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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.