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"American Gangster"

Ridley Scott teams up for a third time with his "Gladiator" star Russell Crowe, but it's Denzel Washington who dominates this crime saga. Washington stars as Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, who commands New York's heroin trade with a supply smuggled directly from Southeast Asia, with Crowe playing a rogue cop who brings him down. Ruby Dee earned a supporting-actress Academy Award nomination as Lucas' mother.

"Michael Clayton"

George Clooney stars in the title role of this legal thriller about a law firm "fixer," a lawyer who cleans up sordid messes for top clients but finds his conscience tested amid the corruption he discovers in a corporate class-action case. The film earned seven Oscar nominations, including best picture and acting honors for Clooney, Tilda Swinton and Tom Wilkinson.