20 Brilliant Movies Turning 20 In 2015

12. Dead Man Walking

Intelligent, disarming and at times utterly devastating, Dead Man Walking came without frills or thrills, instead putting Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn on screen and sucking everything out of them to huge success.

Its final twist might be revelatory, but quite wonderfully it never compromises what came before it, as less artfully balanced plot contrivances tend to.