District 9 (2009)

Summary: Violence ensues after an extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth finds a kindred spirit in a government agent exposed to their biotechnology.

Release Date: August 14, 2009

Genres: Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi

Director: Neill Blomkamp

Writers: Neill Blomkamp

, Terri Tatchell

Runtime: 1 h 52 min

MPAA: R

Production: TriStar Pictures, Block / Hanson, WingNut Films, Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC), Covert Media, Department of Trade and Industry of South Africa, District 9, Key Creatives, Majority Entertainment, New Zealand Post Digital and Visual Effects Grant, Province of British Columbia Production Services Tax Credit, QED International

Distributor: Sony Pictures Releasing, TriStar Pictures

Countries: South Africa, United States, New Zealand, Canada

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 30,000,000

Domestic: $ 115,646,235

International: $ 95,242,715

Captain Phillips (2013)

Summary: The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the U.S.-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.

Release Date: October 11, 2013

Genres: Adventure, Crime, Biography

Director: Paul Greengrass