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The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 film)
The Wolf of Wall Street is a 2013 American biographical dark comedy crime film co-produced and directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Terence Winter, and based on Jordan Belfort's 2007 memoir. It loosely recounts Belfort's career as a stockbroker in New York City and how his firm, Stratton Oakmont, engaged in rampant corruption and fraud on Wall Street, leading to his downfall. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Belfort; Jonah Hill as his business partner and friend Donnie Azoff; Margot Robbie as his second wife, Naomi Lapaglia; Matthew McConaughey as his mentor and former boss Mark Hanna; and Kyle Chandler as FBI special agent Patrick Denham portraying Gregory Coleman. It is DiCaprio's fifth collaboration with Scorsese.

Captain Marvel
2019 film directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck

Aquaman
2018 film directed by James Wan

Trainspotting
1996 film by Danny Boyle

The Lives of Others
2006 film directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

It (2017 film)
It is a 2017 American supernatural horror film directed by Andy Muschietti and written by Chase Palmer, Cary Fukunaga, and Gary Dauberman. It is the first of a two-part adaptation of the 1986 novel of the same name by Stephen King, as well as the second adaptation following Tommy Lee Wallace's 1990 miniseries. Starring Jaeden Lieberher and Bill Skarsgård, the film was produced by New Line Cinema, KatzSmith Productions, Lin Pictures, and Vertigo Entertainment. Set in the fictional town of Derry, Maine, the film tells the story of The Losers' Club, a group of seven outcast children who are terrorized by the eponymous being which emerges from the sewer in the form of Pennywise the Dancing Clown (Skarsgård), and face their own personal demons as the monster torments them.

The Butterfly Effect
2004 film directed by Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber

Good Bye Lenin!
2003 film directed by Wolfgang Becker

When Harry Met Sally...
When Harry Met Sally… is a 1989 American romantic comedy film directed by Rob Reiner and written by Nora Ephron. Starring Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher, and Bruno Kirby, it follows the title characters from the time they meet in Chicago and share a drive to New York City through twelve years of chance encounters in New York, and addresses the question "Can men and women ever just be friends?"

F9
2021 film directed by Justin Lin

Tron: Legacy
Tron: Legacy is a 2010 American science fiction action film directed by Joseph Kosinski, and written by Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis. It is the second installment in the Tron series and a sequel to Tron (1982). The film stars Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, Bruce Boxleitner, and Michael Sheen. The story follows Kevin Flynn's adult son Sam, who responds to a message from his long-lost father and is transported into a virtual reality called "the Grid", where Sam, his father, and the program Quorra must stop the malevolent digital mirror image of Kevin Flynn, Clu, from invading the real world.

It Chapter Two
It Chapter Two is a 2019 American supernatural horror film directed by Andy Muschietti from a screenplay by Gary Dauberman. It is the sequel to It (2017) and the second of a two-part adaptation of the 1986 novel It by Stephen King. The film stars James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain, Bill Hader, Isaiah Mustafa, Jay Ryan, James Ransone, Andy Bean, and Bill Skarsgård as Pennywise the Dancing Clown. Set 27 years after the events of the first film, the story centers on the Losers Club and their relationships as they reunite to destroy It once and for all.

Monster
2003 film directed by Patty Jenkins

Ghostbusters II
1989 film directed by Ivan Reitman

17 Again
2009 film directed by Burr Steers

The Insider
1999 film directed by Michael Mann

The Accountant
2016 film directed by Gavin O'Connor

In the Name of the Father
1993 film by Jim Sheridan

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
1992 film by David Lynch

K-19: The Widowmaker
2002 film by Kathryn Bigelow

North Country
2005 film by Niki Caro

Straight Outta Compton
2015 film directed by F. Gary Gray

Jarhead
2005 film directed by Sam Mendes

Atomic Blonde
2017 film by David Leitch

A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
1989 film directed by Stephen Hopkins

One Day
2011 film directed by Lone Scherfig

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
1995 film directed by Joe Chappelle

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
1989 film directed by Dominique Othenin-Girard

Never Been Kissed
1999 film directed by Raja Gosnell

Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
1985 film directed by Danny Steinmann

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
2019 film directed by Joe Berlinger

Internal Affairs
1990 film directed by Mike Figgis

Love Lies Bleeding
2024 film directed by Rose Glass

The Devil Inside
2012 film by William Brent Bell

Just Mercy
2019 film directed by Destin Daniel Cretton

The Eyes of Tammy Faye
2021 film directed by Michael Showalter

New Jack City
1991 film directed by Mario Van Peebles

Fireflies in the Garden
2008 film by Dennis Lee

The Seventh Continent
1989 film by Michael Haneke

Rent
2005 film by Chris Columbus

We Own the Night
2007 film by James Gray

The Rage: Carrie 2
1999 film directed by Katt Shea

Ted Bundy
2002 American serial killer film directed by Matthew Bright

Meet the Feebles
1989 film by Peter Jackson

Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
2022 film directed by Kasi Lemmons

Mirage
2018 film directed by Oriol Paulo

3 from Hell
2019 film directed by Rob Zombie

Buffalo Soldiers
2001 film by Gregor Jordan

Dahmer
2002 film by David Jacobson

Millennium
1989 film by Michael Anderson

The Kashmir Files
2022 film directed by Vivek Agnihotri

Reagan
2024 film directed by Sean McNamara

Christy (2025 American film)
Christy is a 2025 American biographical sports drama film directed by David Michôd, written by Michôd and Mirrah Foulkes, and starring Sydney Sweeney, Ben Foster, Merritt Wever, Katy O'Brian, Ethan Embry, and Chad L. Coleman. The film chronicles the rise of former professional boxer Christy Martin (Sweeney) to becoming America's best-known female boxer in the 1990s, and later her coach-turned-husband's 2010 attempted murder of her.

The Amityville Curse
1990 film by Tom Berry

Cold in July
2014 film by Jim Mickle

90 Minutes in Heaven
2015 film directed by Michael Polish

Flashback
1990 film by Franco Amurri

Lisa Frankenstein
2024 film directed by Zelda Williams

Shaft
2019 film directed by Tim Story
Gangs of Wasseypur
2012 Hindi film series by Anurag Kashyap