Drive (2011)

Ryan Gosling — stuntman, wheelman, real man — channels Clint Eastwood and Steve McQueen, and Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn provides the highly stylized Los Angeles backdrop and brutal violence. Even better, Albert Brooks exacts some of it.

d: Nicolas Winding Refn | imdb.com | trailer | Get away
He’s a good guy. | My hands are dirty. | Put him behind the wheel.

An Education (2009)

Carey Mulligan recalls the wit and charm of Audrey Hepburn as a high school student who is seduced by the sly, older Peter Sarsgaard. Set in suburban London in 1961, the coming of age tale is as fun and charming as the French pop records Mulligan adores.

d: Lone Scherfig | imdb.com | trailer | Interest or hobby
I never did anything ... | You have taste. | Hard and boring