Shrek (2001)

War of the Worlds (2005)

Summary: An alien invasion threatens the future of humanity. The catastrophic nightmare is depicted through the eyes of one American family fighting for survival.

Release Date: June 29, 2005

Genres: Adventure, Thriller, Sci-Fi

Director: Steven Spielberg

Writers: Josh Friedman

, David Koepp

, H.G. Wells

Runtime: 1 h 56 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Paramount Pictures, Dreamworks Pictures, Amblin Entertainment

Distributor: DreamWorks Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 132,000,000

Domestic: $ 234,280,354

International: $ 369,592,765

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Summary: After the Empire overpowers the Rebel Alliance, Luke Skywalker begins his Jedi training with Yoda. At the same time, Darth Vader and bounty hunter Boba Fett pursue his friends across the galaxy.

Release Date: June 18, 1980

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Director: Irvin Kershner

Writers: Leigh Brackett

, Lawrence Kasdan

, George Lucas

Runtime: 2 h 04 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Lucasfilm, Lucasfilm, Twentieth Century Fox

Distributor: CBS/Fox, Home Box Office (HBO), National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Fox Video, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Disney+, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Countries: United States, United Kingdom

Language: English

Franchise: Star Wars

Movie budget: $ 18,000,000

Domestic: $ 292,753,960

International: $ 245,621,107

Ice Age (2002)

Summary: The story revolves around sub-zero heroes: a woolly mammoth, a saber-toothed tiger, a sloth and a prehistoric combination of a squirrel and rat, known as Scrat.

Release Date: March 15, 2002

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Animation

Directors: Chris Wedge

, Carlos Saldanha

Writers: Michael J. Wilson

, Michael Berg

, Peter Ackerman

Runtime: 1 h 21 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Twentieth Century Fox, Blue Sky Studios, Twentieth Century Fox Animation

Distributor: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Fox Network, Cartoon Network, Disney Channel, ABC Family, Nickelodeon Network, Hub Television Network, Discovery Family Channel, PBS Kids Sprout, Freeform, Disney+, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment

Countries: United States, France, Canada

Language: English

Franchise: Ice Age

Movie budget: $ 59,000,000

Domestic: $ 176,387,405

International: $ 206,869,731

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

Summary: A reluctant Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, sets out to the Lonely Mountain with a spirited group of dwarves to reclaim their mountain home, and the gold within it from the dragon Smaug.

Release Date: December 14, 2012

Genres: Adventure, Fantasy

Director: Peter Jackson

Writers: Fran Walsh

, Philippa Boyens

, Peter Jackson

Runtime: 2 h 49 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), New Line Cinema, WingNut Films

Distributor: Warner Bros., Fathom Events

Countries: New Zealand, United States

Language: English

Franchise: Middle Earth

Movie budget: $ 180,000,000

Domestic: $ 303,030,651

International: $ 714,000,000

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)

Summary: After rescuing Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt, the Rebels attempt to destroy the second Death Star, while Luke struggles to help Darth Vader back from the dark side.

Release Date: May 25, 1983

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Director: Richard Marquand

Writers: Lawrence Kasdan

, George Lucas

Runtime: 2 h 11 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Lucasfilm

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, CBS/Fox, Home Box Office (HBO), National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Fox Video, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 20th Century Fox Television Distribution, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Disney+

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Star Wars

Movie budget: $ 32,500,000

Domestic: $ 316,566,101

International: $ 158,540,076

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)

Summary: Two Jedi escape a hostile blockade to find allies and come across a young boy who may bring balance to the Force, but the long dormant Sith resurface to claim their original glory.

Release Date: May 19, 1999

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Director: George Lucas

Writer: George Lucas

Runtime: 2 h 16 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Lucasfilm

Distributor: Fox Network

Countries: United States, United Kingdom

Language: English

Franchise: Star Wars

Movie budget: $ 115,000,000

Domestic: $ 487,576,624

International: $ 558,938,785

The Avengers (2012)

Summary: Earth's mightiest heroes must come together and learn to fight as a team if they are going to stop the mischievous Loki and his alien army from enslaving humanity.

Release Date: May 04, 2012

Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Director: Joss Whedon

Writers: Joss Whedon

, Zak Penn

Runtime: 2 h 23 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Marvel Studios, Paramount Pictures

Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Disney+, Epix (I), FX Network, Hotstar

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Marvel Cinematic Universe

Movie budget: $ 220,000,000

Domestic: $ 623,357,910

International: $ 897,180,626

The Village (2004)

Summary: A series of events tests the beliefs of a small isolated countryside village.

Release Date: July 30, 2004

Genres: Drama, Thriller, Mystery

Director: M. Night Shyamalan

Writer: M. Night Shyamalan

Runtime: 1 h 48 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Touchstone Pictures, Blinding Edge Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions

Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Touchstone Home Entertainment, Touchstone Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 60,000,000

Domestic: $ 114,197,520

International: $ 142,500,000

The Thing (1982)

Summary: A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.

