The Howling (1981)

The Field (1990)

Summary: When a field (which has been farmed by the McCabe family for generations) goes up for auction, the patriarch of the McCabe family will stop at nothing to prevent a rich American from buying it.

Genres: Drama, Thriller

Director: Jim Sheridan

Writers: Jim Sheridan

, John B. Keane

Runtime: 1 h 47 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Granada Television, Noel Pearson, Sovereign Pictures

Distributor: Artisan Home Entertainment, Pioneer

Country: Ireland

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 5,000,000

Domestic: $ 1,494,399

The Company of Wolves (1984)

Summary: A teenage girl in a country manor falls asleep while reading a magazine, and has a disturbing dream involving wolves prowling the woods below her bedroom window.

Release Date: April 19, 1985

Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Director: Neil Jordan

Writers: Angela Carter

, Neil Jordan

, Charles Perrault

Runtime: 1 h 35 min

MPAA: R

Production: Incorporated Television Company (ITC), Palace Pictures

Distributor: Cannon Film Distributors, Vestron Video, Hen's Tooth Video, Avid Home Entertainment, Carlton International Media, Scream Factory

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 2,000,000

Domestic: $ 4,389,334

Production: Igloolik Isuma Productions Inc., National Film Board of Canada (NFB), Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, CTV Television Network, Canada Television and Cable Production Fund License Program (CTCPF), Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC), Canadian Government, Channel 24 Igloolik, Telefilms Equity Investment Program, Vision Television

Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001)

Summary: The telling of an Inuit legend of an evil spirit causing strife in the community and one warrior's endurance and battle of its menace.

Release Date: July 26, 2002

Genre: Drama

Director: Zacharias Kunuk

Writers: Paul Apak Angilirq

, Norman Cohn

, Zacharias Kunuk

Runtime: 2 h 52 min

MPAA: R

Distributor: Lot 47 Films, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment

Country: Canada

Language: Inuktitut

Movie budget: $ 1,960,000

Domestic: $ 3,789,952

International: $ 1,414,329

Up (2009)

Summary: 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen travels to Paradise Falls in his house equipped with balloons, inadvertently taking a young stowaway.

Release Date: May 29, 2009

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Animation

Directors: Pete Docter

, Bob Peterson

Writers: Pete Docter

, Bob Peterson

, Tom McCarthy

Runtime: 1 h 36 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures

Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Starz, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Hotstar, Disney+

Countries: United States, Japan

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 175,000,000

Domestic: $ 293,004,164

International: $ 442,094,938

The Jungle Book (2016)

Summary: After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan forces him to flee the jungle, a man-cub named Mowgli embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of panther Bagheera and free-spirited bear Baloo.

Release Date: April 15, 2016

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Family

Director: Jon Favreau

Writers: Justin Marks

, Rudyard Kipling

Runtime: 1 h 46 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Fairview Entertainment, Moving Picture Company (MPC), Prime Focus, Pixar Animation Studios

Distributor: TNT, Turner Broadcasting System (TBS), Cartoon Network, Freeform

Countries: United Kingdom, United States, New Zealand, France, Canada, India

Language: English

Franchise: Disney Live Action Reimaginings

Movie budget: $ 175,000,000

Domestic: $ 364,001,123

International: $ 603,723,652

Alpha (2018)

Summary: In the prehistoric past, a young man struggles to return home after being separated from his tribe during a buffalo hunt. He finds a similarly lost wolf companion and starts a friendship that would change humanity.

Release Date: August 17, 2018

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama

Director: Albert Hughes

Writers: Daniele Sebastian Wiedenhaupt

, Albert Hughes

Runtime: 1 h 36 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Studio 8, Columbia Pictures, Fosun Group Forever Pictures

Distributor: Sony Pictures Releasing, Amazon Prime Video

Countries: United States, Canada, China

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 51,000,000

Domestic: $ 35,857,181

International: $ 63,773,494

The Thing (1982)

Summary: A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.

Release Date: June 25, 1982

Genres: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Director: John Carpenter

Writers: Bill Lancaster

, John W. Campbell Jr.

Runtime: 1 h 49 min

MPAA: 16+

Production: Universal Pictures, Turman-Foster Company, Province of BC, Ministry of Tourism, Film Promotion Office

Distributor: CBS, MCA/Universal Home Video, Universal Studios Home Video, MCA Videocassette, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE), HBO Max

Countries: United States, Canada

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 15,000,000

Domestic: $ 19,629,760

International: $ 4,881

Encino Man (1992)

Summary: When they find a frozen caveman in their back yard, two high school outcasts thaw him and introduce him to modern life while he in turn gets them to actually enjoy life.

Release Date: May 22, 1992

Genre: Comedy

Director: Les Mayfield

Writers: George Zaloom

, Shawn Schepps

Runtime: 1 h 28 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Encino Man Productions, Hollywood Pictures, Touchwood Pacific Partners 1

Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures, Hollywood Pictures Home Video, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Buena Vista Home Video, Walt Disney Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 7,000,000

Domestic: $ 40,693,477

Wolf (2021)

Summary: Young Jacob who suffers from zoanthropy believes he is a wolf and is committed to a mental asylum following an attack on his brother. There he meets and befriends the other patients and witnesses the brutal methods of treatment.

