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Avengers: Endgame
2019 film by Anthony and Joe Russo
A Beautiful Mind
2001 film by Ron Howard
Oppenheimer (film)
Oppenheimer is a 2023 epic biographical thriller film written, co-produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan. It follows the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoretical physicist who helped develop the first nuclear weapons during World War II. Based on the 2005 biography American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, the film dramatizes Oppenheimer's studies, his direction of the Los Alamos Laboratory and his 1954 security hearing. Cillian Murphy stars as Oppenheimer, alongside Robert Downey Jr. as the United States Atomic Energy Commission member Lewis Strauss. The ensemble supporting cast includes Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Florence Pugh, Josh Hartnett, Casey Affleck, Rami Malek, and Kenneth Branagh.
Captain America: The First Avenger
2011 film directed by Joe Johnston
The Godfather Part III
1990 film by Francis Ford Coppola
Léon: The Professional
1994 film by Luc Besson
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2014 film directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo
Spider-Man: Far From Home
2019 film directed by Jon Watts
On the Waterfront
1954 film by Elia Kazan
Ocean's Eleven
2001 film by Steven Soderbergh
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001 film directed by Steven Spielberg
War of the Worlds
2005 film directed by Steven Spielberg
American Hustle
2013 American film directed by David O. Russell
World War Z
2013 film directed by Marc Forster
American Gangster
2007 film by Ridley Scott
John Wick
2014 film directed by Chad Stahelski and David Leitch
John Wick: Chapter 2
2017 film directed by Chad Stahelski
Being John Malkovich
1999 film by Spike Jonze
Hellboy
2004 film directed by Guillermo del Toro
Friday the 13th
1980 film directed by Sean S. Cunningham
Godzilla
1998 film directed by Roland Emmerich
Carol
2015 film directed by Todd Haynes
The Wrestler
2008 film directed by Darren Aronofsky
The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985 film by Woody Allen
The Karate Kid
1984 film directed by John G. Avildsen
Big
1988 film by Penny Marshall
Ocean's 8
2018 film by Gary Ross
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
2010 film by Chris Columbus
The Day the Earth Stood Still
2008 film directed by Scott Derrickson
National Treasure
2004 film directed by Jon Turteltaub
Freddy vs. Jason
2003 film by Ronny Yu
Dogma
1999 film by Kevin Smith
Marnie
1964 film by Alfred Hitchcock
Zoolander
Zoolander is a 2001 American comedy film directed, co-produced, co-written by and starring Ben Stiller. A satire on the fashion industry, the film follows fashion model Derek Zoolander (Stiller) who is tricked by fashion mogul Jacobim Mugatu (Will Ferrell) into assassinating the Prime Minister of Malaysia, whose progressive laws on the fashion industry would harm his businesses. The cast also features Owen Wilson, Christine Taylor, Milla Jovovich, Jerry Stiller and Jon Voight.
Joy
2015 film directed by David O. Russell
Now You See Me 2
Now You See Me 2 is a 2016 American heist film directed by Jon M. Chu from a screenplay by Ed Solomon and a story by Solomon and Peter Chiarelli. It serves as a sequel to Now You See Me (2013) and the second installment in the Now You See Me series. The film stars an ensemble cast that includes Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Ben Lamb, Daniel Radcliffe, Lizzy Caplan, Jay Chou, Sanaa Lathan, Michael Caine, and Morgan Freeman. The plot has the Four Horsemen and their leader Dylan Rhodes recruited by Walter Mabry, a criminal mastermind, to steal a data chip.
Clerks
1994 film directed by Kevin Smith
Daylight
1996 film directed by Rob Cohen
Scary Movie 4
2006 film directed by David Zucker
United 93
2006 film directed by Paul Greengrass
Friday the 13th Part 2
1981 film directed by Steve Miner
Friday the 13th Part III
1982 film directed by Steve Miner
Don Jon
2013 film by Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Need for Speed
2014 film directed by Scott Waugh
The Fabelmans
2022 film directed by Steven Spielberg
Friday the 13th
2009 film directed by Marcus Nispel
RED 2
2013 film by Dean Parisot
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
1984 film by Joseph Zito
Coyote Ugly
2000 film by David McNally
13 Going on 30
2004 film directed by Gary Winick
The Addams Family
2019 film directed by Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan
Masters of the Universe
1987 film directed by Gary Goddard
Johnny Mnemonic
1995 film directed by Robert Longo
The Bounty Hunter
2010 film by Andy Tennant
The Long Kiss Goodnight
1996 film by Renny Harlin
Chasing Amy
1997 film directed by Kevin Smith
Zoolander 2
2016 film by Ben Stiller
Smile
2022 film directed by Parker Finn
The Hurricane
1999 film directed by Norman Jewison
The Family Man
2000 film by Brett Ratner