The Color Purple (1985)

Gigli (2003)

Summary: Larry Gigli is assigned by a crime boss to kidnap the brother of a prominent district attorney, and a beautiful woman known only as Ricki is sent to stay with him to make sure he doesn't mess up the job.

Release Date: August 01, 2003

Genres: Comedy, Romance, Crime

Director: Martin Brest

Writer: Martin Brest

Runtime: 2 h 01 min

MPAA: R

Production: Revolution Studios, City Light Films, Casey Silver Productions

Distributor: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 54,000,000

Domestic: $ 6,087,542

International: $ 1,178,667

Falling Down (1993)

Summary: An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.

Release Date: February 26, 1993

Genres: Action, Drama, Crime

Director: Joel Schumacher

Writer: Ebbe Roe Smith

Runtime: 1 h 53 min

MPAA: R

Production: Alcor Films, Canal+, New Regency Productions

Distributor: American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Warner Home Video

Countries: France, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 25,000,000

Domestic: $ 40,903,593

The Shape of Water (2017)

Summary: At a top secret research facility in the 1960s, a lonely janitor forms a unique relationship with an amphibious creature that is being held in captivity.

Release Date: December 08, 2017

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Director: Guillermo del Toro

Writers: Guillermo del Toro

, Vanessa Taylor

Runtime: 2 h 03 min

MPAA: 14A

Production: Double Dare You (DDY), Searchlight Pictures, TSG Entertainment, Fox Searchlight Pictures

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, Disney+, Hotstar, KVH Media Group

Countries: United States, Mexico

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 19,400,000

Domestic: $ 63,859,435

International: $ 131,384,029

Shirley (2020)

Summary: A famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple.

Release Date: January 07, 2021

Genres: Drama, Biography, Mystery

Director: Josephine Decker

Writers: Sarah Gubbins

, Susan Scarf Merrell

Runtime: 1 h 47 min

MPAA: 18+

Production: Los Angeles Media Fund (LAMF), Killer Films

Country: United States

Language: English

99 Francs (2007)

Summary: The life of Octave Parango, a flamboyant ad designer, filled with success, satire, misery and love.

Release Date: June 06, 2008

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Directors: Jan Kounen

, Laurent Lafran

, Bruno Vatin

Writers: Nicolas Charlet

, Bruno Lavaine

, Jan Kounen

Runtime: 1 h 40 min

MPAA: 13+

Production: Légende Films, Film 99 Francs, Pathé, CinéCinéma, Poste Image, Cofimage 18

Country: France

Language: French

Movie budget: $ 12,447,638

Police Academy (1984)

Summary: A group of good-hearted, but incompetent misfits enter the police academy, but the instructors there are not going to put up with their pranks.

Release Date: March 23, 1984

Genre: Comedy

Director: Hugh Wilson

Writers: Neal Israel

, Pat Proft

, Hugh Wilson

Runtime: 1 h 36 min

MPAA: R

Production: The Ladd Company, Warner Bros.

Distributor: HBO Max, National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Warner Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Police Academy

Movie budget: $ 4,500,000

Domestic: $ 81,198,894

Bamboozled (2000)

Summary: A frustrated African-American TV writer proposes a blackface minstrel show in protest, but to his chagrin, it becomes a hit.

Release Date: October 20, 2000

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Music

Director: Spike Lee

Writer: Spike Lee

Runtime: 2 h 15 min

MPAA: R

Production: New Line Cinema, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks

Distributor: New Line Cinema, New Line Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 10,000,000

Domestic: $ 2,274,979

International: $ 188,671

Hidden Figures (2016)

Summary: Three female African-American mathematicians play a pivotal role in astronaut John Glenn's launch into orbit. Meanwhile, they also have to deal with racial and gender discrimination at work.

Release Date: January 06, 2017

Genres: Drama, Biography, History

Director: Theodore Melfi

Writers: Allison Schroeder

, Theodore Melfi

, Margot Lee Shetterly

Runtime: 2 h 07 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Fox 2000 Pictures, Chernin Entertainment, Levantine Films

Distributor: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, KVH Media Group, Disney+

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 25,000,000

Domestic: $ 169,607,287

International: $ 66,350,185

Aladdin (2019)

Summary: Aladdin, a kind thief, woos Jasmine, the princess of Agrabah, with the help of Genie. When Jafar, the grand vizier, tries to usurp the king, Jasmine, Aladdin and Genie must stop him from succeeding.