Release Date: February 18, 2022

Genres: Drama, Thriller, Mystery

Director: Nathalie Biancheri

Writer: Nathalie Biancheri

Runtime: 1 h 39 min

MPAA: R

Production: Feline Films, Head Gear Films, Kreo Films FZ, Lava Films, Metrol Technology

Distributor: Focus Features

Countries: Ireland, United Kingdom, Poland

Language: English

Domestic: $ 147,595

International: $ 418,230

The Wolf Man (1941)

Summary: Upon his return to his father's estate, aristocrat Larry Talbot meets a beautiful woman, attends a mystical carnival and uncovers a horrifying curse.

Release Date: December 12, 1941

Genres: Romance, Horror, Mystery

Director: George Waggner

Writer: Curt Siodmak

Runtime: 1 h 10 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Universal Pictures

Distributor: Universal Pictures

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 180,000

The Call of the Wild (2020)

Summary: A sled dog struggles for survival in the wilds of the Yukon.

Release Date: February 21, 2020

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Family

Director: Chris Sanders

Writers: Michael Green

, Jack London

, Egerton Ryerson Young

Runtime: 1 h 40 min

MPAA: PG

Production: 20th Century Studios, TSG Entertainment, 3 Arts Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox Animation

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 135,000,000

Domestic: $ 62,342,368

International: $ 48,824,301

The Polar Express (2004)

Summary: On Christmas Eve, a young boy embarks on a magical adventure to the North Pole on the Polar Express, while learning about friendship, bravery, and the spirit of Christmas.

Release Date: November 10, 2004

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Animation

Director: Robert Zemeckis

Writers: Chris Van Allsburg

, Robert Zemeckis

, William Broyles Jr.

Runtime: 1 h 40 min

MPAA: G

Countries: United States, Australia

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 165,000,000

Domestic: $ 189,528,738

International: $ 128,793,077

Van Helsing (2004)

Summary: The famed monster hunter is sent to Transylvania to stop Count Dracula, who is using Dr. Frankenstein's research and a werewolf for nefarious purposes.

Release Date: May 07, 2004

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Director: Stephen Sommers

Writer: Stephen Sommers

Runtime: 2 h 11 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Universal Pictures, The Sommers Company, Stillking Films, Carpathian Pictures

Distributor: Universal Pictures, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Countries: United States, Czechia, Czech Republic

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 160,000,000

Domestic: $ 120,177,084

International: $ 179,980,554

Into the Wild (2007)

Summary: After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way...

Release Date: October 19, 2007

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Biography

Director: Sean Penn

Writers: Sean Penn

, Jon Krakauer

Runtime: 2 h 28 min

MPAA: R

Production: Paramount Vantage, Art Linson Productions, Into the Wild, River Road Entertainment

Distributor: Paramount Vantage, Paramount Home Entertainment, Tubi TV

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 15,000,000

Domestic: $ 18,354,356

International: $ 38,321,539

The Glass Castle (2017)

Summary: A young girl comes of age in a dysfunctional family of nonconformist nomads with a mother who's an eccentric artist and an alcoholic father who would stir the children's imagination with hope as a distraction to their poverty.

Release Date: August 11, 2017

Genres: Drama, Biography

Director: Destin Daniel Cretton

Writers: Destin Daniel Cretton

, Andrew Lanham

, Jeannette Walls

Runtime: 2 h 07 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Lionsgate, TIK Films, Netter Productions

Distributor: Lionsgate

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 9,000,000

Domestic: $ 17,273,059

International: $ 4,815,474

My Best Friend Is a Vampire (1987)

Summary: After a sexual encounter with a beautiful client, a teenage delivery boy finds himself being turned into a vampire.

Release Date: May 06, 1988

Genres: Comedy, Romance, Horror

Director: Jimmy Huston

Writer: Tab Murphy

Runtime: 1 h 29 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Kings Road Entertainment

Distributor: Comedy Central, HBO 3, Home Box Office Home Video (HBO), Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 174,380

Lady and the Tramp (1955)

Summary: The romantic tale of a sheltered uptown Cocker Spaniel dog and a streetwise downtown Mutt.

Release Date: June 22, 1955

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Animation

Directors: Clyde Geronimi

, Wilfred Jackson

, Hamilton Luske

Writers: Ward Greene

, Erdman Penner

, Joe Rinaldi

Runtime: 1 h 16 min

MPAA: G

Production: Walt Disney Animation Studios

Distributor: Disney Channel, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), ABC Family

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 4,000,000

Domestic: $ 93,602,326

International: $ 331,068

All the Little Animals (1998)

Summary: Bobby Platt is a mentally slow young man who escapes an abusive, hateful stepfather who has killed his pets one by one. To save himself, Bobby runs away and meets a strange old man who wanders the highways to bury roadkill animals...

Release Date: July 09, 1999

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Thriller

Director: Jeremy Thomas

Writers: Eski Thomas

, Walker Hamilton

Runtime: 1 h 52 min

MPAA: R

Production: Recorded Picture Company (RPC), BBC Films, British Screen Productions, Entertainment Film Distributors, Isle of Man Film Commission, J&M Entertainment

Distributor: Lions Gate Films, Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment, Universal Studios Home Video

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 3,500,000

Domestic: $ 26,558