1970s1975 John Huston adventure with Sean Connery and Michael Caine as British soldiers crowning themselves kings in Kafiristan. The Man Who Would Be King is John Huston's 1975 American adventure film adapting Rudyard Kipling's 1888 novella.
2010s2014 Matthew Vaughn spy action with Colin Firth recruiting Taron Egerton into a British independent intelligence agency. Kingsman: The Secret Service is Matthew Vaughn's 2014 British spy action film adapting Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons's 2012 comic series The Secret…
2010s2017 Matthew Vaughn sequel adding Statesman, the American counterpart agency. Julianne Moore as drug cartel villain.
1990sKing of New York is Abel Ferrara's 1990 American crime film. The work is one of the principal independent crime films of the early 1990s and one of the strongest Walken lead performances of his substantial filmography.
1960s1960 Stanley Kramer courtroom drama fictionalizing the Scopes Monkey Trial. Spencer Tracy and Fredric March as opposing attorneys.
2000sMichael Clayton is Tony Gilroy's 2007 American legal thriller. The work is one of the strongest legal thrillers of the 2000s and one of the principal directorial debuts of the period.
1960s1962 Lewis Milestone epic with Marlon Brando as Fletcher Christian and Trevor Howard as Captain Bligh. Tahitian dream meets imperial cruelty.
2000s2003 Gary Fleder thriller from John Grisham. John Cusack manipulates a New Orleans gun-manufacturer trial with Rachel Weisz.
2010sMackenzie's 2016 modern western. Chris Pine and Ben Build as bank-robbing brothers, Jeff Bridges as the Ranger.
1990sMajidi's 1997 Iranian family drama. A boy and his sister share one pair of shoes between school sessions.
1920sEisenstein's 1925 Soviet propaganda film. The Odessa Steps sequence remains the most-imitated montage in cinema.
2010sZvyagintsev's 2014 Russian drama. A man fighting a corrupt mayor over his coastal property.
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