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The 1940s · 1
The 1950s · 4
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Godzilla (1954)
Commentary With David Kalat
dir. Ishirō Honda
director
1h 35m
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The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Second-Unit Terry Sanders · Film Archivist Robert Gitt · F. X. Feeney · Preston Neal Jones · +2
dir. Charles Laughton
scholar
1h 32m
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The Killing (1956)
Alan K. Rode
dir. Stanley Kubrick
scholar
1h 23m
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The 400 Blows (1959)
Eng Commentary
dir. François Truffaut
director
1h 39m
The 1960s · 4
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Dr. No (1962)
dir. Terence Young
director
1h 49m
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For a Few Dollars More (1965)
Novelist Tim Lucas
dir. Sergio Leone
scholar
2h 11m
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Orgy of the Dead (1965)
Ed Wood Biographer Rudolph Grey · Exploitation Filmmaker Frank Henenlotter
dir. Stephen C. Apostolof
director
1h 30m
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The Good the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
dir. Sergio Leone
director
2h 41m
The 1970s · 13
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Diamonds are Forever (1971)
dir. Guy Hamilton
director
1h 59m
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Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
Monte Hellman · Filmmaker Allison Anders
dir. Monte Hellman
director
1h 42m
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Silent Running (1972)
dir. Douglas Trumbull
director
1h 29m
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The Godfather (1972)
dir. Francis Ford Coppola
director
2h 52m
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The Godfather Part II (1974)
dir. Francis Ford Coppola
director
3h 16m
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The Night Porter (1974)
Robert Sommer · Dr. Gerd Nauman
dir. Liliana Cavani
director
1h 56m
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
dir. Joseph Sargent
director
1h 43m
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Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)
dir. Michael Cimino
director
1h 54m
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Richard O'Brien · Riff Raff · Patricia Quinn
dir. Jim Sharman
cast
1h 39m
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The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
Nicolas Roeg · David Bowie · Buck Henry
dir. Nicolas Roeg
cast
2h 17m
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Moonraker (1979)
Roger Moore
dir. Lewis Gilbert
director
2h 3m
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Nosferatu Phantom der Nacht (1979)
Werner Herzog · Norman Hill
dir. Werner Herzog
director
1h 46m
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Phantasm (1979)
Don Coscarelli · Cast Members Michael Baldwin · Angus Scrimm · Bill Thornbury
dir. Don Coscarelli
director
1h 28m
The 1980s · 34
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The Long Good Friday (1980)
John Mackenzie
dir. John Mackenzie
director
1h 51m
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An American Werewolf in London (1981)
Filmmaker Paul Davis
dir. John Landis
director
1h 37m
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Thief (1981)
Michael Mann · James Caan
dir. Michael Mann
director
2h 3m
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Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
Amy Heckerling · Cameron Crowe
dir. Amy Heckerling
director
1h 29m
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The Draughtsmans Contract (1982)
Peter Greenaway
dir. Peter Greenaway
director
1h 44m
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Tron (1982)
Steven Lisberger · Donald Kushner · Harrison Ellenshaw · Richard Taylor
dir. Steven Lisberger
technical
1h 35m
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Blue Thunder (1983)
John Badham · Frank Morriss · Hoyt Yeatman
dir. John Badham
director
1h 49m
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Monty Pythons The Meaning of Life (1983)
Terry Gilliam · Terry Jones
dir. Terry Jones
director
1h 46m
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Videodrome (1983)
dir. David Cronenberg
director
1h 28m
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A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Wes Craven · Heather Langenkamp · John Saxon · Jacques Haitkin
dir. Wes Craven
director
1h 30m
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Blood Simple (1984)
Kenneth Loring · Forever Young Films
dir. Joel Coen
director
1h 32m
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Crimes of Passion (1984)
Ken Russell · Barry Sandler
dir. Ken Russell
director
2h 4m
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Repo Man (1984)
Alex Cox · Michael Nesmith · Casting Victoria Thomas · Sy Richardson · +2
dir. Alex Cox
director
1h 31m
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Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
