Lost in Translation (2003)

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

True Grit (2010)

Summary: A stubborn teenager enlists the help of a tough U.S. Marshal to track down her father's murderer.

Release Date: December 22, 2010

Genres: Drama, Western

Directors: Ethan Coen

, Joel Coen

Writers: Joel Coen

, Ethan Coen

, Charles Portis

Runtime: 1 h 50 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Paramount Pictures, Skydance Media, Scott Rudin Productions

Distributor: HBO Max, Paramount Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 38,000,000

Domestic: $ 171,243,005

International: $ 81,033,922

The Simpsons Movie (2007)

Summary: After Homer pollutes the town's water supply, Springfield is encased in a gigantic dome by the EPA and the Simpsons are declared fugitives.

Release Date: July 27, 2007

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Animation

Director: David Silverman

Writers: James L. Brooks

, Matt Groening

, Al Jean

Runtime: 1 h 27 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Twentieth Century Fox, Gracie Films, The Curiosity Company

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Fox Network, Disney+, Nick Jr.

Countries: United States, South Korea, Germany, Korea, North Korea

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 75,000,000

Domestic: $ 183,135,014

International: $ 353,279,279

12 Years a Slave (2013)

Summary: In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.

Release Date: November 08, 2013

Genres: Drama, Biography, History

Director: Steve McQueen

Writers: John Ridley

, Solomon Northup

Runtime: 2 h 14 min

MPAA: R

Production: New Regency Productions, River Road Entertainment, Plan B Entertainment, Film4, Searchlight Pictures, Summit Entertainment

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

Countries: United States, United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 20,000,000

Domestic: $ 56,671,993

International: $ 131,061,209

Dallas Buyers Club (2013)

Summary: In 1985 Dallas, electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof works around the system to help AIDS patients get the medication they need after he is diagnosed with the disease.

Release Date: November 22, 2013

Genres: Drama, Biography

Director: Jean-Marc Vallée

Writers: Craig Borten

, Melisa Wallack

Runtime: 1 h 57 min

MPAA: R

Production: Truth Entertainment (II), Voltage Pictures, r2 films, RainMaker Films

Distributor: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 5,000,000

Domestic: $ 27,298,285

International: $ 27,900,000

Edge of Darkness (2010)

Summary: As homicide detective Thomas Craven investigates the murder of his activist daughter, he uncovers a corporate cover-up and government conspiracy that attracts an agent tasked with cleaning up the evidence.

Release Date: January 29, 2010

Genres: Action, Drama, Crime

Director: Martin Campbell

Writers: William Monahan

, Andrew Bovell

, Troy Kennedy-Martin

Runtime: 1 h 57 min

MPAA: R

Production: Warner Bros., GK Films, BBC Films, Icon Productions

Distributor: Warner Bros., HBO Max, Home Box Office (HBO)

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 80,000,000

Domestic: $ 43,313,890

International: $ 37,812,632

Primal Fear (1996)

Summary: An altar boy is accused of murdering a priest, and the truth is buried several layers deep.

Release Date: April 03, 1996

Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery

Director: Gregory Hoblit

Writers: William Diehl

, Steve Shagan

, Ann Biderman

Runtime: 2 h 09 min

MPAA: R

Production: Paramount Pictures, Rysher Entertainment

Distributor: Paramount Pictures, Paramount Home Entertainment, CBS, HBO Max

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 30,000,000

Domestic: $ 56,116,183

International: $ 46,500,000

State of Play (2009)

Summary: When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case involving the Representative, his old college friend.

Release Date: April 17, 2009

Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery

Director: Kevin Macdonald

Writers: Matthew Michael Carnahan

, Tony Gilroy

, Billy Ray

Runtime: 2 h 07 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Universal Pictures, Working Title Films, StudioCanal

Distributor: Universal Pictures, Home Box Office (HBO), ION Television, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Countries: United States, United Kingdom, France

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 60,000,000

Domestic: $ 37,017,955

International: $ 50,794,416

The Golden Compass (2007)

Summary: In a parallel universe, young Lyra Belacqua journeys to the far North to save her best friend and other kidnapped children from terrible experiments by a mysterious organization.

Release Date: December 07, 2007

Genres: Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Director: Chris Weitz

Writers: Chris Weitz

, Philip Pullman

Runtime: 1 h 53 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: New Line Cinema, Ingenious Film Partners, Scholastic Productions

Distributor: New Line Cinema, HBO Max, New Line Home Video, Warner Home Video

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 180,000,000

Domestic: $ 70,107,728

International: $ 302,127,136

The Best of Youth (2003)

Summary: An Italian epic that follows the lives of two brothers from the 1960s to the 2000s.

Release Date: June 20, 2003

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Marco Tullio Giordana

Writers: Sandro Petraglia

, Stefano Rulli

Runtime: 6 h 06 min

MPAA: R

Production: BiBi Film, Rai Fiction, Film Commission Torino-Piemonte

Distributor: Miramax

Country: Italy

Language: Italian

Domestic: $ 274,024

International: $ 2,525,749

Payback (1999)

Summary: After a successful heist, Porter is left for dead. Once he recovers, he seeks vengeance and wants his share of the money.

Release Date: February 05, 1999

Genres: Action, Drama, Crime

Director: Brian Helgeland

Writers: Donald E. Westlake

, Brian Helgeland

, Terry Hayes

Runtime: 1 h 40 min

MPAA: R

Production: Icon Entertainment International, Icon Productions

Distributor: Paramount Home Entertainment, The WB Television Network

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 90,000,000

Domestic: $ 81,526,121

International: $ 80,100,000

Out of the Furnace (2013)

Summary: When Rodney Baze mysteriously disappears and law enforcement doesn't follow through fast enough, his older brother Russell takes matters into his own hands to find justice.

Release Date: December 06, 2013

Genres: Action, Drama, Crime

Director: Scott Cooper

Writers: Brad Ingelsby

, Scott Cooper

Runtime: 1 h 56 min

MPAA: R

Production: Appian Way, Energy Entertainment, Red Granite Pictures, Relativity Media, Scott Free Productions

Distributor: Relativity Media, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 22,000,000

Domestic: $ 11,330,849

International: $ 4,330,705

Trading Places (1983)

Summary: A snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.

Release Date: June 08, 1983

Genre: Comedy

Director: John Landis

Writers: Timothy Harris

, Herschel Weingrod

Runtime: 1 h 56 min

MPAA: R

Production: Cinema Group Ventures, Paramount Pictures

Distributor: Paramount Pictures, National Broadcasting Company (NBC), KTLA, WPIX, Paramount Home Entertainment, Trifecta Entertainment and Media

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 15,000,000

Domestic: $ 90,404,800