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by Matt-144-792009 • Created 7 years ago • Modified 3 years ago
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  • Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau in Made (2001)

    1. Made

    20011h 35mR62Metascore
    6.3 (20K)
    Two aspiring boxers, life-long friends, get involved in a money-laundering scheme through a low-level organized crime group.
    DirectorJon FavreauStarsVince VaughnJon FavreauJoe Goossen
  • Jason Bateman, Mila Kunis, David Koechner, J.K. Simmons, Kristen Wiig, and Dustin Milligan in Extract (2009)

    2. Extract

    20091h 32mR61Metascore
    6.1 (52K)
    Joel, the owner of an extract plant, tries to contend with myriad personal and professional problems, such as his potentially unfaithful wife and employees who want to take advantage of him.
    DirectorMike JudgeStarsJason BatemanKristen WiigBen Affleck
  • Jennifer Connelly and Frank Whaley in Career Opportunities (1991)

    3. Career Opportunities

    19911h 23mPG-1341Metascore
    5.8 (20K)
    Jim is the dorky son of a local cement contractor who lives at home and has no direction. Josie is the gorgeous daughter of a wealthy businessman who dreams of leaving town. They find they have a lot in common.
    DirectorBryan GordonStarsFrank WhaleyJennifer ConnellyDermot Mulroney
  • Stir of Echoes (1999)

    4. Stir of Echoes

    19991h 39mR67Metascore
    6.9 (91K)
    A man has visions of a missing neighborhood girl.
    DirectorDavid KoeppStarsKevin BaconZachary David CopeKathryn Erbe
  • Thomas Jane and Nathan Gamble in The Mist (2007)

    5. The Mist

    20072h 6mR58Metascore
    7.1 (362K)
    After a massive thunderstorm, an eerie, unwavering fog descends upon a Maine community. Locals seek refuge in a grocery store from the monstrous creatures now roaming the countryside killing everyone they encounter.
    DirectorFrank DarabontStarsThomas JaneMarcia Gay HardenLaurie Holden
  • Matthew McConaughey, Shirley MacLaine, and Jack Black in Bernie (2011)

    6. Bernie

    20111h 44mPG-1375Metascore
    6.8 (66K)
    In small-town Texas, an affable mortician strikes up a friendship with a wealthy widow, though when she starts to become controlling, he goes to great lengths to separate himself from her grasp.
    DirectorRichard LinklaterStarsJack BlackShirley MacLaineMatthew McConaughey
  • Ryan Gosling in Drive (2011)

    7. Drive

    20111h 40mR79Metascore
    7.8 (741K)
    A mysterious Hollywood action film stuntman gets in trouble with gangsters when he tries to help his neighbor's husband rob a pawn shop while serving as his getaway driver.
    DirectorNicolas Winding RefnStarsRyan GoslingCarey MulliganBryan Cranston
  • Antonio Banderas, Madonna, Valeria Golino, Tim Roth, Marisa Tomei, and Jennifer Beals in Four Rooms (1995)

    8. Four Rooms

    19951h 38mR
    6.7 (115K)
    Four interlocking tales that take place in a fading hotel on New Year's Eve.
    DirectorsAllison AndersAlexandre RockwellRobert RodriguezStarsTim RothAntonio BanderasSammi Davis
  • Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame in In a Lonely Place (1950)

    9. In a Lonely Place

    19501h 34mApproved
    7.9 (38K)
    A potentially violent screenwriter is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him. However, she soon starts to have her doubts.
    DirectorNicholas RayStarsHumphrey BogartGloria GrahameFrank Lovejoy
  • Rose McGowan in Grindhouse (2007)

    10. Grindhouse

    20073h 11mR77Metascore
    7.5 (195K)
    Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's homage to exploitation double features in the '60s and '70s with two back-to-back cult films that include previews of coming attractions between them.
    DirectorsRobert RodriguezEli RothQuentin TarantinoStarsKurt RussellRose McGowanDanny Trejo
  • Gattaca (1997)

    11. Gattaca

    19971h 46mPG-1364Metascore
    7.7 (338K)
    Vincent, an "In-Valid," assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pursue his goal of traveling into space with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation. However, a week before his mission, a murder marks Vincent as a suspect.
    DirectorAndrew NiccolStarsEthan HawkeUma ThurmanJude Law
  • Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017)

    12. Brawl in Cell Block 99

    20172h 12mNot Rated79Metascore
    7.1 (81K)
    A former boxer-turned-drug runner lands in a prison battleground after a deal gets deadly.
    DirectorS. Craig ZahlerStarsVince VaughnJennifer CarpenterDon Johnson
  • Tyler Hoechlin, Wyatt Russell, Glen Powell, Zoey Deutch, Austin Amelio, Blake Jenner, Will Brittain, Ryan Guzman, Juston Street, Forrest Vickery, Temple Baker, and J. Quinton Johnson in Everybody Wants Some!! (2016)

