Garden State

IMDB: 7.4/10

A quietly troubled young man returns home for his mother's funeral after being estranged from his family for a decade.

Mars

IMDB: 7.4/10

The first manned mission from Earth to Mars in 2033 attempts to colonize the red planet.

Clear and Present Danger

IMDB: 6.9/10

CIA Analyst Jack Ryan is drawn into an illegal war fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel.

11:14

IMDB: 7.1/10

The events leading up to an 11:14 p.m. car crash, from five very different perspectives.

The Taking of Pelham 123

IMDB: 6.4/10

Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.

The Grapes of Wrath

IMDB: 8.1/10

An Oklahoma family, driven off their farm by the poverty and hopelessness of the Dust Bowl, joins the westward migration to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.

The Notebook

IMDB: 7.8/10

An elderly man reads to a woman with dementia the story of two young lovers whose romance is threatened by the difference in their respective social classes.

Born on the Fourth of July

IMDB: 7.2/10

The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country for which he fought.