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Frost/Nixon
2008 film by Ron Howard
First Man
2018 film directed by Damien Chazelle
The Right Stuff
1983 film by Philip Kaufman

The Big Sleep
1946 film by Howard Hawks

Just Go with It
2011 film directed by Dennis Dugan

The People vs. Larry Flynt
1996 film directed by Miloš Forman

Duel
1971 film directed by Steven Spielberg

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
2024 film directed by Wes Ball

Bird Box
2018 film directed by Susanne Bier

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2016 film directed by Tim Burton
Christine
1983 film directed by John Carpenter

Scream
2022 film directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett

The Kids Are All Right
2010 film by Lisa Cholodenko

How the West Was Won
1962 film by John Ford, Henry Hathaway and George Marshall

Power Rangers
2017 film directed by Dean Israelite

Need for Speed
2014 film directed by Scott Waugh

Wild
2014 film by Jean-Marc Vallée

Five Easy Pieces
1970 film by Bob Rafelson

We Bought a Zoo
2011 film directed by Cameron Crowe

Bullitt
Bullitt is a 1968 American crime thriller film directed by Peter Yates, from a screenplay by Alan R. Trustman and Harry Kleiner, based on the 1963 novel Mute Witness by Robert L. Fish. It stars Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset, Don Gordon, Robert Duvall, Simon Oakland, and Norman Fell. In the film, San Francisco police detective Frank Bullitt (McQueen) investigates the murder of a witness he was assigned to protect.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956 film directed by Don Siegel

Black Mass
2015 film by Scott Cooper

Hail, Caesar!
2016 film directed by Joel and Ethan Coen

The Creator
2023 film directed by Gareth Edwards

The Way We Were
1973 film by Sydney Pollack

The Founder
2016 US film by John Lee Hancock

Eraser
1996 film by Chuck Russell

XXX (2002 film)
XXX is a 2002 American action thriller film directed by Rob Cohen, produced by Neal H. Moritz and written by Rich Wilkes. The first installment in the xXx film series, the film stars Vin Diesel as Xander Cage, a thrill-seeking extreme sports enthusiast, stuntman, and rebellious athlete-turned-reluctant spy for the National Security Agency. Cage is sent on a dangerous mission to infiltrate a group of potential Russian terrorists in Central Europe. The film also stars Asia Argento, Marton Csokas, and Samuel L. Jackson. Cohen, Moritz, and Diesel had previously worked on The Fast and the Furious (2001) as director, producer and cast member respectively. The film was released by Sony Pictures Releasing on August 9, 2002 and grossed $277.4 million worldwide and was followed by two sequels, xXx: State of the Union (2005) and xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017).

If I Stay
2014 film by R. J. Cutler

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
1989 film directed by Joe Johnston

Junior
1994 American comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963 film by Stanley Kramer

The Girl Next Door
2004 film directed by Luke Greenfield

Zabriskie Point
1970 film by Michelangelo Antonioni

Instant Family
2018 film directed by Sean Anders

White Heat
1949 film by Raoul Walsh

The China Syndrome
1979 film by James Bridges

Pale Rider
1985 film by Clint Eastwood

Creed II
2018 film directed by Steven Caple Jr.

Seabiscuit
2003 film directed by Gary Ross

The Postman Always Rings Twice
1981 film by Bob Rafelson

The Fog
1980 film directed by John Carpenter

Matilda
1996 film directed by Danny DeVito

The Master
2012 film by Paul Thomas Anderson

Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
1998 film directed by Steve Miner

Prayers for Bobby
2009 television film directed by Russell Mulcahy

Nixon
1995 film directed by Oliver Stone

The Legend of Zorro
2005 film directed by Martin Campbell

Herbie: Fully Loaded
2005 film by Angela Robinson

Bad Day at Black Rock
1955 Film

Due Date
2010 film directed by Todd Phillips

Not Another Teen Movie
2001 film by Joel Gallen

Lions for Lambs
2007 film directed by Robert Redford

The Core
2003 US-UK film directed by Jon Amiel

Don't Worry Darling
2022 film directed by Olivia Wilde

My Sister's Keeper
2009 film by Nick Cassavetes

The Nutty Professor
1996 film directed by Tom Shadyac

She's All That
1999 film by Robert Iscove

Fun with Dick and Jane
2005 film by Dean Parisot

Blood Work
2002 film by Clint Eastwood