Underrated and Overlooked Movies List and Reference Guide
Check out our massive list and reference guide to some of the most under-rated films and overlooked movies of all time. Click on the title of the movie to learn more about the movie on the Internet Movie Database or on Amazon (not all titles are linked)…
Breaker Morant (1980) | Courtroom Drama, War, Independent | Cast: Edward Woodward, Bryan Brown, Jack Thompson | Director: Bruce Beresford
Matewan (1987) | Drama, Independent, Period Piece | Cast: Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell | Director: John Sayles
The Last of Sheila (1973) | Psychological Thriller, Mystery, Con-Game | Cast: James Coburn, Richard Benjamin, James Mason | Director: Herbert Ross
Billy Budd (1962) | Adventure, War, Drama | Cast: Robert Ryan, Peter Ustinov, Terence Stamp | Director: Peter Ustinov
Ronin (1998) | Action, Thriller, Espionage, Crime | Cast: Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Stellan Skarsgard | Director: John Frankenheimer
The International (2009) | Espionage, Political Thriller, Action | Cast: Clive Owen, Naomi Watts, Armin Mueller-Stahl | Director: Tom Tykwer
Criminal (2004) | Heist, Con-game, Independent | Cast: John C. Reilly, Diego Luna, Maggie Gyllenhaal | Director: Gregory Jacobs
Heaven (2002) | Thriller, Crime, Independent | Cast: Cate Blanchett, Giovanni Ribisi, Remo Girone | Director: Tom Tykwer
Zodiac (2007) | Thriller, Crime, Mystery | Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr. | Director: David Fincher
(500) Days of Summer (2009) | Romantic Comedy, Independent, Drama | Cast: Zooey Deschanel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Clark Gregg: Dir: Marc Webb
Breach (2007) | Espionage, Psychological Thriller, Suspense | Cast: Ryan Phillippe, Chris Cooper, Laura Linney | Director: Billy Ray
House of Games (1987) | Psychological Thriller, Con-game, Independent | Cast: Lindsay Crouse, Joe Mantegna, J.T. Walsh | Director: David Mamet
Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988) | Drama, Biography | Cast: Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen, Martin Landau | Director: Francis Ford Coppola
The Driver (1978) | Action,Thriller, Crime | Cast: Ryan O’Neal, Bruce Dern, Isabelle Adjani | Director: Walter Hill
Paths of Glory (1957) | War, Action, Classic | Cast: Kirk Douglas, Adolphe Menjou, Wayne Morris | Director: Stanley Kubrick
Spartan (2004) | Political Thriller, Espionage, Action | Val Kilmer, Derek Luke, William H. Macy | Director: David Mamet
Funny Farm (1988) | Comedy, Drama | Cast: Chevy Chase, Madolyn Smith Osborne, Brad Sullivan | Director: George Roy Hill
Red Planet (2000) | Science Fiction, Action, Thriller | Cast: Val Kilmer,Tom Sizemore, Carrie-Anne Moss | Director: Antony Hoffman
Red Rock West (1993) | Thriller, Suspense, Film Noir | Cast: Nicolas Cage, Dennis Hopper, Lara Flynn Boyle, J.T.Walsh | Director: John Dahl
The Dresser (1983) | Drama, Comedy, Period Piece | Cast: Albert Finney,Tom Courtenay, Edward Fox | Director: Peter Yates
Match Point (2005) | Psychological Thriller, Drama | Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Emily Mortimer | Director: Woody Allen
Proof (2005) | Drama, Romance, Mystery | Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Anthony Hopkins, Hope Davis | Director: John Madden
The Thin Blue Line (1988) | Documentary, Crime, Independent | Cast: Randall Adams, David Harris | Director: Errol Morris
Flirting With Disaster (1996) | Comedy, Independent | Cast: Ben Stiller, Patricia Arquette, Tea Leoni | Director: David O. Russell
Wait Until Dark (1967) | Psychological Thriller, Drama, Classic | Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna | Director: Terence Young
The Lookout (2007) | Crime, Thriller, Independent | Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Matthew Goode, Jeff Daniels | Director: Scott Frank
Flirting (1991) | Romance, Drama, Coming of Age | Cast: Noah Taylor,Thandie Newton, Nicole Kidman | Director: John Duigan
The Madness of King George (1994) | Drama, Comedy, Period Piece | Cast: Nigel Hawthorne, Helen Mirren, Ian Holm | Director: Nicholas Hytner
I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978) | Comedy, Coming of Age | Cast: Nancy Allen, Bobby Di Cicco, Marc McClure | Director: Robert Zemeckis
In Bruges (2008) | Thriller, Crime, Black Comedy, Independent | Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson | Director: Martin McDonagh
The Man in the Moon (1991) | Family, Drama, Coming of Age | Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Tess Harper, Sam Waterston | Director: Robert Mulligan
The Station Agent (2003) | Independent, Comedy, Drama | Cast: Peter Dinklage, Patricia Clarkson, Bobby Cannavale | Director: Thomas McCarthy
