Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Summary: A ragtag group of survivors barricade themselves in an old farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls that are ravaging the Northeast portion of the United States.

Release Date: October 04, 1968

Genres: Thriller, Horror

Director: George A. Romero

Writers: John A. Russo

, George A. Romero

Runtime: 1 h 36 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 114,000

Domestic: $ 236,452

Splendor in the Grass (1961)

Summary: The love of high school sweethearts Deanie and Bud is weighed down by the oppressive expectations of their parents and society in smalltown Kansas in 1928, threatening the future of their relationship.

Release Date: October 20, 1961

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Elia Kazan

Writer: William Inge

Runtime: 2 h 04 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Newtown Productions, NBI Productions

Distributor: CBS, Warner Home Video, HBO Max

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 8,720,000

8½ (1963)

Summary: A harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies.

Release Date: June 24, 1963

Genre: Drama

Director: Federico Fellini

Writers: Federico Fellini

, Ennio Flaiano

, Tullio Pinelli

Runtime: 2 h 18 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Cineriz, Francinex

Distributor: Embassy Pictures, Corinth Films, Vestron Video, The Criterion Collection, Image Entertainment, Kino International, The Criterion Channel

Countries: Italy, France

Language: Italian

Domestic: $ 98,760

International: $ 97,615

Epic Movie (2007)

Summary: A spoof on previous years' epic movies (The Da Vinci Code (2006), The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) + 20 more), TV series, music videos and celebs. 4 orphans are on an epic adventure.

Release Date: January 26, 2007

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Directors: Jason Friedberg

, Aaron Seltzer

Writers: Jason Friedberg

, Aaron Seltzer

Runtime: 1 h 26 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: New Regency Productions, Paul Schiff Productions

Distributor: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 20,000,000

Domestic: $ 39,739,367

International: $ 47,498,791

Max Payne (2008)

Summary: Coming together to solve a series of murders in New York City are a police detective and an assassin, who will be hunted by the police, the mob, and a ruthless corporation.

Release Date: October 17, 2008

Genres: Action, Drama, Crime

Director: John Moore

Writers: Beau Thorne

, Sam Lake

Runtime: 1 h 40 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Abandon Entertainment, Collision Entertainment, Depth Entertainment, Dune Entertainment, Firm Films, Foxtor Productions

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Home Box Office (HBO)

Countries: United States, Canada

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 35,000,000

Domestic: $ 40,689,393

International: $ 46,377,537

Philomena (2013)

Summary: A world-weary political journalist picks up the story of a woman's search for her son, who was taken away from her decades ago after she became pregnant and was forced to live in a convent.

Release Date: November 27, 2013

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Biography

Director: Stephen Frears

Writers: Steve Coogan

, Jeff Pope

, Martin Sixsmith

Runtime: 1 h 38 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: The Weinstein Company, Yucaipa Films, Pathé, Canal+, Ciné+, Baby Cow Productions, Magnolia Mae Films, Philomena Lee

Distributor: Anchor Bay Entertainment

Countries: United Kingdom, France, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 12,000,000

Domestic: $ 37,709,979

International: $ 62,419,893

The Falling (2014)

Summary: It's 1969 at a strict English girls' school where charismatic Abbie and intense and troubled Lydia are best friends. After a tragedy occurs at the school, a mysterious fainting epidemic breaks out threatening the stability of all ...

Release Date: August 07, 2015

Genres: Drama, Thriller, Mystery

Director: Carol Morley

Writer: Carol Morley

Runtime: 1 h 42 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Cannon and Morley Productions, Independent Entertainment, BBC Films, British Film Institute (BFI), Boudica Red, Head Gear Films

Distributor: Cinedigm Entertainment Group, Tubi TV

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 750,000

Coriolanus (2011)

Summary: A banished hero of Rome allies with a sworn enemy to take his revenge on the city.

Release Date: January 20, 2012

Genres: Drama, Thriller, War

Director: Ralph Fiennes

Writers: John Logan

, William Shakespeare

Runtime: 2 h 03 min

MPAA: R

Production: Hermetof Pictures, Piccadilly Pictures, Icon Entertainment International, Kalkronkie, Atlantic Swiss Productions, Artemis Films, Magnolia Mae Films, Synchronistic Pictures, Lonely Dragon

Distributor: The Weinstein Company, Anchor Bay Entertainment

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Domestic: $ 757,195

International: $ 1,678,130

The Princess Bride (1987)

Summary: A bedridden boy's grandfather reads him the story of a farmboy-turned-pirate who encounters numerous obstacles, enemies and allies in his quest to be reunited with his true love.

