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Dumb Money (2023)

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When a rogue investor and basement YouTuber pours his passion -- and savings -- into the failing company GameStop, it turns Wall Street upside-down.

Rating: R
Language: English
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Director: Craig Gillespie
Cast: Paul Dano, Pete Davidson, Vincent D'Onofrio
Writer: Lauren Schuker Blum, Rebecca Angelo, Ben Mezrich
Runtime: 105 min / 1h 45m
Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination

The Hill (2023)

In this film based on a true story, young baseball hopeful Rickey Hill chases his major-league dreams while living with a degenerative spinal condition.

Rating: PG
Language: English
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Director: Jeff Celentano
Cast: Colin Ford, Dennis Quaid, Joelle Carter
Writer: Angelo Pizzo, Scott Marshall Smith, Bill Chaffin
Runtime: 126 min / 2h 6m

Full Circle (2023)

The stories of viral sit-skier Trevor Kennison and alpinist Barry Corbet shape this documentary about the history of adaptive athletes in extreme sports.

Rating: TV-MA
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
Director: Josh Berman
Cast: Trevor Kennison
Writer: Josh Berman, Thomas Crandall, Conor Smith
Runtime: 103 min / 1h 43m

The Kitchen (2023)

Izi's close to escaping The Kitchen, one of London's last remaining housing estates. But when young Benji enters his life, he faces some hard decisions.

Rating: R
Language: English
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Director: Daniel Kaluuya, Kibwe Tavares
Cast: Kano, Jedaiah Bannerman, Hope Ikpoku Jnr
Writer: Daniel Kaluuya, Joe Murtagh
Runtime: 107 min / 1h 47m
Awards: 2 wins

28 Days (2000)

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After spiraling out of control at her sister's wedding, a New York writer is forced to confront her addiction issues during a court-ordered rehab stay.

Rating: PG-13
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director: Betty Thomas
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Viggo Mortensen, Dominic West
Writer: Susannah Grant
Runtime: 103 min / 1h 43m
Awards: 1 win

Anger Management (2003)

After a gentle office worker is forced to get anger management counseling, his therapist moves in -- but turns out to have anger issues of his own.

Rating: PG-13
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Segal
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Adam Sandler, Marisa Tomei
Writer: David Dorfman
Runtime: 106 min / 1h 46m
Awards: 2 wins & 4 nominations

Annie (1982)

It's a hard-knock life, but scrappy young Annie is driven by the dream of finding her parents and the promise of tomorrow.

Rating: PG
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Director: John Huston
Cast: Aileen Quinn, Albert Finney, Carol Burnett
Writer: Carol Sobieski, Thomas Meehan, Martin Charnin
Runtime: 127 min / 2h 7m
Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. 2 wins & 13 nominations total

Apollo 13 (1995)

Technical troubles scuttle the Apollo 13 mission in 1970, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew in this chronicle of a true story.

Rating: PG
Language: English
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon
Writer: Jim Lovell, Jeffrey Kluger, William Broyles Jr.
Runtime: 140 min / 2h 20m
Awards: Won 2 Oscars. 31 wins & 59 nominations total

Arkansas (2020)

A series of mishaps puts a pair of low-level drug runners in the South at odds with their boss, a mysterious kingpin they've never met.

Rating: R
Language: English
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery
Director: Clark Duke
Cast: Liam Hemsworth, Jacob Zachar, Patrick Muldoon
Writer: Clark Duke, Andrew Boonkrong, John Brandon
Runtime: 117 min / 1h 57m

Bird on a Wire (1990)

An attorney and her ex-fiance who's been in the Witness Protection Program since ratting out drug smugglers go on the run after she blows his cover.

Rating: PG-13
Language: English
Genre: Action, Comedy
Director: John Badham
Cast: Mel Gibson, Goldie Hawn, David Carradine
Writer: Louis Venosta, Eric Lerner, David Seltzer
Runtime: 110 min / 1h 50m

Blood and Bone (2009)

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After five years in prison, a man makes a name for himself in Los Angeles' underground fighting scene as he seeks to avenge a fallen friend.

Rating: R
Language: English
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Director: Ben Ramsey
Cast: Michael Jai White, Julian Sands, Eamonn Walker
Writer: Michael Andrews
Runtime: 93 min / 1h 33m

Blue Streak (1999)

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A jewel thief returns to his hiding place after a stint in jail -- only to find that his diamond is buried under a newly constructed police station.

Rating: PG-13
Language: English
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Director: Les Mayfield
Cast: Martin Lawrence, Luke Wilson, Peter Greene
Writer: Michael Berry, John Blumenthal, Stephen Carpenter
Runtime: 93 min / 1h 33m

Company of Heroes (2013)

During the last major German offensive of World War II, a group of Allied soldiers sets out against all odds to turn the war around.

