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…
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…
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…
Dressed to Kill (1980)

Dressed to Kill (1980)

[8] Brian DePalma (Carrie, Sisters) serves up a sexually charged Hitchcockian thriller about a female slasher hunting a prostitute who witnessed her last murder. Michael Caine stars as the shrink who tries to help the call girl, who's played by…
The Hunt for Red October (1990)

The Hunt for Red October (1990)

[8] Alec Baldwin takes on the mantle of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan in the action-thriller The Hunt for Red October. One of the joys of this movie is seeing Baldwin, previously known mostly for co-starring in Beetlejuice, become a leading…
Terror of the Tongs (1961)

Terror of the Tongs (1961)

[3] The output from Britain's Hammer Films is usually surprisingly entertaining, but such is not the case for this dreadfully dull would-be thriller. Terror of the Tongs is about a sea captain (Geoffrey Toone) who stops at nothing to expose…
Mad Max (1979)

Mad Max (1979)

[8] Mel Gibson achieved global recognition with this Australian action-thriller set in the near dystopian future from writer/director George Miller (The Witches of Eastwick, Babe). Gibson plays Max Rockatansky, a policeman who inadvertently starts war with a violent motorcycle gang…
A Quiet Place Part II (2020)

A Quiet Place Part II (2020)

[6] Director/co-writer/actor John Krasinski serves up another helping of his intimate and suspenseful alien apocalypse story. The sequel begins with a flashback sequence of the day the aliens came to earth and began decimating the world's population. Krasinski appears in…
Outland (1981)

Outland (1981)

[4] Sean Connery stars in this middling conspiracy thriller set on one of Jupiter's moons. Connery plays the new head policeman at a titanium mining facility where some of the workers have begun losing their minds and endangering lives. When…
Poseidon (2006)

Poseidon (2006)

[6] Director Wolfgang Petersen (Das Boot, The Perfect Storm) returns to watery disaster fare with this remake of 1972's The Poseidon Adventure. Kurt Russell and Josh Lucas headline this iteration, both playing passengers aboard a mammoth luxury liner that gets…