Slow West (2015)

Belladonna of Sadness (1973)

Summary: After being raped by an evil feudal lord and subsequently getting banished from her village, a peasant girl makes a pact with the Devil to gain magical powers and take her revenge.

Release Date: July 12, 2016

Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Animation, Anime

Director: Eiichi Yamamoto

Writers: Yoshiyuki Fukuda

, Jules Michelet

, Eiichi Yamamoto

Runtime: 1 h 26 min

MPAA: Unrated

Production: Mushi Productions, Nippon Herald Films, Mushi

Distributor: Arbelos Films, SpectreVision, The Criterion Channel

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Domestic: $ 105,841

The Name of the Rose (1986)

Summary: An intellectually nonconformist friar investigates a series of mysterious deaths in an isolated abbey.

Release Date: September 24, 1986

Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery

Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud

Writers: Umberto Eco

, Andrew Birkin

, Gérard Brach

Runtime: 2 h 10 min

MPAA: R

Production: Constantin Film, Cristaldifilm, Les Films Ariane, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), Allied Filmmakers, FR 3 Cinéma, RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, Nelson Entertainment, Showtime Networks, Embassy Home Entertainment, Columbia TriStar Home Video, Image Entertainment, PolyGram Video, Warner Home Video, New Line Home Video

Countries: Italy, France, West Germany

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 30,000,000,000

Domestic: $ 7,153,487

Seven Samurai (1954)

Summary: Farmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, who gathers six other samurai to join him.

Release Date: November 19, 1956

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Writers: Akira Kurosawa

, Shinobu Hashimoto

, Hideo Oguni

Runtime: 3 h 27 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Toho Company

Distributor: Kingsley-International Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), Embassy Pictures, Films Incorporated, Janus Films, Landmark Films, Embassy Home Entertainment, Nelson Entertainment, The Criterion Collection, Cowboy Pictures

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Movie budget: $ 125,000,000

Domestic: $ 318,649

International: $ 27,609

The Hidden Fortress (1958)

Summary: Lured by gold, two greedy peasants unknowingly escort a princess and her general across enemy lines.

Release Date: December 28, 1958

Genres: Adventure, Drama

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Writers: Ryûzô Kikushima

, Hideo Oguni

, Shinobu Hashimoto

Runtime: 2 h 19 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Toho Company

Distributor: Albex, Cowboy Pictures, Media Home Entertainment, The Criterion Collection

Country: Japan

Language: English

Domestic: $ 46,808

Onibaba (1964)

Summary: Two women kill samurai and sell their belongings for a living. While one of them is having an affair with their neighbor, the other woman meets a mysterious samurai wearing a bizarre mask.

Release Date: February 04, 1965

Genres: Drama, Horror

Director: Kaneto Shindô

Writer: Kaneto Shindô

Runtime: 1 h 43 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Kindai Eiga Kyokai, Tokyo Eiga Co Ltd.

Distributor: Toho Company, The Criterion Channel, The Criterion Collection

Country: Japan

Language: English

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The Magnificent Seven (1960)

Summary: Seven gunfighters are hired by Mexican peasants to liberate their village from oppressive bandits.

Release Date: October 12, 1960

Genres: Action, Adventure, Western

Director: John Sturges

Writers: William Roberts

, Akira Kurosawa

, Walter Bernstein

Runtime: 2 h 08 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: The Mirisch Company, Alpha Productions

Distributor: United Artists, Magnetic Video, 20th Century Fox Video, CBS/Fox, MGM/UA Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video, MGM Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, Pluto TV, Tubi TV

Countries: United States, Mexico

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 2,000,000

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

Summary: In 1890s Wyoming, Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid lead a band of outlaws. When a train robbery goes wrong, they find themselves on the run with a posse hard on their heels. After considering their options, they escape to South ...

Release Date: September 24, 1969

Genres: Drama, Crime, Biography

Director: George Roy Hill

Writer: William Goldman

Runtime: 1 h 50 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Campanile Productions, Campanile Productions, George Roy Hill-Paul Monash Production, George Roy Hill-Paul Monash Production, Newman-Foreman Company, Newman-Foreman Company

Distributor: Magnetic Video, RCA (II), 20th Century Fox Video, CBS/Fox, Fox Video, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Fathom Events, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), American Movie Classics (AMC)

Countries: United States, Mexico

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 6,000,000

Domestic: $ 102,308,889

International: $ 2,404

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Ran (1985)

Summary: In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him.

Release Date: June 01, 1985

Genres: Action, Drama, War

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Writers: Akira Kurosawa

, Hideo Oguni

, Masato Ide

Runtime: 2 h 42 min

MPAA: R

Production: Greenwich Film Productions, Herald Ace, Nippon Herald Films

Distributor: Orion Classics, CBS/Fox, StudioCanal, The Criterion Collection, Rialto Pictures, Wellspring Media

Countries: Japan, France

Language: Japanese

Movie budget: $ 11,500,000

Domestic: $ 4,135,750

International: $ 28,533

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Zorro (1975)

Summary: In the New World, a new Spanish governor finds the province of Nueva Aragón under the iron fist of the corrupt Colonel Huerta and vows to bring justice under the guise of a masked avenger.

