No Country for Old Men(2007)

Combined Rating:
94
Combined Critics Rating: 91

Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong and more than two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande.



The Departed(2006)

Combined Rating:
92
Combined Critics Rating: 88

An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.



The Dark Knight(2008)

Combined Rating:
92
Combined Critics Rating: 88

When the menace known as the Joker emerges from his mysterious past, he wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, the Dark Knight must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice.





Kill Bill: Vol. 2(2004)

Combined Rating:
90
Combined Critics Rating: 86

The Bride continues her quest of vengeance against her former boss and lover Bill, the reclusive bouncer Budd and the treacherous, one-eyed Elle.



Minority Report(2002)

Combined Rating:
89
Combined Critics Rating: 85

In a future where a special police unit is able to arrest murderers before they commit their crimes, an officer from that unit is himself accused of a future murder.



Mystic River(2003)

Combined Rating:
90
Combined Critics Rating: 85

With a childhood tragedy that overshadowed their lives, three men are reunited by circumstance when one has a family tragedy.



A History of Violence(2005)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 84

A mild-mannered man becomes a local hero through an act of violence, which sets off repercussions that will shake his family to its very core.



Zodiac(2007)

Combined Rating:
89
Combined Critics Rating: 84

In the late 1960s/early 1970s, a San Francisco cartoonist becomes an amateur detective obsessed with tracking down the Zodiac Killer, an unidentified individual who terrorizes Northern California with a killing spree.



Eastern Promises(2007)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 84

A Russian teenager living in London who dies during childbirth leaves clues to a midwife in her journal that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.



Michael Clayton(2007)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 84

A law firm brings in its "fixer" to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multibillion-dollar class action suit.



Before the Devil Knows You're Dead(2007)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 84

When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that sends them, their father and one brother's wife hurtling towards a shattering climax.



Maria Full of Grace(2004)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 83

A pregnant Colombian teenager becomes a drug mule to make some desperately needed money for her family.



Volver(2006)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 83

After her death, a mother returns to her home town in order to fix the situations she couldn't resolve during her life.



In the Bedroom(2001)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 82

A New England couple's college-aged son dates an older woman who has two small children and an unwelcome ex-husband.



Vera Drake(2004)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 82

Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain--a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.



Sin City(2005)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 82

A film that explores the dark and miserable town, Basin City, and tells the story of three different people, all caught up in violent corruption.



3:10 to Yuma(2007)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 82

A small-time rancher agrees to hold a captured outlaw who's awaiting a train to go to court in Yuma. A battle of wills ensues as the outlaw tries to psych out the rancher.



Animal Kingdom(2010)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 82

A seventeen year-old navigates his survival amongst an explosive criminal family and the detective who thinks he can save him.



Catch Me If You Can(2002)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 81

The story of Frank Abagnale Jr., before his 19th birthday, successfully forged millions of dollars' worth of checks while posing as a Pan Am pilot, a doctor, and legal prosecutor as a seasoned and dedicated FBI agent pursues him.




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