Jeff Kanew · Robert Carradine · Timothy Busfield · Curtis Armstrong
dir. Jeff Kanew
director
1h 29m
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This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Christopher Guest · Michael McKean · Harry Shearer
dir. Rob Reiner
cast
1h 22m
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A View to a Kill (1985)
dir. John Glen
director
2h 10m
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The Breakfast Club (1985)
Anthony Michael Hall · Judd Nelson · Jason Hillhouse
dir. John Hughes
cast
1h 36m
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To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
dir. William Friedkin
director
1h 54m
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Underworld (1985)
George Pavlou · Stephen Thrower
dir. George Pavlou
director
1h 31m
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Aliens (1986)
James Cameron · Gale Anne Hurd · Stan Winston · Robert Skotak · +8
dir. James Cameron
multi
2h 34m
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Broadcast News (1987)
James L. Brooks · Richard Marks
dir. James L. Brooks
director
2h 10m
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Dirty Dancing (1987)
dir. Emile Ardolino
director
1h 39m
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Masters Of The Universe (1987)
Gary Goddard
dir. Gary Goddard
director
1h 45m
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My Best Friend Is a Vampire (1987)
Nathaniel Thompson · Jimmy Huston
dir. Jimmy Huston
scholar
1h 27m
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Predator (1987)
John McTiernan
dir. John McTiernan
director
1h 45m
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RoboCop (1987)
dir. Paul Verhoeven
director
1h 42m
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Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)
Howard Deutch · Lea Thompson
dir. Howard Deutch
director
1h 32m
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Summer School (1987)
Carl Reiner · Mark Harmon · Freddy Shoop
dir. Carl Reiner
director
1h 34m
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The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987)
Lead Mackenzie Astin · Katie Barberi · Film Programmer William Morris
dir. Rod Amateau
cast
1h 36m
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Rain Man (1988)
dir. Barry Levinson
director
2h 9m
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Scrooged (1988)
Richard Donner
dir. Richard Donner
director
1h 40m
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The Blob (1988)
dir. Chuck Russell
director
1h 34m
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The Naked Gun From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
David Zucker · Robert Weiss · Peter Tilden
dir. David Zucker
director
1h 24m
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Say Anything (1989)
Cameron Crowe · John Cusack · Ione Skye
dir. Cameron Crowe
director
1h 40m
The 1990s · 28
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Dreams (1990)
Film Stephen Prince
dir. Akira Kurosawa
scholar
1h 56m
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Goodfellas (1990)
dir. Martin Scorsese
director
2h 19m
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Home Alone (1990)
Chris Columbus · Macaulay Culkin
dir. Chris Columbus
director
1h 39m
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Navy Seals (1990)
Film Historians Jim Hemphill · Kelly Goodner
dir. Lewis Teague
scholar
1h 51m
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RoboCop 2 (1990)
Commentary With Author CG Paul M. Sammon
dir. Irvin Kershner
director
1h 56m
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Alien ³ The Legacy Cut (1992)
Oliver Harper · Rob Hill · Assembly Cut
dir. David Fincher
director
2h 22m
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Alien³ (1992)
dir. David Fincher
director
2h 24m
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Leprechaun (1992)
Mark Jones · Makeup Artist Gabriel Bartalos
dir. Mark Jones
director
1h 31m
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The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
English Commentary
dir. Michael Mann
director
1h 48m
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Coneheads (1993)
dir. Steve Barron
director
1h 21m
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Demolition Man (1993)
Marco Brambilla Daniel Waters
dir. Marco Brambilla
director
1h 51m
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RoboCop 3 (1993)
Fred Dekker
dir. Fred Dekker
director
1h 44m
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True Romance (1993)
dir. Tony Scott
director
1h 56m
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Exotica (1994)
dir. Atom Egoyan
director
1h 43m
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Forrest Gump (1994)
dir. Robert Zemeckis
director
2h 17m
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Braveheart (1995)
dir. Mel Gibson
director
2h 49m
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Congo (1995)
Kelly Goodner · Jim Hemphill
dir. Frank Marshall
scholar
1h 45m
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Tank Girl (1995)
