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Mano a Mano: Fierce Film Rivalries

By Eric Schneider

While most films thrive on conflict, a select few have truly impressive face-offs between two fiercely determined and well-matched rivals—and, no, Face/Off isn't one of them.

CRITICAL LIST

The Dark Knight

Christopher Nolan
A cinematic work of brooding big-scale beauty. >>

There Will Be Blood

Paul Thomas Anderson

The Departed

Martin Scorsese

The Prestige

Christopher Nolan
Impressive and underrated sleight-of-hand cinema. >>

Election

Alexander Payne

Heat

Michael Mann

Unforgiven

Clint Eastwood

The Silence of the Lambs

Jonathan Demme

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

Irvin Kershner
Star Wars at its most soulful and suspenseful. >>

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Milos Forman