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…
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…
McQ (1974)

McQ (1974)

[5] John Wayne gave up the lead in 1971's Dirty Harry and came to regret it. McQ is his attempt to get in on the vigilante cop craze, playing a cop who starts out investigating the murder of a friend and ends…
Better Luck Tomorrow (2002)

Better Luck Tomorrow (2002)

[4] A group of Asian-American high schoolers get bored of being diligent students and begin dabbling in criminal activity. Before long, they're in over their heads and regretting everything. You don't get to know any of the characters very well, except that…
Out of the Furnace (2013)

Out of the Furnace (2013)

[7] In this revenge drama from writer/director Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart, Black Mass), Christian Bale seeks vigilante justice after Woody Harrelson murders his brother over gambling debt. Casey Affleck plays the brother, a young man suffering from post-traumatic stress after four tours…
Sexy Beast (2000)

Sexy Beast (2000)

[7] Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, and Ian McShane star in this stylish and darkly comic story about a retired safecracker (Winstone) whose former mentor (Kingsley) shows up demanding that they team up for one more hit. Kingsley steals the show here in…
Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)

Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)

[6] Melissa McCarthy shifts gears with a dramatic turn in Can You Ever Forgive Me?, the true story of celebrity biographer Lee Israel, who after decades of success writing best-selling books about the likes of Katharine Hepburn, Estee Lauder, and Tallulah Bankhead,…
Elle (2016)

Elle (2016)

[8] Isabelle Huppert stars as a woman trying to learn the identity of the man who raped her. Based on that description, I pegged Elle for a revenge story, but it's much more complicated and interesting than that. As the film unfolds,…
The Mule (2018)

The Mule (2018)

[7] Clint Eastwood directs and stars in The Mule, the story of a 90-year-old man who becomes a drug runner for a dangerous Mexican cartel. The money keeps Eastwood's character motivated. Meanwhile, his ex-wife and daughter express disappointment with his continuing absence…