Angelina Jolie in Changeling (2008)

Not to be confused with the beloved George C. Scott thriller The Changeling (1980), director Clint Eastwood’s Changeling (2008) studies Angelina Jolie as the distraught parent of a missing child in 1920s Los Angeles. When the LAPD return a boy to the grieving mom, it becomes apparent soon enough that he is not her son, but the mother’s protests lead only to misery and an official cover-up. Changeling is heavy-going to be sure, but Angelina lightens the darkest corners of this downbeat tale as only she can: by showing off her beyond-perfect butt cheeks.