The Big Short (2015)

"This is a true story"

Directed by Adam McKay
Produced by Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Arnon Milchan, Brad Pitt
Screenplay by Adam McKay, Charles Randolph
Based on "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Starring: Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt
Music by Nicholas Britell
Cinematography: Barry Ackroyd
Edited by Hank Corwin
Production companies: Plan B Entertainment, Regency Enterprises
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date: 11 December 2015 (United States)
Running time: 130 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $28 million
Box office: $94.1 million

"The Big Short" is a biographical comedy-drama film directed and co-written by Adam McKay, based on the book of the same name by Michael Lewis. The story is about the financial crisis of 2007–2008 brought on by the build-up of the housing market and credit bubble.

Star Wars. Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

"The battle continues..."

Directed by Irvin Kershner
Produced by Gary Kurtz
Screenplay by Leigh Brackett, Lawrence Kasdan
Story by George Lucas
Starring: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, David Prowse, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, Frank Oz
Music by John Williams
Cinematography: Peter Suschitzky
Edited by Paul Hirsch
Production company: Lucasfilm Ltd
Distributed by 20th Century Fox1
Release date: 21 May 1980 (United States)
Running time: 124 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $18–33 million
Box office: $534.1–538.4 million

"Star Wars. Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back" is an action adventure fantasy film directed by Irvin Kershner and written by Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan and George Lucas. It's the second installment of the "Star Wars" original trilogy which tells the story of Luke Skywalker who takes advanced Jedi training with Master Yoda, while his friends are pursued by Darth Vader as part of his plan to capture Luke.

Whiplash (2014)

"The road to greatness can take you to the edge"

Directed by Damien Chazelle
Produced by Jason Blum, Helen Estabrook, Michel Litvak, David Lancaster
Written by Damien Chazelle
Starring: Miles Teller, J. K. Simmons, Paul Reiser
Music by Justin Hurwitz
Cinematography: Sharone Meir
Edited by Tom Cross
Production companies: Sierra/Affinity, Bold Films, Blumhouse Productions, Right of Way Films
Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics
Release date: 10 October 2014 (United States)
Running time: 106 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $3.3 million
Box office: $49 million

"Whiplash" is a music drama film written and directed by Damien Chazelle and based on his experiences in the Princeton High School Studio Band. The story is about Andrew Neiman who wants to become a great musician so bad that he starts to go crazy - not least under pressure of his instructor.

Skyfall (2012)

Directed by Sam Mendes
Produced by Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli
Screenplay by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, John Logan
Based on "James Bond" by Ian Fleming
Starring: Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Bérénice Lim Marlohe, Albert Finney, Judi Dench
Music by Thomas Newman
Cinematography: Roger Deakins
Edited by Stuart Baird, Kate Baird
Production company: Eon Productions
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Columbia Pictures
Release date: 26 October 2012 (United Kingdom)
Running time: 143 minutes
Country: United Kingdom, United States
Budget: $150–200 million
Box office: $1,109 million

"Skyfall" is an action adventure thriller film directed by Sam Mendes and written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Paul Haggis, based on "James Bond" by Ian Fleming. It's the twenty-third installment of the "James Bond" film series which follows Secret Agent James Bond whose loyalty to M is tested when her past comes back to haunt her.

Back to the Future (1985)

"17 year old Marty McFly got home early last night. 30 years early."

Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Produced by Bob Gale, Neil Canton
Written by Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover
Music by Alan Silvestri
Cinematography: Dean Cundey
Edited by Arthur Schmidt, Harry Keramidas
Production company: Amblin Entertainment
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date: 3 July 1985 (United States)

Running time: 116 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $19 million
Box office: $389.1 million

"Back to the Future" is a science-fiction adventure comedy film directed and co-written by Robert Zemeckis. This is the first instalment in the "Back to the Future" film series which follows a young man who is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his friend, Dr. Emmett Brown, and must make sure his high-school-age parents unite in order to save his own existence.

Se7en (1995)

"Seven deadly sins. Seven ways to die."

