The Twilight Samurai (2002)

Pulp Fiction (1994)

Summary: The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.

Release Date: October 14, 1994

Genres: Drama, Crime

Director: Quentin Tarantino

Writers: Quentin Tarantino

, Roger Avary

Runtime: 2 h 34 min

MPAA: R

Production: Miramax, A Band Apart, Jersey Films

Distributor: Fathom Events, Miramax, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Buena Vista Home Video, Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment, Lionsgate Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 8,000,000

Domestic: $ 107,928,762

International: $ 106,000,000

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)

Summary: The Turtles discover their origins while they endeavour to save New York City from the evil Shredder and his Foot Clan.

Release Date: March 22, 1991

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy

Director: Michael Pressman

Writers: Kevin Eastman

, Peter Laird

, Todd W. Langen

Runtime: 1 h 28 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Golden Harvest Company, GH Pictures, Golden Harvest Pictures (China), Golden Movies International

Distributor: Image Entertainment, New Line Home Video, RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, Fox Network, New Line Home Entertainment, MGM Worldwide Television, Warner Home Video, Warner Bros.

Countries: Hong Kong, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 25,000,000

Domestic: $ 78,656,813

Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

Summary: After awakening from a four-year coma, a former assassin wreaks vengeance on the team of assassins who betrayed her.

Release Date: October 10, 2003

Genres: Action, Drama, Crime

Director: Quentin Tarantino

Writers: Quentin Tarantino

, Uma Thurman

Runtime: 1 h 51 min

MPAA: R

Production: Miramax, A Band Apart, Super Cool ManChu, Shaw Brothers

Distributor: Miramax, Miramax Films, HBO Max, Lionsgate Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 30,000,000

Domestic: $ 70,099,045

International: $ 110,807,031

Sin City (2005)

Summary: An exploration of the dark and miserable Basin City and three of its residents, all of whom are caught up in violent corruption.

Release Date: April 01, 2005

Genres: Crime, Thriller

Directors: Frank Miller

, Quentin Tarantino

, Robert Rodriguez

Writers: Frank Miller

, Robert Rodriguez

Runtime: 2 h 04 min

MPAA: R

Production: Dimension Films, Troublemaker Studios, Dimension Films

Distributor: Dimension Films, Starz, Touchstone Home Video, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Dimension Home Video, Paramount Home Entertainment, Paramount+, Shout! Factory

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Sin City

Movie budget: $ 40,000,000

Domestic: $ 74,103,820

International: $ 84,630,000

The Wolverine (2013)

Summary: Wolverine comes to Japan to meet an old friend whose life he saved years ago, and gets embroiled in a conspiracy involving yakuza and mutants.

Release Date: July 26, 2013

Genres: Action, Sci-Fi

Director: James Mangold

Writers: Mark Bomback

, Scott Frank

Runtime: 2 h 06 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Twentieth Century Fox, Marvel Entertainment, Donners' Company, Big Screen Productions, Bad Hat Harry Productions

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

Countries: United States, United Kingdom, Japan

Language: English

Franchise: X-Men

Movie budget: $ 120,000,000

Domestic: $ 132,556,852

International: $ 282,271,394

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)

Summary: When a kingpin threatens New York City, a group of mutated turtle warriors must emerge from the shadows to protect their home.

Release Date: August 08, 2014

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy

Director: Jonathan Liebesman

Writers: Josh Appelbaum

, André Nemec

, Evan Daugherty

Runtime: 1 h 41 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies, Platinum Dunes, Image Comics, Mirage Studios

Distributor: Paramount Pictures, Cartoon Network, Music Television (MTV), Paramount Home Entertainment, Tubi TV

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 125,000,000

Domestic: $ 191,204,754

International: $ 293,800,000

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)

Summary: The Turtles get into another battle with their enemy the Shredder, who has acquired new allies: the mutant thugs Bebop and Rocksteady and the alien being Krang.

Release Date: June 03, 2016

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy

Director: Dave Green

Writers: Josh Appelbaum

, André Nemec

, Peter Laird

Runtime: 1 h 52 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Golden Harvest Company, Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies, Platinum Dunes, China Movie Media Group, Gama Entertainment Partners, Image Comics, Mednick Productions, Mirage Studios, Smithrowe Entertainment

Distributor: Paramount Pictures, Tubi TV

Countries: United States, Hong Kong, China

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 135,000,000

Domestic: $ 82,051,601

International: $ 163,572,247

Thoroughbreds (2017)

Summary: Two upper-class teenage girls in suburban Connecticut rekindle their unlikely friendship after years of growing apart. Together, they hatch a plan to solve both of their problems-no matter what the cost.

Release Date: March 09, 2018

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Crime

Director: Cory Finley

Writer: Cory Finley

Runtime: 1 h 32 min

MPAA: R

Production: B Story, Big Indie Pictures, June Pictures

Distributor: Focus Features

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 6,000,000

Domestic: $ 3,072,605

International: $ 114,650

Isle of Dogs (2018)

Summary: Set in Japan, Isle of Dogs follows a boy's odyssey in search of his lost dog.

Release Date: April 13, 2018

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Animation

Director: Wes Anderson

Writers: Wes Anderson

, Roman Coppola

, Jason Schwartzman

Runtime: 1 h 41 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Indian Paintbrush, American Empirical Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions, Studio Babelsberg, Twentieth Century Fox Animation

Distributor: Searchlight Pictures, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Disney+

Countries: United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Japan

Language: English

Domestic: $ 32,015,231

International: $ 32,641,377

Lady Snowblood (1973)

Summary: A strikingly beautiful young woman is trained from birth to be a deadly instrument of revenge against the swindlers who destroyed her family.

