With an excellent awards-heavy ensemble cast plus a Tennessee Williams esque screenplay by Billy Bob Thornton and Tom Epperson , Sam Raimi 's supernatural thriller The Gift (2000)—with its strong cinematography and somber score by Christopher Young —continues the more dramatic, less horror-centric approach he took with 1998's A Simple Plan ( review ). This may actually be my favorite Cate Blanchett (who I tend to find a bit cold) performance, Giovanni Ribisi handles his wildly unhinged character well, and Keanu Reeves plays a very convincing southern scumbag. Sam Raimi Feature Films Ranked