7) No Country for Old Men (2007)
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The neo-Western thriller by the Coen brothers is based on the story of a welder who, while working, commits a series of unintended errors to become accidentally caught up in a botched drug deal and appropriates a briefcase full of cash, catapulting him into an aggressive flurry of deadly violence. The film probes themes regarding fate, morality, and changing patterns in crime among Americans.
What the film still needed to make the picture whole was some existential fear - something that it obtains through the onslaught of the hitman in the person of Javier Bardem as Anton Chigurh. Stark visuals and minimalist dialogue make it a haunting commentary on violence and the moral complexities of humans.
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