Scarface (1983)

The Thing (1982)

Summary: A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.

Release Date: June 25, 1982

Genres: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Director: John Carpenter

Writers: Bill Lancaster

, John W. Campbell Jr.

Runtime: 1 h 49 min

MPAA: R

Production: Universal Pictures, Turman-Foster Company, Province of BC, Ministry of Tourism, Film Promotion Office

Distributor: CBS, MCA/Universal Home Video, Universal Studios Home Video, MCA Videocassette, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE), HBO Max

Countries: United States, Canada

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 15,000,000

Domestic: $ 19,857,465

International: $ 772,670

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

Back to the Future (1985)

Summary: Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown.

Release Date: July 03, 1985

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Director: Robert Zemeckis

Writers: Robert Zemeckis

, Bob Gale

Runtime: 1 h 56 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, U-Drive Productions

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

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Back to the Future

Movie budget: $ 19,000,000

Domestic: $ 214,077,472

International: $ 170,500,000

12 Monkeys (1995)

Summary: In a future world devastated by disease, a convict is sent back in time to gather information about the man-made virus that wiped out most of the human population on the planet.

Release Date: January 05, 1996

Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Director: Terry Gilliam

Writers: Chris Marker

, David Webb Peoples

, Janet Peoples

Runtime: 2 h 09 min

MPAA: R

Production: Universal Pictures, Atlas Entertainment, Classico

Distributor: Universal Pictures, MCA/Universal Home Video, Universal Studios Home Video, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 29,000,000

Domestic: $ 57,141,459

International: $ 111,698,000

Army of Darkness (1992)

Summary: When Ash Williams is accidentally transported to 1300 A.D., he must retrieve the Necronomicon and battle an army of the dead in order to return home.

Release Date: February 19, 1993

Genres: Comedy, Horror

Director: Sam Raimi

Writers: Sam Raimi

, Ivan Raimi

Runtime: 1 h 21 min

MPAA: R

Production: Dino De Laurentiis Company, Renaissance Pictures, Introvision International

Distributor: Universal Pictures, MCA/Universal Home Video, CBS/Fox, Towa Video, Universal Studios Home Video, Anchor Bay Entertainment, USA Network, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE), El Rey Network, Scream Factory

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Evil Dead

Movie budget: $ 11,000,000

Domestic: $ 11,502,976

International: $ 10,824

Schindler's List (1993)

Summary: In German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.

Release Date: February 04, 1994

Genres: Drama, Biography, History

Director: Steven Spielberg

Writers: Thomas Keneally

, Steven Zaillian

Runtime: 3 h 15 min

MPAA: R

Production: Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment

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

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 22,000,000

Domestic: $ 96,898,818

International: $ 225,262,427

Jaws (1975)

Summary: When a massive killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Long Island, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.

Release Date: June 20, 1975

Genres: Adventure, Thriller

Director: Steven Spielberg

Writers: Peter Benchley

, Carl Gottlieb

Runtime: 2 h 04 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Zanuck/Brown Productions, Universal Pictures

Distributor: Universal Pictures, DiscoVision, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), MCA Videocassette, MCA Home Video, MCA/Universal Home Video, Universal Studios Home Video, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE), Fathom Events, Turner Classic Movies (TCM)

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Jaws

Movie budget: $ 7,000,000

Domestic: $ 266,567,580

International: $ 210,653,000

Back to the Future Part II (1989)

Summary: After visiting 2015, Marty McFly must repeat his visit to 1955 to prevent disastrous changes to 1985...without interfering with his first trip.

Release Date: November 22, 1989

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Director: Robert Zemeckis

Writers: Robert Zemeckis

, Bob Gale

Runtime: 1 h 48 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, U-Drive Productions

Distributor: MCA/Universal Home Video, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Universal Studios Home Video, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Back to the Future

Movie budget: $ 40,000,000

Domestic: $ 119,000,002

International: $ 213,500,000

Conan the Barbarian (1982)

Summary: A powerful warrior seeks to avenge the genocide of his people and the murder of his parents at the hands of a snake cult.

Release Date: May 14, 1982

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Director: John Milius

Writers: Robert E. Howard

, John Milius

, Oliver Stone

Runtime: 2 h 09 min

MPAA: R

Production: Universal Pictures, Dino De Laurentiis Company, Pressman Film

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

Countries: United States, Mexico

Language: English

Franchise: Conan

Movie budget: $ 20,000,000

Domestic: $ 39,565,475

International: $ 29,286,000

Back to the Future Part III (1990)

Summary: Stranded in 1955, Marty McFly learns about the death of Doc Brown in 1885 and must travel back in time to save him. With no fuel readily available for the DeLorean, the two must figure how to escape the Old West before Emmett is m...

