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  • Power (1986)

    1. Power

    19861h 51mR50Metascore
    5.7 (3.6K)
    After a close friend drops out of politics, a political consultant helping to find a replacement finds a web of corruption and deceit as well.
    DirectorSidney LumetStarsRichard GereJulie ChristieGene Hackman
  • Tom Cruise, Robert Redford, and Meryl Streep in Lions for Lambs (2007)

    2. Lions for Lambs

    20071h 32mR47Metascore
    6.2 (55K)
    Injuries sustained by two Army rangers behind enemy lines in Afghanistan set off a sequence of events involving a congressman, a journalist and a professor.
    DirectorRobert RedfordStarsTom CruiseMeryl StreepRobert Redford
  • Under Fire (1983)

    3. Under Fire

    19832h 8mR72Metascore
    7.0 (9.3K)
    Three journalists in a romantic triangle are involved in political intrigue during the last days of the corrupt Somoza regime in Nicaragua before it falls to a popular revolution in 1979.
    DirectorRoger SpottiswoodeStarsNick NolteEd HarrisGene Hackman
  • Christopher Lambert in The Sicilian (1987)

    4. The Sicilian

    19871h 55mR
    5.4 (5.7K)
    Egocentric bandit Salvatore Giuliano fights the Church, the Mafia, and the landed gentry while leading a populist movement for Sicilian independence.
    DirectorMichael CiminoStarsChristopher LambertTerence StampJoss Ackland
  • Catch a Fire (2006)

    5. Catch a Fire

    20061h 41mPG-1362Metascore
    6.7 (11K)
    A drama about terrorism in Apartheid-era South Africa, revolving around a policeman and a young man who carries out solo attacks against the regime.
    DirectorPhillip NoyceStarsDerek LukeTim RobbinsBonnie Mbuli
  • Doris Day and James Stewart in The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

    6. The Man Who Knew Too Much

    19562hPG76Metascore
    7.4 (74K)
    An American doctor and his wife, a former singing star, witness a murder while vacationing in Morocco, and are drawn into a twisting plot of international intrigue when their young son is kidnapped.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJames StewartDoris DayBrenda de Banzie
  • Russell Crowe and Mark Wahlberg in Broken City (2013)

    7. Broken City

    20131h 49mR49Metascore
    6.1 (85K)
    In a city rife with injustice, ex-cop Billy Taggart seeks redemption and revenge after being double-crossed by its most powerful figure: Mayor Nicholas Hostetler.
    DirectorAllen HughesStarsMark WahlbergRussell CroweCatherine Zeta-Jones
  • Brad Pitt and Robert Redford in Spy Game (2001)

    8. Spy Game

    20012h 6mR63Metascore
    7.1 (173K)
    Retiring CIA agent Nathan Muir recalls his training of Tom Bishop while working against agency politics to free him from his Chinese captors.
    DirectorTony ScottStarsRobert RedfordBrad PittCatherine McCormack
  • Peter Boyle in Joe (1970)

    9. Joe

    19701h 47mR
    6.8 (4.9K)
    Two men - a wealthy ad executive and a far-right factory worker - form a dangerous bond after the former confesses to the latter about murdering his daughter's drug-dealer boyfriend.
    DirectorJohn G. AvildsenStarsPeter BoyleDennis PatrickSusan Sarandon
  • The Good Shepherd (2006)

    10. The Good Shepherd

    20062h 47mR61Metascore
    6.7 (111K)
    The tumultuous early history of the Central Intelligence Agency is viewed through the prism of one man's life.
    DirectorRobert De NiroStarsMatt DamonAngelina JolieRobert De Niro
  • Scorpio (1973)

    11. Scorpio

    19731h 54mPG57Metascore
    6.4 (5.8K)
    During the Cold War, the CIA orders free-lance operative Scorpio to assassinate his former CIA mentor Cross and a deadly cat-and-mouse game ensues.
    DirectorMichael WinnerStarsBurt LancasterAlain DelonPaul Scofield
  • Walker (1987)

    12. Walker

    19871h 34mR
    6.6 (4.6K)
    An unconventional retelling of the life of William Walker, a 19th century American mercenary leader who became the president of Nicaragua.
    DirectorAlex CoxStarsEd HarrisRichard MasurRene Auberjonois
  • Terrence Howard, Carmen Ejogo, and Jeffrey Wright in Boycott (2001)

    13. Boycott

    20011h 58mPGTV Movie
    7.1 (1.2K)
    Black Americans boycott the public buses during the 1950s civil rights movement.
    DirectorClark JohnsonStarsJeffrey WrightTerrence HowardCCH Pounder
  • Rob Brown in The Express (2008)