Insomnia (2002) | Thriller, Suspense, Crime | Cast: Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Hilary Swank | Director: Christopher Nolan
Lantana (2001) | Psychological Thriller, Drama, Mystery | Cast: Anthony LaPaglia, Geoffrey Rush, Barbara Hershey | Director: Ray Lawrence
A Civil Action (1998) | Courtroom Drama, Mystery | Cast: John Travolta, Robert Duvall, James Gandolfni | Director: Steven Zaillian
Jack the Bear (1993) | Drama, Comedy, Coming of Age | Cast: Danny DeVito, Robert J. Steinmiller Jr., Miko Hughes | Director: Marshall Herskovitz
A Simple Plan (1998) | Psychological Thriller, Crime | Cast: Bill Paxton, Bridget Fonda, Billy Bob Thornton | Director: Sam Raimi
Kwik Stop (2001) | Drama, Black Comedy, Independent | Cast: Michael Gilio, Lara Phillips, Rich Komenich | Director: Michael Gilio
Mute Witness (1994) | Psychological Thriller, Action, Horror | Cast: Marina Zudina, Fay Ripley, Evan Richards | Director: Anthony Waller
Traveller (1997) | Crime, Con-game Drama, Independent | Cast: Bill Paxton, Mark Wahlberg, Julianna Margulies | Director: Jack N. Green
The Yards (2000) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix, Charlize Theron, James Caan | Director: James Gray
Eye of God (1997) | Crime, Drama, Independent | Cast: Kevin Anderson, Martha Plimpton, Mary Kay Place | Director: Tim Blake Nelson
Cherish (2002) | Drama, Black Comedy, Independent | Cast: Robin Tunney,Tim Blake Nelson, Brad Hunt | Director: Finn Taylor
The Dish (2000) | Family, Comedy, Drama, Independent | Cast: Sam Neill, Kevin Harrington, Tom Long | Director: Rob Sitch
October Sky (1999) | Drama, Period Piece | Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper, Laura Dern | Director: Joe Johnston
The Deep End (2001) | Thriller, Crime, Independent | Cast: Tilda Swinton, Goran Visnjic, Raymond J. Barry | Directors: Scott McGehee, David Siegel
Matchstick Men (2003) | Drama, Crime, Con-game | Cast: Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, Alison Lohman | Director: Ridley Scott
Miracle Mile (1989) | Action, Science Fiction, Thriller | Cast: Anthony Edwards, Mare Winningham, John Agar | Director: Steve De Jarnatt
Starting Out in the Evening (2007) | Drama, Independent | Cast: Frank Langella, Lauren Ambrose, Lili Taylor | Director: Andrew Wagner
Near Dark (1987) | Thriller, Horror, Suspense | Cast: Adrian Pasdar, Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton | Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Diamond Men (2000) | Drama, Con-game, Independent | Cast: Robert Forster, Donnie Wahlberg, Bess Armstrong | Director: Dan Cohen
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (2000) | Crime, Independent | Cast: Forest Whitaker, John Tormey, Cliff Gorman | Director: Jim Jarmusch
Night Falls on Manhattan (1997) | Political Thriller, Courtroom Drama | Cast: Andy Garcia, Ian Holm, James Gandolfni | Director: Sidney Lumet
Let Him Have It (1991) | Courtroom Drama, Crime | Cast: Christopher Eccleston, Tom Bell, Tom Courtenay | Director: Peter Medak
Nothing But the Truth (2008) | Political Thriller, Drama, Mystery | Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Matt Dillon, Angela Bassett | Director: Rod Lurie
Shattered Glass (2003) | Drama, Independent | Cast: Hayden Christensen, Peter Sarsgaard, Chloe Sevigny, Steve Zahn | Director: Billy Ray
The Upside of Anger (2005) Drama, Romantic Comedy, Independent | Cast: Joan Allen, Kevin Costner, Keri Russell | Director: Mike Binder
Murder by Death (1976) | Comedy | Cast: Peter Falk, Alec Guinness, David Niven, Peter Sellers, Maggie Smith | Director: Robert Moore
Blue Chips (1994) | Sports, Drama | Cast: Nick Nolte, Mary McDonnell, J.T.Walsh | Director: William Friedkin
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007) | Documentary, Sports, Independent | Cast: Steve Wiebe, Billy Mitchell | Director: Seth Gordon
Waiting for Guffman (1996) | Comedy, Mockumentary, Independent | Cast: Catherine O’Hara, Parker Posey, Eugene Levy | Director: Christopher Guest
Quiz Show (1994) | Drama, Con-game | Cast: Ralph Fiennes, John Turturro, Rob Morrow | Director: Robert Redford
Sweet Smell of Success (1957) | Classic, Film Noir, Drama | Cast: Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Martin Milner | Director: Alexander Mackendrick
5 Fingers (1952) | Espionage, Drama, Thriller | Cast: James Mason, Danielle Darrieux, Michael Rennie | Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Treasure Island (1990) | Adventure, Action | Cast: Charlton Heston, Christian Bale, Oliver Reed | Director: Fraser Clarke Heston
The Secret of Roan Inish (1993) | Family, Fantasy, Independent | Jeni Courtney, Richard Sheridan, Pat Slowey | Director: John Sayles
Top Secret! (1984) | Comedy | Cast: Val Kilmer, Lucy Gutteridge, Omar Sharif | Directors: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
