The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)

The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)

[7] Oliver Reed gives a compelling performance as a man cursed with becoming a werewolf when the moon is full. After being conceived from rape and losing his mother in childbirth, Reed's character is taken in by a kind couple…
Silver River (1948)

Silver River (1948)

[7] Errol Flynn reteams with his Edge of Darkness co-star Ann Sheridan for this western drama directed by the prolific Raoul Walsh (High Sierra, Montana). Flynn plays a wrongly disgraced Union officer who builds a gambling empire that puts Silver…
Minority Report (2002)

Minority Report (2002)

[8] Steven Spielberg directs Tom Cruise in this taut adaptation of Philip K. Dick's sci-fi novelette set in 2054, when cops are able to use the visions of three uniquely gifted people called 'precogs' to arrest criminals before they commit…
A View to a Kill (1985)

A View to a Kill (1985)

[8] A psychotic businessman (Christopher Walken) plans to plunge Silicon Valley into the ocean to create a worldwide microchip monopoly for himself in Roger Moore's final outing as James Bond. A View to Kill is more aggressively paced than other Bond…
U-571 (2000)

U-571 (2000)

[8] Matthew McConaughey leads a U.S. submarine crew into hostile waters to board a stranded World War II German sub carrying an Enigma cipher machine, technology that the U.S. could use to decipher German communications. But once the Americans arrive…
Octopussy (1983)

Octopussy (1983)

[7] Roger Moore is getting long in the tooth as James Bond, but Octopussy handily bests the last two entries in the franchise, and satisfies on many levels. This time around, Bond is trying to uncover a global jewel-smuggling operation…
Saved! (2004)

Saved! (2004)

[6] Jena Malone (Donnie Darko) stars as a high-schooler at an all-Christian school who thinks she's doing the Lord's will when she has premarital sex with her gay boyfriend, hoping it will 'straighten' him out. But when she becomes pregnant,…
For Your Eyes Only (1981)

For Your Eyes Only (1981)

[5] Roger Moore returns for his fifth outing as James Bond. After the silliness of Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only makes an effort to dial down the franchise's more comic-book qualities. After an unceremonious pre-title demise of long-time supervillain Blofeld,…
The Descent (2005)

The Descent (2005)

[8] Neil Marshall follows up his auspicious feature directorial debut, Dog Soldiers, with this all-female plunge into the claustrophobic depths of Appalachian caves. The Descent reminds me of From Dusk Til Dawn in that it's really two completely different movies…
Frankenstein (2025)

Frankenstein (2025)

[7] Director Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water, Pan's Labyrinth) puts his cinematic stamp on Mary Shelley's formative sci-fi novel, casting Oscar Isaac (Dune: Part One, Annihilation) as the obsessed Victor Frankenstein who brings an assembly of dead body…