Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

The Lord of the Rings (1978)

Summary: The Fellowship of the Ring embark on a journey to destroy the One Ring and end Sauron's reign over Middle-earth.

Release Date: November 15, 1978

Genres: Adventure, Fantasy, Animation

Director: Ralph Bakshi

Writers: Chris Conkling

, Peter S. Beagle

, J.R.R. Tolkien

Runtime: 2 h 12 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Fantasy Films, Bakshi Productions, Saul Zaentz Film Productions

Distributor: Thorn EMI Video, HBO/Cannon Video, WPIX, HBO Video, Home Box Office Home Video (HBO), RCA (II), Lumière Pictures, Republic Pictures Home Video, Weintraub Entertainment Group, Warner Home Video

Countries: United States, United Kingdom

Language: English

Franchise: The Lord of the Rings

Movie budget: $ 4,000,000

Domestic: $ 30,471,420

International: $ 5,755

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

Summary: In the Fall of 1963, a Korean War veteran and criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rallies up the scared patients against the tyrannical nurse.

Release Date: November 19, 1975

Genre: Drama

Director: Milos Forman

Writers: Lawrence Hauben

, Bo Goldman

, Ken Kesey

Runtime: 2 h 13 min

MPAA: R

Production: Fantasy Films, Bryna Productions, N.V. Zvaluw

Distributor: United Artists, Home Box Office (HBO), United Artists Television, National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Thorn EMI Video, MGM/UA Entertainment Company, MGM/UA Television Distribution, Thorn EMI/HBO Video, HBO/Cannon Video, HBO Video, Home Box Office Home Video (HBO), Weintraub Entertainment Group, Lumière Pictures, Republic Pictures Home Video, Warner Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 3,000,000

Domestic: $ 108,981,275

International: $ 134,091

The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)

Summary: A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipment of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country as miniature Eiffel Towers.

Release Date: October 15, 1951

Genres: Comedy, Crime

Director: Charles Crichton

Writer: T.E.B. Clarke

Runtime: 1 h 18 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: J. Arthur Rank Organisation, Ealing Studios

Distributor: Thorn EMI Video, Lumière Pictures, Republic Pictures Home Video, Anchor Bay Entertainment

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Domestic: $ 16,361

International: $ 15,871

The Cruel Sea (1953)

Summary: The World War II adventures of a British convoy escort ship and its officers.

Release Date: August 19, 1953

Genres: Drama, War

Director: Charles Frend

Writers: Nicholas Monsarrat

, Eric Ambler

Runtime: 2 h 06 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Ealing Studios, Michael Balcon Productions, Polyphony Digital

Distributor: American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Thorn EMI Video, Republic Pictures Home Video, Anchor Bay Entertainment

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

Summary: An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.

Release Date: January 07, 1947

Genres: Drama, Family, Fantasy

Director: Frank Capra

Writers: Frances Goodrich

, Albert Hackett

, Frank Capra

Runtime: 2 h 10 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Liberty Films (II)

Distributor: M & A Alexander Productions Inc., Artisan Home Entertainment, Hal Roach Studios, Hal Roach Video, NTA Home Entertainment, National Telefilm Associates (NTA), Paramount Home Entertainment, Paramount Pictures, RHI Entertainment, Republic Entertainment, Republic Pictures (II), Republic Pictures Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 3,180,000

Domestic: $ 1,483,643

International: $ 9,151,818

Highlander (1986)

Summary: An immortal Scottish swordsman must confront the last of his immortal opponents, a murderously brutal barbarian who lusts for the fabled "Prize".

Release Date: March 07, 1986

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Director: Russell Mulcahy

Writers: Gregory Widen

, Peter Bellwood

, Larry Ferguson

Runtime: 1 h 56 min

MPAA: R

Production: Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment, Davis-Panzer Productions, Highlander Productions Limited

Distributor: Thorn EMI, Twentieth Century Fox, HBO/Cannon Video, HBO Video, Home Box Office Home Video (HBO), Image Entertainment, Weintraub Entertainment Group, Republic Pictures Home Video, WGN, Republic Entertainment, Artisan Entertainment, StudioCanal, Anchor Bay Entertainment

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Franchise: Highlander

Movie budget: $ 16,000,000

Domestic: $ 5,900,000

International: $ 1,480

The Birth of a Nation (1915)

Summary: The Stoneman family finds its friendship with the Camerons affected by the Civil War, both fighting in opposite armies. The development of the war in their lives plays through to Lincoln's assassination and the birth of the Ku Klu...

