Mission: Impossible (1996)
1996 Brian De Palma spy thriller launching the Tom Cruise franchise. Mission: Impossible is Brian De Palma's 1996 American spy thriller and the franchise launcher that has produced multiple sequels across three decades.
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ChicagoRisky Business (1983)
1983 Paul Brickman comedy with Tom Cruise as a Chicago teen who turns his parents' empty house into a brothel for one weekend. Risky Business is Paul Brickman's 1983 American comedy and the film that launched Tom Cruise's career.
CaliforniaDiamonds Are Forever (1971)
1971 Guy Hamilton Bond film with Connery returning. Las Vegas setting, diamond smuggling, Blofeld as Howard Hughes pastiche.
ChicagoPrimal Fear (1996)
1996 Gregory Hoblit thriller with Richard Gere as a Chicago defense attorney and Edward Norton's breakthrough as an altar boy accused of murder. Primal Fear is Gregory Hoblit's 1996 American courtroom thriller adapting William Diehl's 1993 novel.
CaliforniaNorth by Northwest (1959)
Hitchcock's 1959 spy thriller. Grant as the wrong man, Saint as the mystery woman, Mason as the urbane villain.
CaliforniaThe Dark Knight (2008)
The film that proved comic book films could be major cinema. The Dark Knight is the Christopher Nolan-directed second entry in his Batman trilogy and the film that established the post-2008 standard for superhero cinema.
CaliforniaMarked for Death (1990)
Little's 1990 Steven Seagal thriller. Jamaican antagonist material reflects specific 1990 production conventions.
ChicagoCode of Silence (1985)
Andrew Davis's 1985 Chicago cop thriller. Among the stronger Chuck Norris theatrical efforts.
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ChicagoWhile You Were Sleeping (1995) Review
Sandra Bullock had been working primarily in supporting and lower-budget productions before While You Were Sleeping. Lucy Moderatz is a lonely Chicago Transit Authority token booth operator who has developed daily romantic fantasy interest in a handsome commuter named Peter…
ChicagoPlanes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) Review
John Hughes had directed Sixteen Candles in 1984, The Breakfast Club in 1985, Weird Science in 1985, Pretty in Pink in 1986, Ferris Bueller's Day Off in 1986, and Some Kind of Wonderful in 1987 before Planes, Trains and Automobiles.…
ChicagoMidnight Run (1988) Review
Midnight Run is one of the great American films of the 1980s and one of the most substantially underrated buddy action comedies in commercial cinema histo. Martin Brest had directed Going in Style in 1979 and Beverly Hills Cop in…