Rating: R
Language: English
Genre: Action, War
Director: Don Michael Paul
Cast: Tom Sizemore, Chad Michael Collins, Vinnie Jones, Dimitri Diatchenko
Writer: David Reed (screenplay by), Danny Bilson (story by), Paul De Meo (story by)
Runtime: 100 min / 1h 40m

Cowboys & Aliens (2011)

Gunslinger Jake Lonergan stumbles into the Wild West town of Absolution, where he's confronted by terrifying aliens.

Rating: PG-13
Language: English
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Director: Jon Favreau
Cast: Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde
Writer: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Damon Lindelof
Runtime: 119 min / 1h 59m
Awards: 1 win & 17 nominations

Down with the King (2021)

Burned out by fame, a popular rapper retreats to a farming community to rekindle his sense of purpose -- even as the industry tries to lure him back.

Rating: R
Language: English
Genre: Drama
Director: Diego Ongaro
Cast: Freddie Gibbs, Bob Tarasuk, Hernan Orozco
Writer: Xabi Molia, Diego Ongaro, Freddie Gibbs
Runtime: 100 min / 1h 40m
Awards: 3 wins & 2 nominations

Erin Brockovich (2000)

After unearthing a corporate attempt to cover up deadly water contamination, a tenacious single mother fights to seek justice for a suffering community.

Rating: R
Language: English
Genre: Biography, Drama
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, David Brisbin
Writer: Susannah Grant
Runtime: 131 min / 2h 11m
Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 33 wins & 59 nominations total

Escape Plan 2: Hades (2018)

Security expert Ray Breslin's best operative is taken to a cutting-edge prison where he must fight for his life and search for a means of escape.

Rating: R
Language: English
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery
Director: Steven C. Miller
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Dave Bautista, Xiaoming Huang
Writer: Miles Chapman
Runtime: 96 min / 1h 36m

Escape Plan: The Extractors (2019)

Veteran security expert Ray Breslin must rescue a tech giant's daughter and his own girlfriend from an impenetrable prison in this action sequel.

Rating: R
Language: English
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Director: John Herzfeld
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Dave Bautista, 50 Cent
Writer: Miles Chapman, John Herzfeld
Runtime: 97 min / 1h 37m
Awards: 1 nomination

Fletch (1985)

Undercover investigative reporter Fletch lands a major scoop when he's offered big bucks to murder a millionaire -- by the rich guy himself.

Rating: PG
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Director: Michael Ritchie
Cast: Chevy Chase, Joe Don Baker, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson
Writer: Gregory McDonald, Andrew Bergman, Phil Alden Robinson
Runtime: 98 min / 1h 38m
Awards: 1 nomination

Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

Flashbacks reveal the remarkable story of soulmates Idgie and Ruth, whose antics cause an uproar in their rural Southern town in the 1920s.

Rating: PG-13
Language: English
Genre: Drama
Director: Jon Avnet
Cast: Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary Stuart Masterson
Writer: Fannie Flagg, Carol Sobieski
Runtime: 130 min / 2h 10m
Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. 6 wins & 12 nominations total

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (2009)

This drama charts Ben Carson's struggles in overcoming obstacles to study medicine and save lives at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Based on a true story.

Rating: TV-PG
Language: English
Genre: Biography, Drama
Director: Thomas Carter
Cast: Cuba Gooding Jr., Kimberly Elise, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Writer: John Pielmeier
Runtime: 90 min / 1h 30m
Awards: Nominated for 4 Primetime Emmys. 8 wins & 16 nominations total

Kindergarten Cop (1990)

A stern police officer working to bring down a drug dealer faces his toughest assignment yet when he goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher.

Rating: PG-13
Language: English
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Director: Ivan Reitman
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Penelope Ann Miller, Pamela Reed
Writer: Murray Salem, Herschel Weingrod, Timothy Harris
Runtime: 111 min / 1h 51m
Awards: 4 wins & 1 nomination

King Kong (2005)

In Peter Jackson's epic remake, a movie director and his crew journey to remote Skull Island, where his leading lady catches the eye of a giant ape.

Rating: PG-13
Language: English
Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance
Director: Peter Jackson
Cast: Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody
Writer: Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson
Runtime: 187 min / 3h 7m
Awards: Won 3 Oscars. 46 wins & 104 nominations total

Merry Men 3: Nemesis (2023)

Following a tragic death, a group of affluent men seek vengeance against the ones they believe are responsible.

Rating: TV-MA
Language: English
Genre: Action, Comedy
Director: Moses Inwang
Cast: Segun Arinze, Nadia Buari, Sam Dede
Runtime: 131 mins / 2h 11m

Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown (2011)

A group of mixed martial arts fighters stars in this action thriller that follows a quartet of brawlers as they prepare for a major underground event.

