Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

Die Hard (1988)

Summary: A New York City police officer tries to save his estranged wife and several others taken hostage by terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.

Release Date: July 20, 1988

Genres: Action, Thriller

Director: John McTiernan

Writers: Roderick Thorp

, Jeb Stuart

, Steven E. de Souza

Runtime: 2 h 12 min

MPAA: R

Production: Twentieth Century Fox, Gordon Company, Silver Pictures

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, CBS/Fox, Fox Network, 20th Television

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Die Hard

Movie budget: $ 28,000,000

Domestic: $ 83,844,093

International: $ 57,759,104

The Terminator (1984)

Summary: A human soldier is sent from 2029 to 1984 to stop an almost indestructible cyborg killing machine, sent from the same year, which has been programmed to execute a young woman whose unborn son is the key to humanity's future salvat...

Release Date: October 26, 1984

Genres: Action, Sci-Fi

Director: James Cameron

Writers: James Cameron

, Gale Anne Hurd

, William Wisher

Runtime: 1 h 47 min

MPAA: R

Production: Cinema '84, Euro Film Funding, Hemdale, Pacific Western Productions

Distributor: Orion Pictures, Home Box Office (HBO), Thorn EMI Video, National Broadcasting Company (NBC), HBO Video, Image Entertainment, Carolco Television, Hemdale Home Video, Live Home Video, Live Entertainment, Artisan Home Entertainment, USA Network

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Franchise: Terminator

Movie budget: $ 6,400,000

Domestic: $ 38,371,200

International: $ 40,000,000

Se7en (1995)

Summary: Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives.

Release Date: September 22, 1995

Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery

Director: David Fincher

Writer: Andrew Kevin Walker

Runtime: 2 h 07 min

MPAA: R

Production: Cecchi Gori Pictures, Juno Pix, New Line Cinema

Distributor: New Line Cinema, Alliance Video, New Line Home Video, Sirius Publishing, The Criterion Collection, Turner Home Entertainment, New Line Home Entertainment, MGM Worldwide Television, Warner Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 33,000,000

Domestic: $ 100,125,643

International: $ 227,207,916

Predator (1987)

Summary: A team of commandos on a mission in a Central American jungle find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.

Release Date: June 12, 1987

Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Director: John McTiernan

Writers: Jim Thomas

, John Thomas

Runtime: 1 h 47 min

MPAA: R

Production: Twentieth Century Fox, Lawrence Gordon Productions, Silver Pictures, American Entertainment Partners L.P., Estudios Churubusco Azteca S.A.

Distributor: Fox Network, CBS/Fox, Fox Video, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Countries: United States, Mexico

Language: English

Franchise: Predator

Movie budget: $ 15,000,000

Domestic: $ 59,735,548

International: $ 38,532,910

Aliens (1986)

Summary: Decades after surviving the Nostromo incident, Ellen Ripley is sent out to re-establish contact with a terraforming colony but finds herself battling the Alien Queen and her offspring.

Release Date: July 18, 1986

Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Director: James Cameron

Writers: James Cameron

, David Giler

, Walter Hill

Runtime: 2 h 17 min

MPAA: R

Production: Twentieth Century Fox, Brandywine Productions, Pinewood Studios, SLM Production Group

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, CBS/Fox, CBS, Fox Video, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, HBO Max, Tubi TV

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Franchise: Alien

Movie budget: $ 18,500,000

Domestic: $ 85,160,248

International: $ 45,900,000

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Summary: A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.

Release Date: February 14, 1991

Genres: Drama, Crime, Thriller

Director: Jonathan Demme

Writers: Thomas Harris

, Ted Tally

Runtime: 1 h 58 min

MPAA: R

Production: Strong Heart/Demme Production, Orion Pictures

Distributor: Orion Home Video, Philips, The Criterion Collection, CBS, Image Entertainment, MGM Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Hannibal Lecter

Movie budget: $ 19,000,000

Domestic: $ 130,742,922

International: $ 142,000,000

Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)

Summary: John McClane and a Harlem store owner are targeted by German terrorist Simon in New York City, where he plans to rob the Federal Reserve Building.

Release Date: May 19, 1995

Genres: Action, Adventure, Thriller

Director: John McTiernan

Writers: Jonathan Hensleigh

, Roderick Thorp

Runtime: 2 h 08 min

MPAA: R

Production: Cinergi Pictures Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox

Distributor: Fox Video, Fox Network, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Die Hard

Movie budget: $ 90,000,000

Domestic: $ 100,012,499

International: $ 266,089,167

Heat (1995)

Summary: A group of high-end professional thieves start to feel the heat from the LAPD when they unknowingly leave a clue at their latest heist.

Release Date: December 15, 1995

Genres: Drama, Crime, Thriller

Director: Michael Mann

Writer: Michael Mann

Runtime: 2 h 50 min

MPAA: R

Production: Warner Bros., New Regency Productions, Forward Pass, Art Linson Productions, Monarchy Enterprises B.V.

Distributor: Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Disney Media Distribution (DMD), National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Tubi TV

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 60,000,000

Domestic: $ 67,436,818

International: $ 120,000,000

Die Hard 2 (1990)

Summary: John McClane attempts to avert disaster as rogue military operatives seize control of Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C.

Release Date: July 03, 1990

Genres: Action, Thriller

Director: Renny Harlin

Writers: Steven E. de Souza

, Doug Richardson

, Walter Wager

Runtime: 2 h 04 min

MPAA: R

Production: Twentieth Century Fox, Gordon Company, Silver Pictures

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, CBS, Fox Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Die Hard

Movie budget: $ 70,000,000

Domestic: $ 117,540,947

International: $ 122,490,327

First Blood (1982)

Summary: A veteran Green Beret is forced by a cruel Sheriff and his deputies to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.

