Kathryn Bigelow

Near Dark

(1987)
02 Oct 1987
? R
94 min
Kathryn Bigelow, Eric Red
1 win & 8 nominations.
A mid-western farm boy reluctantly becomes a member of the undead when a girl he meets turns out to be part of a band of southern vampires who roam the highways in stolen cars. Part of his initiation includes a bloody assault on a hick bar.

Point Break

(1991)
58
12 Jul 1991
? R
122 min
Rick King (story), W. Peter Iliff (story), W. Peter Iliff (screenplay)
1 win & 2 nominations.
In the coastal town of Los Angeles, a gang of bank robbers call themselves the ex-presidents. commit their crimes while wearing masks of ex-presidents Reagan, Carter, Nixon and Johnson. The F.B.I. believes that the members of the gang could be surfers and send young agent Johnny Utah undercover at the beach to mix with the surfers and gather information. Utah meets surfer Bodhi and gets drawn into the lifestyle of his new friend.

The Hurt Locker

(2008)
94
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31 Jul 2009
? R
131 min
Mark Boal
Won 6 Oscars. Another 109 wins & 117 nominations.
An intense portrayal of elite soldiers who have one of the most dangerous jobs in the world: disarming bombs in the heat of combat. When a new sergeant, James, takes over a highly trained bomb disposal team amidst violent conflict, he surprises his two subordinates, Sanborn and Eldridge, by recklessly plunging them into a deadly game of urban combat. James behaves as if he's indifferent to death. As the men struggle to control their wild new leader, the city explodes into chaos, and James' true character reveals itself in a way that will change each man forever.

Zero Dark Thirty

(2012)
95
11 Jan 2013
? R
157 min
Mark Boal
Won 1 Oscar. Another 83 wins & 157 nominations.
A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L.s Team 6 in May 2011.