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Moonraker (1979)

1979 Lewis Gilbert Bond film with Moore in space. Drax's orbital station, space-shuttle laser battle, post-Star Wars opportunism.

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Gigli (2003)

2003 Martin Brest crime comedy with Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez. Career-damaging flop during Bennifer tabloid frenzy.

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Diamonds Are Forever (1971)

1971 Guy Hamilton Bond film with Connery returning. Las Vegas setting, diamond smuggling, Blofeld as Howard Hughes pastiche.

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Domino (2005)

2005 Tony Scott action with Keira Knightley as real-life model turned bounty hunter Domino Harvey. Domino is Tony Scott's 2005 American action film loosely depicting the life of model-turned-bounty-hunter Domino Harvey.

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The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)

The Lincoln Lawyer is Brad Furman's 2011 American courtroom thriller adapting Michael Connelly's 2005 novel. The work launched the McConaughey career resurgence that subsequent productions including Mud (2012), Dallas Buyers Club (2013), and True Detective (2014) would extend.

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Juror #2 (2024)

2024 Clint Eastwood courtroom drama with Nicholas Hoult as a juror who realizes he may have caused the death his trial is examining. Juror #2 is Clint Eastwood's 2024 American courtroom drama.

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Bullet Train (2022)

David Leitch's 2022 Brad Pitt action-comedy. Five assassins on the same Tokyo bullet train, each with overlapping missions.

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Whiplash (2014)

Simmons as the abusive conductor. Simmons won Best Supporting Actor.

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Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Seven men in suits in a warehouse. Reservoir Dogs is Quentin Tarantino's 1992 American indie crime film and the director's debut feature.

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Pulp Fiction (1994)

Tarantino's 1994 anthology crime film. The film that made indie a commercial proposition.

Chinatown (1974) film poster

Chinatown (1974)

Polanski's 1974 Los Angeles neo-noir. The water-rights conspiracy that defined New Hollywood pessimism.

North by Northwest (1959) film poster

North by Northwest (1959)

Hitchcock's 1959 spy thriller. Grant as the wrong man, Saint as the mystery woman, Mason as the urbane villain.