Meet John Doe (1941)

Days of Heaven (1978)

Summary: A hot-tempered farm laborer convinces the woman he loves to marry their rich but dying boss so that they can have a claim to his fortune.

Release Date: October 06, 1978

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Terrence Malick

Writer: Terrence Malick

Runtime: 1 h 34 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Paramount Pictures

Distributor: Paramount Pictures, Pioneer, Paramount Home Entertainment, The Criterion Collection, The Criterion Channel, RCA (II)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 3,000,000

Domestic: $ 3,446,749

International: $ 28,953

Valley of the Dolls (1967)

Summary: Film version of Jacqueline Susann's best-selling novel chronicling the rise and fall of three young women in show business.

Release Date: December 13, 1967

Genres: Drama, Romance, Music

Director: Mark Robson

Writers: Jacqueline Susann

, Helen Deutsch

, Dorothy Kingsley

Runtime: 2 h 03 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Red Lion

Distributor: CBS, Fox Video, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 20th Television, The Criterion Collection, Netflix, Magnetic Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 4,690,000

Queen (2013)

Summary: A Delhi girl from a traditional family sets out on a solo honeymoon after her marriage gets cancelled.

Release Date: March 07, 2014

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Director: Vikas Bahl

Writers: Vikas Bahl

, Chaitally Parmar

, Parveez Sheikh

Runtime: 2 h 26 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Viacom18 Motion Pictures, New Amsterdam Film Company, Phantom Films

Country: India

Language: Hindi

Movie budget: $ 120,000,000

Nights of Cabiria (1957)

Summary: A waifish prostitute wanders the streets of Rome looking for true love but finds only heartbreak.

Release Date: October 16, 1957

Genre: Drama

Director: Federico Fellini

Writers: Federico Fellini

, Ennio Flaiano

, Tullio Pinelli

Runtime: 1 h 50 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica, Les Films Marceau

Distributor: Lopert Pictures Corporation, Rialto Pictures, The Criterion Collection, Canal Plus Image International, Janus Films

Countries: Italy, France

Language: Italian

Domestic: $ 766,530

International: $ 3,274

Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural (1973)

Summary: A young girl who returns to her hometown to see her dying father finds herself being drawn into a web of vampirism and witchcraft.

Release Date: April 30, 1973

Genres: Fantasy, Thriller, Horror

Director: Richard Blackburn

Writers: Richard Blackburn

, Robert Fern

Runtime: 1 h 20 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Blackfern

Distributor: Media Cinema Group, Cinefear, Fright Video, Moore Video, Synapse Films

Country: United States

Language: English

Eddie the Eagle (2015)

Summary: The story of Eddie Edwards, the notoriously tenacious British underdog ski jumper who charmed the world at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Release Date: February 26, 2016

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Biography

Director: Dexter Fletcher

Writers: Simon Kelton

, Sean Macaulay

Runtime: 1 h 46 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Hurwitz Creative, Lionsgate, Marv Films, TSG Entertainment

Distributor: Disney+, Hotstar

Countries: United Kingdom, Germany, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 23,000,000

Domestic: $ 15,789,389

International: $ 30,363,411

The Waterboy (1998)

Summary: A waterboy for a college football team discovers he has a unique tackling ability and becomes a member of the team.

Release Date: November 06, 1998

Genres: Comedy, Sport

Director: Frank Coraci

Writers: Tim Herlihy

, Adam Sandler

Runtime: 1 h 30 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Robert Simonds Productions, Touchstone Pictures, Waterboy Productions

Distributor: Starz, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Touchstone Home Entertainment, TNT, Buena Vista International, Touchstone Pictures

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 23,000,000

Domestic: $ 161,491,646

International: $ 24,500,000

The Last King of Scotland (2006)

Summary: Based on the events of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's regime as seen by his personal physician during the 1970s.

Release Date: January 19, 2007

Genres: Drama, Biography, History

Director: Kevin Macdonald

Writers: Peter Morgan

, Jeremy Brock

, Giles Foden

Runtime: 2 h 03 min

MPAA: R

Production: Searchlight Pictures, DNA Films, FilmFour, Cowboy Films, Slate Films, Tatfilm

Distributor: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, My Network TV

Countries: United Kingdom, Germany

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 6,000,000

Domestic: $ 17,606,684

International: $ 31,011,507

Killer Joe (2011)

Summary: When a debt puts a young man's life in danger, he turns to putting a hit out on his evil mother in order to collect the insurance.

