Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007)

Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007)

[8] Two brothers plot to rob their parents' jewelry store, sending their lives and the lives of their loved ones into a tragic, downward spiral. Sidney Lumet (Network, Dog Day Afternoon) directs his final film with a stellar cast in…
Hannibal (2001)

Hannibal (2001)

[7] Hannibal Lecter is still on the lam (no pun intended) after the events in The Silence of the Lambs, but now there's another killer who wants to bring him to justice. Ridley Scott (Alien, Blade Runner) directs this time,…
The Rookie (1990)

The Rookie (1990)

[3] A detective and a rookie cop team up to find a bad guy. I know. How original. Charlie Sheen gets my nomination for least charismatic performance in a motion picture here. The word "driftwood" comes to mind. The Rookie…
Sin City (2005)

Sin City (2005)

[7] Robert Rodriquez and Frank Miller join forces, with a little help from guest director Quentin Tarantino, to bring Miller's much-loved Sin City to the screen. The result is less a film adaptation than a graphic novel come to life.…
Mystic River (2003)

Mystic River (2003)

[8] A family tragedy reunites three men who share a traumatic childhood experience in Mystic River. Sean Penn and Tim Robbins took home richly-deserved Oscars for their performances in this Oscar-nominated best picture from the ever-reliable Clint Eastwood. Mystic River…
Panic in the Streets (1950)

Panic in the Streets (1950)

[6] Elia Kazan makes a concerted effort to be less 'theatrical' and more 'cinematic' with Panic in the Streets, a New Orleans thriller about a policeman and a doctor searching the streets for a killer infected with pneumonic plague. Richard…
Gaslight (1944)

Gaslight (1944)

[7] Ingrid Bergman won the first of her three Oscars for this psychological thriller from George Cukor. Bergman plays a woman increasingly traumatized by her husband, a thief who nearly succeeds in convincing her that she's losing her mind. It's…
Psycho II (1983)

Psycho II (1983)

[4] I don't think a Psycho sequel could ever possibly work, but that doesn't stop screenwriter Tom Holland from giving it the old college try. The script paints Norman Bates (a returning Anthony Perkins) very sympathetically -- reformed, recently released,…
The Delinquents (1957)

The Delinquents (1957)

[3] Robert Altman made his directorial debut with this inauspicious teenaged rebellion romp. Tom Laughlin stars as Scotty, a young guy who just wants to hang with his girlfriend (Rosemary Howard), but her parents intervene to keep them apart. So…
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

[7] Paul Newman and Robert Redford star in this influential, genre-bending Western about two outlaws who hole up in Bolivia to hide from a pursuing 'superposse.' William Goldman's celebrated screenplay would become the progenitor of countless buddy films for decades…