Cutthroat Island (1995) | Adventure, Action, Romance | Cast: Geena Davis, Matthew Modine, Frank Langella | Director: Renny Harlin
Brain Donors (1992) | Comedy | Cast: John Turturro, Bob Nelson, Mel Smith | Director: Dennis Dugan
The Verdict (1982) | Courtroom Drama, Suspense | Cast: Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, Jack Warden, James Mason | Director: Sidney Lumet
Hearts in Atlantis (2001) | Drama, Coming of Age, Based on Novel | Cast: Anthony Hopkins,Anton Yelchin, Hope Davis | Director: Scott Hicks
Shattered (1991) | Mystery, Psychological Thriller, Action | Cast: Tom Berenger, Greta Scacchi, Bob Hoskins | Director: Wolfgang Petersen
The Spanish Prisoner (1997) | Con-game, Psychological Thriller | Cast: Campbell Scott, Steve Martin, Rebecca Pidgeon | Director: David Mamet
Galaxy Quest (1999) | Comedy, Science Fiction, Adventure | Cast: Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman | Director: Dean Parisot
The Beast (1988) | War, Drama, Thriller, Action | Cast: Jason Patric, George Dzundza, Stephen Baldwin | Director: Kevin Reynolds
Frequency (2000) | Action, Drama, Science Fiction | Cast: Dennis Quaid, James Caviezel, Shawn Doyle | Director: Gregory Hoblit
The Hunted (2003) | Thriller, Action, Espionage | Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Benicio Del Toro, Connie Nielsen | Director: William Friedkin
Narrow Margin (1990) | Thriller, Action, Suspense | Cast: Gene Hackman, Anne Archer, J.T.Walsh | Director: Peter Hyams
Heist (2001) | Crime, Con-game, Thriller | Cast: Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito, Delroy Lindo, Sam Rockwell | Director: David Mamet
Three O’Clock High (1987) | Comedy, Coming of Age | Cast: Casey Siemaszko,Anne Ryan, Richard Tyson | Director: Phil Joanou
The Long Good Friday (1980) | Crime, Thriller, Drama | Cast: Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan | Director: John Mackenzie
Eight Men Out (1988) | Drama, Sports, Independent | Cast: John Cusack, Charlie Sheen, David Strathairn | Director: John Sayles
Dead Calm (1989) | Psychological Thriller, Suspense | Cast: Nicole Kidman, Sam Neill, Billy Zane | Director: Phillip Noyce
Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993) | Drama, Family | Cast: Joe Mantegna, Laurence Fishburne, Joan Allen | Director: Steven Zaillian
Ghost Town (2008) | Comedy | Cast: Ricky Gervais, Tea Leoni, Greg Kinnear, Kristen Wiig | Director: David Koepp
Grand Canyon (1991) | Drama | Cast: Danny Glover, Kevin Kline, Steve Martin, Mary McDonnell, Mary-Louise Parker | Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Flightplan (2005) | Psychological Thriller, Suspense, Mystery | Cast: Jodie Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, Sean Bean | Director: Robert Schwentke
Two Family House (2000) | Drama, Romance | Cast: Michael Rispoli, Kelly Macdonald, Kevin Conway | Director: Raymond De Felitta
Go Tigers! (2001) | Documentary, Sports | Cast: Dave Irwin, Ellery Moore, Danny Studer | Director: Kenneth A. Carlson
Mimic (1997) | Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller | Cast: Mira Sorvino, Jeremy Northam, Josh Brolin | Director: Guillermo del Toro
Proof (1991) | Black Comedy, Drama | Cast: Hugo Weaving, Genevieve Picot, Russell Crowe | Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse
Breakdown (1997) | Thriller, Action, Suspense | Cast: Kurt Russell, Kathleen Quinlan, J.T.Walsh | Director: Jonathan Mostow
The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000) | Drama, Sports, Fantasy | Cast: Will Smith, Matt Damon, Charlize Theron | Director: Robert Redford
Stuart Saves His Family (1995) | Comedy, Drama | Cast: Al Franken, Laura San Giacomo, Vincent D’Onofrio | Director: Harold Ramis
Eye of the Needle (1981) | Political Thriller, Espionage, Drama | Cast: Donald Sutherland, Stephen MacKenna | Director: Richard Marquand
The Great Train Robbery (1978) | Adventure, Comedy, Heist | Cast: Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland, Lesley-Anne Down | Director: Michael Crichton
Something Wild (1986) | Black Comedy, Romance, Thriller | Cast: Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffth, Ray Liotta | Director: Jonathan Demme
The King of Comedy (1983) | Black Comedy, Drama, Crime | Cast: Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, Sandra Bernhard | Director: Martin Scorsese
The Score (2001) | Thriller, Heist, Action | Cast: Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Marlon Brando | Director: Frank Oz
Drugstore Cowboy (1989) | Drama, Romance, Black Comedy, Independent | Cast: Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, James LeGros | Director: Gus Van Sant
Trespass (1992) | Action, Thriller, Crime | Cast: Bill Paxton, Ice-T, William Sadler | Director: Walter Hill
