"Yet 'Silence' turned Demme into an "important" filmmaker, and it hardened his artistic arteries. He had tried Hollywood before, to ill effect: 'Last Embrace' (1979) was a gluey suspense film, and the WWII romantic drama "Swing Shift" (1984) was notoriously butchered by its studio. Now Demme seemed to monitor himself. 'Philadelphia' (1993) is a cautious message movie that could have been made by any reasonably talented studio insider ..." — Ty Burr

Pictured: Tom Hanks in a scene from "Philadelphia.''