Category
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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