Release Date: June 29, 2012

Genres: Drama, Crime, Thriller

Director: William Friedkin

Writer: Tracy Letts

Runtime: 1 h 42 min

MPAA: Unrated

Production: Voltage Pictures, Picture Perfect Corporation, Worldview Entertainment

Distributor: Lionsgate Home Entertainment, Relativity Media, Uv Rml Films, Google Play, Vudu, iTunes

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 11,000,000

Domestic: $ 1,987,762

International: $ 2,645,906

The Sessions (2012)

Summary: A man in an iron lung who wishes to lose his virginity contacts a professional sex surrogate with the help of his therapist and priest.

Release Date: November 16, 2012

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Biography

Director: Ben Lewin

Writers: Ben Lewin

, Mark O'Brien

Runtime: 1 h 35 min

MPAA: R

Production: Searchlight Pictures, Such Much Films, Rhino Films

Distributor: Searchlight Pictures, 20th Century Fox Digital Unit, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,000,000

Domestic: $ 6,002,451

International: $ 4,653,704

Hitchcock (2012)

Summary: The relationship between Alfred Hitchcock and his wife Alma Reville during the filming of Psycho (1960) in 1959 is explored.

Release Date: December 14, 2012

Genres: Drama, Romance, Biography

Director: Sacha Gervasi

Writers: John J. McLaughlin

, Stephen Rebello

Runtime: 1 h 38 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Searchlight Pictures, Cold Spring Pictures, The Montecito Picture Company, Big Screen Productions, Prana Studios

Distributor: KVH Media Group, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Countries: United States, United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 15,700,000

Domestic: $ 6,008,677

International: $ 21,030,992

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

Summary: A naive youth leader is appointed to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate. His idealistic plans promptly collide with corruption at home and subterfuge from his hero in Washington, but he tries to forge ahead despite attacks on his c...

Release Date: October 21, 1939

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Director: Frank Capra

Writers: Sidney Buchman

, Lewis R. Foster

, Myles Connolly

Runtime: 2 h 09 min

MPAA: G

Production: Columbia Pictures

Distributor: Columbia Pictures, Screen Gems, Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, Columbia TriStar Home Video, Gaumont/Columbia TriStar Home Video, Sony Pictures Television, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,900,000

Domestic: $ 144,738

International: $ 1,385

The Lady Eve (1941)

Summary: A trio of classy card sharks targets a socially awkward brewery heir, until one of them falls in love with him.

Release Date: March 21, 1941

Genres: Comedy, Romance

Director: Preston Sturges

Writers: Monckton Hoffe

, Preston Sturges

Runtime: 1 h 34 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Paramount Pictures

Distributor: Paramount Pictures, MCA/Universal Pictures, MCA Home Video, MCA/Universal Home Video, The Criterion Collection, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE), Universal Studios, The Criterion Channel, Universal Pictures

Country: United States

Language: English

The Frisco Kid (1979)

Summary: A Polish rabbi wanders through the Old West on his way to lead a synagogue in San Francisco. On the way, he is nearly burned at the stake by Native Americans and almost killed by outlaws.

Release Date: July 13, 1979

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Director: Robert Aldrich

Writers: Michael Elias

, Frank Shaw

Runtime: 1 h 59 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Warner Bros.

Distributor: Warner Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 9,000,000

Domestic: $ 9,346,177

Elf (2003)

Summary: Raised as an oversized elf, Buddy travels from the North Pole to New York City to meet his biological father, Walter Hobbs, who doesn't know he exists and is in desperate need of some Christmas spirit.

Release Date: November 07, 2003

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Family

Director: Jon Favreau

Writer: David Berenbaum

Runtime: 1 h 37 min

MPAA: G

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 33,000,000

Domestic: $ 178,053,220

International: $ 50,883,084

EuroTrip (2004)

Summary: Dumped by his girlfriend, a high school grad decides to embark on an overseas adventure in Europe with his friends.

Release Date: February 20, 2004

Genre: Comedy

Directors: Jeff Schaffer

, Alec Berg

, David Mandel

Writers: Alec Berg

, David Mandel

, Jeff Schaffer

Runtime: 1 h 32 min

MPAA: R

Production: Dreamworks Pictures, The Montecito Picture Company, Blue Sea Productions

Distributor: DreamWorks Distribution, DreamWorks Home Entertainment, DreamWorks, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros.

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 25,000,000

Domestic: $ 17,771,387

International: $ 4,833,766

Galaxy Quest (1999)

Summary: The alumni cast of a space opera television series have to play their roles as the real thing when an alien race needs their help. However, they also have to defend both Earth and the alien race from a reptilian warlord.

Release Date: December 25, 1999

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Director: Dean Parisot

Writers: David Howard

, Robert Gordon

Runtime: 1 h 42 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Dreamworks Pictures, Gran Via Productions

Distributor: American Broadcasting Company (ABC), DreamWorks Home Entertainment, HBO Max, Trifecta Entertainment and Media, Tubi TV, Warner Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 45,000,000

Domestic: $ 71,583,916

International: $ 19,100,000