K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)

K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)

[7] Kathryn Bigelow (Strange Days, Near Dark) directs this Cold War-era true story starring Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson as Soviet officers aboard Russia's first nuclear-powered submarine. Moscow orders the ship to launch a nuclear missile to let America know…
Robot & Frank (2012)

Robot & Frank (2012)

[7] In this movie set in the not-too-distant future, Frank Langella stars as an aging ex-burglar whose grown son (James Marsden) buys him a caretaker robot. At first Frank isn't too fond of his mechanical companion, but when he learns…
An Education (2009)

An Education (2009)

[6] Carey Mulligan gives an outstanding performance in this adaptation of Lynn Barber's memoir. Mulligan plays a sixteen-year-old in 1960s London, pushed by her father to study hard so she can get into Oxford. When she falls in love with…
Kinsey (2004)

Kinsey (2004)

[8] Writer/director Bill Condon (Gods and Monsters) takes on the life and work of sexual research pioneer Alfred Kinsey, whose teachings and publications caused a national uproar in the late '40s and 50s. If you think America is sexually prudish…
Rendition (2007)

Rendition (2007)

[6] In the world of shady post-9/11 politics, an innocent man (Omar Metwally) is seized by the CIA and tortured in a foreign country while his wife (Reese Witherspoon) and a doubtful CIA analyst (Jake Gyllenhaal) work on opposite sides…