When four New York boys accidentally kill a man with a hot dog cart, they are sent away to a boy's home. Here, they are tortured by at the hands of their guards. Years after their release, an opportunity for revenge presents itself.

Sleepers, with its stellar cast, ranks as one of the finest modern dramas. Hoffman, as a tipsy attorney, doesn't enter the film until well into it, but he delivers one of the finest performances of his career. Actually, the whole cast shines through dark, gripping drama and scenes of graphic violence. Half courtroom drama, and half classic tale of revenge, Sleepers is a film you won't soon forget.

Directed by Barry Levinson.