drama

12 Years A Slave

Written By: John Ridley (screenplay), based on the book by Solomon Northup

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

crime, drama

12 Angry Men

Written By: Reginald Rose

Synopsis: A jury holdout attempts to prevent a miscarriage of justice by forcing his colleagues to reconsider the evidence.

drama

127 Hours

Written By: Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy (screenplay), based on the book by Aron Ralston

Synopsis: A mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone near Moab, Utah and resorts to desperate measures in order to survive.

horror, thriller

1408

Written By:  Matt Greenberg and Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski (screenplay), based on the short story by Stephen King

Synopsis: A man who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine terror.

war

1917

Written By: Sam Mendes & Krysty Wilson-Cairns

Synopsis: April 6th, 1917. As a regiment assembles to wage war deep in enemy territory, two soldiers are assigned to race against time and deliver a message that will stop 1,600 men from walking straight into a deadly trap.

sci-fi, Drama

2001: A Space Odyssey

Written By: Stanley Kubrick & Arthur C. Clarke 

Synopsis: After discovering a mysterious artifact buried beneath the Lunar surface, mankind sets off on a quest to find its origins with help from intelligent supercomputer H.A.L. 9000.

comedy, Action

21 Jump Street

Written By: Michael Bacall

Synopsis: A pair of underachieving cops are sent back to a local high school to blend in and bring down a synthetic drug ring.

Action, War

300

Written By: Zack Snyder & Kurt Johnstad and Michael B. Gordon (screenplay), based on the graphic novel by Frank Miller & Lynn Varley

Synopsis: King Leonidas of Sparta and a force of 300 men fight the Persians at Thermopylae in 480 B.C.

comedy, romance

The 40 Year-Old Virgin

Written By: Judd Apatow, Steve Carell 

Synopsis: Goaded by his buddies, a nerdy guy who's never "done the deed" only finds the pressure mounting when he meets a single mother.

Written By: Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber

Synopsis: An offbeat romantic comedy about a woman who doesn't believe true love exists, and the young man who falls for her.

drama, musical

8 Mile

Written By: Scott Silver 

Synopsis: A young rapper, struggling with every aspect of his life, wants to make it big but his friends and foes make this odyssey of rap harder than it may seem.

sci-fi, thriller

Ad Astra

Written By: James Gray & Ethan Gross

Synopsis: Astronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across an unforgiving solar system to uncover the truth about his missing father and his doomed expedition that now, 30 years later, threatens the universe.

drama, comedy

Adaptation

Written By: Charlie Kaufman (screenplay), based on the book by Susan Orlean 

Synopsis: A lovelorn screenwriter becomes desperate as he tries and fails to adapt 'The Orchid Thief' by Susan Orlean for the screen.

comedy, fantasy

The Addams Family

Written By: Charles Addams & Caroline Thompson and Larry Wilson

Synopsis: Con artists plan to fleece an eccentric family using an accomplice who claims to be their long-lost uncle.

animation, action

The Adventures of Tintin

Written By: Steven Moffat and Edgar Wright & Joe Cornish (screenplay), based on "The Adventures of Tintin" by Hergé 

Synopsis: Intrepid reporter Tintin and Captain Haddock set off on a treasure hunt for a sunken ship commanded by Haddock's ancestor.

sci-fi, horror

Alien

Written By: Dan O'Bannon

Synopsis: After a space merchant vessel receives an unknown transmission as a distress call, one of the crew is attacked by a mysterious life form and they soon realize that its life cycle has merely begun.

Written By: Cameron Crowe

Synopsis: A high-school boy is given the chance to write a story for Rolling Stone Magazine about an up-and-coming rock band as he accompanies them on their concert tour.

drama

American Beauty

Written By: Alan Ball 

Synopsis: A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.

drama, crime

American History X

Written By: David McKenna

Synopsis: A former neo-nazi skinhead tries to prevent his younger brother from going down the same wrong path that he did.

comedy

American Pie

Written By: Adam Herz

Synopsis: Four teenage boys enter a pact to lose their virginity by prom night.

horror, thriller

American Psycho

Written By: Mary Harron & Guinevere Turner (screenplay), based on the novel by Bret Easton Ellis

Synopsis: A wealthy New York City investment banking executive, Patrick Bateman, hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he delves deeper into his violent, hedonistic fantasies.

comedy

Anchorman

Written By: Will Ferrell & Adam McKay

Synopsis: Ron Burgundy is San Diego's top-rated newsman in the male-dominated broadcasting of the 1970s, but that's all about to change for Ron and his cronies when an ambitious woman is hired as a new anchor.

Written By: Woody Allen & Marshall Brickman

Synopsis: Alvy Singer, a divorced Jewish comedian, reflects on his relationship with ex-lover Annie Hall, an aspiring nightclub singer, which ended abruptly just like his previous marriages.

animation, romance

Anomalisa

Written By: Charlie Kaufman

Synopsis: A man crippled by the mundanity of his life experiences something out of the ordinary.

romance, comedy

The Apartment

Written By: Billy Wilder & I.A.L. Diamond

Synopsis: A man tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue.

sci-fi, thriller

Arrival

Written By: Eric Heisserer (screenplay), based on the novel by Ted Chiang

Synopsis: A linguist works with the military to communicate with alien lifeforms after twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world.

sci-fi, action

Avatar

Written By: James Cameron

Synopsis: A paraplegic Marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.

action, sci-fi

The Avengers

Written By: Joss Whedon

Synopsis: Earth's mightiest heroes must come together and learn to fight as a team if they are going to stop the mischievous Loki and his alien army from enslaving humanity.

action, sci-fi

Avengers: Endgame

Written By: Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely

Synopsis: After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers assemble once more in order to reverse Thanos' actions and restore balance to the universe.

