Whiplash (2014)

Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)

Summary: Hitman "El Mariachi" becomes involved in international espionage involving a psychotic CIA agent and a corrupt Mexican general.

Release Date: September 12, 2003

Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller

Director: Robert Rodriguez

Writer: Robert Rodriguez

Runtime: 1 h 42 min

MPAA: R

Production: Columbia Pictures, Dimension Films, Troublemaker Studios

Distributor: Columbia Pictures, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, HBO Max, Netflix, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, The CW Network (The CW)

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: El Mariachi

Movie budget: $ 29,000,000

Domestic: $ 56,359,780

International: $ 42,409,610

Howard the Duck (1986)

Summary: A sarcastic humanoid duck is pulled from his homeworld to Earth where he must stop an alien invasion with the help of a nerdy scientist and a struggling female rock singer.

Release Date: August 01, 1986

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy

Director: Willard Huyck

Writers: Steve Gerber

, Willard Huyck

, Gloria Katz

Runtime: 1 h 50 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Universal Pictures, Lucasfilm

Distributor: Universal Pictures, MCA/Universal Home Video, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE), Studio Distribution Services (SDS), MCA Home Video, Peacock, Screen Media Ventures, TNT, Turner Broadcasting System (TBS), WGN

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 37,000,000

Domestic: $ 16,295,774

International: $ 21,667,000

Wings of Desire (1987)

Summary: An angel tires of his purely ethereal life of merely overseeing the human activity of Berlin's residents, and longs for the tangible joys of physical existence when he falls in love with a mortal.

Release Date: May 06, 1988

Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Director: Wim Wenders

Writers: Wim Wenders

, Peter Handke

, Richard Reitinger

Runtime: 2 h 08 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Road Movies Filmproduktion, Argos Films, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), Argos Films

Distributor: Orion Home Video, MGM Home Entertainment, Janus Films, HBO Max, MGM World Films, The Criterion Collection

Countries: France, West Germany

Language: German

Domestic: $ 3,333,969

International: $ 139,875

Heart and Souls (1993)

Summary: An unhappy businessman finds a new sense of purpose after he's tasked with helping a quartet of ghosts fulfill their last wishes before moving on to the afterlife.

Release Date: August 13, 1993

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Director: Ron Underwood

Writers: Gregory Hansen

, Erik Hansen

, Brent Maddock

Runtime: 1 h 44 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Universal Pictures, Alphaville Films, Stampede Entertainment

Distributor: Universal Pictures, National Broadcasting Company (NBC)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 25,000,000

Domestic: $ 16,589,540

Alice in the Cities (1974)

Summary: A German journalist is saddled with a nine-year-old girl after encountering her mother at a New York airport.

Release Date: May 17, 1974

Genre: Drama

Director: Wim Wenders

Writers: Wim Wenders

, Veith von Fürstenberg

Runtime: 1 h 53 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), Filmverlag der Autoren, Produktion 1 im Filmverlag der Autoren

Distributor: Bauer International, Pacific Arts

Country: West Germany

Language: German

Movie budget: $ 500,000

Coco (2017)

Summary: Aspiring musician Miguel, confronted with his family's ancestral ban on music, enters the Land of the Dead to find his great-great-grandfather, a legendary singer.

Release Date: November 22, 2017

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Animation

Directors: Lee Unkrich

, Adrian Molina

Writers: Lee Unkrich

, Jason Katz

, Matthew Aldrich

Runtime: 1 h 45 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios

Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Hotstar, Disney+, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Disney Channel, Freeform

Countries: United States, Japan

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 175,000,000

Domestic: $ 210,460,015

International: $ 603,877,039

La La Land (2016)

Summary: While navigating their careers in Los Angeles, a pianist and an actress fall in love while attempting to reconcile their aspirations for the future.

Release Date: December 25, 2016

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Music

Director: Damien Chazelle

Writer: Damien Chazelle

Runtime: 2 h 08 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Summit Entertainment, Black Label Media, TIK Films, Marc Platt Productions

Distributor: Lionsgate

Countries: United States, Hong Kong

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 30,000,000

Domestic: $ 151,101,803

International: $ 320,875,533

The Doors (1991)

Summary: The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band The Doors and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison, from his days as a UCLA film student in Los Angeles, to his untimely death in Paris, France at age 27 in 1971.

Release Date: March 01, 1991

Genres: Drama, Music, Biography

Director: Oliver Stone

Writers: Randall Jahnson

, Oliver Stone

Runtime: 2 h 20 min

MPAA: R

Production: Bill Graham Films, Carolco International N.V., Carolco Pictures, Le Studio Canal+

Distributor: Rialto Pictures, Artisan Entertainment, Avid Home Entertainment, Carolco Home Video, HBO Max, Image Entertainment, International Video Entertainment (IVE), Lionsgate Home Entertainment, Live Entertainment, Live Home Video, Pioneer Entertainment, TBS Superstation, Tubi TV

Countries: United States, France

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 38,000,000

Domestic: $ 34,416,893

International: $ 77,991

The Power of One (1992)

Summary: An English boy, living in Africa during World War II, through his boxing prowess, becomes a symbol of hope, in a time of war.