The Killing (1956) | Crime, Heist, Thriller | Cast: Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards | Director: Stanley Kubrick
Changing Lanes (2002) | Psychological Thriller, Drama | Cast: Ben Affleck, Samuel L. Jackson, Sydney Pollack | Director: Roger Michell
Jindabyne (2006) | Crime, Drama, Mystery | Cast: Laura Linney, Gabriel Byrne, John Howard | Director: Ray Lawrence
Margin Call (2011) | Drama, Thriller, Mystery | Cast: Zachary Quinto, Stanley Tucci, Kevin Spacey, Jeremy Irons | Director: J.C. Chandor
Win Win (2011) | Drama, Comedy | Cast: Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan, Jeffrey Tambor, Bobby Cannavale | Director: Thomas McCarthy
Leaves of Grass (2009) | Black Comedy, Crime, Thriller | Cast: Edward Norton, Keri Russell, Henry Max Nelson | Director: Tim Blake Nelson
Red Hill (2010) | Thriller, Western | Cast: Ryan Kwanten, Steve Bisley, Tommy Lewis | Director: Patrick Hughes
The Grifters (1990) | Psychological Thriller, Drama, Independent | Cast: Anjelica Huston, John Cusack, Annette Bening | Director: Stephen Frears
The Baxter (2005) | Romantic Comedy, Drama | Cast: Michael Showalter, Elizabeth Banks, Peter Dinklage | Director: Michael Showalter
Thief (1981) | Crime Thriller, Action | Cast: James Caan, Tuesday Weld, James Belushi | Director: Michael Mann
Trees Lounge (1996) | Drama, Black Comedy, Independent | Cast: Steve Buscemi, Anthony LaPaglia, Chloë Sevigny | Director: Steve Buscemi
Faithful (1996) | Drama, Black Comedy | Cast: Cher, Chazz Palminteri, Ryan O’Neal | Director: Paul Mazursky
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) | Drama, Crime | Cast: Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin, Ed Harris | Director: James Foley
True Believer (1989) | Thriller, Crime, Mystery | James Woods, Robert Downey Jr., Margaret Colin | Director: Joseph Ruben
Cyrus (2010) | Comedy, Drama, Independent | Cast: John C. Reilly, Marisa Tomei, Jonah Hill | Directors: Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass
Mean Creek (2004) | Crime, Drama, Independent | Cast: Rory Culkin, Ryan Kelley, Scott Mechlowicz | Director: Jacob Aaron Estes
Rambling Rose (1991) | Comedy, Drama, Coming of Age | Cast: Laura Dern, Robert Duvall, Diane Ladd | Director: Martha Coolidge
The Ghost Writer (2010) | Thriller, Drama | Cast: Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Olivia Williams | Director: Roman Polanski
Lost in America (1985) | Comedy, Drama | Cast: Albert Brooks, Julie Hagerty, Garry Marshall | Director: Albert Brooks
Pulling John (2009) | Documentary, Independent | Cast: John Brzenk, Alexy Voevoda, Travis Bagent | Directors: Vassiliki Khonsari, Sevan Matossian
Secret Window (2004) | Psychological Thriller, Mystery | Cast: Johnny Depp, Maria Bello, John Turturro | Director: David Koepp
The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) | Action, Adventure, Drama | Cast: Jim Caviezel, Guy Pearce, Richard Harris | Director: Kevin Reynolds
The Paper (1994) | Comedy, Drama | Cast: Michael Keaton, Glenn Close, Robert Duvall | Director: Ron Howard
Buried (2010) | Thriller, Mystery, Independent | Cast: Ryan Reynolds, José Luis García Pérez, Robert Paterson | Director: Rodrigo Cortés
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) | Psychological Thriller, Crime | Cast: Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law | Director: Anthony Minghella
One False Move (1991) | Crime, Thriller, Independent | Cast: Bill Paxton, Cynda Williams, Billy Bob Thornton | Director: Carl Franklin
Reversal of Fortune (1990) | Courtroom Drama, Mystery | Cast: Glenn Close, Jeremy Irons, Ron Silver | Director: Barbet Schroeder
Dogfight (1991) | Drama, Romance, War | Cast: River Phoenix, Lili Taylor, Richard Panebianco | Director: Nancy Savoca
Quick Change (1990) | Comedy, Crime | Cast: Bill Murray, Geena Davis, Randy Quaid | Directors: Howard Franklin, Bill Murray
The Game (1997) | Psychological Thriller, Action, Mystery | Cast: Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, Deborah Kara Unger | Director: David Fincher
The Man Who Would Be Polka King (2009) | Documentary, Independent, Crime | Directors: Joshua Brown, John Mikulak
Open Range (2003) | Western, Adventure, Action | Cast: Kevin Costner, Robert Duvall, Annette Bening, Michael Gambon | Director: Kevin Costner
Separate Lies (2005) | Drama, Mystery, Crime, Independent | Cast: Tom Wilkinson, Emily Watson, Rupert Everett | Director: Julian Fellowes
Blood Work (2002) | Thriller, Mystery, Crime | Cast: Clint Eastwood, Jeff Daniels, Anjelica Huston | Director: Clint Eastwood
Tumbleweeds (1999) | Drama, Coming of Age, Independent | Cast: Janet McTeer, Kimberly J. Brown, Jay O. Sanders | Director: Gavin O’Connor
Snow Angels (2007) | Drama, Independent | Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell, Griffn Dunne | Director: David Gordon Green
