Predator (1987)

Die Hard 2 (1990)

Summary: John McClane attempts to avert disaster as rogue military operatives seize control of Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C.

Release Date: July 04, 1990

Genres: Action, Thriller

Director: Renny Harlin

Writers: Steven E. de Souza

, Doug Richardson

, Walter Wager

Runtime: 2 h 04 min

MPAA: R

Production: Twentieth Century Fox, Gordon Company, Silver Pictures

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, CBS, Fox Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Die Hard

Movie budget: $ 70,000,000

Domestic: $ 117,540,947

International: $ 122,490,327

The Rock (1996)

Summary: A mild-mannered chemist and an ex-con must lead the counterstrike when a rogue group of military men, led by a renegade general, threaten a nerve gas attack from Alcatraz against San Francisco.

Release Date: June 07, 1996

Genres: Action, Adventure, Thriller

Director: Michael Bay

Writers: David Weisberg

, Douglas Cook

, Mark Rosner

Runtime: 2 h 16 min

MPAA: R

Production: Hollywood Pictures, Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films

Distributor: Hollywood Pictures Home Video, Buena Vista Home Video, The Criterion Collection, Walt Disney Home Video, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Hollywood Pictures Home Entertainment, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 75,000,000

Domestic: $ 134,069,511

International: $ 200,993,110

Face/Off (1997)

Summary: To foil a terrorist plot, FBI agent Sean Archer assumes the identity of the criminal Castor Troy who murdered his son through facial transplant surgery, but the crook wakes up prematurely and vows revenge.

Release Date: June 27, 1997

Genres: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi

Director: John Woo

Writers: Mike Werb

, Michael Colleary

Runtime: 2 h 18 min

MPAA: R

Production: Permut Presentations, Touchstone Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Douglas/Reuther Productions, WCG Entertainment Productions

Distributor: Paramount Pictures

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 80,000,000

Domestic: $ 112,276,146

International: $ 133,400,000

Jurassic Park (1993)

Summary: An industrialist invites some experts to visit his theme park of cloned dinosaurs. After a power failure, the creatures run loose, putting everyone's lives, including his grandchildren's, in danger.

Release Date: June 11, 1993

Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Director: Steven Spielberg

Writers: Michael Crichton

, David Koepp

Runtime: 2 h 07 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Universal Pictures, Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, Amblin Entertainment

Distributor: MCA/Universal Home Video, National Broadcasting Company (NBC)

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Jurassic Park

Movie budget: $ 63,000,000

Domestic: $ 407,185,075

International: $ 697,194,851

Armageddon (1998)

Summary: After discovering that an asteroid the size of Texas will impact Earth in less than a month, NASA recruits a misfit team of deep-core drillers to save the planet.

Release Date: July 01, 1998

Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Director: Michael Bay

Writers: Jonathan Hensleigh

, J.J. Abrams

, Tony Gilroy

Runtime: 2 h 31 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Touchstone Pictures, Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Valhalla Motion Pictures, Digital Image Associates

Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Starz, The Criterion Collection, Touchstone Home Video, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Walt Disney Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 140,000,000

Domestic: $ 201,578,182

International: $ 352,134,591

Con Air (1997)

Summary: Newly-paroled ex-con and former U.S. Ranger Cameron Poe finds himself trapped in a prisoner-transport plane when the passengers seize control.

Release Date: June 06, 1997

Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller

Director: Simon West

Writer: Scott Rosenberg

Runtime: 1 h 55 min

MPAA: R

Production: Touchstone Pictures, Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Kouf/Bigelow Productions

Distributor: Touchstone Home Video, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Touchstone Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 75,000,000

Domestic: $ 101,117,573

International: $ 122,894,661

Death Proof (2007)

Summary: Two separate sets of voluptuous women are stalked at different times by a scarred stuntman who uses his "death proof" cars to execute his murderous plans.

Release Date: May 31, 2007

Genres: Action, Adventure, Thriller

Director: Quentin Tarantino

Writer: Quentin Tarantino

Runtime: 2 h 07 min

MPAA: R

Production: Dimension Films, Troublemaker Studios, Rodriguez International Pictures

Distributor: Genius Products, Lionsgate Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)

Summary: Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats who are using their immunity to engage in criminal activities.

Release Date: July 07, 1989

Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller

Director: Richard Donner

Writers: Jeffrey Boam

, Shane Black

, Warren Murphy

Runtime: 1 h 54 min

MPAA: R

Production: Warner Bros., Silver Pictures

Distributor: Warner Bros., Warner Home Video, CBS, HBO Max, Starz

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Lethal Weapon

Movie budget: $ 28,000,000

Domestic: $ 147,253,986

International: $ 80,600,000

The Punisher (2004)

Summary: An undercover FBI agent becomes a vigilante and sets out to unleash his wrath upon the corrupt businessman who slaughtered his entire family at a reunion.

Release Date: April 16, 2004

Genres: Action, Drama, Crime

Director: Jonathan Hensleigh

Writers: Jonathan Hensleigh

, Michael France

Runtime: 2 h 04 min

MPAA: R

Production: Lions Gate Films, Marvel Enterprises, Valhalla Motion Pictures, VIP 2 Medienfonds, VIP 3 Medienfonds, Artisan Entertainment, Columbia Pictures, Marvel Entertainment, St. Petersburg Clearwater Film Commission, Lionsgate Productions

Distributor: Lions Gate Films, Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment

Countries: United States, Germany, Japan

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 33,000,000

Domestic: $ 33,810,189

International: $ 20,889,916

The Frighteners (1996)

Summary: After a tragic car accident that kills his wife, a man discovers he can communicate with the dead, and he uses that gift to con people. However, when a demonic spirit appears, he may be the only one who can stop it from killing th...

