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The Thin Red Line (1998)

Action-packedViolentEmotionalThought provoking

The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War II battle of Guadalcanal. It follows their journey, from the surprise of an unopposed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terrence Malick
CAST:  Sean Penn  •  Adrien Brody  •  Ben Chaplin  •  George Clooney

The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War II battle of Guadalcanal. It follows their journey, from the surprise of an unopposed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terrence Malick
CAST:  Sean Penn  •  Adrien Brody  •  Ben Chaplin  •  George Clooney

Secretary (2002)

Thought provokingIntenseRomanticComplex

A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steven Shainberg
CAST:  James Spader  •  Maggie Gyllenhaal  •  Jeremy Davies  •  Lesley Ann Warren

A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steven Shainberg
CAST:  James Spader  •  Maggie Gyllenhaal  •  Jeremy Davies  •  Lesley Ann Warren

Point Break (1991)

Action-packedSuspensefulViolentThought provoking

In Los Angeles, a gang of bank robbers who call themselves The Ex-Presidents commit their crimes while wearing masks of Reagan, Carter, Nixon and Johnson. Believing that the members of the gang could be surfers, the F.B.I. sends young agent Johnny Utah to the beach ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kathryn Bigelow
CAST:  Patrick Swayze  •  Keanu Reeves  •  Gary Busey  •  Lori Petty

In Los Angeles, a gang of bank robbers who call themselves The Ex-Presidents commit their crimes while wearing masks of Reagan, Carter, Nixon and Johnson. Believing that the members of the gang could be surfers, the F.B.I. sends young agent Johnny Utah to the beach ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kathryn Bigelow
CAST:  Patrick Swayze  •  Keanu Reeves  •  Gary Busey  •  Lori Petty

Casino (1995)

Thought provokingViolentDisturbingDark

In early-1970s Las Vegas, Sam "Ace" Rothstein gets tapped by his bosses to head the Tangiers Casino. At first, he's a great success in the job, but over the years, problems with his loose-cannon enforcer Nicky Santoro, his ex-hustler wife Ginger, her con-artist ex ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Scorsese
CAST:  Robert De Niro  •  Sharon Stone  •  Joe Pesci  •  James Woods

In early-1970s Las Vegas, Sam "Ace" Rothstein gets tapped by his bosses to head the Tangiers Casino. At first, he's a great success in the job, but over the years, problems with his loose-cannon enforcer Nicky Santoro, his ex-hustler wife Ginger, her con-artist ex ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Scorsese
CAST:  Robert De Niro  •  Sharon Stone  •  Joe Pesci  •  James Woods

Righteous Kill (2008)

SuspensefulViolentThought provokingDark

Two veteran New York City detectives work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago; is there a serial killer on the loose, and did they perhaps put the wrong person behind bars?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jon Avnet
CAST:  Robert De Niro  •  Carla Gugino  •  50 Cent  •  Al Pacino

Two veteran New York City detectives work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago; is there a serial killer on the loose, and did they perhaps put the wrong person behind bars?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jon Avnet
CAST:  Robert De Niro  •  Carla Gugino  •  50 Cent  •  Al Pacino

Chained (2012)

SuspensefulViolentDisturbingDark

A serial killer kidnaps a young boy after murdering his mother, then raises him to be his accomplice. After years in captivity, the boy must choose between escaping or following in his captor's bloody footprints.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jennifer Lynch
CAST:  Vincent D'Onofrio  •  Eamon Farren  •  Julia Ormond  •  Gina Philips

A serial killer kidnaps a young boy after murdering his mother, then raises him to be his accomplice. After years in captivity, the boy must choose between escaping or following in his captor's bloody footprints.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jennifer Lynch
CAST:  Vincent D'Onofrio  •  Eamon Farren  •  Julia Ormond  •  Gina Philips

Baby Driver (2017)

Action-packedSuspensefulViolentThought provoking

After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edgar Wright
CAST:  Ansel Elgort  •  Lily James  •  Kevin Spacey  •  Jon Hamm

