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Jaws
1975 film by Steven Spielberg
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.
Moonrise Kingdom
2012 film directed by Wes Anderson
On Golden Pond
1981 film by Mark Rydell
The Holdovers
The Holdovers is a 2023 American Christmas comedy drama film directed by Alexander Payne, written by David Hemingson, and starring Paul Giamatti, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, and Dominic Sessa in his film debut. Set in 1970, it tells the story of a strict classics teacher at a New England boarding school who is forced to chaperone a handful of students who have nowhere to go during the school's Christmas holiday break. Filming took place from January to March 2022 in Massachusetts. The Holdovers premiered at the 50th Telluride Film Festival on August 31, 2023, and was released in the United States by Focus Features on October 27, 2023.
The Spiderwick Chronicles
2008 film directed by Mark Waters
The Witch
2015 film directed by Robert Eggers
The Lighthouse
2019 film directed by Robert Eggers
All That Heaven Allows
1955 film by Douglas Sirk
Peyton Place
1957 film directed by Mark Robson
The Talk of the Town
1942 American film directed by George Stevens
Frozen
2010 American film
Valley of the Dolls
1967 film directed by Mark Robson
Clue
1985 comedy film directed by Jonathan Lynn
Come to the Stable
1949 film by Henry Koster
The Sure Thing
1985 film by Rob Reiner
The History of Sound
2025 film directed by Oliver Hermanus
Pollyanna
1920 film by Paul Powell
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944 film by Richard Thorpe
The Comedy of Terrors
1963 film by Jacques Tourneur
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947 film
Ghost Story
1981 film by John Irvin
The Woods
2006 film by Lucky McKee
The Rookie
2002 film directed by John Lee Hancock
Strange Interlude
1932 film by Robert Zigler Leonard
We Are Still Here
2015 film directed by Ted Geoghegan
The Unseen
1945 film by Lewis Allen
Curtains
1983 film by Richard Ciupka
Master
2022 film directed by Mariama Diallo
A Sister of Six
1916 film by Sidney Franklin
Storm Fear
1956 film by Cornel Wilde
The Spirit Is Willing
1967 film by William Castle
The Children
1980 film directed by Max Kalmanowicz
The Nest
1988 film by Terence H. Winkless