Directed by David Fincher
Produced by Arnold Kopelson, Phyllis Carlyle
Written by Andrew Kevin Walker
Starring: Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Spacey, John C. McGinley, Gwyneth Paltrow
Music by Howard Shore
Cinematography: Darius Khondji
Edited by Richard Francis-Bruce
Distributed by New Line Cinema
Release date: 22 September 1995 (United States)
Running time: 127 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $33 million
Box office: $327.3 million

"Seven" (SE7EN) is a mystery crime drama film directed by David Fincher and based on a screenplay by Andrew Kevin Walker. The story is about two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, who hunt a serial killer inspired by the seven deadly sins.

Titanic (1997)

"Nothing On Earth Could Come Between Them."

Directed by James Cameron
Produced by James Cameron, Jon Landau
Written by James Cameron
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher, Victor Garber, Bernard Hill, Jonathan Hyde, Danny Nucci, David Warner, Bill Paxton, Gloria Stuart
Music by James Horner
Cinematography: Russell Carpenter
Edited by Conrad Buff, James Cameron, Richard A. Harris
Production companies: 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures, Lightstorm Entertainment
Distributed by 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures
Release date: 19 December 1997 (United States)
Running time: 195 minutes (Director's cut - 216 minutes)
Country: United States
Budget: $200 million
Box office: $2.187 billion

"Titanic" is a romantic drama film directed, written, co-produced, and co-edited by James Cameron. The story is about a seventeen-year-old aristocrat who falls in love with a kind, but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

"To enter the mind of a killer she must challenge the mind of a madman."

Directed by Jonathan Demme
Produced by Kenneth Utt, Edward Saxon, Ron Bozman
Screenplay by Ted Tally
Based on "The Silence of the Lambs" by Thomas Harris
Starring: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine
Music by Howard Shore
Cinematography: Tak Fujimoto
Edited by Craig McKay
Distributed by Orion Pictures
Release date: 14 February 1991 (United States)
Running time: 118 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $19 million
Box office: $272.7 million

"The Silence of the Lambs" is a thriller crime drama film directed by Jonathan Demme and based on Thomas Harris' novel of the same name. The story is about a young F.B.I. cadet who must confide in an incarcerated and manipulative killer to receive his help on catching another serial killer who skins his victims.

Gone with the Wind (1939)

"The greatest romance of all time!"

Directed by Victor Fleming
Produced by David O. Selznick
Screenplay by Sidney Howard
Based on "Gone with the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell
Starring: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland
Music by Max Steiner
Cinematography: Ernest Haller
Edited by Hal C. Kern, James E. Newcom
Production companies: Selznick International Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by Loew's, Inc.
Release date: 17 December 1939 (United States)
Running time: 221 minutes (234–238 minutes - with overture, intermission, entr'acte, and exit music)
Country: United States
Budget: $3.85 million
Box office: $390 million

"Gone with the Wind" is a romance drama war film directed by Victor Fleming and adapted from Margaret Mitchell's novel. The film tells the story of Scarlett O'Hara, the strong-willed daughter of a Georgia plantation owner, from her romantic pursuit of Ashley Wilkes, who is married to his cousin, Melanie Hamilton, to her marriage to Rhett Butler. Set against the backdrop of the American Civil War and Reconstruction era, the story is told from the perspective of rich white Southerners.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

"Captain Jack is back."

Directed by Gore Verbinski
Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer
Written by Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio
Based on Walt Disney's "Pirates of the Caribbean", characters: Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Stuart Beattie, Jay Wolpert

Starring: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Stellan Skarsgård, Bill Nighy, Jack Davenport, Kevin R. McNally, Jonathan Pryce
Music by Hans Zimmer
Cinematography: Dariusz Wolski
Edited by Stephen E. Rivkin, Craig Wood
Production companies: Walt Disney Pictures, Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Distributed by Buena Vista Pictures
Release date: 6 July 2006 (Australia)
Running time: 150 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $225 million
Box office: $1.066 billion

"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" is an action adventure fantasy film directed by Gore Verbinski. That's the second installment of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" film series which shows the interrupted marriage of Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann by Lord Cutler Beckett, who wants Turner to acquire the compass of Captain Jack Sparrow in a bid to find the Dead Man's Chest while Sparrow discovers his debt to Davy Jones is due.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)

"The time has come"

