Page 1 of 1 1 - 628 of 628 films 100 Battlestar Galactica (2003) Summary: A re-imagining of the original series in which a "rag-tag fugitive fleet" of the last remnants of mankind flees pursuing robots while simultaneously searching for their true home, Earth. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/tv/Battlestar_Galactica_2003/rating/LVB 100 Battlestar Galactica: Razor (2007) Summary: A two-hour Battlestar Galactica special that tells the story of the Battlestar Pegasus several months prior to it finding the Galactica. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/tv/Battlestar_Galactica_Razor/rating/LVB 100 Battlestar Galactica: The Plan (2009) Summary: The Cylons began as humanity's robot servants. They rebelled and evolved and now they look like us. Their plan: destroy the race that enslaved them. This film tells the story of two Cylon leaders, working separately, and their determination to finish the task. http://www.criticker.com/film/Battlestar_Galactica_The_Plan/rating/LVB 100 The Bourne Identity (2002) Summary: A man is picked up by a fishing boat, bullet-riddled and without memory, then races to elude assassins and recover from amnesia. http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Bourne_Identity_2002/rating/LVB 100 The Bourne Supremacy (2004) Summary: When Jason Bourne is framed for a botched CIA operation he is forced to take up his former life as a trained assassin to survive. http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Bourne_Supremacy/rating/LVB 100 Good Will Hunting (1997) Summary: A janitor at MIT, Will Hunting has a gift for maths that can take him light-years beyond his blue-collar roots, but to achieve his dream he must turn his back on the neighborhood and his best friend. To complicate matters, two strangers enter the equation: a washed-up shrink who starts to coach Will through his transformation, and a med student who shows him that there can be a pretty face along with his life of the mind. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Good_Will_Hunting/rating/LVB 100 Goodfellas (1990) Summary: Henry Hill is a small time gangster, who takes part in a robbery with Jimmy Conway and Tommy De Vito, two other gangsters who have set their sights a bit higher. His two partners kill off everyone else involved in the robbery, and slowly start to climb up through the hierarchy of the Mob. Henry, however, is badly affected by his partners success, but will he stoop low enough to bring about the downfall of Jimmy and Tommy ? (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Goodfellas/rating/LVB 100 Pulp Fiction (1994) Summary: Jules Winnfield and Vincent Vega are two hitmen who are out to retrieve a suitcase stolen from their employer, mob boss Marsellus Wallace. Wallace has also asked Vincent to take his wife Mia out a few days later when Wallace himself will be out of town. Butch Coolidge is an aging boxer paid by Wallace to lose his next fight. The lives of these and other characters prove to be woven together in ways none of them could ever fully understand. http://www.criticker.com/film/Pulp_Fiction/rating/LVB 100 The Right Stuff (1983) Summary: Director Philip Kaufman and a stellar cast -- including Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn and Ed Harris -- chronicle NASA's early transition from breaking the sound barrier in 1947 to the expeditions of the Mercury astronauts in the 1960s. Richly variegated and surprisingly funny, this film adaptation of a novel by Tom Wolfe brilliantly depicts the personal, political and technological achievements it took for America to get ahead in the space race. http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Right_Stuff/rating/LVB 100 Schindler's List (1993) Summary: Steven Spielberg's epic drama tells the compelling true story of German businessman Oskar Schindler (Neeson) who comes to Nazi-occupied Poland looking for economic prosperity and leaves as a savior. (History in Film) http://www.criticker.com/film/Schindlers_List/rating/LVB 100 Stand by Me (1986) Summary: After the death of a friend, a writer recounts a boyhood journey to find a body of a missing boy (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Stand_by_Me/rating/LVB 100 Star Trek (2009) Summary: A chronicle of the early days of James T. Kirk and his fellow USS Enterprise crew members. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Star_Trek/rating/LVB 100 Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) Summary: A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... Princess Leia (Fisher) is held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to quell the rebellion against the Galactic Empire. Luke Skywalker (Hamill) and Captain Han Solo (Ford) team together with the lovable droid duo, R2-D2 and C-3PO, to rescue the beautiful princess and restore justice in the galaxy. (20th Century Fox) http://www.criticker.com/film/Star_Wars_Episode_IV/rating/LVB 100 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Summary: Three years after the events of "Star Wars," Imperial forces continue to pursue the Rebels. After the RebellionÂ’s defeat on the ice planet Hoth, Luke journeys to the planet Dagobah to train with Jedi Master Yoda, who has lived in hiding since the fall of the Republic. In an attempt to convert Luke to the dark side, Darth Vader lures young Skywalker into a trap in the Cloud City of Bespin. In the midst of a fierce lightsaber duel with the Sith Lord, Luke faces a startling revelation. (20th Century Fox) http://www.criticker.com/film/Star_Wars_Episode_V/rating/LVB 100 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) Summary: Nearly 10 years have passed since Sarah Connor was targeted for termination by a cyborg from the future. Now her son, John, the future leader of the resistance, is the target for a newer, more deadly terminator. Once again, the resistance has managed to send a protector back to attempt to save John and his mother Sarah. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Terminator_2_Judgment_Day/rating/LVB 100 The Terminator (1984) Summary: A cyborg (Schwarzenegger) is sent from the 21st century to present-day Los Angeles to assassinate a seemingly innocent women whose child will play an important part in the world from which the killer came. (MGM) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Terminator/rating/LVB 90 Leviathan (2014) Summary: On the outskirts of a small coastal town in the Barents Sea, where whales sometimes come to its bay, lives an ordinary family: Nikolai, his wife Lilya and their teenage son Romka. The family is haunted by a local corrupted mayor , who is trying to take away the land, a house and a small auto repair shop from Nikolai. To save their homes Nikolai calls his old Army friend in Moscow, who has now become an authoritative attorney. Together they decide to fight back and collect dirt on the mayor. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Leviathan_2014/rating/LVB 90 Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) Summary: An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and almost everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Mad_Max_Fury_Road/rating/LVB 90 A Separation (2011) Summary: Simin wants to leave Iran with her husband Nader and daughter Termeh. She has already made all the necessary arrangements. Nader, however, is having second thoughts. He is worried about leaving behind his father, who is suffering from Alzheimer’s. For this reason he decides to call off the trip altogether. As a result of Nader’s decision, Simin decides to sue for divorce at the family court. (www.berlinale.de) http://www.criticker.com/film/A_Separation/rating/LVB 85 The Apartment (1960) Summary: A man tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Apartment/rating/LVB 85 Before Midnight (2013) Summary: We meet Jesse and Celine nine years on in Greece. Almost two decades have passed since their first meeting on that train bound for Vienna. Before the clock strikes midnight, we will again become part of their story. (sundance.org) http://www.criticker.com/film/Before_Midnight_2013/rating/LVB 85 The Day of the Jackal (1973) Summary: A professional assassin codenamed "Jackal" plots to kill Charles de Gaulle, the President of France. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Day_of_the_Jackal/rating/LVB 85 Ex Machina (2015) Summary: Caleb, a coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives at the remote location he finds that he will have to participate in a strange and fascinating experiment in which he must interact with the world's first true artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot girl. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Ex_Machina/rating/LVB 85 Incendies (2010) Summary: A mother's last wishes send twins Jeanne and Simon on a journey to Middle East in search of their tangled roots. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's acclaimed play, Incendies tells the powerful and moving tale of two young adults' voyage to the core of deep-rooted hatred, never-ending wars and enduring love. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Incendies/rating/LVB 85 Jack Taylor: Shot Down (2013) Summary: His assistant in gun related coma, guilt stricken private investigator Jack Taylor leaves Galway for Dublin where he helps a young girl whose mother has been murdered. http://www.criticker.com/tv/Jack_Taylor_Shot_Down/rating/LVB 85 Jack Taylor: The Guards (2010) Summary: Incorrigible boor Jack Taylor is fired from the Garda (Irish national police) for brutality against a government minister. His experience, some contacts and cheap rates get him started as private eye in all but name, assisted by his even less law-abiding buddy, painter Sutton. Anne Henderson hires him, suggesting her missing teenage daughter was the latest in a series of suspicious 'suicides', which he traces to sleazy manager Ford's factory and illegal sex recordings. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/tv/Jack_Taylor_The_Guards/rating/LVB 85 The Martian (2015) Summary: During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Martian/rating/LVB 85 Open Hearts (2002) Summary: Cecilie is devastated when her fiance Joachim is seriously injured in a car accident and is paralysed from the waist down. She begins an affair with Niels, a doctor at the hospital where Joachim is being treated. Their relationship is further complicated by the fact that the doctor's wife Marie was the driver that caused the accident in the first place. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Open_Hearts/rating/LVB 85 Scenes from a Marriage (1973) Summary: Johan reveals to his wife Marianne that he has been having an affair and intends to leave her. She is distraught, and the film follows the trials and tribulations of the couple from that point onward. Originally a TV series screened in Sweden. http://www.criticker.com/tv/Scenes_from_a_Marriage/rating/LVB 85 Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) Summary: A continuation of the saga created by George Lucas and set thirty years after Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983). (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Star_Wars_Episode_VII/rating/LVB 80 '71 (2014) Summary: A young and disoriented British soldier is accidentally abandoned by his unit following a riot on the deadly streets of Belfast in 1971. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/71_2014/rating/LVB 80 (500) Days of Summer (2009) Summary: An offbeat romantic comedy about a woman who doesn't believe true love exists, and the young man who falls for her. http://www.criticker.com/film/500_Days_of_Summer/rating/LVB 80 12 Angry Men (1957) Summary: A dissenting juror in a murder trial slowly manages to convince the others that the case is not as obviously clear as it seemed in court (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/12_Angry_Men/rating/LVB 80 127 Hours (2010) Summary: Based on the real life story of canyoneer Aron Ralston, who in 2003 was forced to self-amputate his arm after being stranded and pinned underneath a boulder inside of Bluejohn's Canyon in Utah. http://www.criticker.com/film/127_Hours/rating/LVB 80 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Summary: A unique cinematic journey, "2001: A Space Odyssey" travels across enormous distances of both space and time. The story it tells is on the one hand about the collective adventure of human life on and off this planet. But it is also about something lying beyond the bounds of humanity, something lying in the true realms of the mysterious. http://www.criticker.com/film/2001_A_Space_Odyssey/rating/LVB 80 21 Up (1977) Summary: Director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born adults after a 7 year wait. The subjects are interviewed as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the last seven years. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/21_Up/rating/LVB 80 28 Days Later (2002) Summary: Four weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the UK, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary. http://www.criticker.com/film/28_Days_Later/rating/LVB 80 28 Weeks Later... (2007) Summary: 28 Weeks Later, the follow up to 28 Days Later, picks up six months after the rage virus has annihilated the Mainland Britain. The U.S. Army declares that the war against infection has been won, and that the reconstruction of the country can begin. As the first wave of refugees return, a family is reunited, but one of them unwittingly carries a terrible secret. The virus is not yet dead, and this time, it is more dangerous than ever. (Fox Atomic) http://www.criticker.com/film/28_Weeks_Later/rating/LVB 80 Adaptation. (2002) Summary: The lives of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman, author Susan Orlean and orchid poacher John Laroche become strangely intertwined as each one's search for passion collides with the others' in this adaptation of the best-selling "The Orchid Thief." http://www.criticker.com/film/Adaptation/rating/LVB 80 Airplane! (1980) Summary: An airplane crew takes ill. Surely the only person capable of landing the plane is an ex-pilot afraid to fly. But don't call him Shirley. http://www.criticker.com/film/Airplane/rating/LVB 80 Alien (1979) Summary: A mining ship, investigating a suspected SOS, lands on a distant planet. The crew discovers some strange creatures and investigates. http://www.criticker.com/film/Alien/rating/LVB 80 Aliens (1986) Summary: The planet from Alien has been colonized, but contact is lost. This time, the rescue team has impressive firepower, but will it be enough? http://www.criticker.com/film/Aliens/rating/LVB 80 All the President's Men (1976) Summary: Reporters Woodward and Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Nixon's resignation. http://www.criticker.com/film/All_the_Presidents_Men/rating/LVB 80 Amadeus (1984) Summary: The incredible story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, told in flashback mode by Antonio Salieri - now confined to an insane asylum (imdb.com) http://www.criticker.com/film/Amadeus/rating/LVB 80 Amélie (2001) Summary: Amelie, an innocent and naive girl in Paris, with her own sense of justice, decides to help those around her and along the way, discovers love. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Amelie/rating/LVB 80 American History X (1998) Summary: A groundbreaking controversial drama about the tragic consequences of racism in a family. (New Line Cinema) http://www.criticker.com/film/American_History_X/rating/LVB 80 American Splendor (2003) Summary: The true saga of a working-class Everyman who pursues self-expression without self-censorship -- and finds a grateful audience, critical admiration, and that most remarkable of happy endings, a loving family. (Fine Line Features) http://www.criticker.com/film/American_Splendor/rating/LVB 80 The Apartment (1996) Summary: Max is on his way to Tokyo. He lives in Paris and likes to flirt but has decided to get married. By chance, he seems to have seen Lisa, his greatest love, in a cafe. Max forgets everything, his trip to Tokyo and his fiance. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Apartment_1996/rating/LVB 80 Apocalypse Now (1979) Summary: We follow Captain Willard on his mission into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade Green Beret who has set himself up as a God among a local tribe (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Apocalypse_Now/rating/LVB 80 Apocalypse Now Redux (2001) Summary: Based on Joseph Conrad's Heart Of Darkness, this is a controversial addition to the multitude of Vietnam war movies in existence. Set in 1969 Vietnam, we follow U.S. Special Forces Captain Willard on his mission up a river into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade Green Beret who has set himself up as a God among a local tribe. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Apocalypse_Now_Redux/rating/LVB 80 Avatar (2009) Summary: A band of humans are pitted in a battle against a distant planet's indigenous population. http://www.criticker.com/film/Avatar/rating/LVB 80 The Aviator (2004) Summary: A biographical chronicle which charts the early years of famous tycoon, Howard Hughes, whose eclectic career spanned across everything from oil, to film, casinos, and aviation. http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Aviator_2004/rating/LVB 80 Back to the Future (1985) Summary: In 1985, Doc Brown invented time travel, in 1955, Marty McFly accidentally prevented his parents from meeting, putting his own existence at stake. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Back_to_the_Future/rating/LVB 80 Band of Brothers (2001) Summary: A 10 episode mini series that follows Easy Company of the 101st Airborne from pre-D Day training through 2 long years of fighting in France, Holland, and Germany. You really learn to respect and love these men. Be sure and watch the Reunion disc with the real men of Easy Company. (DuaneNeitzel) http://www.criticker.com/tv/Band_of_Brothers/rating/LVB 80 The Bank Job (2008) Summary: Based on the true story of the 1971 Baker Street bank robbery which was prevented from being told for over thirty years because of a Government gagging order. The real story of how one of the biggest robberies in British history took place with no arrests ever made nor money ever recovered. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Bank_Job/rating/LVB 80 Barbara (2012) Summary: Summer in the GDR in 1980. Barbara, a doctor, has submitted an application to emigrate to the West. She is punished by being posted away from the capital to a hospital in a small town. Jörg, her lover in the West, is busy planning her escape via the Baltic Sea. It’s a waiting game for Barbara. Her new flat, the neighbours, summer and the countryside no longer hold any charms for her. (mubi.com) http://www.criticker.com/film/Barbara_2012/rating/LVB 80 Batman Begins (2005) Summary: Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins explores the origins of the Batman legend and the Dark Knight's emergence as a force for good in Gotham. (Warner Bros.) http://www.criticker.com/film/Batman_Begins/rating/LVB 80 Battleship Potemkin (1925) Summary: A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resulting street demonstration which brought on a police massacre. http://www.criticker.com/film/Battleship_Potemkin/rating/LVB 80 Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome (2012) Summary: The adventures of young William Adama in the First Cylon War. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/tv/Battlestar_Galactica_Blood__Chrome/rating/LVB 80 A Beautiful Mind (2001) Summary: A human drama about the struggle of a true genius, inspired by events in the life of John Forbes Nash, Jr. http://www.criticker.com/film/A_Beautiful_Mind/rating/LVB 80 Before Sunrise (1995) Summary: A French grad student named Celine (Julie Delpy) meets an American boy named Jesse (Ethan Hawke) on the Budapest-Vienna train. They get off the train in Vienna and hang out for a while. http://www.criticker.com/film/Before_Sunrise/rating/LVB 80 Being John Malkovich (1999) Summary: Craig, a puppeteer, takes a filing job in a low-ceilinged office in Manhattan. Although married to the slightly askew Lotte, he hits on a colleague, the sexually frank Maxine. She's bored but snaps awake when he finds a portal leading inside John Malkovich: for 15 minutes you see, hear, and feel whatever JM is doing, then you fall out by the New Jersey Turnpike... (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Being_John_Malkovich/rating/LVB 80 Big (1988) Summary: When a boy wishes to be big at a magic wish machine, he wakes up the next morning and finds himself in an adult body literally overnight. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Big/rating/LVB 80 Black Hawk Down (2001) Summary: 123 elite U.S. soldiers drop into Somalia to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord and find themselves in a desperate battle with a large force of heavily-armed Somalis. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Black_Hawk_Down/rating/LVB 80 Bleak House (2005) Summary: A web of deceit and mystery surrounds the chancery trial of Jarndyce and Jarndyce that draws a large group of disparate individuals together. But are they more closely related than they think? And what's the connection between the Jarndyce case and the orphan Esther Summerson? http://www.criticker.com/tv/Bleak_House/rating/LVB 80 Bobby Fischer Against the World (2011) Summary: Explores the tragic and bizarre life of the late chess master Bobby Fischer. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Bobby_Fischer_Against_the_World/rating/LVB 80 Das Boot (1981) Summary: It is 1942 and the German submarine fleet is heavily engaged in the so called "Battle of the Atlantic" to harass and destroy English shipping. With better escorts of the Destroyer Class, however, German U-Boats have begun to take heavy losses. Das Boot is the story of one such U-Boat crew, with the film examining how these submariners maintained their professionalism as soldiers, attempted to accomplish impossible missions, while all the time attempting to understand and obey the ideology of the government under which they served. (Sony Pictures) http://www.criticker.com/film/Das_Boot/rating/LVB 80 The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) Summary: Jason Bourne is now hunted by the people who made him what he is. Having lost his memory and the one person he loved, he is undeterred by the barrage of bullets and a new generation of highly-trained killers. Bourne has only one objective: to go back to the beginning and find out who he was. http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Bourne_Ultimatum/rating/LVB 80 Boyz n the Hood (1991) Summary: John Singleton's portrayal of social problems in inner-city Los Angeles takes the form of a tale of three friends growing up together 'in the 'hood.' Half-brothers Doughboy and Ricky Baker are foils for each other's personality, presenting very different approaches to the tough lives they face... (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Boyz_n_the_Hood/rating/LVB 80 Braveheart (1995) Summary: William Wallace is a Scottish rebel who leads an uprising against the cruel English ruler Edward the Longshanks, who wishes to inherit the crown of Scotland for himself. When he was a young boy, William Wallace's father and brother, along with many others, lost their lives trying to free Scotland. Once he loses another of his loved ones, William Wallace begins his long quest to make Scotland free once and for all, along with the assistance of Robert the Bruce. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Braveheart/rating/LVB 80 Breach (2007) Summary: Inspired by true events, Breach is a dramatic thriller set inside the halls of the FBI -- the gatekeeper of the nation's most sensitive and potentially volatile secrets. Following his success with the electrifying and acclaimed "Shattered Glass," co-writer/director Billy Ray explores more deeply the disillusionment and questionable moral mentorship of a young idealist. (Universal Pictures) http://www.criticker.com/film/Breach/rating/LVB 80 The Breakfast Club (1985) Summary: It's the weekend, and five students have weekend detention. There's a jock, a princess, a misfit, a nerd, and a lout. Not much in common, except for having to give up their day, sit in the school library, and write an essay for the principal. Being from such widely different backgrounds and having such completely different personalities, it's inevitable that some frictions and shenanigans develop. Especially when the principal leaves the room... (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Breakfast_Club/rating/LVB 80 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) Summary: After settling his differences with a Japanese PoW camp commander, a British colonel co-operates to oversee his men's construction of a railway bridge for their captors - while oblivious to a plan by the Allies to destroy it.(imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Bridge_on_the_River/rating/LVB 80 Casablanca (1942) Summary: Classic film set in occupied Africa during the early days of World War II: An American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Casablanca/rating/LVB 80 Casino Royale (2006) Summary: In his first mission, James Bond must stop Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorist organizations, from winning a high-stakes poker tournament at Casino Royale in Montenegro. http://www.criticker.com/film/Casino_Royale_2006/rating/LVB 80 Cast Away (2000) Summary: Hanks stars as Chuck Noland, a FedEx systems engineer whose personal and professional life are ruled by the clock. His manic existence abruptly ends when, after a plane crash, he becomes isolated on a remote island - cast away into the most desolate environment imaginable. (Twentieth Century Fox) http://www.criticker.com/film/Cast_Away/rating/LVB 80 Catch Me If You Can (2002) Summary: Frank W. Abagnale (DiCaprio) worked as a doctor, a lawyer and as a co-pilot for a major airline -- all before his 21st birthday. A master of deception, he was also a brilliant forger, whose skill at check fraud had netted him millions of dollars in stolen funds. FBI agent Carl Hanratty (Hanks) has made it his prime mission to capture Frank and bring him to justice, but Frank is always one step ahead of him, baiting him to continue the chase. (DreamWorks) http://www.criticker.com/film/Catch_Me_If_You_Can/rating/LVB 80 Children of Men (2006) Summary: A futuristic society faces extinction when no children are born and the human race has lost the ability to reproduce. England has descended into chaos, until an iron-handed warden is brought in to institute martial law. The warden's ability to keep order is threatened when a woman finds that she is pregnant with what would be the first child born in 18 years. http://www.criticker.com/film/Children_of_Men/rating/LVB 80 Chopper (2000) Summary: A bold, blackly comic character study about a self-proclaimed "national icon" Mark 'Chopper' Read. A multi-sided examination of the pathology of a complex and violent man, a man who becomes a cult figure thanks to a colourful imagination and a wicked, old-world sense of humour. (First Look Pictures) http://www.criticker.com/film/Chopper/rating/LVB 80 Cinderella Man (2005) Summary: In the middle of the Great Depression, when an America in the grips of a devastating economic downturn was nearly brought to its knees, there came along a most unlikely hero who had crowds cheering on their feet as he proved just how hard a man would fight to win a second chance for his family and himself. That common-man hero was James J. Braddock, a.k.a. the "Cinderella Man"-who was to become one of the most surprising and inspirational sports legends in history. (Universal Pictures) http://www.criticker.com/film/Cinderella_Man/rating/LVB 80 City of God (2003) Summary: Welcome to the world's most notorious slum: Rio de Janeiro's 'City of God.' A place where combat photographers fear to tread, where Police rarely go, and residents are lucky if they live to the age of 20. This is the true story of a young man who grew up on these streets and whose ambition as a photographer is our window in and ultimately may be his only way out. [Original Release 2002] (Miramax) http://www.criticker.com/film/City_of_God/rating/LVB 80 Clerks (1994) Summary: The trials and tribulations of a New Jersey convenience store clerk and his best friend, a video store employee. http://www.criticker.com/film/Clerks/rating/LVB 80 A Clockwork Orange (1971) Summary: A savage and satiric morality play centering on Alex, who fights, robs, rapes and kills like any conscienceless predator. Captured and imprisoned, he undergoes treatment to condition him "safe", a "clockwork orange" healthy and whole on the outside - but crippled within by reflex mechanisms beyond his control. http://www.criticker.com/film/A_Clockwork_Orange/rating/LVB 80 Closer (2004) Summary: A bitingly funny and honest look at modern relationships, Closer is the story of four strangers -- their chance meetings, instant attractions and casual betrayals. (Sony Pictures) http://www.criticker.com/film/Closer/rating/LVB 80 Collateral (2004) Summary: A cab driver finds himself the hostage of an engaging contract killer as he makes his rounds from hit to hit during one night in LA. He must find a way to save both himself and one last victim. http://www.criticker.com/film/Collateral/rating/LVB 80 The Damned United (2009) Summary: Brian Clough (Sheen) takes over as manager of Leeds United following the departure of club hero Don Revie (Meaney) for the England job and for the first time has to work without his partner, Peter Taylor (Spall). Adaptation of the popular book. http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Damned_United/rating/LVB 80 Dances with Wolves (1990) Summary: Rewarded for his heroism in the Civil War, Lt. Dunbar (Costner) wants to see the American frontier before it is gone. He is assigned to an adandoned fort, where a sioux tribe is his only neighbor. Overcoming the language barrier and their mutual fear and distrust, Dunbar and the proud Indians gradually become friends. Eventually, he falls in love with the beautiful Stands With a Fist (McDonnell), a white woman raised by the tribe. (MGM) http://www.criticker.com/film/Dances_with_Wolves/rating/LVB 80 The Dark Knight Rises (2012) Summary: Eight years after Batman took the fall for Two Face's crimes, a new terrorist leader, Bane overwhelms Gotham's finest, and the Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that brands him an enemy. http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Dark_Knight_Rises/rating/LVB 80 The Dark Knight (2008) Summary: Batman and James Gordon join forces with Gotham's new District Attorney, Harvey Dent, to take on a psychotic bank robber known as The Joker, whilst other forces plot against them, and Joker's crimes grow more and more deadly. http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Dark_Knight/rating/LVB 80 The Departed (2006) Summary: The lives of two cops: Colin Sullivan, smart and ambitious, appears to be on the fast track in the Massachusetts State Police Department, whose prime target is powerful Irish mob boss Frank Costello. Billy Costigan, street-smart and tough, is purported to have a violent temper that costs him his badge... http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Departed/rating/LVB 80 Die Hard (1988) Summary: New York cop John McClane gives terrorists a dose of their own medicine as they hold hostages in an LA office building. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Die_Hard/rating/LVB 80 Donnie Darko (2001) Summary: A genre-busting fable that blasts the American suburban drama into a wildly imaginative realm of time travel, alternative universes and the manipulation of one's fate. http://www.criticker.com/film/Donnie_Darko/rating/LVB 80 Downfall (2004) Summary: It's the last days of Adolf Hitler, April 1945, and Hitler's personal secretary Traudl Junge finds herself in the Der Fuhrer's bunker. Facing inevitable defeat, Hilter's moods range from defiance to fight or flee, remain loyal or opt for self-preservation. Eva Braun parties while Magda Goebbels kills her children. The movie goes on to show how Hitler and Eva lived their last hours in the Bunker. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Downfall/rating/LVB 80 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) Summary: An insane general starts a process to nuclear holocaust that a war room of politicians and generals frantically try to stop. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Dr_Strangelove_or_How_I/rating/LVB 80 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) Summary: A group of Earth children help a stranded alien botanist return home (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/ET_the_Extra_Terrestrial/rating/LVB 80 Eastern Promises (2007) Summary: The mysterious and charismatic Russian-born Nikolai Luzhin is a driver for one of London's most notorious organized crime families of Eastern European origin. The family is part of the Vory V Zakone criminal brotherhood. Headed by Semyon--whose courtly charm as the welcoming proprietor of the plush Trans-Siberian restaurant impeccably masks a cold, brutal core--the family is tested by Semyon's volatile son and enforcer, Kirill, who is more tightly bound to Nikolai than to his own father. (Focus Features) http://www.criticker.com/film/Eastern_Promises/rating/LVB 80 Elena (2011) Summary: Elena and Vladimir are an older couple, they come from different backgrounds. Vladimir is a wealthy and cold man, Elena comes from a modest milieu and is a docile wife. They have met late in life and each one has children from previous marriages. Elena's son is unemployed, unable to support his own family and he is constantly asking Elena for money. Vladimir's daughter is a careless young woman who has a distant relationship with her father. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Elena/rating/LVB 80 The Elephant Man (1980) Summary: A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous facade, there is revealed a person of intelligence and sensitivity. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Elephant_Man/rating/LVB 80 Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (2010) Summary: 2010. Nascimento faces a new enemy: the militias. In clashing with the system that dominates the Rio de Janeiro, he discovers that the problem is much bigger than he thought. And not only that. He needs to balance the challenge of pacifying a city occupied by crime with the constant concern for a teenager. When the universes of the personal and professional meet, the result is explosive. (entretenimento.r7.com) http://www.criticker.com/film/Elite_Squad_The_Enemy_Within/rating/LVB 80 Elizabeth (1998) Summary: This historical drama chronicles the life of Queen Elizabeth I, from her days as an innocent young woman through her transformation into England's legendary "Virgin Queen." http://www.criticker.com/film/Elizabeth/rating/LVB 80 Enchanted (2007) Summary: A classic Disney fairy tale collides with modern-day New York City in a story about a fairytale princess from the land of Andalasia who is thrust into the heart of New York City by an evil queen. Soon after her arrival, Princess Giselle begins to change her views on life and love after meeting a handsome lawyer. Can a storybook view of romance survive in the real world? (Walt Disney) http://www.criticker.com/film/Enchanted/rating/LVB 80 Enemy of the State (1998) Summary: A lawyer becomes a target by a corrupt politician and his NSA goons when he accidentally receives key evidence to a serious politically motivated crime. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Enemy_of_the_State/rating/LVB 80 Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005) Summary: The story behind the Enron scandal http://www.criticker.com/film/Enron_The_Smartest_Guys_in/rating/LVB 80 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) Summary: Joel (Carrey) is stunned to discover that his girlfriend Clementine (Winslet) has had her memories of their tumultuous relationship erased. Out of desperation, he contacts the inventor of the process, Dr. Howard Mierzwiak (Wilkinson), to have Clementine removed from his own memory. But as Joel's memories progressively disappear, he begins to rediscover his love for Clementine. (Focus Features) http://www.criticker.com/film/Eternal_Sunshine_of_the_Spotless/rating/LVB 80 The Exorcist (1973) Summary: A troubled cleric tries to help a very disturbed teenage girl. http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Exorcist/rating/LVB 80 Fail-Safe (1964) Summary: American planes are sent to deliver a nuclear attack on Moscow, but it's a mistake due to an electrical malfunction. Can all-out war be averted? (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Fail_Safe/rating/LVB 80 A Few Good Men (1992) Summary: One man is dead. Two are accused of murder. The entire Marine Corps is on trial. Hollywood heavyweights Cruise, Nicholson and Moore ignite the screen in Rob Reiner's acclaimed drama about the dangerous difference between following orders and following one's conscience. (Columbia TriStar) http://www.criticker.com/film/A_Few_Good_Men/rating/LVB 80 The Fighter (2010) Summary: A look at the early years of boxer "Irish" Micky Ward and his brother who helped train him before going pro in the mid 1980s. http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Fighter/rating/LVB 80 Finding Nemo (2003) Summary: This visually stunning underwater adventure follows the comedic and eventful journeys of two fish - a father and his son Nemo - who become separated in the Great Barrier Reef. (Disney/Pixar) http://www.criticker.com/film/Finding_Nemo/rating/LVB 80 The Fly (1986) Summary: A brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Fly_1986/rating/LVB 80 The Fog of War (2003) Summary: The Fog of War is a 20th century fable, a story of an American dreamer, Robert S. McNamara, who rose from humble origins to the heights of political power. (Sony Pictures Classics) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Fog_of_War/rating/LVB 80 Food, Inc. (2008) Summary: An unflattering look inside America's corporate controlled food industry. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Food_Inc/rating/LVB 80 Forrest Gump (1994) Summary: Forrest, Forrest Gump is a simple man with little brain activity but good intentions. He struggles through childhood with his best and only friend Jenny. His 'mama' teaches him the ways of life and leaves him to choose his destiny. Forrest joins the army for service in Vietnam, finding new friends called Dan and Bubba, he wins medals, starts a table tennis craze, creates a famous shrimp fishing fleet, inspires people to jog, and more. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Forrest_Gump/rating/LVB 80 The Fugitive (1993) Summary: Dr. Richard Kimble, unjustly accused of killing his wife, must find the real one-armed killer while avoiding Marshal Sam Gerard. http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Fugitive_1993/rating/LVB 80 Full Metal Jacket (1987) Summary: The story of an 18-year-old marine recruit named Private Joker - from his carnage-and-machismo boot camp to his climactic involvement in the heavy fighting in Hue during the 1968 Tet Offensive. [Warner Bros.] http://www.criticker.com/film/Full_Metal_Jacket/rating/LVB 80 Galaxy Quest (1999) Summary: Nearly twenty years after their hit TV series was canceled, the five stars of "Galaxy Quest" are still in costume, making appearances at science fiction conventions for their legions of die-hard fans. They unexpectedly find themselves back in action when a group of aliens arrive at a convention and whisk Commander Taggart (Allen) and his crew into space to help them in their all-too-real war against a deadly adversary. (Dreamworks) http://www.criticker.com/film/Galaxy_Quest/rating/LVB 80 Gangs of New York (2002) Summary: Having seen his father killed in a major gang fight in New York, young Amsterdam Vallon is spirited away for his own safety. Some years later, he returns to the scene of his father's death, the notorious Five Points district in New York. It's 1863 and lower Manhattan is run by gangs, the most powerful of which is the Natives, headed by Bill "The Butcher" Cutting. He believes that America should belong to native-born Americans and opposes the waves of immigrants, mostly Irish, entering the city. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Gangs_of_New_York/rating/LVB 80 Gladiator (2000) Summary: Maximus is a powerful Roman general, loved by the people and the aging Emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Before his death, the Emperor chooses Maximus to be his heir over his own son, Commodus, and a power struggle leaves Maximus and his family condemned to death. The powerful general is unable to save his family, and his loss of will allows him to get captured and put into the Gladiator games until he dies. http://www.criticker.com/film/Gladiator_2000/rating/LVB 80 Gloomy Sunday (1999) Summary: Budapest in the thirties. The restaurant owner Laszlo hires the pianist András to play in his restaurant. Both men fall in love with the beautiful waitress Ilona who inspires András to his only composition. His song of Gloomy Sunday is, at first, loved and then feared, for its melancholic melody triggers off a chain of suicides. The fragile balance of the erotic ménage à trois is sent off kilter when the German Hans goes and falls in love with Ilona as well. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Gloomy_Sunday/rating/LVB 80 The Godfather (1972) Summary: Francis Ford Coppola's epic features Marlon Brando in his Oscar-winning role as the patriarch of the Corleone family. Director Coppola paints a chilling portrait of the Sicilian clan's rise and near fall from power in America, masterfully balancing the story between the Corleone's family life and the ugly crime business in which they are engaged... (Paramount Pictures) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Godfather/rating/LVB 80 The Godfather: Part II (1974) Summary: The sequel to "The Godfather" continues the saga of two generations of successive power within the Corleone family. Coppola tells two stories in Part II: the roots and rise of a young Don Vito, played with uncanny ability by Robert De Niro, and the ascension of Michael (Al Pacino) as the new Don. (Paramount) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Godfather_Part_II/rating/LVB 80 Good Bye Lenin! (2003) Summary: A human story of the reunification not only of an entire nation, but of a family living in East Berlin. (Sony Pictures Classics) http://www.criticker.com/film/Good_Bye_Lenin/rating/LVB 80 Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) Summary: The real-life conflict between esteemed television newsman Edward R. Murrow and Senator Joseph McCarthy. http://www.criticker.com/film/Good_Night_and_Good_Luck/rating/LVB 80 Gran Torino (2008) Summary: Disgruntled Korean War vet Walt Kowalski (Eastwood) sets out to reform his neighbor, a young Hmong teenager, who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possession: his 1972 Gran Torino. http://www.criticker.com/film/Gran_Torino/rating/LVB 80 The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) Summary: The adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Grand_Budapest_Hotel/rating/LVB 80 Grave of the Fireflies (1988) Summary: A tragic film covering a young boy and his little sister's struggle to survive in Japan during World War II. http://www.criticker.com/film/Grave_of_the_Fireflies/rating/LVB 80 Groundhog Day (1993) Summary: A weatherman finds himself living the same day over and over again. http://www.criticker.com/film/Groundhog_Day/rating/LVB 80 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) Summary: It's Harry's third year at Hogwarts; not only does he have a new "Defense Against the Dark Arts" teacher, but there is also trouble brewing. Convicted murderer Sirius Black has escaped the Wizards' Prison and is coming after Harry. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Harry_Potter_and_the_Prisoner/rating/LVB 80 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) Summary: Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Harry_Potter_and_the_Sorcerers/rating/LVB 80 A Hijacking (2012) Summary: Tensions are high after a Danish freighter is captured and held for ransom by Somali pirates, leading to weeks of high-stakes negotiations — and an escalating potential for explosive violence — in Tobias Lindholm's grittily authentic and suspenseful thriller. (tiff.net) http://www.criticker.com/film/A_Hijacking/rating/LVB 80 Hoop Dreams (1994) Summary: A film following the lives of two African American boys who struggle to become college basketball players on the road to going professional. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Hoop_Dreams/rating/LVB 80 Hoosiers (1986) Summary: A man (Hackman) gets a last-chance job coaching a small-town Indiana high-school basketball team and faces the dual challenge of bringing this underdog team to the 1951 state championship and redeeming himself from a mysterious past. (MGM) http://www.criticker.com/film/Hoosiers/rating/LVB 80 Hotel Rwanda (2004) Summary: Ten years ago some of the worst atrocities in the history of mankind took place in the country of Rwanda--and in an era of high-speed communication and round the clock news, the events went almost unnoticed by the rest of the world. In only three months, one million people were brutally murdered. In the face of these unspeakable actions, inspired by his love for his family, an ordinary man summons extraordinary courage to save the lives of over a thousand helpless refugees, by granting them shelter in the hotel he manages. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Hotel_Rwanda/rating/LVB 80 House of Flying Daggers (2004) Summary: The year is 859 AD, and China's once flourishing Tang Dynasty is in decline. Unrest is raging throughout the land, and the corrupt government is locked in battle with rebel armies that are forming in protest. The largest and most prestigious of these rebel groups is the House of Flying Daggers, which is growing ever more powerful under a mysterious new leader. (Sony Pictures Classics) http://www.criticker.com/film/House_of_Flying_Daggers/rating/LVB 80 The Hunt (2012) Summary: Following a tough divorce, 40-year-old Lucas has a new girlfriend, a new job and is in the process of reestablishing his relationship with his teenage son, Marcus. But things go awry. Not a lot. Just a slight comment. A random lie. And as the snow falls and the Christmas lights are lit, the lie spreads like an invisible virus. (mubi.com) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Hunt_2012/rating/LVB 80 The Hurt Locker (2009) Summary: Iraq. Forced to play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse in the chaos of war, an elite Army bomb squad unit must come together in a city where everyone is a potential enemy and every object could be a deadly bomb. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Hurt_Locker/rating/LVB 80 In the Name of the Father (1993) Summary: Nominated for seven Oscars in 1993, this biopic features the dramatic prowess of Daniel Day-Lewis as the Irishman Gerry Conlon, who was wrongfully sentenced to life in prison for an IRA terrorist attack that killed four people. As if a forced confession weren't enough injustice, the police work to implicate Conlon's father (Pete Postlethwaite) in the same crime. Emma Thompson plays the lawyer who worked for years to uncover the truth. http://www.criticker.com/film/In_the_Name_of_the_1993/rating/LVB 80 Inception (2010) Summary: In a world where technology exists to enter the human mind through dream invasion, a single idea within one's mind can be the most dangerous weapon or the most valuable asset. http://www.criticker.com/film/Inception/rating/LVB 80 The Incredibles (2004) Summary: From the creators of "Toy Story," "Monsters, Inc." and "Finding Nemo," comes this hilarious action-packed animated adventure about superheroes. (Disney Enterprises, Inc./Pixar Animation Studios) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Incredibles/rating/LVB 80 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) Summary: After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He agrees, and stumbles upon a secret cult plotting a terrible plan in the catacombs of an ancient palace (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Indiana_Jones_and_the_Temple/rating/LVB 80 Inglourious Basterds (2009) Summary: In Nazi-occupied France during WW2, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and killing Nazis. http://www.criticker.com/film/Inglourious_Basterds/rating/LVB 80 Inside Man (2006) Summary: Acclaimed actors Denzel Washington, Clive Owen and Jodie Foster come together to explore the lure of power, the ugliness of greed and the mystery of a perfect robbery in this combustible new crime drama. The powerhouse actors play tough New Yorkers who must outwit one another to protect competing interests in this skillfully penned and tightly helmed thriller. http://www.criticker.com/film/Inside_Man/rating/LVB 80 Interstellar (2014) Summary: A group of explorers make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Interstellar/rating/LVB 80 The Iron Giant (1999) Summary: This is the story a nine-year-old boy named Hogarth Hughes who makes friends with an innocent alien giant robot that came from outer space. Meanwhile, a paranoid U.S. Government agent named Kent Mansley arrives in town, determined to destroy the giant at all costs. It's up to Hogarth to protect him by keeping him at Dean McCoppin's place in the junkyard. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Iron_Giant/rating/LVB 80 Iron Man (2008) Summary: When wealthy industrialist Tony Stark is forced to build an armored suit after a life-threatening incident, he ultimately decides to use its technology to fight against evil. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Iron_Man/rating/LVB 80 It's a Wonderful Life (1946) Summary: An angel helps a compassionate but despairingly frustrated businessman by showing what life would had been like if he never existed. http://www.criticker.com/film/Its_a_Wonderful_Life/rating/LVB 80 Jaws (1975) Summary: In 1975, director Steven Spielberg brought Peter Benchley's best-selling novel to the screen with stunning power and unbearable suspense. Jaws left an indelible mark upon the movie-going (and beach-going!) public, distilling a sea of fear from these five words: "Don't go in the water." Once the terror begins, Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss and Robert Shaw must join forces on a desperate quest to destroy a killer embodying nearly three tons of white death. (Universal Pictures) http://www.criticker.com/film/Jaws/rating/LVB 80 John Adams (2008) Summary: A seven-part biopic miniseries on second US President John Adams, and the story of the first fifty years of the United States. http://www.criticker.com/tv/John_Adams/rating/LVB 80 Juno (2007) Summary: Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes an unusual and bizarre decision regarding her unborn child. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Juno/rating/LVB 80 Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003) Summary: The Bride wakes up after a long coma. The baby that she carried before entering the coma is gone. The only thing on her mind is to have revenge on the assassination team that betrayed her - a team she was once part of. http://www.criticker.com/film/Kill_Bill_Volume_1/rating/LVB 80 The King's Speech (2010) Summary: Tom Hooper directs this drama based on the true story of Britain's King George VI (Colin Firth), a man who for years struggled with a nervous disposition and an embarrassing stutter -- until he seeks help from unorthodox Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush). Logue's pioneering treatment and unlikely friendship give the royal leader a sense of confidence that serves him and his country well during the dark days of World War II. http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Kings_Speech/rating/LVB 80 The Kite Runner (2007) Summary: After spending years in California, Amir returns to his homeland in Afghanistan to help his old friend Hassan, whose son is in trouble. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Kite_Runner/rating/LVB 80 Knocked Up (2007) Summary: Slobby Ben and up and coming career girl Alison meet at a bar, and end up having a one night stand. Eight weeks later, Ben is shocked when Alison meets him and reveals that she is pregnant. Despite having little in common, the two decide that they have to at least try to make some kind of relationship work for the baby's sake. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Knocked_Up/rating/LVB 80 Kolya (1996) Summary: Franta Louka is a concert cellist in Soviet-occupied Czechoslovakia, a confirmed bachelor and a lady's man. http://www.criticker.com/film/Kolya/rating/LVB 80 L.A. Confidential (1997) Summary: A shooting at an all night diner is investigated by three LA policemen in their own unique ways. http://www.criticker.com/film/LA_Confidential/rating/LVB 80 The Last King of Scotland (2006) Summary: In an incredible twist of fate, a Scottish doctor (McAvoy) on a Ugandan medical mission becomes irreversibly entangled with one of the world's most barbaric figures: Idi Amin (Whitaker). Impressed by Dr. Garrigan's brazen attitude in a moment of crisis, the newly self-appointed Ugandan President Amin hand picks him as his personal physician and closest confidante... (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Last_King_of_Scotland/rating/LVB 80 Lean on Me (1989) Summary: The dedicated, but tyrannical, Joe Clark is appointed as principal of a decaying inner city school and he is determined to improve it. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Lean_on_Me/rating/LVB 80 Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) Summary: In this companion piece to "Flags of Our Fathers," Clint Eastwood presents the untold story of the Japanese soldiers and their general who 61 years ago defended against the invading American forces on the island of Iwo Jima. (Warner Bros.) http://www.criticker.com/film/Letters_from_Iwo_Jima/rating/LVB 80 Life Is Beautiful (2000) Summary: Vinayachandran (Mohanlal), who joins the prestigious Preference School as a Malayalam teacher, approaches teaching with his unorthodox ways & prompts the students to be free thinkers, inviting the ire of the school management. On a personal level, his harmonious relationship with his wife Sindu (Samyuktha Varma) is threatened after Sindu's younger sister Bala (Geethu Mohandas) comes for a vacation & tries to copy Sindu's mannerisms & makes overtures towards Vinayachandran, in Sindu's absence. http://www.criticker.com/film/Life_Is_Beautiful_2000/rating/LVB 80 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) Summary: An epic adventure of good against evil, a story of the power of friendship and individual courage, and the heroic quest to pave the way for the emergence of mankind, J.R.R. Tolkien's master work brought to cinematic life. (New Line Cinema) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Lord_of_the_Rings_2001/rating/LVB 80 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) Summary: Sauron's forces have laid siege to Minas Tirith, the capital of Gondor, in their efforts to eliminate the race of men. The once-great kingdom, watched over by a fading steward, has never been in more desperate need of its king. But can Aragorn (Mortensen) answer the call of his heritage and become what he was born to be? In no small measure, the fate of Middle-earth rests on his broad shoulders. (New Line Cinema) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Lord_of_the_Rings_2003/rating/LVB 80 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) Summary: In the second chapter in J.R.R Tolkien's epic trilogy, the Fellowship faces unimaginable armies and deception while also witnessing ancient wonders and the untapped strength of their people. (New Line Productions) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Lord_of_the_Rings_2002/rating/LVB 80 Man on Fire (2004) Summary: Denzel Washington stars as a government operative/soldier of fortune who has pretty much given up on life. In Mexico City, he reluctantly agrees to take a job to protect a child (Fanning) whose parents are threatened by a wave of kidnappings. He eventually becomes close to the child and their relationship reawakens and rekindles his spirit. When she is abducted, his fiery rage is unleashed on those he feels responsible, and he stops at nothing to save her. (20th Century Fox) http://www.criticker.com/film/Man_on_Fire_2004/rating/LVB 80 March of the Penguins (2005) Summary: A look at the annual journey of Emperor penguins as they march -- single file -- to their traditional breeding ground. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/March_of_the_Penguins/rating/LVB 80 Margin Call (2011) Summary: A thriller that revolves around the key people at a investment bank over a 24-hour period during the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis. http://www.criticker.com/film/Margin_Call/rating/LVB 80 Maria Full of Grace (2004) Summary: This film follows a bright, gutsy young woman on a life-changing -- and life-threatening -- odyssey from Colombia to New York, weaving a gripping narrative of risk, determination and survival. (Fine Line Features) http://www.criticker.com/film/Maria_Full_of_Grace/rating/LVB 80 The Matrix (1999) Summary: A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against the controllers of it. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Matrix/rating/LVB 80 Meet the Parents (2000) Summary: A Jewish male nurse (Ben Stiller) plans to ask his live-in girl friend (Teri Polo) to marry him. However, he learns that her strict father (Robert DeNiro) expects to be asked for his daughter's hand before she can accept. Thus begins the visit from Hell as the two travel to meet Mom (Blythe Danner) and Dad, who turns out to be former CIA with a lie detector in the basement. Coincidentally, a sister (Nicole DeHuff) also has announced her wedding to a young doctor (Thomas McCarthy)... (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Meet_the_Parents/rating/LVB 80 Memento (2001) Summary: Memento chronicles two separate stories of Leonard (Guy Pearce), a ex-insurance investigator who can no longer build new memories, as he attempts to find the murderer of his wife, which is the last thing he remembers. One story line movies forward in time while the other tells the story backwards revealing more each time. (imdb) [Released at some festivals in 2000] http://www.criticker.com/film/Memento/rating/LVB 80 Metropolis (1927) Summary: It is the future, and humans are divided into two groups: the thinkers, who make plans (but don't know how anything works), and the workers, who achieve goals (but don't have the vision). (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Metropolis/rating/LVB 80 Michael Clayton (2007) Summary: Michael Clayton (George Clooney) is an in-house "fixer" at one of the largest corporate law firms in New York. At the behest of the firm’s co-founder Marty Bach, Clayton, a former prosecutor from a family of cops, takes care of Kenner, Bach & Ledeen’s dirtiest work. Clayton cleans up clients’ messes, handling anything from hit-and-runs and damaging stories in the press to shoplifting wives and crooked politicians... (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Michael_Clayton/rating/LVB 80 A Mighty Heart (2007) Summary: On January 23, 2002, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl is to fly from Karachi to Dubai with his pregnant wife, Mariane, also a reporter. On the day before, with great care, he has arranged an interview in a café with an Islamic fundamentalist cleric. When Danny doesn't return, Mariane initiates a search. Pakistani police, American embassy personnel, and the FBI examine witnesses, phone records, e-mails, and hard drives. Who has him? Where is he? (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/A_Mighty_Heart/rating/LVB 80 Million Dollar Baby (2004) Summary: Frankie Dunn has trained and managed some incredible fighters during a lifetime spent in the ring. The most important lesson he teaches his boxers is the one that rules life: above all, always protect yourself. In the wake of a painful estrangement from his daughter, Frankie has been unwilling to let himself get close to anyone for a very long time... (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Million_Dollar_Baby/rating/LVB 80 Minority Report (2002) Summary: An action-detective thriller set in Washington, D.C. in 2054, where police utilize a psychic technology to arrest and convict murderers before they commit their crime. http://www.criticker.com/film/Minority_Report/rating/LVB 80 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) Summary: King Arthur and his knights embark on a low-budget search for the Grail, encountering many very silly obstacles (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Monty_Python_and_the_Holy/rating/LVB 80 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) Summary: A naive man is appointed to fill a vacancy in the US Senate. His plans promptly collide with political corruption, but he doesn't back down. http://www.criticker.com/film/Mr_Smith_Goes_to_Washington/rating/LVB 80 Munich (2005) Summary: Steven Spielberg directs an international cast in Munich, a gripping suspense thriller set in the aftermath of the massacre of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munch Olympics. This dramatic exploration inspired by true events follows a secret Israeli squad assigned to track down and kill the 11 Palestinians suspected to have planned the Munich attack -- and the personal toll this mission of revenge takes on the team and the man who led it. (Universal Pictures) http://www.criticker.com/film/Munich/rating/LVB 80 Murderball (2005) Summary: A film about quadriplegics who play full-contact rugby in Mad Max-style wheelchairs - overcoming unimaginable obstacles to compete in the Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Murderball/rating/LVB 80 Mystic River (2003) Summary: As the investigation of the death of a young woman tightens around three old friends, and ominous story unfolds that revolves around friendship, family and innocence lost too soon. (Warner Bros.) http://www.criticker.com/film/Mystic_River/rating/LVB 80 Naked (1993) Summary: Johnny flees Manchester for London, to avoid a beating from the family of a girl he has raped. There he finds an old girlfriend... (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Naked/rating/LVB 80 The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) Summary: Leslie Nielsen stars as Police Squad's own granite-jawed, rock-brained cop Frank Drebin, who bumbles across a mind-control scheme to assassinate Queen Elizabeth. Priscilla Presley, O.J. Simpson, a stuffed beaver, two baseball teams and an odd assortment of others join the wacko goings-on and blow the laugh-o-meter to smithereens. (Paramount) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Naked_Gun_From_the/rating/LVB 80 The Natural (1984) Summary: An average baseball player comes out of seemingly nowhere to become a legendary player with almost divine talent. http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Natural/rating/LVB 80 Network (1976) Summary: A TV network cynically exploits a deranged ex-TV anchor's ravings and revelations about the media for their own profit. (IMDB.com) http://www.criticker.com/film/Network/rating/LVB 80 No Country for Old Men (2007) Summary: Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon some dead bodies, a stash of heroin and more than $2 million in cash near the Rio Grande. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/No_Country_for_Old_Men/rating/LVB 80 No End in Sight (2007) Summary: The first film of its kind to chronicle the reasons behind Iraq's descent into guerrilla war, warlord rule, criminality and anarchy, No End in Sight is a jaw-dropping, insider's tale of wholesale incompetence, recklessness and venality. (Magnolia Pictures) http://www.criticker.com/film/No_End_in_Sight/rating/LVB 80 October Sky (1999) Summary: The true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/October_Sky/rating/LVB 80 Office Space (1999) Summary: Peter Gibbons, thanks to a hypnotic suggestion, decides not to go to work at the same time his company is laying people off. When layoffs affect his two best friends, they conspire to plant a virus that will embezzle money from the company into their account. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Office_Space_1999/rating/LVB 80 Oldboy (2003) Summary: Oh Dae-su (Choi Min-sik) is an ordinary Seoul businessman with a wife and little daughter who, after a drunken night on the town, is locked up in a strange, private "prison." No one will tell him why he's there or who his jailer is. The imprisonment last for 15 years until one day when Dae-su finds himself unexpectedly deposited on a grass-covered high-rise roof, determined to discover the mysterious enemy who had him locked up. (Tartan Films) http://www.criticker.com/film/Oldboy/rating/LVB 80 Once Were Warriors (1994) Summary: A family descended from Maori warriors is bedeviled by a violent father and the societal problems of being treated as outcasts. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Once_Were_Warriors/rating/LVB 80 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) Summary: Upon arrival at a mental institution, a brash rebel rallies the patients together to take on the oppressive Nurse Ratched, a woman more a dictator than a nurse. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/One_Flew_Over_the_Cuckoos/rating/LVB 80 Oslo, August 31st (2011) Summary: One man, one city, 24 hours. A new film by Joachim Trier and the team behind the highly acclaimed ”Reprise” - inspired by the cult novel ”Le feu follet”. “Oslo, August 31st” is a portrait of contemporary Oslo. A visually striking and quietly shattering drama about a man in deep existential crisis. (nfi.no) http://www.criticker.com/film/Oslo_August_31st/rating/LVB 80 Page One: A Year Inside the New York Times (2011) Summary: Unprecedented access to the New York Times newsroom yields a complex view of the transformation of a media landscape fraught with both peril and opportunity. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Page_One_A_Year_Inside/rating/LVB 80 Paths of Glory (1957) Summary: When soldiers in WW1 refuse to continue with an impossible attack, their superiors decide to make an example of them (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Paths_of_Glory/rating/LVB 80 Patton (1970) Summary: "Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with patton's career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion of Germany and the fall of the Third Reich. Side plots also speak of Patton's numerous faults such his temper and habit towards insubordination. Faults which would, eventually, lead to his being relieved as Occupation Commander of Germany. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Patton/rating/LVB 80 Pi (1998) Summary: Max is a genius mathematician who's built a supercomputer at home that provides something that can be understood as a key for understanding all existence. Representatives both from a Hasidic cabalistic sect and high-powered Wall Street firm hear of that secret and attempt to seduce him. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Pi/rating/LVB 80 The Pianist (2002) Summary: Wladyslaw Szpilman, a brilliant Polish pianist, a Jew, escapes deportation. Forced to live in the heart of the Warsaw ghetto, he shares the suffering, the humiliation and the struggles. He manages to escape and hides in the ruins of the capital. A German officer comes to his aid and helps him to survive. (Focus Features) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Pianist/rating/LVB 80 Platoon (1986) Summary: A young recruit in Vietnam faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Platoon/rating/LVB 80 Predator (1987) Summary: Dutch (Schwarzenegger) and his elite military unit are recruited to rescue hostages held by guerrillas in the Latin American jungle. But once there, they encounter an enemy more deadly than any on earth! (20th Century Fox) http://www.criticker.com/film/Predator/rating/LVB 80 Psycho (1960) Summary: A young female embezzler arrives at the Bates Motel after stealing $40 thousand, which has terrible secrets of its own in the form of an odd proprietor and his domineering, never-seen mother. http://www.criticker.com/film/Psycho/rating/LVB 80 Punch-Drunk Love (2002) Summary: Barry Egan is a small business owner with seven sisters who kept him alone and unable to fall in love. When a harmonium and a mysterious woman enter his life, his romantic journey begins. http://www.criticker.com/film/Punch_Drunk_Love/rating/LVB 80 The Queen (2006) Summary: The Queen takes audiences behind the scenes of one of the most shocking public events of recent times -- providing an illuminating, deeply affecting and dramatic glimpse into what happens in the corridors of power when a tragedy strikes. (Miramax) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Queen/rating/LVB 80 The Quiet Earth (1985) Summary: A mans awakens to find himself alone in the world. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Quiet_Earth/rating/LVB 80 Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002) Summary: The true story of Molly Craig, a young black Australian girl who leads her younger sister and cousin in an escape from an internment camp, set up as a part of a government policy to train Aboriginal children as domestic workers and integrate them into white society. (Miramax) http://www.criticker.com/film/Rabbit_Proof_Fence/rating/LVB 80 Raging Bull (1980) Summary: When Jake LaMotta steps into a boxing ring and obliterates his opponent, he's a prizefighter portrayed in this Martin Scorsese film by Robert De Niro. But when he treats his family and friends the same way, he's a ticking time bomb, ready to go off at any moment. Though LaMotta wants his family's love, something always seems to come between them. Perhaps it's his violent bouts of paranoia and jealousy. This kind of rage helped make him a champ, but in real life, he winds up in the ring alone... (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Raging_Bull/rating/LVB 80 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Summary: You're in for thrills as Indiana Jones (Ford) confronts snakes, Nazis and one astonishing cliffhanger after another -- all topped off by the discovery and opening of the mystical Ark of the Covenant. (Paramount) http://www.criticker.com/film/Raiders_of_the_Lost_Ark/rating/LVB 80 Rain Man (1988) Summary: Selfish yuppie Charlie Babbitt's father left a fortune to his savant brother Raymond and a pittance to Charlie; they travel cross-country. http://www.criticker.com/film/Rain_Man/rating/LVB 80 Rear Window (1954) Summary: A wheelchair bound photographer spies on his neighbours from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder. http://www.criticker.com/film/Rear_Window/rating/LVB 80 Requiem for a Dream (2000) Summary: This modern-day fable is set on the rusted mean streets of Coney Island, Brooklyn. The dual storyline parallels four people who set out in pursuit of a better life. http://www.criticker.com/film/Requiem_for_a_Dream/rating/LVB 80 Restrepo (2010) Summary: A year with one platoon in the deadliest valley in Afghanistan. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Restrepo/rating/LVB 80 Ricky Gervais: Out of England (2008) Summary: In this HBO special, the British star of The Office and Extras performs for American audiences in New York and LA. Though it is funny, be forewarned: There are few new jokes to be found here, as Gervais mostly combines old material from his first three stand-up specials in the UK. http://www.criticker.com/tv/Ricky_Gervais_Out_of_England/rating/LVB 80 Ring (1998) Summary: A mysterious video kills whomever views it, unless that viewer can solve its mystery. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Ring/rating/LVB 80 RoboCop (1987) Summary: In a dystopic & crime ridden Detroit, a terminally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg with submerged memories haunting him (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/RoboCop/rating/LVB 80 Rocky (1976) Summary: A small time boxer gets a once in a lifetime chance to fight the heavyweight champ in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Rocky/rating/LVB 80 Run Lola Run (1998) Summary: Lola receives a phone call from her boyfriend Manny. He lost 100,000 DM in a subway train that belongs to a very bad guy. Lola has 20 min to raise this amount and meet Manny. Otherwise, he will rob a store to get the money. Three different alternatives may happen depending on some minor event along Lola's run. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Run_Lola_Run/rating/LVB 80 Rush Hour (1998) Summary: The fastest hands in the East meet the biggest mouth in the West when legendary martial arts daredevil Jackie Chan teams with comedic powerhouse Chris Tucker. (New Line Cinema) http://www.criticker.com/film/Rush_Hour/rating/LVB 80 Saving Private Ryan (1998) Summary: Opening with the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944, members of the 2nd Ranger Battalion under Cpt. Miller fight ashore to secure a beachhead. Amidst the fighting, two brothers are killed in action. Earlier in New Guinea, a third brother is KIA. Their mother, Mrs. Ryan, is to receive all three of the grave telegrams on the same day... (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Saving_Private_Ryan/rating/LVB 80 Say Anything... (1989) Summary: John Cusack plays Lloyd Dobler--an average guy with a penchant for kickboxing. There is only one thing that all-around nice guy Lloyd wants for his high school graduation: a date with beautiful valedictorian Diane Court (Skye). Lloyd's dream comes true when Diane accepts his invitation to a graduation party. Diane falls for Lloyd, whose goal is to spend as much time with her as possible... (20th Century Fox) http://www.criticker.com/film/Say_Anything/rating/LVB 80 Scarface (1983) Summary: In 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug empire while succumbing to greed. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Scarface_1983/rating/LVB 80 Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993) Summary: A prepubescent chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Searching_for_Bobby_Fischer/rating/LVB 80 Seven (1995) Summary: Two big city detectives (Pitt, Freeman) find themselves on the trail of a vicious serial killer that chooses his victims according to the seven deadly sins. (New Line Cinema) http://www.criticker.com/film/Seven/rating/LVB 80 Seven Up! (1964) Summary: A group of British children aged 7 from widely ranging backgrounds are interviewed about a range of subjects. Director Michael Apted plans to re-interview them at 7 year interviews to determine how their lives and attitudes have changed. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/tv/Seven_Up/rating/LVB 80 Shaun of the Dead (2004) Summary: This romantic zombie comedy follows the bloody funny adventures of underachiever Shaun and his best mate Ed as they cope with a zombie invasion of North London and attempt to rescue Shaun's girlfriend Liz and his Mum. It's going to be one hell of a weekend. http://www.criticker.com/film/Shaun_of_the_Dead/rating/LVB 80 The Shawshank Redemption (1994) Summary: Andy Dufresne is a young and successful banker whose life changes drastically when he is convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife and her lover. Set in the 1940's, the film shows how Andy, with the help of his friend Red, the prison entrepreneur, turns out to be a most unconventional prisoner. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Shawshank_Redemption/rating/LVB 80 The Shining (1980) Summary: An abusive husband, his wife and their psychic son take care of a haunted hotel over the winter, but the isolation becomes too much pressure http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Shining/rating/LVB 80 Shrek (2001) Summary: Once upon a time in a far away swamp, there lived an ornery ogre named Shrek (Myers) whose precious solitude is suddenly shattered by an invasion of annoying fairy-tale characters. (Dreamworks SKG) http://www.criticker.com/film/Shrek/rating/LVB 80 Shrek 2 (2004) Summary: The fairy tale continues as everyone's favorite ogre faces his greatest challenge of all -- the inlaws! (DreamWorks) http://www.criticker.com/film/Shrek_2/rating/LVB 80 Sideways (2004) Summary: Two old friends set off on a wine-tasting road trip only to veer dizzily sideways into a wry, comedic exploration of the crazy vicissitudes of love and friendship, the persistence of loneliness and dreams and the enduring war between Pinot and Cabernet. http://www.criticker.com/film/Sideways/rating/LVB 80 The Silence of the Lambs (1991) Summary: Young FBI agent Clarice Starling is assigned to help find a missing woman to save her from a psychopathic serial killer who skins his victims. Clarice attempts to gain a better insight into the twisted mind of the killer by talking to another psychopath Hannibal Lecter, who used to be a respected psychiatrist. FBI agent Jack Crawford believes that Lecter who is also a very powerful and clever mind manipulator have the answers to their questions to help locate the killer. Clarice must first try and gain Lecter's confidence before he is to give away any information. