The Long Day Closes (1992)

Akira (1988)

Summary: A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by a teenager, his gang of biker friends and a group of psychics.

Release Date: July 16, 1988

Genres: Action, Drama, Animation, Anime

Director: Katsuhiro Ôtomo

Writers: Katsuhiro Ôtomo

, Izô Hashimoto

Runtime: 2 h 04 min

MPAA: R

Production: Akira Committee Company Ltd., Akira Studio, TMS Entertainment, Bandai, Hakuhodo, Toho Company, LaserDisc., Sumitomo Corporation

Distributor: The Criterion Collection, Adult Swim, Encore Action, FUNimation Entertainment, HBO Max, Image Entertainment

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Movie budget: $ 1,100,000,000

Domestic: $ 553,171

International: $ 2,699,527

The Passion of the Christ (2004)

Summary: Depicts the final twelve hours in the life of Jesus of Nazareth, on the day of his crucifixion in Jerusalem.

Release Date: February 25, 2004

Genre: Drama

Director: Mel Gibson

Writers: Benedict Fitzgerald

, Mel Gibson

Runtime: 2 h 07 min

MPAA: R

Production: Icon Productions

Distributor: ArtAffects Entertainment, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, FoxFaith, Fox Nation

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 30,000,000

Domestic: $ 370,782,930

International: $ 241,277,442

Hostiles (2017)

Summary: In 1892, a legendary Army Captain reluctantly agrees to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory.

Release Date: January 19, 2018

Genres: Drama, Western

Director: Scott Cooper

Writers: Scott Cooper

, Donald E. Stewart

Runtime: 2 h 14 min

MPAA: 14A

Production: Grisbi Productions, Le, Waypoint Entertainment

Distributor: Lionsgate Home Entertainment, Lionsgate

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 39,000,000

Domestic: $ 29,819,114

International: $ 5,849,903

Young Winston (1972)

Summary: Complex family relationships, as well as a combat experience, form the personality of the future world-known politician.

Release Date: July 21, 1972

Genres: Drama, Biography, War

Director: Richard Attenborough

Writers: Winston Churchill

, Carl Foreman

Runtime: 2 h 04 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Open Road Films (II)

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

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Domestic: $ 4,687,000

Journey to the West (2013)

Summary: Tang Sanzang, an aspiring Buddhist hero tries to protect a village from three demons. He develops complex feelings for Miss Duan, the demon hunter who repeatedly helps him, and finally quests to meet the legendary Monkey King.

Release Date: February 07, 2013

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy

Directors: Stephen Chow

, Chi-Kin Kwok

Writers: Stephen Chow

, Chi-Kin Kwok

, Xin Huo

Runtime: 1 h 50 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Bingo Movie Development, Film Workshop, Huayi Brothers Media, China Film Group Corporation (CFGC), Village Roadshow Pictures Asia, Chinavision Media Group, Edko Films

Distributor: Magnet Releasing

Countries: China, Hong Kong

Language: Chinese

Domestic: $ 18,058

International: $ 205,619,125

Starship Troopers (1997)

Summary: Humans in a fascist, militaristic future wage war with giant alien bugs.

Release Date: November 07, 1997

Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Director: Paul Verhoeven

Writers: Edward Neumeier

, Robert A. Heinlein

Runtime: 2 h 09 min

MPAA: R

Production: TriStar Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Big Bug Pictures

Distributor: Columbia TriStar Home Video, Columbia TriStar Television, Pay Per View, Columbia TriStar Domestic Television, Fox Network

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 105,000,000

Domestic: $ 54,814,377

International: $ 66,400,000

Barry Lyndon (1975)

Summary: An Irish rogue wins the heart of a rich widow and assumes her dead husband's aristocratic position in 18th-century England.

Release Date: December 18, 1975

Genres: Adventure, Drama, History

Director: Stanley Kubrick

Writers: Stanley Kubrick

, William Makepeace Thackeray

Runtime: 3 h 05 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Peregrine, Hawk Films, Warner Bros.

Distributor: Warner Home Video, HBO Max, The Criterion Collection

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 11,000,000

Hawk the Slayer (1980)

Summary: With the aid of his companions, a man seeks to defeat his evil brother who has taken a nun hostage.

Release Date: December 18, 1980

Genres: Adventure, Fantasy

Director: Terry Marcel

Writers: Terry Marcel

, Harry Robertson

Runtime: 1 h 30 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Incorporated Television Company (ITC), Marcel/Robertson Productions Limited, Chips Productions

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

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The Lobster (2015)

Summary: In a dystopian near future, according to the laws of The City, single people are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in 45 days or they're transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.

