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The Bourne Supremacy
(2004)
Robert Ludlum (novel), Tony Gilroy (screenplay)
5 wins & 20 nominations.
When Jason Bourne is framed for a CIA operation gone awry, he is forced to resume his former life as a trained assassin to survive.
The Bourne Ultimatum
(2007)
Tony Gilroy (screenplay), Scott Z. Burns (screenplay), George Nolfi (screenplay), Tony Gilroy (screen story), Robert Ludlum (novel)
Won 3 Oscars. Another 24 wins & 36 nominations.
Bourne is once again brought out of hiding, this time inadvertently by London-based reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar--an upgrade to Project Treadstone--in a series of newspaper columns. Bourne sets up a meeting with Ross and realizes instantly they're being scanned. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne must finally, ultimately, uncover his dark past whilst dodging The Company's best efforts in trying to eradicate him.
The Colony
(2013)
Jeff Renfroe (screenplay), Svet Rouskov (screenplay), Patrick Tarr (screenplay), Patrick Tarr (story), Pascal Trottier (screenplay), Pascal Trottier (story)
1 win & 4 nominations.
Forced underground by the next ice age, a struggling outpost of survivors must fight to preserve humanity against a threat even more savage than nature.
The Commuter
(2018)
Byron Willinger (story by), Philip de Blasi (story by), Byron Willinger (screenplay by), Philip de Blasi (screenplay by), Ryan Engle (screenplay by)
1 nomination.
An action-thriller in which an insurance salesman/ex-cop is caught up in a life-threatening conspiracy during his daily commute home.
The Crazies
(1973)
Paul McCollough (based on a script by), George A. Romero (screenplay)
N/A
A biological weapon gone awry is only the start of problems in the little town of Evan's City, Pennsylvania. Bouts of insanity in the populace are leading to murder and rioting, until the US Army turns up - and things really start going to hell.
The Crow
(1994)
James O'Barr (comic book series and comic strip), David J. Schow (screenplay), John Shirley (screenplay)
3 wins & 6 nominations.
A poetic guitarist Eric Draven is brought back to life by a crow a year after he and his fiancée are murdered. The crow guides him through the land of the living, and leads him to his killers: knife thrower Tin-tin, drugetic Funboy, car buff T-Bird, and the unsophisticated Skank. One by one, Eric gives these thugs a taste of their own medicine. However their leader Top-Dollar, a world-class crime lord who will dispatch his enemies with a Japanese sword and joke about it later, will soon learn the legend of the crow and the secret to the vigilante's invincibility.
The Dark Tower
(2017)
Akiva Goldsman (screenplay by), Jeff Pinkner (screenplay by), Anders Thomas Jensen (screenplay by), Nikolaj Arcel (screenplay by), Stephen King (based on "The Dark Tower" novels by)
3 nominations.
The last Gunslinger: Roland Deschain, has been locked in an eternal battle with Walter O'Dim, also known as the Man in Black, and determined to prevent him from toppling the Dark Tower that holds the universe together. With the fate of the world at stake, good and evil will collide in the ultimate battle, as only Roland can defend the Tower from the Man in Black.
The Edge
(1997)
David Mamet
N/A
An intellectual billionaire and two lesser men struggle to band together and survive after getting stranded in the Alaskan wilderness with a blood thirsty Kodiak Bear hot on their trail.
The Equalizer
(2014)
Richard Wenk (written by), Michael Sloan (television series) and Richard Lindheim (television series)
1 win & 9 nominations.
In The Equalizer, Denzel Washington plays McCall, a man who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when McCall meets Teri (Chloë Grace Moretz), a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can't stand idly by - he has to help her. Armed with hidden skills that allow him to serve vengeance against anyone who would brutalize the helpless, McCall comes out of his self-imposed retirement and finds his desire for justice reawakened. If someone has a problem, if the odds are stacked against them, if they have nowhere else to turn, McCall will help. He is The Equalizer.
The Equalizer 2
(2018)
Richard Wenk, Michael Sloan (based on the television series created by), Richard Lindheim (based on the television series created by)
1 win & 4 nominations.
Robert McCall serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed, but how far will he go when that is someone he loves?
The Fifth Element
(1997)
Luc Besson (story), Luc Besson (screenplay), Robert Mark Kamen (screenplay)
Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 9 wins & 32 nominations.
In the colorful future, a cab driver unwittingly becomes the central figure in the search for a legendary cosmic weapon to keep Evil and Mr Zorg at bay.
The French Connection
(1971)
Ernest Tidyman (screenplay), Robin Moore (based on the book by)
Won 5 Oscars. Another 17 wins & 10 nominations.
