Meet Joe Black (1998)
Brest's 1998 three-hour fantasy drama. Anthony Hopkins plays William Parrish, a media mogul approaching his sixty-fifth birthday.
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2000sThe 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.
1990sIn the Name of the Father (1993)
Jim Sheridan's 1993 film on the Guildford Four miscarriage of justice. Day-Lewis and Postlethwaite turn courtroom rage into pure craft.
1950sThe Searchers (1956)
Wayne as Ethan Edwards, racism poisons his own rescue mission. The film that taught New Hollywood to subvert genre.
1950sHigh Noon (1952)
Fred Zinnemann's 1952 western shot in real time. The clock is the antagonist.
2000sThere Will Be Blood (2007)
Paul Thomas Anderson's 2007 epic of oil, religion, and a man who hates everyone. Daniel Day-Lewis as American capitalist as Old Testament demon.
1980sRaging Bull (1980)
Scorsese's 1980 boxing biopic of Jake LaMotta. Black-and-white, Schoonmaker-cut, De Niro at 60 pounds heavier.
2000sThe Departed (2006)
Scorsese's 2006 Boston crime thriller. Two moles, one in the mob, one in the police.
1990sFalling Down (1993)
Schumacher's 1993 urban thriller. Michael Douglas walks across LA leaving violence behind, Robert Duvall follows.
1990sAmerican Beauty (1999)
Sam Mendes's 1999 suburban satire. Kevin Spacey as a midlife-crisis dad, Annette Bening as the wife.
1990sAmerican History X (1998)
Tony Kaye's 1998 Edward Norton vehicle on neo-Nazi violence. The prison hospital scene with Avery Brooks remains the most powerful in the film.
2010sBlack Mass (2015)
Scott Cooper's 2015 Whitey Bulger biopic. FBI corruption as central subject.