Apocalypse Now (1979)

Summary: A U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.

Release Date: August 15, 1979

Genres: Drama, Mystery, War

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

Writers: John Milius

, Francis Ford Coppola

, Michael Herr

Runtime: 2 h 27 min

MPAA: R

Production: American Zoetrope, Zoetrope Studios

Distributor: United Artists, Paramount Home Entertainment, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), MGM/UA Entertainment Company, MGM/UA Television Distribution, Philips, Miramax

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 31,500,000

Domestic: $ 96,042,913

International: $ 9,043,186

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

Summary: In the Fall of 1963, a Korean War veteran and criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rallies up the scared patients against the tyrannical nurse.

Release Date: November 19, 1975

Genre: Drama

Director: Milos Forman

Writers: Lawrence Hauben

, Bo Goldman

, Ken Kesey

Runtime: 2 h 13 min

MPAA: R

Production: Fantasy Films, Bryna Productions, N.V. Zvaluw

Distributor: United Artists, Home Box Office (HBO), United Artists Television, National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Thorn EMI Video, MGM/UA Entertainment Company, MGM/UA Television Distribution, Thorn EMI/HBO Video, HBO/Cannon Video, HBO Video, Home Box Office Home Video (HBO), Weintraub Entertainment Group, Lumière Pictures, Republic Pictures Home Video, Warner Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 3,000,000

Domestic: $ 108,981,275

International: $ 134,091

The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966)

Summary: Without hostile intent, a Soviet submarine runs aground off New England. Men are sent for a boat, but many villagers go into a tizzy, risking bloodshed.

Release Date: May 25, 1966

Genres: Comedy, War

Director: Norman Jewison