Jarhead (
2005) | IMDb:
7
Jarhead is a film about a US Marine Anthony Swofford’s experience in the Gulf War. After putting up with an arduous boot camp, Swofford and his unit are sent to the Persian Gulf where they are eager to fight, but are forced to stay back from the action. Swofford struggles with the possibility of his girlfriend cheating on him, and as his mental state deteriorates, his desire to kill increases.
Starring:
Jamie Foxx
,
Jake Gyllenhaal
,
Peter Sarsgaard
,
Scott MacDonald
,
Chris Cooper
,
Laz Alonso
Lords of Dogtown (
2005) | IMDb:
7.1
The radical true story behind three teenage surfers from Venice Beach, California, who took skateboarding to the extreme and changed the world of sports forever. Stacy Peralta, Tony Alva and Jay Adams are the Z-Boys, a bunch of nobodies until they create a new style of skateboarding that becomes a worldwide phenomenon. But when their hobby becomes a business, the success shreds their friendship.
Starring:
John Robinson
,
Emile Hirsch
,
Rebecca De Mornay
,
William Mapother
,
Julio Oscar Mechoso
,
Victor Rasuk
8 Mile (
2002) | IMDb:
7.2
For Jimmy Smith, Jr., life is a daily fight just to keep hope alive. Feeding his dreams in Detroit's vibrant music scene, Jimmy wages an extraordinary personal struggle to find his own voice - and earn a place in a world where rhymes rule, legends are born and every moment… is another chance.