Robert Zemeckis, Forrest Gump, Paramount Pictures, 1994

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: July 6, 1994.
• Running time: 141 minutes.
• Tagline: The world will never be the same once you’ve seen it through the eyes of Forrest Gump.
• Tom Hanks won the 1995 Academy Award for Best Actor in A Leading Role.
• Robert Zemeckis won the 1995 Academy Award for Best Director.
• Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum  & Allen Hall  won the 1995 Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.
• Arthur Schmidt won the 1995 Academy Award for Best Film Editing.
• Wendy Finerman, Steve Starkey & Steve Tisch  won the 1995 Academy Award for Best Picture.
• Eric Roth won the 1995 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

• Forrest Gump (1994)
• Forrest Gump poster

Tim Burton, Beetlejuice, Warner Bros., 1988

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: March 30, 1988.
• Running time: 92 minutes.
• Tagline: In This House… If You’ve Seen One Ghost… You Haven’t Seen Them All.
• Ve Neill, Steve LaPorte  and Robert Short  won the 1989 Academy Award for Best Makeup.

• Beetlejuice (1988)
• Beetlejuice poster

Charlie Chaplin, City Lights, United Artists, 1931

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: January 30, 1931.
• Running time: 87 minutes.
• Silent movie.

• City Lights (1931)
• City Lights poster

Blake Edwards, Trail of the Pink Panther, MGM/UA Entertainment Co., 1982

Rating: 3/5 Buy

• Release date: December 17, 1982.
• Running time: 96 minutes.
• Tagline: The Newest and Funniest ‘Panther’ of them all.

• Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)
• Trail of the Pink Panther poster

Kevin Connor, Motel Hell, United Artists, 1980

Rating: 3/5 Buy

• Release date: October 18, 1980.
• Running time: 102 minutes.
• Tagline: Checking in is easy… Checking out is hell.

• Motel Hell (1980)
• Motel Hell poster

Douglas Hickox, Theatre of Blood, United Artists, 1973

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: April 5, 1973.
• Running time: 104 minutes.
• Tagline: Vincent Price has reserved a seat for you in the “theatre of blood.”

• Theatre of Blood (1973)
• Theatre of Blood poster

Clive Donner & Richard Talmadge, What’s New Pussycat?, United Artists, 1965

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: June 2, 1965.
• Running time: 108 minutes.
• Tagline: How you cats will laugh… when you see the answer to the comedy question of the year!!!
• Woody Allen’s film debut, as well as his first produced script.

• What’s New Pussycat? (1965)
• What’s New Pussycat? poster

Jack Conway, Libeled Lady, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1936

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: October 9, 1936.
• Running time: 98 minutes.

• Libeled Lady (1936)
• Libeled Lady poster

Ruben Fleischer, Zombieland, Columbia Pictures, 2009

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: October 2, 2009.
• Running time: 88 minutes.
• Tagline: Nut up or shut up.

• Zombieland (2009)
• Zombieland poster

Jerry Zucker, Rat Race, Paramount Pictures, 2001

Rating: 3/5 Buy

• Release date: August 17, 2001.
• Running time: 112 minutes.
• Tagline: 563 miles. 9 people. $2 million. 1001 problems!

• Rat Race (2001)
• Rat Race poster

John Swanbeck, The Big Kahuna, Franchise Pictures, 1999

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: September 16, 1999.
• Running time: 90 minutes.
• Tagline: Every sale begins with a smile.

• The Big Kahuna (1999)
• The Big Kahuna poster

Woody Allen, Bananas, United Artists, 1971

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: April 28, 1971.
• Running time: 82 minutes.

• Bananas (1971)
• Bananas poster

Alfred Hitchcock, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, RKO Radio Pictures, 1941

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: January 31, 1941.
• Running time: 95 minutes.
• Tagline: It’s Daring! It’s Delightful – And as Spicy as It’s Speedy!

• Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
• Mr. & Mrs. Smith poster

Charlie Chaplin, The Great Dictator, United Artists, 1940

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: October 15, 1940.
• Running time: 124 minutes.
• Tagline: Once again – the whole world laughs!
• Chaplin’s first talking picture.

• The Great Dictator (1940)
• The Great Dictator poster

Grant Heslov, The Men Who Stare at Goats, Overture Films, 2009

Rating: 3.5/5 Buy

• Release date: September 11, 2009.
• Running time: 94 minutes.
• Tagline: No goats. No glory.

• The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)
• The Men Who Stare at Goats poster

Henry Koster, Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation, 20th Century Fox, 1962

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: June 15, 1962.
• Running time: 116 minutes.
• Tagline: Jimmy Takes A Vacation… You Have All The Fun!

• Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962)
• Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation poster

Roger Corman, The Raven, American International Pictures, 1963

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: January 25, 1963.
• Running time: 86 minutes.
• Tagline: The Macabre Masterpiece of Terror!

• The Raven (1963)
• The Raven poster

Blake Edwards, A Shot in the Dark, United Artists, 1964

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: June 23, 1964.
• Running time: 102 minutes.
• Tagline: Meet the inspector who was always on the job In The Bedroom… In The Nightclub… In The Nudist Colony! It’s Sellers the Sleuth… and there’s nothing he won’t do to track down a body – dead or alive!
• The second installment in the Pink Panther series.

• A Shot in the Dark (1964)
• A Shot in the Dark poster

Ernst Lubitsch, The Shop Around the Corner, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1940

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: January 12, 1940.
• Running time: 99 minutes.

• The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
• The Shop Around the Corner poster

Howard Hawks, Bringing Up Baby, RKO Radio Pictures, 1938

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: February 18, 1938.
• Running time: 102 minutes.

• Bringing Up Baby (1938)
• Bringing Up Baby poster

George Cukor, Adam’s Rib, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1949

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: November 18, 1949.
• Running time: 101 minutes.
• Tagline: It’s The Hilarious Answer To Who Wears The Pants.

• Adam’s Rib (1949)
• Adam’s Rib poster

Joel Coen, The Big Lebowski, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, 1998

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: March 6, 1998.
• Running time: 119 minutes.
• Tagline: Times like these call for a Big Lebowski.

• The Big Lebowski (1998)
• The Big Lebowski poster

W.S. Van Dyke, The Thin Man, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1934

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: May 23, 1934.
• Running time: 93 minutes.
• Tagline: A laugh tops every thrilling moment!

• The Thin Man (1934)
• The Thin Man poster

Ken Finkleman, Airplane II: The Sequel, Paramount Pictures, 1982

Rating: 3/5 Buy

• Release date: December 10, 1982.
• Running time: 85 minutes.
• Tagline: For the ride of your life… All you need for Christmas are your two front seats!

• Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
• Airplane II: The Sequel poster

Kim Henkel, Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation, Columbia Pictures, 1994

Rating: 3/5 Buy

• Release date: 1994. August 29, 1997 (edited re-release).
• A.K.A. The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
• Running time: 86 minutes.
• Tagline: If looks could kill he woudn’t need a chainsaw.

• Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994)
• Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation poster

Harold Ramis, Caddyshack, Orion Pictures, 1980

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: July 25, 1980.
• Running time: 98 minutes.
• Tagline: At last, a comedy that bites!

• Caddyshack (1980)
• Caddyshack poster

Peter Faiman, “Crocodile” Dundee, Paramount Pictures, 1986

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: September 26, 1986.
• Running time: 94 minutes.
• Tagline: He’s survived the most hostile and primitive land known to man. Now all he’s got to do is make it through a week in New York.

• Crocodile Dundee (1986)

Woody Allen, Mighty Aphrodite, Miramax Films, 1995

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: October 27, 1995.
• Running time: 95 minutes.
• Tagline: The new comedy from Woody Allen.
• Mira Sorvino won the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.