Release Date: October 22, 1982

Genres: Action, Adventure

Director: Ted Kotcheff

Writers: David Morrell

, Michael Kozoll

, William Sackheim

Runtime: 1 h 33 min

MPAA: R

Production: Anabasis N.V., Cinema '84, Elcajo Productions

Distributor: Orion Pictures, Carolco Pictures, Thorn EMI Video, National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Live Home Video, Image Entertainment, Artisan Entertainment, International Video Entertainment (IVE), Worldvision Enterprises, Rialto Pictures, Avid Home Entertainment, CBS Media Ventures, CBS Paramount Domestic Television, Carolco Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Rambo

Movie budget: $ 15,000,000

Domestic: $ 47,212,904

International: $ 78,000,000

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

Summary: A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery.

Release Date: December 29, 1967

Genre: Western

Director: Sergio Leone

Writers: Luciano Vincenzoni

, Sergio Leone

, Agenore Incrocci

Runtime: 2 h 58 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Produzioni Europee Associate (PEA), Arturo González Producciones Cinematográficas, Constantin Film

Distributor: American Broadcasting Company (ABC), VidAmerica, Magnetic Video, CBS/Fox, MGM Home Entertainment, MGM/UA Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video

Countries: Italy, Spain, West Germany

Language: Italian

Movie budget: $ 1,200,000

Domestic: $ 25,100,000

International: $ 153,887

Natural Born Killers (1994)

Summary: Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.

Release Date: August 26, 1994

Genres: Action, Drama, Crime

Director: Oliver Stone

Writers: Quentin Tarantino

, David Veloz

, Richard Rutowski

Runtime: 1 h 59 min

MPAA: R

Production: Warner Bros., New Regency Productions, Alcor Films, Ixtlan, J D Productions

Distributor: Warner Bros., Warner Home Video, Pioneer Entertainment, Vidmark Entertainment, Trimark Home Video, Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 34,000,000

Domestic: $ 50,282,766

International: $ 797

The Last Boy Scout (1991)

Summary: A private detective's protected female witness is murdered, prompting him and the victim's boyfriend to investigate the crime that leads to a corrupt politician and a crooked football team owner.

Release Date: December 13, 1991

Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime

Director: Tony Scott

Writers: Shane Black

, Greg Hicks

Runtime: 1 h 45 min

MPAA: R

Production: Geffen Pictures, Silver Pictures

Distributor: Geffen Pictures, Warner Bros., Warner Home Video, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), HBO Max

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 43,000,000

Domestic: $ 59,509,925

Jurassic Park (1993)

Summary: A pragmatic paleontologist touring an almost complete theme park on an island in Central America is tasked with protecting a couple of kids after a power failure causes the park's cloned dinosaurs to run loose.

Release Date: June 11, 1993

Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Director: Steven Spielberg

Writers: Michael Crichton

, David Koepp

Runtime: 2 h 07 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Universal Pictures, Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, Amblin Entertainment

Distributor: MCA/Universal Home Video, National Broadcasting Company (NBC)

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Jurassic Park

Movie budget: $ 63,000,000

Domestic: $ 407,185,075

International: $ 705,953,473

Scream (1996)

Summary: A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.

Release Date: December 20, 1996

Genres: Horror, Mystery

Director: Wes Craven

Writer: Kevin Williamson

Runtime: 1 h 51 min

MPAA: R

Production: Dimension Films, Woods Entertainment

Distributor: Dimension Films, Buena Vista Television, CBS All Access, CBS Entertainment, CBS, Dimension Home Video, Fox Network, HBO Max, Lionsgate Home Entertainment, Paramount Home Entertainment, Peacock

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Scream

Movie budget: $ 14,000,000

Domestic: $ 103,046,663

International: $ 70,000,000

Memento (2000)

Summary: A man with short-term memory loss attempts to track down his wife's murderer.

Release Date: May 25, 2001

Genres: Thriller, Mystery

Director: Christopher Nolan

Writers: Christopher Nolan

, Jonathan Nolan

Runtime: 1 h 53 min

MPAA: R

Production: Newmarket Capital Group, Team Todd, I Remember Productions, Summit Entertainment

Distributor: Newmarket Films, Columbia TriStar Home Video, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 9,000,000

Domestic: $ 25,544,867

International: $ 14,502,211

Goodfellas (1990)

Summary: The story of Henry Hill and his life in the mafia, covering his relationship with his wife Karen and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito.

Release Date: September 21, 1990

Genres: Drama, Crime, Biography

Director: Martin Scorsese

Writers: Nicholas Pileggi

, Martin Scorsese

Runtime: 2 h 25 min

MPAA: R

Production: Warner Bros.

Distributor: Warner Bros., Warner Home Video, CBS, Hotstar

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 25,000,000

Domestic: $ 46,909,721

International: $ 127,063

Con Air (1997)

Summary: Newly-paroled ex-con and former U.S. Ranger Cameron Poe finds himself trapped in a prisoner-transport plane when the passengers seize control.

Release Date: June 06, 1997

Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller

Director: Simon West

Writer: Scott Rosenberg

Runtime: 1 h 55 min

MPAA: R

Production: Touchstone Pictures, Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Kouf/Bigelow Productions

Distributor: Touchstone Home Video, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Touchstone Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 75,000,000

Domestic: $ 101,117,573

International: $ 122,894,661