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28 Days Later (2008)
Director Danny Boyle is one of the best at capturing adrenaline on camera: using nerve-shredding music moments, edgy digital footage, and disorienting editing to make 28 Days Later a totally fresh entry to the zombie canon. Cillian Murphy slowly turns into a bloodthirsty creature himself, resorting to hideous violence to protect his fellow survivors.
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Okay, we did say no Marvel—but the pre-MCU joys of Sam Raimi’s best Spider-Movie must be acknowledged. With Alfred Molina as a compellingly tragic villain and Tobey Maguire’s Peter Parker continuing to win us over his sheer pathetic sad-sackness, the sequel levels up everything that was great about the original, including those heart-soaring aerial scenes of Spidey swinging around Manhattan. With great responsibility to Stan Lee’s most beloved comic-book vision, comes great power.
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
An ensemble cast of retro stars, a high-concept set-up, and complex themes of faith and survival: The Poseidon Adventure is the gem of the 70s disaster movie subgenre. When a luxury cruise-liner flips upside down on New Years Eve, Gene Hackman’s pragmatic priest leads a small band of survivors to the bottom/top of the ship, facing fire, rising waters, and tests of faith along the way.
