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Beauty and the Beast (2017)

Summary: A selfish Prince is cursed to become a monster for the rest of his life, unless he learns to fall in love with a beautiful young woman he keeps prisoner.

Release Date: March 17, 2017

Genres: Family, Musical, Fantasy

Director: Bill Condon

Writers: Stephen Chbosky

, Evan Spiliotopoulos

, Linda Woolverton

Runtime: 2 h 09 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Mandeville Films, Walt Disney Pictures

Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Disney+

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Disney Live Action Reimaginings

Movie budget: $ 160,000,000

Domestic: $ 504,481,165

International: $ 761,634,799

Beauty and the Beast (1991)

Summary: A prince cursed to spend his days as a hideous monster sets out to regain his humanity by earning a young woman's love.

Release Date: November 22, 1991

Genres: Family, Fantasy, Animation

Directors: Gary Trousdale

, Kirk Wise

Writers: Linda Woolverton

, Brenda Chapman

, Chris Sanders

Runtime: 1 h 24 min

MPAA: G

Production: Walt Disney Pictures, Silver Screen Partners IV, Walt Disney Animation Studios

Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures, Buena Vista Home Video, Image Entertainment, CBS, Disney Channel, Walt Disney Home Video, IMAX, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Buena Vista Home Entertainment

Countries: United States, Japan

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 25,000,000

Domestic: $ 218,967,620

International: $ 206,000,000

Beauty and the Beast (1946)

Summary: A beautiful young woman takes her father's place as the prisoner of a mysterious beast, who wishes to marry her.

Release Date: December 23, 1947

Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Directors: Jean Cocteau

, René Clément

Writers: Jean Cocteau

, Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont

Runtime: 1 h 33 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Les Films André Paulvé

Distributor: Lopert Films, Embassy Home Entertainment, The Criterion Collection, Cowboy Pictures, The Criterion Channel, HBO Max, Nelson Entertainment

Country: France

Language: French

Domestic: $ 298,718

Being John Malkovich (1999)

Summary: A puppeteer discovers a portal that leads literally into the head of movie star John Malkovich.

Release Date: December 03, 1999

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Director: Spike Jonze

Writer: Charlie Kaufman

Runtime: 1 h 53 min

MPAA: R

Production: Astralwerks, Gramercy Pictures (I), Propaganda Films

Distributor: Universal Studios, The Criterion Collection

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 13,000,000

Domestic: $ 22,863,596

International: $ 243,071

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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

Summary: Jack Sparrow races to recover the heart of Davy Jones to avoid enslaving his soul to Jones' service, as other friends and foes seek the heart for their own agenda as well.

Release Date: July 07, 2006

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Director: Gore Verbinski

Writers: Ted Elliott

, Terry Rossio

, Stuart Beattie

Runtime: 2 h 31 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Walt Disney Pictures, Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Second Mate Productions

Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Hotstar, Cartoon Network

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Pirates of the Caribbean

Movie budget: $ 225,000,000

Domestic: $ 423,315,812

International: $ 642,863,935

Norbit (2007)

Summary: A mild-mannered guy, who is married to a monstrous woman, meets the woman of his dreams, and schemes to find a way to be with her.

Release Date: February 09, 2007

Genres: Comedy, Romance

Director: Brian Robbins

Writers: Eddie Murphy

, Charlie Murphy

, Jay Scherick

Runtime: 1 h 42 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Dreamworks Pictures, Davis Entertainment, Tollin/Robbins Productions

Distributor: American Broadcasting Company (ABC), HBO Max, Paramount Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 60,000,000

Domestic: $ 95,673,607

International: $ 64,140,883

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Reign (2013)

Summary: Mary, Queen of Scots, faces political and sexual intrigue in the treacherous world of the French court.

Release Date: October 17, 2013

Genres: Drama, Fantasy

Runtime: 0 h 42 min

MPAA: 14A

Production: CBS Television Studios, World 2000 Entertainment, World 2000 Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Bronson (2008)

Summary: A young man who was sentenced to seven years in prison for robbing a post office ends up spending three decades in solitary confinement. During this time, his own personality is supplanted by his alter-ego, Charles Bronson.

Release Date: March 13, 2009

Genres: Action, Crime, Biography

Director: Nicolas Winding Refn

Writers: Brock Norman Brock

, Nicolas Winding Refn

Runtime: 1 h 32 min

MPAA: R

Production: Vertigo Films, Aramid Entertainment Fund, Str8jacket Creations, Bronson Productions, Perfume Films, Protagonist Pictures, Scanbox Entertainment Production

Distributor: Magnolia Home Entertainment

Countries: United Kingdom, Denmark

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 230,000

Domestic: $ 104,979

International: $ 2,155,733

El Mariachi (1992)

Summary: A traveling mariachi is mistaken for a murderous criminal and must hide from a gang bent on killing him.