Murder on a Sunday Morning (2001) | Documentary, Crime, Independent | Director: Jean-Xavier de Lestrade
51 Birch Street (2006) | Documentary, Independent | Director: Doug Block
Bottle Rocket (1996) | Black Comedy, Independent | Cast: Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, Bob Musgrave, James Caan | Director: Wes Anderson
Management (2008) | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Cast: Jennifer Aniston, Steve Zahn, Woody Harrelson | Director: Stephen Belber
We Own the Night (2007) | Thriller, Crime, Drama, Independent | Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, Robert Duvall | Director: James Gray
Microcosmos (1996) | Documentary, Family, Independent | Directors: Claude Nuridsany, Marie Perennou
Frozen River (2008) | Drama, Crime, Independent | Cast: Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Charlie McDermott | Director: Courtney Hunt
Who the #$&% Is Jackson Pollock? | Documentary, Independent | Cast: Teri Horton, Tod M. Volpe, Ben Heller | Director: Harry Moses
A Walk in the Clouds (1995) | Drama, Romance | Cast: Keanu Reeves, Aitana Sanchez- Gijon, Anthony Quinn | Director: Alfonso Arau
An Unfinished Life (2005) | Drama, Based on Novel | Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Robert Redford, Morgan Freeman | Director: Lasse Hallstroem
Runaway Train (1985) | Action, Thriller, Action, Drama | Cast: Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, Rebecca De Mornay | Director: Andrey Konchalovskiy
Medicine Man (1992) | Adventure, Action, Drama, Romance | Cast: Sean Connery, Lorraine Bracco | Director: John McTiernan
Local Hero (1983) | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Cast: Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Denis Lawson | Director: Bill Forsyth
Duma (2005) | Family, Adventure, Drama | Cast: Hope Davis, Campbell Scott, Eamonn Walker | Director: Carroll Ballard
Kill Me Again (1989) | Crime, Thriller, Independent, Film Noir | Cast: Val Kilmer, Michael Madsen, Joanne Whalley | Director: John Dahl
Harlan County, USA (1976) | Documentary, Independent | Cast: Norman Yarborough, Houston Elmore, Phil Sparks | Director: Barbara Kopple
The Square (2008) | Crime, Psychological Thriller, Drama | Cast: David Roberts, Claire van der Boom, Joel Edgerton | Director: Nash Edgerton
U.S. Marshals (1998) | Action, Thriller, Crime | Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Wesley Snipes, Robert Downey Jr. | Director: Stuart Baird
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | Adventure, Action | Cast: Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany, James D’Arcy | Director: Peter Weir
American Gangster (2007) | Thriller, Crime, Action | Cast: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Josh Brolin | Director: Ridley Scott
What’s Up Doc? (1972) | Comedy | Cast: Barbra Streisand, Ryan O’Neal, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars | Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Up For Grabs (2004) | Documentary, Sports, Independent | Cast: Marty Appel, Barry Bonds, Patrick Hayashi | Director: Michael Wranovics
The Fountainhead (1949) | Drama, Classic | Cast: Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey | Director: King Vidor
Multiplicity (1996) | Comedy, Romance, Fantasy | Cast: Michael Keaton, Andie MacDowell, Eugene Levy | Director: Harold Ramis
Sneakers (1992) | Thriller, Action, Espionage | Cast: Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, Ben Kingsley | Director: Phil Alden Robinson
Arachnophobia (1990) | Thriller, Action, Comedy | Cast: Jeff Daniels, Harley Jane Kozak, John Goodman | Director: Frank Marshall
Clockwatchers (1997) | Comedy, Independent | Cast: Lisa Kudrow,Toni Collette, Parker Posey | Director: Jill Sprecher
My Dog Skip (2000) | Family, Drama | Cast: Frankie Muniz, Diane Lane, Luke Wilson, Kevin Bacon | Director: Jay Russell
A Perfect World (1993) | Drama, Crime, Thriller | Cast: Kevin Costner, Clint Eastwood, Laura Dern | Director: Clint Eastwood
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005) | Comedy, Drama, Independent | Cast: Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson | Director: Jane Anderson
Matinee (1993) | Comedy, Drama, Period Piece | Cast: John Goodman, Cathy Moriarty, Kellie Martin | Director: Joe Dante
The Whole Wide World (1996) | Drama, Romance, Independent | Cast: Vincent D’Onofrio, Renée Zellweger | Director: Dan Ireland
A Bronx Tale (1993) | Crime, Drama, Independent | Cast: Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Chazz Palminteri | Director: Robert De Niro
Only the Lonely (1991) | Comedy, Romance, Drama | Cast: John Candy, Maureen O’Hara, Ally Sheedy | Director: Chris Columbus