Directed by Alfonso Cuarón
Produced by Chris Columbus, David Heyman, Mark Radcliffe
Screenplay by Steve Kloves
Based on "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" by J. K. Rowling
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Gary Oldman
Music by John Williams
Cinematography: Michael Seresin
Edited by Steven Weisberg
Production companies: Heyday Films, 1492 Pictures
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date: 31 May 2004 (United Kingdom)
Running time: 141 minutes
Country: United Kingdom, United States
Budget: $130 million
Box office: $796.7 million

"Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" is a fantasy adventure film directed by Alfonso Cuarón and based on the novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. This is the third instalment in the "Harry Potter" film series which follows Harry Potter's third year at Hogwarts as he is informed that a prisoner named Sirius Black has escaped from Azkaban intending to kill him.

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

"This time he's back...for good!"

Directed by James Cameron
Produced by James Cameron
Written by James Cameron, William Wisher
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Robert Patrick
Music by Brad Fiedel
Cinematography: Adam Greenberg
Edited by Conrad Buff, Mark Goldblatt, Richard A. Harris
Production companies: Carolco Pictures, Pacific Western, Lightstorm Entertainment, Le Studio Canal+ S.A.
Distributed by TriStar Pictures
Release date: 3 July 1991 (U.S.)
Running time: 136 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $94–102 million
Box office: $519.8 million

"Terminator 2: Judgment Day" is a science fiction action film co-written, produced and directed by James Cameron. It's the second installment of the Terminator film series. It tells the story of Sarah Connor and her son John who are pursued by a new version of a Terminator.

The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

Directed by Martin Scorsese
Produced by Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Riza Aziz, Joey McFarland, Emma Tillinger Koskoff
Screenplay by Terence Winter
Based on "The Wolf of Wall Street" by Jordan Belfort
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill., Margot Robbie, Matthew McConaughey, Kyle Chandler, Rob Reiner, Jon Bernthal, Jon Favreau, Jean Dujardin
Cinematography: Rodrigo Prieto
Edited by Thelma Schoonmaker
Production companies: Red Granite Pictures, Appian Way Productions, Sikelia Productions
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date: December 25, 2013 (United States)
Running time: 179 minutes
Country: United States, Italy
Budget: $100 million
Box office: $392 million

"The Wolf of Wall Street" is a biographical crime comedy film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Terence Winter. It tells the story of Jordan Belfort's life which is full of ups and downs, alcohol, drugs, sex and corruption.

Schindler's List (1993)

"Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire."

Directed by Steven Spielberg
Produced by Steven Spielberg, Gerald R. Molen, Branko Lustig
Screenplay by Steven Zaillian
Based on "Schindler's Ark" by Thomas Keneally
Starring: Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall, Jonathan Sagall, Embeth Davidtz
Music by John Williams
Cinematography: Janusz Kamiński
Edited by Michael Kahn
Production company: Amblin Entertainment
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date: 25 December 1993 (Canada)
Running time: 197 minutes
Country: United States, Poland, Israel
Budget: $22 million
Box office: $321.2 million

"Schindler's List" is a biographical history drama, directed and co-produced by Steven Spielberg, scripted by Steven Zaillian, and based on the novel "Schindler's Ark" by Thomas Keneally. The story is about Oskar Schindler, who saved the lives of more than a thousand mostly Polish-Jewish refugees during the Holocaust by employing them in his factories.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

"I was born under unusual circumstances".

Directed by David Fincher
Produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Ceán Chaffin
Screenplay by Eric Roth
Story by Eric Roth, Robin Swicord
Based on "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Starring: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Taraji P. Henson, Julia Ormond, Jason Flemyng, Elias Koteas, Tilda Swinton
Music by Alexandre Desplat
Cinematography: Claudio Miranda
Edited by Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
Production company: The Kennedy/Marshall Company
Distributed by Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date: 25 December 2008 (Fiji)
Running time: 166 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $150 million
Box office: $333.9 million

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is a romantic fantasy drama film directed by David Fincher and based on "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The story is about Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences.

