Count Of Monte Cristo Top Pick

Epic and crowd-pleasing take on the Dumas adventure classic stars Pierre Niney as early-19th-century seaman Edmond Dantès, unjustly imprisoned as a Bonapartist for 14 years. Making a miraculous escape-and pointed toward a fabulous treasure-he executes a calculated and exacting revenge against the conspirators who betrayed him. Bastien Bouillon, Laurent Lafitte, Anaïs Demoustier, Anamaria Vartolomei, Pierfrancesco Favino also star. 178 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: French; Subtitles: English. In French with English subtitles.