Written By: Edgar Wright

Synopsis: After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.

sci-fi, action

Back to the Future

Written By: Robert Zemeckis & Bob Gale

Synopsis: Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent thirty years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the eccentric scientist Doc Brown.

horror, thriller

The Babadook

Written By: Jennifer Kent 

Synopsis: A single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book titled "Mister Babadook" manifests in their home.

comedy, crime, drama, tv

Barry (Pilot)

Written By: Alec Berg & Bill Hader

Synopsis: A hit man from the Midwest moves to Los Angeles and gets caught up in the city's theatre arts scene.

action, fantasy

Batman Begins

Written By: Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer (screenplay),
based on the comics by Bob Kane

Synopsis: After training with his mentor, Batman begins his fight to free crime-ridden Gotham City from corruption.

comedy, drama

Being John Malkovich

Written By: Charlie Kaufman

Synopsis: A puppeteer discovers a portal that leads literally into the head of movie star John Malkovich.

romance, fantasy

Beauty and the Beast

Written By: Stephen Chbosky & Evan Spiliotopoulos (screenplay), based on the 1991 animated film "Beauty and the Beast" animation screenplay by Linda Woolverton

Synopsis: A selfish Prince is cursed to become a monster for the rest of his life, unless he learns to fall in love with a beautiful young woman he keeps prisoner.

comedy, tv

The Big Bang Theory (S2 EP4)

Written By: Stephen Engel & Tim Doyle (teleplay), based on the story by Bill Prady & Chuck Lorre 

Synopsis: The guys struggle to cope with Raj's arrogance after he is featured in a People magazine article.

drama, fantasy

Big Fish

Written By: John August (screenplay), based on the novel by Daniel Wallace

Synopsis: A frustrated son tries to determine the fact from fiction in his dying father's life.

Written By: Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

Synopsis: Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire of the same name, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it.

romance, comedy

The Big Sick

Written By: Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani

Synopsis: Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail finds himself forced to face her feisty parents, his family's expectations, and his true feelings.

crime, comedy, drama

The Big Short

Written By: Charles Randolph & Adam McKay (screenplay), based on the book by Michael Lewis

Synopsis: In 2006-2007 a group of investors bet against the US mortgage market. In their research they discover how flawed and corrupt the market is.

drama

Birdman

Written By: Alejandro G. Iñárritu and Nicolás Giacobone & Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo

Synopsis: A washed-up superhero actor attempts to revive his fading career by writing, directing, and starring in a Broadway production.

action, sci-fi

Black Panther

Written By: Ryan Coogler & Joe Robert Cole (screenplay), based on the comics by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby

Synopsis: T'Challa, heir to the hidden but advanced kingdom of Wakanda, must step forward to lead his people into a new future and must confront a challenger from his country's past.

drama, crime

BlacKkKlansman

Written By: Charlie Wachtel & David Rabinowitz & Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee (screenpaly), based on the book by Ron Stallworth

Synopsis: Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer from Colorado Springs, CO, successfully manages to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan branch with the help of a Jewish surrogate who eventually becomes its leader. Based on actual events.

action, sci-fi

Blade Runner

Written By: Hampton Fancher & David Webb Peoples (screenplay), based on the novel by Philip K. Dick

Synopsis: A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space, and have returned to Earth to find their creator.

action, sci-fi

Blade Runner 2049

Written By: Hampton Fancher & Michael Green (screenplay), based on the novel by Philip K. Dick

Synopsis: Young Blade Runner K's discovery of a long-buried secret leads him to track down former Blade Runner Rick Deckard, who's been missing for thirty years.

Written By: Tony Gilroy and Scott Z. Burns & George Nolfi (screenplay), based on the novel by Robert Ludlum

Synopsis: Jason Bourne dodges a ruthless C.I.A. official and his Agents from a new assassination program while searching for the origins of his life as a trained killer.

comedy

The Breakfast Club

Written By: John Hughes

Synopsis: Five high school students meet in Saturday detention and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought.

DRAMA, tv, crime

Breaking Bad - Pilot (S1E1)

Written By: Vince Gilligan and Sam Catlin & Moira Walley-Beckett

Synopsis: Diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, chemistry teacher Walter White teams up with former student Jesse Pinkman to cook and sell crystal meth.

drama, tv, crime

Breaking Bad - The Fly (S3E10)

Written By: Vince Gilligan and Sam Catlin & Moira Walley-Beckett 

Synopsis: There is a fly loose in the lab. Walt and Jesse must do whatever they can to kill it before it contaminates the meth.

COMEDY, romance

Bridesmaids

Written By: Kristen Wiig & Annie Mumolo 

Synopsis: Competition between the maid of honor and a bridesmaid, over who is the bride's best friend, threatens to upend the life of an out-of-work pastry chef.

Written By: William Goldman 

Synopsis: Wyoming, early 1900s. Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid are the leaders of a band of outlaws. After a train robbery goes wrong they find themselves on the run with a posse hard on their heels. Their solution - escape to Bolivia.

romance, drama

Call Me By Your Name

Written By: James Ivory (screenplay), based on the novel by André Aciman

Synopsis: In 1980s Italy, romance blossoms between a seventeen-year-old student and the older man hired as his father's research assistant.

horror, thriller

Carrie

Written By: Lawrence D. Cohen (screenplay by), based on the novel by Stephen King

Synopsis: Carrie White, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom.

romance, war

Casablanca

Written By: Julius J. Epstein & Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch 

Synopsis: A cynical American expatriate struggles to decide whether or not he should help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape French Morocco.

drama, crime

Catch Me If You Can

Written By:  Jeff Nathanson (screenplay), based on the book by Frank Abagnale Jr & Stan Redding

Synopsis: Barely 21 yet, Frank is a skilled forger who has passed as a doctor, lawyer and pilot. FBI agent Carl, becomes obsessed with tracking down the con man. But Frank not only eludes capture, he revels in the pursuit.

drama

Cast Away

Written By:  William Broyles Jr.