After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edgar Wright
CAST:  Ansel Elgort  •  Lily James  •  Kevin Spacey  •  Jon Hamm

Stoic (2009)

Thought provokingViolentDisturbingDark

A heated game of poker causes three men incarcerated for nonviolent offenses to brutalize their cellmate before taking drastic measures in order to cover up their crime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Uwe Boll
CAST:  Edward Furlong  •  Shaun Sipos  •  Sam Levinson  •  Steffen Mennekes

A heated game of poker causes three men incarcerated for nonviolent offenses to brutalize their cellmate before taking drastic measures in order to cover up their crime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Uwe Boll
CAST:  Edward Furlong  •  Shaun Sipos  •  Sam Levinson  •  Steffen Mennekes

The Way of the Gun (2000)

Action-packedSuspensefulViolentThought provoking

Two criminal drifters without sympathy get more than they bargained for after kidnapping and holding for ransom the surrogate mother of a powerful and shady man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christopher McQuarrie
CAST:  Benicio del Toro  •  Ryan Phillippe  •  Juliette Lewis  •  James Caan

Two criminal drifters without sympathy get more than they bargained for after kidnapping and holding for ransom the surrogate mother of a powerful and shady man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christopher McQuarrie
CAST:  Benicio del Toro  •  Ryan Phillippe  •  Juliette Lewis  •  James Caan

A Serbian Film (2010)

ViolentSuspensefulDisturbingDark

Milos, a retired porn star, leads a normal family life trying to make ends meet. Presented with the opportunity of a lifetime to financially support his family for the rest of their lives, Milos must participate in one last mysterious film. From then on, Milos is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Srđan Spasojević
CAST:  Srđan 'Žika' Todorović  •  Sergej Trifunović  •  Jelena Gavrilović  •  Slobodan Beštić

Milos, a retired porn star, leads a normal family life trying to make ends meet. Presented with the opportunity of a lifetime to financially support his family for the rest of their lives, Milos must participate in one last mysterious film. From then on, Milos is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Srđan Spasojević
CAST:  Srđan 'Žika' Todorović  •  Sergej Trifunović  •  Jelena Gavrilović  •  Slobodan Beštić

American Psycho (2000)

DarkViolentBrilliantDisturbing

A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mary Harron
CAST:  Christian Bale  •  Reese Witherspoon  •  Justin Theroux  •  Josh Lucas

A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mary Harron
CAST:  Christian Bale  •  Reese Witherspoon  •  Justin Theroux  •  Josh Lucas

Sabotage (2014)

Action-packedSuspensefulViolentThought provoking

John "Breacher" Wharton leads an elite DEA task force that takes on the world's deadliest drug cartels. When the team successfully executes a high-stakes raid on a cartel safe house, they think their work is done – until, one-by-one, the team members mysteriously ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Ayer
CAST:  Arnold Schwarzenegger  •  Sam Worthington  •  Mireille Enos  •  Joe Manganiello

John "Breacher" Wharton leads an elite DEA task force that takes on the world's deadliest drug cartels. When the team successfully executes a high-stakes raid on a cartel safe house, they think their work is done – until, one-by-one, the team members mysteriously ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Ayer
CAST:  Arnold Schwarzenegger  •  Sam Worthington  •  Mireille Enos  •  Joe Manganiello

Cape Fear (1991)

SuspensefulViolentDisturbingDark

Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Scorsese
CAST:  Robert De Niro  •  Nick Nolte  •  Jessica Lange  •  Juliette Lewis

Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Scorsese
CAST:  Robert De Niro  •  Nick Nolte  •  Jessica Lange  •  Juliette Lewis

Knowing (2009)

Thought provokingSuspensefulDisturbingFuturistic

A teacher opens a time capsule that has been dug up at his son's elementary school; in it are some chilling predictions -- some that have already occurred and others that are about to -- that lead him to believe his family plays a role in the events that are about ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Proyas
CAST:  Nicolas Cage  •  Rose Byrne  •  Chandler Canterbury  •  Ben Mendelsohn