Release Date: May 24, 2019

Genres: Action, Adventure, Family

Director: Guy Ritchie

Writers: John August

, Guy Ritchie

Runtime: 2 h 08 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Walt Disney Pictures, Lin Pictures, Rideback, Province of British Columbia Production Services Tax Credit

Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment

Countries: United States, United Kingdom, Singapore, Canada, Czechia, Serbia, China, Czech Republic

Language: English

Franchise: Disney Live Action Reimaginings

Movie budget: $ 183,000,000

Domestic: $ 355,559,216

International: $ 698,744,784

Don't Worry Darling (2022)

Summary: While her husband leaves home everyday to work in a top secret facility, a young 1950s housewife begins to question her life when she notices strange behavior from the other wives in the neighborhood.

Release Date: September 23, 2022

Genres: Drama, Thriller

Director: Olivia Wilde

Writers: Katie Silberman

, Carey Van Dyke

, Shane Van Dyke

Runtime: 2 h 03 min

MPAA: R

Production: New Line Cinema, New Line Productions, Vertigo Entertainment, Warner Bros.

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 20,000,000

Domestic: $ 45,309,403

International: $ 42,300,000

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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

Saturday Night Fever (1977)

Summary: Anxious about his future after high school, a 19-year-old Italian-American from Brooklyn tries to escape the harsh reality of his bleak family life by dominating the dance floor at the local disco.

Release Date: December 16, 1977

Genres: Drama, Music

Director: John Badham

Writers: Nik Cohn

, Norman Wexler

Runtime: 1 h 58 min

MPAA: R

Production: Paramount Pictures, Robert Stigwood Organization (RSO)

Distributor: Paramount Pictures, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Paramount Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 3,000,000

Domestic: $ 94,213,184

International: $ 142,900,000

9 to 5 (1980)

Summary: Three female employees of a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot find a way to turn the tables on him.

Release Date: December 19, 1980

Genre: Comedy

Director: Colin Higgins

Writers: Patricia Resnick

, Colin Higgins

Runtime: 1 h 49 min

MPAA: PG

Production: IPC Films, Twentieth Century Fox, Twentieth Century Fox

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, CBS, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Twilight Time

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 10,000,000

Domestic: $ 103,290,500

International: $ 10,186

Bombshell (2019)

Summary: A group of women take on Fox News head Roger Ailes and the toxic atmosphere he presided over at the network.

Release Date: December 20, 2019

Genres: Drama, Biography

Director: Jay Roach

Writer: Charles Randolph

Runtime: 1 h 49 min

MPAA: R

Production: Creative Wealth Media Finance, Annapurna Pictures, BRON Studios, Denver and Delilah Productions, Lighthouse Management & Media, Lighthouse Management & Media, Endeavor Content, Lionsgate

Distributor: Lionsgate

Countries: Canada, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 32,000,000

Domestic: $ 31,762,808

International: $ 29,641,586

The Assistant (2019)

Summary: A searing look at a day in the life of an assistant to a powerful executive. As Jane follows her daily routine, she grows increasingly aware of the insidious abuse that threatens every aspect of her position.

Release Date: January 31, 2020

Genre: Drama

Director: Kitty Green

Writer: Kitty Green

Runtime: 1 h 27 min

MPAA: R

Production: 3311 Productions, Bellmer Pictures, Cinereach, Forensic Films, JJ Homeward Productions, Level Forward, Symbolic Exchange

Distributor: Bleecker Street Media

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 1,100,313

International: $ 238,568

The Woman Who Loves Giraffes (2018)

Summary: A profile of giraffe researcher Anne Dagg who, in 1956, became one of the first people to ever observe and report on animal behaviour.

Release Date: March 21, 2019

Genre: Documentary

Director: Alison Reid

Writer: Alison Reid

Runtime: 2 h 03 min

Production: Free Spirit Films, Pursuing Giraffe Adventures

Country: Canada

Language: English

Domestic: $ 113,858

RBG (2018)

Summary: The exceptional life and career of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who has developed a breathtaking legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon.

Release Date: July 26, 2018

Genres: Documentary, Biography

Directors: Julie Cohen

, Betsy West

Runtime: 1 h 38 min

MPAA: PG

Production: CNN Films, Storyville Films, Better Than Fiction Productions, Participant

Distributor: Magnolia Pictures, HBO Max, Ro*co Films International

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 14,051,361

International: $ 423,931

Buffaloed (2019)

Summary: In the underworld of debt-collecting, homegrown hustler Peg Dahl will do anything to escape Buffalo, NY.

Release Date: June 01, 2020

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Director: Tanya Wexler

Writer: Brian Sacca

Runtime: 1 h 35 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Lost City, Bold Crayon, Particular Crowd, MXN Entertainment

Distributor: Magnolia Pictures

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 29,118