Dear Wendy (2005)

Music of the Heart (1999)

Summary: After Roberta Guaspari separates from her husband, she receives encouragement from her mother to take up a job of a music teacher at the Central Park East School in East Harlem.

Release Date: October 29, 1999

Genres: Drama, Music

Director: Wes Craven

Writer: Pamela Gray

Runtime: 2 h 04 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Craven-Maddalena Films, Miramax

Distributor: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 27,000,000

Domestic: $ 14,859,394

International: $ 77,013

I'm Not Rappaport (1996)

Summary: Two old men - a white former radical, and a black retired janitor - strike up an unusual and funny friendship on a park bench in New York, where they deal with family, drug dealers, and the pitfalls of age.

Release Date: December 24, 1996

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Director: Herb Gardner

Writer: Herb Gardner

Runtime: 2 h 15 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: GreeneStreet Films

Distributor: MCA/Universal Home Video, Screen Media Ventures, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 26,011

Little Secrets (2001)

Summary: A fourteen-year-old aspiring violinist finds herself under an increasing amount of pressure to keep secrets for herself, her family and her newfound best friend.

Release Date: August 23, 2002

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Family

Director: Blair Treu

Writer: Jessica Barondes

Runtime: 1 h 36 min

MPAA: G

Production: Columbia TriStar Home Video, TriStar Pictures

Distributor: Mill Creek Entertainment, Samuel Goldwyn Films

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 2,500,000

Domestic: $ 405,792

International: $ 344,790

Haywire (2011)

Summary: A black ops super soldier seeks payback after she is betrayed and set up during a mission.

Release Date: January 20, 2012

Genres: Action, Drama, Thriller

Director: Steven Soderbergh

Writer: Lem Dobbs

Runtime: 1 h 33 min

MPAA: R

Production: Relativity Media, Bord Scannán na hÉireann / The Irish Film Board

Distributor: Relativity Media, Lionsgate Home Entertainment

Countries: Ireland, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 23,000,000

Domestic: $ 18,942,396

International: $ 15,571,364

Almost Famous (2000)

Summary: A high-school boy in the early 1970s is given the chance to write a story for Rolling Stone magazine about an up-and-coming rock band as he accompanies them on their concert tour.

Release Date: September 22, 2000

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Director: Cameron Crowe

Writer: Cameron Crowe

Runtime: 2 h 02 min

MPAA: R

Production: Dreamworks Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Vinyl Films

Distributor: DreamWorks Distribution, DreamWorks Home Entertainment, Paramount Home Entertainment, Paramount Pictures

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 60,000,000

Domestic: $ 32,534,850

International: $ 14,852,716

Red State (2011)

Summary: Set in Middle America, a group of teens receive an online invitation for sex, though they soon encounter fundamentalists with a much more sinister agenda.

Release Date: September 30, 2011

Genres: Action, Crime, Horror

Director: Kevin Smith

Writer: Kevin Smith

Runtime: 1 h 28 min

MPAA: R

Production: NVSH Productions, The Harvey Boys

Distributor: Lionsgate Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 4,000,000

Domestic: $ 1,104,682

International: $ 769,778

Childhood's End (1996)

Summary: A story of two teens discovering their budding sexuality. Greg is having his first sexual experience and first relationship with his friend's mother, a woman twice his age....while Denise is angry with Greg, and sleeps with anothe...

Release Date: April 04, 1997

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Jeff Lipsky

Writer: Jeff Lipsky

Runtime: 1 h 55 min

MPAA: Unrated

Production: Plainview Pictures, Open City Films

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 600,000

Domestic: $ 3,804

Lords of Dogtown (2005)

Summary: The film follows the surf and skateboarding trends that originated in Venice, California during the 1970s.

Release Date: June 03, 2005

Genres: Drama, Sport, Biography

Director: Catherine Hardwicke

Writer: Stacy Peralta

Runtime: 1 h 47 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Columbia Pictures, Art Linson Productions, Indelible Pictures, Senator International

Distributor: Mill Creek Entertainment

Countries: Germany, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 25,000,000

Domestic: $ 11,273,517

International: $ 2,138,440

The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)

Summary: A discovery made by a kung fu obsessed American teen sends him on an adventure to ancient China, where he joins up with a band of martial arts warriors in order to free the imprisoned Monkey King.

Release Date: April 18, 2008

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Director: Rob Minkoff

Writer: John Fusco

Runtime: 1 h 44 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Casey Silver Productions, China Film Co-Production Corporation, Huayi Brothers Media

Distributor: Lionsgate Home Entertainment

Countries: United States, China, Hong Kong

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 55,000,000

Domestic: $ 52,075,270

International: $ 76,717,141

The Brass Teapot (2012)

Summary: When a couple discovers that a brass teapot makes them money whenever they hurt themselves, they must come to terms with how far they are willing to go.