Rachel Talalay · Lori Petty
dir. Rachel Talalay
director
1h 42m
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The Usual Suspects (1995)
dir. Bryan Singer
director
1h 45m
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Air Force One (1997)
dir. Wolfgang Petersen
director
1h 58m
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Alien 4 (1997)
dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet
director
1h 54m
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L.A. Confidential (1997)
dir. Curtis Hanson
director
2h 12m
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The Devils Advocate (1997)
Taylor Hackford
dir. Taylor Hackford
director
2h 20m
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The Wrong Guy (1997)
David Steinberg · Dave Foley · David Higgins · Jay Kogen
dir. David Steinberg
director
1h 31m
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Pi (1998)
Darren Aronofsky
dir. Darren Aronofsky
director
1h 20m
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Election (1999)
Alexander Payne
dir. Alexander Payne
director
1h 42m
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End Of Days (1999)
Peter Hyams
dir. Peter Hyams
director
1h 55m
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The Mummy (1999)
dir. Stephen Sommers
director
1h 56m
The 2000s · 39
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Baise-moi (2000)
Kat Ellinger
dir. Coralie Trinh Thi, Virginie Despentes
scholar
1h 14m
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Cheeky (2000)
dir. Tinto Brass
director
1h 30m
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Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (2000)
dir. Ang Lee
director
1h 57m
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
dir. Ron Howard
director
1h 43m
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Mission Impossible II (2000)
dir. John Woo
director
1h 58m
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Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
E. Elias Merhige
dir. E. Elias Merhige
director
1h 31m
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The Way Of The Gun (2000)
dir. Christopher McQuarrie
director
1h 59m
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The Whole Nine Yards (2000)
Jonathan Lynn
dir. Jonathan Lynn
director
1h 36m
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Hannibal (2001)
dir. Ridley Scott
director
2h 10m
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Lara Croft Tomb Raider (2001)
Simon West
dir. Simon West
director
1h 31m
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The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Peter Jackson Fran Walsh Philippa Boyens
dir. Peter Jackson
director
3h 29m
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The Mummy Returns (2001)
dir. Stephen Sommers
director
2h 3m
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The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
Wes Anderson
dir. Wes Anderson
director
1h 43m
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28 Days Later (2002)
Danny Boyle · Alex Garland
dir. Danny Boyle
director
1h 49m
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Heaven (2002)
Tom Tykwer
dir. Tom Tykwer
director
1h 34m
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K-19 The Widowmaker (2002)
Commentary With Kathryn Bigelow And Jeff Cronenweth
dir. Kathryn Bigelow
director
2h 8m
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Men in Black II (2002)
Barry Sonnenfeld
dir. Barry Sonnenfeld
director
1h 25m
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Red Dragon (2002)
Brett Ratner · Ted Tally
dir. Brett Ratner
director
2h 4m
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The Lord of the Rings The Two Towers (2002)
Peter Jackson Fran Walsh Philippa Boyens
dir. Peter Jackson
director
3h 43m
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Love Actually (2003)
Richard Curtis · Hugh Grant · Bill Nighy · Thomas Sangster
dir. Richard Curtis
director
2h 10m
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The Lord of the Rings The Return of the King (2003)
Peter Jackson Fran Walsh Philippa Boyens
dir. Peter Jackson
director
4h 13m
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Underworld (2003)
Len Wiseman · Kate Beckinsale · Scott Speedman
dir. Len Wiseman
director
2h 7m
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
dir. Michel Gondry
director
1h 45m
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EuroTrip (2004)
dir. Jeff Schaffer
director
1h 31m
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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
Wes Anderson · Noah Baumbach
dir. Wes Anderson
writer
1h 57m
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Aeon Flux (2005)
Gale Anne Hurd · Charlize Theron
dir. Karyn Kusama
technical
1h 25m
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Lord of War (2005)
dir. Andrew Niccol
director
1h 55m
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V for Vendetta (2005)
James McTeigue · Natalie Portman · Hugo Weaving
dir. James McTeigue
multi
2h 6m
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Mission Impossible III (2006)
