Hard Candy (2005)

Die Hard (1988)

Summary: A New York City police officer tries to save his estranged wife and several others taken hostage by terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.

Release Date: July 20, 1988

Genres: Action, Thriller

Director: John McTiernan

Writers: Roderick Thorp

, Jeb Stuart

, Steven E. de Souza

Runtime: 2 h 12 min

MPAA: R

Production: Twentieth Century Fox, Gordon Company, Silver Pictures

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, CBS/Fox, Fox Network, 20th Television

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Die Hard

Movie budget: $ 28,000,000

Domestic: $ 83,844,093

International: $ 57,759,104

Bronson (2008)

Summary: A young man who was sentenced to seven years in prison for robbing a post office ends up spending three decades in solitary confinement. During this time, his own personality is supplanted by his alter-ego, Charles Bronson.

Release Date: March 13, 2009

Genres: Action, Crime, Biography

Director: Nicolas Winding Refn

Writers: Brock Norman Brock

, Nicolas Winding Refn

Runtime: 1 h 32 min

MPAA: R

Production: Vertigo Films, Aramid Entertainment Fund, Str8jacket Creations, Bronson Productions, Perfume Films, Protagonist Pictures, Scanbox Entertainment Production

Distributor: Magnolia Home Entertainment

Countries: United Kingdom, Denmark

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 230,000

Domestic: $ 104,979

International: $ 2,155,733

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

Summary: Blacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate "Captain" Jack Sparrow to save Elizabeth Swann, the governor's daughter and his love, from Jack's former pirate allies, who are now undead.

Release Date: July 09, 2003

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Director: Gore Verbinski

Writers: Ted Elliott

, Terry Rossio

, Stuart Beattie

Runtime: 2 h 23 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Walt Disney Pictures, Jerry Bruckheimer Films

Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Disney+, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Pirates of the Caribbean

Movie budget: $ 140,000,000

Domestic: $ 305,413,918

International: $ 348,850,628

Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

Summary: In 1944 Spain, a girl is sent to live with her ruthless stepfather. During the night, she meets a fairy who takes her to an old faun. He tells her she's a princess, but must prove her royalty by surviving three gruesome tasks.

Release Date: January 19, 2007

Genres: Drama, Fantasy, War

Director: Guillermo del Toro

Writer: Guillermo del Toro

Runtime: 1 h 58 min

MPAA: R

Production: Tequila Gang, Estudios Picasso, Esperanto Filmoj, Esperanto Filmoj, Telecinco

Distributor: Picturehouse, New Line Home Video, The Criterion Collection

Countries: Mexico, Spain

Language: Spanish

Movie budget: $ 19,000,000

Domestic: $ 37,646,380

International: $ 46,217,185

Star Trek Beyond (2016)

Summary: The crew of the USS Enterprise explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a new ruthless enemy, who puts them, and everything the Federation stands for, to the test.

Release Date: July 22, 2016

Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Director: Justin Lin

Writers: Simon Pegg

, Doug Jung

, Gene Roddenberry

Runtime: 2 h 02 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Paramount Pictures, Skydance Media, Alibaba Pictures, Sneaky Shark, Perfect Storm Entertainment

Distributor: Paramount Pictures, CBS All Access, CBS, KVH Media Group, Paramount+

Countries: United States, China

Language: English

Franchise: Star Trek

Movie budget: $ 185,000,000

Domestic: $ 158,848,340

International: $ 184,623,476

Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

Summary: A rough-and-tumble trucker and his side kick face off with an ancient sorcerer in a supernatural battle beneath Chinatown.

Release Date: July 02, 1986

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy

Director: John Carpenter

Writers: Gary Goldman

, David Z. Weinstein

, W.D. Richter

Runtime: 1 h 39 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Twentieth Century Fox, Twentieth Century Fox, TAFT Entertainment Pictures, TAFT Entertainment Pictures, SLM Production Group, SLM Production Group

Distributor: CBS/Fox, Fox Network, Fox Video, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Scream Factory

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 25,000,000

Domestic: $ 11,100,000

International: $ 577

Dracula (1992)

Summary: The centuries old vampire Count Dracula comes to England to seduce his barrister Jonathan Harker's fiancée Mina Murray and inflict havoc in the foreign land.

