This 2012 fact-based thriller, directed by and starring Ben Affleck, is an intense and entertaining account of a bold and bizarre attempt to extricate some diplomats who had fled from the takeover of the American embassy in Iran in 1979, in a mission that remained top secret for decades after. The supporting cast is full of talented TV faces: Bryan Cranston from Breaking Bad, John Goodman from Roseanne, Victor Garber from Alias, Tate Donovan from Damages, and Kyle Chandler from Friday Night Lights.