Release Date: March 22, 1974

Genres: Action, Drama, Thriller

Director: Toshiya Fujita

Writers: Kazuo Kamimura

, Kazuo Koike

, Norio Osada

Runtime: 1 h 37 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Toho Film (Eiga) Co. Ltd.

Distributor: HBO Max, The Criterion Collection

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Battle Royale (2000)

Summary: In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill one another under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.

Release Date: December 16, 2000

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama

Director: Kinji Fukasaku

Writers: Koushun Takami

, Kenta Fukasaku

Runtime: 1 h 54 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Toho Company, AM Associates, Fukasaku-gumi, MF Pictures, Nippon Shuppan Hanbai (Nippan) K.K., Toei Company, WOWOW

Distributor: Anchor Bay Films, Anchor Bay Entertainment, Starmax

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Movie budget: $ 4,500,000

RoboGeisha (2009)

Summary: After receiving robotic implants, two sisters compete as assassins.

Release Date: October 03, 2009

Genres: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Director: Noboru Iguchi

Writer: Noboru Iguchi

Runtime: 1 h 42 min

MPAA: TV-MA

Production: Kadokawa Eiga K.K., Movie Gate Co., Pony Canyon, T.O. Entertainment

Distributor: FUNimation Entertainment, T.O. Entertainment

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Movie budget: $ 250,000

The Dead Don't Die (2019)

Summary: The peaceful town of Centerville finds itself battling a zombie horde as the dead start rising from their graves.

Release Date: June 14, 2019

Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

Director: Jim Jarmusch

Writer: Jim Jarmusch

Runtime: 1 h 44 min

MPAA: R

Production: Focus Features, Kill The Head, Longride, Chimney

Distributor: HBO Max

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 6,563,605

International: $ 8,761,863

Sword of the Stranger (2007)

Summary: A swordsman from a strange land is caught in a struggle between morality, righteousness, and devotion as he reluctantly agrees to take a raggedy boy and his dog to a remote, Buddhist temple.

Release Date: February 05, 2009

Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation, Anime

Director: Masahiro Andô

Writer: Fumihiko Takayama

Runtime: 1 h 43 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Bones

Distributor: Bandai Entertainment

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

The Spirit (2008)

Summary: Rookie cop Denny Colt returns from the beyond as The Spirit, a hero whose mission is to fight against the bad forces in Central City.

Release Date: December 25, 2008

Genres: Action, Fantasy, Crime

Director: Frank Miller

Writers: Frank Miller

, Will Eisner

Runtime: 1 h 43 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Lionsgate, Dark Lot Entertainment, Madison Wells, Continental Entertainment Group (CEG)

Distributor: Lionsgate, Lionsgate Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 60,000,000

Domestic: $ 19,806,188

International: $ 19,358,253

Ugetsu (1953)

Summary: A tale of ambition, family, love, and war set in the midst of the Japanese Civil Wars of the sixteenth century.

Release Date: September 07, 1954

Genres: Drama, Fantasy, War

Director: Kenji Mizoguchi

Writers: Matsutarô Kawaguchi

, Hisakazu Tsuji

, Akinari Ueda

Runtime: 1 h 36 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Daiei Studios

Distributor: Janus Films, The Criterion Channel, The Criterion Collection

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Domestic: $ 11,197

International: $ 13,762

Highlander (1986)

Summary: An immortal Scottish swordsman must confront the last of his immortal opponents, a murderously brutal barbarian who lusts for the fabled "Prize".

Release Date: March 07, 1986

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Director: Russell Mulcahy

Writers: Gregory Widen

, Peter Bellwood

, Larry Ferguson

Runtime: 1 h 56 min

MPAA: R

Production: Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment, Davis-Panzer Productions, Highlander Productions Limited

Distributor: Thorn EMI, Twentieth Century Fox, HBO/Cannon Video, HBO Video, Home Box Office Home Video (HBO), Image Entertainment, Weintraub Entertainment Group, Republic Pictures Home Video, WGN, Republic Entertainment, Artisan Entertainment, StudioCanal, Anchor Bay Entertainment

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Franchise: Highlander

Movie budget: $ 16,000,000

Domestic: $ 5,900,000

International: $ 712

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)

Summary: Four teenage mutant ninja turtles emerge from the shadows to protect New York City from a gang of criminal ninjas.

Release Date: March 30, 1990

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy

Director: Steve Barron

Writers: Kevin Eastman

, Peter Laird

, Bobby Herbeck

Runtime: 1 h 33 min

MPAA: PG

Production: 888 Productions, Golden Harvest Company, Image Comics, Mirage Studios, New Line Cinema, Northshore Investments Ltd.

Distributor: Family Home Entertainment (FHE), Image Entertainment, International Video Entertainment (IVE), Live Entertainment, Avid Home Entertainment, Fox Network, New Line Home Video, Sirius Publishing, New Line Home Entertainment, MGM Worldwide Television, Warner Home Video

Countries: Hong Kong, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 13,500,000

Domestic: $ 135,384,756

International: $ 66,700,000

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993)

Summary: When their closest friend April O'Neil discovers an ancient scepter with magical powers, the turtles must cow-a-bunga their way back to 17th century Japan to rescue her from the evil clutches of Lord Norinaga.

Release Date: March 19, 1993

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy

Director: Stuart Gillard

Writers: Kevin Eastman

, Peter Laird

, Stuart Gillard

Runtime: 1 h 36 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Golden Harvest Company, Clearwater Holdings, GH Pictures, Golden Harvest Pictures (China), Image Comics

Distributor: New Line Cinema, Columbia TriStar Home Video, New Line Home Video, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), New Line Home Entertainment, MGM Worldwide Television, Warner Home Video

Countries: United States, Hong Kong

Language: English