Release Date: February 26, 1993

Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller

Director: Robert Rodriguez

Writer: Robert Rodriguez

Runtime: 1 h 21 min

MPAA: R

Production: Los Hooligans Productions, Columbia Pictures

Distributor: Columbia TriStar Home Video, Starz, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Countries: Mexico, United States

Language: Spanish

Franchise: El Mariachi

Movie budget: $ 7,000

Domestic: $ 2,040,920

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

Summary: Blacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate "Captain" Jack Sparrow to save his love, the governor's daughter, from Jack's former pirate allies, who are now undead.

Release Date: July 09, 2003

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Director: Gore Verbinski

Writers: Ted Elliott

, Terry Rossio

, Stuart Beattie

Runtime: 2 h 23 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Walt Disney Pictures, Jerry Bruckheimer Films

Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Disney+, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Pirates of the Caribbean

Movie budget: $ 140,000,000

Domestic: $ 305,413,918

International: $ 348,850,097

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)

Summary: Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, journeyman Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."

Release Date: April 29, 2005

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Director: Garth Jennings

Writers: Douglas Adams

, Karey Kirkpatrick

Runtime: 1 h 49 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Touchstone Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment, Everyman Pictures, Hammer & Tongs

Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures, Buena Vista Home Entertainment

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 50,000,000

Domestic: $ 51,085,416

International: $ 53,393,000

Wild River (1960)

Summary: A TVA bureaucrat comes to the river to do what none of his predecessors have been able to do - evict a stubborn octogenarian from her island before the rising waters engulf her.

Release Date: June 01, 1960

Genres: Drama, Romance, History

Director: Elia Kazan

Writers: Paul Osborn

, William Bradford Huie

, Borden Deal

Runtime: 1 h 50 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Twentieth Century Fox

Distributor: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, The Criterion Channel

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,595,000

Rooftop Prince (2012)

Summary: Crown Prince Lee Gak transports 300 years into the future following the death of his wife; in 21st century Seoul, he meets Joo Se-Na, a woman with an uncanny resemblance to the deceased princess.

Release Date: March 21, 2012

Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

Runtime: 1 h 05 min

Production: SBS Plus, Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS)

Country: South Korea

Language: Korean

Among Giants (1998)

Summary: A woman drifter finds her soul-mate while working with an all-male crew painting giant electrical-generator towers.

Genres: Comedy, Romance

Director: Sam Miller

Writer: Simon Beaufoy

Runtime: 1 h 33 min

MPAA: R

Production: Arts Council of England, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), British Screen Productions, Capitol Films, Kudos Productions Ltd., Yorkshire Media Production Agency (YMPA)

Distributor: Searchlight Pictures

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 2,500,000

Domestic: $ 65,748

A Place in the Sun (1951)

Summary: A poor boy gets a job working for his rich uncle and ends up falling in love with two women.

Release Date: November 09, 1951

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: George Stevens

Writers: Theodore Dreiser

, Patrick Kearney

, Michael Wilson

Runtime: 2 h 02 min

MPAA: Passed

Production: Paramount Pictures

Distributor: Paramount Pictures, Paramount Home Entertainment, RCA (II), The Criterion Channel

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 2,295,304

Blithe Spirit (1945)

Summary: A man and his second wife are haunted by the ghost of his first wife.

Genres: Comedy, Fantasy

Director: David Lean

Writers: David Lean

, Ronald Neame

, Anthony Havelock-Allan

Runtime: 1 h 36 min

MPAA: G

Production: Two Cities Films, Noel Coward-Cineguild

Distributor: Classic Pictures, Image Entertainment, MGM/UA Home Entertainment, The Criterion Collection, HBO Max, Samuel Goldwyn Home Entertainment

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Within Our Gates (1920)

Summary: Abandoned by her fiancé, an educated black woman with a shocking past dedicates herself to helping a near bankrupt school for impoverished black youths.

Release Date: January 12, 1920

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Oscar Micheaux

Writer: Oscar Micheaux

Runtime: 1 h 19 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Micheaux Book & Film Company

Distributor: Micheaux Book & Film Company, Quality Amusement Corporation, Image Entertainment, Smithsonian Video, Micheaux Book & Film Company, Grapevine Video, Kino Lorber, Facets Multimedia Distribution, Movies Unlimited, The Criterion Channel

Country: United States

Language: English

Intersection (1994)

Summary: While driving on a remote highway, a man is torn between choosing to reunite with his estranged wife or taking up with his lover.

Release Date: January 21, 1994

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Mark Rydell

Writers: David Rayfiel

, Marshall Brickman

, Paul Guimard

Runtime: 1 h 38 min

MPAA: R

Production: Paramount Pictures

Distributor: Paramount Home Entertainment, Paramount Television, Trifecta Entertainment and Media

Countries: United States, Canada

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 45,000,000

Domestic: $ 21,355,893