    14. The Express

    20082h 10mPG58Metascore
    7.2 (23K)
    A drama based on the life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.
    DirectorGary FlederStarsRob BrownDennis QuaidClancy Brown
  • Robert De Niro in Guilty by Suspicion (1991)

    15. Guilty by Suspicion

    19911h 45mPG-1364Metascore
    6.5 (10K)
    Returning to Hollywood 1951 after working in France, a movie director meets McCarthyism head-on.
    DirectorIrwin WinklerStarsRobert De NiroAnnette BeningGeorge Wendt
  • Paul Newman, Edward Asner, and Ken Wahl in Fort Apache the Bronx (1981)

    16. Fort Apache the Bronx

    19812h 5mR49Metascore
    6.7 (7.5K)
    In New York City, South Bronx's main police precinct is nicknamed Fort Apache by its employees who feel like troopers surrounded by hostiles in a wild west isolated outpost.
    DirectorDaniel PetrieStarsPaul NewmanEdward AsnerKen Wahl
  • Charles Bronson in Borderline (1980)

    17. Borderline

    19801h 37mPG
    6.0 (2.6K)
    On the U.S.-Mexican border, border cop Jeb Maynard is hunting for a human smuggler responsible for Jeb's partner's murder.
    DirectorJerrold FreedmanStarsCharles BronsonBruno KirbyBert Remsen
  • Joe Mantegna in Homicide (1991)

    18. Homicide

    19911h 42mR84Metascore
    6.9 (8.7K)
    A Jewish homicide detective investigates a seemingly minor murder and falls in with a Zionist group as a result.
    DirectorDavid MametStarsJoe MantegnaWilliam H. MacyVincent Guastaferro
  • James Woods in Salvador (1986)

    19. Salvador

    19862h 2mR69Metascore
    7.3 (24K)
    A burnt-out photojournalist becomes involved in a Central American revolution.
    DirectorOliver StoneStarsJames WoodsJim BelushiMichael Murphy
  • Jessica Lange and Sam Shepard in Country (1984)

    20. Country

    19841h 45mPG
    6.6 (2.4K)
    Farm couple Gilbert and Jewell Ivy seem to be working against the odds, producing no financial surplus. Gilbert has lost hope of ever becoming prosperous, but Jewell fights fiercely for her family.
    DirectorRichard PearceStarsJessica LangeSam ShepardWilford Brimley
  • Henry Fonda, John Carradine, Jane Darwell, Dorris Bowdon, Frank Darien, and Russell Simpson in The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

    21. The Grapes of Wrath

    19402h 9mApproved96Metascore
    8.1 (106K)
    An Oklahoma family, driven off their farm by the poverty and hopelessness of the Dust Bowl, joins the westward migration to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.
    DirectorJohn FordStarsHenry FondaJane DarwellJohn Carradine
  • Bruce Davison, Lin Shaye, Chad Donella, Seth Peterson, and Tommy Stovall in Hate Crime (2005)

    22. Hate Crime

    20051h 44mR41Metascore
    6.3 (1.7K)
    Robbie and Trey are gay, middle-class, suburban professionals. Life is good. Until the son of a fundamentalist preacher moves in next door.
    DirectorTommy StovallStarsSeth PetersonBruce DavisonChad Donella
  • Jim Brown in Tick, Tick, Tick (1970)

    23. Tick, Tick, Tick

    19701h 40mG
    6.7 (1.5K)
    Racial tensions threaten to explode when a black man is elected Sheriff of a small, racially divided town in the deep south.
    DirectorRalph NelsonStarsJim BrownGeorge KennedyFredric March
  • The Fixer (1968)

    24. The Fixer

    19682h 12mPG-13
    6.7 (1.5K)
    In Czarist Russia, around 1911, a Russian-Jewish handyman, Yakov Bok (Sir Alan Bates), is wrongly imprisoned for a most unlikely crime.
    DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsAlan BatesDirk BogardeGeorgia Brown
  • Liam Neeson in Michael Collins (1996)

    25. Michael Collins

    19962h 13mR59Metascore
    7.1 (35K)
    Neil Jordan's historical biopic of Irish revolutionary Michael Collins, the man who led a guerrilla war against the UK, helped negotiate the creation of the Irish Free State, and led the National Army during the Irish Civil War.
    DirectorNeil JordanStarsLiam NeesonAidan QuinnJulia Roberts

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