William Friedkin's gritty police drama portrays two tough New York City cops trying to intercept a huge heroin shipment coming from France. An interesting contrast is established between 'Popeye' Doyle, a short-tempered alcoholic bigot who is nevertheless a hard-working and dedicated police officer, and his nemesis Alain Charnier, a suave and urbane gentleman who is nevertheless a criminal and one of the largest drug suppliers of pure heroin to North America. During the surveillance and eventual bust, Friedkin provides one of the most gripping and memorable car chase sequences ever filmed.
The Happytime Murders
(2018)
Todd Berger (screenplay by), Todd Berger (story by), Dee Austin Robertson (story by)
2 wins & 10 nominations.
A murder mystery set in a world where humans and puppets co-exist, but puppets are viewed as second-class citizens. When the puppet cast of an '80s children's TV show begins to get murdered one by one, a former cop, who has since become a private eye, takes on the case.
The International
(2009)
Eric Warren Singer
1 nomination.
In The International, Interpol Agent Louis Salinger and Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Eleanor Whitman are determined to bring to justice one of the world's most powerful banks. Uncovering illegal activities including money laundering, arms trading, and the destabilization of governments, Salinger and Whitman's investigation takes them from Berlin to Milan to New York and to Istanbul. Finding themselves in a high-stakes chase across the globe, their relentless tenacity puts their own lives at risk as the bank will stop at nothing - even murder - to continue financing terror and war.
The Italian Job
(1969)
Troy Kennedy-Martin
N/A
Charlie's got a 'Job' to do. Having just left prison, he finds one of his friends has attempted a high risk job in Italy right under the nose of the Mafia. Charlie's friend doesn't get very far so Charlie takes over the 'Job'. Using three Mini Coopers, a couple of Jaguars and a bus, he hopes to bring Torino to a standstill, steal the Gold and escape.
The Last Samurai
(2003)
John Logan (story), John Logan (screenplay), Edward Zwick (screenplay), Marshall Herskovitz (screenplay)
Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 19 wins & 47 nominations.
In the 1870s, Captain Nathan Algren, a cynical veteran of the American Civil war who will work for anyone, is hired by Americans who want lucrative contracts with the Emperor of Japan to train the peasant conscripts for the first standing imperial army in modern warfare using firearms. The imperial Omura cabinet's first priority is to repress a rebellion of traditionalist Samurai -hereditary warriors- who remain devoted to the sacred dynasty but reject the Westernizing policy and even refuse firearms. Yet when his ill-prepared superior force sets out too soon, their panic allows the sword-wielding samurai to crush them. Badly wounded Algren's courageous stand makes the samurai leader Katsumoto spare his life; once nursed to health he learns to know and respect the old Japanese way, and participates as advisor in Katsumoto's failed attempt to save the Bushido tradition, but Omura gets repressive laws enacted- he must now choose to honor his loyalty to one of the embittered sides when the conflict returns to the battlefield...
The Magnificent Seven
(1960)
William Roberts (screenplay)
Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 5 nominations.
An oppressed Mexican peasant village assembles seven gunfighters to help defend their homes.
The Magnificent Seven
(2016)
Akira Kurosawa (based on the screenplay by), Shinobu Hashimoto (based on the screenplay by), Hideo Oguni (based on the screenplay by), Nic Pizzolatto (screenplay), Richard Wenk (screenplay)
5 wins & 12 nominations.
Director Antoine Fuqua brings his modern vision to a classic story in The Magnificent Seven. With the town of Rose Creek under the deadly control of industrialist Bartholomew Bogue, the desperate townspeople employ protection from seven outlaws, bounty hunters, gamblers and hired guns. As they prepare the town for the violent showdown that they know is coming, these seven mercenaries find themselves fighting for more than money.
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
(2015)
Guy Ritchie (screenplay by), Lionel Wigram (screenplay by), Sam Rolfe (based on the television series created by)
7 wins & 5 nominations.
In the 1960s with the Cold War in play, CIA agent Napoleon Solo successfully helps Gaby Teller defect to West Germany despite the intimidating opposition of KGB agent Illya Kuryakin. Later, all three unexpectedly find themselves working together in a joint mission to stop a private criminal organization from using Gaby's father's scientific expertise to construct their own nuclear bomb. Through clenched teeth and stylish poise, all three must find a way to cooperate for the sake of world peace, even as they each pursue their own agendas.
The Matrix
(1999)
Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Won 4 Oscars. Another 33 wins & 42 nominations.
Thomas A. Anderson is a man living two lives. By day he is an average computer programmer and by night a hacker known as Neo. Neo has always questioned his reality, but the truth is far beyond his imagination. Neo finds himself targeted by the police when he is contacted by Morpheus, a legendary computer hacker branded a terrorist by the government. Morpheus awakens Neo to the real world, a ravaged wasteland where most of humanity have been captured by a race of machines that live off of the humans' body heat and electrochemical energy and who imprison their minds within an artificial reality known as the Matrix. As a rebel against the machines, Neo must return to the Matrix and confront the agents: super-powerful computer programs devoted to snuffing out Neo and the entire human rebellion.