Release Date: October 09, 1987

Genres: Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Director: Rob Reiner

Writer: William Goldman

Runtime: 1 h 38 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Act III Communications, Buttercup Films Ltd., The Princess Bride Ltd.

Distributor: Nelson Entertainment, Disney Channel, The Criterion Collection, Fox Network, New Line Home Video, MGM Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 16,000,000

Domestic: $ 30,857,814

International: $ 106,025

The Butterfly Effect (2004)

Summary: Evan Treborn suffers blackouts during significant events of his life. As he grows up, he finds a way to remember these lost memories and a supernatural way to alter his life by reading his journal.

Release Date: January 23, 2004

Genres: Drama, Thriller, Sci-Fi

Directors: Eric Bress

, J. Mackye Gruber

Writers: J. Mackye Gruber

, Eric Bress

Runtime: 1 h 53 min

MPAA: R

Production: BenderSpink, FilmEngine, Katalyst Films, Province of British Columbia Production Services Tax Credit

Distributor: New Line Cinema, HBO Max, New Line Home Video, Warner Home Video

Countries: United States, Canada

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 13,000,000

Domestic: $ 57,938,693

International: $ 38,883,728

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011)

Summary: A fisheries expert is approached by a consultant to help realize a sheik's vision of bringing the sport of fly-fishing to the desert and embarks on an upstream journey of faith and fish to prove the impossible possible.

Release Date: April 20, 2012

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Lasse Hallström

Writers: Simon Beaufoy

, Paul Torday

Runtime: 1 h 47 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: UK Film Council, BBC Films, CBS Films, Davis Films, Shine Pictures

Distributor: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 9,047,981

International: $ 25,516,670

Ace in the Hole (1951)

Summary: Frustrated former journalist Chuck Tatum now working for an Albuquerque newspaper exploits a story about trading post owner Leo Minosa trapped in a cave to rekindle Chuck's career, but the story soon escalates into a media circus.

Release Date: July 04, 1951

Genres: Drama, Film-Noir

Director: Billy Wilder

Writers: Billy Wilder

, Lesser Samuels

, Walter Newman

Runtime: 1 h 51 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Paramount Pictures

Distributor: National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Paramount Home Entertainment, The Criterion Collection, The Criterion Channel, HBO Max

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,800,000

The Lady Eve (1941)

Summary: A trio of classy card sharks targets a socially awkward brewery heir, until one of them falls in love with him.

Release Date: March 21, 1941

Genres: Comedy, Romance

Director: Preston Sturges

Writers: Monckton Hoffe

, Preston Sturges

Runtime: 1 h 34 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Paramount Pictures

Distributor: Paramount Pictures, MCA/Universal Pictures, MCA Home Video, MCA/Universal Home Video, The Criterion Collection, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE), Universal Studios, The Criterion Channel, Universal Pictures

Country: United States

Language: English

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)

Summary: A depiction of the love/hate relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex.

Release Date: November 11, 1939

Genres: Drama, Biography, History

Director: Michael Curtiz

Writers: Norman Reilly Raine

, Æneas MacKenzie

, Maxwell Anderson

Runtime: 1 h 46 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Warner Bros.

Distributor: Warner Bros., Associated Artists Productions (AAP), Warner Home Video, HBO Max

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,075,000

Ikiru (1952)

Summary: A bureaucrat tries to find meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer.

Release Date: March 25, 1956

Genre: Drama

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Writers: Akira Kurosawa

, Shinobu Hashimoto

, Hideo Oguni

Runtime: 2 h 23 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Toho Company

Distributor: Brandon Films, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), Heron International Company, Media Home Entertainment, Cowboy Pictures, The Criterion Collection, Image Entertainment, HBO Max

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Domestic: $ 60,239

International: $ 36,680

Le Week-End (2013)

Summary: A British couple return to Paris many years after their honeymoon there in an attempt to rejuvenate their marriage.

Release Date: October 11, 2013

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Roger Michell

Writer: Hanif Kureishi

Runtime: 1 h 33 min

MPAA: R

Production: Film4, Free Range Films, Le Bureau

Distributor: Music Box Films

Countries: United Kingdom, France

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 10,000,000

Domestic: $ 2,225,098

International: $ 6,427,115

Barton Fink (1991)

Summary: A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.

Release Date: August 21, 1991

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Thriller

Directors: Joel Coen

, Ethan Coen

Writers: Joel Coen

, Ethan Coen

Runtime: 1 h 56 min

MPAA: R

Production: Circle Films, Working Title Films

Distributor: Manifesto Film Sales, CBS/Fox, Fox Video, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 9,000,000

Domestic: $ 6,153,939