Release Date: May 25, 1990

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Director: Robert Zemeckis

Writers: Robert Zemeckis

, Bob Gale

Runtime: 1 h 58 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, U-Drive Productions

Distributor: Universal Pictures, MCA/Universal Home Video, National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Universal Studios Home Video, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Back to the Future

Movie budget: $ 40,000,000

Domestic: $ 88,277,583

International: $ 156,800,000

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

Psycho (1960)

Summary: A secretary on the run for embezzlement takes refuge at a secluded California motel owned by a repressed man and his overbearing mother.

Release Date: September 08, 1960

Genres: Thriller, Horror, Mystery

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Writers: Joseph Stefano

, Robert Bloch

Runtime: 1 h 49 min

MPAA: R

Production: Shamley Productions, Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions

Distributor: Universal Pictures, MCA Videocassette, MCA Home Video, MCA/Universal Home Video, Showtime Networks, Pioneer Entertainment, Universal Studios Home Video, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Psycho

Movie budget: $ 806,947

Domestic: $ 32,000,000

International: $ 66,835

Cape Fear (1991)

Summary: A convicted rapist, released from prison after serving a fourteen-year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him.

Release Date: November 15, 1991

Genres: Crime, Thriller

Director: Martin Scorsese

Writers: John D. MacDonald

, James R. Webb

, Wesley Strick

Runtime: 2 h 08 min

MPAA: R

Production: Amblin Entertainment, Cappa Films, Tribeca Productions

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

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 35,000,000

Domestic: $ 79,091,969

International: $ 103,200,000

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

Summary: A troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape from Earth and return to his home planet.

Release Date: June 11, 1982

Genres: Family, Sci-Fi

Director: Steven Spielberg

Writer: Melissa Mathison

Runtime: 1 h 55 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment

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

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 10,500,000

Domestic: $ 439,454,989

International: $ 357,852,418

Hard Target (1993)

Summary: A woman hires a drifter as her guide through New Orleans in search of her missing father. In the process, they discover a deadly game of cat and mouse behind his disappearance.

Release Date: August 20, 1993

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama

Director: John Woo

Writer: Chuck Pfarrer

Runtime: 1 h 37 min

MPAA: NC-17

Production: Universal Pictures, Alphaville Films, Renaissance Pictures, S & R Productions

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

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 18,000,000

Domestic: $ 32,589,677

International: $ 41,600,000

Apollo 13 (1995)

Summary: NASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 to Earth safely after the spacecraft undergoes massive internal damage putting the lives of the three astronauts on board in jeopardy.

Release Date: June 30, 1995

Genres: Adventure, Drama, History

Director: Ron Howard

Writers: Jim Lovell

, Jeffrey Kluger

, William Broyles Jr.

Runtime: 2 h 20 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment, Universal City Studios

Distributor: Universal Pictures, MCA/Universal Home Video, Universal Studios Home Video, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), IMAX

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 52,000,000

Domestic: $ 173,837,933

International: $ 181,400,000

The Blues Brothers (1980)

Summary: Jake Blues rejoins with his brother Elwood after being released from prison, but the duo has just days to reunite their old R&B band and save the Catholic home where the two were raised, outrunning the police as they tear through ...

Release Date: June 20, 1980

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy

Director: John Landis

Writers: Dan Aykroyd

, John Landis

Runtime: 2 h 13 min

MPAA: R

Production: Universal Pictures, Universal Pictures, Brillstein Company

Distributor: DiscoVision, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Universal Television, MCA Videocassette, MCA Home Video, MCA/Universal Home Video, Pioneer, Universal Studios Home Video, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 27,500,000

Domestic: $ 57,229,890

International: $ 58,000,000

Kindergarten Cop (1990)

Summary: A tough cop must pose as a kindergarten teacher in order to locate a dangerous criminal's ex-wife, who may hold the key to putting him behind bars.

Release Date: December 21, 1990

Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime

Director: Ivan Reitman

Writers: Murray Salem

, Herschel Weingrod

, Timothy Harris

Runtime: 1 h 51 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Imagine Entertainment, Northern Lights Entertainment

Distributor: National Broadcasting Company (NBC), ETD Home Video, MCA Home Video, MCA/Universal Home Video, Peacock, Showtime Networks, USA Network, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE), Universal Studios Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 15,000,000

Domestic: $ 91,457,688

International: $ 110,500,000