The Man Who Wasn't There

Film-noir/Drama

Release Date and Country: 2001, United States, United Kingdom

Director: Joel Coen

Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Michael Badalucco, James Gandolfini...

Movie or TV Series Plot: In 1949 in Santa Rosa, there was a chain-smoking barber Ed. His story is about blackbail, dead, piano playing and aliens. ...

The Wolf of Wall Street

Drama/Comedy

Release Date and Country: 2013, United States

Director: Martin Scorsese

Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie...

Movie or TV Series Plot: The film focuses on the high-life of Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio); a stockbroker who starts his career at the same time of Black Monday. After the Stock Market crash, it is nearly impossible fo...

The Hangover Part II

Comedy

Release Date and Country: 2011, United States

Director: Todd Phillips

Cast: Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms, Bradley Cooper...

Movie or TV Series Plot: Two years after the bachelor party in Las Vegas, Phil, Stu, Alan, and Doug jet to Thailand for Stu's wedding. Stu's plan for a subdued pre-wedding brunch, however, goes seriously awry. ...

The Wire

Crime/Drama/Mystery/...

Release Date and Country: 2002, United States

Director: Ernest R. Dickerson, Daniel Attias, Clark Johnson,...

Cast: Dominic West, Lance Reddick, Wendell Pierce...

Movie or TV Series Plot: Baltimore drug scene, seen through the eyes of drug dealers, and law enforcement. ...

The A-Team

Action/Comedy/Crime/...

Release Date and Country: 2010, United States

Director: Joe Carnahan

Cast: Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Sharlto Copley...

Movie or TV Series Plot: A group of Iraq War veterans looks to clear their name with the U.S. military, who suspect the four men of committing a crime for which they were framed ...

The Walking Dead

Horror/Drama/Thriller

Release Date and Country: 2010, United States

Director: Frank Darabont, Ernest R. Dickerson, Michelle Maxwell MacLaren,...

Cast: Andrew Lincoln, Chandler Riggs, Sarah Wayne Callies...

Movie or TV Series Plot: Sheriff's Deputy Rick Grimes leads a group of survivors in a world overrun by zombies. ...

The Help

Drama

Release Date and Country: 2011, United States, United Arab Emirates, India

Director: Tate Taylor

Cast: Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard...

Movie or TV Series Plot: An aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African-American maids' point of view on the white families for which they work, and the hardship...

The Game

Mystery/Thriller/Crime/...

Release Date and Country: 1997, United States

Director: David Fincher

Cast: Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, Deborah Kara Unger...

Movie or TV Series Plot: Wealthy San Francisco financier Nicholas Van Orton gets a strange birthday present from wayward brother Conrad: a live-action game that consumes his life. ...

Ted

Comedy/Fantasy

Release Date and Country: 2012, United States

Director: Seth MacFarlane

Cast: Seth MacFarlane, Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis...

Movie or TV Series Plot: As the result of a childhood wish, John Bennett's teddy bear, Ted, came to life and has been by John's side ever since - a friendship that's tested when Lori, John's girlfriend of four years, wants mo...

The Wolverine

Action/Sci-Fi/Adventure/...

Release Date and Country: 2013, United States, Australia

Director: James Mangold

Cast: Hugh Jackman, Tao Okamoto, Rila Fukushima...

Movie or TV Series Plot: When Wolverine is summoned to Japan by an old acquaintance, he is embroiled in a conflict that forces him to confront his own demons. ...

The Departed

Crime/Drama/Thriller

Release Date and Country: 2006, United States, Hong Kong

Director: Martin Scorsese

Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson...

Movie or TV Series Plot: An undercover state cop who has infiltrated an Irish gang and a mole in the police force working for the same mob race to track down and identify each other before being exposed to the enemy, after bo...

The Counselor

Thriller/Crime

Release Date and Country: 2013, United States, United Kingdom

Director: Ridley Scott

Cast: Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt, Javier Bardem...

Movie or TV Series Plot: A lawyer finds himself in over his head when he gets involved in drug trafficking. ...

The Big Lebowski

Comedy/Drama

Release Date and Country: 1998, United States, United Kingdom

Director: Joel Coen

Cast: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore...

Movie or TV Series Plot: Jeff "Dude" Lebowski is the most lazy man in the Los Angeles. Bowling, "white bear" drink and marijuana are all his life. ...

The Wanderings of John Amos

Drama/Historical

Release Date and Country: 1983, Czechoslovakia

Director: Otakar Vávra

Cast: Ladislav Chudík, Jana Březinová, Marta Vančurová...

The Secret of the Old Attic

Family/Sci-Fi/Adventure

Release Date and Country: 1984, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia

Director: Vladimir Tadej

Cast: René Bitorajac, Miloš Kopecký, Jan Kanyza...

The Family

Action/Comedy

Release Date and Country: 2013, United States

Director: Luc Besson

Cast: Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Tommy Lee Jones...

Movie or TV Series Plot: The former head of the Mafia Giovanni Manzoni had decided to agree with FBI, so he and his family are placed in the witness protection program. However, ordinary life is not exactly twice the taste no...