Sicarioįresh from starring opposite Tom Cruise in Edge Of Tomorrow, Emily Blunt continued her unlikely bid for action heroine status in this taut and tense war-on-drugs tale. Nominated for four Academy Awards, City Of God explores the violent underbelly of Rio through the eyes of an aspiring photographer desperate to escape his gang-war surroundings.īoasting a largely non-professional cast, Fernando Meirelles’ gritty slum tale isn’t for the faint-hearted, but is a compelling depiction of the city’s long-running cycle of violence. It’s also a thrilling blend of neo-noir, pitch-black comedy and hard-boiled crime, which cemented Quentin Tarantino’s status as the biggest pop-culture obsessive in cinema. John Travolta and Uma Thurman’s dancing, the gold-glowing briefcase, and Samuel L Jackson’s Royale with Cheese speech – Pulp Fiction contained some of the most iconic film scenes of the 90s.

There’s the masterful performances from cellmates Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman, the deeply affecting story of a man sentenced to life in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, and its powerful themes of hope, courage and the human spirit.Įven the notoriously difficult-to-please Stephen King acknowledges it as the finest big-screen adaptation of his work.

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