Paul Newman scores as tragic, flawed pool hustler "Fast Eddie Felson" in a brooding drama that explores the synergies between good and evil, love and desperation. Felson tours the country hustling games -- even challenging reigning champion Minnesota Fats (a fabulous Jackie Gleason). Co-starring Piper Laurie and George C. Scott. More...

In perhaps his most complex role, Heston plays a disgraced military officer who, during the final days of the Civil War, raises his own multiracial private army to chase a murderous Apache leader deep into Mexico, taking us all on a wild, hugely entertaining ride.

Ledger, in his breakout role (alongside the newcomer Bloom), carries this thrilling Aussie Western, nominated for nine Australian Film Institute awards. Kelly, a legendary, Robin Hood-like figure, was a hero to the working class; pushed too far, he heroically, and charismatically, fought back.

The most focused and intense example of Minghella's formidable filmography transmutes the tension on Patricia Highsmith's pages into a nuanced thriller, weaving psychological study and murder mystery around some of cinema's creepiest performances at its center.

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This social-action drama follows a series of couples competing in a life-or-death, Depression-era dance marathon. Still one of Pollack's finest, and featuring spectacular performances by an ensemble cast, the film remains a potent exploration of the oft-doomed aspirations of the American working class.

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