Synopsis: A FedEx executive undergoes a physical and emotional transformation after crash landing on a deserted island.

drama

Citizen Kane

Written By:  Herman J. Mankiewicz & Orson Welles

Synopsis: Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance; 'Rosebud'.

drama, TV

Chernobyl (Episode 1)

Written By: Craig Mazin

Synopsis: In April 1986, an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics becomes one of the world's worst man-made catastrophes.

drama

Chinatown

Written By: Robert Towne 

Synopsis: A private detective hired to expose an adulterer finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.

comedy

A Chrismas Story

Written By: Jean Shepherd & Leigh Brown and Bob Clark

Synopsis: In the 1940s, a young boy named Ralphie attempts to convince his parents, his teacher and Santa that a Red Ryder BB gun really is the perfect Christmas gift.

drama, crime

A Clockwork Orange

Written By: Stanley Kubrick (screenplay), based on the novel by Anthony Burgess

Synopsis: In the future, a sadistic gang leader is imprisoned and volunteers for a conduct-aversion experiment, but it doesn't go as planned.

animation

Coco

Written By: Adrian Molina & Matthew Aldrich

Synopsis: Aspiring musician Miguel, confronted with his family's ancestral ban on music, enters the Land of the Dead to find his great-great-grandfather, a legendary singer.

thriller, crime

Collateral

Written By: Stuart Beattie

Synopsis: A cab driver finds himself the hostage of an engaging contract killer as he makes his rounds from hit to hit during one night in Los Angeles.

drama

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

Written By: Charlie Kaufman (screenplay), based on the novel by Chuck Barris 

Synopsis: An adaptation of the cult memoir of game show impresario Chuck Barris (Sam Rockwell), in which he purports to have been a C.I.A. hitman.

horror, thriller

The Conjuring

Written By: Chad Hayes & Carey W. Hayes

Synopsis: Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse.

comedy

Crazy Rich Azians 

Written By: Peter Chiarelli & Adele Lim (screenplay), based on the novel by Kevin Kwan

Synopsis: This contemporary romantic comedy, based on a global bestseller, follows native New Yorker Rachel Chu to Singapore to meet her boyfriend's family.

drama

Creed

Written By: Ryan Coogler & Aaron Covington

Synopsis: The former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson, the son of his late friend and former rival Apollo Creed.

drama

Creed II

Written By: Juel Taylor & Sylvester Stallone 

Synopsis: Under the tutelage of Rocky Balboa, newly crowned heavyweight champion Adonis Creed faces off against Viktor Drago, the son of Ivan Drago.

Written By: Hui-Ling Wang and James Schamus & Kuo Jung Tsai (screenplay), based on the book by Du Lu Wang

Synopsis: A young Chinese warrior steals a sword from a famed swordsman and then escapes into a world of romantic adventure with a mysterious man in the frontier of the nation.

Written By: Neil Jordan

Synopsis: A British soldier kidnapped by IRA terrorists soon befriends one of his captors, who then becomes drawn into the soldier's world.

Written By: Anthony E. Zuiker & Carol Mendelsohn (teleplay), based on the story by Elizabeth Devine

Synopsis: Two masked men show up at a house and kill the husband and wife execution-style with two bullets at the back of the head.

action, THRILLER

The Dark Knight

Written By: Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer (screenplay), based on the original comics by Bob Kane

Synopsis: When the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice.

Written By: Jonathan Nolan & Christopher Nolan (screenplay), based on the story by Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer, based on the characters by Bob Kane

Synopsis: Eight years after the Joker's reign of anarchy, Batman, with the help of the enigmatic Catwoman, is forced from his exile to save Gotham City from the brutal guerrilla terrorist Bane.

action, comedy

Deadpool

Written By: Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick 

Synopsis: A wisecracking mercenary gets experimented on and becomes immortal but ugly, and sets out to track down the man who ruined his looks.

western, tv

Deadwood (S1 E5)

Written By: David Milch & John Belluso

Synopsis: Swearengen transforms the Gem into a courtroom as Deadwood is forced to make its own laws to try a cowardly murderer. With Calamity Jane off on a bender, Trixie is enlisted by Swearengen to help Alma with the orphaned child and to keep her pliable to his purposes. Fearing Andy's illness might threaten his business, Cy banishes him to the woods, where he is discovered by Jane.

crime, drama

The Departed

Written By: William Monahan (screenplay), based on the movie Infernal Affairs by Alan Mak & Felix Chong

Synopsis: An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.

comedy, tv

The Detectorists (S1. E2.)

Written By: Mackenzie Crook

Synopsis: The lives of two eccentric metal detectorists, who spend their days plodding along ploughed tracks and open fields, hoping to disturb the tedium by unearthing the fortune of a lifetime.

crime, tv

Dexter (Pilot)

Written By: James Manos Jr. (teleplay), based on the novel by Jeff Lindsay

Synopsis: By day, mild-mannered Dexter is a blood-spatter analyst for the Miami police. But at night, he is a serial killer who only targets other murderers.

Written By: Jeb Stuart & Steven E. de Souza (screenplay), based on the novel by Roderick Thorp

Synopsis: An NYPD officer tries to save his wife and several others taken hostage by German terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.

western, action

Django Unchained

Written By: Quentin Tarantino

Synopsis: With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.

crime, drama

Dog Day Afternoon

Written By: Frank Pierson 

Synopsis: Three amateur bank robbers plan to hold up a bank. A nice simple robbery: Walk in, take the money, and run. Unfortunately, the supposedly uncomplicated heist suddenly becomes a bizarre nightmare as everything that could go wrong does.

sci-fi, fantasy

Donnie Darko

Written By: Richard Kelly 

Synopsis: After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a man in a large rabbit suit who manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.

Written By: John Patrick Shanley

Synopsis: A Catholic school principal questions a priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled young student.

comedy, war

Dr. Strangelove

Written By: Stanley Kubrick & Terry Southern and Peter George

Synopsis: An insane general triggers a path to nuclear holocaust that a War Room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.

action, sci-fi

Dredd

Written By: Alex Garland (screenplay), based on the characters by John Wagner & Carlos Ezquerra

Synopsis: In a violent, futuristic city where the police have the authority to act as judge, jury and executioner, a cop teams with a trainee to take down a gang that deals the reality-altering drug, SLO-MO.

action, crime

Drive

Written By: Hossein Amini (screenplay), based on the book by James Sallis

Synopsis: An action drama about a mysterious Hollywood stuntman and mechanic moonlighting as a getaway driver finding himself in trouble when he helps out his neighbor.

action, war

Dunkirk

Written By: Christopher Nolan

Synopsis: Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire, and France are surrounded by the German Army, and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.