Rating: R
Language: English
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Director: Michael Jai White
Cast: Michael Jai White, Dean Geyer, Alex Meraz, Todd Duffee
Writer: Chris Hauty
Runtime: 99 min / 1h 39m

Parenthood (1989)

Gil Buckman and his extended family navigate the highs and lows of raising kids -- and realize they've also got some growing up to do along the way.

Rating: PG-13
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Steve Martin, Mary Steenburgen, Dianne Wiest
Writer: Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, Ron Howard
Runtime: 124 min / 2h 4m
Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. 4 wins & 14 nominations total

Play Misty for Me (1971)

A radio DJ's brief fling with a woman who makes a nightly song request threatens to destroy his career and life when she turns alarmingly possessive.

Rating: R
Language: English
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Jessica Walter, Donna Mills
Writer: Jo Heims, Dean Riesner
Runtime: 102 min / 1h 42m
Awards: 1 nomination

Queenpins (2021)

Eager to rip off megacorporations, a suburban housewife and an aspiring vlogger start an illegal multimillion-dollar coupon club.

Rating: R
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Director: Aron Gaudet, Gita Pullapilly
Cast: Kristen Bell, Kirby, Paul Walter Hauser
Writer: Aron Gaudet, Gita Pullapilly
Runtime: 110 min / 1h 50m
Awards: 1 nomination

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)

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On the run from bullies, a group of trick-or-treating teenagers hide in a local haunted house and discover a trove of chilling tales unfolding within.

Rating: PG-13
Language: English
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Mystery
Director: André Øvredal
Cast: Zoe Margaret Colletti, Michael Garza, Gabriel Rush
Writer: Dan Hageman, Kevin Hageman, Guillermo del Toro
Runtime: 108 min / 1h 48m
Awards: 5 wins & 6 nominations

Sniper: Reloaded (2011)

Following in the footsteps of his father, a Marine takes on a deadly mission to rescue a Belgian farmer from hostilities in the Congo.

Rating: R
Language: English
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Director: Claudio Fäh
Cast: Chad Michael Collins, Richard Sammel, Annabel Wright, Billy Zane
Writer: Michael Frost Beckner (based on characters created by), Crash Leyland (based on characters created by), John Fasano (screenplay by), Ross Helford (story by), John Fasano (story by)
Runtime: 91 min / 1h 31m

Soul Surfer (2011)

Teen surfer Bethany Hamilton slowly builds the courage to return to competitive surfing after losing her arm in a shark attack. Based on a true story.

Rating: PG
Language: English
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Director: Sean McNamara
Cast: AnnaSophia Robb, Dennis Quaid, Helen Hunt
Writer: Sean McNamara, Deborah Schwartz, Douglas Schwartz
Runtime: 112 min / 1h 52m
Awards: 2 wins & 12 nominations

The Bye Bye Man (2017)

Three college students move into an off-campus house and discover they've unwittingly unleashed a supernatural killer known as the Bye Bye Man.

Rating: PG-13
Language: English
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Director: Stacy Title
Cast: Douglas Smith, Lucien Laviscount, Cressida Bonas
Writer: Jonathan Penner, Robert Damon Schneck
Runtime: 96 min / 1h 36m

The Cave (2005)

When the cavern they're surveying collapses, a group of seasoned explorers is stranded inside a network of caves at the bottom of the ocean.

Rating: PG-13
Language: English
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Director: Bruce Hunt
Cast: Piper Perabo, Morris Chestnut, Cole Hauser
Writer: Michael Steinberg, Tegan West
Runtime: 97 min / 1h 37m

The Circle (2017)

A young woman lands a job at a powerful internet company but soon discovers that its lavish perks and gung-ho culture conceal a troubling agenda.

Rating: PG-13
Language: English
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Director: James Ponsoldt
Cast: Emma Watson, Tom Hanks, John Boyega
Writer: James Ponsoldt, Dave Eggers
Runtime: 110 min / 1h 50m
Awards: 3 wins & 1 nomination

The Four Seasons (1981)

Three middle-aged couples who vacation together every season find their group dynamics upended when one of the men ditches his wife for a younger woman.

Rating: PG
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director: Alan Alda
Cast: Alan Alda, Carol Burnett, Len Cariou
Writer: Alan Alda
Runtime: 107 min / 1h 47m
Awards: 1 win & 5 nominations

The Good Shepherd (2006)

Upstanding Yale student Edward Wilson is recruited to work for the fledgling CIA during World War II, but the job soon begins to erode his ideals.

Rating: R
Language: English
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Director: Robert De Niro
Cast: Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Robert De Niro
Writer: Eric Roth
Runtime: 167 min / 2h 47m
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 13 nominations total

The Guns of Navarone (1961)

During World War II, British forces launch an attack designed to take out the massive Nazi cannons that guard a critical sea channel.

