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Slowly, the camera pans across the brick facade of a New York City apartment building, pausing only when it comes to a window. Inside, a nearly-nude couple is snuggling together, not yet awake to the new day. The camera moves on implacably, s...
U.S. Release Date: 1997-10-30
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Profanity, Nudity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Nicholas Barker
Cast: Brenda Monte, Michael De Stephano, Aimee Copp, ...
Unstoppable, a 95-minute thrill ride from director Tony Scott, delivers the right level of adrenaline. Unfortunately, the sheer exhilaration is dampened somewhat by an overreliance upon action/thriller stock situations and characters. When the pr...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-11-12
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Violence)
Genre: ACTION/THRILLER
Director: Tony Scott
Cast: Denzel Washington, Chris Pine, Rosario Dawson, ...
Over the last 20 years of his career, Steven Spielberg has often coupled a crowd-pleasing would-be blockbuster with a more serious-minded project. Thus, in 1993, he released Jurassic Park in tandem with Schindler's List. In 1997, there were The Los...
U.S. Release Date: 2011-12-25
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Jeremy Irvine, Benedict Cumberbatch, Emily Watson, ...
There's a longstanding movie riddle that asks the following question: Is it better to have a mediocre director and a great screenplay, or a great director and a mediocre screenplay? War of the Worlds, Steven Spielberg's entry into the 2005 summer...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-06-29
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Justin Chatwin, ...
If nothing else, WarGames is a great "time capsule" movie. Although many of the themes and concepts forming the foundation of John Badham's 1983 thriller are hopelessly out-of-date, this is one of the best films from its era to illustrate not only ...
U.S. Release Date: 1983-06-03
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: THRILLER
Director: John Badham
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, Dabney Coleman, ...
In some ways, the 1980s represent the perfect era in which to set a slasher – recent enough for the societal norms to be recognizable but prior to the advent of such plot twist-busting devices like the cellphone and the Internet. Mark Meyers...
U.S. Release Date: 2020-04-10
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Drugs)
Genre: Horror
Director: Marc Meyers
Cast: Alexandra Daddario, Maddie Hasson, Amy Forsyth, ...
Few things are more depressing in moviedom than films that squander a great premise. Such is the case with What Happened to Monday, a sci-fi thriller than all-but-abandons its deep philosophical underpinning in order to pursue a straightforward...
U.S. Release Date: 2017-08-18
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: Science Fiction/Thriller
Director: Tommy Wirkola
Cast: Noomi Rapace, Marwan Kenzari, Willem Dafoe, ...
During the course of his short, stormy life, Depression era writer Robert E. Howard created more than two dozen pulp heroes, and wrote hundreds of short stories. His best-known creation, Conan the Barbarian, became so popular during the 1970s...
U.S. Release Date: 1996-12-25
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Dan Ireland
Cast: Vincent D'Onofrio, Renee Zellweger, Ann Wedgeworth, ...