Bowling for Columbine (2002)

The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)

Summary: A young man, falsely imprisoned by his jealous "friend", escapes and uses a hidden treasure to exact his revenge.

Release Date: January 25, 2002

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama

Director: Kevin Reynolds

Writers: Alexandre Dumas

, Jay Wolpert

Runtime: 2 h 11 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Touchstone Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment, World 2000 Entertainment

Distributor: Buena Vista Home Entertainment

Countries: Ireland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 35,000,000

Domestic: $ 54,234,062

International: $ 21,160,986

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)

Summary: An orphaned boy enrolls in a school of wizardry, where he learns the truth about himself, his family and the terrible evil that haunts the magical world.

Release Date: November 16, 2001

Genres: Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Director: Chris Columbus

Writers: J.K. Rowling

, Steve Kloves

Runtime: 2 h 32 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Warner Bros., Heyday Films, 1492 Pictures

Distributor: American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Disney Channel, Freeform, HBO Max, National Broadcasting Company (NBC)

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Franchise: J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World

Movie budget: $ 125,000,000

Domestic: $ 318,886,962

International: $ 705,696,892

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)

Summary: Harry, Ron, and Hermione search for Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes in their effort to destroy the Dark Lord as the final battle rages on at Hogwarts.

Release Date: July 15, 2011

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Director: David Yates

Writers: Steve Kloves

, J.K. Rowling

Runtime: 2 h 10 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Warner Bros., Heyday Films, Moving Picture Company (MPC)

Distributor: ABC Family, HBO Max, Home Box Office (HBO), Peacock, Studio Distribution Services (SDS), Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Franchise: J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World

Movie budget: $ 125,000,000

Domestic: $ 381,447,587

International: $ 960,912,355

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Summary: Over the course of several years, two convicts form a friendship, seeking consolation and, eventually, redemption through basic compassion.

Release Date: October 14, 1994

Genre: Drama

Director: Frank Darabont

Writers: Stephen King

, Frank Darabont

Runtime: 2 h 22 min

MPAA: R

Production: Castle Rock Entertainment

Distributor: Columbia Pictures, CBS, Columbia TriStar Home Video, HBO Max, Starz, Studio Distribution Services (SDS), TBS Superstation, TNT

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 25,000,000

Domestic: $ 28,767,189

International: $ 117,527

The Big Short (2015)

Summary: In 2006-2007 a group of investors bet against the United States mortgage market. In their research, they discover how flawed and corrupt the market is.

Release Date: December 23, 2015

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Biography

Director: Adam McKay

Writers: Charles Randolph

, Adam McKay

, Michael Lewis

Runtime: 2 h 10 min

MPAA: R

Production: Paramount Pictures, New Regency Productions, Plan B Entertainment

Distributor: Paramount Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 28,000,000

Domestic: $ 70,259,870

International: $ 63,181,000

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)

Summary: Six tales of life and violence in the Old West, following a singing gunslinger, a bank robber, a traveling impresario, an elderly prospector, a wagon train, and a perverse pair of bounty hunters.

Release Date: November 09, 2018

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Musical

Directors: Ethan Coen

, Joel Coen

Writers: Joel Coen

, Ethan Coen

, Jack London

Runtime: 2 h 13 min

MPAA: R

Production: Annapurna Pictures, Annapurna Television, Mike Zoss Productions, Netflix

Distributor: Netflix

Country: United States

Language: English

The Invention of Lying (2009)

Summary: A comedy set in a world where no one has ever lied, until a writer seizes the opportunity for personal gain.

Release Date: October 02, 2009

Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

Directors: Ricky Gervais

, Matthew Robinson

Writers: Ricky Gervais

, Matthew Robinson

Runtime: 1 h 40 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Warner Bros., Radar Pictures, Media Rights Capital (MRC), Lynda Obst Productions, Wintergreen Productions

Distributor: Warner Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 18,500,000

Domestic: $ 18,451,251

International: $ 13,955,256

They Live (1988)

Summary: They influence our decisions without us knowing it. They numb our senses without us feeling it. They control our lives without us realizing it. They live.