• Mighty Aphrodite (1995)

Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, Airplane!, Paramount Pictures, 1980

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: June 27, 1980.
• Running time: 87 minutes.
• Tagline: What’s slower than a speeding bullet, and able to hit tall buildings at a single bound? Thank God it’s Only a Motion Picture!

• Airplane! (1980)

Blake Edwards, Revenge of the Pink Panther, United Artists, 1978

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: July 19, 1978.
• Running time: 104 minutes.
• Tagline: Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the movies…
• The last entry of the Pink Panther series featuring Peter Sellers, who died in 1980.

• Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)

Blake Edwards, The Pink Panther Strikes Again, United Artists, 1976

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: December 15, 1976.
• Running time: 103 minutes.
• Tagline: Why are the world’s chief assassins after Inspector Clouseau? Why not? Everybody else is.

• The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)

Blake Edwards, The Return of the Pink Panther, United Artists, 1975

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: May 21, 1975.
• Running time: 114 minutes.
• Tagline: You may rest assured that there’s trouble, because Inspector Clouseau is on the case… That’s the trouble.

• The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)

Woody Allen, Manhattan, United Artists, 1979

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: April 15, 1979.
• Running time: 96 minutes.
• Tagline: Woody Allen’s New Comedy Hit.

• Manhattan (1979)

Ken Hughes, John Huston, Joseph McGrath, Robert Parrish, Val Guest, Casino Royale, Columbia Pictures, 1967

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: April 28, 1967.
• Running time: 131 minutes.
• Tagline: Casino Royale is too much for one James Bond!

• Casino Royale (1967)

Mel Brooks, Young Frankenstein, 20th Century Fox, 1974

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: December 15, 1974.
• Running time: 106 minutes.
• Tagline: The scariest comedy of all time!

• Young Frankenstein (1974)

Charles Crichton, A Fish Called Wanda, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1988

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: July 15, 1988.
• Running time: 108 minutes.
• Tagline: A tale of murder, lust, greed, revenge, and seafood.
• Kevin Kline won Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.

• A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

Woody Allen, Annie Hall, United Artists, 1977

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: April 20, 1977.
• Running time: 93 minutes.
• Tagline: A nervous romance.
• Diane Keaton won Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
• Woody Allen won Academy Award for Best Director
• Charles H. Joffe won Academy Award for Best Picture.
• Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman won Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen.

• Annie Hall (1977)

Blake Edwards, The Pink Panther, United Artists, 1963

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: December 19, 1963 (Germany).
• Running time: 113 minutes.
• Tagline: You only live once… so see the Pink Panther twice!!!
• The first film of the The Pink Panther series.

• The Pink Panther (1963)

Bruce Lee, Way of the Dragon, Golden Harvest, 1972

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: December 30, 1972.
• Running time: 88 minutes.
• Country: Hong Kong.
• Language: Cantonese.
• Tagline: The Colosseum… the battleground of Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris.
• AKA Return of the Dragon in the U.S.

• Way of the Dragon (1972)

George Cukor, The Philadelphia Story, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1940

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: December 26, 1940.
• Running time: 112 minutes.
• Tagline: Uncle Leo’s bedtime story for you older tots! The things they do among the playful rich – Oh, boy!
• James Stewart won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.
• Donald Ogden Stewart won Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

• The Philadelphia Story (1940)

Frank Capra, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Columbia Pictures, 1939

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Original release date: October 17, 1939.
• Running time: 129 minutes.
• Tagline: Capra at his greatest!
• Lewis R. Foster won Academy Award for Best Original Story.

• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

Kundan Shah, Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro, National Film Development Corporation, 1983

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: August 12, 1983.
• Running time: 132 minutes.
• Language: Hindi.
• A satire on the rampant corruption in Indian politics, bureaucracy, news media and business.

• Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983)

Woody Allen, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Orion Pictures, 1989

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: October 13, 1989.
• Running time: 107 minutes.

• Crimes and Misdeneanors (1989)