2001 — Training Day
This Oscar-winning film, set over a 24-hour period, examines the gritty corruption and abuse of power in a neighborhood in desperate need of protection and role models. During a ride-along to familiarize him with the streets, Detective Alonzo Harris (Denzel Washington) mentors newest detective Jake (Ethan Hawke). Jake can’t help but become charmed by Harris’ policing manner — and the audience can’t either.
2001 — Training Day
2002 — The Pianist
Roman Polanski’s terrible genuine survival story is both difficult and enthralling to watch. Wladyslaw Szpilman is a famous concert pianist from Poland who lives a comfortable life with his family, assuming that their considerable riches will keep them safe from the Nazi regime’s rumblings towards Jewish populations. He and his family quickly find that no one is exempt from the forces of evil and they are driven from their home. From beginning to end, we only see the beginning of Szpilman’s terrifying trip.
2002 — The Pianist