Release Date: November 04, 1988

Genres: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

Director: John Carpenter

Writers: Ray Nelson

, John Carpenter

Runtime: 1 h 34 min

MPAA: R

Production: Alive Films, Larry Franco Productions

Distributor: MCA Home Video, MCA/Universal Home Video, Image Entertainment, Peacock, Scream Factory, TNT, Universal Studios Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 4,000,000

Domestic: $ 13,008,928

International: $ 270

Now You See Me (2013)

Summary: An F.B.I. Agent and an Interpol Detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances, and reward their audiences with the money.

Release Date: May 31, 2013

Genres: Crime, Thriller, Mystery

Director: Louis Leterrier

Writers: Ed Solomon

, Boaz Yakin

, Edward Ricourt

Runtime: 1 h 55 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Summit Entertainment, K/O Paper Products, SOIXAN7E QUIN5E, See Me Louisiana

Distributor: Lionsgate, Summit Entertainment, Summit Home Entertainment, Tubi TV

Countries: United States, France

Language: English

Franchise: Now You See Me

Movie budget: $ 75,000,000

Domestic: $ 117,723,989

International: $ 234,000,000

The Founder (2016)

Summary: The story of Ray Kroc, a salesman who turned two brothers' innovative fast food eatery, McDonald's, into the biggest restaurant business in the world, with a combination of ambition, persistence, and ruthlessness.

Release Date: January 20, 2017

Genres: Drama, Biography

Director: John Lee Hancock

Writer: Robert Siegel

Runtime: 1 h 55 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: The Weinstein Company, FilmNation Entertainment, Faliro House Productions

Distributor: Anchor Bay Entertainment, Hotstar, Lionsgate Home Entertainment, Netflix, Tubi TV

Countries: United States, Greece

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 25,000,000

Domestic: $ 12,786,053

International: $ 11,335,192

Duck, You Sucker! (1971)

Summary: A low-life bandit and an I.R.A. explosives expert rebel against the government and become heroes of the Mexican Revolution.

Release Date: July 07, 1972

Genres: Drama, War, Western

Director: Sergio Leone

Writers: Sergio Leone

, Sergio Donati

, Luciano Vincenzoni

Runtime: 2 h 18 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Rafran Cinematografica, Euro International Films, San Marco

Distributor: United Artists, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), MGM/UA Home Entertainment, MGM/UA Home Entertainment, Image Entertainment, Kino Lorber

Country: Italy

Language: Italian

Catfish in Black Bean Sauce (1999)

Summary: A Vietnamese brother and sister raised by an African American couple are reunited with their birth mother after 22 years.

Release Date: June 09, 2000

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Director: Chi Muoi Lo

Writer: Chi Muoi Lo

Runtime: 1 h 59 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Black Hawk Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,000,000

Domestic: $ 1,319,592

Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

Summary: Three amateur bank robbers plan to hold up a bank. A nice simple robbery: Walk in, take the money, and run. Unfortunately, the supposedly uncomplicated heist suddenly becomes a bizarre nightmare as everything that could go wrong d...

Release Date: December 25, 1975

Genres: Drama, Crime, Biography

Director: Sidney Lumet

Writers: Frank Pierson

, P.F. Kluge

, Thomas Moore

Runtime: 2 h 05 min

MPAA: R

Production: Warner Bros., Artists Entertainment Complex

Distributor: National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Warner Home Video, HBO Max, RCA (II)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,800,000

Domestic: $ 50,000,000

The Hot Rock (1972)

Summary: Dortmunder and his pals plan to steal a huge diamond from a museum. But this turns out to be only the first time they have to steal it...

Release Date: January 26, 1972

Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime

Director: Peter Yates

Writers: Donald E. Westlake

, William Goldman

Runtime: 1 h 41 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Landers-Roberts Productions

Distributor: Fox Video, 20th Television, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Twilight Time

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 4,895,000

Fox and His Friends (1975)

Summary: A suggestible working-class innocent wins the lottery but lets himself be taken advantage of by his bourgeois new boyfriend and his circle of materialistic friends.

Release Date: February 02, 1976

Genres: Drama, Romance, Crime

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Writers: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

, Christian Hohoff

Runtime: 2 h 03 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: City Film, Tango Film

Distributor: New Yorker Films, New Yorker Video, HBO Max, The Criterion Collection

Country: West Germany

Language: German

Movie budget: $ 450,000

Domestic: $ 8,144