30 Most Important Movies Made Since 2000

13. A History Of Violence

Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
New Line Cinema

About as mainstream as David Cronenberg will get, A History of Violence is a powerful and violent crime thriller that features the performance of Viggo Mortensen's career. It was profitable at the box office and proved that Hollywood can do mainstream films that are still artful and interesting.

Mortensen considers the film near perfect and it's hard to disagree.

Contributor
Contributor

Articles published under the WhatCulture name denote collective efforts of a number of our writers, both past and present.