‘Road to Perdition’ (2002)

Release Date: July 12, 2002

"Perdition" puts a tommy gun in Hanks’ hand when his oldest boy witnesses a murder he wasn’t meant to see — and, in an attempt to cover his tracks, the killer slays Sullivan’s wife and youngest son as a result. The confident script achieves almost Greek levels of tragedy, and Hanks’ understated performance anchors it all as Michael cuts a bloody swath of vengeance to ultimately save his son’s soul at the cost of his own.