Written By: Caroline Thompson (screenplay),  based on the story by Tim Burton & Caroline Thompson

Synopsis: An artificial man, who was incompletely constructed and has scissors for hands, leads a solitary life. Then one day, a suburban lady meets him and introduces him to her world.

Written By: Charlie Kaufman

Synopsis: When their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a medical procedure to have each other erased from their memories.

Written By: Alex Garland

Synopsis: A young programmer is selected to participate in a ground-breaking experiment in synthetic intelligence by evaluating the human qualities of a highly advanced humanoid A.I.

Written By: William Peter Blatty 

Synopsis: When a 12-year-old girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two priests to save her.

DRAMA, tv

Euphoria (Pilot)

Written By: Sam Levinson (teleplay), based on the Israeli Series from HOT that was created by Ron Leshem & Daphna Levin

Synopsis: A look at life for a group of high school students as they grapple with issues of drugs, sex, and violence.

Written By: Dan Kwan & Daniel Scheinert

Synopsis: An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, in which she alone can save the world by exploring other universes connecting with the lives she could have led.

Written By: Deborah Davis & Tony McNamara 

Synopsis: In early 18th century England, a frail Queen Anne occupies the throne and her close friend, Lady Sarah, governs the country in her stead. When a new servant, Abigail, arrives, her charm endears her to Sarah.

Written By: Ethan Coen & Joel Coen 

Synopsis: Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.

Written By: Lulu Wang 

Synopsis: A Chinese family discovers their grandmother has only a short while left to live and decide to keep her in the dark, scheduling a wedding to gather before she dies.

drama

Fences

Written By: August Wilson 

Synopsis: A working-class African-American father tries to raise his family in the 1950s, while coming to terms with the events of his life.

COMEDY

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Written By: John Hughes 

Synopsis: A high school wise guy is determined to have a day off from school, despite what the Principal thinks of that.

thriller, drama

Fight Club

Written By: Jim Uhls (screenplay), based on the novel by Chuck Palahniuk

Synopsis: An insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soapmaker form an underground fight club that evolves into something much, much more.

Written By: Charles Edward Pogue & David Cronenberg (screenplay), based on the short story by George Langelaan 

Synopsis: A brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong.

sci-fi, action

The Fifth Element

Written By: Luc Besson & Robert Mark Kamen 

Synopsis: In the colorful future, a cab driver unwittingly becomes the central figure in the search for a legendary cosmic weapon to keep Evil and Mr. Zorg at bay.

thriller, crime

Following

Written By: Christopher Nolan 

Synopsis: A young writer who follows strangers for material meets a thief who takes him under his wing.

drama

Ford v Ferrari

Written By: Jez Butterworth & John-Henry Butterworth and
Jason Keller 

Synopsis: American car designer Carroll Shelby and driver Ken Miles battle corporate interference and the laws of physics to build a revolutionary race car for Ford in order to defeat Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966.

drama

Forrest Gump

Written By: Eric Roth (screenplay), based on the novel Winston Groom

Synopsis: The presidencies of Kennedy and Johnson, the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal and other historical events unfold from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, whose only desire is to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.

animation, musical

Frozen

Written By: Jennifer Lee (screenplay), based on the story by Hans Christian Andersen

Synopsis: When the newly crowned Queen Elsa accidentally uses her power to turn things into ice to curse her home in infinite winter, her sister Anna teams up with a mountain man, his playful reindeer, and a snowman to change the weather condition.

Written By: Marta Kauffman & David Crane

Synopsis: Monica and Ross mourn the loss of their grandmother. Chandler is shocked to find that people think he is gay.

drama

Game of Thrones (Pilot)

Written By: David Benioff & D.B. Weiss (screenplay), based on the book by George Martin

Synopsis: Nine noble families fight for control over the lands of Westeros, while an ancient enemy returns after being dormant for millennia.

Written By: Jordan Peele 

Synopsis: A young African-American visits his white girlfriend's parents for the weekend, where his simmering uneasiness about their reception of him eventually reaches a boiling point.

Written By: Erin Cressida Wilson (screenplay), based on the novel by Paula Hawkins

Synopsis: A divorcee becomes entangled in a missing persons investigation that promises to send shockwaves throughout her life.

Written By: Kenya Barris & Tracy Oliver 

Synopsis: When four lifelong friends travel to New Orleans for the annual Essence Festival, sisterhoods are rekindled, wild sides are rediscovered, and there's enough dancing, drinking, brawling, and romancing to make the Big Easy blush.

comedy, sci-fi

Ghostbusters

Written By: Dan Aykroyd & Harold Ramis

Synopsis: Three former parapsychology professors set up shop as a unique ghost removal service.

Written By: Mario Puzo & Francis Ford Coppola 

Synopsis: The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.

Written By: Gillian Flynn

Synopsis: With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.

crime, drama

Goodfellas

Written By: Nicholas Pileggi & Martin Scorsese

Synopsis: The story of Henry Hill and his life in the mob, covering his relationship with his wife Karen Hill and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito in the Italian-American crime syndicate.

drama

Written By: Matt Damon & Ben Affleck

Synopsis: Will Hunting, a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life.

Written By: Chris Columbus (screenplay), based on the story by Steven Spielberg

Synopsis: A group of young misfits called The Goonies discover an ancient map and set out on an adventure to find a legendary pirate's long-lost treasure.

romance, comedy, drama

The Graduate

Written By: Calder Willingham & Buck Henry

Synopsis: A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.

sci-fi, thriller

Gravity

Written By: Alfonso Cuarón & Jonás Cuarón

Synopsis: Two astronauts work together to survive after an accident leaves them stranded in space.

