Barton Fink
When the wallpaper starts peeling, run for cover. The Coens are coming.
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Woody Allen's charmer is a never-ending film-within-film.
Tin Cup
A golf movie? Give Shelton credit. He actually pulls it off.
Body Heat
Kat on a Hot Tin Roof, with a smitten William Hurt tossed in.
Earth Girls are Easy
This could (should) be called "Giggling for Aliens" — a hit on Mars.
Skammen (Shame)
"Shame" is Bergman's exceptionally bleak war fable, and it leaves no way out.
Minority Report
Spielberg gets it right — and then some — because PK Dick lets him.
Starship Troopers
A Fascist parable starring hellacious insects. Forget the bug spray.
Good Night, and Good Luck
Maybe a bit to grainy and atmosphere heavy, yet very much on-point.
That Thing You Do
Cheering, actually. And Tom Everett Scott looks like Baby Hanks.
Snakes on a Plane
Next time, "Ants on Plane," then "Scorpions," finally "Jokers All Around."