    13. Everybody Wants Some!!

    20161h 57mR85Metascore
    6.9 (63K)
    In 1980 Texas, a college freshman moves into an old frat house with his new baseball teammates as they party their way through the final weekend of Summer.
    DirectorRichard LinklaterStarsBlake JennerTyler HoechlinRyan Guzman
  • Kiefer Sutherland and Reese Witherspoon in Freeway (1996)

    14. Freeway

    19961h 44mR61Metascore
    6.8 (33K)
    A twisted take on "Little Red Riding Hood", with a teenage juvenile delinquent on the run from a social worker travelling to her grandmother's house and being hounded by a charming, but sadistic, serial killer and pedophile.
    DirectorMatthew BrightStarsReese WitherspoonKiefer SutherlandBokeem Woodbine
  • The Shallows (2016)

    15. The Shallows

    20161h 26mPG-1359Metascore
    6.3 (151K)
    A mere 200 yards from shore, surfer Nancy is attacked by a great white shark, with her short journey to safety becoming the ultimate contest of wills.
    DirectorJaume Collet-SerraStarsBlake LivelyÓscar JaenadaAngelo Josue Lozano Corzo
  • Rick Moranis, Sam Horrigan, and Ed O'Neill in Little Giants (1994)

    16. Little Giants

    19941h 47mPG
    6.5 (32K)
    Misfits form their own opposing team to an elite peewee football team, coached by the elite team coach's brother.
    DirectorDuwayne DunhamStarsRick MoranisEd O'NeillShawna Waldron
  • Anna Kendrick in Rocket Science (2007)

    17. Rocket Science

    20071h 41mR73Metascore
    6.5 (14K)
    Looking for answers to life's big questions, a stuttering boy joins his high school debate team.
    DirectorJeffrey BlitzStarsReece ThompsonAnna KendrickNicholas D'Agosto
  • Radio Flyer (1992)

    18. Radio Flyer

    19921h 54mPG-13
    6.9 (15K)
    A father recounts a dark period of his childhood when he and his little brother lived in the suburbs.
    DirectorsRichard DonnerDavid Mickey EvansStarsLorraine BraccoJohn HeardAdam Baldwin
  • Samuel L. Jackson and Christina Ricci in Black Snake Moan (2006)

    19. Black Snake Moan

    20061h 56mR52Metascore
    6.9 (68K)
    A God-fearing bluesman takes to a wild young woman who, as a victim of childhood sexual abuse, looks everywhere for love, never quite finding it.
    DirectorCraig BrewerStarsChristina RicciSamuel L. JacksonJustin Timberlake
  • The Frighteners (1996)

    20. The Frighteners

    19961h 50mR52Metascore
    7.1 (100K)
    After a tragic car accident that kills his wife, a man discovers he can communicate with the dead, and he uses that gift to con people. However, when a demonic spirit appears, he may be the only one who can stop it from killing the living and the dead.
    DirectorPeter JacksonStarsMichael J. FoxTrini AlvaradoPeter Dobson
  • Elizabeth Banks and Seth Rogen in Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)

    21. Zack and Miri Make a Porno

    20081h 41mR56Metascore
    6.5 (185K)
    Lifelong platonic friends Zack and Miri look to solve their respective cash-flow problems by making an adult film together. As the cameras roll, however, the duo begin to sense that they may have more feelings for each other than they previously thought.
    DirectorKevin SmithStarsSeth RogenElizabeth BanksCraig Robinson
  • Winona Ryder and Sigourney Weaver in Alien: Resurrection (1997)

    22. Alien: Resurrection

    19971h 49mR62Metascore
    6.2 (284K)
    Two centuries after her death, a powerful human/alien hybrid clone of Ellen Ripley aids a crew of space pirates in stopping the aliens from reaching Earth.
    DirectorJean-Pierre JeunetStarsSigourney WeaverWinona RyderDominique Pinon
  • John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson in 1408 (2007)

    23. 1408

    20071h 44mPG-1364Metascore
    6.8 (307K)
    Author Michael Enslin, who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences, checks into the fabled room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel in New York City, settles in, and soon confronts genuine terror.
    DirectorMikael HåfströmStarsJohn CusackSamuel L. JacksonMary McCormack
  • Ari Graynor and Lauren Miller Rogen in For a Good Time, Call... (2012)

    24. For a Good Time, Call...

    20121h 25mR55Metascore
    6.0 (18K)
    Former college frenemies Lauren and Katie move into a fabulous Gramercy Park apartment, and in order to make ends meet, the unlikely pair start a phone sex line together.
    DirectorJamie TravisStarsAri GraynorLauren Miller RogenJustin Long
  • Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin in The Edge (1997)

    25. The Edge

    19971h 57mR66Metascore
    7.0 (83K)
    An intellectual billionaire and two other men struggle to band together and survive after getting stranded in the Alaskan wilderness with a blood-thirsty Kodiak Bear hunting them down.
    DirectorLee TamahoriStarsAnthony HopkinsAlec BaldwinElle Macpherson

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