Joe Wright’s adaptation of Ian McEwan’s novel bristles with life, lust, jealousy, betrayal, and tragedy with a small “t” and introduced the world to Saoirse Ronan.
Pierre Morel’s twist on ‘Escape From New York’ set in a near-future Paris is a lean, clean, B-movie action machine fueled by adrenaline and indignation.
Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter are the sweet high school underachievers and would-be rocker stars who travel through time and meet death in their comic adventures.
Paul Thomas Anderson’s sophomore feature is a surprisingly vibrant, funny, and at times quite warm story of a dysfunctional filmmaking family in the adult film industry of the late 1970s.
This brilliant but short-lived high school comedy drama is one of the sharpest shows of its era and launched a lot talent, among them Linda Cardellini and future filmmakers James Franco, Jason Segel, Seth Rogen, and John Francis Daley.