The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005)

Liberty Heights (1999)

Summary: Baltimore, Fall 1954: Schools implement the new integration law. Ben finds the "colored" girl in his class cute - upsetting his Jewish mom and granny. Ben talks to her while his brother looks for his WASP dream girl.

Release Date: December 31, 1999

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Music

Director: Barry Levinson

Writer: Barry Levinson

Runtime: 2 h 07 min

MPAA: R

Production: Baltimore Pictures, Spring Creek Productions

Distributor: Warner Bros., Warner Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 3,736,868

Spy (2015)

Summary: A desk-bound CIA analyst volunteers to go undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer and prevent diabolical global disaster.

Release Date: June 05, 2015

Genres: Action, Comedy

Director: Paul Feig

Writer: Paul Feig

Runtime: 2 h 00 min

MPAA: R

Production: Twentieth Century Fox, Chernin Entertainment, Feigco Entertainment

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

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 65,000,000

Domestic: $ 110,825,712

International: $ 124,840,507

John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)

Summary: After returning to the criminal underworld to repay a debt, John Wick discovers that a large bounty has been put on his life.

Release Date: February 10, 2017

Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller

Director: Chad Stahelski

Writer: Derek Kolstad

Runtime: 2 h 02 min

MPAA: R

Production: Summit Entertainment, TIK Films, Thunder Road Pictures, 87Eleven, Italian Tax Credit, Regione Lazio, Partenariat du Quartier des spectacles, Lionsgate

Distributor: Lionsgate

Countries: United States, Italy, Hong Kong, Canada

Language: English

Franchise: John Wick

Movie budget: $ 40,000,000

Domestic: $ 92,029,184

International: $ 82,319,448

Whitney (2018)

Summary: An in-depth look at the life and music of Whitney Houston.

Release Date: July 05, 2018

Genres: Drama, Documentary, Biography

Director: Kevin Macdonald

Writer: Kevin Macdonald

Runtime: 2 h 00 min

MPAA: R

Production: Lisa Erspamer Entertainment, Lightbox, Altitude Film Entertainment

Distributor: FilmHub

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 3,026,351

International: $ 1,578,772

Wordplay (2006)

Summary: An in-depth look at The New York Times' long-time crossword puzzle editor Will Shortz and his loyal fan base.

Release Date: July 21, 2006

Genre: Documentary

Director: Patrick Creadon

Writers: Patrick Creadon

, Christine O'Malley

Runtime: 1 h 34 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Grinder Productions, O'Malley Creadon Productions, The Weinstein Company

Distributor: IFC Films

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 3,121,270

International: $ 56,366

Ray (2004)

Summary: The story of the life and career of the legendary rhythm and blues musician Ray Charles, from his humble beginnings in the South, where he went blind at age seven, to his meteoric rise to stardom during the 1950s and 1960s.

Release Date: October 29, 2004

Genres: Drama, Music, Biography

Director: Taylor Hackford

Writers: Taylor Hackford

, James L. White

Runtime: 2 h 32 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Universal Pictures, Bristol Bay Productions, Anvil Films

Distributor: HBO Max, ION Television, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 40,000,000

Domestic: $ 75,331,600

International: $ 48,639,776

The Commitments (1991)

Summary: Jimmy Rabbitte, an unemployed Dublin boy, decides to put together a soul band made up entirely of the Irish working class.

Release Date: September 13, 1991

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Music

Director: Alan Parker

Writers: Roddy Doyle

, Dick Clement

, Ian La Frenais

Runtime: 1 h 58 min

MPAA: R

Production: Beacon Communications, Beacon Pictures, Dirty Hands Productions

Countries: Ireland, United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 12,000,000

Domestic: $ 14,919,570

Rope (1948)

Summary: Two men attempt to prove they committed the perfect crime by hosting a dinner party after strangling their former classmate to death.

Release Date: September 25, 1948

Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Writers: Hume Cronyn

, Patrick Hamilton

, Arthur Laurents

Runtime: 1 h 20 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Warner Bros., Transatlantic Pictures

Distributor: Warner Bros., United Artists, MCA Home Video, MCA/Universal Home Video, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE), The Criterion Channel

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,500,000

72 - MetaScore

Straight Outta Compton (2015)

Summary: The rap group NWA emerges from the mean streets of Compton in Los Angeles, California, in the mid-1980s and revolutionizes Hip Hop culture with their music and tales about life in the hood.

