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Brokeback Mountain
2005 film directed by Ang Lee

Taxi Driver
1976 film directed by Martin Scorsese

The Hunger Games
2012 film directed by Gary Ross

Doctor Strange
2016 film directed by Scott Derrickson

The Martian
2015 film directed by Ridley Scott

Shakespeare in Love
1998 film by John Madden

Back to the Future Part II
1989 film by Robert Zemeckis

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood is a 2019 period action comedy film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. Produced by Columbia Pictures in association with Bona Film Group, Heyday Films, and Visiona Romantica, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing, it is a co-production between the United States, United Kingdom, and China. It features an ensemble cast led by Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, and Margot Robbie. Set in 1969 Los Angeles, the film follows a fading actor and his adrenaline junkie stunt double as they navigate the rapidly changing film industry with the threat of the Tate murders looming.

Batman
1989 film directed by Tim Burton

Downfall
2004 film by Oliver Hirschbiegel

Aladdin
2019 film directed by Guy Ritchie

Breakfast at Tiffany's
1961 film directed by Blake Edwards

Kramer vs. Kramer
1979 film by Robert Benton

Star Trek Into Darkness
2013 film directed by J. J. Abrams

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
2009 science fiction film by Michael Bay

American Hustle
2013 American film directed by David O. Russell

Batman Forever
1995 film directed by Joel Schumacher

Philadelphia
1993 film by Jonathan Demme

The Super Mario Bros. Movie
The Super Mario Bros. Movie is a 2023 American animated adventure comedy film based on Nintendo's Mario video game franchise. Directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic and written by Matthew Fogel, the film stars an ensemble voice cast led by Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Black, Keegan-Michael Key, Seth Rogen, and Fred Armisen. It was produced by Illumination and Nintendo. The film follows brothers Mario and Luigi, two Italian-American plumbers who are separated after being transported to another world and become entangled in a battle between the Mushroom Kingdom, led by Princess Peach, and the Koopas, led by Bowser.

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
2018 film directed by David Yates

Dallas Buyers Club
2013 film by Jean-Marc Vallée

The Danish Girl
2015 film by Tom Hooper

Valkyrie
2008 film by Bryan Singer

A Minecraft Movie
2025 film directed by Jared Hess

Fantastic Four
2015 film directed by Josh Trank

Hop
2011 film by Tim Hill

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
2010 film directed by Mike Newell

The Jazz Singer
1927 film by Alan Crosland

Cloud Atlas
2012 film directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis

Tropic Thunder
2008 film by Ben Stiller

Exodus: Gods and Kings
2014 film by Ridley Scott

Memoirs of a Geisha
2005 film directed by Rob Marshall

Blue Is the Warmest Colour
2013 film by Abdellatif Kechiche

Drive
2011 film directed by Nicolas Winding Refn

The Flash
2023 film directed by Andy Muschietti

Bullet Train
2022 film directed by David Leitch

Snow White and the Huntsman
2012 film by Rupert Sanders

The Lone Ranger
2013 film directed by Gore Verbinski

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
2022 film directed by David Yates

The Expendables 3
2014 film directed by Patrick Hughes

Snow White
2025 film directed by Marc Webb

After Earth
2013 film directed by M. Night Shyamalan

10,000 BC
2008 film directed by Roland Emmerich

The New Mutants
2020 film directed by Josh Boone

The Little Mermaid
2023 film directed by Rob Marshall

Freddy vs. Jason
2003 film by Ronny Yu

The Last Airbender
2010 film directed by M. Night Shyamalan

Ghostbusters
2016 film by Paul Feig

No Strings Attached
2011 film directed by Ivan Reitman

Nymphomaniac
2013 film by Lars von Trier

Annihilation
2018 film directed by Alex Garland

Wonka
2023 film directed by Paul King

Emilia Pérez
2024 film by Jacques Audiard

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
2023 superhero film by James Wan

The Whale
2022 film directed by Darren Aronofsky

West Side Story
2021 film directed by Steven Spielberg

The Lovely Bones
2009 film directed by Peter Jackson

Ghost in the Shell
2017 film directed by Rupert Sanders

Scream VI
2023 film directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett

Avengers: Doomsday
Avengers: Doomsday is an upcoming American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers. Produced by Marvel Studios and AGBO, and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is intended to be the sequel to Avengers: Endgame (2019) and the 39th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo and written by Michael Waldron and Stephen McFeely, the film features an ensemble cast led by Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom. In the film, the Avengers, Wakandans, New Avengers, Fantastic Four, and the X-Men converge from different universes to face Doom.