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Silence_of_the_Lambs/rating/LVB 80 The Simpsons Movie (2007) Summary: It takes a wide screen to fully capture Homer Simpson's stupidity, and The Simpsons Movie does it. In the eagerly-awaited animated feature film based on the hit TV series, Homer must save the world from a catastrophe he himself created. (20th Century Fox) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Simpsons_Movie/rating/LVB 80 Sin City (2005) Summary: Four tales of crime focusing around a muscular brute who's looking for the person responsible for the death of his beloved Goldie; a man fed up with Sin City's corrupt law enforcement who takes the law into his own hands after a horrible mistake; a cop who risks his life to protect a girl from a deformed pedophile; and a hitman looking to make a little cash. http://www.criticker.com/film/Sin_City/rating/LVB 80 The Sixth Sense (1999) Summary: In this chilling, psychological thriller, 8-year-old Cole Sear (Osment) is haunted by a dark secret: he is visited by ghosts. Confused by his paranormal powers, Cole is too young to understand his purpose and too afraid to tell anyone about his anguish, except child psychologist Dr. Malcolm Crowe (Willis). As Dr. Crowe tries to uncover the ominous truth about Cole's supernatural abilities, the consequences for client and therapist are a jolt that awakens them both to something harrowing...and unexplainable. (Hollywood Pictures) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Sixth_Sense/rating/LVB 80 Sling Blade (1996) Summary: A southern gothic tale about a man named Karl, who's just been released from an asylum - some 25 years after he committed a gruesome crime. He returns to the southern town of his youth, where his quiet, gentle manner and simple charm land him a job and lead him to an unlikely friendship with a young boy and his widowed mother. http://www.criticker.com/film/Sling_Blade/rating/LVB 80 Slumdog Millionaire (2008) Summary: The story of how impoverished Indian teen Jamal Malik became a contestant on the Hindi version of "Who Wants to be A Millionaire?" -- an endeavor made without prize money in mind, rather, an effort to prove his love for his friend Latika, who is an ardent fan of the show. http://www.criticker.com/film/Slumdog_Millionaire/rating/LVB 80 The Social Network (2010) Summary: On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history... but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal and legal complications. http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Social_Network/rating/LVB 80 Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade (1994) Summary: Twenty-five years after commiting a double murder, Karl Childers is going to be released from an institution for the criminally insane. A local reporter comes to talk to him, and after some fussing about her gender, the institution's director lets her talk to Karl (after all, he'll have to talk to women after his release). Karl talks about his life leading up to the crime, and the reporter listens in horror. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Some_Folks_Call_It_a/rating/LVB 80 The Sound of Music (1965) Summary: A woman leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to a Naval officer widower. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Sound_of_Music/rating/LVB 80 Spaceballs (1987) Summary: Planet Spaceball's President Scroob sends Lord Dark Helmet to steal Planet Druidia's abundant supply of air to replenish their own, and only Lone Starr can stop them. http://www.criticker.com/film/Spaceballs/rating/LVB 80 Spider-Man (2002) Summary: Peter Parker (Maguire), after being bitten by a genetically altered spider, becomes Spider-Man, a hero of superhuman strength with the ability to cling to any surface. He dedicates himself to a life of fighting crime, while living a double life as a superhero and working student. (Sony) http://www.criticker.com/film/Spider_Man/rating/LVB 80 Spirited Away (2001) Summary: From the legendary director Hayao Miyazaki ("Princess Mononoke") (Studio Ghibli), this film follows the fanciful adventures of a ten-year-old girl named Chihiro, who discovers a secret world when she and her family get lost and venture through a hillside tunnel. http://www.criticker.com/film/Spirited_Away/rating/LVB 80 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) Summary: Darth Vader and the Empire are building a new, indestructible Death Star. Meanwhile, Han Solo has been imprisoned, and Luke Skywalker has sent R2D2 and C3PO to try and free him. Princess Leia - disguised as a bounty hunter - and Chewbacca go along as well. The final battle takes place on the moon of Endor, with its natural inhabitants, the Ewoks, lending a hand to the rebels. Will Darth Vader and the dark side overcome the rebels and take over the universe ? (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Star_Wars_Episode_VI/rating/LVB 80 The Station Agent (2003) Summary: A film about three people with nothing in common, except their shared solitude, until chance circumstances bring their lives together. Before long, from this forgotten depot, this mismatched threesome forges an unlikely bond, which ultimately reveals that even isolation is better shared. (Miramax) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Station_Agent/rating/LVB 80 Stranded: I Have Come from a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains (2007) Summary: For the first time ever, survivors of the famous 1972 Andes plane crash tell in their own words their harrowing story of survival. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Stranded_I_Have_Come_from/rating/LVB 80 Stranger Than Fiction (2006) Summary: Will Ferrell plays Harold Crick, an IRS Agent whose world is turned upside-down when he begins to hear his life being chronicled by a narrator only he can hear. The Narrator, Kay Eiffel (Emma Thompson), a nearly forgotten author of tragic novels, is struggling to complete her latest and best book, unaware that her protagonist is alive and uncontrollably guided by her words. Fiction and reality collide when the bewildered and hilariously resistant Harold hears the Narrator say that events have been set in motion that will lead to his imminent death. (Sony) http://www.criticker.com/film/Stranger_Than_Fiction_2006/rating/LVB 80 Taxi Driver (1976) Summary: A mentally unstable Vietnam war veteran works as nighttime taxi driver in a city whose perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge to violently lash out. (IMDB.com) http://www.criticker.com/film/Taxi_Driver_1976/rating/LVB 80 Thank You for Smoking (2006) Summary: Thank You for Smoking is a fiercely satirical look at today's "culture of spin." The hero of the film is Nick Naylor (Eckhart), chief spokesman for Big Tobacco, who makes his living defending the rights of smokers and cigarette makers in today's neo-puritanical culture. (Fox Searchlight) http://www.criticker.com/film/Thank_You_for_Smoking/rating/LVB 80 There Will Be Blood (2007) Summary: A story about family, greed, religion, and oil, centered around a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business. http://www.criticker.com/film/There_Will_Be_Blood/rating/LVB 80 This Is England (2006) Summary: Roland Rat, Margaret Thatcher; Rubik's Cubes, the Royal Wedding; aerobics, skinheads... It's 1983, and the schools are breaking up for summer. Shaun is 12 and a bit of a loner, growing up with his mum in a grim coastal town, his dad killed fighting in the Falklands War. On his way home from school where he's been tormented all day for wearing flares, he runs into a group of skinheads, who against expectations turn out to be friendly and take him under their wing... (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/This_Is_England/rating/LVB 80 Threads (1984) Summary: A dramatization of the probable consequences of a full scale nuclear war on an English community. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/tv/Threads/rating/LVB 80 Titanic (1997) Summary: Beginning with genuine footage of the departure of the Titanic, this film tells the events of that night from the perspective of fictional survivor Rose. As an old lady of 100 she recounts her story of duty, love and disaster to a salvage crew searching for a lost gem. http://www.criticker.com/film/Titanic_1997/rating/LVB 80 Top Gun (1986) Summary: The macho students of an elite US Flying school for advanced fighter pilots compete to be best in the class, and one romances the teacher. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Top_Gun/rating/LVB 80 Toy Story (1995) Summary: A cowboy toy is profoundly threatened and jealous when a fancy spaceman toy supplants him as top toy in a boy's room. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Toy_Story/rating/LVB 80 Toy Story 2 (1999) Summary: The sequel to the landmark 1995 computer-animated blockbuster from Disney and Pixar. This time around, the fun and adventure continue when Andy goes off to cowboy camp and the toys are left to their own devices. Things shift into high gear when an obsessive toy collector kidnaps Woody -- who hasn't the slightest clue that he's a greatly valued collectible. (Disney/Pixar) http://www.criticker.com/film/Toy_Story_2/rating/LVB 80 Trainspotting (1996) Summary: Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends. http://www.criticker.com/film/Trainspotting/rating/LVB 80 The Tunnel Movie (2011) Summary: An investigation into a government cover-up leads to a network of abandoned train tunnels deep beneath the heart of Sydney. As a journalist and her crew hunt for the story it quickly becomes clear the story is hunting them. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Tunnel_Movie/rating/LVB 80 The Tunnel (2001) Summary: Based on the true story of the biggest underground escape attempt from East to West Berlin, The Tunnel is a cracking slice of old-fashioned, widescreen entertainment. (Roxie Releasing) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Tunnel/rating/LVB 80 Two Lives (2012) Summary: Europe 1990, the Berlin wall has just crumbled: Katrine, raised in East Germany, now living in Norway since 20 years, is a war child: the result of a love relationship between a Norwegian woman and a German occupation soldier during World War II. Katrine enjoys a happy family life, with her mother, her husband, daughter and grand-daughter. (mubi.com) http://www.criticker.com/film/Two_Lives/rating/LVB 80 United 93 (2006) Summary: Acclaimed filmmaker Paul Greengrass writes and directs an unflinching drama that tells the story of the passengers and crew, their families on the ground and the flight controllers who watched in dawning horror as United Flight 93 became the fourth hijacked plane on the day of the worst terrorist attacks on American soil: September 11, 2001. (Universal Pictures) http://www.criticker.com/film/United_93/rating/LVB 80 The Untouchables (1987) Summary: Federal Agent Elliot Ness sets out to take out Al Capone; because of rampant corruption, he assembles a small, hand-picked team. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Untouchables/rating/LVB 80 The Usual Suspects (1995) Summary: Following a truck hijack in New York, five conmen are arrested and brought together for questioning. As none of them is guilty, they plan a revenge operation against the police. The operation goes well, but then the influence of a legendary mastermind criminal called Keyser Söze is felt. It becomes clear that each one of them has wronged Söze at some point and must pay back now. The payback job leaves 27 men dead in a boat explosion, but the real question arises now: Who actually is Keyser Söze? (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Usual_Suspects/rating/LVB 80 Walk the Line (2005) Summary: The story of the young Johnny Cash and his incendiary love affair with June Carter Cash come to life in Walk the Line. (20th Century Fox) http://www.criticker.com/film/Walk_the_Line/rating/LVB 80 WALL·E (2008) Summary: The year is 2805. WALL*E, a robot, spends every day doing what he was made for. But soon, he will discover what he was meant for. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/WALL_E/rating/LVB 80 We Own the Night (2007) Summary: A New York nightclub manager tries to save his brother and father from Russian mafia hit men. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/We_Own_the_Night/rating/LVB 80 When Harry Met Sally... (1989) Summary: Will sex ruin a perfect relationship between a man and a woman? That's what Harry (Crystal) and Sally (Ryan) debate during their travels from Chicago to New York. 11 years and 2,000 miles later, they're still no closer to finding the answer. And they've never ventured past their friendship to discover the love that's right in front of them. Will these two best friends ever accept that they're meant for each other... or will they continue to deny the attraction that's existed since the first moment When Harry Met Sally? (MGM) http://www.criticker.com/film/When_Harry_Met_Sally/rating/LVB 80 Why We Fight (2005) Summary: This documentary is an unflinching look at the anatomy of the American war machine, weaving unforgettable personal stories with commentary by a "who's who" of military and beltway insiders. (Sony Pictures Classics) http://www.criticker.com/film/Why_We_Fight/rating/LVB 80 The World's Fastest Indian (2005) Summary: Anthony Hopkins stars as Burt Munro, a man who never let the dreams of youth fade. After a lifetime of perfecting his classic Indian motorcycle, Burt sets off from the bottom of the world to test his bike at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. With all the odds against him, he set a new speed record and captured the spirit of his time. Burt Munro's 1967 world record remains unbroken and his legend lives on today. (Magnolia Pictures) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Worlds_Fastest_Indian/rating/LVB 80 Y Tu Mamá También (2001) Summary: In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other. http://www.criticker.com/film/Y_Tu_Mama_Tambien/rating/LVB 80 Zero Dark Thirty (2012) Summary: A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the 9/11 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy SEAL Team 6 in May, 2011. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Zero_Dark_Thirty/rating/LVB 80 [Rec] (2007) Summary: A bubbly, ambitious TV journalist reports on the seemingly dull sedentary life of an urban fire station and a call to help a strange old lady locked in her apartment hardly seems worthy covering... (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Rec/rating/LVB 75 American Psycho (2000) Summary: Patrick Bateman, a young, well to do man working on wall street at his father's company kills for no reason at all. As his life progresses his hatred for the world becomes more and more intense. Based on the book by Bret Easton Ellis. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/American_Psycho/rating/LVB 75 Argo (2012) Summary: As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Argo/rating/LVB 75 Bed & Board (1970) Summary: Antoine Doinel is now 26. He married Christine, who teaches the violin. They will have a baby. In a new job, Antoine meets Kyoto, a Japanese woman, and falls in love with her. They have a love affair. Christine discovers it and Antoine leaves the house... (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Bed_and_Board/rating/LVB 75 Dallas Buyers Club (2013) Summary: The story of Texas electrician Ron Woodroof and his battle with the medical establishment and pharmaceutical companies after being diagnosed as HIV-positive in 1986, and his search for alternative treatments that helped established a way in which fellow HIV-positive people could join for access to his supplies. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Dallas_Buyers_Club/rating/LVB 75 Foxcatcher (2014) Summary: The greatest Olympic Wrestling Champion brother team joins Team Foxcatcher led by multimillionaire sponsor John E. du Pont as they train for the 1988 games in Seoul - a union that leads to unlikely circumstances. http://www.criticker.com/film/Foxcatcher/rating/LVB 75 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009) Summary: A journalist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing -- or dead -- for forty years by a young female hacker. http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Girl_with_the_Dragon_2009/rating/LVB 75 The Imitation Game (2014) Summary: English mathematician and logician, Alan Turing, helps crack the Enigma code during World War II. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Imitation_Game/rating/LVB 75 John Wick (2014) Summary: An ex-hitman comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/John_Wick/rating/LVB 75 The Man From Nowhere (2010) Summary: An ex-special agent CHA Tae-shik's only connection to the rest of the world is a little girl, So-mi, who lives nearby. Her mother, Hyo-jeong smuggles drugs from a drug trafficking organization and entrusts Tae-shik with the product, without letting him know. The traffickers find out about her smuggling and kidnap both Hyo-jeong and So-mi. The gang promises to release them if Tae-shik makes a delivery for them, however it actually is a larger plot to eliminate a rival drug ring leader. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Man_From_Nowhere_2010/rating/LVB 75 A Most Violent Year (2014) Summary: In New York City 1981, an ambitious immigrant fights to protect his business and family during the most dangerous year in the city's history. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/A_Most_Violent_Year/rating/LVB 75 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013) Summary: An office worker who lives inside fantasy worlds where he gets to live an adventurous life while romancing his co-worker sets off a global journey to fix things when both of their jobs are threatened. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Secret_Life_of_Walter_2013/rating/LVB 70 The Avengers (2012) Summary: Nick Fury and the international agency S.H.I.E.L.D. bring together a team of super humans to form The Avengers to help save the Earth from Loki & his various membered army. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Avengers_2012/rating/LVB 70 Boogie Nights (1997) Summary: Everyone's born with one special thing, and Eddie Adams uses his humongous "asset" to take the world of film pornography by storm. Things get ugly though when success leads to drugs and ruin. Will Dirk clean up and get back on top? Will Amber see her son? Will Rollergirl ever take off her skates?! (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Boogie_Nights/rating/LVB 70 Frozen (2013) Summary: Fearless optimist Anna teams up with Kristoff in an epic journey, encountering Everest-like conditions, and a hilarious snowman named Olaf in a race to find Anna's sister Elsa, whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom in eternal winter. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Frozen_2013/rating/LVB 70 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) Summary: Journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Craig) is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for forty years by Lisbeth Salander (Mara), a young computer hacker. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Girl_with_the_Dragon/rating/LVB 70 Howl's Moving Castle (2004) Summary: An amazing new animated adventure that celebrates the power of love to transform and the resiliency of the human spirit in the face of adversity. (Disney) http://www.criticker.com/film/Howls_Moving_Castle/rating/LVB 70 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) Summary: Chapter 25 in the complete adventures of Indiana Jones has it all: the fedora, the bullwhip, the ophidiophobia (fear of snakes)! This time, Indy (Ford) is on a perilous hunt for the Holy Grail with none other than his cantankerous dad (Connery). Father and son have rarely seen eye to eye. But if the adventure they share can't bridge the generation gap, nothing can. (Paramount) http://www.criticker.com/film/Indiana_Jones_and_the_Last/rating/LVB 70 Jackie Brown (1997) Summary: What do a sexy stewardess, a street-tough gun runner, a lonely bail bondsman, a shifty ex-con, an earnest federal agent, and a stoned-out beach bunny have in common? They're six players on the trail of a half million dollars in cash! http://www.criticker.com/film/Jackie_Brown/rating/LVB 70 Laura (1944) Summary: A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Laura/rating/LVB 70 Love on the Run (1979) Summary: Antoine Doinel is now more than thirty. He divorces from Christine. He is a proofreader, and is in love with Sabine, a record seller. Colette, his teenager love, is now a lawyer. She buys Antoine's first published autobiographical novel. They meet again in a station... (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Love_on_the_Run/rating/LVB 70 Men in Black (1997) Summary: Jones is K, a veteran of a government agency so secretive no one in power knows it exists; Smith is J, a former New York cop turned rookie operative. The two dress like the FBI but better, and drive a Ford that moves like the Stealth bomber. And, when not hanging out in their bachelor pad-cum-mission control, they flex muscle like the INS - albeit toward aliens with multiple, mutating heads. http://www.criticker.com/film/Men_in_Black_1997/rating/LVB 70 Red Army (2014) Summary: Red Army is a feature documentary about the Soviet Union and the most successful dynasty in sports history: the Red Army hockey team. Told from the perspective of its captain Slava Fetisov, the story portrays his transformation from national hero to political enemy. From the USSR to Russia, the film examines how sport mirrors social and cultural movements and parallels the rise and fall of the Red Army team with the Soviet Union. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Red_Army/rating/LVB 70 Rio Bravo (1959) Summary: A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a cripple, a drunk, and a young gunfighter... (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Rio_Bravo/rating/LVB 70 Serenity (2005) Summary: This story of a small band of galactic outcasts 500 years in the future centers around Captain Malcolm Reynolds, a hardened veteran (on the losing side) of a galactic civil war, who now ekes out a living pulling off small crimes and transport-for-hire aboard his ship, Serenity. (Universal) http://www.criticker.com/film/Serenity/rating/LVB 70 There's Something About Mary (1998) Summary: There's something about Mary that still bewitches Ted. Although he hasn't seen her in over a dozen years, since that shameful prom night, his heart still flutters at the recollection of her. He's still crazy about her after all these years, and curious as to her whereabouts. At the insistence of his good friend Dom, he hires private eye Pat Healy to track her down in Miami. http://www.criticker.com/film/Theres_Something_About_Mary/rating/LVB 70 The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) Summary: Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stockbroker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Wolf_of_Wall_Street/rating/LVB 65 Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) Summary: Steve Rogers struggles to embrace his role in the modern world and battles a new threat from old history: the Soviet agent known as the Winter Soldier. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Captain_America_The_Winter_Soldier/rating/LVB 65 Following (1998) Summary: A young writer who follows strangers for material meets a thief who takes him under his wing. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Following/rating/LVB 65 The Ides of March (2011) Summary: An idealistic staffer for a newbie presidential candidate gets a crash course on dirty politics during his stint on the campaign trail. Based on the play by Beau Willimon. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Ides_of_March/rating/LVB 65 Spectre (2015) Summary: A cryptic message from Bond's past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Spectre_2015/rating/LVB 65 Stolen Kisses (1968) Summary: Antoine Doinel joined the army but has just been discharged. The film tells his reunion with Christine Darbon (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Stolen_Kisses/rating/LVB 60 12 Monkeys (1995) Summary: Between sanity and madness, fantasy and reality, the past and the future, comes an adventure beyond imagination from Terry Gilliam, the acclaimed director of "The Fisher King." Penal colony prisoner James Cole (Willis) must travel back in time from the year 2035 to find the cause of a virus that killed five billion people in 1997. (Universal) http://www.criticker.com/film/12_Monkeys/rating/LVB 60 3 Days of the Condor (1975) Summary: A bookish CIA researcher finds all his co-workers dead, and must outwit those responsible until he figures out who he can really trust. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Three_Days_of_the_Condor/rating/LVB 60 3:10 to Yuma (2007) Summary: A small-time rancher agrees to hold a captured outlaw who's awaiting a train to go to court in Yuma. A battle of wills ensues as the outlaw tries to psych out the rancher. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/310_to_Yuma_2007/rating/LVB 60 The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005) Summary: A comedic take on a sweet-natured but middle-aged virgin who, through the well-meaning but misguided efforts of his co-workers, begins an unforgettable educational journey toward the goal of finally 'doing it.' (Universal) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_40_Year_Old_Virgin/rating/LVB 60 42 Up (1998) Summary: In 1964, a film crew interviewed seven-year-old English kids: five or six from privilege, a Yorkshire farm lad, East-End girls, and boys from a children's home. Every seven years, Michael Apted re-interviews those willing (two declined this time). At 42, careers are stuck or flourishing; marriages are strong, shaky, or over (and Bruce recently married for the first time). They're dealing with parents' dying, and children coming-of-age... (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/tv/42_Up/rating/LVB 60 49 Up (2005) Summary: 49 UP is the seventh film in a series of landmark documentaries that began 42 years ago when UK-based Granada's World in Action team, inspired by the Jesuit maxim "Give me the child until he is seven and I will give you the man," interviewed a diverse group of seven-year-old children from all over England, asking them about their lives and their dreams for the future. Michael Apted, a researcher for the original film, has returned to interview the "children" every seven years since, at ages 14, 21, 28, 35, 42 and now again at age 49. (First Run Features) http://www.criticker.com/tv/49_Up/rating/LVB 60 The Adjustment Bureau (2011) Summary: A congressman (Matt Damon) who's a rising star on the political scene finds himself entranced by a beautiful ballerina (Emily Blunt), but mysterious circumstances ensure that their love affair is predestined to be a non-starter. Screenwriter George Nolfi (The Bourne Ultimatum) makes his directorial debut with this romantic adaptation of Philip K. Dick's classic sci-fi short story "Adjustment Team." http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Adjustment_Bureau/rating/LVB 60 Air Force One (1997) Summary: Wolfgang Petersen's gripping thriller about an uncompromising U.S. President (Ford) who has just told the world he will not negotiate with terrorists. When Russian neo-nationalists hijack Air Force One, the world's most secure and extraordinary aircraft, the President is faced with a nearly impossible decision to give in to terrorist demands or sacrifice not only the country's dignity, but the lives of his wife and daughter. (Sony) http://www.criticker.com/film/Air_Force_One/rating/LVB 60 Almost Famous (2000) Summary: William Miller is a 15 year old kid, hired by Rolling Stone magazine to tour with, and write about Stillwater, an up and coming rock band. This wonderfully witty coming of age film follows William as he falls face first to confront life, love, and lingo. