Munich (2005)

Munich (2005)

[8] Director Steven Spielberg depicts the revenge-fueled fallout from the 1972 kidnapping and murder of Israeli athletes by Palestinian terrorists in Munich. Eric Bana (Hulk) stars as the leader of a secret quintet of hit men organized by Israeli prime minister Golda…
Return of the Jedi (1983)

Return of the Jedi (1983)

[9] George Lucas wraps up his historic, original Star Wars trilogy with an entry that's widely considered inferior to the first two films -- but that's more a testimony to the unparalleled excellence of those prior films than a knock against it's…
War Horse (2011)

War Horse (2011)

[8] Steven Spielberg traverses the European battlefront of World War I through the eyes of a horse named Joey in this adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's novel and a stage play by Nick Stafford. We see this foal born, trained by a teenaged…
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

[10] After deciding directing wasn't his favorite thing to do, George Lucas enticed his former film school teacher Irvin Kershner (Eyes of Laura Mars, Return of a Man Called Horse) to helm the dark second act of his historic Star Wars trilogy.…
Star Wars (1977)

Star Wars (1977)

[10] Writer/director George Lucas (American Graffiti) surprised the world with this unassuming and unheralded matinee-style fantasy adventure that, by all industry standards, would be dead on arrival at the box office. But then word-of-mouth catapulted Star Wars to the highest echelons of…
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

[7] A gaggle of Oscar-winners go topsy-turvy and fight to survive when a luxury liner capsizes at sea in the trend-setting disaster flick, The Poseidon Adventure. The film delivers on producer Irwin Allen's desire to blow shit up (think of him as…
Always (1989)

Always (1989)

[7] One of director Steven Spielberg's less successful films remains this fantasy-romance starring Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, and John Goodman as aerial forest-fire fighters and best friends. When Dreyfuss's character perishes in action, he comes back as a guardian angel assigned to…
1941 (1979)

1941 (1979)

[4] After the enormous success of Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Steven Spielberg was dealt his biggest box office blow to date with 1941. The film, billed as a 'comic spectacular', takes place in Hollywood the day after the…
Catch Me If You Can (2002)

Catch Me If You Can (2002)

[8] Steven Spielberg directs Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks in this odd, beguiling caper about a 17-year-old con man (DiCaprio) pursued across the globe by a dogged FBI agent (Hanks) for successfully impersonating a doctor, a lawyer, and a commercial airline pilot…
Dial M for Murder (1954)

Dial M for Murder (1954)

[6] Ray Milland (The Lost Weekend) hires a man to murder Grace Kelly in Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder. The film, based on a stage play by Frederick Knott, opens with Milland hiring an old college acquaintance (Anthony Dawson) to murder…