Gosford Park (2001)
Robert Altman's 2001 English country house mystery with substantial class commentary. Julian Fellowes screenplay foreshadows Downton.
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1950sAn American in Paris (1951)
Vincente Minnelli's 1951 Gershwin musical. Gene Kelly as American painter in Paris.
2000sChicago (2002)
Rob Marshall's 2002 jazz-age murder musical. Won six Academy Awards including Best Picture.
1970s
2010sAmerican Made (2017)
The screenplay was written by Gary Spinelli. The work is one of the strongest Cruise performances of his late career and the rare American biopic that engages substantially with Cold War foreign policy material.
2010sGotti (2018)
2018 Kevin Connolly biopic with Travolta as Gambino crime family boss John Gotti. Notorious zero-percent Rotten Tomatoes score.
1970sThe Man Who Would Be King (1975)
1975 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.
1980sThe Living Daylights (1987)
1987 John Glen Bond film with Timothy Dalton's debut. Soviet defector plot, Maryam d'Abo as cellist, return to serious tone.
1970sThe Eagle Has Landed (1976)
1976 John Sturges WWII thriller with Michael Caine as a German paratrooper colonel sent to kidnap Churchill from rural England. The Eagle Has Landed is John Sturges's 1976 British WWII thriller adapting Jack Higgins's 1975 novel.
2000sThe Prestige (2006)
2006 Christopher Nolan period thriller with Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale as rival Victorian magicians destroying each other. The Prestige is Christopher Nolan's 2006 American period thriller.
1990sSleepy Hollow (1999)
Sleepy Hollow is Tim Burton's 1999 American gothic horror film loosely adapting Washington Irving's 1820 short story. The Burton directorial approach combines sustained gothic atmospheric content with effective horror execution that the director's earlier comedic productions had not consistently delivered.
2010sKill the Irishman (2011)
2011 Jonathan Hensleigh crime biopic with Ray Stevenson as 1970s Cleveland mob enforcer Danny Greene. Christopher Walken supports.