Release Date: June 25, 1982

Genres: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Director: John Carpenter

Writers: Bill Lancaster

, John W. Campbell Jr.

Runtime: 1 h 49 min

MPAA: 16+

Production: Universal Pictures, Turman-Foster Company, Province of BC, Ministry of Tourism, Film Promotion Office

Distributor: CBS, MCA/Universal Home Video, Universal Studios Home Video, MCA Videocassette, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE), HBO Max

Countries: United States, Canada

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 15,000,000

Domestic: $ 19,629,760

International: $ 4,881

World War Z (2013)

Summary: Former United Nations employee Gerry Lane traverses the world in a race against time to stop a zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatens to destroy humanity itself.

Release Date: June 21, 2013

Genres: Action, Adventure, Horror

Director: Marc Forster

Writers: Matthew Michael Carnahan

, Drew Goddard

, Damon Lindelof

Runtime: 1 h 56 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Paramount Pictures, Skydance Media, Hemisphere Media Capital, 2DUX², Apparatus Productions

Distributor: Paramount Pictures, KVH Media Group, Paramount Home Entertainment, Scream Factory, Shout! Factory

Countries: United States, United Kingdom, Malta

Language: English

Franchise: World War Z

Movie budget: $ 190,000,000

Domestic: $ 202,807,711

International: $ 337,648,165

Starship Troopers (1997)

Summary: Humans in a fascist, militaristic future wage war with giant alien bugs.

Release Date: November 07, 1997

Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Director: Paul Verhoeven

Writers: Edward Neumeier

, Robert A. Heinlein

Runtime: 2 h 09 min

MPAA: R

Production: TriStar Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Big Bug Pictures

Distributor: Columbia TriStar Home Video, Columbia TriStar Television, Pay Per View, Columbia TriStar Domestic Television, Fox Network

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 105,000,000

Domestic: $ 54,814,377

International: $ 66,400,000

Clash of the Titans (2010)

Summary: Perseus, a demigod and the son of Zeus, battles the minions of Hades and the Underworld in order to stop them from conquering Olympus and Earth.

Release Date: April 02, 2010

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Director: Louis Leterrier

Writers: Travis Beacham

, Phil Hay

, Matt Manfredi

Runtime: 1 h 46 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Warner Bros., Legendary Entertainment, Thunder Road Pictures

Distributor: Warner Bros., HBO Max, Warner Home Video

Countries: United States, United Kingdom, Australia

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 125,000,000

Domestic: $ 163,214,888

International: $ 330,000,105

Resident Evil (2002)

Summary: A special military unit fights a powerful, out-of-control supercomputer and hundreds of scientists who have mutated into flesh-eating creatures after a laboratory accident.

Release Date: March 15, 2002

Genres: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson

Writer: Paul W.S. Anderson

Runtime: 1 h 40 min

MPAA: R

Production: Constantin Film, New Legacy, Davis-Films, Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg (FBB), Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA), FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, Capcom Company, FilmFour, Intermedia Films

Distributor: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, Peacock, Scream Factory, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Tubi TV

Countries: United Kingdom, Germany

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 33,000,000

Domestic: $ 40,119,709

International: $ 62,865,153

Godzilla (1998)

Summary: French nuclear tests irradiate an iguana into a giant monster that heads off to New York City. The American military must chase the monster across the city to stop it before it reproduces.

Release Date: May 20, 1998

Genres: Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi

Director: Roland Emmerich

Writers: Dean Devlin

, Roland Emmerich

, Ted Elliott

Runtime: 2 h 19 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Centropolis Film Productions, Fried Films, Independent Pictures (II), Toho Company, TriStar Pictures

Distributor: TriStar Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), Columbia TriStar Home Video, National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Countries: United States, Japan

Language: English

Franchise: Godzilla

Movie budget: $ 130,000,000

Domestic: $ 136,314,294

International: $ 242,700,000

Mars Attacks! (1996)

Summary: Earth is invaded by Martians with unbeatable weapons and a cruel sense of humor.

Release Date: December 13, 1996

Genres: Comedy, Sci-Fi

Director: Tim Burton

Writers: Len Brown

, Woody Gelman

, Wally Wood

Runtime: 1 h 46 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Tim Burton Productions, Warner Bros.

Distributor: Warner Home Video, Fox Network, HBO Max

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 70,000,000

Domestic: $ 37,781,197

International: $ 63,600,000

Pacific Rim (2013)

Summary: As a war between humankind and monstrous sea creatures wages on, a former pilot and a trainee are paired up to drive a seemingly obsolete special weapon in a desperate effort to save the world from the apocalypse.

Release Date: July 12, 2013

Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Director: Guillermo del Toro

Writers: Travis Beacham

, Guillermo del Toro

Runtime: 2 h 11 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Warner Bros., Legendary Entertainment, Double Dare You (DDY)

Distributor: Warner Bros.

Countries: United States, Mexico

Language: English

Franchise: Pacific Rim

Movie budget: $ 190,000,000

Domestic: $ 101,802,906

International: $ 309,200,000