Taxi Driver (1976)

Taxi Driver (1976)

[9] Robert DeNiro stars as Travis Bickle, a New York City taxi cab driver so disgusted with the city's crime and depravity that he turns to armed vigilantism. After he's spurned by a beautiful political campaign organizer (The Last Picture Show's Cybill…
Casino Royale (2006)

Casino Royale (2006)

[9] Daniel Craig joins the James Bond franchise in arguably its best offering to date. Craig plays Ian Fleming's James Bond at the beginning of his career, making his second kill and earning his status as a "00" agent before the title…
How the West Was Won (1962)

How the West Was Won (1962)

[8] Debbie Reynolds and George Peppard get the lion's share of screen time in the all-star epic western How the West Was Won. The film chronicles the Prescott family as they charge west in the 1830s, encountering river pirates, deadly rapids, Civil…
The Blair Witch Project (1999)

The Blair Witch Project (1999)

[8] While it wasn't technically the first 'found footage' horror film, The Blair Witch Project gets credit for popularizing the subgenre, capturing the attention of audiences worldwide with its cogent, documentary-style approach to its subject matter. The film appears to be shot…
Beautiful Girls (1996)

Beautiful Girls (1996)

[8] Timothy Hutton (Ordinary People) heads up an ensemble cast in this warm and funny comedy/drama from director Ted Demme (The Ref) and screenwriter Scott Rosenberg (Venom, Disturbing Behavior). Hutton's a Chicago piano-player returning to his small, blue-collar hometown for his ten-year…
Top Secret! (1984)

Top Secret! (1984)

[9] With double-entendres out the wazoo and sight gags out the yin-yang, not to mention a shiny young Val Kilmer dancing and singing his heart out, Top Secret! wins me over. Kilmer plays an Elvis Presley-like crooner set to perform in World…
Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Dawn of the Dead (1978)

[9] Ten years after Night of the Living Dead, which pretty much invented zombies as we now know them, George Romero went back to the well and made a sequel that I like even better. As the dead rise to eat the…
Goodfellas (1990)

Goodfellas (1990)

[8] Director Martin Scorsese (Mean Streets, Raging Bull) returns to the gangster subgenre that made him a household name. Goodfellas is based on the true story of Henry Hill, a Brooklyn youth who quit his primary education to start working for the…
The Fly II (1989)

The Fly II (1989)

[8] Eric Stoltz (Mask, Some Kind of Wonderful) stars in the sequel to 1986's The Fly, playing the genetically-altered son of Seth Brundle, the scientist who accidentally turned himself into a giant fly in the first movie. Stoltz's character, Martin, shares some…
The Fly (1986)

The Fly (1986)

[9] Jeff Goldblum (Silverado, The Big Chill) plays an inventor who creates teleportation pods that can molecularly deconstruct matter from one location and reconstitute it in another. After he uses himself as a test subject, he's elated by the strength and confidence…