Written By: Frank Darabont (screenplay), based on the novel by Stephen King

Synopsis: The lives of guards on Death Row are affected by one of their charges: a black man accused of child murder and rape, yet who has a mysterious gift.

romance, comedy, fantasy

Groundhog Day

Written By: Danny Rubin & Harold Ramis

Synopsis: A weatherman finds himself inexplicably living the same day over and over again.

comedy

Grown Ups 3

Written By: Tom Scharpling

Synopsis: Five years after the events of Grown Ups 2, Lenny, Kurt, Eric and Marcus  reunite with their old friend Rob at a nightclub.

sci-fi, action

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Written By: James Gunn

Synopsis: The Guardians struggle to keep together as a team while dealing with their personal family issues, notably Star-Lord's encounter with his father the ambitious celestial being Ego.

Written By: Jon Lucas & Scott Moore

Synopsis: Three buddies wake up from a bachelor party in Las Vegas, with no memory of the previous night and the bachelor missing. They make their way around the city in order to find their friend before his wedding.

crime, tv

Hannibal S1E7

Written By: Jennifer Schuur & Bryan Fuller (teleplay), based on characters from the book "Red Dragon" by Thomas Harris 

Synopsis: Lecter's patient Franklin Froideveaux worries that his friend Tobias may be a psychopath, but Franklin's growing obsession with Lecter is what concerns the latter more. 

Written By: John Carpenter & Debra Hill 

Synopsis: Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.

Written By: Quentin Tarantino

Synopsis: In the dead of a Wyoming winter, a bounty hunter and his prisoner find shelter in a cabin currently inhabited by a collection of nefarious characters.

fantasy

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Written By: Steve Kloves (screenplay), based on the novel by J.K. Rowling

Synopsis: An orphaned boy enrolls in a school of wizardry, where he learns the truth about himself, his family and the terrible evil that haunts the magical world.

COMEDY

Home Alone

Written By: John Hughes

Synopsis: An eight-year-old troublemaker must protect his house from a pair of burglars when he is accidentally left home alone by his family during Christmas vacation.

animation, fantasy

How to Train Your Dragon 3

Written By: Dean DeBlois

Synopsis: When Hiccup discovers Toothless isn't the only Night Fury, he must seek "The Hidden World", a secret Dragon Utopia before a hired tyrant named Grimmel finds it first.

comedy, action

Hot Fuzz

Written By: Edgar Wright & Simon Pegg 

Synopsis: A skilled London police officer is transferred to a small town with a dark secret.

romance, sci-fi

Her

Written By: Spike Jonze

Synopsis: In a near future, a lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with an operating system designed to meet his every need.

horror, drama

Hereditary

Written By: Ari Aster

Synopsis: A grieving family is haunted by tragic and disturbing occurrences.

Written By: Charlie Kaufman 

Synopsis: A woman is in love with a man in love with another woman, and all three have designs on a young man raised as an ape.

crime, comedy

In Bruges

Written By: Martin McDonagh

Synopsis: Guilt-stricken after a job gone wrong, hitman Ray and his partner await orders from their ruthless boss in Bruges, Belgium, the last place in the world Ray wants to be.

Written By: Christopher Nolan 

Synopsis: A thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O.

Written By: Brad Bird 

Synopsis: A family of undercover superheroes, while trying to live the quiet suburban life, are forced into action to save the world.

action

Raider of the Lost Ark

Written By: Lawrence Kasdan

Synopsis: In 1936, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before Adolf Hitler's Nazis can obtain its awesome powers.

crime

Inherent Vice

Written By: Paul Thomas Anderson (screenplay), based on the novel by Thomas Pynchon 

Synopsis: In 1970, drug-fueled Los Angeles private investigator Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of a former girlfriend.

animation, comedy

Inside Out

Written By: Pete Docter & Meg LeFauve and Josh Cooley

Synopsis: After young Riley is uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San Francisco, her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness - conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house, and school.

crime, Drama

The Irishman

Written By: Steven Zaillian (screenplay), based on the book by Charles Brandt

Synopsis: An aging hitman recalls his time with the mob and the intersecting events with his friend, Jimmy Hoffa, through the 1950-70s.

Written By: Mark Furgus & Hawk Otsby & Art Marcum & Matt Holloway 

Synopsis: After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.

drama

I, Tonya

Written By: Steven Rogers 

Synopsis: Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the activity is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes.

Written By: Quentin Tarantino

Synopsis: In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.

Written By: Eric Roth & Michael Mann 

Synopsis: A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.

Written By: Hillary Seitz (screenplay), based on the 1997 screenplay by Nikolaj Frobenius & Erik Skjoldbjærg

Synopsis: Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.

Written By: Jonathan Nolan & Christopher Nolan 

Synopsis: A team of explorers travel through a wormhole in space in an attempt to ensure humanity's survival.

horror, thriller

It Follows

Written By: David Robert Mitchell 

Synopsis: When a sports agent has a moral epiphany and is fired for expressing it, he decides to put his new philosophy to the test as an independent agent with the only athlete who stays with him and his former colleague.

Written By: Cameron Crowe 

Synopsis: When a sports agent has a moral epiphany and is fired for expressing it, he decides to put his new philosophy to the test as an independent agent with the only athlete who stays with him and his former colleague.

Written By: Taika Waititi (screenplay), based on the novel by Christine Leunens

Synopsis: A young boy in Hitler's army finds out his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home.

Written By: Todd Phillips & Scott Silver

Synopsis: In Gotham City, mentally troubled comedian Arthur Fleck is disregarded and mistreated by society. He then embarks on a downward spiral of revolution and bloody crime. This path brings him face-to-face with his alter-ego: the Joker.

action

John Wick

Written By: Derek Kolstad 

Synopsis: An ex-hit-man comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that killed his dog and took everything from him.

Written By: Diablo Cody 

Synopsis: Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child.

action, sci-fi

Jurassic Park

Written By: Michael Crichton & David Koepp (screenplay), based on the novel by Michael Crichton 

Synopsis: A pragmatic paleontologist visiting an almost complete theme park is tasked with protecting a couple of kids after a power failure causes the park's cloned dinosaurs to run loose.