Lakeview Terrace (2008) | Psychological Thriller, Action | Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Wilson, Kerry Washington | Director: Neil LaBute
The Man From Elysian Fields (2001) | Drama, Independent | Cast: Andy Garcia, Mick Jagger, Julianna Margulies | Director: George Hickenlooper
Spellbound (2002) | Documentary, Independent | Cast: Harry Altman, Ashley White, Angela Arenivar | Director: Jeffrey Blitz
Rocket Science (2007) | Drama, Comedy, Coming of Age | Cast: Reece Thompson, Dionne Audain, Anna Kendrick | Director: Jeffrey Blitz
Source Code (2011) | Science Fiction, Thriller | Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga | Director: Duncan Jones
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976) | Comedy | Cast: Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Lesley-Anne Down | Director: Blake Edwards
Green Zone (2010) | Action, Drama, War, Espionage, Thriller | Cast: Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear, Brendan Gleeson | Director: Paul Greengrass
Swimming With Sharks (1994) | Crime, Thriller, Independent | Cast: Kevin Spacey, Frank Whaley, Michelle Forbes | Director: George Huang
The TV Set (2006) | Comedy, Drama | Cast: David Duchovny, Sigourney Weaver, Ioan Gruffudd | Director: Jake Kasdan
Brothers (2009) | Drama, War | Cast: Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman | Director: Jim Sheridan
Off the Black (2006) | Drama, Independent | Cast: Nick Nolte, Trevor Morgan, Timothy Hutton | Director: James Ponsoldt
Murder by Decree (1979) | Mystery, Suspense, Thriller | Cast: Christopher Plummer, James Mason, Donald Sutherland | Director: Bob Clark
City Island (2009) | Comedy, Drama, Independent | Cast: Andy Garcia, Julianna Margulies, Steven Strait | Director: Raymond De Felitta
Mr. Death (1999) | Documentary, Independent | Cast: Fred A. Leuchter Jr., Robert Jan Van Pelt, David Irving | Director: Errol Morris
A Dry White Season (1989) | Courtroom Drama, Mystery | Cast: Donald Sutherland, Susan Sarandon, Marlon Brando | Director: Euzhan Palcy
The Sugarland Express (1974) | Action, Crime, Drama | Cast: Goldie Hawn, Ben Johnson, William Atherton | Director: Steven Spielberg
A Perfect Getaway (2009) | Thriller, Action, Mystery | Cast: Milla Jovovich, Steve Zahn, Timothy Olyphant | Director: David Twohy
Below (2002) | Psychological Thriller, Mystery, Horror | Cast: Bruce Greenwood, David Crow, Matthew Davis | Director: David Twohy
The Day of the Jackal (1973) | Thriller, Action, Espionage | Cast: Edward Fox, Alan Badel,Tony Britton | Director: Fred Zinnemann
My Bodyguard (1980) | Comedy, Drama, Family | Cast: Chris Makepeace, Adam Baldwin, Matt Dillon | Director: Tony Bill
Beowulf (2007) | Animation, Action, Adventure | Cast: Ray Winstone, Crispin Glover, Angelina Jolie | Director: Robert Zemeckis
Trucker (2008) | Drama | Cast: Michelle Monaghan, Nathan Fillion, Benjamin Bratt | Director: James Mottern
Blood and Wine (1996) | Thriller, Crime, Drama | Cast: Jack Nicholson, Michael Caine, Stephen Dorff | Director: Bob Rafelson
James and the Giant Peach (1996) | Animation, Family | Cast: Susan Sarandon, Paul Terry, Richard Dreyfuss | Director: Henry Selick
Dinner Rush (2000) | Crime, Drama, Romance | Cast: Danny Aiello, Edoardo Ballerini, John Rothman | Director: Bob Giraldi
The Silent Partner (1978) | Thriller, Crime, Drama | Cast: Elliott Gould, Christopher Plummer, Susannah York | Director: Daryl Duke
Citizen X (1995) | Crime, Thriller, Drama | Cast: Stephen Rea, Donald Sutherland, Max von Sydow | Director: Chris Gerolmo
The Company Men (2010) | Drama | Cast: Ben Affleck, Chris Cooper, Tommy Lee Jones, Craig T. Nelson | Director: John Wells
Diner (1982) | Drama, Comedy, Coming Of Age | Cast: Steve Guttenberg, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon, Daniel Stern | Director: Barry Levinson
The Negotiator (1998) | Thriller, Action, Crime | Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey, J.T. Walsh | Director: F. Gary Gray
The Underneath (1995) | Thriller, Crime, Drama | Cast: Peter Gallagher, Elisabeth Shue, Alison Elliott | Director: Steven Soderbergh
Arbitrage (2012) | Psychological Thriller, Crime, Drama | Cast: Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Brit Marling | Director: Nicholas Jarecki
The Burial Society (2002) | Psychological Thriller, Crime | Cast: Rob LaBelle, Jan Rubes, Allan Rich | Director: Nicholas Racz
About a Boy (2002) | Drama, Comedy, Romance | Cast: Hugh Grant, Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette | Directors: Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz
The Train (1964) | Thriller, Action, War | Cast: Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofeld, Michael A. Simon | Director: John Frankenheimer
Thumbsucker (2005) | Drama, Black Comedy | Cast: Lou Taylor Pucci, Tilda Swinton, Vincent D’Onofrio | Director: Mike Mills
