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Studio: Touchstone Pictures
US Box Office to Date: $228 Million
You've heard the expression three strikes and you're out? Well M. Night Shyamalan kinda got that mixed up: His first three truly commercial features hit it out of the park before the director struck out on each successive picture. But Signs was one of the good -- almost great -- ones, the story of a father, widower, and former priest (Mel Gibson) who must confront the prospect of an alien invasion of Earth. Too bad about that whole clunky "swing away" thing, though. More
Studio: 20th Century Fox
US Box Office to Date: $132 Million
Sci-fi novelist Philip K. Dick's source material has been adapted to film more times and with better results than any other science fiction writer out there today. Minority Report is no exception to this rule. Combining the star power of Tom Cruise with the direction of Steven Spielberg, this film wowed audiences with its future tech and quality storytelling. More
Studio: Miramax
US Box Office to Date: $78 Million
Compared to his director-for-hire work on The Departed, Gangs is Scorsese's most personal film to date -- a flawed but damned impressive story about the birth of an ideal (America ) in the blood-stained alleys of the Five Boroughs. Daniel Day-Lewis' Bill the Butcher is one of the best villains ever made, delivering a perfect performance in a film with a scale only Scorsese's anamorphic canvas could satisfy. More
Studio: DreamWorks Pictures
US Box Office to Date: $104 Million
Featuring Paul Newman's final on-screen performance, Oscar winner Sam Mendes' sumptuous but somber graphic novel adaptation cast Tom Hanks against type as a 1930s Chicago hit man who must protect his son while on the run from the syndicate. The stellar cast includes Jude Law, Daniel Craig and Stanley Tucci. More
Studio: Universal Pictures
US Box Office to Date: $122 Million
The first installment -- and only one directed by Doug Liman -- in the franchise based on Robert Ludlum's books turned Matt Damon into a bankable an action star. It was a throwback to 1970s espionage thrillers, and featured amnesiac assassin Jason Bourne at his most vulnerable, romantic and talkative. More
Studio: Sony Pictures Entertainment
US Box Office to Date: $22 Million
Are you a pretentious over-analytical self-professed artiste? If so, Adaptation is the movie for you. One of the only movies where Nicolas Cage doesn't lean on car chases and guns to advance the plot, it delves deep into the mind of writer extraordinaire Charlie Kaufman. And it's the closest thing to Cage's real hair we're probably gonna get. More
Studio: Fox Searchlight
US Box Office to Date: $45 Million
While there's some debate as to whether the original 28 Days film or its sequel was ultimately superior, there's no denying that Danny Boyle's take on the 21st century zombie defined the genre for much of the decade. Fast-moving undead and a raw, DV-quality atmosphere were a mainstream first, but hardly a last, for the zombie genre in the early part of this decade. More
Studio: DreamWorks Pictures
US Box Office to Date: $129 Million
The grandfather of the J-horror remake, Gore Verbinski's adaptation of The Ring did something that few remakes can accomplish -- improve upon the original. With its surreal imagery and confident direction (Verbinski would later go on to direct the Pirates of the Caribbean films), The Ring is easily among the top 10 horror films of the decade. More
Studio: New Line Cinema
US Box Office to Date: $342 Million
The bridge that ties the first two films together, The Two Towers is often overshadowed by the other installments because of its status as a middle child. But let's not forget that it features the Battle of Helms Deep, one of the most ambitious battle scenes of the series, and possibly in all of cinema to date. More
Studio: Sony Pictures Imageworks
US Box Office to Date: $404 Million
You will believe a spider can swing! Sony married the perfect director with one of -- if not the -- greatest superheroes when they hired Sam Raimi to bring the wallcrawler to life. A true fan of the comic, Raimi paid as much attention to Peter Parker as he did to his CGI-enhanced counterpart, and the series is still going strong today as a result. More
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