Release Date: July 19, 1996

Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

Director: Peter Jackson

Writers: Fran Walsh

, Peter Jackson

Runtime: 1 h 50 min

MPAA: R

Production: Universal Pictures, WingNut Films

Distributor: Universal Pictures, Fox Network, HBO Max, MCA/Universal Home Video, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Countries: New Zealand, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 30,000,000

Domestic: $ 16,759,216

International: $ 12,600,000

L.A. Confidential (1997)

Summary: As corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice.

Release Date: September 19, 1997

Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery

Director: Curtis Hanson

Writers: James Ellroy

, Brian Helgeland

, Curtis Hanson

Runtime: 2 h 18 min

MPAA: R

Production: New Regency Productions, The Wolper Organization, Warner Bros., Regency Enterprises

Distributor: Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, CBS, VC4

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 35,000,000

Domestic: $ 64,616,940

International: $ 61,600,000

Trainspotting (1996)

Summary: Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out despite the allure of drugs and the influence of friends.

Release Date: August 09, 1996

Genre: Drama

Director: Danny Boyle

Writers: Irvine Welsh

, John Hodge

Runtime: 1 h 33 min

MPAA: R

Production: Channel Four Films, Figment Films, The Noel Gay Motion Picture Company, Miramax, Miramax Films

Distributor: Miramax Home Entertainment, The Criterion Channel, The Criterion Collection

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,500,000

Domestic: $ 16,491,080

International: $ 490,743

Bloodsport (1988)

Summary: "Bloodsport" follows Frank Dux, an American martial artist serving in the military, who decides to leave the army to compete in a martial arts tournament in Hong Kong where fights to the death can occur.

Release Date: April 29, 1988

Genres: Action, Drama, Biography

Director: Newt Arnold

Writers: Sheldon Lettich

, Christopher Cosby

, Mel Friedman

Runtime: 1 h 32 min

MPAA: R

Production: Cannon International

Distributor: Warner Home Video, TBS Superstation, Canon Films Corp.

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,100,000

Domestic: $ 11,806,119

International: $ 1,466

Judge Dredd (1995)

Summary: In a dystopian future, Joseph Dredd, the most famous Judge (a police officer with instant field judiciary powers), is convicted for a crime he did not commit and must face his murderous counterpart.

Release Date: June 30, 1995

Genres: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi

Director: Danny Cannon

Writers: John Wagner

, Carlos Ezquerra

, Michael De Luca

Runtime: 1 h 36 min

MPAA: R

Production: Hollywood Pictures, Cinergi Pictures Entertainment, Cinergi Productions N.V.

Distributor: Hollywood Pictures Home Video, Walt Disney Home Video, National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Hollywood Pictures Home Entertainment, HBO Max

Countries: United States, Netherlands, United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 90,000,000

Domestic: $ 34,693,481

International: $ 78,800,000

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)

Summary: Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann, Hector Barbossa, and the crew of the Black Pearl try and rescue Jack from davy jones locker and prepare to fight Lord Cutler Beckett, who controls Davy Jones and the Flying Dutchman.

Release Date: May 25, 2007

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Director: Gore Verbinski

Writers: Ted Elliott

, Terry Rossio

, Stuart Beattie

Runtime: 2 h 49 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Walt Disney Pictures, Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Second Mate Productions

Distributor: Starz, USA Network, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Disney+

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Pirates of the Caribbean

Movie budget: $ 300,000,000

Domestic: $ 309,420,425

International: $ 652,270,784

Exit Wounds (2001)

Summary: Orin Boyd, a tough cop in an inner-city precinct discovers a web of dirty cops and corruption.

Release Date: March 16, 2001

Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller

Director: Andrzej Bartkowiak

Writers: Ed Horowitz

, Richard D'Ovidio

, John Westermann

Runtime: 1 h 41 min

MPAA: R

Production: Warner Bros., Village Roadshow Pictures, NPV Entertainment, Village Roadshow Pictures, Silver Pictures, Exit Wounds

Distributor: Warner Bros., Fox Network, Warner Home Video

Countries: United States, Canada

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 50,000,000

Domestic: $ 51,758,599

International: $ 28,200,000

Lock Up (1989)

Summary: With only six months left of his sentence, inmate Frank Leone is transferred from a minimum security prison to a maximum security prison by a vindictive warden.

Release Date: August 04, 1989

Genres: Action, Drama, Crime

Director: John Flynn

Writers: Richard Smith

, Jeb Stuart

, Henry Rosenbaum

Runtime: 1 h 49 min

MPAA: 18A

Production: White Eagle, Carolco Pictures, Gordon Company

Distributor: TriStar Pictures

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 24,000,000

Domestic: $ 22,099,847

Fantastic Four (2005)

Summary: A group of astronauts gain superpowers after a cosmic radiation exposure and must use them to oppose the plans of their enemy, Doctor Victor Von Doom.

Release Date: July 08, 2005

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Director: Tim Story

Writers: Mark Frost

, Michael France

, Stan Lee

Runtime: 1 h 46 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Twentieth Century Fox, Constantin Film, Marvel Enterprises, 1492 Pictures, Bernd Eichinger Productions, Kumar Mobiliengesellschaft mbH & Co. Projekt Nr. 3 KG

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Hulu

Countries: Germany, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 100,000,000

Domestic: $ 154,696,080

International: $ 178,839,854