Rounders (1998) | Psychological Thriller, Crime, Drama | Cast: Matt Damon, Edward Norton, Gretchen Mol | Director: John Dahl
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) | Thriller, Action, Sci Fi | Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl | Director: Jonathan Mostow
Fever Pitch (2005) | Comedy, Romance | Cast: Drew Barrymore, Jimmy Fallon, Jason Spevack | Directors: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Trouble With the Curve (2012) | Drama, Sport, Romance | Cast: Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, John Goodman | Director: Robert Lorenz
Cassandra’s Dream (2007) | Psychological Thriller, Crime | Cast: Colin Farrell, Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell | Director: Woody Allen
Troll Hunter (2010) | Fantasy, Horror, Action | Cast: Otto Jespersen, Robert Stoltenberg, Knut Nærum | Director: André Øvredal
Premium Rush (2012) | Action, Crime, Thriller | Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Shannon, Dania Ramirez | Director: David Koepp
Lucky (2010) | Documentary, Sport | Cast: Steve Ledoux | Director: Jeffrey Blitz
Red Lights (2012) | Psychological Thriller, Mystery | Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Robert De Niro, Cillian Murphy | Director: Rodrigo Cortés
Valley Girl (1983) | Comedy, Romance, Coming of Age | Cast: Nicolas Cage, Deborah Foreman, Elizabeth Daily | Director: Martha Coolidge
Big Fan (2009) | Drama, Crime, Thriller, Independent | Cast: Patton Oswalt, Kevin Corrigan, Michael Rapaport | Director: Robert D. Siegel
Girl 27 (2007) | Documentary, Crime, Independent | Cast: Patricia Douglas, Richard Bann, Kelly Brown | Director: David Stenn
Compliance (2012) | Psychological Thriller, Crime, Independent | Cast: Ann Dowd, Dreama Walker, Pat Healy | Director: Craig Zobel
Die Hard 2: Die Harder | Action, Thriller | Cast: Bruce Willis, William Atherton, Bonnie Bedelia | Director: Renny Harlin
Morning Glory (2010) | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Cast: Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton | Director: Roger Michell
Heist (2001) | Crime, Action, Drama | Cast: Gene Hackman, Rebecca Pidgeon, Danny DeVito, Sam Rockwell | Director: David Mamet
Jurassic Park III (2001) | Action, Adventure | Cast: Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Téa Leoni | Director: Joe Johnston
Silver City (2004) | Drama, Crime, Mystery | Cast: Chris Cooper, Thora Birch, Maria Bello, Danny Huston | Director: John Sayles
Winnebago Man (2009) | Documentary, Black Comedy | Cast: Jack Rebney, Ben Steinbauer, Keith Gordon | Director: Ben Steinbauer
Liberal Arts (2012) | Drama, Comedy, Romance, Independent | Cast: Josh Radnor, Elizabeth Olsen, Richard Jenkins | Director: Josh Radnor
Undefeated (2011) | Documentary, Sport | Cast: Bill Courtney, O.C. Brown, Montrail Brown | Directors: Daniel Lindsay, T.J. Martin
Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid (1982) | Comedy | Cast: Steve Martin, Rachel Ward, Alan Ladd | Director: Carl Reiner
Elmer Gantry (1960) | Drama | Cast: Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy, Shirley Jones | Director: Richard Brooks
The Kite Runner (2007) | Drama, Thriller | Cast: Khalid Abdalla, Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada, Atossa Leoni | Director: Marc Forster
Powwow Highway (1989) | Comedy, Drama, Independent | Cast: Gary Farmer, A Martinez, Joannelle Nadine Romero | Director: Jonathan Wacks
Tabloid (2010) | Documentary, Independent | Cast: Joyce McKinney, Peter Tory, Troy Williams | Director: Errol Morris
Manny & Lo (1996) | Drama, Black Comedy, Independent | Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Aleksa Palladino, Mary Kay Place | Director: Lisa Krueger
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976) | Mystery, Crime, Drama | Cast: Nicoll Williamson, Alan Arkin, Robert Duvall | Director: Herbert Ross
The Lincoln Lawyer (2011) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei, Ryan Phillippe | Director: Brad Furman
One Hour Photo (2002) | Psychological Thriller, Independent | Cast: Robin Williams, Connie Nielsen | Director: Mark Romanek
Lorenzo’s Oil (1992) | Drama | Cast: Nick Nolte, Susan Sarandon, Peter Ustinov | Director: George Miller
Great World of Sound (2007) | Comedy, Drama, Independent | Cast: Pat Healy, Kene Holliday, John Baker | Director: Craig Zobel
Safety Not Guaranteed (2012) | Comedy, Romance, Independent | Cast: Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass, Jake Johnson | Director: Colin Trevorrow
I Like Killing Flies (2004) | Documentary, Independent | Cast: Kenny Shopsin, John A. Papa, Eve Shopsin | Director: Matt Mahurin
10 Years (2011) | Drama, Comedy, Coming Of Age, Independent | Cast: Channing Tatum, Rosario Dawson, Chris Pratt | Director: Jamie Linden
