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  • Die Hard

    Die Hard

    Date: 1988 Director: James McTiernan Starring: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Reginald Veljohnson A Mack truck-of-a-movie that lets Bruce Willis mime Harrison…

  • Aliens

    Aliens

    Date: 1986 Director: James Cameron Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Bill Paxton, Lance Henrikson, Jenette Goldstein Fresh off the literally explosive success of…

  • To Live and Die in L.A.

    To Live and Die in L.A.

    Date: 1985 Director: William Friedkin Starring: William Petersen, Willem Dafoe, John Pankow William Friedkin (“The French Connection”) and William L. Petersen…

  • After Hours

    After Hours

    Date: 1985 Director: Martin Scorsese Starring: Griffin Dunne, Rosanne Arquette Manic Martin Scorsese is so enamored of his Soho wrong-place, wrong-time…

  • The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

    The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

    Date: 1974 Director: John Sergent Starring: Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Marty Balsam, Hector Elizondo, Earl Hindman Before Quentin Tarantino color-coded his…

  • The Parallax View

    The Parallax View

    Date: 1974 Director: Alan Pakula Starring: Warren Beatty, Hume Cronyn, Paula Prentiss Alan Pakula’s thriller graduates from “The Manchurian Candidate” school.…

  • The Ipcress File

    The Ipcress File

    Date: 1965 Director: Sidney J. Furie Starring: Michael Caine, Nigel Green, Guy Dolemanm, Sue Lloyd If Sean Connery’s James Bond was…

  • Fail Safe

    Fail Safe

    Date: 1964 Director: Sidney Lumet Starring: Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, Frank Overton, Larry Hagman A landmark and (then) terrifying Cold War…

  • North by Northwest

    North by Northwest

    Date: 1959 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Starring: Cary Grant, James Mason, Eva Marie Saint It’s not so much Cary Grant’s gradually-alarmed suaveness.…