Release Date: August 14, 2015

Genres: Drama, Biography, History

Director: F. Gary Gray

Writers: Jonathan Herman

, Andrea Berloff

, S. Leigh Savidge

Runtime: 2 h 27 min

MPAA: R

Production: Universal Pictures, Legendary Entertainment, New Line Cinema, Broken Chair Flickz, Circle of Confusion, Will Packer Productions, Xenon Pictures

Distributor: Universal Pictures, KVH Media Group, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 28,000,000

Domestic: $ 161,197,785

International: $ 40,437,206

72 - MetaScore

Walk the Line (2005)

Summary: A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins.

Release Date: November 18, 2005

Genres: Drama, Music, Biography

Director: James Mangold

Writers: Johnny Cash

, Gill Dennis

, James Mangold

Runtime: 2 h 16 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Fox 2000 Pictures, Tree Line Film, Konrad Pictures, Catfish Productions, Major Studio Partners, Mars Media Beteiligungs

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

Countries: Germany, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 28,000,000

Domestic: $ 119,519,402

International: $ 67,278,584

Girls Trip (2017)

Summary: When four lifelong friends travel to New Orleans for the annual Essence Festival, sisterhoods are rekindled, wild sides are rediscovered, and there's enough dancing, drinking, brawling and romancing to make the Big Easy blush.

Release Date: July 21, 2017

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Director: Malcolm D. Lee

Writers: Erica Rivinoja

, Kenya Barris

, Tracy Oliver

Runtime: 2 h 02 min

MPAA: R

Production: Universal Pictures, Perfect World Pictures, Will Packer Productions

Distributor: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Countries: United States, Canada, China

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 19,000,000

Domestic: $ 115,171,585

International: $ 25,380,774

This Is Elvis (1981)

Summary: The life and career of Elvis Presley are chronicled in home movies, concert footage, and dramatizations. Subjects include early performances, army service, Ed Sullivan Show appearance, marriage, 1968 comeback, health decline and d...

Release Date: April 10, 1981

Genres: Music, Documentary, Biography

Directors: Malcolm Leo

, Andrew Solt

Writers: Malcolm Leo

, Andrew Solt

Runtime: 1 h 50 min

MPAA: PG

Production: David L. Wolper Productions

Distributor: Warner Bros., National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Warner Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 5,000,000

Domestic: $ 2,028,612

Blinded by the Light (2019)

Summary: In England in 1987, a teenager from an Asian family learns to live his life, understand his family and find his own voice through the music of American rock star Bruce Springsteen.

Release Date: August 16, 2019

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Music

Director: Gurinder Chadha

Writers: Sarfraz Manzoor

, Gurinder Chadha

, Paul Mayeda Berges

Runtime: 1 h 58 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: New Line Cinema, Levantine Films, Ingenious Media, Orange Studio, Cornerstone Films, Endeavor Content, Dream Cars, Prairie Pictures, StormStock

Distributor: Warner Bros.

Countries: United Kingdom, United States, France

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 15,000,000

Domestic: $ 11,901,145

International: $ 6,700,000

Singles (1992)

Summary: A group of twenty-something friends search for love and success in grunge-era Seattle.

Release Date: September 18, 1992

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Cameron Crowe

Writer: Cameron Crowe

Runtime: 1 h 39 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Warner Bros., Atkinson/Knickerbocker Productions

Distributor: Home Box Office (HBO), National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Warner Bros. Television, Warner Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 18,471,850

Get on Up (2014)

Summary: A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.

Release Date: August 01, 2014

Genres: Drama, Music, Biography

Director: Tate Taylor

Writers: Jez Butterworth

, John-Henry Butterworth

, Steven Baigelman

Runtime: 2 h 19 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Imagine Entertainment, Jagged Films, Wyolah Films

Distributor: Universal Pictures, HBO Max, KVH Media Group, Peacock

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 30,000,000

Domestic: $ 30,703,100

International: $ 2,745,871