#41. Boogie Nights (1997)

New Line Cinema

– Director: Paul Thomas Anderson

– Stacker score: 89.6

– Metascore: 85

– IMDb user rating: 7.9

– Runtime: 155 minutes

Mark Wahlberg officially left his Marky Mark days behind him when he starred in this epic story—the tale of a burgeoning porn star finding his way in the San Fernando Valley in the 1970s. Burt Reynolds and Julianne Moore were nominated for Oscars, as was P.T. Anderson for his script.

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