8. In Bruges
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTlP6am0EN8 By the time Irish playwright Martin McDonagh made his feature film debut, he'd already been accustomed to success. He'd earned himself 4 Tony Award nominations, and had won an Academy Award for Best Short Film in 2005. His 2008 film In Bruges manages to be quietly pensive, an unexpected quality in a flick about two hit men who get tangled up with drug dealers and a very diminutive racist actor. Carter Burwell, perhaps best known for his collaborations with the Coen Brothers, penned a similarly thoughtful score. Its subtle piano riffs are played in hushed whispers, which perfectly intercut with Ralph Fiennes dropping so many C-bombs he could be tried for war crimes.