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1.
Let Me In
(2010)
A bullied young boy befriends a young female vampire who lives in secrecy with her guardian. (116 mins.)
Director: Matt Reeves
2.
Black Death
(2010)
Set during the time of the first outbreak of bubonic plague in England, a young monk is given the task of learning the truth about reports of people being brought back to life in a small village. (102 mins.)
Director: Christopher Smith
3.
The Station Agent
(2003)
When his only friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude, only to meet a chatty hot dog vendor and a woman dealing with her own personal loss. (89 mins.)
Director: Tom Mccarthy
4.
Sideways
(2004)
Two men reaching middle age with not much to show but disappointment, embark on a week long road trip through California's wine country, just as one is about to take a trip down the aisle. (126 mins.)
Director: Alexander Payne
5.
Hugo
(2011)
Set in 1930s Paris, an orphan who lives in the walls of a train station is wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton. (126 mins.)
Director: Martin Scorsese
6.
It's Kind of a Funny Story
(2010)
A clinically depressed teenager gets a new start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward. (101 mins.)
Director: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck
7.
The Dark Knight
(2008)
When Batman, Gordon and Harvey Dent launch an assault on the mob, they let the clown out of the box, the Joker, bent on turning Gotham on itself and bringing any heroes down to his level. (152 mins.)
Director: Christopher Nolan
8.
Inception
(2010)
A skilled extractor is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible. (148 mins.)
Director: Christopher Nolan
9.
The Matrix
(1999)
A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against its controllers. (136 mins.)
Director: The Wachowski Brothers, The Wachowski Brothers
10.
The Dark Knight Rises
(2012)
Eight years on, a new evil rises from where the Batman and Commissioner Gordon tried to bury it, causing the Batman to resurface and fight to protect Gotham City... the very city which brands him an enemy. (165 mins.)
Director: Christopher Nolan
11.
Life Is Beautiful
(1997)
A Jewish man has a wonderful romance with the help of his humour, but must use that same quality to protect his son in a Nazi death camp. (116 mins.)
Director: Roberto Benigni, Rod Dean
12.
Oldboy
(2003)
After being kidnapped and imprisoned for 15 years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must find his captor in 5 days. (120 mins.)
Director: Chan-wook Park
13.
Million Dollar Baby
(2004)
A determined woman works with a hardened boxing trainer to become a professional. (132 mins.)
Director: Clint Eastwood
14.
Shutter Island
(2010)
Drama set in 1954, U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels is investigating the disappearance of a murderess who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane and is presumed to be hiding nearby. (138 mins.)
Director: Martin Scorsese
15.
Ted
(2012)
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 more from their relationship. (106 mins.)
Director: Seth MacFarlane
16.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
(2012)
School is out and Greg is ready for the days of summer, when all his plans go wrong. What on earth is he going to do all summer? (94 mins.)
Director: David Bowers
17.
ParaNorman
(2012)
A misunderstood boy takes on ghosts, zombies and grown-ups to save his town from a centuries-old curse. (92 mins.)
Director: Chris Butler, Sam Fell
18.
The Watch
(2012)
Four men who form a neighborhood watch group as a way to get out of their day-to-day family routines find themselves defending the Earth from an alien invasion. (102 mins.)
Director: Akiva Schaffer
19.
Killer Joe
(2011)
When a debt puts a young man's life in danger, he turns to putting a hit out on his evil mother in order to collect the insurance.
Director: William Friedkin
20.
The Stepford Wives
(2004)
What does it take to become a Stepford wife, a woman perfect beyond belief? Ask the Stepford husbands, who've created this high-tech terrifying little town, in a very modern comedy-thriller. (93 mins.)
Director: Frank Oz
21.
The Wedding Date
(2005)
Single-girl anxiety causes Kat Ellis (Messing) to hire a male escort (Mulroney) to pose as her boyfriend at her sister's wedding. Her plan, an attempt to dupe her ex-fiancé, who dumped her a couple years prior, proves to be her undoing. (90 mins.)
Director: Clare Kilner
22.
Kill List
(2011)
Nearly a year after a botched job, a hitman takes a new assignment with the promise of a big payoff for three killings. What starts off as an easy task soon unravels, sending the killer into the heart of darkness. (95 mins.)
Director: Ben Wheatley
23.
Signs
(2002)
A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come. (106 mins.)
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
24.
Troy
(2004)
An adaptation of Homer's great epic, the film follows the assault on Troy by the united Greek forces and chronicles the fates of the men involved. (163 mins.)
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
25.
The Village
(2004)
The population of a small, isolated countryside village believe that their alliance with the mysterious creatures that inhabit the forest around them is coming to an end. (108 mins.)
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
26.
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
(2005)
A bored married couple is surprised to learn that they are both assassins hired by competing agencies to kill each other. (120 mins.)
Director: Doug Liman
27.
Rush Hour 2
(2001)
Carter and Lee head to Hong Kong for vacation, but become embroiled in a counterfeit money scam. (90 mins.)
Director: Brett Ratner
28.
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
(2008)
An Israeli Special Forces Soldier fakes his death so he can re-emerge in New York City as a hair stylist. (113 mins.)
Director: Dennis Dugan
29.
Unbreakable
(2000)
A suspense thriller with supernatural overtones that revolves around a man who learns something extraordinary about himself after a devastating accident. (106 mins.)
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
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