Cropsey (2009) | Documentary, Crime, Independent | Directors: Barbara Brancaccio, Joshua Zeman
Margaret (2011) | Drama, Independent | Cast: Anna Paquin, Matt Damon, Mark Ruffalo | Director: Kenneth Lonergan
Being Julia (2004) | Comedy, Drama, Romance, Independent | Cast: Annette Bening, Michael Gambon, Maury Chaykin | Director: István Szabó
The People Vs. George Lucas (2010) | Documentary, Independent | Cast: Joe Nussbaum, Daryl Frazetti | Director: Alexandre O. Philippe
Take the Money and Run (1969) | Comedy | Cast: Woody Allen, Janet Margolin, Marcel Hillaire | Director: Woody Allen
The Aviary (2005) | Comedy, Drama, Romance, Independent | Cast: Lara Phillips, Josh Randall, Michael Gilio | Director: Abe Levy
Over the Hedge (2006) | Animation, Comedy | Cast: Bruce Willis, Garry Shandling, Steve Carell | Directors: Tim Johnson, Karey Kirkpatrick
Plain Clothes (1988) | Comedy, Mystery, Romance | Cast: Arliss Howard, Suzy Amis, George Wendt | Director: Martha Coolidge
Defendor (2009) | Crime, Drama, Black Comedy | Cast: Woody Harrelson, Kat Dennings, Elias Koteas | Director: Peter Stebbings
Find Me Guilty (2006) | Crime, Drama, Comedy | Cast: Vin Diesel, Peter Dinklage, Ron Silver | Director: Sidney Lumet
Devil (2010) | Psychological Thriller, Mystery | Cast: Chris Messina, Caroline Dhavernas, Bokeem Woodbine | Director: John Erick Dowdle
Smashed (2012) | Drama, Independent | Cast: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Aaron Paul, Nick Offerman | Director: James Ponsoldt
Sunshine (2007) | Sci Fi, Psychological Thriller | Cast: Cillian Murphy, Rose Byrne, Chris Evans | Director: Danny Boyle
Running on Empty (1988) | Drama, Crime | Cast: River Phoenix, Christine Lahti, Judd Hirsch | Director: Sidney Lumet
The Imposter (2012) | Documentary, Crime, Independent | Cast: Adam O’Brian, Anna Ruben, Cathy Dresbach | Director: Bart Layton
The Bank (2001) | Psychological Thriller, Crime | Cast: David Wenham, Anthony LaPaglia, Sibylla Budd | Director: Robert Connolly
The Missing (2003) | Thriller, Western, Adventure | Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Cate Blanchett, Evan Rachel Wood | Director: Ron Howard
Muriel’s Wedding (1994) | Comedy, Drama, Independent | Cast: Toni Collette, Rachel Griffiths, Bill Hunter | Director: P.J. Hogan
Flawless (2007) | Crime, Heist, Thriller | Cast: Demi Moore, Michael Caine, Lambert Wilson | Director: Michael Radford
Robot & Frank (2012) | Drama, Comedy, Crime | Cast: Frank Langella, Peter Sarsgaard, Susan Sarandon, Liv Tyler | Director: Jake Schreier
Croupier (1998) | Psychological Thriller, Crime, Independent | Cast: Clive Owen, Nick Reding, Nicholas Ball | Director: Mike Hodges
A Shock to the System (1990) | Thriller, Crime | Cast: Michael Caine, Elizabeth McGovern, Peter Riegert | Director: Jan Egleson
Buck (2011) | Documentary, Independent | Cast: Buck Brannaman, Gary Myers, Bibb Frazier | Director: Cindy Meehl
To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) | Thriller, Crime | Cast: William Petersen, Willem Dafoe, John Pankow | Director: William Friedkin
A Late Quartet (2012) | Drama, Independent | Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christopher Walken | Director: Yaron Zilberman
The Lake House (2006) | Drama, Romance, Fantasy | Cast: Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Christopher Plummer | Director: Alejandro Agresti
Mud (2012) | Drama, Crime, Thriller, Independent | Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Tye Sheridan, Jacob Lofland | Director: Jeff Nichols
Jane Eyre (2011) | Drama, Romance, Independent | Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Jamie Bell | Director: Cary Fukunaga
The Big Kahuna (1999) | Drama, Comedy, Independent | Cast: Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, Peter Facinelli | Director: John Swanbeck
The Good Thief (2002) | Thriller, Crime, Drama | Cast: Nick Nolte, Ralph Fiennes, Nutsa Kukhianidze | Director: Neil Jordan
Dolores Claiborne (1995) | Thriller, Crime | Cast: Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Christopher Plummer | Director: Taylor Hackford
Miami Blues (1990) | Thriller, Black Comedy, Crime | Cast: Fred Ward, Alec Baldwin, Jennifer Jason Leigh | Director: George Armitage
The Big Blue (1988) | Adventure, Drama | Cast: Jean-Marc Barr, Jean Reno, Rosanna Arquette | Director: Luc Besson
Return To Me (2000) | Romantic Comedy, Drama | Cast: David Duchovny, Minnie Driver, Carroll O’Connor | Director: Bonnie Hunt
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) | Western, Drama | Cast: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Rene Auberjonois | Director: Robert Altman
Disconnect (2012) | Psychological Thriller, Drama | Cast: Jason Bateman, Jonah Bobo, Haley Ramm | Director: Henry Alex Rubin