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Almost_Famous/rating/LVB 60 American Beauty (1999) Summary: Provoked by forbidden passions, Lester Burnham (Spacey) decides to make a few changes in his rut of a life, changes that are less midlife crisis than adolescence reborn. The freer he gets, the happier he gets, which is even more maddening to his wife, Carolyn (Bening), and daughter Jane (Birch) --especially when he turns his lustful gaze toward Jane's friend, the sultry Angela (Suvari). (Dreamworks SKG) http://www.criticker.com/film/American_Beauty/rating/LVB 60 American Gangster (2007) Summary: In 1970s America, a detective works to bring down the drug empire of Frank Lucas, a heroin kingpin from Manhattan, who is smuggling the drug into the country in the coffins of soldiers returning from the Vietnam War. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/American_Gangster/rating/LVB 60 Annie Hall (1977) Summary: Neurotic New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Annie_Hall/rating/LVB 60 Apollo 13 (1995) Summary: Stranded 205,000 miles from Earth in a crippled spacecraft, astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert fight a desperate battle to survive. Meanwhile, at Mission Control, astronaut Ken Mattingle, flight director Gene Kranz and a heroic ground crew race against time - and the odds - to bring them home. http://www.criticker.com/film/Apollo_13/rating/LVB 60 Armageddon (1998) Summary: When an asteroid is headed for Earth the world's best deep core drilling team is sent to nuke the rock from the inside. http://www.criticker.com/film/Armageddon/rating/LVB 60 Atonement (2007) Summary: A British romance that spans several decades. Fledgling writer Briony Tallis, as a 13-year-old, irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Atonement/rating/LVB 60 Babel (2006) Summary: In the remote sands of the Moroccan desert, a rifle shot rings out -- detonating a chain of events that will link an American tourist couple's frantic struggle to survive, two Moroccan boys involved in an accidental crime, a nanny illegally crossing into Mexico with two American children and a Japanese teen rebel whose father is sought by the police in Tokyo. (Paramount Vantage) http://www.criticker.com/film/Babel/rating/LVB 60 Barefoot Gen (1983) Summary: A boy and his family struggle to survive in Hiroshima in the waning days of WWII. Then the bomb hits and horror ensues. http://www.criticker.com/film/Barefoot_Gen/rating/LVB 60 Barefoot Gen 2 (1986) Summary: Three years after the Hiroshima bombing, a teenager helps a group of orphans to survive and find their new life. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Barefoot_Gen_2/rating/LVB 60 Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) Summary: Needing extra cash, two brothers conspire to pull off the perfect, victimless crime. No guns, no violence, no problem. But when an accomplice ignores the rules and crosses the line, his actions trigger a series of events in which no one is left unscathed. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Before_the_Devil_Knows_Youre/rating/LVB 60 Best in Show (2000) Summary: The owners (and handlers) of five show dogs head for the Mayflower Kennel Club Dog Show. A film crew interviews them as they prepare for the trip, arrive at Philly's Taft Hotel, and compete. From Florida come the Flecks: she keeps running into old lovers. A wordless ancient in a wheelchair and his buxom trophy wife who may have a thing for the dog's handler own the two-time defending best in show, a poodle... (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Best_in_Show/rating/LVB 60 Beverly Hills Cop (1984) Summary: A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills. http://www.criticker.com/film/Beverly_Hills_Cop/rating/LVB 60 Beyond Silence (1996) Summary: Since the earliest days in her childhood Lara has had a difficult but important task. Both her parents are deaf-mute and Lara has to translate from sign-language to the spoken word and vice versa when her parents want to communicate with other people. Getting older and more mature she becomes interested in music and starts to play clarinet very successfully. However her parents are deaf, they cannot share Lara's musical career. The day comes when Lara has to decide between her parents and her own ambitions. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Beyond_Silence/rating/LVB 60 The Big Lebowski (1998) Summary: When "The Dude" Lebowski is mistaken for a millionaire Lebowski, two thugs urinate on his rug to coerce him into paying a debt he knows nothing about. While attempting to gain recompense for the ruined rug from his wealthy counterpart, he accepts a one-time job with high pay-off. He enlists the help of his bowling buddy, Walter, a gun-toting Jewish-convert with anger issues. Deception leads to more trouble, and it soon seems that everyone from porn empire tycoons to nihilists want something from The Dude. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Big_Lebowski/rating/LVB 60 Black Book (2006) Summary: In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance. http://www.criticker.com/film/Zwartboek/rating/LVB 60 Blade Runner (1982) Summary: Harrison Ford stars as former detective Rick Deckard who is on the hunt for "replicants," androids, attempting to pass as humans in technogrunge 2019 Los Angeles. http://www.criticker.com/film/Blade_Runner/rating/LVB 60 The Blind Side (2009) Summary: A poor, oversized and under-educated teenager is recruited by a major college football program where he is groomed into an athletically and academically successful NFL prospect. http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Blind_Side/rating/LVB 60 Blood Diamond (2006) Summary: Set against the backdrop of the chaos and civil war that enveloped 1990s Sierra Leone, Blood Diamond is the story of Danny Archer (DiCaprio), an ex-mercenary from Zimbabwe, and Solomon Vandy (Hounsou), a Mende fisherman. Both men are African, but their histories and their circumstances are as different as any can be until their fates become joined in a common quest to recover a rare pink diamond, the kind of stone that can transform a life... or end it. (Warner Bros.) http://www.criticker.com/film/Blood_Diamond/rating/LVB 60 Blow (2001) Summary: A high-velocity look at George Jung's (Depp) spectacular rise and fall -- based on the true story of how powder cocaine turned into America's biggest drug problem and how one man from the blue-collar suburbs became the 35 billion-dollar a-year conduit to the Colombian cartels. Ted Demme directs this riveting look at the manic allure -- and dangerous reality -- of a drug smuggler's everyday life, and unfolds one of the great untold stories from the recent annals of American crime and culture. (New Line Cinema) http://www.criticker.com/film/Blow/rating/LVB 60 Blue Velvet (1986) Summary: Set in a small American town, Blue Velvet is a dark, sensuous mystery involving the intertwining lives of four very different individuals. The film's painful realism reminds us that we are not immune to the disturbing events which transpire in Blue Velvet's sleepy community. There is a darker side of life waiting for us all. (De Laurentiis Entertainment Group Inc.) http://www.criticker.com/film/Blue_Velvet/rating/LVB 60 The Blues Brothers (1980) Summary: Jake Blues, just out from prison, puts together his old band to save the Catholic home where he and brother Elwood were raised. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Blues_Brothers/rating/LVB 60 Bobby (2006) Summary: Tuesday, June 4, 1968: the California presidential primary. As day breaks Robert Kennedy arrives at the Ambassador Hotel; he'll campaign, then speak to supporters at midnight. To capture the texture of the late 1960s, we see vignettes at the hotel: a couple marries so he can avoid Vietnam, kitchen staff discuss race and baseball, a man cheats on his wife, another is fired for racism, a retired hotel doorman plays chess in the lobby with an old friend... (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Bobby/rating/LVB 60 Body of Lies (2008) Summary: A former journalist injured in the Iraq war is hired by the CIA to track down an Al Qaeda leader in Jordan. Based on the novel "Body of Lies" by David Ignatius http://www.criticker.com/film/Body_of_Lies/rating/LVB 60 The Boondock Saints (1999) Summary: Two Irish brothers accidentally killed mafia thugs. They turned themselves in and were released as heroes. They then see it as a calling by God and started knocking off mafia gang members one by one. Willem Dafoe plays the detective trying to figure out the killings, but the closer he was to catching the Irish brothers, the more he thinks the brothers are doing the right thing. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Boondock_Saints/rating/LVB 60 Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) Summary: The movie film is a government assigned project to broaden and enlight people and glory of nation. Cultural learning is emportant to follow on global basis. We make our nation a better and more convenient place for house and living. Kazakhs are progressive and asstonishing people that with conclusion of project will have new optimistic approach in daily life in world of same people. Our film will bring the US & A closer to us. We help with needs of kazakh knowledge and Us&a culture is positive step for future of our glorious nation. (20th Century Fox) http://www.criticker.com/film/Borat_Cultural_Learnings_of_America/rating/LVB 60 Born Into Brothels (2004) Summary: Two documentary filmmakers chronicle their time in Sonagchi, Calcutta and the relationships they developed with children of prostitutes who work the city's notorious red light district http://www.criticker.com/film/Born_Into_Brothels/rating/LVB 60 Bowling for Columbine (2002) Summary: Famed documentarian Michael Moore returns with his first feature film in five years, as he tackles the issue of America's unique obsession with firearms. http://www.criticker.com/film/Bowling_for_Columbine/rating/LVB 60 Brazil (1985) Summary: Brazil is a surrealistic nightmare vision of a "perfect" future where technology reigns supreme. Everyone is monitored by a secret government agency that forbids love to interfere with efficiency. When a daydreaming bureaucrat (Pryce) becomes unwittingly involved with an underground superhero and a beautiful mystery woman, he becomes the tragic victim of his own romantic illusions. (Universal Pictures) http://www.criticker.com/film/Brazil/rating/LVB 60 Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore? (2006) Summary: This documentary follows the 2004 Missouri Democratic primary to replace retiring 28-year veteran and former House Majority Leader Dick Gephardt. It is told from inside the campaign of Jeff Smith, a 29-year old part-time political science instructor at Washington University. The film offers an unvarnished look at the inside of what national pundits called one of 2004's surprising campaigns... (At Risk Films) http://www.criticker.com/film/Can_Mr_Smith_Get_to/rating/LVB 60 Capote (2005) Summary: Truman Capote (Hoffman), during his research for his book In Cold Blood, an account of the murder of a Kansas family, the writer develops a close relationship with Perry Smith, one of the killers. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Capote/rating/LVB 60 Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) Summary: Marvel launches another super franchise with this action-packed origin story, which follows Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) as he volunteers for a secret experiment during World War II. Transformed into a superhero named Captain America, Steve goes after the Axis. With his perfect physique and heightened reflexes -- and his sidekick, Bucky (Sebastian Stan) -- Steve battles the Red Skull (Hugo Weaving), a super soldier created by Italian fascists. http://www.criticker.com/film/Captain_America_The_First_Avenger/rating/LVB 60 Chariots of Fire (1981) Summary: The story of two British track athletes, one a determined Jew, and the other a devout Christian who compete in the 1924 Olympics. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Chariots_of_Fire/rating/LVB 60 Charlie Wilson's War (2007) Summary: A drama based on a Texas congressman Charlie Wilson's covert dealings in Afghanistan, where his efforts to assist rebels in their war with the Soviets have some unforeseen and long-reaching effects. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Charlie_Wilsons_War/rating/LVB 60 Chicago (2002) Summary: A new interpretation that takes the award-winning Broadway show into fresh and expansive cinematic realms, Chicago shifts adroitly from the reality of intrigue, rivalry and betrayal to spectacular fantasies of music and dance, offering tongue-in-cheek commentary on the cult of celebrity and the scandalous lengths to which people will go to attain it. (Miramax) http://www.criticker.com/film/Chicago/rating/LVB 60 Chocolat (2000) Summary: When Vianne (Binoche), a mysterious stranger, and her child arrive in a tranquil French town in the winter of 1959, nobody could have imagined the impact that she and her spirited daughter would have on this community stubbornly rooted in tradition. (Miramax Films) http://www.criticker.com/film/Chocolat_2000/rating/LVB 60 Citizen Kane (1941) Summary: Following the death of a publishing tycoon, news reporters scramble to discover the meaning of his final utterance (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Citizen_Kane/rating/LVB 60 Clash of the Titans (1981) Summary: A film adaption of the myth of Perseus and his quest to battle both Medusa and the Kraken monster to save the Princess Andromeda. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Clash_of_the_Titans/rating/LVB 60 Clear and Present Danger (1994) Summary: When his mentor Admiral James Greer (Jones) becomes gravely ill, Jack Ryan (Ford) is appointed acting CIA Deputy Director of Intelligence. His first assignment: investigate the murder of one of the President's friends, a prominent U.S. businessman with secret ties to Colombian drug cartels. Unbeknownst to Ryan, the CIA has already dispatched a deadly field operative (Dafoe) to lead a paramilitary force against the Colombian drug lords. Caught in the crossfire, Ryan takes matters into his own hands, risking his career and life for the only cause he still believes in-the truth. (Paramount) http://www.criticker.com/film/Clear_and_Present_Danger/rating/LVB 60 Click (2006) Summary: When an overworked architect (Sandler) finds a universal remote that lets him control his universe, he feels a rush of power. But before he knows it, the remote is programming him, rather than the other way around. (Sony) http://www.criticker.com/film/Click/rating/LVB 60 Coach Carter (2005) Summary: Inspired by a true-life story, Coach Carter is an inspirational account of a controversial high school basketball coach, who received both high praise and staunch criticism when he made national news in 1999 for benching his entire undefeated basketball team for poor academic performance. (Paramount) http://www.criticker.com/film/Coach_Carter/rating/LVB 60 Cold Mountain (2003) Summary: Based on one of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory, Cold Mountain sets off on a true American odyssey through a time that saw some of the greatest ferocity -- and heroism -- the nation has ever known. (Miramax) http://www.criticker.com/film/Cold_Mountain/rating/LVB 60 The Constant Gardener (2005) Summary: Adapted from the novel by John le Carre, this is a gripping romantic thriller that sweeps audiences along one man's emotional and global journey to uncover the truth behind a personal loss and a worldwide conspiracy. (Focus Features) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Constant_Gardener/rating/LVB 60 The Conversation (1974) Summary: A paranoid and personally-secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that a couple he is spying on will be murdered. http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Conversation/rating/LVB 60 The Corporation (2003) Summary: This feature documentary analyzes the very nature of the corporate institution, its impacts on our planet, and what people are doing in response. (Zeitgeist Films) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Corporation/rating/LVB 60 The Cove (2009) Summary: Using state-of-the-art equipment, a group of activists infiltrate a cove near Taijii, Japan to expose both a shocking instance of animal abuse and a serious threat to human health. http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Cove/rating/LVB 60 Crash (2005) Summary: A provocative, unflinching look at the complexities of racial tolerance in contemporary America. Diving headlong into the diverse melting pot of post-9/11 Los Angeles, this compelling urban drama tracks the volatile intersections of a multi-ethnic case of characters' struggles to overcome their fears as they careen in and out of one another's lives. (Lions Gate Films) http://www.criticker.com/film/Crash_2005/rating/LVB 60 Crazy Heart (2009) Summary: When small town reporter Jean Craddock seeks out Bad Blake -- an alcoholic, seen-better-days country music legend -- for an interview, they make a connection, and hard-living Blake sees a possible saving grace in a life with Jean and her young boy. Is he ready to leave behind a life playing in the shadow of Tommy, the upstart kid he once mentored? http://www.criticker.com/film/Crazy_Heart/rating/LVB 60 Crocodile Dundee (1986) Summary: An American reporter goes to the Australian outback to meet an eccentric crocodile poacher and invites him to New York City. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Crocodile_Dundee/rating/LVB 60 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) Summary: The disappearance of a magical jade sword spurs a breathtaking quest for the missing treasure. Li is embittered by the loss of his jade sword, and his unrequited pursuit of Yu is further complicated by the mysterious intrusion of an assassin. The identity of the assassin is gradually unveiled as another poignant tale of love begins to ravel with that of Li and Yu against the backdrop of Western China's magnificent landscape. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Crouching_Tiger_Hidden_Dragon/rating/LVB 60 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) Summary: Tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Curious_Case_of_Benjamin/rating/LVB 60 The Darjeeling Limited (2007) Summary: Three American brothers who have not spoken to each other in a year set off on a train voyage across India with a plan to find themselves and bond with each other -- to become brothers again like they used to be. Their "spiritual quest", however, veers rapidly off-course (due to events involving over-the-counter pain killers, Indian cough syrup, and pepper spray), and they eventually find themselves stranded alone in the middle of the desert with eleven suitcases, a printer, and a laminating machine. At this moment, a new, unplanned journey suddenly begins. (Fox Searchlight) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Darjeeling_Limited/rating/LVB 60 Dawn of the Dead (2004) Summary: A nurse, a policeman, a street gang member, his wife, a salesman, and other survivors of a worldwide plague that is producing aggressive, flesh-eating zombies, take refuge in a mega Midwestern shopping mall. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Dawn_of_the_Dead_2004/rating/LVB 60 The Day After Tomorrow (2004) Summary: An abrupt climate change has cataclysmic consequences for the entire planet. (20th Century Fox) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Day_After_Tomorrow/rating/LVB 60 Deja Vu (2006) Summary: Everyone has experienced the mystery of deja vu, but what if the feelings were actually warnings sent from the past or clues to the future? It is deja vu that guides ATF agent Doug Carlin through an investigation into a shattering crime. Called in to recover evidence after a bomb sets off an explosion on a New Orleans Ferry, Carlin is about to discover that what most people believe "is only in their heads" is actually something far more powerful. http://www.criticker.com/film/Deja_Vu_2006/rating/LVB 60 Derailed (2002) Summary: On an out of control train holding hostages and high-tech bio-weapons agent Kristoff (Van Damme) becomes a one man army to derail the terrorists and save the lives of everyone on board! (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Derailed/rating/LVB 60 The Devil Wears Prada (2006) Summary: In New York, the simple and naive just-graduated in journalism Andrea Sachs is hired to work as the second assistant of the powerful and sophisticated Miranda Priestly, the ruthless and merciless executive of the Runway fashion magazine. Andrea dreams to become a journalist and faces the opportunity as a temporary professional challenge... (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Devil_Wears_Prada/rating/LVB 60 The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) Summary: Harrowing story of a young Jewish girl who, with her family and their friends is forced into hiding in an attic in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Diary_of_Anne_Frank/rating/LVB 60 The Dish (2000) Summary: In the days before the July 19, 1969 space mission that marked humankind's first steps on the moon, NASA was working with a group of Australian technicians who had agreed to rig up a satellite interface. That the Aussies placed the satellite dish smack dab in the middle of an Australian sheep farm in the boondocks town of Parkes was just one of the reasons that NASA was concerned. Based on a true story, The Dish takes a smart, witty, comical look at the differing cultural attitudes between Australia and the U.S. while revisiting one of the greatest events in history. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Dish/rating/LVB 60 District 9 (2009) Summary: An extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth suddenly find a kindred spirit in a government agent that is exposed to their biotechnology. http://www.criticker.com/film/District_9/rating/LVB 60 Disturbia (2007) Summary: Two teens begin to suspect that one of their neighbors is a serial killer. Are their suspicions merely the product of cabin fever and vivid imagination? Or have they unwittingly stumbled across a crime that could cost them their lives? (Paramount Pictures) http://www.criticker.com/film/Disturbia/rating/LVB 60 Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004) Summary: White Goodman is the owner and founder of Globo Gym, and would love nothing more than owning Average Joe's Gymnasium. Peter LaFleur doesn't want to lose his gym to Goodman, but couldn't find anyway to get $50,000 in time. Peter and his gang of gym buddies, think of ways to raise money, finally settling on winning a dodgeball tournament. http://www.criticker.com/film/Dodgeball_A_True_Underdog_Story/rating/LVB 60 Donnie Brasco (1997) Summary: A gangland thriller about an undercover FBI agent who befriends a hitman to gain entry to the mob. http://www.criticker.com/film/Donnie_Brasco/rating/LVB 60 Doubt (2008) Summary: Set in 1964, Doubt centers on a nun who confronts a priest after suspecting him abusing a black student. He denies the charges, and much of the play's quick-fire dialogue tackles themes of religion, morality and authority. http://www.criticker.com/film/Doubt/rating/LVB 60 Duplicity (2009) Summary: A pair of corporate spies who share a steamy past hook up to pull off the ultimate con job on their respective bosses. http://www.criticker.com/film/Duplicity/rating/LVB 60 Eagle Eye (2008) Summary: A young slacker and a single mom get tangled up in a terrorist cell plotting a political assassination. http://www.criticker.com/film/Eagle_Eye/rating/LVB 60 The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream (2004) Summary: Since World War II North Americans have invested much of their newfound wealth in suburbia. It has promised a sense of space, affordability, family life and upward mobility. As the population of suburban sprawl has exploded in the past 50 years, so too the suburban way of life has become embedded in the American consciousness... (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_End_of_Suburbia_Oil/rating/LVB 60 Fargo (1996) Summary: Jerry's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of pregnant Marge Gunderson. http://www.criticker.com/film/Fargo/rating/LVB 60 Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) Summary: Ferris Bueller. Larger than life. Blessed with a magical sense of serendipity. He's a model for all those who take themselves too seriously. A guy who knows the value of a day off. Ferris Bueller's Day Off chronicles the events in the day of a rather magical young man, Ferris (Broderick). One spring day, toward the end of his senior year, Ferris gives into an overwhelming urge to cut school and head for downtown Chicago with his girl (Sara) and his best friend (Ruck) (Paramount) http://www.criticker.com/film/Ferris_Buellers_Day_Off/rating/LVB 60 Fight Club (1999) Summary: An office employee and a soap salesman build a global organization to help vent male aggression. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Fight_Club/rating/LVB 60 Finding Neverland (2004) Summary: A tale of magic and fantasy inspired by the life of James Barrie, the real-life author of the children's classic Peter Pan. (Miramax) http://www.criticker.com/film/Finding_Neverland/rating/LVB 60 Fitzcarraldo (1982) Summary: The story of Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, an extremely determined man who intends to build an opera house in the middle of the Peruvian jungle. