Hotel Rwanda (
2004) | IMDb:
8.1
Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina houses over a thousand refuges in his hotel in attempt to save their lives.
Ali (
2001) | IMDb:
6.7
In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene: Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African Americans in sport with his proud public self-confidence and his unapologetic belief that he is the greatest boxer of all time. Yet at the top of his game, both Ali's personal and professional lives face the ultimate test.
Brokedown Palace (
1999) | IMDb:
6.4
Best friends Alice and Darlene take a trip to Thailand after graduating high school. In Thailand, they meet a captivating Australian man, who calls himself Nick Parks. Darlene is particularly smitten with Nick and convinces Alice to take Nick up on his offer to treat the two of them to what amounts to a day trip to Hong Kong. In the airport, the girls are seized by the police and shocked to discover that one of their bags contains heroin.
Starring:
Claire Danes
,
Kate Beckinsale
,
Bill Pullman
,
Jacqueline Kim
,
Lou Diamond Phillips
,
Daniel Lapaine
The Ghost and the Darkness (
1996) | IMDb:
6.8
Sir Robert Beaumont is behind schedule on a railroad in Africa. Enlisting noted engineer John Henry Patterson to right the ship, Beaumont expects results. Everything seems great until the crew discovers the mutilated corpse of the project's foreman, seemingly killed by a lion. After several more attacks, Patterson calls in famed hunter Charles Remington, who has finally met his match in the bloodthirsty lions.
On Deadly Ground (
1994) | IMDb:
4.6
Forrest Taft is an environmental agent who works for the Aegis Oil Company in Alaska. Aegis Oil's corrupt CEO is the kind of person who doesn't care whether or not oil spills into the ocean or onto the land—just as long as it's making money for him.
Starring:
Steven Seagal
,
Michael Caine
,
Joan Chen
,
John C. McGinley
,
R. Lee Ermey
,
Shari Shattuck
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
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
The Doors (
1991) | IMDb:
7.2
The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.
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
Talk Radio (
1988) | IMDb:
7.2
A rude, contemptuous talk show host becomes overwhelmed by the hatred that surrounds his program just before it goes national.
Starring:
Eric Bogosian
,
Ellen Greene
,
Leslie Hope
,
John C. McGinley
,
Alec Baldwin
,
John Pankow
Wall Street (
1987) | IMDb:
7.3
A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider whom takes the youth under his wing.
Starring:
Charlie Sheen
,
Michael Douglas
,
Martin Sheen
,
Daryl Hannah
,
John C. McGinley
,
Hal Holbrook
Directed by:
Oliver Stone
Platoon (
1986) | IMDb:
8.1
As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.
Starring:
Tom Berenger
,
Willem Dafoe
,
Charlie Sheen
,
Forest Whitaker
,
Francesco Quinn
,
John C. McGinley
The Hunger (
1983) | IMDb:
6.6
Five-thousand-year-old vampire Miriam promises her lovers the gift of eternal life. When John, her cellist companion for centuries, discovers that he has suddenly begun growing old, he attempts to seek out the help of Dr. Sarah Roberts, a researcher on the mechanisms of aging.
Starring:
Catherine Deneuve
,
David Bowie
,
Susan Sarandon
,
Cliff DeYoung
,
Beth Ehlers
,
Dan Hedaya
Reds (
1981) | IMDb:
7.3
An account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed, who shared his adventurous professional life with his radical commitment to the socialist revolution in Russia, his dream of spreading its principles among the members of the American working class, and his troubled romantic relationship with the writer Louise Bryant.
Starring:
Warren Beatty
,
Diane Keaton
,
Edward Herrmann
,
Jerzy Kosiński
,
Jack Nicholson
,
Paul Sorvino