Don’t Look Up (2021)

Don’t Look Up (2021)

[7] In this satiric dark comedy from director Adam McKay (Vice, The Big Short), Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence star as astronomers trying to warn the planet of an extinction-level comet headed straight for Earth. Meryl Streep plays a Trump-like narcissistic president…
American Psycho (2000)

American Psycho (2000)

[6] Christian Bale (Empire of the Sun) plays a homicidal Wall Street playboy in this Bret Easton Ellis adaptation directed by Mary Harron. By day, Bale's character, Patrick Bateman, engages in banal chit-chat with other yuppies. They compare dicks -- I mean,…
I Care a Lot (2020)

I Care a Lot (2020)

[7] Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl) gives a powerhouse performance as a ruthless, court-appointed legal guardian who preys upon her elderly wards, draining their savings and selling off their assets for her own financial gain. But she finally meets her match in an…
The Addams Family (1991)

The Addams Family (1991)

[5] Barry Sonnenfeld makes the leap from established cinematographer (Misery, Raising Arizona) to first-time director with The Addams Family. Screenwriter Caroline Thompson (Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas) creates a feature scenario around Charles Addams macabre cartoon characters, popularized in the '60s…
The War of the Roses (1989)

The War of the Roses (1989)

[8] Danny DeVito directs his Romancing the Stone co-stars Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner in this supremely dark comedy about a divorcing couple who are each prepared to fight to the death over who keeps their lavish home. No one and nothing…
Vampire’s Kiss (1988)

Vampire’s Kiss (1988)

[5] Nicolas Cage stars as a publishing executive who thinks he's becoming a vampire. To his credit, he was bitten by a vampire (Flashdance's Jennifer Beals)... or did he imagine that? Either way, Cage begins wearing dark shades, avoiding sunlight, sleeping under…
The Opposite of Sex (1997)

The Opposite of Sex (1997)

[7] Christina Ricci definitively sheds her child-star persona in The Opposite of Sex, playing a snarky teen who runs away from mother and crashes with her older gay half-brother (Martin Donovan). After she seduces his naïve young lover (Ivan Sergei) and becomes…
So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993)

So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993)

[4] Mike Myers suspects his girlfriend may be a serial killer in this alleged comedy. Look, I love Mike Myers as much as the next person, and when he's allowed room to cut loose in a movie, that movie generally works. But…
The Great Dictator (1940)

The Great Dictator (1940)

[8] There's something incredibly poetic about Charlie Chaplin, who built a career over the 1920s and 1930s as a silent screen star, finally opening his mouth in his first sound film, 1940's The Great Dictator. The decision wasn't an arbitrary one. Chaplin…
The Hunt (2020)

The Hunt (2020)

[6] Elitist liberals hunt and kill redneck conservatives in this satiric take on The Most Dangerous Game. Betty Gilpin heads up the cast as our hunted protagonist (the horror genre's 'final girl', if you will), while two-time Oscar winner Hillary Swank leads…