Release Date: November 13, 1992

Genre: Horror

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

Writers: Bram Stoker

, James V. Hart

Runtime: 2 h 08 min

MPAA: 16+

Production: American Zoetrope, Columbia Pictures, Osiris Films

Distributor: Columbia Pictures, Columbia TriStar Home Video, Fox Network, Columbia Tristar Television Distribution, Columbia TriStar Domestic Television, Sony Pictures Television, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Television International, HBO Max, The Criterion Collection

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 40,000,000

Domestic: $ 82,522,790

International: $ 133,339,902

Funny Games (2007)

Summary: Two psychopathic young men take a family hostage in their cabin.

Release Date: April 04, 2008

Genres: Drama, Crime, Thriller

Director: Michael Haneke

Writer: Michael Haneke

Runtime: 1 h 51 min

MPAA: R

Production: Celluloid Dreams, Halcyon Pictures, Tartan Films, Celluloid Dreams, X-Filme Creative Pool, Lucky Red, Kinematograf, Belladonna Productions, Serenity Film, Warner Independent Pictures (WIP), Wega Film

Distributor: Warner Independent Pictures (WIP), Warner Home Video

Countries: United States, France, United Kingdom, Austria, Germany, Italy

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 15,000,000

Domestic: $ 1,294,919

International: $ 6,653,365

Forbidden Zone (1980)

Summary: The bizarre and musical tale of a girl who travels to another dimension through the gateway found in her family's basement.

Release Date: March 21, 1982

Genres: Comedy, Musical, Fantasy

Director: Richard Elfman

Writers: Richard Elfman

, Matthew Bright

, Martin Nicholson

Runtime: 1 h 14 min

MPAA: R

Production: Hercules Films Ltd.

Distributor: The Samuel Goldwyn Company, F Z Distribution, Fantoma, Substance Video, Legend Films, Elfo Media, MVD Entertainment Group, Media Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

House of 1000 Corpses (2003)

Summary: Two young couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of murder end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial killers.

Release Date: April 11, 2003

Genre: Horror

Director: Rob Zombie

Writer: Rob Zombie

Runtime: 1 h 29 min

MPAA: R

Production: Spectacle Entertainment Group, Universal Pictures

Distributor: Lions Gate Films, Lionsgate Home Entertainment, Lionsgate

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 7,000,000

Domestic: $ 12,634,962

International: $ 4,194,583

Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

Summary: Mary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Baron Henry Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate.

Release Date: May 03, 1935

Genres: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

Director: James Whale

Writers: Mary Shelley

, William Hurlbut

, John L. Balderston

Runtime: 1 h 15 min

MPAA: G

Production: Universal Pictures, Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Association of America

Distributor: Universal Pictures, Film Classics, Realart Pictures, Screen Gems, MCA Home Video, MCA/Universal Home Video, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE), Fathom Events, Studio Distribution Services (SDS), American Movie Classics (AMC), The Criterion Channel, Turner Classic Movies (TCM)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 397,024

The Abyss (1989)

Summary: A civilian diving team is enlisted to search for a lost nuclear submarine and faces danger while encountering an alien aquatic species.

Release Date: August 09, 1989

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Mystery

Director: James Cameron

Writer: James Cameron

Runtime: 2 h 20 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Twentieth Century Fox, Twentieth Century Fox, Pacific Western, Pacific Western, Lightstorm Entertainment, Lightstorm Entertainment

Distributor: CBS/Fox, Fox Video, Fox Network, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 70,000,000

Domestic: $ 54,461,047

International: $ 35,539,051

Alone (2020)

Summary: A recently widowed traveler is kidnapped by a cold blooded killer, only to escape into the wilderness where she is forced to battle against the elements as her pursuer closes in on her.

Release Date: September 18, 2020

Genres: Drama, Horror, Mystery

Director: John Hyams

Writer: Mattias Olsson

Runtime: 1 h 38 min

MPAA: R

Production: Paperclip Limited, Mill House Motion Pictures, XYZfilms

Distributor: Magnet Releasing

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 750,000

Domestic: $ 537,589

International: $ 104,913