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10. Money Monster

George Clooney and Julia Roberts don't lead a whole lot of movies these days, but they both shine in Money Monster, a movie about financial show host Lee Gates (Clooney) who's taken hostage by an irritated viewer during a live TV broadcast.

Even though it opened quite recently, you never really hear anybody mention it; opening across from Captain America: Civil War and The Jungle Book limited its box-office potential (and its audience), and in its second weekend it was already out of the top five.

The movie follows Kyle Budwell (Jack O'Connell), a man who lost a lot of money - and he blames Gates for it. Money Monster manages to pull off that rare trick of getting you to sympathize with its villain, because at the end of the day, Budwell has a point - despite the unnecessarily violent measures he's taken to get that point across.

O'Connell excels in his role, giving an occasionally generic thriller a massive heart at its centre. Money Monster is also very tightly scripted, and it moves from A to B to C in a breathless fashion, making its 90-minute runtime feel closer to an hour.

Is it in the top ten thrillers of all time? No. But it's well-executed and brilliantly acted, and there's never a dull moment.