Phenomenon (1996)
Jon Turteltaub's 1996 Northern California drama. John Travolta as ordinary mechanic with accelerating capabilities.
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2010sUpgrade (2018)
Upgrade is the rare science fiction film that does substantial work on a small budget and delivers a complete vision without studio compromise. Leigh Whannell wrote and directed.
2020sNo Time to Die (2021)
No Time to Die is the final entry in Daniel Craig's James Bond tenure and one of the most divisive Bond films in the franchise's sixty-year history. Cary Joji Fukunaga directed.
2010sTomb Raider (2018)
Tomb Raider (2018) is the reboot of the Lara Croft film franchise built on the 2013 Crystal Dynamics video game continuity. Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Alastair Siddons wrote.
1980sThe Land Before Time (1988)
The Land Before Time is the children's film about dinosaur grief that traumatized an entire generation. Steven Spielberg and George Lucas executive produced.
2000sPasschendaele (2008)
The project was inspired by stories his grandfather told him about fighting in the mud of Belgium. Gross plays Sergeant Michael Dunne, a Canadian veteran of Vimy Ridge sent home with combat fatigue.
1920sWings (1927)
Wings is the first film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards. It is also the only silent film to win that award.
2000sThe Patriot (2000)
The Patriot is a Roland Emmerich film about the American Revolutionary War starring Mel Gibson. He fights a guerrilla war against the British.
2010sThe Impossible (2012)
The Impossible is the best disaster film of the twenty-first century. Naomi Watts plays Maria Bennett, a doctor on Christmas.
1990sJames and the Giant Peach (1996)
The film adapts Roald Dahl's 1961 children's novel about an orphan who escapes his abusive aunts by climbing inside a magically enormous peach and floating across the Atlantic with a crew of human-sized talking insects. The film made approximately twenty-nine…
1980sThe NeverEnding Story (1984)
The NeverEnding Story is the rare children's film that takes children seriously as readers. The script is based on Michael Ende's 1979 German novel.
1980sConan the Barbarian (1982)
John Milius directed and co-wrote with Oliver Stone. Arnold Schwarzenegger plays Conan in his first significant English-language role.