Zodiac (2007)

"There's more than one way to lose your life to a killer"

Directed by David Fincher
Produced by Ceán Chaffin, Brad Fischer, Mike Medavoy, Arnold Messer, James Vanderbilt
Screenplay by James Vanderbilt
Based on "Zodiac" by Robert Graysmith
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr., Anthony Edwards, Brian Cox, Elias Koteas, Donal Logue, John Carroll Lynch, Dermot Mulroney
Music by David Shire
Cinematography: Harris Savides
Edited by Angus Wall
Production companies: Phoenix Pictures, Road Rebel
Distributed by Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros.
Release date: 2 March 2007 (Canada)
Running time: 157 minutes; 162 minutes (Director's Cut)
Country: United States
Budget: $65 million
Box office: $84.8 million

"Zodiac" is a mystery crime drama film directed by David Fincher and based on Robert Graysmith's non-fiction book of the same name. The story is about the manhunt for a notorious serial killer who called himself the "Zodiac" who killed in and around the San Francisco Bay Area during the late 1960s and early 1970s, leaving several victims in his wake and taunting police with letters, blood stained clothing, and ciphers mailed to newspapers. Did somebody actually solve th case?

Inception (2010)

"Your mind is the scene of the crime"

Directed by Christopher Nolan
Produced by Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan
Written by Christopher Nolan
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger, Michael Caine
Music by Hans Zimmer
Cinematography: Wally Pfister
Edited by Lee Smith
Production companies: Legendary Pictures, Syncopy
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date: 14 July 2010 (Egypt)
Running time: 148 minutes
Country: United States, Morocco, Canada, Japan, United Kingdom, France
Budget: $160 million
Box office: $825.5 million

"Inception" is a sci-fi action mystery film written, produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan. It tells the story of a thief who steals corporate secrets through use of dream-sharing technology and is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a CEO.

Pulp Fiction (1994)

"Just because you are a character doesn't mean you have character."

Directed by Quentin Tarantino
Produced by Lawrence Bender
Written by Quentin Tarantino
Story by Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary
Starring: John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Amanda Plummer, Maria de Medeiros, Ving Rhames, Eric Stoltz, Rosanna Arquette, Christopher Walken, Bruce Willis
Cinematography: Andrzej Sekuła
Edited by Sally Menke
Production companies: A Band Apart, Jersey Films
Distributed by Miramax Films
Release date: 10 September 1994 (South Korea)
Running time: 154 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $8–8.5 million
Box office: $213.9 million

"Pulp Fiction" is a comedy crime drama film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. The story is about the lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.

War Horse (2011)

"Separated by war. Tested by battle. Bound by friendship."

Directed by Steven Spielberg
Produced by Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy
Screenplay by Lee Hall, Richard Curtis
Based on "War Horse" by Michael Morpurgo

Starring: Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson, David Thewlis, Niels Arestrup, Tom Hiddleston, Toby Kebbell, Peter Mullan, Patrick Kennedy

Music by John Williams
Cinematography: Janusz Kamiński
Edited by Michael Kahn
Production company: Touchstone Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, Reliance Entertainment, Amblin Entertainment, The Kennedy/Marshall Company
Distributed by Walt Disney Studios, Motion Pictures
Release date: 25 December 2011 (Canada)
Running time: 146 minutes
Country: United States, India
Budget: $66 million
Box office: $177.6 million

"War Horse" is a war drama film directed by Steven Spielberg and adapted from Michael Morpurgo's 1982 children's novel of the same name. It tells the story of young Albert who enlists to serve in World War I after his beloved horse is sold to the cavalry.

Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)

Directed by Jim Jarmusch
Produced by Jeremy Thomas, Reinhard Brundig
Written by Jim Jarmusch
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska, Anton Yelchin, Jeffrey Wright, Slimane Dazi, John Hurt
Music by Jozef van Wissem
Cinematography: Yorick Le Saux
Edited by Affonso Gonçalves
Production company: Recorded Picture Company, Pandora Film
Distributed by Soda Pictures (United Kingdom), Pandora Film Verleih (Germany)
Release date: 12 December 2013 (Croatia)
Running time: 123 minutes
Country: United Kingdom, Germany, United States, Morocco

Budget: $7 million
Box office: $7.6 million

"Only Lovers Left Alive" is a romantic horror drama film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch. The story is about a musician Adam and mysterious Eve whose love has already endured several centuries. But everything changes with the arrival of uncontrollable younger sister, Ava.