Movies have been a popular form of entertainment for decades. Over the years, action, sci-fi, horror and comedy films have led millions to flock to the nearest theater to immerse themselves in hours of entertainment. Any true movie buff shouldn’t have any problem guessing the names of these movies by just their posters…
Movies have been a popular form of entertainment for decades. Over the years, action, sci-fi, horror and comedy films have led millions to flock to the nearest theater to immerse themselves in hours of entertainment. Any true movie buff shouldn’t have any problem guessing the names of these movies by just their posters…
In the 1985 film, Marty McFly accidentally goes back in time to 1955 using a time-traveling DeLorean and he has to find a way back to the future before time runs out. Ironically the concept for this film was rejected four times before Universal Pictures turned it into a film.
In this 1988 comedy sci-fi film, an alien named Celeste unintentionally falls in love with physicist Steven Mills while trying to steal his research after a radio wave he sent out into the galaxy caused disruptions to her planet’s gravity.
The original budget of this 1984 film was about $30 million and involved several teams of Ghostbusters hunting ghosts through time and space, including the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.
In the 1993 film, a paleontologist and his family find themselves in big trouble after a power failure releases a bunch of cloned dinosaurs inside what’s supposed to be a safe up and coming family theme park.
The 1997 film saw Tommy Lee Jones, aka Agent K, and Will Smith, aka Agent J, on a mission to save the world from aliens. The characters wear Ray-Ban sunglasses, which unsurprisingly increased Ray-Ban sales by 300 percent after the film's release.
Arnold Schwarzenegger played the cyborg sent by Skynet in 2029 to kill Sarah Connor in 1984 so that she’ll never give birth to John Connor, the future leader of the human resistance. Schwarzenegger reprised his role in all the other sequels, albeit he had more of a digital cameo in “Terminator Salvation.”
An alien gets left behind on Earth in this 1982 classic. He befriends a boy named Elliot who keeps him hidden while a task force of government agents goes looking for him.
In the 1984 romantic sci-fi film, an alien takes the form of a young woman’s dead husband and forces her to drive him to Arizona where a rescue ship will pick him up, but during the journey they have government agents on their tail.
In the 1984 horror flick, a young woman discovers that she and her friends are being stalked and murdered through their dreams by Freddy Krueger and she must find a way to stop him before he gets her too.
In the 1990 film, Sam Wheat’s spirit uses a psychic to try to convince his girlfriend that she’s in danger from the same man who killed him. Sam was played by the late Patrick Swayze and the reluctant psychic was played by none other than Whoopi Goldberg.
In the 1989 comedy, Roseanne Barr played a housewife who sets out to get revenge on her cheating husband and his mistress by ruining their lives. In the process, she discovers what it’s like to love herself and become a strong, independent woman.
In this 2001 fantasy mystery film, David Aimes's life gets turned upside down after a car accident unleashes a chain of events that has him convinced that members of his own company have set him up to take the fall for a murder, but in the end, he discovers that his life is nothing more than a lucid dream turned nightmare.
In the 2019 film, Sarah Connor must ally herself with the aging Terminator who murdered her son in order to help a young woman being targeted by a more advanced liquid mental Terminator.
In the 2002 horror flick, a woman named Alice and an Umbrella military unit go underground to deal with a rogue AI and a horde of zombies who have been reanimated by the T-Virus.
The 2009 film was originally intended for the late 1990s, but no studio wanted to produce James Cameron’s film because it was so expensive. But in the 21st century, the cost of the special effects became more feasible thanks to modern technology.
In the 1999 romantic film, a bookstore owner named William falls for a Hollywood actress named Anna Scott. They seem perfect for each other until he learns she has a boyfriend. But even after she chooses William, he sees warning signs that indicate that he may never fit into her celebrity life.
In the 2000 action film, a former Roman General decides to avenge his family and make the corrupt emperor who sent him into slavery pay for his suffering. The film won Best Picture at the 73rd Academy Awards.
In the 1999 film, the scenes where the characters are in the Matrix all have green overtones to make viewers feel like they’re watching the movie from an old-fashioned computer monitor. Scenes in the real world have natural colors.
