Blue Velvet(1986)

Combined Rating:
78
Combined Critics Rating: 70

The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.



Sleepy Hollow(1999)

Combined Rating:
79
Combined Critics Rating: 70

Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate the decapitations of 3 people with the culprit being the legendary apparition, the Headless Horseman.



The Green Mile(1999)

Combined Rating:
79
Combined Critics Rating: 69

The lives of guards on Death Row are affected by one of their charges: a black man accused of child murder and rape, yet who has a mysterious gift.



The Black Dahlia(2006)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 67

Two policemen see their personal and professional lives fall apart in the wake of the "Black Dahlia" murder investigation.



The Judge(2014)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 67

Big-city lawyer Hank Palmer returns to his childhood home where his father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder. Hank sets out to discover the truth and, along the way, reconnects with his estranged family.



Serpico(1973)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 67

An honest New York cop named Frank Serpico blows the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.



In the Line of Fire(1993)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 67

Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan couldn't save Kennedy, but he's determined not to let a clever assassin take out this president.



The Good German(2006)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 65

While in post-war Berlin to cover the Potsdam Conference, an American military journalist is drawn into a murder investigation which involves his former mistress and his driver.



Stand by Me(1986)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 65

After the death of a friend, a writer recounts a boyhood journey to find the body of a missing boy.



JFK(1991)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 65

New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.



Crimes and Misdemeanors(1989)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 64

An ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated with another woman.



My Cousin Vinny(1992)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 62

Two New Yorkers are accused of murder in rural Alabama while on their way back to college, and one of their cousins--an inexperienced, loudmouth lawyer not accustomed to Southern rules and manners--comes in to defend them.



The Cell(2000)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 61

An FBI agent persuades a social worker, who is adept with a new experimental technology, to enter the mind of a comatose serial killer in order to learn where he has hidden his latest kidnap victim.



A Few Good Men(1992)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 60

Neo military lawyer Kaffee defends Marines accused of murder; they contend they were acting under orders.



Gattaca(1997)

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Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 60

A genetically inferior man assumes the identity of a superior one in order to pursue his lifelong dream of space travel.



The Day of the Jackal(1973)

Combined Rating:
66
Combined Critics Rating: 58

A professional assassin codenamed "Jackal" plots to kill Charles de Gaulle, the President of France.



An American Werewolf in London(1981)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 58

Two American college students on a walking tour of Britain are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists.



Beverly Hills Cop(1984)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 58

A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills.



Velvet Goldmine(1998)

Combined Rating:
65
Combined Critics Rating: 57

In 1984, British journalist Arthur Stuart investigates the career of 1970s glam superstar Brian Slade, who was heavily influenced in his early years by hard-living and rebellious American singer Curt Wild.



Snow Falling on Cedars(1999)

Combined Rating:
59
Combined Critics Rating: 56

A Japanese-American fisherman is accused of killing his neighbor at sea. In the 1950s, race figures into the trial. So does reporter Ishmael.




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