader of a new "religion" he forms after World War II.
Starring:
Joaquin Phoenix
,
Philip Seymour Hoffman
,
Amy Adams
,
Rami Malek
,
Laura Dern
,
Jesse Plemons
There Will Be Blood (
2007) | IMDb:
8.2
Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, moves to oil-rich California. Using his son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for a pittance. However, local preacher Eli Sunday suspects Plainview's motives and intentions, starting a slow-burning feud that threatens both their lives.
Starring:
Daniel Day-Lewis
,
Paul Dano
,
Kevin J. O'Connor
,
Ciarán Hinds
,
Dillon Freasier
,
Hope Elizabeth Reeves
Breach (
2007) | IMDb:
7
Eric O'Neill, a low-level surveillance expert with the FBI, believes he is accomplishing his dream of becoming a full-fledged agent, with his unexpected promotion and assignment to clerk for Robert Hanssen, a renowned senior agent with 25 years in the FBI. However, he soon learns the reason for his promotion is to gain Hanssen's trust and find proof that he is a traitor to the country. Determined to draw the suspected double-agent out of deep cover, O'Neill finds himself in a lethal game of spy vs. spy, where nothing is as it seems.
Starring:
Chris Cooper
,
Ryan Phillippe
,
Laura Linney
,
Dennis Haysbert
,
Caroline Dhavernas
,
Kathleen Quinlan
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (
2004) | IMDb:
7
Nerdy accountant Harold and his irrepressible friend, Kumar, get stoned watching television and find themselves utterly bewitched by a commercial for White Castle. Convinced there must be one nearby, the two set out on a late-night odyssey that takes them deep into New Jersey. Somehow, the boys manage to run afoul of rednecks, cops and even a car-stealing Neil Patrick Harris before getting anywhere near their beloved sliders.
Starring:
John Cho
,
Kal Penn
,
Paula Garcés
,
Neil Patrick Harris
,
David Krumholtz
,
Malin Åkerman
Spartan (
2004) | IMDb:
6.5
U.S. government agent Scott is assigned to rescue the daughter of a high-ranking government official. As willing as he is to bend the rules to get things done, though, Scott is shocked to find that others are willing to go even further to protect a political career.
Shattered Glass (
2003) | IMDb:
7.1
The true story of fraudulent Washington, D.C. journalist Stephen Glass, who rose to meteoric heights as a young writer in his 20s, becoming a staff writer at The New Republic for three years. Looking for a short cut to fame, Glass concocted sources, quotes and even entire stories, but his deception did not go unnoticed forever, and eventually, his world came crumbling down.
Starring:
Hayden Christensen
,
Peter Sarsgaard
,
Chloë Sevigny
,
Rosario Dawson
,
Melanie Lynskey
,
Hank Azaria
Punch-Drunk Love (
2002) | IMDb:
7.3
A socially awkward and volatile small business owner meets the love of his life after being threatened by a gang of scammers.
Starring:
Adam Sandler
,
Emily Watson
,
Philip Seymour Hoffman
,
Luis Guzmán
,
Mary Lynn Rajskub
,
Robert Smigel
Magnolia (
1999) | IMDb:
8
On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy genius, an ex-boy genius, a game show host and an estranged daughter will each become part of a dazzling multiplicity of plots, but one story.
Starring:
Philip Baker Hall
,
Jeremy Blackman
,
Tom Cruise
,
Philip Seymour Hoffman
,
William H. Macy
,
Julianne Moore
Deep Blue Sea (
1999) | IMDb:
5.9
Researchers on the undersea lab Aquatica have genetically altered the brains of captive sharks to develop a cure for Alzheimer's disease. But there's an unexpected side effect: the sharks got smarter, faster, and more dangerous. After a big storm damages their remote research facility, they must fight for their lives.
Starring:
Thomas Jane
,
Saffron Burrows
,
LL Cool J
,
Michael Rapaport
,
Samuel L. Jackson
,
Stellan Skarsgård