Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)

Upgrade (2018)

Summary: Set in the near-future, technology controls nearly all aspects of life. But when the world of Grey, a self-labeled technophobe, is turned upside down, his only hope for revenge is an experimental computer chip implant.

Release Date: June 01, 2018

Genres: Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi

Director: Leigh Whannell

Writer: Leigh Whannell

Runtime: 1 h 40 min

MPAA: R

Production: Automatik Entertainment, Blumhouse Productions, Fulcrum Media Finance, Nervous Tick Productions

Distributor: Scream Factory, Shout! Factory, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Countries: United States, Australia

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 5,000,000

Domestic: $ 11,977,130

International: $ 4,729,550

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)

Summary: In World War II Italy, four fascist libertines round up nine adolescent boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of torture.

Release Date: January 10, 1976

Genres: Drama, Horror

Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini

Writers: Pier Paolo Pasolini

, Sergio Citti

, Pupi Avati

Runtime: 1 h 57 min

MPAA: TV-MA

Production: Produzioni Europee Associate (PEA), Les Productions Artistes Associés

Distributor: Peppercorn-Wormser Film Enterprises, Zebra Films, The Criterion Collection, Water Bearer Films, HBO Max, The Voyager Company

Countries: Italy, France

Language: Italian

The Platform (2019)

Summary: In a prison where inmates are fed on a descending platform, those on the upper levels take more than their fair share while those below are left to starve on scraps, and one man decides to change the system.

Release Date: March 20, 2020

Genres: Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi

Director: Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia

Writers: David Desola

, Pedro Rivero

Runtime: 1 h 34 min

MPAA: TV-MA

Production: Basque Films, Mr Miyagi Films, Plataforma La Película AIE, Eusko Jaurlaritza, Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO), Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA), Radio Televisión Española (RTVE), Zentropa

Country: Spain

Language: Spanish

Death on the Nile (2022)

Summary: While on vacation on the Nile, Hercule Poirot must investigate the murder of a young heiress.

Release Date: February 11, 2022

Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery

Director: Kenneth Branagh

Writers: Michael Green

, Agatha Christie

Runtime: 2 h 07 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: 20th Century Studios, Kinberg Genre, Scott Free Productions, The Mark Gordon Company

Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Disney+, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, HBO Max, Hulu

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Agatha Christie

Movie budget: $ 90,000,000

Domestic: $ 45,630,104

International: $ 91,677,131

4 - NEO-MARXISM

Knives Out (2019)

Summary: When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate.

Release Date: November 27, 2019

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Crime

Director: Rian Johnson

Writer: Rian Johnson

Runtime: 2 h 10 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Lionsgate, Media Rights Capital (MRC), T-Street, Lionsgate Productions

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 40,000,000

Domestic: $ 165,363,234

International: $ 147,534,686

4 - NEO-MARXISM

Cloud Atlas (2012)

Summary: An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution.

Release Date: October 26, 2012

Genres: Action, Drama, Mystery

Directors: Tom Tykwer

, Lana Wachowski

, Lilly Wachowski

Writers: David Mitchell

, Lana Wachowski

, Tom Tykwer

Runtime: 2 h 52 min

MPAA: R

Production: Cloud Atlas Productions, X-Filme Creative Pool, Anarchos Pictures, Ascension Pictures, Dreams of Dragon Picture, Five Drops, Media Asia Group

Distributor: Warner Bros.

Countries: United States, Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore, China, United Kingdom, Spain

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 102,000,000

Domestic: $ 27,108,272

International: $ 103,408,152

3 - NEO-MARXISM

It Chapter Two (2019)

Summary: Twenty-seven years after their first encounter with the terrifying Pennywise, the Losers Club have grown up and moved away, until a devastating phone call brings them back.

Release Date: September 06, 2019

Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Director: Andy Muschietti

Writers: Stephen King

, Gary Dauberman

Runtime: 2 h 49 min

MPAA: R

Production: New Line Cinema, Double Dream, Vertigo Entertainment, Rideback, Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC), KatzSmith Productions, Lin Pictures

Distributor: Warner Bros., HBO Max

Countries: United States, Canada

Language: English

Franchise: It

Movie budget: $ 79,000,000

Domestic: $ 211,622,525

International: $ 261,500,629

3 - NEO-MARXISM

Greaser's Palace (1972)

Summary: A strange man named Jesse who can revive life and walk on water comes into a surreal and cruel western town.

Release Date: November 08, 1973

Genres: Comedy, Western

Director: Robert Downey Sr.

Writer: Robert Downey Sr.

Runtime: 1 h 31 min

MPAA: TV-MA

Production: Greaser's Palace Ltd.

Distributor: Cinema 5 Distributing, RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, Scorpion Releasing, Image Entertainment, The Criterion Channel, Turner Classic Movies (TCM)

Country: United States

Language: English

3 - NEO-MARXISM

Morbius (2022)

Summary: Biochemist Michael Morbius tries to cure himself of a rare blood disease, but he inadvertently infects himself with a form of vampirism instead.

Release Date: April 01, 2022

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama

Director: Daniel Espinosa

Writers: Matt Sazama

, Burk Sharpless

Runtime: 1 h 44 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Columbia Pictures, Marvel Entertainment, Avi Arad Productions

Distributor: Columbia Pictures

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 75,000,000

Domestic: $ 73,865,530

International: $ 93,595,431

The Predator (2018)

Summary: When a young boy accidentally triggers the universe's most lethal hunters' return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled scientist can prevent the end of the human race.