Written By: Rian Johnson

Synopsis: A detective investigates the death of a patriarch of an eccentric, combative family.

ACTION, crime

Kill Bill Vol. 1

Written By: Quentin Tarantino 

Synopsis: After awakening from a four-year coma, a former assassin wreaks vengeance on the team of assassins who betrayed her.

Written By: Quentin Tarantino

Synopsis: The Bride continues her quest of vengeance against her former boss and lover Bill, the reclusive bouncer Budd, and the treacherous, one-eyed Elle.

comedy

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Written By: Shane Black (screenplay), based on the novel by Brett Halliday

Synopsis: A murder mystery brings together a private eye, a struggling actress, and a thief masquerading as an actor.

fantasy, musical

Labyrinth

Written By: Terry Jones

Synopsis: Sixteen-year-old Sarah is given thirteen hours to solve a labyrinth and rescue her baby brother Toby when her wish for him to be taken away is granted by the Goblin King Jareth.

crime

L.A. Confidential

Written By: Brian Helgeland & Curtis Hanson

Synopsis: As corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice.

romance, musical

La La Land

Written By: Damien Chazelle 

Synopsis: While navigating their careers in Los Angeles, a pianist and an actress fall in love while attempting to reconcile their aspirations for the future.

Written By: Shane Black & David Arnott (screenplay), based on the story by Zak Penn & Adam Leff 

Synopsis: With the help of a magic ticket, a young movie fan is transported into the fictional world of his favorite action movie character.

Written By: Shane Black (screenplay), based on the story by Shane Black & Greg Hicks

Synopsis: 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.

Written By: Karen McCullah & Kirsten Smith (screenplay), based on the novel by Amanda Brown

Synopsis: Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon), a fashionable sorority queen is dumped by her boyfriend. She decides to follow him to law school, while she is there, she figures out that there is more to her than just looks.

Written By: Shane Black 

Synopsis: Two newly paired cops who are complete opposites must put aside their differences in order to catch a gang of drug smugglers.

Written By: Jeffrey Boam (screenplay), based on the story by Shane Black & Warren Murphy 

Synopsis: Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats who are using their immunity to engage in criminal activities.

Written By: Yorgos Lanthimos & Efthymis Filippou 

Synopsis: In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.

Written By: Luke Davies (screenplay), based on the novel by Saroo Brierley

Synopsis: A five-year-old Indian boy is adopted by an Australian couple after getting lost hundreds of kilometers from home. 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.

Written By: Robert Eggers & Max Eggers

Synopsis: Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity whilst living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.

Written By: Irene Mecchi and Jonathan Roberts & Linda Woolverton 

Synopsis: After the murder of his father, a young lion prince flees his kingdom only to learn the true meaning of responsibility and bravery.

drama, comedy

Little Miss Sunshine

Written By: Michael Arndt 

Synopsis: A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus.

Written By: Greta Gerwig (screenplay by), based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott 

Synopsis: Jo March reflects back and forth on her life, telling the beloved story of the March sisters - four young women, each determined to live life on her own terms.

Written By: Scott Frank and James Mangold & Michael Green

Synopsis: In a future where mutants are nearly extinct, an elderly and weary Logan leads a quiet life. But when Laura, a mutant child pursued by scientists, comes to him for help, he must get her to safety.

action

The Long Kiss Goodnight

Written By: Shane Black

Synopsis: Samantha Caine lives in a small town with her daughter. Eight years ago she emerged, two months pregnant, from a nearby river with no memory of her past or who she is. However, she's getting closer to finding out about her past.

animation

The Lorax

Written By: Cinco Paul & Ken Daurio (screenplay), based on the book by Dr. Seuss

Synopsis: A 12-year-old boy searches for the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of the girl of his dreams. To find it he must discover the story of the Lorax, the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world.

FANTASY, action

LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring

Written By: Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson (screenplay), based on the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien

Synopsis: A meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron.

Written By: Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens & Stephen Sinclair & Peter Jackson (screenplay), based on the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien

Synopsis: While Frodo and Sam edge closer to Mordor with the help of the shifty Gollum, the divided fellowship makes a stand against Sauron's new ally, Saruman, and his hordes of Isengard.

Written By: Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens & Stephen Sinclair & Peter Jackson (screenplay), based on the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien

Synopsis: Gandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring.

romance, drama

Lost in Translation

Written By: Sofia Coppola

Synopsis: A faded movie star and a neglected young woman form an unlikely bond after crossing paths in Tokyo.

comedy, romance

Love Actually

Written By: Richard Curtis 

Synopsis: Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England.

drama, war

The Tragedy of Macbeth

Written By: Todd Louiso and Jacob Koskoff & Michael Lesslie (screenplay), based on the play by William Shakespeare

Synopsis: Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.

drama

Manchester By The Sea

Written By: Kenneth Lonergan 

Synopsis: A depressed uncle is asked to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy's father dies.

Written By: Drew Goddard (screenplay), based on the novel by Andy Weir

Synopsis: An astronaut becomes stranded on Mars after his team assume him dead, and must rely on his ingenuity to find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.

Written By: Noah Baumbach

Synopsis: Noah Baumbach's incisive and compassionate look at a marriage breaking up and a family staying together.

Written By: Lana Wachowski & Lilly Wachowski 

Synopsis: A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against its controllers.

comedy

Mean Girls

Written By: Tina Fey (screenplay), based on the book by Rosalind Wiseman

Synopsis: Cady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.

romance, fantasy

Midnight in Paris

Written By: Woody Allen 

Synopsis: While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight.

Written By: Ari Aster 

Synopsis: A couple travels to Sweden to visit a rural hometown's fabled mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.

drama

Minari

Written By: Lee Isaac Chung 

Synopsis: A Korean family starts a farm in 1980s Arkansas.