Release Date: March 27, 1992

Genres: Drama, Sport

Director: John G. Avildsen

Writers: Bryce Courtenay

, Robert Mark Kamen

Runtime: 2 h 07 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Alcor Films, Canal+, New Regency Productions

Distributor: Warner Home Video

Countries: Australia, France, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 18,000,000

Domestic: $ 2,827,107

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)

Summary: Two rock-'n-rolling teens, on the verge of failing their class, set out on a quest to make the ultimate school history report after being presented with a time machine.

Release Date: February 17, 1989

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Music

Director: Stephen Herek

Writers: Chris Matheson

, Ed Solomon

Runtime: 1 h 30 min

MPAA: PG

Production: De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG), De Laurentiis Film Partners, Interscope Communications, Soisson/Murphey Productions

Distributor: Fox Network, New Line Home Video, Paramount Domestic Television, MGM Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Shout! Factory, Trifecta Entertainment and Media, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, HBO Max, Shout Select

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Bill & Ted

Movie budget: $ 8,500,000

Domestic: $ 40,485,039

International: $ 23,955

The Pianist (2002)

Summary: A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II.

Release Date: March 28, 2003

Genres: Drama, Music, Biography

Director: Roman Polanski

Writers: Ronald Harwood

, Wladyslaw Szpilman

Runtime: 2 h 30 min

MPAA: R

Production: R.P. Productions, Heritage Films, Studio Babelsberg, StudioCanal, Bac Films, Canal+ Polska, Telewizja Polska (TVP), Agencja Produkcji Filmowej, Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg (FBB), FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA), Beverly Detroit, Interscope Communications, Mainstream S.A.

Distributor: Shout Select, Universal Studios Home Video

Countries: France, Poland, Germany, United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 35,000,000

Domestic: $ 32,572,577

International: $ 87,500,000

Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)

Summary: A worldwide epidemic encourages a biotech company to launch an organ-financing program similar in nature to a standard car loan. The repossession clause is a killer, however.

Release Date: November 20, 2008

Genres: Musical, Horror, Sci-Fi

Director: Darren Lynn Bousman

Writers: Darren Smith

, Terrance Zdunich

Runtime: 1 h 38 min

MPAA: R

Production: Twisted Pictures, Burg/Koules Productions

Distributor: Lionsgate

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 8,500,000

Domestic: $ 146,750

International: $ 41,376

Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)

Summary: The story of the legendary British rock band Queen and lead singer Freddie Mercury, leading up to their famous performance at Live Aid (1985).

Release Date: November 02, 2018

Genres: Drama, Music, Biography

Director: Bryan Singer

Writers: Anthony McCarten

, Peter Morgan

Runtime: 2 h 14 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Twentieth Century Fox, New Regency Productions, GK Films, TSG Entertainment, Queen Films Ltd., Tribeca Productions

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, HBO Max

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 52,000,000

Domestic: $ 216,668,042

International: $ 694,141,269

PCU (1994)

Summary: A high school senior visits college for the weekend, and stays at the wildest house on campus.

Release Date: April 29, 1994

Genre: Comedy

Director: Hart Bochner

Writers: Adam Leff

, Zak Penn

Runtime: 1 h 19 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Twentieth Century Fox

Distributor: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Encore TV, Anchor Bay Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 8,000,000

Domestic: $ 4,330,020

SubUrbia (1996)

Summary: A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.

Release Date: July 03, 1997

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Director: Richard Linklater

Writer: Eric Bogosian

Runtime: 2 h 01 min

MPAA: R

Production: Castle Rock Entertainment, Detour Filmproduction

Distributor: The Criterion Channel, Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 656,747

An American Carol (2008)

Summary: An anti-American filmmaker who's out to abolish the July Fourth holiday is visited by three ghosts who try to change his perception of the country.

Release Date: October 03, 2008

Genres: Comedy, Fantasy

Director: David Zucker

Writers: David Zucker

, Myrna Sokoloff

, Lewis Friedman

Runtime: 1 h 23 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Mpower American Carol Holding, Mpower Pictures

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 20,000,000

Domestic: $ 7,013,191

Rumble in the Bronx (1995)

Summary: A young man visiting and helping his uncle in New York City finds himself forced to fight a street gang and the mob with his martial art skills.

Release Date: February 23, 1996

Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime

Director: Stanley Tong

Writers: Edward Tang

, Fibe Ma

Runtime: 1 h 27 min

MPAA: R

Production: Golden Harvest Company, Golden Way Films Ltd., Maple Ridge Films

Distributor: Fox Network, Miramax, New Line Home Video, TBS Superstation, TNT, Turner Home Entertainment

Country: Hong Kong

Language: Chinese

Movie budget: $ 7,500,000

Domestic: $ 32,392,047

Red Dragon (2002)

Summary: A retired FBI agent with psychological gifts is assigned to help track down "The Tooth Fairy", a mysterious serial killer. Aiding him is imprisoned forensic psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter.

Release Date: October 04, 2002

Genres: Drama, Crime, Thriller

Director: Brett Ratner

Writers: Thomas Harris

, Ted Tally

Runtime: 2 h 04 min

MPAA: R

Production: Universal Pictures, Dino De Laurentiis Company, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Mikona Productions GmbH & Co. KG, Pan Productions, Mikona Productions GmbH & Co. KG, Scott Free Productions

Distributor: Universal Pictures, Universal Studios Home Video, HBO Max, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Countries: Germany, United States

Language: English

Franchise: Hannibal Lecter

Movie budget: $ 78,000,000

Domestic: $ 93,149,898

International: $ 116,046,400