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Django Unchained

9 / 10

With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.

Run time: 165m Tagline: Life, liberty, and the pursuit of vengeance. Release: 2012-12-25

Stars: Christoph Waltz Dana Gourrier David Steen Dennis Christopher James Remar Jamie Foxx Kerry Washington Leonardo DiCaprio Samuel L. Jackson Walton Goggins

The pirate adventures of Captain Flint and his men twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic “Treasure Island.” Flint, the most brilliant and most feared pirate captain of his day, takes on a fast-talking young addition to his crew who goes by the name John Silver. Threatened with extinction on all sides, they fight for the survival of New Providence Island, the most notorious criminal haven of its day – a debauched paradise teeming with pirates, prostitutes, thieves and fortune seekers, a place defined by both its enlightened ideals and its stunning brutality.

Stars: Clara Paget Hannah New Jessica Parker Kennedy Luke Arnold Luke Roberts Ray Stevenson Toby Schmitz Toby Stephens Tom Hopper

City of God

9 / 10

In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.

Run time: 129m Tagline: If you run, the beast catches you; if you stay, the beast eats you. Release: 2002-08-30

Stars: Alexandre Rodrigues Alice Braga Douglas Silva Emerson Gomes Jefechander Suplino Jonathan Haagensen Leandro Firmino Matheus Nachtergaele Phellipe Haagensen Seu Jorge

Angel

9 / 10

The vampire Angel, cursed with a soul, moves to Los Angeles and aids people with supernatural-related problems while questing for his own redemption. A spin-off from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Stars: Alexis Denisof Amy Acker Andy Hallett David Boreanaz J. August Richards James Marsters

The Tudors

8 / 10

The Tudors is a history-based drama series following the young, vibrant King Henry VIII, a competitive and lustful monarch who navigates the intrigues of the English court and the human heart with equal vigor and justifiable suspicion.

Stars: Anthony Brophy David O'Hara Henry Cavill Jonathan Rhys Meyers Laoise Murray Lothaire Bluteau Max Brown Sarah Bolger Tamzin Merchant Torrance Coombs

Trainspotting

9 / 10

Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends --Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind as Begbie and Sick Boy come knocking.

Run time: 94m Tagline: Choose life. Release: 1996-02-23

Stars: Eileen Nicholas Ewan McGregor Ewen Bremner James Cosmo Jonny Lee Miller Kelly Macdonald Kevin McKidd Peter Mullan Robert Carlyle Susan Vidler

The Business

9 / 10

During the '80s, a young man named Frankie dreams of escaping London's South East region, and his mother's thug of a boyfriend gives him just the opportunity. After beating up the abusive beau, Frankie runs off to Spain, where he lands a job delivering a package to the dapper Playboy Charlie, a gangster who takes him under his wing. Working as Charlie's driver, Frankie is immersed in a world of fast cars and pretty women -- but all the excess could be his undoing.

Run time: 96m Tagline: This firm will blow you away. Release: 2005-09-02

Stars: Adam Bolton Arturo Venegas Camille Coduri Danny Dyer Eddie Webber Geoff Bell Georgina Chapman Linda Henry Roland Manookian Tamer Hassan

Sleepy Hollow

6 / 10

Ichabod Crane is resurrected and pulled two and a half centuries through time to unravel a mystery that dates all the way back to the founding fathers.

Stars: Janina Gavankar Jeremy Davies Jerry MacKinnon Lyndie Greenwood Oona Yaffe Rachel Melvin Tom Mison

Life Is Beautiful

9 / 10

A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.

Run time: 116m Tagline: An unforgettable fable that proves love, family and imagination conquer all. Release: 1997-12-20

Stars: Amerigo Fontani Giorgio Cantarini Giuliana Lojodice Giustino Durano Horst Buchholz Lidia Alfonsi Marisa Paredes Nicoletta Braschi Roberto Benigni Sergio Bini Bustric

The Pianist

9 / 10

The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.

Run time: 150m Tagline: Music was his passion. Survival was his masterpiece. Release: 2002-09-17

Stars: Adrien Brody Ed Stoppard Emilia Fox Frank Finlay Jessica Kate Meyer Julia Rayner Maureen Lipman Michał Żebrowski Thomas Kretschmann Wanja Mues

Ray Donovan

8 / 10

Set in the sprawling mecca of the rich and famous, Ray Donovan does the dirty work for LA's top power players, and makes their problems disappear. His father's unexpected release from prison sets off a chain of events that shakes the Donovan family to its core.

Stars: Dash Mihok Eddie Marsan Graham Rogers Jon Voight Kerris Dorsey Liev Schreiber Pooch Hall

12 Years a Slave

9 / 10

In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon’s chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will forever alter his life.

Run time: 134m Tagline: The extraordinary true story of Solomon Northup. Release: 2013-10-18

Stars: Adepero Oduye Benedict Cumberbatch Brad Pitt Chiwetel Ejiofor Lupita Nyong'o Michael Fassbender Paul Dano Paul Giamatti Sarah Paulson Scoot McNairy

CSI: Miami

7 / 10

The show follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as they use physical evidence, similar to their Las Vegas counterparts, to solve grisly murders. The series mixes deduction, gritty subject matter, and character-driven drama in the same vein as the original series in the CSI franchise, except that the Miami CSIs are cops first, scientists second.

Stars: Adam Rodriguez David Caruso Emily Procter Eva LaRue Jonathan Togo Omar Benson Miller Rex Linn

Supergirl

7 / 10

Twenty-four-year-old Kara Zor-El, who was taken in by the Danvers family when she was 13 after being sent away from Krypton, must learn to embrace her powers after previously hiding them. The Danvers teach her to be careful with her powers, until she has to reveal them during an unexpected disaster, setting her on her journey of heroism.

Stars: Azie Tesfai Chyler Leigh David Harewood Jesse Rath Julie Gonzalo Katie McGrath Melissa Benoist Nicole Maines Peta Sergeant Staz Nair

Eastbound & Down

9 / 10

Years after he turned his back on his hometown, a burned-out major league ballplayer returns to teach phys ed at his old middle school.

Stars: Danny McBride Katy Mixon Steve Little

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