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1. The Departed (2006)
directed by Martin Scorsese
featuring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin SheenLegendary director Martin Scorsese takes the helm for this tale of questionable loyalties and blurring identities set in the South Boston organized ... More
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2. The Dark Knight (2008)
directed by Christopher Nolan
featuring Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gary Oldman, Morgan FreemanChristopher Nolan steps back into the director's chair for this sequel to Batman Begins, which finds the titular superhero coming face to face with ... More
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3. Primal Fear (1996)
directed by Gregory Hoblit
featuring Richard Gere, Laura Linney, John Mahoney, Edward Norton, Frances McDormand, Alfre WoodardA high-profile slaying becomes the case of an ambitious attorney's career in this legal thriller based on the novel by William Diehl. Richard Gere ... More
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4. The Wire [TV Series] (2002)
directed by Edward Bianchi
In time-honored American tradition, two tough bureaucracies clashed head-on in the weekly cable-TV police drama The Wire. The difference here was ... More
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5. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
directed by Frank Darabont
featuring Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, Bill Sadler, Clancy BrownIn 1946, a banker named Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) is convicted of a double murder, even though he stubbornly proclaims his innocence. He's ... More
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6. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
directed by David Fincher
featuring Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer, Stellan Skarsgård, Steven Berkoff, Robin Wright, Yorick Van WageningenA discredited journalist (Daniel Craig) and a mysterious computer hacker discover that even the wealthiest families have skeletons in their closets ... More
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7. National Treasure (2004)
directed by Jon Turteltaub
featuring Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha, Sean Bean, Jon Voight, Harvey KeitelA man sets out to steal a lost fortune in order to save it in this adventure drama from producer Jerry Bruckheimer. Benjamin Franklin Gates (Nicolas ... More
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8. West Side Story (1961)
directed by Robert Wise
featuring Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, George ChakirisRomeo and Juliet is updated to the tenements of New York City in this Oscar-winning musical landmark. Adapted by Ernest Lehman from the Broadway ... More
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9. The Sopranos [TV Series] (1999)
If it is truly possible to make a bunch of criminals, thieves, and cold-blooded murderers amusing and appealing, then the much-praised HBO serio ... More
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10. NCIS [TV Series] (2003)
Combining the best elements of JAG and CSI, the CBS crime series Navy NCIS focused on an elite, independent unit of the U.S. Navy, which, in its ... More
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12. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
directed by Joel Coen
featuring George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, Charles Durning, John GoodmanList of all editionsThe writing, directing, and producing team of Joel Coen and Ethan Coen created this picaresque comedy (inspired in part by Homer's The Odyssey ) set ... More
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14. National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
directed by Jon Turteltaub
featuring Nicolas Cage, Justin Bartha, Diane Kruger, Jon Voight, Helen Mirren, Ed Harris, Harvey KeitelList of all editionsIn this adventure-filled sequel to the 2004 blockbuster National Treasure, Nicolas Cage reprises his role as artifact hunter and archaeologist ... More
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15. Jesse Stone: Stone Cold (2005)
directed by Robert Harmon
featuring Tom Selleck, Jane Adams, Reg Rogers, Viola Davis, Mimi RogersList of all editionsA tough cop must deal with some ugly crimes in a small New England town in this made-for-TV mystery. Jesse Stone (Tom Selleck) is the thick-skinned ... More
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16. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
directed by Frank Capra
featuring Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey, Jack Carson, Peter Lorre, Edward Everett HortonList of all editionsArsenic and Old Lace is director Frank Capra's spin on the classic Joseph Kesselring stage comedy, which concerns the sweet old Brewster sisters ... More
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18. No Country for Old Men (2007)
directed by Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
featuring Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson, Kelly MacDonaldList of all editionsWhen a Vietnam veteran discovers two million dollars while wandering through the aftermath of a Texas drug deal gone horribly awry, his decision to ... More
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19. Drive (2011)
directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
featuring Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Albert Brooks, Oscar Isaac, Christina Hendricks, Ron PerlmanList of all editionsA lone-wolf Hollywood stunt driver (Ryan Gosling) moonlights as a freelance getaway wheelman, and he finds his solitary existence taking on new ... More
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21. Jesse Stone: Sea Change (2007)
directed by Robert Harmon
featuring Tom Selleck, Viola Davis, Kohl Sudduth, Stephen McHattie, Vito RezzaList of all editionsThe fourth installment of the Jesse Stone series finds restless New England police chief Stone (Tom Selleck) fighting boredom by attempting to solve ... More
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22. Winter's Bone (2010)
directed by Debra Granik
featuring Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Kevin Breznahan, Dale Dickey, Garret Dillahunt, Sheryl LeeList of all editionsHer family home in danger of being repossessed after her meth-cooking dad skips bail and disappears, Ozark teen Ree Dolly (Jennifer Lawrence) breaks ... More
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23. Jesse Stone: No Remorse (2010)
directed by Robert Harmon
featuring Tom SelleckList of all editionsDisgraced former Paradise, Massachusetts Police Chief Jesse Stone (Tom Selleck) goes into self-imposed exile after being suspended from the force, ... More
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24. Batman Begins (2005)
directed by Christopher Nolan
featuring Christian Bale, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Gary OldmanList of all editionsThe origins of the Caped Crusader of Gotham City are finally brought to the big screen in this new adaptation of the perennially popular comic-book ... More
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25. Smiley's People (1982)
directed by Simon Langton
featuring Alec Guinness, Vass Anderson, Eileen Atkins, Anthony Bate, Andrew BradfordList of all editionsA sequel to 1980's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, this BBC miniseries once again focuses on British spy George Smiley (Sir Alec Guinness), once again ... More







