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The Revenant
2015 film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu
Chinatown
1974 film directed by Roman Polański
The Hateful Eight
2015 film directed by Quentin Tarantino
War of the Worlds
2005 film directed by Steven Spielberg
Changeling
2008 film by Clint Eastwood
The Village
2004 film by M. Night Shyamalan
Contagion
2011 film directed by Steven Soderbergh
Witness
1985 film directed by Peter Weir
Everest
2015 film directed by Baltasar Kormákur
The Insider
1999 film directed by Michael Mann
Deliverance
Deliverance is a 1972 American thriller film directed and produced by John Boorman from a screenplay by James Dickey, who adapted it from his own 1970 novel. It follows four businessmen from Atlanta who venture into the remote northern Georgia wilderness to whitewater canoe the Cahulawassee River before it is dammed, only to find themselves in danger from the area's inhabitants and nature. It stars Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, and Ronny Cox, with the latter two making their feature film debuts.
United 93
2006 film directed by Paul Greengrass
Eagle Eye
2008 film directed by D. J. Caruso
Red Heat
1988 film by Walter Hill
Deepwater Horizon
2016 film directed by Peter Berg
Secret Window
2004 film directed by David Koepp
The Fifth Estate
2013 film directed by Bill Condon
The Host
2013 film by Andrew Niccol
Airport
1970 film directed by George Seaton
The Poseidon Adventure
1972 film by Ronald Neame
The China Syndrome
1979 film by James Bridges
Margin Call
2011 film directed by J. C. Chandor
Money Monster
2016 film directed by Jodie Foster
Society of the Snow
2023 film directed by J. A. Bayona
The Circle
2017 film directed by James Ponsoldt
Earthquake
1974 film directed by Mark Robson
Copycat
1995 film directed by Jon Amiel
Companion
2025 film directed by Drew Hancock
Capricorn One
1977 film by Peter Hyams
Pawn Sacrifice
2014 film
Vertical Limit
2000 film directed by Martin Campbell
Manhunter
1986 film by Michael Mann
Old
2021 film directed by M. Night Shyamalan
Jacob's Ladder
1990 film directed by Adrian Lyne
Concussion
2015 film directed by Peter Landesman
Enough
2002 film directed by Michael Apted
Volcano
1997 film by Mick Jackson
Psycho III
1986 film by Anthony Perkins
Color of Night
1994 film by Richard Rush
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
2004 film
The Human Stain
2003 film by Robert Benton
Primer
2004 film directed by Shane Carruth
The Debt
2010 film by John Madden
The Missing
2003 film by Ron Howard
Passengers
2008 film directed by Rodrigo García
Antitrust
2001 film by Peter Howitt
Hearts in Atlantis
2001 film by Scott Hicks
The Tailor of Panama
2001 film directed by John Boorman
Red Rock West
1993 film by John Dahl
The Amateur
2025 film directed by James Hawes
The Juror
1996 film by Brian Gibson
Fair Game
2010 film directed by Doug Liman
Clockstoppers
Clockstoppers is a 2002 American science fiction action comedy film directed by Jonathan Frakes and produced by Julia Pistor and Gale Anne Hurd. The film centers on future tech "Hypertime" devices which speed up the users' molecules, creating the illusion that time has stopped from the perspective of the users. The story follows teenager Zak Gibbs, who accidentally acquires one of these devices and finds himself on the run from agents of the corporation which created them, all of whom wield Hypertime devices themselves. The film stars Jesse Bradford, Paula Garcés, French Stewart, Michael Biehn
Serenity
2019 film directed by Steven Knight
The Paperboy
2012 film by Lee Daniels
Eden (2024 film)
Eden is a 2024 American historical survival thriller film directed by Ron Howard and written by Noah Pink, from a story by the pair. It stars Jude Law, Ana de Armas, Vanessa Kirby, Sydney Sweeney, Daniel Brühl, Felix Kammerer, Toby Wallace, and Richard Roxburgh. The film is based on the true story of several European settlers, including Margret Wittmer, who arrive on the isolated Floreana Island, in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, pre-World War II, hoping to start a life there.
The Life Before Her Eyes
2007 film directed by Vadim Perelman
Ladder 49
2004 film by Jay Russell
First They Killed My Father
2017 film directed by Angelina Jolie
The Chamber
1996 film by James Foley