City of Ember (2008)

Lake Placid (1999)

Summary: Three people attempt to stop a gigantic crocodile, who is terrorizing residents in Black Lake, Maine.

Release Date: July 16, 1999

Genres: Action, Comedy, Horror

Director: Steve Miner

Writer: David E. Kelley

Runtime: 1 h 22 min

MPAA: R

Production: Fox 2000 Pictures, Phoenix Pictures, Rocking Chair Productions

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 20th Television, Scream Factory

Countries: United States, Canada

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 35,000,000

Domestic: $ 31,770,414

International: $ 25,100,000

Jaws: The Revenge (1987)

Summary: Chief Brody's widow believes that her family is deliberately being targeted by another shark in search of revenge.

Release Date: July 17, 1987

Genres: Adventure, Thriller, Horror

Director: Joseph Sargent

Writers: Peter Benchley

, Michael De Guzman

Runtime: 1 h 29 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Universal Pictures

Distributor: MCA Home Video, Cinémax, The Movie Channel (TMC), GoodTimes Home Video, MCA/Universal Home Video, TBS Superstation, TNT, WPIX

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Jaws

Movie budget: $ 23,000,000

Domestic: $ 20,763,013

International: $ 31,118,000

Akira (1988)

Summary: A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by a teenager, his gang of biker friends and a group of psychics.

Release Date: July 16, 1988

Genres: Action, Drama, Animation, Anime

Director: Katsuhiro Ôtomo

Writers: Katsuhiro Ôtomo

, Izô Hashimoto

Runtime: 2 h 04 min

MPAA: R

Production: Akira Committee Company Ltd., Akira Studio, TMS Entertainment, Bandai, Hakuhodo, Toho Company, LaserDisc., Sumitomo Corporation

Distributor: The Criterion Collection, Adult Swim, Encore Action, FUNimation Entertainment, HBO Max, Image Entertainment

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Movie budget: $ 1,100,000,000

Domestic: $ 553,171

International: $ 2,699,527

Pan (2015)

Summary: Twelve-year-old orphan Peter is spirited away to the magical world of Neverland, where he finds both fun and danger, and ultimately discovers his destiny: to become the hero who will be forever known as Peter Pan.

Release Date: October 09, 2015

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Family

Director: Joe Wright

Writers: Jason Fuchs

, J.M. Barrie

Runtime: 1 h 51 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Warner Bros., RatPac-Dune Entertainment, Berlanti Productions, Moving Picture Company (MPC), Prime Focus

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

Countries: United States, United Kingdom, Australia

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 150,000,000

Domestic: $ 35,088,320

International: $ 93,300,000

Okja (2017)

Summary: A young girl risks everything to prevent a powerful, multinational company from kidnapping her best friend - a fascinating beast named Okja.

Release Date: June 28, 2017

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama

Director: Bong Joon Ho

Writers: Bong Joon Ho

, Jon Ronson

Runtime: 2 h 00 min

MPAA: TV-MA

Production: Kate Street Picture Company, Lewis Pictures, Plan B Entertainment

Countries: South Korea, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 50,000,000

Godzilla (1954)

Summary: American nuclear-weapons testing results in the creation of a seemingly unstoppable, dinosaur-like beast.

Release Date: May 07, 2004

Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi

Director: Ishirô Honda

Writers: Takeo Murata

, Ishirô Honda

, Shigeru Kayama

Runtime: 1 h 36 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Toho Film (Eiga) Co. Ltd., Walt Disney Productions

Distributor: Vestron Video, Zontarian Video, Rialto Pictures, Classic Media, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Sony Wonder, Janus Films, Genius Entertainment, Genius Products, HBO Max, The Criterion Channel, The Criterion Collection

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Franchise: Godzilla

Movie budget: $ 175,000

Domestic: $ 562,711

Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)

Summary: An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.

Genres: Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Director: Henry Levin

Writers: Walter Reisch

, Charles Brackett

, Jules Verne

Runtime: 2 h 09 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Twentieth Century Fox, Joseph M. Schenck Enterprises, Cooga Mooga

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 3,440,000

Deep Blue Sea (1999)

Summary: Searching for a cure to Alzheimer's disease, a group of scientists on an isolated research facility become the prey, as a trio of intelligent sharks fight back.

Release Date: July 28, 1999

Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Director: Renny Harlin

Writers: Duncan Kennedy

, Donna Powers

, Wayne Powers

Runtime: 1 h 45 min

MPAA: R

Production: Warner Bros., Village Roadshow Pictures, Groucho III Film Partnership, Village Roadshow Pictures, Riche-Ludwig Productions, Baja Studios

Distributor: Warner Bros., HBO Max, TBS Superstation, TNT, Warner Home Video

Countries: United States, Mexico

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 60,000,000

Domestic: $ 73,648,142

International: $ 91,000,000

Meet the Spartans (2008)

Summary: A spoof of 300 (2006) and many other movies, TV series/shows/commercials, video games and celebrities. King Leonidas of Sparta and his army of 12 go to war against Xerxes of Persia to fight to the death for Sparta's freedom.

