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The Dark Knight
[ 2008 ] [ Hits:475 ]
Production: Warner Bros. Plot: District Attorney Harvey Dent is Gotham's 'White Knight' - a shining beacon of hope against corruption in the city, and leading one of the largest drug bust cases in history to clean the city's streets. The Gang Leaders are desperate, frightened for their lives by the prese...
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The Shawshank Redemption
[ 1994 ] [ Hits:167 ]
Production: Castle Rock Entertainment Plot: Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) is sentenced for a crime he didn't commit - the double murder of his wife and her lover, and sent to Shawshank Prison. While inside he strikes a friendship with Red (Morgan Freeman), the man inside who can get you what you want, and he laments th...
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Road to Perdition
[ 2002 ] [ Hits:521 ]
Production: DreamWorks SKG/Fox Plot: When the young son of loyal Mob lieutenant Michael Sullivan (Tom Hanks) sees his father and the Mob Boss's wayward son Connor (Daniel Craig) commit murder, he is sworn to secrecy, however John Rooney (Paul Newman) is not convinced and orders a hit on the Sullivan family.&nbs...
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The Godfather
[ 1972 ] [ Hits:665 ]
Production: Paramount Pictures Plot: Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) is the head of the New York-based Corleone Mafia family and Godfather to all in his family. With politicans and judges on his books, he is a powerful man and keeps the aspirations of his friends and family alive with violence and intim...
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Ladder 49
[ 2004 ] [ Hits:209 ]
Production: Touchstone Pictures Plot: Search & Rescue Firefighter Jack Morrison (Joaquin Phoenix) is trapped in a burning building which gives him a chance to replay the events of his life through a series of flashbacks, starting with his first days on the job as a probationary under the guidance of Captain ...
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Frost/Nixon
[ 2008 ] [ Hits:308 ]
Production: Universal Pictures Plot: David Frost (Michael Sheen) is not just the old wrinkly we know from 'Through the Keyhole' but apparently was a bit of a playboy when he was younger. To enhance his career he went after the big dog of his day - disgraced ex-president Richard Nixon (Frank Langella), offering $600,...
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Wall Street
[ 1987 ] [ Hits:302 ]
Production: 20th Century Fox Plot: Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen) is a Wall Street stockbroker with the passion to rise to the very top, and desperate for the chance to impress successful and ruthless uber-broker Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas). Finally granted his wish for a few minutes of his time, Fox reveals som...
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Gran Torino
[ 2008 ] [ Hits:914 ]
Production: Matten Productions Plot: Walt Kowalski is a racist and bad-tempered old man who has recently lost his wife, is not respected by his family and lives in a neighbourhood of Asian families who want him out. His prized possesion is a '72 Gran Torino, that is not as integral to the movie as you'd expect....
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