Release Date: April 15, 2013

Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Thriller

Director: Ramaa Mosley

Writers: Tim Macy

, Ramaa Mosley

Runtime: 1 h 41 min

MPAA: R

Production: Atlantic Pictures (II), Laundry Films, Northern Lights Films, Northern Lights Films and Media Ventures, Queen Nefertari Productions, Union Entertainment Group (II)

Distributor: Magnolia Pictures

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 900,000

Domestic: $ 6,997

International: $ 238,030

Oppenheimer (2023)

Summary: A dramatization of the life story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the physicist who had a large hand in the development of the atomic bombs that brought an end to World War II.

Release Date: July 21, 2023

Genres: Drama, Biography, History

Director: Christopher Nolan

Writers: Christopher Nolan

, Kai Bird

, Martin Sherwin

Runtime: 3 h 00 min

MPAA: R

Production: Universal Pictures, Atlas Entertainment, Syncopy, Syncopy, Gadget Films

Countries: United States, United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 100,000,000

Domestic: $ 329,862,540

International: $ 645,732,438

Snow Angels (2007)

Summary: A drama that interweaves the life of a teenager, with his old baby sitter, her estranged husband, and their daughter.

Release Date: March 21, 2008

Genres: Drama, Romance, Crime

Director: David Gordon Green

Writers: David Gordon Green

, Stewart O'Nan

Runtime: 1 h 47 min

MPAA: R

Production: Crossroads Films, Snow Blower Productions, True Love Productions

Distributor: Warner Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 402,858

International: $ 11,546

For Richer or Poorer (1997)

Summary: An unhappily-married Manhattan socialite couple flee from the IRS and end up in Amish country, where they pretend to be visiting relatives.

Release Date: December 12, 1997

Genre: Comedy

Director: Bryan Spicer

Writers: Jana Howington

, Steve LuKanic

Runtime: 1 h 55 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Universal Pictures, The Bubble Factory, Sheinberg Productions, Yorktown Productions

Distributor: Universal Pictures, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Pay Per View, VC2

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 35,000,000

Domestic: $ 31,642,995

International: $ 1,106,000

The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)

Summary: In 1971, twenty-four male students are selected to take on randomly assigned roles of prisoners and guards in a mock prison situated in the basement of the Stanford psychology building.

Release Date: July 17, 2015

Genres: Drama, Biography, History

Director: Kyle Patrick Alvarez

Writers: Tim Talbott

, Philip Zimbardo

Runtime: 2 h 02 min

MPAA: R

Production: Coup d'Etat Films, Sandbar Pictures, Abandon Pictures, Priority Pictures

Distributor: IFC Films, Independent Film Channel (IFC), KVH Media Group

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 660,561

International: $ 2,553

River Red (1998)

Summary: Dave, a young man, kills his alcoholic father to end the cycle of violence in the house. But when his little brother Tom confesses to the murder and goes to jail, Dave turns to petty crime to pay the bills.

Release Date: November 06, 1998

Genre: Drama

Director: Eric Drilling

Writer: Eric Drilling

Runtime: 1 h 44 min

MPAA: R

Production: Drilling Films, Frontier Films, Miller Entertainment Group

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 2,197

Seabiscuit (2003)

Summary: True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation.

Release Date: July 25, 2003

Genres: Drama, Sport, History

Director: Gary Ross

Writers: Laura Hillenbrand

, Gary Ross

Runtime: 2 h 20 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Universal Pictures, Dreamworks Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment, Larger Than Life Productions, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, Touchstone Pictures

Distributor: Universal Pictures, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE), YouTube Movies

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 87,000,000

Domestic: $ 120,277,854

International: $ 28,058,591

The Dust Factory (2004)

Summary: The Dust Factory is an adventure about the love and friendship between two teenagers who help each other through a difficult time in their lives.

Release Date: May 22, 2010

Genres: Drama, Family, Fantasy

Director: Eric Small

Writer: Eric Small

Runtime: 1 h 39 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Bahr Productions Inc., Motion Picture Corporation of America (MPCA)

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 12,311

One Last Thing... (2005)

Summary: A young man with a terminal illness makes an unconventional request on local television.

Release Date: May 05, 2006

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Director: Alex Steyermark

Writer: Barry Stringfellow

Runtime: 1 h 36 min

MPAA: R

Production: 2929 Productions, HDNet Films, Headquarters (III)

Distributor: Magnolia Pictures

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 13,334