20 Brilliant Movies Turning 20 In 2015

7. Get Shorty

Batman Forever Jim Carrey
MGM

A year after reviving his career with Pulp Fiction (and five before throwing it away again with Battlefield Earth), John Travolta returned as a shady gangster type, this time dipping his toe into the murky world of Hollywood.

For his troubles, Travolta got a Golden Globe - entirely justifiably - as the best thing in one of the best adaptations of Elmore Leonard's work to date.

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