Popeye (1980)

The Phantom (1996)

Summary: The Phantom, descendent of a line of African superheroes, travels to New York City to thwart a wealthy criminal genius from obtaining three magic skulls which would give him the secret to ultimate power.

Release Date: June 07, 1996

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy

Director: Simon Wincer

Writers: Lee Falk

, Jeffrey Boam

Runtime: 1 h 40 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Paramount Pictures, The Ladd Company, Boam Productions, Robert Evans Company, Village Roadshow Pictures

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

Countries: Australia, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 45,000,000

Domestic: $ 17,323,326

A Very Long Engagement (2004)

Summary: Tells the story of a young woman's relentless search for her fiancé, who has disappeared from the trenches of the Somme during World War One.

Release Date: January 14, 2005

Genres: Drama, Romance, Mystery

Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Writers: Sébastien Japrisot

, Jean-Pierre Jeunet

, Guillaume Laurant

Runtime: 2 h 13 min

MPAA: R

Production: 2003 Productions, Warner Bros., Tapioca Films, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), La Région Île-de-France, Région Bretagne, Région Poitou-Charentes, Gerber Pictures

Distributor: Warner Independent Pictures (WIP)

Countries: France, United States

Language: French

Movie budget: $ 56,600,000

Domestic: $ 6,524,389

International: $ 62,900,000

Mortal Engines (2018)

Summary: In a post-apocalyptic world where cities ride on wheels and consume each other to survive, two people meet in London and try to stop a conspiracy.

Release Date: December 14, 2018

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Director: Christian Rivers

Writers: Fran Walsh

, Philippa Boyens

, Peter Jackson

Runtime: 2 h 08 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Media Rights Capital (MRC), Scholastic Productions, Silvertongue Films, WingNut Films, Perfect World Pictures, Universal Pictures, Dentsu, Fuji Television Network

Distributor: Universal Pictures, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Countries: United States, New Zealand, Japan, China

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 100,000,000

Domestic: $ 15,951,040

International: $ 67,918,778

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From Russia with Love (1963)

Summary: James Bond willingly falls into an assassination plot involving a naive Russian beauty in order to retrieve a Soviet encryption device that was stolen by the organization Spectre.

Release Date: May 27, 1964

Genres: Action, Adventure, Thriller

Director: Terence Young

Writers: Richard Maibaum

, Johanna Harwood

, Ian Fleming

Runtime: 1 h 55 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Eon Productions

Distributor: American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Home Box Office (HBO), RCA (II), 20th Century Fox Video, CBS/Fox, MGM Home Entertainment, MGM/UA Home Entertainment, The Criterion Collection, Philips, Warner Home Video, Image Entertainment

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Franchise: James Bond

Movie budget: $ 2,000,000

Domestic: $ 24,796,765

International: $ 14,680

Our Man Flint (1966)

Summary: When scientists use eco-terrorism to impose their will on the world by affecting extremes in the weather, Intelligence Chief Cramden calls in top agent Derek Flint.

Release Date: January 16, 1966

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy

Director: Daniel Mann

Writers: Hal Fimberg

, Ben Starr

Runtime: 1 h 48 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Twentieth Century Fox

Distributor: American Broadcasting Company (ABC), 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, CBS/Fox, HBO Max, Netflix, Twilight Time

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 3,525,000

Midway (2019)

Summary: The story of the Battle of Midway, told by the leaders and the sailors who fought it.

Release Date: November 08, 2019

Genres: Action, Drama, History

Director: Roland Emmerich

Writer: Wes Tooke

Runtime: 2 h 18 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Summit Entertainment, Centropolis Entertainment, Bona Film Group, RuYi Media, Starlight Culture Entertainment

Distributor: Lionsgate

Countries: United States, Canada, China, Hong Kong

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 100,000,000

Domestic: $ 56,846,802

International: $ 70,543,587

The Santa Clause 2 (2002)

Summary: Scott Calvin has been a humble Santa Claus for eight years, but it might come to an end if he doesn't find a Mrs. Claus.

Release Date: November 01, 2002

Genres: Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Director: Michael Lembeck

Writers: Don Rhymer

, Cinco Paul

, Ken Daurio

Runtime: 1 h 44 min

MPAA: G

Production: Walt Disney Pictures, Outlaw Productions (I), Boxing Cat Films

Distributor: Walt Disney Home Video, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Disney Channel, ABC Family, Toon Disney, American Movie Classics (AMC), Freeform, Disney+

Countries: United States, Canada

Language: English

Franchise: The Santa Clause

Movie budget: $ 65,000,000

Domestic: $ 139,236,327

International: $ 33,618,738

The Hunt for Red October (1990)

Summary: In November 1984, the Soviet Union's best submarine captain violates orders and heads for the U.S. in a new undetectable sub. The American CIA and military must quickly determine: Is he trying to defect or to start a war?

