The Perfect Storm(2000)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 68

An unusually intense storm pattern catches some commercial fishermen unaware and puts them in mortal danger.



The Player(1992)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 71

A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?



As Good as It Gets(1997)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 65

A single mother/waitress, a misanthropic author, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery.



Leaving Las Vegas(1995)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 67

Ben Sanderson, a Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his alcoholism, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.



In the Name of the Father(1993)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 66

A man's coerced confession to an IRA bombing he did not commit results in the imprisonment of his father as well. An English lawyer fights to free them.



Boyz n the Hood(1991)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 67

Follows the lives of three young males living in the Crenshaw ghetto of Los Angeles, dissecting questions of race, relationships, violence and future prospects.



Before Night Falls(2000)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 77

Episodic look at the life of Cuban poet and novelist, Reinaldo Arenas (1943-1990), from his childhood in Oriente province to his death in New York City. He joins Castro's rebels. By 1964, ...



Sling Blade(1996)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 69

Karl Childers, a simple man hospitalized since his childhood murder of his mother and her lover, is released to start a new life in a small town.



Dancer in the Dark(2000)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 67

An east European girl goes to America with her young son, expecting it to be like a Hollywood film.



Edward Scissorhands(1990)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 64

A gentle man, with scissors for hands, is brought into a new community after living in isolation.



The Sweet Hereafter(1997)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 72

A bus crash in a small town brings a lawyer to the town to defend the families, but he discovers that everything is not what it seems.



JFK(1991)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 65

New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.



Wag the Dog(1997)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 67

Shortly before an election, a spin-doctor and a Hollywood producer join efforts to fabricate a war in order to cover up a presidential sex scandal.



Jackie Brown(1997)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 64

A middle-aged woman finds herself in the middle of a huge conflict that will either make her a profit or cost her life.



In the Line of Fire(1993)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 66

Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan couldn't save Kennedy, but he's determined not to let a clever assassin take out this president.



Analyze This(1999)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 66

A comedy about a psychiatrist whose number one-patient is an insecure mob boss.



Donnie Brasco(1997)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 64

An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and finds himself identifying more with the mafia life, at the expense of his regular one.



Glengarry Glen Ross(1992)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 66

An examination of the machinations behind the scenes at a real estate office.



Get Shorty(1995)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 68

A mobster travels to Hollywood to collect a debt and discovers that the movie business is much the same as his current job.



American History X(1998)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 63

A former neo-nazi skinhead tries to prevent his younger brother from going down the same wrong path that he did.




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