Safe in Hell (1931)

Safe in Hell (1931)

[6] Director William Wellman (Wings, Battleground) opens Safe in Hell with the title in flames, and I interpret that to mean, "Buckle up for melodrama." Dorothy Mackaill stars as a woman who hits hard times in New Orleans while her husband is…
Matchstick Men (2003)

Matchstick Men (2003)

[8] Nicolas Cage stars as a neurotic con artist whose life is turned upside down when his teenaged daughter (Alison Lohman) enters his life and distracts him while he's pulling off a big heist with his protégé (Sam Rockwell). While the summary…
The China Syndrome (1978)

The China Syndrome (1978)

[8] Jane Fonda and Michael Douglas play a news reporter and cameraman who try to report on a near-disaster at a nuclear power plant where safety measures aren't being met. While the plant's owners and the TV station hold them at bay,…
The Last Voyage (1960)

The Last Voyage (1960)

[6] Decades before James Cameron sank the Titanic and twelve years before Irwin Allen took us on The Poseidon Adventure, writer/director Andrew L. Stone took a pioneering step into the disaster film genre. While Cameron and Allen certainly had more pyrotechnics at…
The Miniver Story (1950)

The Miniver Story (1950)

[5] Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon reprise their roles from the Oscar-winning Mrs. Miniver in a sequel that really isn't necessary at all. The Miniver Story picks up after World War II has ended. The Miniver family is scattered around the globe…
These Glamour Girls (1939)

These Glamour Girls (1939)

[5] Lew Ayres and Lana Turner headline this fluffy comedy about a dancer (Turner) who is invited to a posh weekend party with a rich boy (Ayres) and his rich friends. The problem is that Ayres was drunk when he invited Turner…
Bronson (2008)

Bronson (2008)

[7] Tom Hardy stars as Michael Peterson, one of Britain's most notorious prisoners, in this film from director Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive, Only God Forgives). The film starts in 1974 with Peterson's attempt to rob a post office with a sawed-off shotgun.…
Nightmare Honeymoon (1974)

Nightmare Honeymoon (1974)

[6] Dack Rambo and Rebecca Dianna Smith star as a young couple who playfully escape their wedding party and retreat to a hotel in the Louisiana bayou where they accidentally witness a murder and become the killers' next targets. After an initial…
The Machinist (2004)

The Machinist (2004)

[7] Christian Bale stars as a factory machinist eaten away by paranoia as he suffers a year of insomnia. After an accident at work in which Bale is partly responsible for another man losing his arm, Bale suspects his coworkers are conspiring…
Emma (1996)

Emma (1996)

[5] Gwyneth Paltrow stars as the title character in this adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma. Emma Woodhouse takes it upon herself to be a matchmaker for all her friends and neighbors. While her interference tends to do more harm than good, Emma…