Release Date: January 25, 2008

Genres: Comedy, Fantasy

Directors: Jason Friedberg

, Aaron Seltzer

Writers: Jason Friedberg

, Aaron Seltzer

Runtime: 1 h 27 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: New Regency Productions

Distributor: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 30,000,000

Domestic: $ 38,233,676

International: $ 47,663,917

King Kong (1933)

Summary: A film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot, where they capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet, and bring him back to New York City.

Release Date: April 07, 1933

Genres: Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi

Directors: Merian C. Cooper

, Ernest B. Schoedsack

Writers: James Ashmore Creelman

, Ruth Rose

, Merian C. Cooper

Runtime: 1 h 40 min

MPAA: Passed

Production: RKO Radio Pictures

Distributor: The Nostalgia Merchant, RCA (II), VidAmerica, Video Sig, King of Video, The Voyager Company, Fox Hills Video, The Criterion Collection, Janus Films, C&C Television Corporation, HBO Max, Image Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: King Kong

Movie budget: $ 670,000

King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963)

Summary: A UN reporter covers the appearance of a prehistoric monster that emerges from hibernation, while a pharmaceutical company seeks publicity with a monster of their own.

Release Date: June 26, 1963

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Directors: Ishirô Honda

, Tom Montgomery

Writers: Shin'ichi Sekizawa

, Paul Mason

, Bruce Howard

Runtime: 1 h 31 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Toho Company, John Beck, RKO General Pictures, Toho, Universal Pictures International (UPI)

Distributor: Universal Pictures, Filmauro Home Video, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE), Universal Pictures International (UPI), GoodTimes Home Video, The Criterion Collection

Countries: Japan, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 200,000

Attack of the Giant Leeches (2008)

Summary: In a small town, the silence is shattered by a rash of disappearances at the swamp near the old deserted factories. Bodies are being discovered with no blood left in their bodies. It's up to a park ranger and the town sheriff to d...

Release Date: July 07, 2008

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Horror

Director: Brett Kelly

Writer: Jeff O'Brien

Runtime: 1 h 18 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Dudez Productions

Distributor: Brain Damage Films, Maxim Media International

Country: Canada

Language: English

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The Last Shark (1981)

Summary: James Franciscus tries to save hundreds of swimmers in a coastal resort after a Great White Shark starts terrorizing the area.

Release Date: April 02, 1981

Genre: Horror

Director: Enzo G. Castellari

Writers: Ramón Bravo

, Vincenzo Mannino

, Marc Princi

Runtime: 1 h 28 min

MPAA: 13+

Production: Film Ventures International (FVI), Horizon Film, Last Shark

Distributor: DVD Rulers

Countries: Italy, United States

Language: Italian

Clifford's Really Big Movie (2004)

Summary: Worried that he costs too much to feed, Clifford runs away to join a carnival act and help win a lifetime supply of Tummy Yummies.

Release Date: April 23, 2004

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Animation

Directors: Robert C. Ramirez

, Steve Trenbirth

Writers: Rhett Reese

, Robert C. Ramirez

, Norman Bridwell

Runtime: 1 h 14 min

MPAA: G

Production: Big Red Dog Productions, Scholastic Productions, Mike Young Productions, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Distributor: Warner Bros., Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE), Warner Home Video

Countries: United States, United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 70,000

Domestic: $ 2,922,354

International: $ 333,072

Jaws 3-D (1983)

Summary: A giant thirty-five-foot shark becomes trapped in a SeaWorld theme park and it's up to the sons of police chief Brody to rescue everyone.

Release Date: July 22, 1983

Genres: Adventure, Thriller, Horror

Director: Joe Alves

Writers: Peter Benchley

, Richard Matheson

, Carl Gottlieb

Runtime: 1 h 39 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Universal Pictures, Alan Landsburg Productions, MCA Theatricals

Distributor: Universal Pictures, CBS, MCA/Universal Home Video, Universal Studios Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Jaws

Movie budget: $ 20,500,000

Domestic: $ 45,517,055

International: $ 42,470,000

Shark Night (2011)

Summary: A weekend at a lake house in the Louisiana Gulf turns into a nightmare for seven vacationers as they are subjected to shark attacks.

Release Date: September 02, 2011

Genres: Thriller, Horror

Director: David R. Ellis

Writers: Will Hayes

, Jesse Studenberg

Runtime: 1 h 30 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Incentive Filmed Entertainment, Next Films, Sierra / Affinity, Silverwood Films

Distributor: Relativity Media, Rogue, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 25,000,000

Domestic: $ 18,877,153

International: $ 22,486,774