9. Enemy Of The State
Who ever thought that this was going to be as good as it was? Come on, be honest! Jerry Bruckheimer (and the late Don Simpson posthumously) producing? Tony Scott directing and Will Smith playing his first real dramatic lead role in a film about the big bad of modern day governmental surveillance and inter-agency corruption? Yeah right! Empty-headed popcorn action flick, maybe, but no critically acclaimed genre piece that still stands up as these years down the line! The cast is one of the best ensembles ever listed: Will Smith and Gene Hackman (his identity photo from Coppolas The Conversation is used in this film, making this a semi-sequel in subject matter, tone and appearance to that earlier 70s classic!) work alongside Jon Voight, Regina King, Loren Dean, Jake Busey, Barry Pepper, Ian Hart, Gabriel Byrne, Lisa Bonet, Seth Green, Jack Black, Tom Sizemore, Jason Robards, Jason Lee, Scott Caan and and Im probably missing a few people too! It moves like a bullet out of a gun and plays as one of the most exhilarating, if not the most exhilarating, conspiracy thrillers included on this list. Enemy Of The State deserves your immediate reassessment as one of the best modern conspiracy classics!