Release Date: March 02, 1990

Genres: Action, Adventure, Thriller

Director: John McTiernan

Writers: Tom Clancy

, Larry Ferguson

, Donald E. Stewart

Runtime: 2 h 15 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Paramount Pictures, Mace Neufeld Productions, Nina Saxon Film Design

Distributor: Paramount Pictures, CBS, Paramount Home Entertainment, Philips

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Jack Ryan

Movie budget: $ 30,000,000

Domestic: $ 122,012,643

International: $ 78,500,000

Police Academy: Mission to Moscow (1994)

Summary: The Russian government hires the veterans of the Police Academy (1984) to help deal with the Mafia.

Release Date: August 26, 1994

Genres: Comedy, Crime

Director: Alan Metter

Writers: Neal Israel

, Pat Proft

, Randolph Davis

Runtime: 1 h 23 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Warner Bros.

Distributor: CBS, HBO Max, Warner Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Police Academy

Movie budget: $ 6,200,000

Domestic: $ 126,247

The War of the Worlds (1953)

Summary: A small town in California is attacked by Martians, beginning a worldwide invasion.

Release Date: August 26, 1953

Genres: Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi

Director: Byron Haskin

Writers: H.G. Wells

, Barré Lyndon

Runtime: 1 h 25 min

MPAA: G

Production: Paramount Pictures

Distributor: Paramount Pictures, Paramount Home Entertainment, Paramount+, Pluto TV, The Criterion Collection

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 2,000,000

On the Beach (1959)

Summary: After a global nuclear war, the residents of Australia must come to terms with the fact that all life will be destroyed in a matter of months.

Release Date: December 17, 1959

Genres: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

Director: Stanley Kramer

Writers: John Paxton

, Nevil Shute

Runtime: 2 h 14 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Stanley Kramer Productions, Lomitas Productions

Distributor: American Broadcasting Company (ABC), 20th Century Fox Video, CBS/Fox, MGM Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video, Image Entertainment, MGM/UA Home Entertainment, Kino Lorber

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 2,900,000

Ivan's Childhood (1962)

Summary: During WWII, Soviet orphan Ivan Bondarev strikes up a friendship with three sympathetic Soviet officers while working as a scout behind the German lines.

Release Date: May 09, 1962

Genres: Drama, War

Directors: Andrei Tarkovsky

, Eduard Abalov

Writers: Vladimir Bogomolov

, Mikhail Papava

, Andrei Tarkovsky

Runtime: 1 h 35 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Mosfilm, Trete Tvorcheskoe Obedinenie

Distributor: Fox Lorber Home Video, Seagull Films, RUSCICO, The Criterion Collection, HBO Max

Country: Soviet Union

Language: Russian

Domestic: $ 22,168

International: $ 65,470

The Hole (1960)

Summary: Distrust and uncertainty arise when four long-term inmates cautiously induct a new prisoner into their elaborate prison-break scheme.

Release Date: February 14, 1997

Genres: Drama, Crime, Thriller

Director: Jacques Becker

Writers: José Giovanni

, Jacques Becker

, Jean Aurel

Runtime: 2 h 11 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Filmsonor, Play Art, Titanus

Distributor: Consort-Orion Films, Jerand Film Distributors, The Criterion Collection, Rialto Pictures

Countries: France, Italy

Language: French

Domestic: $ 34,588

Down Periscope (1996)

Summary: Lt. Cmdr. Tom Dodge is assigned as Captain to the USS Stingray, an old diesel driven submarine that has seen better days.

Release Date: March 01, 1996

Genre: Comedy

Director: David S. Ward

Writers: Hugh Wilson

, Andrew Kurtzman

, Eliot Wald

Runtime: 1 h 32 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Sprockets Music, Twentieth Century Fox

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 31,000,000

Domestic: $ 25,785,603

International: $ 11,768,149

The Score (2001)

Summary: An aging thief hopes to retire and live off his ill-gotten wealth with his lover when a young kid convinces him into doing one last heist that comes with a large payout.

Release Date: July 13, 2001

Genres: Action, Drama, Crime

Director: Frank Oz

Writers: Daniel E. Taylor

, Kario Salem

, Lem Dobbs

Runtime: 2 h 04 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Paramount Pictures, Mandalay Pictures, StudioCanal, Vierte Beteiligung KC Medien AG & Co. KG, MP Film Management, Cineartists AG, Lionsgate

Distributor: Paramount Home Entertainment

Countries: United States, Germany, Canada

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 68,000,000

Domestic: $ 71,107,711

International: $ 42,472,207