Mind blowing + Brilliant + Dark Movies
Psychedelic Furs: Live from House of Blues (2001)
DVD release: Dec 2004
Track Listing: India, Mr. Jones, Heaven, No Easy Street, Ghost In You, Alive, Love My Way, Wrong Train, Heartbreak, Beat, Sister Europe, Anodyne (Better Days), Only You & ... (more)
GENRES: Music
DIRECTION:
CAST: John Ashton • Richard Butler • Tim Butler • Richard Fortus
Night of the Living Dead (1968) RT 96% / Audience 87%
DVD release: Apr 2005
A group of people try to survive an attack of bloodthirsty zombies while trapped in a rural Pennsylvania farmhouse. Although not the first zombie film, NIGHT OF THE LIVING ... (more)
GENRES: Horror
DIRECTION: George A. Romero
CAST: Duane Jones • Judith O'Dea • Karl Hardman • Marilyn Eastman
Killer Joe (2011) RT 78% / Audience 61%
DVD release: Dec 2012
A cop who moonlights as a hit man agrees to kill the hated mother of a desperate drug dealer in exchange for a tumble with the young man's virginal sister. (more)
GENRES: Crime • Drama • Thriller
DIRECTION: William Friedkin
CAST: Matthew McConaughey • Emile Hirsch • Thomas Haden Church • Gina Gershon
Dark City (1998) RT 74% / Audience 84%
DVD release: Jul 1998
A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls ... (more)
GENRES: Mystery • Science Fiction
DIRECTION: Alex Proyas
CAST: Rufus Sewell • William Hurt • Kiefer Sutherland • Jennifer Connelly
Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior (2003)
When the head of a statue sacred to a village is stolen, a young martial artist goes to the big city and finds himself taking on the underworld to retrieve it. (more)
GENRES: Action • Thriller
DIRECTION: Prachya Pinkaew
CAST: Tony Jaa • Petchtai Wongkamlao • Pumwaree Yodkamol • Suchao Pongwilai
Sunset Boulevard (1950) RT 98% / Audience 95%
DVD release: Nov 2002
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity. (more)
GENRES: Drama
DIRECTION: Billy Wilder
CAST: William Holden • Gloria Swanson • Erich von Stroheim • Nancy Olson
Unbreakable (2000) RT 68% / Audience 77%
DVD release: Jun 2001
An ordinary man makes an extraordinary discovery when a train accident leaves his fellow passengers dead—and him unscathed. The answer to this mystery could lie with the ... (more)
GENRES: Drama • Science Fiction • Thriller
DIRECTION: M. Night Shyamalan
CAST: Bruce Willis • Samuel L. Jackson • Robin Wright • Spencer Treat Clark
Network (1976)
A TV network cynically exploits a deranged ex-TV anchor's ravings and revelations about the media for their own profit. (more)
GENRES: Drama
DIRECTION: Sidney Lumet
CAST: Faye Dunaway • William Holden • Peter Finch • Robert Duvall
Sucker Punch (2011) RT 23% / Audience 47%
DVD release: Jun 2011
A young girl is institutionalized by her abusive stepfather. Retreating to an alternative reality as a coping strategy, she envisions a plan which will help her escape from ... (more)
GENRES: Action • Fantasy • Thriller
DIRECTION: Zack Snyder
CAST: Emily Browning • Abbie Cornish • Jena Malone • Vanessa Hudgens
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
After Dr. Bill Hartford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground ... (more)
GENRES: Drama • Mystery • Thriller
DIRECTION: Stanley Kubrick
CAST: Tom Cruise • Nicole Kidman • Madison Eginton • Jackie Sawiris
I Saw the Devil (2010) RT 80% / Audience 86%
DVD release: May 2011
Kyung-chul is a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. He has committed infernal serial murders in diabolic ways that one cannot even imagine and his victims range from ... (more)
GENRES: Horror • Thriller
DIRECTION: Kim Jee-woon
CAST: Lee Byung-hun • Min-sik Choi • Gook-hwan Jeon • Cheon Ho-Jin
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) RT 86% / Audience 90%
DVD release: Sep 2013
When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it ... (more)
GENRES: Action • Adventure • Science Fiction
DIRECTION: J.J. Abrams
CAST: Chris Pine • Zachary Quinto • Zoe Saldana • Karl Urban
Delicatessen (1991) RT 88% / Audience 91%
DVD release: May 2006
This bizarre surrealistic black comedy takes place in a small fictitious post-apocalyptic town where food is scarce and butcher Clapet has the macabre business of using human ... (more)
GENRES: Comedy • Fantasy • Science Fiction
DIRECTION: Jean-Pierre Jeunet • Marc Caro
CAST: Dominique Pinon • Marie-Laure Dougnac • Jean-Claude Dreyfus • Karin Viard
Noah (2013) RT 76% / Audience 41%
DVD release: Jul 2014
In a story that plays out entirely on a teenager's computer screen, Noah follows its eponymous protagonist as his relationship takes a rapid turn for the worse in this ... (more)
GENRES: Drama
DIRECTION: Walter Woodman • Patrick Cederberg
CAST: Sam Kantor • Nina Iordanova • Caitlin McConkey-Pirie • Nahan Fahey
Sin City (2005)
Welcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark… Hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it home — Crooked cops, sexy ... (more)
GENRES: Action • Crime • Thriller
DIRECTION: Quentin Tarantino • Frank Miller • Robert Rodriguez
CAST: Bruce Willis • Mickey Rourke • Clive Owen • Jessica Alba
Focus (2015)
Nicky, a veteran con artist, takes a novice named Jess under his wing. While Nicky teaches Jess the tricks of the trade, the pair become romantically involved; but, when Jess ... (more)
GENRES: Comedy • Crime • Drama • Romance
DIRECTION: Glenn Ficarra • John Requa
CAST: Will Smith • Margot Robbie • Rodrigo Santoro • Robert Taylor
Ginger Snaps (2000) RT 89% / Audience 78%
DVD release: Oct 2001
The story of two outcast sisters, Ginger (Katharine Isabelle) and Brigitte (Emily Perkins), in the mindless suburban town of Bailey Downs. On the night of Ginger's first ... (more)
GENRES: Drama • Horror
DIRECTION: John Fawcett
CAST: Katharine Isabelle • Kris Lemche • Mimi Rogers • Jesse Moss
The Sixth Sense (1999) RT 85% / Audience 89%
DVD release: Mar 2000
A psychological thriller about an eight year old boy named Cole Sear who believes he can see into the world of the dead. A child psychologist named Malcolm Crowe comes to Cole ... (more)
GENRES: Drama • Mystery • Thriller
DIRECTION: M. Night Shyamalan
CAST: Bruce Willis • Haley Joel Osment • Toni Collette • Olivia Williams
The Skin I Live In (2011) RT 80% / Audience 84%
DVD release: Mar 2012
A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession. (more)
GENRES: Drama • Horror • Mystery • Thriller
DIRECTION: Pedro Almodóvar
CAST: Antonio Banderas • Elena Anaya • Marisa Paredes • Blanca Suárez
Fargo (1996)
Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a ... (more)