Simon (2004)

Wet Hot American Summer (2001)

Summary: Set on the last day of camp, in the hot summer of 1981, a group of counselors try to complete their unfinished business before the day ends.

Release Date: July 27, 2001

Genres: Comedy, Romance

Director: David Wain

Writers: Michael Showalter

, David Wain

Runtime: 1 h 37 min

MPAA: R

Production: Eureka Pictures, North Coast Group

Distributor: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 5,000,000

Domestic: $ 295,206

Imaginary Heroes (2004)

Summary: Members of a dysfunctional family react differently to the suicide of the eldest son.

Release Date: November 10, 2005

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Director: Dan Harris

Writer: Dan Harris

Runtime: 1 h 51 min

MPAA: R

Production: ApolloProMedia GmbH & Co. 1. Filmproduktion KG (I), QI Quality International GmbH & Co. KG, Signature Pictures

Countries: United States, Germany, Belgium

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 4,000,000

Domestic: $ 228,767

International: $ 62,351

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2017)

Summary: The life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy Lamarr.

Release Date: March 08, 2018

Genres: Documentary, Biography, History

Director: Alexandra Dean

Writer: Alexandra Dean

Runtime: 1 h 28 min

Production: Reframed Pictures

Distributor: Kino Lorber, Submarine Deluxe, Zeitgeist Films

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,500,000

Domestic: $ 820,300

International: $ 272,641

Da 5 Bloods (2020)

Summary: Four African-American vets battle the forces of man and nature when they return to Vietnam seeking the remains of their fallen squad leader and the gold fortune he helped them hide.

Release Date: June 12, 2020

Genres: Adventure, Drama, War

Director: Spike Lee

Writers: Danny Bilson

, Paul De Meo

, Kevin Willmott

Runtime: 2 h 34 min

MPAA: R

Production: 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, Rahway Road Productions

Distributor: Netflix

Country: United States

Language: English

Piñero (2001)

Summary: Miguel Pinero's creative and turbulent life was cut short at age 40: a Tony Award nominee who did time at Sing-Sing, a volatile urban poet whose work is recognized as a precursor to rap and hip-hop, and a writer of hit TV shows.

Release Date: April 12, 2002

Genres: Drama, Biography

Director: Leon Ichaso

Writer: Leon Ichaso

Runtime: 1 h 43 min

MPAA: R

Production: Burnside Entertainment, GreeneStreet Films, Lower East Side Films

Distributor: Miramax

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 275,171

The Sapphires (2012)

Summary: In 1968, four talented young Australian Aboriginal girls learn about love, friendship, and war when their all-girl group The Sapphires entertains the US troops in Vietnam.

Release Date: August 09, 2012

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Biography

Director: Wayne Blair

Writers: Keith Thompson

, Tony Briggs

Runtime: 1 h 43 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Goalpost Pictures

Distributor: The Weinstein Company, Cinesky

Country: Australia

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 10,000,000

Domestic: $ 2,450,867

International: $ 17,972,761

The Butler (2013)

Summary: As Cecil Gaines serves eight presidents during his tenure as a butler at the White House, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major events affect this man's life, family, and American society.

Release Date: August 16, 2013

Genres: Drama, Biography

Director: Lee Daniels

Writers: Danny Strong

, Wil Haygood

Runtime: 2 h 12 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Follow Through Productions, Salamander Pictures, Laura Ziskin Productions, Windy Hill Pictures

Distributor: The Weinstein Company, Anchor Bay Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 30,000,000

Domestic: $ 116,632,095

International: $ 60,681,700

All the Way (2016)

Summary: Lyndon B. Johnson becomes the President of the United States in the chaotic aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination, and spends his first year in office fighting to pass the Civil Rights Act.

Release Date: May 21, 2016

Genres: Drama, Biography, History

Director: Jay Roach

Writer: Robert Schenkkan

Runtime: 2 h 12 min

MPAA: TV-14

Production: HBO Films, Amblin Entertainment, Tale Told Productions, Moon Shot Entertainment, Everyman Pictures

Distributor: Home Box Office (HBO), HBO Max, Hotstar

Country: United States

Language: English

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Factory Girl (2006)

Summary: Based on the rise and fall of socialite Edie Sedgwick, concentrating on her relationships with Andy Warhol and a folk singer.

Release Date: February 16, 2007

Genres: Drama, Biography

Director: George Hickenlooper

Writers: Captain Mauzner

, Simon Monjack

, Aaron Richard Golub

Runtime: 1 h 30 min

MPAA: R

Production: The Weinstein Company, L.I.F.T. Production, Holly Wiersma Productions

Distributor: Myriad Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation (MGM), Genius Products, The Weinstein Company

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 7,000,000

Domestic: $ 1,675,241

International: $ 1,897,391

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Day Zero (2007)

Summary: The military draft is back, and three best friends are drafted and given 30 days to report for duty. In that time, they're forced to confront everything they believe about courage, duty, love, friendship, and honor.

