Mark Wahlberg and Russell Crowe square off – or do they? – in this crime thriller set on New York’s moral low ground.

‘Gangster Squad’ / ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ / ‘Hyde Park on Hudson’ / ‘A Haunted House’

But that makes no less compelling director Kathryn Bigelow’s dramatization of the hunt for Osama bin Laden.

Opening: ‘Texas Chainsaw’ / ‘Promised Land’ ‘ ‘The Impossible’ / ‘Not Fade Away’

Matt Damon and John Krasinski set up a war of wills.

The best movies of the year – and what a year it was – have the power to move us and stay with us.

Opening: ‘Parental Guidance’ / ‘Silver Linings Playbook’

Not your typical rom-com by any stretch, and yet ‘Silver Linings Playbook’ charms on every level.

Opening: ‘This is 40’ / ‘Jack Reacher’ / ‘Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away’ / ‘Les Miserables’ / ‘Django Unchained’ / ‘Silver Linings Playbook’

The film is mostly an intelligent thrill ride.