The Departed
dir. Martin Scorsese (2006)
A paragon of its genre, albeit with Matt Damon who is outshone not only by DiCaprio (nuanced and convincing) and Nicholson (borderline unhinged) but also by just about everyone else, including Conor Donovan in a few brief scenes as his younger self.
Batman
dir. Tim Burton (Warner Bros., 1989)
By far the pick of the franchise pre-Nolan — albeit not as funky as Prince’s soundtrack would intimate — the original Batman soared, giving us Jack Nicholson as a whimsically understated over-the-top Joker and Michael Keaton as the most beguiling Bruce Wayne of all.