Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)

[8] Russell Crowe stars as a British naval captain pushing his ship's crew to the breaking point in pursuit of the Acheron, a stealthy French vessel he's been ordered to track and destroy. The plot of Master and Commander isn't…
The Amityville Horror (2005)

The Amityville Horror (2005)

[6] Platinum Dunes, a production company co-founded by Michael Bay (Armageddon, The Rock), released several remakes of classic horror movies in the early '00s. One of them, arguably their best effort, was this remake of the 1979 film The Amityville…
Frailty (2001)

Frailty (2001)

[7] Actor Bill Paxton (Twister, Aliens) makes his feature directorial debut with Frailty, in which a man recounts to an FBI agent how, as a boy, his religious-freak father forced him and his young brother to help murder alleged 'demons'…
Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

[7] Director Ridley Scott and screenwriter William Monahan take us back to the Crusades, during a time of fragile peace between Christians and Muslims in Jerusalem. Orlando Bloom (The Lord of the Rings) stars as Balian, a French blacksmith and…
Jurassic Park III (2001)

Jurassic Park III (2001)

[7] Steven Spielberg passes the directorial reigns of the Jurassic Park franchise to the superbly capable Joe Johnston (The Rocketeer, Captain America: The First Avenger) for this second dino sequel. Sam Neill returns as Dr. Alan Grant, coerced by a…
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002)

Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002)

[5] Part two of George Lucas' Star Wars prequel trilogy is cluttered and over-produced like the previous installment, but it's a modest improvement over part one, thanks in large part to an action-packed final act. Everything before that final act…
Lilo & Stitch (2002)

Lilo & Stitch (2002)

[8] A trouble-making alien crash-lands on a Hawaiian island where he's adopted by Lilo, an ostracized little girl whose parents are recently deceased. Lilo names the alien 'Stitch' and begins to tame his wild ways while offering him a place…
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

[8] Johnny Depp gives a quirky, Oscar-nominated performance as the pirate Captain Jack Sparrow, striking a tentative alliance with a lovelorn blacksmith (Orlando Bloom) to rescue a governor's daughter (Kiera Knightley) from Jack's former comrades, who are now a cursed…
The Patriot (2000)

The Patriot (2000)

[7] After his young son is murdered by a sadistic British officer, a peaceful colonial farmer forms a militia to exact vengeance during the American Revolution. Armed with a strong, emotionally potent screenplay by Robert Rodat (Saving Private Ryan, Fly…
Signs (2002)

Signs (2002)

[8] Mel Gibson headlines this M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable) sci-fi thriller about a single father (Gibson) of two young children and his younger brother (Joaquin Phoenix) who discover mysterious crop circles in their fields. Signs unfolds like…