dir. J.J. Abrams
director
2h 5m
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Shortbus (2006)
John Cameron Mitchell
dir. John Cameron Mitchell
director
1h 37m
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Underworld Evolution (2006)
Len Wiseman · Brad Tatapolous · Brad Martin · Nicolas De Toth
dir. Len Wiseman
director
1h 42m
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28 Weeks Later (2007)
dir. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
director
1h 35m
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3.10 to Yuma (2007)
James Mangold
dir. James Mangold
director
1h 57m
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Aliens vs Predator Requiem (2007)
dir. Colin Strause, Greg Strause
director
1h 36m
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I Am Legend (2007)
Francis Lawrence · Akiva Goldsman
dir. Francis Lawrence
director
1h 35m
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The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
Wes Anderson · Roman Coppola · Jason Schwartzman
dir. Wes Anderson
writer
1h 31m
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Låt den rätte komma in (2008)
dir. Tomas Alfredson
director
1h 53m
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The Mummy Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor (2008)
dir. Rob Cohen
director
1h 43m
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Underworld Rise of the Lycans (2009)
Patrick Tatopoulos · Len Wiseman · James McQuaide · Richard Wright · +1
dir. Patrick Tatopoulos
director
1h 26m
The 2010s · 15
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Kick-Ass (2010)
dir. Matthew Vaughn
director
1h 52m
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Les Miserables (2012)
dir. Tom Hooper
director
2h 32m
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Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
Wes Anderson · Peter Becker · Roman Coppola · Jake Ryan · +3
dir. Wes Anderson
multi
1h 33m
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Total Recall (2012)
dir. Len Wiseman
director
1h 51m
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Underworld Awakening (2012)
Gary Lucchesi · Richard Wright · James McQuaide
dir. Måns Mårlind, Björn Stein
technical
1h 22m
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Dark Skies (2013)
Scott Stewart Jason Blum Brian Kavanaugh-Jones Peter Gvozdas
dir. Scott Stewart
director
1h 34m
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V.H.S. 2 (2013)
Simon Barrett · Adam Wingard · Greg Hale · Timo Tjahjanto · +4
dir. Adam Wingard, Gregg Hale, Eduardo Sánchez
writer
1h 35m
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The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Wes Anderson · Roman Coppola · Jeff Goldblum · Kent Jones
dir. Wes Anderson
multi
1h 39m
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Amy (2015)
dir. Asif Kapadia
director
2h 1m
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Avengers Age of Ultron (2015)
Joss Whedon
dir. Joss Whedon
director
2h 15m
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Mission Impossible Rogue Nation (2015)
dir. Christopher McQuarrie
director
2h 10m
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Don't Breathe (2016)
dir. Fede Álvarez
director
1h 23m
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Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016)
Jake Szymanski
dir. Jake Szymanski
director
1h 38m
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Mission Impossible Fallout (2018)
dir. Christopher McQuarrie
director
2h 27m
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Red Sparrow (2018)
Francis Lawrence
dir. Francis Lawrence
director
2h 13m
The 2020s · 9
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Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021)
dir. Dean Fleischer Camp
director
1h 25m
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Nobody (2021)
Bob Odenkirk · Ilya Naishuller
dir. Ilya Naishuller
director
1h 30m
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All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
dir. Edward Berger
director
2h 19m
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The Northman (2022)
dir. Robert Eggers
director
2h 9m
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Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
dir. Christopher McQuarrie
director
2h 43m
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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)
Tim Burton
dir. Tim Burton
director
1h 38m
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Terrifier 3 (2024)
SFX Maestro Christien Tinsley
dir. Damien Leone
director
1h 59m
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Warfare (2025)
Ray Mendoza · Alex Garland · Brian Philpot
dir. Ray Mendoza, Alex Garland
writer
1h 22m
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28 Years Later The Bone Temple (2026)
Nia DaCosta
dir. Nia DaCosta
director
1h 45m
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The 1930s · 1
Mark of the Vampire (1935)
Kim Newman · Stephen Jones
dir. Tod Browning
director
1h 0m