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy

Director: Duccio Tessari

Writer: Giorgio Arlorio

Runtime: 2 h 00 min

MPAA: G

Production: Mondial Televisione Film, Les Productions Artistes Associés

Distributor: VCI Home Video, Digital 1 Stop, East West Entertainment, Reel Media International, Somerville House, Vina Distribution

Countries: Italy, France

Language: French

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

Summary: King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table embark on a surreal, low-budget search for the Holy Grail, encountering many, very silly obstacles.

Release Date: May 25, 1975

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Directors: Terry Gilliam

, Terry Jones

Writers: Graham Chapman

, John Cleese

, Eric Idle

Runtime: 1 h 31 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Python (Monty) Pictures, Michael White Productions, National Film Trustee Company

Distributor: CBS, Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, A+E Networks, Columbia TriStar Home Video, Comedy Central, Rainbow Releasing, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, Sony Video, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 229,575

Domestic: $ 1,827,696

International: $ 113,210

Three Amigos! (1986)

Summary: Three actors accept an invitation to a Mexican village to perform their onscreen bandit fighter roles, unaware that it is the real thing.

Release Date: December 12, 1986

Genres: Comedy, Western

Director: John Landis

Writers: Steve Martin

, Lorne Michaels

, Randy Newman

Runtime: 1 h 44 min

MPAA: PG

Production: L.A. Films, Home Box Office (HBO), Broadway Video

Distributor: Orion Pictures, Comedy Central, Disney Channel, HBO Home Entertainment, Home Box Office Home Video (HBO)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 25,000,000

Domestic: $ 39,246,734

First Knight (1995)

Summary: Lancelot falls in love with Guinevere, who is due to be married to King Arthur. Meanwhile, a violent warlord tries to seize power from Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.

Release Date: July 07, 1995

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama

Director: Jerry Zucker

Writers: Lorne Cameron

, David Hoselton

, William Nicholson

Runtime: 2 h 14 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Columbia Pictures, First Knight Productions

Distributor: American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Columbia TriStar Home Video

Countries: United States, United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 55,000,000

Domestic: $ 37,600,435

International: $ 90,000,000

A Knight's Tale (2001)

Summary: After his master dies, a peasant squire, fueled by his desire for food and glory, creates a new identity for himself as a knight.

Release Date: May 11, 2001

Genres: Action, Adventure, Romance

Director: Brian Helgeland

Writer: Brian Helgeland

Runtime: 2 h 12 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Columbia Pictures, Escape Artists, Finestkind, Black and Blu Entertainment

Distributor: Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Releasing, Columbia TriStar Home Video, National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Netflix

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 65,000,000

Domestic: $ 56,569,702

International: $ 60,917,771

Miracle at St. Anna (2008)

Summary: Set in 1944 Italy, the story of four black American soldiers who get trapped in a Tuscan village during WWII.

Release Date: September 26, 2008

Genres: Action, Drama, War

Director: Spike Lee

Writer: James McBride

Runtime: 2 h 40 min

MPAA: R

Production: Touchstone Pictures, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, On My Own, Rai Cinema

Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, L.C.J Editions & Productions, HBO Max

Countries: Italy, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 45,000,000

Domestic: $ 7,919,117

International: $ 1,414,537

Not One Less (1999)

Summary: 13-year old Wei Minzhi is the new substitute teacher of a mountain village school. She is told not to lose any of her pupils under any circumstances.

Release Date: October 30, 1999

Genre: Drama

Director: Yimou Zhang

Writer: Xiangsheng Shi

Runtime: 1 h 46 min

MPAA: G

Production: Guangxi Film Studio, Beijing New Picture Film, Xin Huamian Film, Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia

Distributor: Columbia TriStar Home Video, Sony Pictures Classics

Country: China

Language: Chinese

Domestic: $ 592,586

Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)

Summary: A young peasant maid working in the house of painter Johannes Vermeer becomes his talented assistant and the model for one of his most famous works.

Release Date: January 30, 2004

Genres: Drama, Romance, Biography

Director: Peter Webber

Writers: Tracy Chevalier

, Olivia Hetreed

Runtime: 1 h 40 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Archer Street Productions, Delux Productions, Pathé, Wild Bear Films, MEDIA Programme of the European Union

Countries: United Kingdom, Luxembourg, France, Belgium, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 12,000,000

Domestic: $ 11,670,971

International: $ 21,359,144

Mamma Mia! (2008)

Summary: The story of a bride-to-be trying to find her real father told using hit songs by the popular 1970s group ABBA.

Release Date: July 18, 2008

Genres: Comedy, Musical, Romance

Director: Phyllida Lloyd

Writer: Catherine Johnson

Runtime: 1 h 48 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Littlestar

Distributor: Universal Pictures, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Countries: United States, United Kingdom, Germany

Language: English

Franchise: Mamma Mia!

Movie budget: $ 52,000,000

Domestic: $ 144,169,664

International: $ 550,308,728

The House of the Spirits (1993)

Summary: A rancher, his clairvoyant wife, and their family face turbulent years in South America in this adaptation of Isabel Allende's best-seller.

Release Date: April 01, 1994

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Bille August

Writers: Isabel Allende

, Bille August

Runtime: 2 h 25 min

MPAA: R

Production: Constantin Film, Spring Creek Productions, House of Spirits Film, Costa do Castelo Filmes, Eurimages, Det Danske Filminstitut, Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual (ICA)

Distributor: Miramax, Live Home Video, Artisan Entertainment

Countries: Germany, Denmark, Portugal

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 40,000,000

Domestic: $ 6,265,311