Release Date: September 14, 2018

Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Director: Shane Black

Writers: Fred Dekker

, Shane Black

, Jim Thomas

Runtime: 1 h 47 min

MPAA: R

Production: Twentieth Century Fox, Davis Entertainment, TSG Entertainment, Canada Film Capital

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, HBO Max

Countries: Canada, United States, United Kingdom, India, Australia, Brazil, China

Language: English

Franchise: Predator

Movie budget: $ 88,000,000

Domestic: $ 51,024,708

International: $ 109,517,426

Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

Summary: Balian of Ibelin travels to Jerusalem during the Crusades of the 12th century, and there he finds himself as the defender of the city and its people.

Release Date: May 06, 2005

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama

Director: Ridley Scott

Writer: William Monahan

Runtime: 2 h 24 min

MPAA: R

Production: Twentieth Century Fox, Scott Free Productions, BK, KOH, Reino del Cielo, Studio Babelsberg, Inside Track 3, Calle Cruzada, Dune Films, Medusa Film, Pathé, StudioCanal, Kanzaman

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Countries: United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Morocco, United States, Italy, France

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 130,000,000

Domestic: $ 47,398,413

International: $ 170,838,658

Capote (2005)

Summary: In 1959, Truman Capote learns of the murder of a Kansas family and decides to write a book about the case. While researching for his novel In Cold Blood, Capote forms a relationship with one of the killers, Perry Smith, who is on ...

Release Date: February 03, 2006

Genres: Drama, Crime, Biography

Director: Bennett Miller

Writers: Dan Futterman

, Gerald Clarke

Runtime: 1 h 54 min

MPAA: PG

Production: United Artists, Sony Pictures Classics, A-Line Pictures, Eagle Vision, Capote Productions

Distributor: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, United Artists, The CW Network (The CW)

Countries: United States, Canada

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 7,000,000

Domestic: $ 28,750,530

International: $ 20,576,875

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

Summary: The legendary tale of a barber who returns from wrongful imprisonment to 1840s London, bent on revenge for the rape and death of his wife, and resumes his trade while forming a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lov...

Release Date: December 21, 2007

Genres: Drama, Musical, Horror

Director: Tim Burton

Writers: John Logan

, Hugh Wheeler

, Christopher Bond

Runtime: 1 h 56 min

MPAA: R

Production: Dreamworks Pictures, Warner Bros., Parkes/MacDonald Image Nation, Tim Burton Productions

Distributor: Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks Home Entertainment

Countries: United States, United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 50,000,000

Domestic: $ 52,898,073

International: $ 100,486,199

Halloween Kills (2021)

Summary: Surviving victims of Michael Myers form a vigilante mob and vow to end his reign of terror.

Release Date: October 15, 2021

Genres: Crime, Thriller, Horror

Director: David Gordon Green

Writers: John Carpenter

, Debra Hill

, Scott Teems

Runtime: 1 h 45 min

MPAA: R

Production: Universal Pictures, Miramax, Blumhouse Productions, Trancas International Films, Home Again Productions, Rough House Pictures

Distributor: Universal Pictures, Peacock, Studio Distribution Services (SDS), Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Halloween

Movie budget: $ 20,000,000

Domestic: $ 92,002,155

International: $ 41,421,809

1408 (2007)

Summary: Author Michael Enslin specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences, checks into the fabled room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel in New York City, settles in, and soon confronts genuine terror.

Release Date: June 22, 2007

Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

Director: Mikael Håfström

Writers: Matt Greenberg

, Scott Alexander

, Larry Karaszewski

Runtime: 1 h 44 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Dimension Films, The Weinstein Company, Di Bonaventura Pictures

Distributor: Genius Products

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 25,000,000

Domestic: $ 71,985,628

International: $ 60,977,789

The Running Man (1987)

Summary: In a dystopian America, a falsely convicted policeman gets his shot at freedom when he must forcibly participate in a TV game show where convicts, runners, must battle killers for their freedom.

Release Date: November 13, 1987

Genres: Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi

Director: Paul Michael Glaser

Writers: Stephen King

, Steven E. de Souza

Runtime: 1 h 41 min

MPAA: R

Production: TAFT Entertainment Pictures, Keith Barish Productions, Home Box Office (HBO), Braveworld Productions

Distributor: TriStar Pictures, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Artisan Home Entertainment, Avid Home Entertainment, CBS, Home Box Office (HBO), Image Entertainment, Lionsgate Home Entertainment, Live Distributing Inc., Live Entertainment, Live Home Video, National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Olive Films, Paramount Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 27,000,000

Domestic: $ 38,122,105

International: $ 1,801

Braveheart (1995)

Summary: Scottish warrior William Wallace leads his countrymen in a rebellion to free his homeland from the tyranny of King Edward I of England.

Release Date: May 24, 1995

Genres: Drama, Biography, History

Director: Mel Gibson

Writer: Randall Wallace

Runtime: 2 h 58 min

MPAA: R

Production: Icon Entertainment International, The Ladd Company, B.H. Finance C.V., Icon Productions

Distributor: Paramount Pictures, Paramount Home Entertainment, National Broadcasting Company (NBC), HBO Max, Paramount+, Warner Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 72,000,000

Domestic: $ 75,609,945

International: $ 137,606,271

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