A teacher opens a time capsule that has been dug up at his son's elementary school; in it are some chilling predictions -- some that have already occurred and others that are about to -- that lead him to believe his family plays a role in the events that are about ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Proyas
CAST:  Nicolas Cage  •  Rose Byrne  •  Chandler Canterbury  •  Ben Mendelsohn

Guy (1997)

DepressingHeartbreakingEmotionalThought provoking

A young, female filmmaker looks through her camera for an object to film. She wants to film the private live of an ordinary person and starts following Guy. He is very irritated about this girl following him, always looking through her camera, never showing herself ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Lindsay-Hogg
CAST:  Vincent D'Onofrio  •  Hope Davis  •  Kimber Riddle  •  Lucy Liu

A young, female filmmaker looks through her camera for an object to film. She wants to film the private live of an ordinary person and starts following Guy. He is very irritated about this girl following him, always looking through her camera, never showing herself ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Lindsay-Hogg
CAST:  Vincent D'Onofrio  •  Hope Davis  •  Kimber Riddle  •  Lucy Liu

Carandiru (2003)

Thought provokingViolentDisturbingDark

When a doctor decides to carry out an AIDS prevention program inside Latin America’s largest prison: the Casa de Detenção de São Paulo - Carandiru, he discovers the victim of one of the darkest days in Brazilian History when the State of São Paulo’s Military Police ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Héctor Babenco
CAST:  Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos  •  Milton Gonçalves  •  Ivan de Almeida  •  Aílton Graça

When a doctor decides to carry out an AIDS prevention program inside Latin America’s largest prison: the Casa de Detenção de São Paulo - Carandiru, he discovers the victim of one of the darkest days in Brazilian History when the State of São Paulo’s Military Police ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Héctor Babenco
CAST:  Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos  •  Milton Gonçalves  •  Ivan de Almeida  •  Aílton Graça

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009)

Action-packedSuspensefulViolentThought provoking

Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tony Scott
CAST:  Denzel Washington  •  John Travolta  •  Luis Guzmán  •  Victor Gojcaj

Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tony Scott
CAST:  Denzel Washington  •  John Travolta  •  Luis Guzmán  •  Victor Gojcaj

Rampart (2011)

SuspensefulViolentEmotionalThought provoking

The story follows veteran police officer Dave Brown, the last of the renegade cops, as he struggles to take care of his family, and fights for his own survival.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oren Moverman
CAST:  Woody Harrelson  •  Steve Buscemi  •  Ben Foster  •  Robin Wright

The story follows veteran police officer Dave Brown, the last of the renegade cops, as he struggles to take care of his family, and fights for his own survival.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oren Moverman
CAST:  Woody Harrelson  •  Steve Buscemi  •  Ben Foster  •  Robin Wright

Calibre (2018)

SuspensefulViolentThought provokingDark

Two lifelong friends head up to an isolated Scottish Highlands village for a weekend hunting trip that descends into a never-ending nightmare as they attempt to cover up a horrific hunting accident.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matt Palmer
CAST:  Jack Lowden  •  Martin McCann  •  Tony Curran  •  Ian Pirie

Two lifelong friends head up to an isolated Scottish Highlands village for a weekend hunting trip that descends into a never-ending nightmare as they attempt to cover up a horrific hunting accident.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matt Palmer
CAST:  Jack Lowden  •  Martin McCann  •  Tony Curran  •  Ian Pirie

Ambulance (2022)

Action-packedSuspensefulViolentThought provoking

Decorated veteran Will Sharp, desperate for money to cover his wife's medical bills, asks for help from his adoptive brother Danny. A charismatic career criminal, Danny instead offers him a score: the biggest bank heist in Los Angeles history: $32 million.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Bay
CAST:  Jake Gyllenhaal  •  Eiza González  •  Garret Dillahunt  •  Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

Decorated veteran Will Sharp, desperate for money to cover his wife's medical bills, asks for help from his adoptive brother Danny. A charismatic career criminal, Danny instead offers him a score: the biggest bank heist in Los Angeles history: $32 million.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Bay
CAST:  Jake Gyllenhaal  •  Eiza González  •  Garret Dillahunt  •  Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
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