Release Date: October 16, 2015

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Yorgos Lanthimos

Writers: Yorgos Lanthimos

, Efthimis Filippou

Runtime: 1 h 59 min

MPAA: 14A

Countries: Ireland, United Kingdom, Greece, France, Netherlands, United States, Belgium

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 4,000,000

Domestic: $ 9,077,245

International: $ 8,503,859

Oliver Twist (1948)

Summary: In Charles Dickens' classic tale, an orphan wends his way from cruel apprenticeship to den of thieves in search of a true home.

Release Date: July 30, 1951

Genre: Drama

Director: David Lean

Writers: Charles Dickens

, David Lean

, Stanley Haynes

Runtime: 1 h 45 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Cineguild

Distributor: HBO Max, Hallmark Home Entertainment, Janus Films, The Criterion Collection

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

Summary: First mate Fletcher Christian leads a revolt against his sadistic commander, Captain Bligh, in this classic seafaring adventure, based on the real-life 1789 mutiny.

Release Date: January 12, 1936

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Biography

Director: Frank Lloyd

Writers: Talbot Jennings

, Jules Furthman

, Carey Wilson

Runtime: 2 h 12 min

MPAA: Passed

Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Distributor: MGM Home Entertainment, MGM/UA Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video, HBO Max

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,950,000

Brubaker (1980)

Summary: The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.

Release Date: June 20, 1980

Genres: Drama, Crime

Director: Stuart Rosenberg

Writers: W.D. Richter

, Arthur A. Ross

, Thomas O. Murton

Runtime: 2 h 11 min

MPAA: R

Production: Twentieth Century Fox, Twentieth Century Fox

Distributor: Magnetic Video, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 7,000,000

Domestic: $ 37,121,708

Little Women (2019)

Summary: 19th century Massachusetts. While the March sisters - Jo, Meg, Amy, and Beth - enter the threshold of womanhood, they go through many ups and downs in life and endeavor to make important decisions that can affect their future.

Release Date: December 25, 2019

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Greta Gerwig

Writers: Greta Gerwig

, Louisa May Alcott

Runtime: 2 h 15 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Columbia Pictures, New Regency Productions, Pascal Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE)

Distributor: Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 40,000,000

Domestic: $ 108,101,214

International: $ 110,742,431

Pinocchio (2019)

Summary: Old woodcarver Geppetto's puppet creation, Pinocchio, magically comes to life with dreams of becoming a real boy. Easily led astray, Pinocchio tumbles from one misadventure to another as he is tricked, kidnapped and chased by band...

Release Date: December 25, 2020

Genres: Drama, Family, Fantasy

Director: Matteo Garrone

Writers: Carlo Collodi

, Matteo Garrone

, Massimo Ceccherini

Runtime: 2 h 05 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Archimede, Rai Cinema, Le Pacte, Recorded Picture Company (RPC), Leone Film Group, BPER Banca, Canal+, Ciné+, Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo (MiBACT), Regione Lazio, Apulia Film Commission, Regione Toscana, Eurimages, HanWay Films, Lazio Cinema International, Regione Puglia, Toscana Promozione

Distributor: Roadside Attractions, Lionsgate Home Entertainment

Countries: Italy, France, United Kingdom

Language: Italian

Movie budget: $ 14,750,000

Domestic: $ 1,831,718

International: $ 22,009,372

Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)

Summary: A confined but troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.

Release Date: September 17, 1982

Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Music

Director: Alan Parker

Writer: Roger Waters

Runtime: 1 h 35 min

MPAA: R

Production: Goldcrest Films International, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Tinblue

Distributor: MGM/UA Entertainment Company, MGM/UA Home Entertainment, MGM Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video, VH1 Television, Columbia Music Video, Sony Music Entertainment, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Warner Bros., Facebook Watch, Image Entertainment

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 12,000,000

Domestic: $ 22,244,207

International: $ 21,556

1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)

Summary: Christopher Columbus' discovery of the Americas and the effect this has on the indigenous people.

Release Date: October 09, 1992

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Biography

Director: Ridley Scott

Writer: Rose Bosch

Runtime: 2 h 34 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Gaumont, Légende Films, France 2 Cinéma, Due West, Cyrkfilms, Ministère de la Culture, Spanish Ministry of Culture, Percy Main

Distributor: Paramount Pictures, Kino Lorber, Odyssey Communications, Paramount Home Entertainment

Countries: United Kingdom, France, Spain

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 47,000,000

Domestic: $ 7,191,399