Release Date: June 08, 1915

Genres: Drama, History, War

Director: D.W. Griffith

Writers: Thomas Dixon Jr.

, D.W. Griffith

, Frank E. Woods

Runtime: 3 h 15 min

MPAA: PG

Production: David W. Griffith Corp., Epoch Producing Corporation

Distributor: Astor Pictures Corporation, Joseph Brenner Associates (JBA), Lumivision, Republic Pictures Home Video, Image Entertainment, Kino Video, Reel Media International, FilmAnnex, Alpha Video Distributors, Twilight Time, Killiam Shows

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 110,000

Society (1989)

Summary: An ordinary teenage boy discovers his family is part of a gruesome orgy cult for the social elite.

Release Date: June 11, 1992

Genres: Comedy, Horror

Director: Brian Yuzna

Writers: Zeph E. Daniel

, Rick Fry

Runtime: 1 h 39 min

MPAA: R

Production: Wild Street Pictures, Society Productions, Screaming Mad George

Distributor: Anchor Bay Entertainment, Arrow Films, Image Entertainment, MVD Entertainment Group, Re-Animator Productions, Republic Pictures Home Video, The Criterion Channel

Countries: United States, Japan

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 2,000,000

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The Negro Soldier (1944)

Summary: Documentary focusing on the contributions to the American war effort of African-American soldiers.

Genres: Drama, Documentary, Short

Director: Stuart Heisler

Writer: Carlton Moss

Runtime: 0 h 43 min

Production: U.S. War Department

Distributor: War Activities Committee of the Motion Pictures Industry, Republic Pictures Home Video, Spotlite Video, Reel Media International, Sprocket Flicks

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 78,254

Orphans of the Storm (1921)

Summary: Two orphaned sisters are caught up in the turmoil of the French Revolution, encountering misery and love along the way.

Genres: Drama, Romance, History

Director: D.W. Griffith

Writers: Adolphe d'Ennery

, Eugène Cormon

, D.W. Griffith

Runtime: 2 h 30 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: D.W. Griffith Productions, Polyphony Digital

Distributor: United Artists, Republic Pictures Home Video, Kino Video, Image Entertainment, Alpha Video Distributors, Delta Expedition, Reel Media International, FilmAnnex, HBO Max, Grapevine Video, Killiam Shows

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,000,000

Force of Evil (1948)

Summary: An unethical lawyer who wants to help his older brother becomes a partner with a client in the numbers racket.

Genres: Drama, Crime, Film-Noir

Director: Abraham Polonsky

Writers: Abraham Polonsky

, Ira Wolfert

Runtime: 1 h 19 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Enterprise Productions, Roberts Pictures Inc.

Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Favorite Attractions, Mundus Television, National Telefilm Associates (NTA), Republic Pictures Home Video, Paramount Television, Lionsgate Home Entertainment, Olive Films, The Criterion Channel, Worldvision Enterprises

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 948,000

International: $ 217,000

La Dolce Vita (1960)

Summary: A series of stories following a week in the life of a philandering tabloid journalist living in Rome.

Release Date: April 19, 1961

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Director: Federico Fellini

Writers: Federico Fellini

, Ennio Flaiano

, Tullio Pinelli

Runtime: 2 h 54 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Riama Film, Cinecittà, Pathé Consortium Cinéma

Distributor: Astor Pictures Corporation, American International Pictures (AIP), American-International Television (AIP-TV), IntraMovies, Republic Pictures Home Video, Koch Lorber Films, Koch Vision, The Criterion Collection, Image Entertainment

Countries: Italy, France

Language: Italian