21
21

IMDB: 6.8/10

Inspired by real events and people, 21 is about six MIT students who become trained to be experts in card counting in Black Jack and subsequently took Vegas casinos for millions in winnings.

3:10 to Yuma

IMDB: 7.6/10

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.

A History of Violence

IMDB: 7.4/10

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.

Avatar

IMDB: 7.9/10

A paraplegic Marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.

Edge of Darkness (1943)

IMDB: 7.2/10

After two years under German rule, a small Norwegian fishing village rises up and revolts against the occupying Nazis.

The Killing Fields

IMDB: 7.8/10

A journalist is trapped in Cambodia during tyrant Pol Pot's bloody 'Year Zero' cleansing campaign, which claimed the lives of two million 'undesirable' civilians.

La battaglia di Algeri

IMDB: 8.1/10

In the 1950s, fear and violence escalate as the people of Algiers fight for independence from the French government.

The Departed

IMDB: 8.5/10

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