Release Date: April 29, 2007

Genre: Drama

Director: Bryan Gunnar Cole

Writer: Robert Malkani

Runtime: 1 h 32 min

MPAA: R

Production: Indalo Productions

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 2,000,000

Domestic: $ 16,659

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Nixon (1995)

Summary: A biographical story of former U.S. President Richard Nixon, from his days as a young boy, to his eventual Presidency, which ended in shame.

Release Date: January 05, 1996

Genres: Drama, Biography, History

Director: Oliver Stone

Writers: Stephen J. Rivele

, Christopher Wilkinson

, Oliver Stone

Runtime: 3 h 12 min

MPAA: R

Production: Hollywood Pictures, Illusion Entertainment, Cinergi Pictures Entertainment

Distributor: Buena Vista Home Video, Hollywood Pictures Home Video, Home Box Office (HBO), Hollywood Pictures Home Entertainment, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Mill Creek Entertainment, Warner Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 44,000,000

Domestic: $ 13,681,765

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Together (2000)

Summary: In 1975, the dynamics of a Swedish commune begin to change upon the arrival of a beaten wife and her two kids.

Release Date: September 21, 2001

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Lukas Moodysson

Writer: Lukas Moodysson

Runtime: 1 h 46 min

MPAA: R

Production: Memfis Film, Zentropa Entertainments, Film i Väst, Nordisk Film & TV-Fond, Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI), Det Danske Filminstitut, TV1000 AB

Distributor: IFC Films, IFC Releasing, MGM Home Entertainment

Countries: Sweden, Denmark, Italy

Language: Swedish

Movie budget: $ 17,000,000

Domestic: $ 1,034,829

International: $ 13,561,319

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The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (2011)

Summary: Footage shot by a group of Swedish journalists documenting the Black Power Movement in the United States is edited together by a contemporary Swedish filmmaker.

Release Date: April 01, 2011

Genres: Documentary, History

Director: Göran Hugo Olsson

Writer: Göran Hugo Olsson

Runtime: 1 h 40 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Story AB, Sveriges Television (SVT), Louverture Films, Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT), MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Nordisk Film & TV-Fond, Norsk Rikskringkasting (NRK), Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS), Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI), Swedish Arts Grants Committee, YLE Teema

Distributor: Sundance Selects

Countries: Sweden, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 5,500,000

Domestic: $ 273,749

International: $ 6,507

Across the Universe (2007)

Summary: The music of The Beatles and the Vietnam War form the backdrop for the romance between an upper-class American girl and a poor Liverpudlian artist.

Release Date: October 12, 2007

Genres: Drama, Fantasy, History

Director: Julie Taymor

Writers: Dick Clement

, Ian La Frenais

, Julie Taymor

Runtime: 2 h 13 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Revolution Studios, Gross Entertainment, Team Todd, Sound Film

Distributor: Columbia Pictures, 20th Television, CBS Media Ventures, Debmar-Mercury, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Countries: United States, United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 45,000,000

Domestic: $ 24,602,291

International: $ 5,023,470

Our Nixon (2013)

Summary: Never before seen Super 8 home movies filmed by Richard Nixon's closest aides - and convicted Watergate conspirators - offer a surprising and intimate new look into his Presidency.

Release Date: March 09, 2013

Genres: Crime, Documentary, Biography

Director: Penny Lane

Runtime: 1 h 24 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: CoPilot Pictures

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 20,584

Forrest Gump (1994)

Summary: The history of the United States from the 1950s to the '70s unfolds from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, who yearns to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.

Release Date: July 06, 1994

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Robert Zemeckis

Writers: Winston Groom

, Eric Roth

Runtime: 2 h 22 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Paramount Pictures, The Steve Tisch Company, Wendy Finerman Productions

Distributor: Paramount Pictures, Paramount Home Entertainment, American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 55,000,000

Domestic: $ 330,455,270

International: $ 347,771,195

Taking Woodstock (2009)

Summary: A man working at his parents' motel in the Catskills inadvertently sets in motion the generation-defining concert in the summer of 1969.

Release Date: August 28, 2009

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Biography

Director: Ang Lee

Writers: James Schamus

, Elliot Tiber

, Tom Monte

Runtime: 2 h 00 min

MPAA: R

Production: Focus Features

Distributor: Focus Features, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 30,000,000

Domestic: $ 7,460,204

International: $ 2,515,533

I Am Curious (Yellow) (1967)

Summary: Told in a quasi-documentary style, this companion piece to I Am Curious (Blue) (1968) deals with topics such as class society, non-violent resistance, sex, relationships, and tourism to Francoist Spain.

Release Date: March 10, 1969

Genre: Drama

Director: Vilgot Sjöman

Writer: Vilgot Sjöman

Runtime: 2 h 01 min

MPAA: X

Production: Sandrews

Distributor: Grove Press, The Criterion Collection, UFA Video

Country: Sweden

Language: Swedish

Domestic: $ 20,238,100

International: $ 7,461,900