Written By: William Goldman (screenplay), based on the novel by Stephen King 

Synopsis: After a famous author is rescued from a car crash by a fan of his novels, he comes to realize that the care he is receiving is only the beginning of a nightmare of captivity and abuse.

horror, thriller

The Mist

Written By: Frank Darabont (screenplay), based on the novel by Stephen King 

Synopsis: A freak storm unleashes a species of bloodthirsty creatures on a small town, where a small band of citizens hole up in a supermarket and fight for their lives.

action, thriller

Mission: Impossible

Written By: David Koepp & Robert Towne (screenplay), based on the story by David Koepp & Steven Zaillian

Synopsis: An American agent, under false suspicion of disloyalty, must discover and expose the real spy without the help of his organization.

Written By: Christopher Nolan (screenplay), based on the short story "Memento Mori' by Jonathan Nolan

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

horror, fantasy

Monster Squad

Written By: Shane Black & Fred Dekker

Synopsis: A young group of monster fanatics attempt to save their hometown from Count Dracula and his monsters.

Written By: Steven Levitan & Christopher Lloyd 

Synopsis: Three different but related families face trials and tribulations in their own uniquely comedic ways.

Written By: Barry Jenkins & Tarell Alvin McCraney 

Synopsis: A young African-American man grapples with his identity and sexuality while experiencing the everyday struggles of childhood, adolescence, and burgeoning adulthood.

COMEDY

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Written By: John Hughes 

Synopsis: The Griswold family's plans for a big family Christmas predictably turn into a big disaster.

drama, comedy

Network

Written By: Paddy Chayefsky 

Synopsis: A television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor's ravings and revelations about the news media for its own profit.

action, comedy

The Nice Guys

Written By: Shane Black & Anthony Bagarozzi 

Synopsis: In 1970s Los Angeles, a mismatched pair of private eyes investigate a missing girl and the mysterious death of a porn star.

crime, thriller

Nightcrawler

Written By: Dan Gilroy 

Synopsis: When Louis Bloom, a con man desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story.

Written By: John A. Russo & George A. Romero 

Synopsis: A ragtag group of Pennsylvanians barricade themselves in an old farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls that are ravaging the East Coast of the United States.

Written By: Bob Nelson 

Synopsis: An aging, booze-addled father makes the trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim a million-dollar Mega Sweepstakes Marketing prize.

crime, drama

No Country for Old Men

Written By: Joel Coen & Ethan Coen (screenplay), based on the novel by  Cormac McCarthy 

Synopsis: Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong and more than two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande.

Written By: Ted Griffin

Synopsis: Danny Ocean and his ten accomplices plan to rob three Las Vegas casinos simultaneously.

comedy, tv

The Office (Pilot)

Written By: Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant 

Synopsis: A mockumentary on a group of typical office workers, where the workday consists of ego clashes, inappropriate behavior, and tedium.

Written By: Christopher Nolan (screenplay), based on the book by Kai Bird Martin Sherwin

Synopsis: The story of American scientist, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.

Written By: Budd Schulberg 

Synopsis: An ex-prize fighter turned longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses.

war, action

The Patriot

Written By: Robert Rodat

Synopsis: Peaceful farmer Benjamin Martin is driven to lead the Colonial Militia during the American Revolution when a sadistic British officer murders his son.

thriller, drama

The Parasite

Written By: Bong Joon Ho & Jin Won Han 

Synopsis: Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.

Written By: Steven Knight 

Synopsis: A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England; centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby.

horror

Pet Sematary

Written By: Stephen King (screenplay), based on the book by Stephen King

Synopsis: After tragedy strikes, a grieving father discovers an ancient burial ground behind his home with the power to raise the dead.

action

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Written By: Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio, Stuart Beattie and Jay Wolpert (screeplay),

Synopsis: Blacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate "Captain" Jack Sparrow to save his love, the governor's daughter, from Jack's former pirate allies, who are now undead.

Written By: Steve Coogan & Jeff Pope (screenplay), based on the book by  Martin Sixsmith 

Synopsis: A world-weary political journalist picks up the story of a woman's search for her son, who was taken away from her decades ago after she became pregnant and was forced to live in a convent.

Written By: Eric Roth & Brian Helgeland (screenplay), based on the novel by David Brin

Synopsis: A nameless drifter dons a postman's uniform and bag of mail as he begins a quest to inspire hope to the survivors living in post-apocalyptic America.

romance

The Princess Bride

Written By: William Goldman 

Synopsis: While home sick in bed, a young boy's grandfather reads him the story of a farmboy-turned-pirate who encounters numerous obstacles, enemies and allies in his quest to be reunited with his true love.

sci-fi, action

The Predator

Written By:  Fred Dekker & Shane Black (screnplay), based on the characters by Jim Thomas & John Thomas 

Synopsis: When a young boy accidentally triggers the universe's most lethal hunters' return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled scientist can prevent the end of the human race.

Written By:  Jonathan Nolan & Christopher Nolan (screenplay), based on the novel by Christopher Priest

Synopsis: After a tragic accident, two stage magicians engage in a battle to create the ultimate illusion while sacrificing everything they have to outwit each other.

comedy

The Producers

Written By: Mel Brooks

Synopsis: A stage-play producer devises a plan to make money by producing a sure-fire flop.

crime, drama

Pulp Fiction

Written By: Quentin Tarantino & Roger Avary

Synopsis: The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.

horror, sci-fi

A Quiet Place

Written By: Bryan Woods and Scott Beck & John Krasinski

Synopsis: In a post-apocalyptic world, a family is forced to live in silence while hiding from monsters with ultra-sensitive hearing.

drama

Rain Man

Written By: Ronald Bass & Barry Morrow (screenplay), based on the short story by Barry Morrow

Synopsis: Selfish yuppie Charlie Babbitt's father left a fortune to his savant brother Raymond and a pittance to Charlie; they travel cross-country.

animation, comedy

Ratatouille

Written By: Brad Bird and Jan Pinkava & Jim Capobianco

Synopsis: A rat who can cook makes an unusual alliance with a young kitchen worker at a famous restaurant.

