22. Go
Columbia Pictures
The Drug: Ecstasy In recent years, Doug Liman has moved further away from the small scale projects which defined the early years of career such as Swingers towards blockbuster affairs with ever increasing budgets, such as this summer's Edge of Tomorrow. He's certainly proven himself more than capable of handling large action sequences effectively, but his earlier films also have their more charm, not least his 1999 movie Go, in which three plots intertwine around a drug deal. Starring Katie Holmes, Jay Mohr and Timothy Oliphant, Go plays fast and loose with its characters and delivers a plot which leaps back and forth through time in a manner reminiscent of Tarantino. But it never feels derivative, and Liman's assured, energetic direction and snappy pacing keeps the momentum going from start to finish. It's also great to see William Fichtner - an character actor of note who regrettably only tends to play smaller roles in major movies - delivering a more substantial performance than usual.