The Usual Suspects
Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an explosion in San Pedro harbor – leaving few survivors. Verbal lures his interrogators with an incredible story of the crime lord's almost supernatural prowess.
Director: Bryan Singer
Stars: Benicio del Toro Chazz Palminteri Dan Hedaya Gabriel Byrne Giancarlo Esposito Kevin Pollak Kevin Spacey Pete Postlethwaite Stephen Baldwin Suzy Amis
United 93
A real time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on 9/11 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot.
Director: Paul Greengrass
Stars: David Alan Basche Gary Commock J.J. Johnson Nancy McDoniel Opal Alladin Polly Adams Richard Bekins Starla Benford Susan Blommaert Trish Gates
The Town
Doug MacRay is a longtime thief, who, smarter than the rest of his crew, is looking for his chance to exit the game. When a bank job leads to the group kidnapping an attractive branch manager, he takes on the role of monitoring her – but their burgeoning relationship threatens to unveil the identities of Doug and his crew to the FBI Agent who is on their case.
Director: Ben Affleck
Stars: Ben Affleck Blake Lively Chris Cooper Corena Chase Jeremy Renner Jon Hamm Owen Burke Pete Postlethwaite Rebecca Hall Titus Welliver
Term Life
If Nick Barrow can stay alive for 21 days, he'll die happy. Everyone Nick knows wants him dead; Mob bosses, contract killers, and dirty cops. Performing the last act of a desperate man, Nick takes out a million dollar insurance policy on himself, payable to his estranged daughter. The problem? The policy doesn't take effect for 21 days. Nick knows they'll be lucky to be alive for twenty-one hours.
Director: Peter Billingsley
Stars: Bill Paxton Hailee Steinfeld Jon Favreau Jonathan Banks Jordi Mollà Mike Epps Shea Whigham Taraji P. Henson Vince Vaughn William Levy
Suspect Zero
A killer is on the loose, and an FBI agent sifts through clues and learns that the bloodthirsty felon's victims of choice are other serial killers.
Director: E. Elias Merhige
Stars: Aaron Eckhart Ben Kingsley Carrie-Anne Moss Curtis Plagge Ellen Blake Harry Lennix Jerry Gardner Julian Reyes Keith Campbell Kevin Chamberlin
Smilla’s Sense of Snow
Smilla Jaspersen, half Danish, half Greenlander, attempts to understand the death of a small boy who falls from the roof of her apartment building. Suspecting wrongdoing, Smilla uncovers a trail of clues leading towards a secretive corporation that has made several mysterious expeditions to Greenland. Scenes from the film were shot in Copenhagen and western Greenland. The film was entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival, where director Bille August was nominated for the Golden Bear.
Director: Bille August
Stars: Bob Peck David Hayman Gabriel Byrne Jim Broadbent Julia Ormond Peter Capaldi Richard Harris Robert Loggia Tom Wilkinson Vanessa Redgrave