Written By: John Michael Hayes (screenplay), based on the short story by Cornell Woolrich

Synopsis: A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his Greenwich Village courtyard apartment window, and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder, despite the skepticism of his fashion-model girlfriend.

Written By: Scott Z. Burns 

Synopsis: Idealistic Senate staffer Daniel J. Jones, tasked by his boss to lead an investigation into the CIA's post 9/11 Detention and Interrogation Program, uncovers shocking secrets.

crime, drama

Reservoir Dogs

Written By: Quentin Tarantino

Synopsis: When a simple jewelry heist goes horribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.

Written By: Justin Roiland & Dan Harmon

Synopsis: An animated series that follows the exploits of a super scientist and his not-so-bright grandson.

drama, crime

Road To Perdition

Written By: David Self (screenplay), based on the graphic novel by Max Allan Collins & Richard Piers Rayner

Synopsis: A mob enforcer's son witnesses a murder, forcing him and his father to take to the road, and his father down a path of redemption and revenge.

Written By: Lee Hall

Synopsis: A musical fantasy about the fantastical human story of Elton John's breakthrough years.

Written By: Sylvester Stallone

Synopsis: A small-time boxer gets a supremely rare chance to fight a heavy-weight champion in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect.

Written By: Roman Polanski (screenplay), based onthe novel by Ira Levin 

Synopsis: A young couple trying for a baby move into an aging, ornate apartment building on Central Park West, but find themselves surrounded by peculiar neighbors.

Written By: Tommy Wiseau

Synopsis: Johnny is a successful bank executive who lives quietly in a San Francisco townhouse with his future wife, Lisa. One day, putting aside any scruple, she seduces Johnny's best friend, Mark. From there, nothing will be the same again.

Written By: Wes Anderson & Owen Wilson 

Synopsis: The eccentric members of a dysfunctional family reluctantly gather under the same roof for various reasons.

Written By: Robert Rodat 

Synopsis: Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.

Written By: Oliver Stone 

Synopsis: In 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed.

Written By: Mike White

Synopsis: After being kicked out of his rock band, Dewey Finn becomes a substitute teacher of an uptight elementary private school, only to try and turn his class into a rock band.

Written By: Michael Bacall & Edgar Wright (screenplay), based on the graphic novels by Bryan Lee O'Malley 

Synopsis: In a magically realistic version of Toronto, a young man must defeat his new girlfriend's seven evil exes one by one in order to win her heart.

Written By: Kevin Williamson

Synopsis: A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a new killer, who targets the girl and her friends by using horror films as part of a deadly game.

Written By: David Koepp (screenplay), based on the novel by Stephen King

Synopsis: A successful writer in the midst of a painful divorce is stalked at his remote lake house by a would-be scribe who accuses him of plagiarism.

Written By: Bruce Kirschbaum & Sam Kass 

Synopsis: The continuing misadventures of neurotic New York City stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld and his equally neurotic New York City friends.

Written By: Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio & Joe Stillman & Roger S.H. Schulman (screenplay), based on the book Willaim Steig 

Synopsis: A mean lord exiles fairytale creatures to the swamp of a grumpy ogre, who must go on a quest and rescue a princess for the lord in order to get his land back.

animation, comedy

Shrek 2

Written By: Andrew Adamson and Joe Stillman & J. David Stem & and David N. Weiss (screenplay), based on the book  William Steig 

Synopsis: Shrek and Fiona travel to the Kingdom of Far Far Away, where Fiona's parents are King and Queen, to celebrate their marriage. When they arrive, they find they are not as welcome as they thought they would be.

Written By: Taylor Sheridan 

Synopsis: An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.

Written By: Ted Tally (screenplay), based on the novel by Thomas Harris 

Synopsis: 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.

comedy, tv

The Simpsons S8E2

Written By: John Swartzwelder (written by), based on the characters by James L. Brooks & Matt Groening & Sam Simon  

Synopsis: After moving to another town for a new job, Homer must decide whether or not to stay when the family have a hard time with the transfer.

Written By: M. Night Shyamalan 

Synopsis: A boy who communicates with spirits seeks the help of a disheartened child psychologist.

Written By: Guillermo del Toro & Vanessa Taylor 

Synopsis: At a top secret research facility in the 1960s, a lonely janitor forms a unique relationship with an amphibious creature that is being held in captivity.

drama, crime

Shawshank Redemption

Written By: Frank Darabont (screenplay), based on the short story "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" by Stephen King 

Synopsis: Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency.

horror, comedy

Shaun of the Dead

Written By: Simon Pegg & Edgar Wright 

Synopsis: A man's uneventful life is disrupted by the zombie apocalypse.

horror

The Shining

Written By: Stanley Kubrick & Diane Johnson (screenplay), based on the novel by Stephen King 

Synopsis: A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.

Written By: David Chase 

Synopsis: New Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano deals with personal and professional issues in his home and business life that affect his mental state, leading him to seek professional psychiatric counseling.

Written By: Pete Docter & Mike Jones & Kemp Powers 

Synopsis: After landing the gig of a lifetime, a New York jazz pianist suddenly finds himself trapped in a strange land between Earth and the afterlife.

Written By: Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber (screenplay), based on the novel Tim Tharp 

Synopsis: A hard-partying high school senior's philosophy on life changes when he meets the not-so-typical "nice girl."

action, thriller

Speed

Written By: Graham Yost 

Synopsis: A young police officer must prevent a bomb exploding aboard a city bus by keeping its speed above 50 mph.

Written By: David Koepp (screenplay), based on the comics by Stan Lee & Steve Ditko 

Synopsis: When bitten by a genetically modified spider, a nerdy, shy, and awkward high school student gains spider-like abilities that he eventually must use to fight evil as a superhero after tragedy befalls his family.

ACTION, FANTASY

Spider Man 2

Written By: Alfred Gough (screenplay), based on the comics by Stan Lee & Steve Ditko

Synopsis: Peter Parker is beset with troubles in his failing personal life as he battles a brilliant scientist named Doctor Otto Octavius.