In the 1999 rom-com, Adam, played by Brendan Fraser, falls in love with Eve, played by Alicia Silverstone, shortly after coming out of a nuclear bunker. But things get really complicated for Adam after he tells her where he’s been living for the last 35 years.
In the 2002 film, Cillian Murphy plays Jim, a man who must band together with other survivors to stay alive after everyone in the country becomes zombies. But things get really complicated when they find refuge alongside a military safehouse that’s not quite so safe.
In the 1992 comedy, Whoopi Goldberg plays Dolores, who must pose as a nun in a convent to stay alive. But in the process, she forms a special bond with the sisters and discovers an opportunity to give the church’s choir a much-needed boost.
In the 1979 film, Ripley and her crew are in for the fight of their lives after a member of her crew comes into contact with an alien that breeds a xenomorph inside of him. The film did so well that it spawned three other sequels plus two prequel films, “Prometheus” and “Prometheus Covenant.”
In the 1999 thriller, a therapist named Malcolm struggles to help a boy named Cole who claims to see dead people. In the process, he guides Cole into helping the ghosts with their unfinished business. But in the end, Malcolm discovers a shocking secret of his own—he's a ghost, too.
In the 1999 film, Libby Parsons gets sent to prison for her husband’s murder, but after finding out that he’s alive, she learns that she can kill him for real and get away with it legally thanks to the Double Jeopardy law that states that you can’t be tried for the same crime twice.
In this 2001 thriller, Lewis, played by the late Paul Walker, and his brother Fuller, played by Steve Zahn, must find a way to outwit a trucker named Rusty Nail who’s seriously peeved about a prank they pulled on him. But things take a turn for the worse when the trucker kidnaps their friend Venna.
“Pulp Fiction” earned seven Oscar nominations and was also awarded the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. But, TriStar Pictures originally turned down the script because it was “too demented.”
“The Silence of the Lambs” was the first horror film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards. Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins also won acting Oscars for their roles in the film.
“Poltergeist” was originally envisioned by Steven Spielberg as a sequel to “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” but when director Tobe Hooper was brought onto the project, he suggested turning it into a ghost story.
“A View to a Kill” starred Roger Moore as James Bond, and it was his last time in the role before Timothy Dalton took over the character in 1987.
Tim Burton’s original choice to play Beetlejuice was entertainer Sammy Davis Jr., but producer David Geffen suggested Michael Keaton, who ultimately got the famous role.
Jake Gyllenhaal lost nearly 30 pounds to play the role of Lou Bloom in “Nightcrawler” by eating only kale salads and bubble gum, and running fifteen miles every day.
Tim Curry played the Lord of Darkness in “Legend” and his extensive makeup for the film took five and a half hours to apply each day. After filming, it would take over an hour to remove the makeup and prosthetics.
When “The Bodyguard” was released, it grossed $411 million worldwide, becoming the tenth-highest-grossing film of all time. But the movie was panned by critics and the acting performances in the movie were scrutinized.
The star-studded cast of “The Grand Budapest Hotel” included Oscar winners F. Murray Abraham, Adrien Brody, and Tilda Swinton. The film itself received four Oscars: Best Original Score, Best Production Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, and Best Costume Design.
This film was imagined by writer and director David Robert Mitchell based on recurring dreams he had as a kid about being followed. He said, “I didn’t use those images for the film, but the basic idea and the feeling I used.”
Director Richard Donner later expressed the difficulties of making a film with so many children. He praised them for their energy and excitement, but he said that they were “unruly” when brought together.
“Interstellar” employed many people who are experts on the science behind the plot points that make up the film. Among them is Kip Thorne, the film’s scientific consultant.
“Dirty Harry” set the style for many police films of the ‘70s and ‘80s and it was followed by four sequels, including 1983’s “Sudden Impact,” which was also directed by Clint Eastwood.
“Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” is a remake of the 1964 film “Bedtime Story,” which starred Marlon Brando and David Niven. The film was remade again in 2019 as “The Hustle,” which starred Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson.
“The Thing” was based on the 1938 novella “Who Goes There?” which was written by John W. Campbell Jr. It was first adapted to film in 1951, when it was titled, “The Thing from Another World.”