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Fitzcarraldo/rating/LVB 60 Flags of Our Fathers (2006) Summary: Based on the bestselling book, this film chronicles the battle of Iwo Jima and the fates of the flag raisers and some of their brothers in Easy Company. (Warner Bros. Pictures) http://www.criticker.com/film/Flags_of_Our_Fathers/rating/LVB 60 Flight (2012) Summary: An airline pilot saves a flight from crashing, but an investigation into the malfunctions reveals something troubling (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Flight_2012/rating/LVB 60 From Russia with Love (1963) Summary: Agent 007 is sent into Turkey to confiscate an encryption device which is actually a trap for him contrived by SPECTRE. http://www.criticker.com/film/From_Russia_with_Love/rating/LVB 60 From the Earth to the Moon (1998) Summary: Through dramatization, this series relates the story of the conquest of the moon by the Americans, from the Mercury and Gemini projects to the legendary Apollo missions. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/tv/From_the_Earth_to_the_1998/rating/LVB 60 Frost/Nixon (2008) Summary: A dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon. http://www.criticker.com/film/FrostNixon/rating/LVB 60 The Full Monty (1997) Summary: Six unemployed steel workers, inspired by the Chippendale's dancers, form a male striptease act. The women cheer them on to go for "the full monty" - total nudity. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Full_Monty/rating/LVB 60 Garden State (2004) Summary: Andrew Largeman (Braff) shuffled through life in a lithium-induced coma until his mother's death inspired a vacation from the pills to see what might happen. When he travels from L.A. back to his hometown, he meets Sam (Portman), a girl who is everything he isn't. Her warmth and fearlessness give him the courage to open his heart to the joy and pain of the infinite abyss that is life. (Fox Searchlight Pictures) http://www.criticker.com/film/Garden_State/rating/LVB 60 Gattaca (1997) Summary: An engrossing sci-fi thriller about an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. (Sony) http://www.criticker.com/film/Gattaca/rating/LVB 60 Ghost (1990) Summary: Patrick Swayze plays a ghost who teams with a psychic (Goldberg) to uncover the truth behind his murder - and to rescue his sweetheart (Moore) from a similar fate. (Paramount Pictures) http://www.criticker.com/film/Ghost/rating/LVB 60 Ghostbusters (1984) Summary: Three unemployed parapsychology professors set up shop as a unique ghost removal service. http://www.criticker.com/film/Ghostbusters/rating/LVB 60 Ghostbusters II (1989) Summary: The discovery of a massive river of ectoplasm and a resurgence of specteral activity allows the staff of Ghostbusters to revive the business. http://www.criticker.com/film/Ghostbusters_II/rating/LVB 60 Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) Summary: A group of real estate salesmen in Chicago compete for the best "leads" at a small firm selling property in "resort" areas, such as Florida and Arizona. When a hotshot executive from the head office arrives and proposes a vicious sales contest, competition gets stiff, and salesmen who have worked a lifetime for the company find their jobs in jeopardy. (Artisan) http://www.criticker.com/film/Glengarry_Glen_Ross/rating/LVB 60 Gone Baby Gone (2007) Summary: Gone Baby Gone follows the explosive case of just one missing little girl. But inside this investigation lie secrets and a labyrinthine maze of class and corruption, evil and innocence...all leading up to one man's extraordinary choice in a world where right and wrong have become blurred. (Miramax) http://www.criticker.com/film/Gone_Baby_Gone/rating/LVB 60 The Good Shepherd (2006) Summary: The tumultuous early history of the Central Intelligence Agency is viewed through the prism of one man's life in this espionage drama. (Universal Pictures) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Good_Shepherd_2006/rating/LVB 60 The Goonies (1985) Summary: A group of kids embark on a wild adventure after finding a pirate treasure map (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Goonies/rating/LVB 60 The Graduate (1967) Summary: Recent college graduate Benjamin Braddock is trapped into an affair with Mrs. Robinson, who happens to be the wife of his father's business partner and then finds himself falling in love with her teenage daughter, Elaine (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Graduate/rating/LVB 60 Gravity (2013) Summary: Astronauts attempt to return to earth after debris crashes into their space shuttle, leaving them drifting alone in space. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Gravity/rating/LVB 60 The Green Mile (1999) Summary: Set on Death Row in a Southern prison in 1935, this is the remarkable story of a prison guard who develops a poignant, unusual relationship with one inmate who possesses a magical gift that is both mysterious and miraculous. (Castle Rock Entertainment) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Green_Mile/rating/LVB 60 Green Zone (2010) Summary: Discovering covert and faulty intelligence causes a U.S. Army officer to go rogue as he hunts for Weapons of Mass Destruction in an unstable region. http://www.criticker.com/film/Green_Zone/rating/LVB 60 Gremlins (1984) Summary: A boy inadvertantly breaks 3 important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Gremlins/rating/LVB 60 Grizzly Man (2005) Summary: In his mesmerizing new film, acclaimed director Werner Herzog explores the life and death of amateur grizzly bear expert and wildlife preservationist Timothy Treadwell. (Lions Gate Films) http://www.criticker.com/film/Grizzly_Man/rating/LVB 60 Hard Candy (2006) Summary: A cat-and-mouse psychotic thriller as incisive as it is stylish, Hard Candy delivers a provocative take on the revenge drama while jangling nerves at every turn. The film plunges us into an unstable universe where we cannot readily identify the "good guy" in the tense confrontation between a 14-year-old girl and the 32-year-old man she suspects of pedophilia and murder. (Lionsgate) http://www.criticker.com/film/Hard_Candy/rating/LVB 60 Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle (2004) Summary: In the great cinematic tradition of "Road Trip" and "Dude, Where's My Car?" comes Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, which follows two likeable underdogs who set out on a Friday night quest to satisfy their craving for White Castle hamburgers and end up on an epic journey of deep thoughts, deeper inhaling and a wild road trip as un-PC as it gets. (New Line Cinema) http://www.criticker.com/film/Harold_and_Kumar_Go_to/rating/LVB 60 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) Summary: Harry finds himself selected as an underaged competitor in a dangerous multi-wizardary school competition. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Harry_Potter_and_the_Goblet/rating/LVB 60 Heat (1995) Summary: A Los Angeles crime saga, "Heat" focuses on the lives of two men on opposite sides of the law - one a detective; the other a thief.(imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Heat_1995/rating/LVB 60 Helvetica (2007) Summary: Typography, graphic design, and the global visual culture. http://www.criticker.com/film/Helvetica/rating/LVB 60 Her (2013) Summary: A lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with his newly-purchased operating system that's designed to meet his every need. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Her/rating/LVB 60 A History of Violence (2005) Summary: Tom Stall (Mortensen) is living a happy and quiet life with his lawyer wife (Bello) and their two children in the small town of Millbrook, Indiana, until one night their idyllic existence is shattered when Tom foils a vicious attempted robbery in his diner. (New Line Cinema) http://www.criticker.com/film/A_History_of_Violence/rating/LVB 60 Hitch (2005) Summary: In this sophisticated romantic comedy, Alex "Hitch" Hitchens is a legendary - and deliberately anonymous - New York City "date doctor" who, for a fee, has helped countless men woo the women of their dreams. While coaching Albert, a meek accountant who is smitten with a glamorous celebrity, Hitch finally meets his match in the person of the gorgeous, whip-smart Sara, a gossip columnist who is on to him. http://www.criticker.com/film/Hitch/rating/LVB 60 The Hoax (2007) Summary: Inspired by true events, this film stars Richard Gere as Clifford Irving, a charismatic and charming writer who persuades the world that he is the authorized biographer for the reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes. (Miramax Films) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Hoax/rating/LVB 60 Hostel: Part II (2007) Summary: Three young Americans studying abroad in Rome set off for a weekend trip when they run into a beautiful model from their art class. Also on her way to an exotic destination, the gorgeous European invites the coeds to come along. Will the girls find the oasis they are looking for? Or are they poised to become victims for hire, pawns in the fantasies of the sick and privileged from around the world who secretly travel here to savor more grisly pursuits? (Lionsgate) http://www.criticker.com/film/Hostel_Part_II/rating/LVB 60 The Hours (2002) Summary: The story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place; all are linked by their yearnings and their fears. (Paramount) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Hours/rating/LVB 60 The Hunger Games (2012) Summary: Set in a future where the Capitol selects a boy and girl from the twelve districts to fight to the death on live television, Katniss Everdeen volunteers to take her younger sister's place for the latest match. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Hunger_Games/rating/LVB 60 The Hunt for Red October (1990) Summary: A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius (Connery). The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. A lone CIA analyst (Baldwin) has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it-because the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find him, too. (Paramount Pictures) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Hunt_for_Red_October/rating/LVB 60 I Am Legend (2007) Summary: Robert Neville is a brilliant scientist, but even he could not contain the terrible virus that was unstoppable, incurable...and manmade. Somehow immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City...and maybe the world. But he is not alone. (Warner Bros.) http://www.criticker.com/film/I_Am_Legend/rating/LVB 60 I.O.U.S.A. (2008) Summary: Few are aware that America may be on the brink of a financial meltdown. I.O.U.S.A. explores the country's shocking current fiscal condition and ways to avoid a national economic disaster. http://www.criticker.com/film/IOUSA/rating/LVB 60 In Bruges (2008) Summary: Holed up in Bruges, two hit men begin to differ on their views of life and death as they become used to local customs. http://www.criticker.com/film/In_Bruges/rating/LVB 60 An Inconvenient Truth (2006) Summary: This documentary offers a passionate and inspirational look at Al Gore's fervent crusade to halt global warming's deadly progress in its tracks by exposing the myths and misconceptions that surround it. (Participant Productions) http://www.criticker.com/film/An_Inconvenient_Truth/rating/LVB 60 Independence Day (1996) Summary: Mysterious and powerful aliens launch an all-out invasion against the human race. The spectacle begins when massive spaceships appear in Earth's skies. But wonder turns to terror as the ships blast destructive beams of fire down on cities all over the planet. Now the world's only hope lies with a determined band of survivors, uniting for one last strike against the invaders - before it's the end of all mankind. (20th Century Fox) http://www.criticker.com/film/Independence_Day/rating/LVB 60 Inside Job (2010) Summary: Takes a closer look at what brought about the financial meltdown. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Inside_Job/rating/LVB 60 Insomnia (2002) Summary: The story of Will Dormer, a veteran LAPD detective who travels to a small Alaskan town with his partner Hap to investigate the disturbing murder of a seventeen year-old girl. http://www.criticker.com/film/Insomnia_2002/rating/LVB 60 The International (2009) Summary: Interpol Agent Louis Salinger and Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Eleanor Whitman are determined to bring to justice one of the world's most powerful banks. Uncovering illegal activities including money laundering, arms trading, and the destabilization of governments, Salinger and Whitman's investigation takes them from Berlin to Milan to New York and to Istanbul. http://www.criticker.com/film/The_International/rating/LVB 60 Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) Summary: A small town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by alien duplicates. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Invasion_of_the_Body_Snatchers/rating/LVB 60 Invictus (2009) Summary: The story of what happened after the end of apartheid when newly elected president Nelson Mandela used the 1995 World Cup rugby matches to unite his people. http://www.criticker.com/film/Invictus/rating/LVB 60 Iron Man 2 (2010) Summary: Wealthy inventor and former weapons maker Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) continues to fight crime as his alter ego, Iron Man, taking on villains intent on destroying humanity in Jon Favreau's action-packed superhero sequel based on Marvel comic book characters. But Stark's battle with the bottle may be his toughest challenge yet. Don Cheadle co-stars as Col. James Rhodes, with Samuel L. Jackson reprising his role as Nick Fury. http://www.criticker.com/film/Iron_Man_2/rating/LVB 60 The Island (2005) Summary: Six-Echo is a resident of a seemingly utopian but contained facility in the mid-21st century. He hopes to be chosen to go to "The Island" - reportedly the last uncontaminated spot on the planet... http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Island_2005/rating/LVB 60 The Italian Job (2003) Summary: A gang of robbers, lead by career criminal Charlie Croker, create the largest traffic jam in Los Angeles history, giving them time to pull off a theft of gold bullion. They get away in their Mini Coopers, which are small enough to drive on sidewalks so they can make a clean get away before the traffic jam clears. http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Italian_Job_2003/rating/LVB 60 Jarhead (2005) Summary: Laced with dark wit, honest inquisition and episodes that are at once surreal and poignant, tragic and absurd, Jarhead is the film adaptation of Marine Anthony Swofford's bracing memoir that took readers into his disorienting firsthand experience in the Gulf War. (Universal) http://www.criticker.com/film/Jarhead/rating/LVB 60 Jerry Maguire (1996) Summary: Jerry Maguire used to be a typical sports agent: willing to do just about anything he could to get the biggest possible contracts for his clients, plus a nice commission for himself. Then, one day, he suddenly has second thoughts about what he's really doing. When he voices these doubts, he ends up losing his job and all of his clients, save Rod Tidwell, an egomaniacal football player. Can Jerry resurrect his career while still staying true to himself? (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Jerry_Maguire/rating/LVB 60 Julie & Julia (2009) Summary: Intertwines the lives of two women who, though separated by time and space, are both at loose ends until they discover that with the right combination of passion, fearlessness and butter, anything is possible. http://www.criticker.com/film/Julie__Julia/rating/LVB 60 Jurassic Park (1993) Summary: Featuring incredible special effects and action-packed drama, Jurassic Park takes you to a remote island where an amazing theme park with living dinosaurs is about to turn deadly, as five people must battle to survive among the prehistoric predators. (Universal Pictures) http://www.criticker.com/film/Jurassic_Park/rating/LVB 60 Just Like Heaven (2005) Summary: Elizabeth Masterson, a dedicated doctor in San Francisco, had almost no time for anything. When her sister with two kids set her up on a date, she gets into a tragic car crash and gets in a coma. Meanwhile, an artist named David Abbott moves into San Francisco and coincidentally, into Elizabeth's apartment for rent. While at the apartment, Elizabeth's spirit haunts him... (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Just_Like_Heaven/rating/LVB 60 The Karate Kid (1984) Summary: A handyman/martial arts master agrees to teach a bullied boy karate and shows him that there is more to the martial art than fighting. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Karate_Kid/rating/LVB 60 The Kennedys (2011) Summary: The story of the most fabled political family in American history, told in a manner similar to The Godfather: a manipulative, egocentric father determined to live out his own ambitions through his sons, who in turn spent their lives dancing to his tune while at the same time trying to stand on their own. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/tv/The_Kennedys/rating/LVB 60 Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004) Summary: The murderous Bride continues her vengeance quest against her ex-boss, Bill, and his two remaining associates; his younger brother Budd, and Bill's latest flame Elle. http://www.criticker.com/film/Kill_Bill_Volume_2/rating/LVB 60 King Kong (2005) Summary: Director Peter Jackson helms the dramatic adventure King Kong, bringing his sweeping cinematic vision to the iconic story of the gigantic ape captured in the wild and brought to civilization where he meets his tragic fate. http://www.criticker.com/film/King_Kong_2005/rating/LVB 60 The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007) Summary: The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters is a documentary that follows Steve Wiebe as he tries to take the world high score for the arcade game Donkey Kong from reigning champion Billy Mitchell. http://www.criticker.com/film/The_King_of_Kong_A/rating/LVB 60 The Last House on the Left (2009) Summary: After kidnapping and butchering two teenagers, a gang unknowingly finds refuge with the parents of one of the victims -- hosts who devise gruesome revenge. http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Last_House_on_the_2009/rating/LVB 60 Léon: The Professional (1994) Summary: A go-for-broke thriller about a professional assassin whose work becomes dangerously personal. Calling himself a "cleaner", the mysterious Leon is New York's top hitman. When his next-door neighbors are murdered, Leon becomes the unwilling guardian of the family's sole survivor - 12-year-old Mathilda. http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Professional/rating/LVB 60 Life of Pi (2012) Summary: The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific Ocean. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Life_of_Pi/rating/LVB 60 Linotype: The Film (2012) Summary: Called the "Eighth Wonder of the World" by Thomas Edison, the Linotype type casting machine revolutionized printing and society. The film tells the charming and emotional story of the people connected to the Linotype and how it impacted the world. (linotypefilm.com) http://www.criticker.com/film/Linotype_The_Film/rating/LVB 60 Little Children (2006) Summary: "Little Children" centers on a handful of individuals whose lives intersect on the playgrounds, town pools and streets of their small community in surprising and potentially dangerous ways. http://www.criticker.com/film/Little_Children/rating/LVB 60 Little Miss Sunshine (2006) Summary: Little Miss Sunshine is an American family road comedy that shatters the mold. Brazenly satirical and yet deeply human, the film introduces audiences to one of the most endearingly fractured families in recent cinema history: the Hoovers, whose trip to a pre-pubescent beauty pageant results not only in comic mayhem but in death, transformation and a moving look at the surprising rewards of being losers in a winning-crazed culture. (Fox Searchlight Pictures) http://www.criticker.com/film/Little_Miss_Sunshine/rating/LVB 60 Live Free or Die Hard (2007) Summary: On the July 4th holiday, an attack on the vulnerable United States infrastructure begins to shut down the entire nation. The mysterious figure behind the scheme has figured out every modern angle - but he never figures on an old-school "analog" fly in the "digital" ointment. Bruce Willis is John McClane. No mask. No cape. No problem. http://www.criticker.com/film/Live_Free_or_Die_Hard/rating/LVB 60 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) Summary: A collection of law-dodging characters in London are brought together by coincidence when a streetwise young man loses half-a-million pounds in a card game. http://www.criticker.com/film/Lock_Stock_and_Two_Smoking/rating/LVB 60 The Longest Yard (2005) Summary: The story of pro quarterback Paul Crewe and former college champion and coach Nate Scarboro who are doing time in the same prison. Asked to put together a team of inmates to take on the guards, Crewe enlists the help of Scarboro to coach the inmates to victory in a football game "fixed" to turn out quite another way. http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Longest_Yard_2005/rating/LVB 60 Lost in Translation (2003) Summary: Unable to sleep, Bob and Charlotte, two Americans in Tokyo, cross paths one night in the luxury hotel bar. This chance meeting soon becomes a surprising friendship. Charlotte and Bob venture through Tokyo, having often hilarious encounters with its citizens, and ultimately discover a new belief in life's possibilities. http://www.criticker.com/film/Lost_in_Translation/rating/LVB 60 Lucas (1986) Summary: A young nerdy boy hopes to gain acceptance in a high school by not backing down against the school bullies... (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Lucas/rating/LVB 60 M (1931) Summary: When the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/M/rating/LVB 60 The Machinist (2004) Summary: Trevor Reznik has not slept for a year. His every waking minute has become an unremitting nightmare of confusion, paranoia, guilt, anxiety and terror - each of which is part of an escalating series of clues that will lead to the source of his mysterious affliction. (Paramount Classics) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Machinist/rating/LVB 60 Mad Max (1979) Summary: In a dystopic future Australia, a vicious biker gang murder a cop's family and make his fight with them personal (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Mad_Max/rating/LVB 60 Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) Summary: Mad Max becomes a pawn in a decadent oasis of technological society, and when exiled, becomes the deliverer of a colony of children (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Mad_Max_Beyond_Thunderdome/rating/LVB 60 Mallrats (1995) Summary: Both dumped by their girlfriends, two best friends seek refuge in the local mall. http://www.criticker.com/film/Mallrats/rating/LVB 60 The Manchurian Candidate (2004) Summary: As the entire nation watches the presidential campaign hurtle towards Election Day, one soldier races to uncover the conspiracy behind it -- a conspiracy that seeks to destroy democracy itself. (Paramount Pictures) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Manchurian_Candidate_2004/rating/LVB 60 Manufacturing Dissent (2007) Summary: Manufacturing Dissent is a topical documentary seeking to separate fact, fiction, and legend. It chronicles Michael Moore on tour during the promotion of Farenheit 9/11, all while exploring the politically charged climate in America that has prompted Moore's ascension from documentary filmmaker to icon of the political left. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Manufacturing_Dissent/rating/LVB 60 Matilda (1996) Summary: Story of a wonderful little girl, who happens to be a genius, and her wonderful teacher vs. the worst parents ever and the worst school principal imaginable. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Matilda/rating/LVB 60 The Matrix Revolutions (2003) Summary: The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing the rogue Agent Smith. http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Matrix_Revolutions/rating/LVB 60 Meet the Fockers (2004) Summary: Now that Greg Focker (Stiller) is "in" with his soon-to-be in-laws, Jack (De Niro) and Dina (Danner) Byrnes, it looks like smooth sailing for him and his fiancée, Pam (Polo). But that's before Pam's parents meet Greg's parents, Bernie and Roz Focker (Hoffman and Streisand). The hyper-relaxed Fockers and the tightly-wound Byrneses are woefully mismatched from the start, and no matter how hard Greg and Pam try, there is just no bringing their families together-which all adds up to a disastrously funny time of "getting to know you." (Universal) http://www.criticker.com/film/Meet_the_Fockers/rating/LVB 60 Men of Honor (2000) Summary: Inspired by the life of Carl Brashear (Gooding, Jr.). The setting of his journey is the little known and dangerous world of deep-sea diving in the U.S. Navy of the 1950s and 60s. (20th Century Fox Films) http://www.criticker.com/film/Men_of_Honor/rating/LVB 60 Miss Congeniality (2000) Summary: An FBI agent must go undercover in the Miss United States beauty pageant to prevent a group from bombing the event. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Miss_Congeniality/rating/LVB 60 Mission: Impossible III (2006) Summary: Tom Cruise returns as Special Agent Ethan Hunt, who faces the mission of his life and a new villain (Hoffman) in Mission: Impossible III. Director J. J. Abrams ("Lost," "Alias") brings his unique blend of action and drama to the billion-dollar franchise. (Paramount Pictures) http://www.criticker.com/film/Mission_Impossible_III/rating/LVB 60 Monster (2003) Summary: Fictionalized biography of Aileen Wuornos, who was executed in Florida in 2002 after being convicted of murdering six men. Wuornos had worked as a prostitute, and claimed that the men had sexually assaulted her and that she was acting in self-defense. http://www.criticker.com/film/Monster/rating/LVB 60 Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005) Summary: John and Jane Smith are an ordinary suburban couple with an ordinary, lifeless suburban marriage. But each of them has a secret: They are legendary assassins working for competing organizations. When the truth comes out, John and Jane end up in each other's cross-hairs. (20th Century Fox) http://www.criticker.com/film/Mr_and_Mrs_Smith_2005/rating/LVB 60 Mulholland Drive (2001) Summary: In this complex tale of suspense, set in the unreal universe of Los Angeles, writer/director David Lynch explores the city's schizophrenic nature, an uneasy blend of innocence and corruption, love and loneliness, beauty and depravity. (Universal Focus) http://www.criticker.com/film/Mulholland_Drive/rating/LVB 60 Must Love Dogs (2005) Summary: As thirty-something divorced pre-school teacher Sarah Nolan (Lane) braves a series of hilariously disastrous mismatches and first dates, she begins to trust her own instincts again and learns that, no matter what, it's never a good idea to give up on love. (Warner Bros.) http://www.criticker.com/film/Must_Love_Dogs/rating/LVB 60 My Left Foot (1989) Summary: The story of Christy Brown, who was born with cerebral palsy. He learned to paint and write with his only controllable limb - his left foot. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/My_Left_Foot/rating/LVB 60 Napoleon Dynamite (2004) Summary: From Preston, Idaho comes Napoleon Dynamite (Heder), a new kind of hero complete with a tight red 'fro, some sweet moon boots and skills that can't be topped. (Fox Searchlight Pictures) http://www.criticker.com/film/Napoleon_Dynamite/rating/LVB 60 Night at the Museum (2006) Summary: A newly recruited night security guard at the Museum of Natural History discovers that an ancient curse causes the animals and exhibits on display to come to life and wreak havoc. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Night_at_the_Museum/rating/LVB 60 North by Northwest (1959) Summary: An advertising executive is mistaken for a spy and is pursued across the country while he looks for a way to survive. http://www.criticker.com/film/North_by_Northwest/rating/LVB 60 Notes on a Scandal (2006) Summary: Based on the novel by Zoe Heller, this psychological thriller portrays two women caught up in a drama of need and betrayal. (Fox Searchlight Pictures) http://www.criticker.com/film/Notes_on_a_Scandal/rating/LVB 60 Nowhere in Africa (2001) Summary: A love story spanning two continents, Nowhere in Africa is the extraordinary true tale of a Jewish family who flees the Nazi regime in 1938 for a remote farm in Kenya. (Zeitgeist Films) http://www.criticker.com/film/Nowhere_in_Africa/rating/LVB 60 Outsourced (2006) Summary: After his entire department is outsourced, an American novelty products salesman (Hamilton) heads to India to train his replacement. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Outsourced_2006/rating/LVB 60 The Pacifier (2005) Summary: Vin Diesel stars as Navy SEAL Shane Wolfe who, as an elite member of the world's fiercest and most highly trained force thought he was prepared to take on any duty no matter how perilous or impossible -- until he tried baby-sitting. (Disney) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Pacifier/rating/LVB 60 Pan's Labyrinth (2006) Summary: In 1944 fascist Spain, a girl, fascinated with fairy-tales, is sent along with her pregnant mother to live with her new stepfather, a ruthless captain of the Spanish army. During the night, she meets a fairy who takes her to an old faun in the center of the labyrinth. He tells her she's a princess, but must prove her royalty by surviving three gruesome tasks. If she fails, she will never prove herself to be the the true princess and will never see her real father, the king, again. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Pans_Labyrinth/rating/LVB 60 Philadelphia (1993) Summary: When a man with AIDS is fired by a conservative law firm because of his condition, he hires a homophobic small time lawyer as the only willing advocate for a wrongful dismissal suit. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Philadelphia/rating/LVB 60 Pink Floyd The Wall (1982) Summary: A troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Pink_Floyd_The_Wall/rating/LVB 60 The Pixar Story (2007) Summary: An in-depth look at the history of Pixar, the production company that gave the world such classics as Toy Story, Monsters Inc., A Bug's Life, Finding Nemo and The Incredibles, as well as revolutionising the world of animation. http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Pixar_Story/rating/LVB 60 Pollock (2000) Summary: A look back into the life of an extraordinary man, a man who has fittingly been called "an artist dedicated to concealment, a celebrity who nobody knew." (Sony Pictures Classics) http://www.criticker.com/film/Pollock/rating/LVB 60 Il Postino (1994) Summary: Pablo Neruda, the famous Chilean poet, is exiled to a small island for political reasons. On the island, the unemployed son of a poor fisherman is hired as an extra postman due to the huge increase in mail that this causes. Il Postino is to hand-deliver the celebrity's mail to him. Though poorly educated, the postman learns to love poetry and eventually befriends Neruda. Struggling to grow and express himself more fully, he suddenly falls in love and needs Neruda's help and guidance more than ever. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Il_Postino/rating/LVB 60 The Prestige (2006) Summary: Christopher Nolan directs this mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences. (Touchstone Pictures) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Prestige/rating/LVB 60 Pretty Woman (1990) Summary: A man needs an escort for some social events, and hires a beautiful prostitute he meets... only to fall in love. http://www.criticker.com/film/Pretty_Woman/rating/LVB 60 The Princess Bride (1987) Summary: A young boy listens to while his grandfather reads him the adventures of Buttercup (Wright), the most beautiful woman in the world, and Westly (Elwes), the man she loves, in the fairy-tale kingdom of Florin. [MGM] http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Princess_Bride/rating/LVB 60 The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) Summary: Chris Gardner (Smith) is a bright and talented, but marginally employed salesman. Struggling to make ends meet, Gardner finds himself and his five-year-old son evicted from their San Francisco apartment with nowhere to go. When Gardner lands an internship at a prestigious stock brokerage firm, he and his son endure many hardships, including living in shelters, in pursuit of his dream of a better life for the two of them. (Sony) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Pursuit_of_Happyness/rating/LVB 60 Quantum of Solace (2008) Summary: Seeking revenge for the death of his love, secret agent James Bond sets out to stop an environmentalist from taking control of a country's valuable resource. http://www.criticker.com/film/Quantum_of_Solace/rating/LVB 60 Quills (2000) Summary: Quills boldly enters the debate surrounding the Marquis De Sade by imagining his final days as a blistering black comedy thriller, a battle between lust and love - and between the brutality of censorship and the unpredictable consequences of free expression. (Fox Searchlight) http://www.criticker.com/film/Quills/rating/LVB 60 Raising Arizona (1987) Summary: A surreal, hyperactive farce in which a bumbling petty thief and the lady cop who keeps arresting him fall in love and decide to start a family. When they discover they can't have babies, they steal one from a furniture mogul who has just sired a set of quintuplets. The joys of parenthood are soon marred, however, by the difficulties of raising an infant on the run. The none-too-bright couple must flee across the southwestern desert in order to elude the villainous biker that has been hired to retrieve the tyke. (20th Century Fox) http://www.criticker.com/film/Raising_Arizona/rating/LVB 60 Ratatouille (2007) Summary: Welcome to a entirely new and original world where the unthinkable combination of a rat and a 5-star gourmet restaurant come together for the ultimate fish-out-of-water tale. (Disney) http://www.criticker.com/film/Ratatouille/rating/LVB 60 Ray (2004) Summary: Ray is the never-before-told, musical biographical drama of American legend Ray Charles. Featuring Jamie Foxx in the central role, Ray follows the inspiring story of a one-of-a-kind genius. (Universal) http://www.criticker.com/film/Ray/rating/LVB 60 Recount (2008) Summary: A chronicle of the weeks after the 2000 U.S. presidential election and the subsequent recounts in Florida. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/tv/Recount/rating/LVB 60 The Recruit (2003) Summary: An explosive thriller starring Al Pacino and Colin Farrell that for the first time opens the CIA's infamous closed doors and gives an insider's view into the Agency: how trainees are recruited, how they are prepared for the spy game, and what they learn to survive. (Touchstone Pictures) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Recruit/rating/LVB 60 Rescue Dawn (2006) Summary: This film tells the real-life story of U.S. fighter pilot Dieter Dengler, a German-American shot down and captured in Laos during the Vietnam War. Dengler, to be played by Bale, organized a death-defying escape for a small band of POWs, including Duane Martin (Zahn). (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Rescue_Dawn/rating/LVB 60 Reservoir Dogs (1992) Summary: Six unacquainted professional criminals are brought together by a veteran thief to execute an intricately planned diamond robbery. http://www.criticker.com/film/Reservoir_Dogs/rating/LVB 60 The Ring (2002) Summary: Rachel Keller is a journalist investigating a videotape that may have killed four teenagers (including her niece). There is an urban legend about this tape: the viewer will die seven days after watching it. If the legend is correct, Rachel will have to run against time to save her son's and her own life. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Ring_2002/rating/LVB 60 Rio (2011) Summary: When a cooped-up macaw named Blu leaves the confines of his birdcage behind for the tropical climes of Rio de Janeiro, he's forced to wing it and re-examine everything he knows about life -- and being a bird. http://www.criticker.com/film/Rio_2011/rating/LVB 60 Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) Summary: An origin story set in present day San Francisco, where man's own experiments with genetic engineering lead to the development of intelligence in apes and the onset of a war for supremacy. http://www.criticker.com/film/Rise_of_the_Planet_of/rating/LVB 60 The Road (2009) Summary: A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind and water. It is cold enough to crack stones, and, when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the warmer south, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there. http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Road_2009/rating/LVB 60 Rocky Balboa (2006) Summary: The greatest underdog story of our time is back for one final round. In Rocky Balboa, the former heavyweight champion steps out of retirement and back into the ring, pitting himself against a new rival in a dramatically different era. (MGM) http://www.criticker.com/film/Rocky_Balboa/rating/LVB 60 The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) Summary: The story of the Tenenbaum family's sudden, unexpected reunion one recent winter. (Touchstone Pictures) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Royal_Tenenbaums/rating/LVB 60 Rudy (1993) Summary: Rudy has always been told that he was too small to play college football. But he is determined to overcome the odds and fulfill his dream of playing for Notre Dame. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Rudy/rating/LVB 60 Rush Hour 2 (2001) Summary: Carter and Lee head to Hong Kong for vacation, but become embroiled in a counterfeit money scam. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Rush_Hour_2/rating/LVB 60 Rushmore (1998) Summary: The king of Rushmore prep school is put on academic probation. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Rushmore/rating/LVB 60 Salt (2010) Summary: After she's accused of being a Russian sleeper spy, rogue CIA agent Evelyn Salt (Angelina Jolie) goes on the run, using every tactic, accent and disguise she knows to elude her pursuers, clear her name and protect her husband. Her supervisor, Winter (Liev Schreiber), buys her story, while counterintelligence officer Peabody (Chiwetel Ejiofor) decidedly does not and will do anything to stop her in this fast-paced, intrigue-filled spy adventure. http://www.criticker.com/film/Salt/rating/LVB 60 Scarfies (1999) Summary: Five kiwi flatmates find something growing in their basement much to their delight, but when the rightful owner comes knocking and finds that they have appropriated the goods things start to go awry. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Scarfies/rating/LVB 60 Scent of a Woman (1992) Summary: Col. Frank Slade has a very special plan for the weekend. It involves travel, women, good food, fine wine, the tango, chauffeured limousines and a loaded forty-five. And he's bringing Charlie along for the ride (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Scent_of_a_Woman/rating/LVB 60 The Secret Life of Bees (2008) Summary: Set in South Carolina in 1964, the film is the moving tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father, Lily flees with Rosaleen, her caregiver and only friend, to a South Carolina town that holds the secret to her mother's past. Taken in by the intelligent and independent Boatwright sisters, Lily finds solace in their mesmerizing world of beekeeping, honey and the Black Madonna. http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Secret_Life_of_Bees/rating/LVB 60 Secretariat (2010) Summary: The life story of Penny Chenery, owner of the racehorse Secretariat, who won the Triple Crown in 1973. http://www.criticker.com/film/Secretariat/rating/LVB 60 Seven Samurai (1954) Summary: A poor village under attack by bandits recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves. http://www.criticker.com/film/Seven_Samurai/rating/LVB 60 Sex and the City (2008) Summary: Sex and the City is coming to the big screen in a feature film adaptation of the hit HBO television series. The film will follow the continuing adventures of the series four main characters - Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda - as they live their lives in Manhattan four years after the series ended. http://www.criticker.com/film/Sex_and_the_City/rating/LVB 60 Shine (1996) Summary: Inspired by the troubled but ultimately triumphant life of classical pianist David Helfgott, Shine focuses on Helfgott's painful retreat into a private world while still in his early 20's and on the brink of a glittering international career. Spanning the 1950's to the 1980's, Shine dramatizes the deeply moving way in which Helfgott, after a decade of obscurity, achieves both personal and professional fulfillment through the love and support of a remarkable woman. (Fine Line Features) http://www.criticker.com/film/Shine/rating/LVB 60 Shooter (2007) Summary: Shooter is an edgy, non-stop action thriller about an honorable and brilliant marksman (Wahlberg) who finds himself in an unthinkable situation: framed as a Presidential assassin. Plunged into a shocking vortex of terror and conspiracy, the rogue shooter discovers the race is on to prove his innocence even as he is pursued by every law enforcement agency in the country, as well as a shadowy organization on a relentless manhunt aimed at destroying the secrets he has uncovered. (Paramount Pictures) http://www.criticker.com/film/Shooter/rating/LVB 60 Shutter Island (2010) Summary: Two U.S. Marshalls are sent to a federal institution for the criminally insane to capture a violent female escapee. http://www.criticker.com/film/Shutter_Island/rating/LVB 60 Silver Linings Playbook (2012) Summary: Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Julia Stiles and Jennifer Lawrence star in this acerbic comedy-drama from David O. Russell (Three Kings, The Fighter), about a former high-school teacher who returns to his family home after four years in a mental institution and begins to slowly rebuild his life. (tiff.net) http://www.criticker.com/film/Silver_Linings_Playbook/rating/LVB 60 Snatch (2000) Summary: Guy Ritchie's highly anticipated comedy features a colorful ensemble cast in a rollicking ride through London's gangster world, its bustling diamond district and a rowdy gypsy camp. (Columbia Tristar) http://www.criticker.com/film/Snatch/rating/LVB 60 Sneakers (1992) Summary: Complex but lighthearted thriller about computers and cryptography, government and espionage, secrets and deception and betrayal. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Sneakers/rating/LVB 60 Source Code (2011) Summary: An action thriller centered on a soldier who wakes up in the body of an unknown man and discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Source_Code/rating/LVB 60 South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut (1999) Summary: South Park is a quiet and peaceful place until the latest Terrance and Philip movie comes out. Once all the kids see it, all hell breaks loose, as the parents try to find a way to stop their kids from saying all the naughty words coming out of their mouths. The parents blame Terrance and Philip, place them under Citizen's Arrest, and declare war on their home country, Canada. http://www.criticker.com/film/South_Park_Bigger_Longer_and/rating/LVB 60 Speed (1994) Summary: A young cop must save the passengers of a bus that has a bomb set to explode if the bus goes below 50 MPH (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Speed/rating/LVB 60 Spellbound (1945) Summary: The head of the Green Manors mental asylum Dr. Murchison is retiring to be replaced by Dr. Edwards, a famous psychiatrist... (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Spellbound/rating/LVB 60 Stalag 17 (1953) Summary: Intrigue among Allied prisoners at a World War 2 German POW camp. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Stalag_17/rating/LVB 60 Stand and Deliver (1988) Summary: A dedicated teacher inspires his dropout prone students to learn calculus to build up their self-esteem and do so well that they are accused of cheating. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Stand_and_Deliver/rating/LVB 60 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) Summary: When the evil Trade Federation plots to take over the peaceful planet of Naboo, Jedi warrior Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi embark on an amazing adventure to save the planet. http://www.criticker.com/film/Star_Wars_Episode_I/rating/LVB 60 Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) Summary: Anakin Skywalker shares a forbidden romance with Padmé Amidala while his teacher, Obi-Wan Kenobi, makes an investigation of a separatist assassination attempt on Padmé which leads to the discovery of a secret Republican clone army. http://www.criticker.com/film/Star_Wars_Episode_II/rating/LVB 60 Stardust (2007) Summary: The enchanting tale of a fallen star who crashes into a magical kingdom and turns out to be no ordinary meteorite at all, but a beautiful, imperiled woman chased after by an incredible array of seekers who want or need her secret powers. From wicked witches to power-mad princes, from flying pirates to dueling goblins, each person who encounters the star has his or her own agenda, but they all desire just one thing: her heart. (Paramount Pictures) http://www.criticker.com/film/Stardust_2007/rating/LVB 60 State of Play (2009) Summary: Based on the BBC mini-series of the same title, a team of investigative reporters work alongside a police detective to try to solve the murder of a congressman's mistress. http://www.criticker.com/film/State_of_Play/rating/LVB 60 Super Size Me (2004) Summary: Why are Americans so fat? Find out in Super Size Me, a tongue in-cheek - and burger in hand -- look at the legal, financial and physical costs of America's hunger for fast food. (Samuel Goldwyn Films) http://www.criticker.com/film/Super_Size_Me/rating/LVB 60 Superbad (2007) Summary: Two co-dependent high school seniors (Hill and Cera) are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry. (IMDB) http://www.criticker.com/film/Superbad/rating/LVB 60 Sweet Home Alabama (2002) Summary: Bound and determined to end their contentious relationship once and for all, newly-engaged New Yorker Melanie (Witherspoon) sneaks back home to Alabama to confront her past (including her redneck husband), only to discover that you can take the girl out of the South, but you can never take the South out of the girl. (Touchstone Pictures) http://www.criticker.com/film/Sweet_Home_Alabama/rating/LVB 60 Syriana (2005) Summary: A political thriller that unfolds against the intrigues and corruption of the global oil industry. From the players brokering back-room deals in Washington to the men toiling in the oil fields of the Persian Gulf, the film's multiple storylines weave together to illuminate the human consequences of the fierce pursuit of wealth and power. http://www.criticker.com/film/Syriana/rating/LVB 60 Taken (2008) Summary: [Originally Released in 2008] A former spy (Neeson) relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter (Grace), who has been forced into the slave trade. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Taken_2008/rating/LVB 60 Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) Summary: John Connor is now in his 20's, and a female terminator is after him. Another T-101 is sent back through time to protect John once again on the verge of the rise of the machines. http://www.criticker.com/film/Terminator_3_Rise_of_the/rating/LVB 60 The Third Man (1949) Summary: Arriving in Vienna, Holly Martins learns that his friend Harry Lime, who has invited him, recently died in a car accident.(imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Third_Man/rating/LVB 60 Toy Story 3 (2010) Summary: Toy cowboy Woody (voiced by Tom Hanks), his astronaut pal, Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen), and their friends cope with their owner's departure for college and their new home in a daycare center. http://www.criticker.com/film/Toy_Story_3/rating/LVB 60 Traffic (2000) Summary: Traffic evokes the high stakes and high risks of the drug trade, as seen through a series of interrelated stories, some of which are highly personal and some of which are filled with intrigue and danger. (USA Films) http://www.criticker.com/film/Traffic/rating/LVB 60 Traitor (2008) Summary: A special operative working with a terrorist group becomes the target of the CIA. http://www.criticker.com/film/Traitor/rating/LVB 60 Tron: Legacy (2010) Summary: Sam Flynn, the tech-savvy 27-year-old son of Kevin Flynn, looks into his father's disappearance and finds himself pulled into the same world of fierce programs and gladiatorial games where his father has been living for 25 years. Along with Kevin's loyal confidant, father and son embark on a life-and-death journey across a visually-stunning cyber universe that has become far more advanced and exceedingly dangerous. (ZootCatchy) http://www.criticker.com/film/Tron_Legacy/rating/LVB 60 Troy (2004) Summary: Throughout time, men have waged war. Some for power, some for glory, some for honor -- and some for love. (Warner Bros.) http://www.criticker.com/film/Troy/rating/LVB 60 True Grit (2010) Summary: A tough U.S. Marshal helps a stubborn young woman track down her father's murderer. http://www.criticker.com/film/True_Grit_2010/rating/LVB 60 The Truman Show (1998) Summary: Twenty-nine years ago, a baby boy was adopted by the OmniCam Corporation to become the subject of the most popular television show of all time. His name is Truman Burbank. http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Truman_Show/rating/LVB 60 Unforgiven (1992) Summary: Two retired sharp-shooters and a would-be gunslinger team up to claim a $1,000 reward for killing two cowboys who brutally disfigured a prostitute. http://www.criticker.com/film/Unforgiven/rating/LVB 60 Up (2009) Summary: By tying thousands of balloons to his home, 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen sets out to fulfill his lifelong dream to see the wilds of South America. Right after lifting off, however, he learns he isn't alone on his journey, since Russell, a wilderness explorer 70 years his junior, has inadvertently become a stowaway on the trip. http://www.criticker.com/film/Up_2009/rating/LVB 60 Up in the Air (2009) Summary: Ryan Bingham is a corporate downsizing expert whose cherished life on the road is threatened just as he is on the cusp of reaching ten million frequent flyer miles and just after he's met the frequent-traveler woman of his dreams. http://www.criticker.com/film/Up_in_the_Air/rating/LVB 60 La Vie en rose (2007) Summary: The life story of singer Edith Piaf. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/La_Vie_en_rose/rating/LVB 60 Wedding Crashers (2005) Summary: This outrageous comedy stars Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson as divorce mediators and lifelong friends who have never met a wedding they couldn't get themselves into. (New Line Cinema) http://www.criticker.com/film/Wedding_Crashers/rating/LVB 60 Whale Rider (2002) Summary: A contemporary story of love, rejection and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill her destiny. (South Pacific Pictures) http://www.criticker.com/film/Whale_Rider/rating/LVB 60 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) Summary: A poor boy wins the oppurtunity to tour the most eccentric and wonderful candy factory of all (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Willy_Wonka_and_the_Chocolate/rating/LVB 60 Word Wars (2004) Summary: The classic board game, Scrabble, has been popular for decades. In addition, there are fanatics who devote heart and soul to this game to the expense of everything else. This film profiles a group of these enthusiasts as they converge for a Scrabble convention where the word game is almost a bloodsport. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Word_Wars/rating/LVB 60 Wordplay (2006) Summary: Wordplay focuses on the man most associated with crossword puzzles, New York Times puzzle editor and NPR Puzzle Master Will Shortz. Director Patrick Creadon introduces us to this passionate hero, as well as to the inner workings of his brilliant and often hilarious contributors and many celebrity crossword puzzlers. (IFC Films) http://www.criticker.com/film/Wordplay/rating/LVB 60 The Wrestler (2008) Summary: A drama centered on retired professional wrestler Randy "The Ram" Robinson (Rourke) as he makes his way through the independent circuit, trying to get back in the game for one final showdown with his former rival. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Wrestler/rating/LVB 60 X-Men (2000) Summary: Two mutants come to a private academy for mutants whose resident superhero team must oppose a powerful mutant terrorist organization. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/X_Men/rating/LVB 60 You've Got Mail (1998) Summary: This sweet romantic comedy reunites "Sleepless In Seattle" stars Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks. He's the owner of a bookstore chain; she's the woman he falls for online. Both are unaware that she runs the little shop his company is trying to shut down. http://www.criticker.com/film/Youve_Got_Mail/rating/LVB 60 Zodiac (2007) Summary: As a serial killer terrifies the San Francisco Bay Area and taunts police with his ciphers and letters, investigators in four jurisdictions search for the murderer. The case will become an obsession for four men as their lives and careers are built and destroyed by the endless trail of clues. http://www.criticker.com/film/Zodiac/rating/LVB 55 Closed Circuit (2013) Summary: Martin and Claudia are lawyers -- and ex-lovers -- who find themselves put at risk after they join the defense team for an international terrorist's trial. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Closed_Circuit/rating/LVB 55 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) Summary: A curious Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, journeys to the Lonely Mountain with a vigorous group of Dwarves to reclaim a treasure stolen from them by the dragon Smaug. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Hobbit_An_Unexpected_Journey/rating/LVB 55 Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014) Summary: Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Jack_Ryan_Shadow_Recruit/rating/LVB 55 The People vs. George Lucas (2010) Summary: Uses a courtroom debate approach to explore the issues of filmmaking and fanaticism around one of the industry's most famous franchises and its creator. The innovative film combines filmmaker and celebrity interviews with fan films - submitted via the film's site - to make this the world's first digitally democratic feature documentary. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_People_vs_George_Lucas/rating/LVB 50 American Anthem (1986) Summary: Steve is a talented gymnast who has given up competition and is working at his father's bike shop. Julie is the new girl at his old gym, who has moved to town to train with their powerful coach. Inspired by Julie, Steve resumes training. While dealing with the conflicts in their personal lives and the stress of training, they prepare for the US Olympic Trials. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/American_Anthem/rating/LVB 50 Battle Royale (2000) Summary: Ninth grade students are taken to a small isolated island with a map, food and various arms. They have to fight each other three days long until the last one remains and are forced to wear a special collar which will explode when they break a rule (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Battle_Royale/rating/LVB 50 Divergent (2014) Summary: Beatrice Prior, a teenager with a special mind, finds her life threatened when an authoritarian leader seeks to exterminate her kind in her effort to seize control of their divided society. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Divergent/rating/LVB 50 The Double (2011) Summary: A retired CIA operative is paired with a young FBI agent to unravel the mystery of a senator's murder, with all signs pointing to a Soviet assassin. http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Double/rating/LVB 50 Hooper (1978) Summary: Aging stuntman Sonney Hooper is still on top as one of the best stuntmen in the business. But up and coming Ski is starting to do bigger and better stunts. Hooper has the experience to setup a stunt safely, and Ski lacks the common sense to know when a stunt is too dangerous. Maybe together, along with their fun loving buddies, they can do a stunt together that will surpass anything that anyone has done. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Hooper/rating/LVB 50 Ice Age (2002) Summary: A quartet of misfits (including a fast talking but dim sloth named Sid; a moody woolly mammoth named Manny; a devilish saber-toothed tiger named Diego; and an acorn-crazy saber-toothed squirrel known as Scrat) unexpectedly, and reluctantly, comes together in a quest to return a human infant to his father. (Twentieth Century Fox) http://www.criticker.com/film/Ice_Age/rating/LVB 50 Jack Reacher (2012) Summary: A homicide investigator digs deeper into a case involving a trained military sniper who shot five random victims. Based on a book in Lee Child's crime series. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Jack_Reacher/rating/LVB 50 Magnolia (1999) Summary: On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy genius, an ex-boy genius, a game show host and an estranged daughter will each become part of a dazzling multiplicity of plots, but one story. (New Line Cinema) http://www.criticker.com/film/Magnolia/rating/LVB 50 Non-Stop (2014) Summary: An air marshall must spring into action aboard an international flight (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Non_Stop_2014/rating/LVB 50 A Short Film About Killing (1988) Summary: The plot couldn't be simpler or its attack on capital punishment (and the act of killing in general) more direct (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/A_Short_Film_About_Killing/rating/LVB 50 Sidewalks of New York (2001) Summary: Traces the intimate lives of six New Yorkers, all from different walks of life and locations New York, struggling to find love and happiness in the big city. (Ed Burns Films) http://www.criticker.com/film/Sidewalks_of_New_York_2001/rating/LVB 50 THX 1138 (1971) Summary: George Lucas adapted this, his first film, from a short he made at University. THX 1138, LUH 3417, and SEN 5241 attempt to escape from a futuristic society located beneath the surface of the Earth. The society has outlawed sex, with drugs used to control the people. THX 1138 stops taking the drugs, and gets LUH 3417 pregnant. They are both thrown in jail where they meet SEN 5241 and start to plan their escape. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/THX_1138/rating/LVB 50 Tsotsi (2005) Summary: Set amidst the bustling townships of Johannesburg and infused with the pumping high-energy Kwaito music of the top South African artist Zola, Tsotsi is an extraordinary portrait of the choies we make in life and the personal triumph that comes from choosing love over rage. (Miramax Films) http://www.criticker.com/film/Tsotsi/rating/LVB 50 Under the Skin (2014) Summary: Scarlett Johannson stars as a voracious alien seductress who scours remote highways and backroads for human prey. (tiff.net) http://www.criticker.com/film/Under_the_Skin_2014/rating/LVB 50 War of the Worlds (2005) Summary: A contemporary retelling of H.G. Wells's seminal classic, the sci-fi adventure thriller reveals the extraordinary battle for the future of humankind through the eyes of one American family fighting to survive it. (Paramount Pictures) http://www.criticker.com/film/War_of_the_Worlds/rating/LVB 50 Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006) Summary: This documentary chronicles the life and mysterious death of the GM EV1, examining its cultural and economic ripple effects and how they reverberated through the halls of government and big business. (Sony Pictures Classics) http://www.criticker.com/film/Who_Killed_the_Electric_Car/rating/LVB 45 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984) Summary: A joint American-Soviet space expedition is sent to Jupiter to learn what happen to the Discovery. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/2010_The_Year_We_Make/rating/LVB 45 Charlie's Angels (2000) Summary: A trio of elite private investigators (Diaz, Barrymore, Liu) armed with the latest in high-tech tools track down a kidnapped computer ace and keep his top-secret voice-identification software out of lethal hands. (Columbia Pictures) http://www.criticker.com/film/Charlies_Angels/rating/LVB 45 The Counselor (2013) Summary: A lawyer finds himself in over his head when he gets involved in drug trafficking. http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Counselor/rating/LVB 45 Holes (2003) Summary: Based on the award-winning 1999 children's book of the same name, this funny and poignant film features an unusual young hero who is in for the adventure of his life when he is sent to a Texas detention camp. (Walt Disney Pictures) http://www.criticker.com/film/Holes/rating/LVB 45 Liar Liar (1997) Summary: Jim Carrey stars as a fast-talking attorney and habitual liar who, forced by his son's birthday wish, must tell the truth for the next 24 hours. (Universal) http://www.criticker.com/film/Liar_Liar/rating/LVB 45 No Strings Attached (2011) Summary: Emotionally unencumbered and sexually satisfied, friends with benefits Emma (Natalie Portman) and Adam (Ashton Kutcher) have an open relationship that suits them just fine. That is, until those pesky little things called feelings enter the picture. http://www.criticker.com/film/No_Strings_Attached/rating/LVB 45 Pitfall (1962) Summary: A documentary fantasy. Penniless miners talk in passing about labor unions. A miner and his young son go to a village in Kyushu where the miner has been told he'll find work, but it's a ghost town, save for one woman. The miner leaves and is followed by a man in a white suit and white gloves. A murder takes place: faked footprints, bribery and intrigue, investigations, a frame-up, and a ghost who wants to know why meet in a story of realism and the surreal... (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Otoshiana/rating/LVB 40 1408 (2007) Summary: Renowned horror novelist Mike Enslin (Cusack) only believes what he can see with his own two eyes. After a string of bestsellers discrediting paranormal events in the most infamous haunted houses and graveyards around the world, he scoffs at the concept of an afterlife. Enslin's phantom-free run of long and lonely nights is about to change forever when he checks into suite 1408 of the notorious Dolphin Hotel for his latest project, "Ten Nights in Haunted Hotel Rooms." (MGM) http://www.criticker.com/film/1408_2007/rating/LVB 40 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) Summary: Austin (Myers) must time travel back to the Swinging Sixties, regain his mojo and save the world from destruction. (New Line Cinema) http://www.criticker.com/film/Austin_Powers_The_Spy/rating/LVB 40 Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey (1991) Summary: Bill and Ted are killed by their evil twins -- robot agents from the future -- and find themselves transported to the fiery depths below. They gamble with the Grim Reaper and end up traveling through heaven to find a great scientist to help them blow their evil twins to smithereens. (MGM) http://www.criticker.com/film/Bill_and_Teds_Bogus_Journey/rating/LVB 40 Christmas Vacation (1989) Summary: The Griswold family's plans for a big family Christmas predictably turn into a big disaster. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Christmas_Vacation/rating/LVB 40 Computer Chess (2013) Summary: An existential comedy about the brilliant men who taught machines to play chess – back when the machines seemed clumsy and we seemed smart. (sundance.org) http://www.criticker.com/film/Computer_Chess/rating/LVB 40 Dirty Dancing (1987) Summary: Spending the summer in a holiday camp with her family, Frances ('Baby') falls in love with the camp's dancing teacher. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Dirty_Dancing/rating/LVB 40 Dogma (1999) Summary: The latest battle in the eternal war between Good and Evil has come to New Jersey in the late, late 20th Century. In Kevin Smith's comic fantasia Dogma, angels, demons, apostles and prophets (of a sort) walk among the cynics and innocents of America and duke it out for the fate of humankind. (Lions Gate Films) http://www.criticker.com/film/Dogma/rating/LVB 40 Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008) Summary: "Dr. Horrible" is about a man who considers himself a villain and is only waiting to receive his official acceptance into a league of villains, though to do that he must succeed at an evil plan or most specifically, kill someone, neither of which he has been able to do. (IMDB Comments) http://www.criticker.com/tv/Dr_Horribles_Sing_Along_Blog/rating/LVB 40 Face/Off (1997) Summary: FBI agent Sean Archer knows how to stop elusive terrorist Castor Troy. He'll become him. Archer undergoes a futuristic surgery and has Troy's face mapped onto his, then infiltrates the terrorist's world to discover his deadly secrets. http://www.criticker.com/film/FaceOff/rating/LVB 40 Flightplan (2005) Summary: Flying at 40,000 feet in a cavernous, state-of-art 474 aircraft, Kyle Pratt (Foster) faces every mothers' worst nightmare when her six year-old daughter vanishes without a trace mid-flight from Berlin to New York. (Touchstone Pictures) http://www.criticker.com/film/Flightplan/rating/LVB 40 Freaky Friday (2003) Summary: The wide generation gap between Tess Coleman and her teenage daughter Anna is more than evident. On a Thursday night they have a big argument in a Chinese restaurant. Both receive a fortune cookie each from the restaurant owner's mother which causes them to switch bodies next day. As they adjust with their new personalities, they begin to understand each other more and eventually it's the mutual self-respect that sorts the things out. http://www.criticker.com/film/Freaky_Friday_2003/rating/LVB 40 Grand Illusion (1937) Summary: During WW1, two French officers are captured. Captain De Boeldieu is an aristocrat while Lieutenant Marechal was a mechanic in civilian life (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Grand_Illusion/rating/LVB 40 Hostel (2005) Summary: 3 backpackers are in Amsterdam where they get locked out of their youth hostel. They are invited into a man's house where he tells them of a hostel somewhere in eastern Europe where the women are all incredibly hot and have a taste for American men. When they get there, everything is too good to be true - the hostel is "to die for" (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Hostel/rating/LVB 40 Jean de Florette (1986) Summary: In a rural French village an old man and his only remaining relative cast their covetous eyes on an adjoining vacant property... (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Jean_de_Florette/rating/LVB 40 King Corn (2007) Summary: King Corn is a feature documentary about two friends, one acre of corn, and the subsidized crop that drives our fast-food nation. In King Corn, Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, best friends from college on the east coast, move to the heartland to learn where their food comes from. With the help of friendly neighbors, genetically modified seeds, and powerful herbicides, they plant and grow a bumper crop of America's most-productive, most-subsidized grain on one acre of Iowa soil... (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/King_Corn/rating/LVB 40 Kung Fu Hustle (2004) Summary: Set amid the chaos of pre-revolutionary China, small time thief, Sing (Chow), aspires to be one of the sophisticated and ruthless Axe Gang whose underworld activities overshadow the city. (Sony) http://www.criticker.com/film/Kung_Fu_Hustle/rating/LVB 40 Mamma Mia! (2008) Summary: The story of a bride-to-be trying to find her real father told using hit songs by the popular '70s group ABBA. http://www.criticker.com/film/Mamma_Mia/rating/LVB 40 Maximum Overdrive (1986) Summary: A group of people try to survive when machines start to come alive and become homicidal. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Maximum_Overdrive/rating/LVB 40 Misery (1990) Summary: A famous novelist is "rescued" from a car crash by an obsessed fan. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Misery/rating/LVB 40 Nadia (1984) Summary: A TV movie biopic about Nadia Comaneci being discovered at age 6 and training to eventually earning the first ever perfect 10. http://www.criticker.com/tv/Nadia/rating/LVB 40 Panic Room (2002) Summary: Recently divorced Meg Altman (Foster) and her daughter Sarah (Stewart) have bought a new home in New York. On their tour around the mansion, they come across the panic room. A room so secure, that no one can get in. When three burglars break in, Meg makes a move to the panic room. But all her troubles don't stop there. The criminals know where she is, and what they require the most in the house is in that very room. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Panic_Room/rating/LVB 40 The Princess and the Frog (2009) Summary: A fairy tale centered on a young girl named Princess Tiana who lives in New Orleans' French Quarter during the Jazz Age. http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Princess_and_the_Frog/rating/LVB 40 Super 8 (2011) Summary: After witnessing a mysterious train crash, a group of friends in the summer of 1979 begin noticing strange happenings going around in their small town, and begin to investigate into the creepy phenomenon. http://www.criticker.com/film/Super_8/rating/LVB 40 Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) Summary: #1 NASCAR driver Ricky Bobby stays atop the heap thanks to a pact with his best friend and teammate, Cal Naughton, Jr. But when a French Formula One driver, makes his way up the ladder, Ricky Bobby's talent and devotion are put to the test. http://www.criticker.com/film/Talladega_Nights_The_Ballad_of/rating/LVB 40 The Thin Red Line (1998) Summary: "The Thin Red Line" tells the story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who took part in the fierce World War II battle of Guadalcanal, but the way in which this story is told transcends the boundaries of the war film genre. http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Thin_Red_Line/rating/LVB 40 Unbreakable (2000) Summary: David Dunn (Willlis) is the sole survivor of a devastating train wreck. Elijah Price (Jackson), a mysterious stranger, offers a bizarre explanation as to why David escaped without a single scratch, an explanation that threatens to change David's family and life forever. (Touchstone Pictures) http://www.criticker.com/film/Unbreakable/rating/LVB 40 W. (2008) Summary: A chronicle on the life and presidency of George W. Bush http://www.criticker.com/film/W/rating/LVB 30 Ninotchka (1939) Summary: A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Ninotchka/rating/LVB 30 Romeo Must Die (2000) Summary: In this modern day Romeo and Juliet, kung fu action star Jet Li plays Romeo to hip-hop singer, Aaliyah Haughton's Juliet. Li is an ex-cop investigating the murder of his brother, who had ties with the Chinese mafia in America. Aaliyah plays the daughter of the American mob boss. Neither side approves of their romance, so, obviously, kung fu action ensues, with a soundtrack by Aaliyah. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Romeo_Must_Die/rating/LVB 30 Stalker (1979) Summary: Near a gray and unnamed city is The Zone, an alien place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers. http://www.criticker.com/film/Stalker/rating/LVB 20 12:01 (1993) Summary: Barry Thomas is the average office worker. He becomes attracted to Lisa Fredericks who works in the same company. After work, Barry witnesses the murder of Lisa and goes to a bar to get drunk. Later that night, there is a storm and Barry gets a shock from a lamp's faulty power wire at exactly 12:01 am... (imdb) Mini-Review: Bad! I thought I was getting the original and ended up with this. Yes it's Groundhog Day-ish, but wrapped in a corny sci-fi plot and cringe-worthy romance/comedy scenes. http://www.criticker.com/tv/12_01/rating/LVB 20 Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972) Summary: In the 16th century, the ruthless and insane Aguirre leads a Spanish expedition in search of El Dorado. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Aguirre_The_Wrath_of_God/rating/LVB 20 Alien 3 (1992) Summary: Ripley continues to be stalked by a savage alien, after her escape pod crashes on a prison planet. http://www.criticker.com/film/Alien_3/rating/LVB 20 Balls of Fury (2007) Summary: In the unsanctioned, underground, and unhinged world of extreme Ping-Pong, the competition is brutal and the stakes are deadly. Now, this outrageous new comedy serves up this secret world for the first time on-screen... (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Balls_of_Fury/rating/LVB 20 Con Air (1997) Summary: A prison parolee (Cage) on his way to freedom faces impossible odds when the maximum security transport plane he's on is skyjacked by the most vicious criminals in the country. (Buena Vista Entertainment) http://www.criticker.com/film/Con_Air/rating/LVB 20 Duck Soup (1933) Summary: Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Duck_Soup_1933/rating/LVB 20 The Expendables 2 (2012) Summary: Mr. Church reunites the Expendables for what should be an easy paycheck, but when one of their men is murdered on the job, their quest for revenge puts them deep in enemy territory and up against an unexpected threat. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Expendables_2/rating/LVB 20 Hollow Man (2000) Summary: Elisabeth Shue is Linda Foster, a scientist who is working on a serum to make people invisible. When another scientist tries the serum and becomes invisible his colleagues figure another way to bring him back to the normal world. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Hollow_Man/rating/LVB 20 Monster-in-Law (2005) Summary: After years of looking for Mr. Right, Charlotte 'Charlie' Cantilini (Lopez) finally finds the man of her dreams (Vartan) only to discover that his mother (Fonda) is the woman of her nightmares. (New Line Cinema) http://www.criticker.com/film/Monster_in_Law/rating/LVB 20 Ocean's Twelve (2004) Summary: Danny Ocean (Clooney) and his team look to burgle three different locations throughout Europe. (Warner Bros.) http://www.criticker.com/film/Oceans_Twelve/rating/LVB 20 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) Summary: In the follow-up to Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, we find our heroes Will Turner (Bloom) and Eizabeth Swann (Knightley) allied with Captain Barbossa (Rush) in a desperate quest to free Captain Jack Sparrow (Depp) from his mind-bending trap in Davy Jones Locker while the terrifying ghost ship, The Flying Dutchman and Davy Jones, under the control of the East India Trading Company, wreaks havoc across the seven seas. (Walt Disney Pictures) http://www.criticker.com/film/Pirates_of_the_Caribbean_At/rating/LVB 20 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) Summary: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley reunite this epic tale chronicling the further mis-adventures of Captain Jack Sparrow. (Buena Vista Pictures) http://www.criticker.com/film/Pirates_of_the_Caribbean_Dead/rating/LVB 20 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) Summary: For the roguish yet charming Captain Jack Sparrow (Depp), the crystalline waters if the Caribbean present a vast playground where adventure and mystery abound. But Jack's idyllic pirate life capsizes after his nemesis, the wily Captain Barbossa (Rush), steals his ship, the Black Pearl, and kidnaps the Governor's (Pryce) beautiful daughter, Elizabeth Swann (Knightley). (Disney) http://www.criticker.com/film/Pirates_of_the_Caribbean_The/rating/LVB 20 Shakespeare in Love (1998) Summary: Shakespeare in Love is a romantic comedy for the 1990s set in the 1590s. It imaginatively unfolds the witty, sexy and timeless tale behind the creation of the greatest love story ever told. (Miramax Films) http://www.criticker.com/film/Shakespeare_in_Love/rating/LVB 20 Tank (1984) Summary: Zack is a Command Sergeant Major assigned to his last post before leaving the service. He is a colorful character and even on has his own WWII vintage tank that is used for parades and such. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Tank/rating/LVB 20 Three Times (2005) Summary: Three stories set in three times, 1911, 1966 and 2005. Two actors play the two main characters in each story. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Three_Times/rating/LVB 20 Transformers (2007) Summary: Aliens make Earth their final battleground. As the forces of evil seek the key to ultimate power, Earth's last chance for survival rest in the hands of young Sam Witwicky. (Paramount Pictures) http://www.criticker.com/film/Transformers/rating/LVB 20 Windtalkers (2002) Summary: In 1942, several hundred Navajo Americans were recruited as Marines and trained to use their language as code. In John Woo's Windtalkers, Marine Joe Enders (Cage) is assigned to protect Ben Yahzee (Beach) -- a Navajo Code Talker, the Marines' new secret weapon. (MGM) http://www.criticker.com/film/Windtalkers/rating/LVB 20 Zardoz (1974) Summary: In the far future, a savage trained only to kill finds a way into the community of bored immortals that alone preserves humanity's achievements. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Zardoz/rating/LVB 15 Gymkata (1985) Summary: Johnathan Cabot is a champion gymnast. In the tiny, yet savage, country of Parmistan, there is a perfect spot for a "star wars" site... (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Gymkata/rating/LVB 0 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) Summary: Decepticon forces return to Earth on a mission to take Sam Witwicky prisoner, after the young hero learns the truth about the ancient origins of the Transformers. Joining the mission to protect humankind is Optimus Prime, who forms an alliance with international armies for a second epic battle. (imdb) http://www.criticker.com/film/Transformers_Revenge_of_the_Fallen/rating/LVB