O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

[7] In the Deep South of the 1930s, George Clooney, John Turturro, and Tim Blake Nelson star as convicts who escape a chain gang to seek out buried treasure at Clooney's home. The three men encounter a colorful array of characters on…
Downhill (1927)

Downhill (1927)

[6] Alfred Hitchcock's fourth silent film reunites him with handsome leading man Ivor Novello (The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog). Novello plays a college student who takes the blame for the sexual indiscretions of his best friend (Robin Irvine). After…
The Devil Rides Out (1968)

The Devil Rides Out (1968)

[7] Christopher Lee tries to rescue two young people from being baptized into a satanic cult in The Devil Rides Out (also titled The Devil's Bride in the U.S.). Lee is the one who brought Dennis Wheatley's novel to the attention of…
Woman of the Year (1942)

Woman of the Year (1942)

[7] After ending her late '30s career slump with The Philadelphia Story, Katharine Hepburn followed up with another smash hit, Woman of the Year. It was her fateful first pairing with Spencer Tracy, with whom she'd make eight more films. He would…
The Roaring Twenties (1939)

The Roaring Twenties (1939)

[7] In this quintessential '30s gangster flick, James Cagney stars as a World War I vet who has a hard time finding a job when he returns home to New York City. He resorts to transporting liquor to speak-easies during Prohibition, which…
Aliens (1986)

Aliens (1986)

[10] Writer/director James Cameron accomplishes a rare feat with a sequel that doesn't shame the original and succeeds on its own merits. Aliens is so different in tone than the original Alien, I think of it as a sequel only in name…
A Perfect World (1993)

A Perfect World (1993)

[8] Clint Eastwood directs and costars with Kevin Costner in A Perfect World. Costner plays an escaped convict who kidnaps a young boy (T.J. Lowther) as hostage while he tries to flee Texas for Alaska. Eastwood plays the ranger in pursuit, accompanied…
The Odyssey (2026)

The Odyssey (2026)

[4] Christopher Nolan is not one of my favorite directors. Occasionally he'll make a movie that emotionally grips me, like Inception or Interstellar, but I more often than not find his work cold and hollow -- like Oppenheimer or Dunkirk. Even when…
Martin (1977)

Martin (1977)

[7] Director George Romero (Night of the Living Dead) often said Martin was his favorite among his films. John Amplas stars as Martin, a painfully shy and sullen young man who looks to be twenty years old, but claims to be an…
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)

[6] Alfred Hitchcock directed two other films prior to this one, but the director regarded The Lodger as the first true 'Hitchcock film'. It's also widely regarded his best from the silent era. The Lodger opens with London in a panic over…