Rating: TV-14
Language: English
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Cast: David Niven, Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn
Writer: Alistair MacLean, Carl Foreman
Runtime: 158 min / 2h 38m
Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 4 wins & 12 nominations total

The Interview (2014)

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Seth Rogen and James Franco star in this provocative comedy about two journalists recruited by the CIA after they arrange an interview with Kim Jong-un.

Rating: R
Language: English
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Director: Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen
Cast: James Franco, Seth Rogen, Randall Park
Writer: Dan Sterling, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg
Runtime: 112 min / 1h 52m
Awards: 2 wins & 6 nominations

The Legend of Tarzan (2016)

After some time living in civilized 19th-century London, the ape-raised Tarzan returns to wild Congo and faces off against abominable colonialists.

Rating: PG-13
Language: English
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Director: David Yates
Cast: Alexander Skarsgård, Rory J Saper, Christian Stevens
Writer: Adam Cozad, Craig Brewer, Edgar Rice Burroughs
Runtime: 110 min / 1h 50m
Awards: 2 wins & 4 nominations

The Legend of Zorro (2005)

Zorro returns in this sequel to thwart a political conspiracy, win his wife back and be present for his son -- while continuing to protect his identity.

Rating: PG
Language: English
Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance
Director: Martin Campbell
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Rufus Sewell
Writer: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Ted Elliott
Runtime: 129 min / 2h 9m
Awards: 2 wins & 3 nominations

The Lords of Flatbush (1974)

In 1957 Brooklyn, two teenage members of the Lords of Flatbush gang face the realities of adulthood in this nostalgic coming-of-age drama.

Rating: PG
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director: Martin Davidson, Stephen Verona
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Henry Winkler, Perry King
Writer: Stephen Verona, Gayle Gleckler, Martin Davidson
Runtime: 86 min / 1h 26m

The Other Side of the Mountain (1975)

Skiing champion Jill Kinmont's life takes a turn when an accident leaves her paralyzed from the neck down. Based on a true story.

Rating: PG
Language: English
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Director: Larry Peerce
Cast: Marilyn Hassett, Beau Bridges, Belinda Montgomery
Writer: E.G. Valens, David Seltzer
Runtime: 102 min / 1h 42m
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 4 nominations total

The 'Burbs (1989)

When secretive new neighbors move in next door, suburbanite Ray lets his imagination run wild as he suspects the newcomers are up to no good.

Rating: PG
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Joe Dante
Cast: Tom Hanks, Bruce Dern, Carrie Fisher
Writer: Dana Olsen
Runtime: 102 min / 1h 42m
Awards: 1 nomination

Twins (1988)

Separated at birth after a genetic experiment gone awry, long-lost twin brothers reunite in this comedy starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito.

Rating: PG
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Director: Ivan Reitman
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito, Kelly Preston
Writer: William Davies, William Osborne, Timothy Harris
Runtime: 107 min / 1h 47m
Awards: 4 wins & 1 nomination

Warrior (2011)

An ex-Marine trains under his father for an MMA tournament as his estranged brother fights his way into the event. Their biggest opponent: each other.

Rating: PG-13
Language: English
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Director: Gavin O'Connor
Cast: Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte, Joel Edgerton
Writer: Gavin O'Connor, Anthony Tambakis, Cliff Dorfman
Runtime: 140 min / 2h 20m
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 5 wins & 22 nominations total

Freaks (2018)

Hidden away by her eccentric father, a mysterious young girl uncovers frightening truths when she starts to make contact with the outside world.

Rating: R
Language: English
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Director: Zach Lipovsky, Adam B. Stein
Cast: Emile Hirsch, Bruce Dern, Grace Park
Writer: Zach Lipovsky, Adam B. Stein
Runtime: 105 min / 1h 45m
Awards: 9 wins & 15 nominations

Queen Bees (2021)

Temporarily forced to stay in a retirement community, a headstrong woman navigates mean cliques, high-stakes bridge games and new relationships.

Rating: PG-13
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director: Michael Lembeck
Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Jane Curtin, Loretta Devine
Writer: Donald Martin, Harrison Powell
Runtime: 100 min / 1h 40m
Awards: 2 nominations

Cats (2019)

Andrew Lloyd Webber's iconic musical finds new life in this adaptation that follows a community of magical cats on the evening of their annual ball.

Rating: PG
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Director: Tom Hooper
Cast: James Corden, Judi Dench, Jason Derulo
Writer: Lee Hall, Tom Hooper, Andrew Lloyd Webber
Runtime: 110 min / 1h 50m
Awards: 11 wins & 8 nominations

Dusty Slay: Workin' Man ()

Comedian Dusty Slay serves up his distinctive homespun humor on shirt-tucking, hipster coffee shops and country music mysteries in this stand-up special.

Rating: TV-14
Language: English
Genre: Stand-up Comedy
Cast: Dusty Slay
Runtime: 69 mins / 1h 9m