The birthday of Samantha Baker is anything but sweet.
Pretty in Pink
Sixteen Candles
The Breakfast Club
Better Off Dead
Sixteen Candles
At the time of filming, Michael Schoeffling, who portrays 16-year-old Samantha’s crush Jake Ryan, was 23 years old. The infamously bashful actor retired from acting in 1991 and now works as a carpenter. Viggo Mortensen almost played the part of Jake. Aragorn, indeed.
The Rebel alliance is down but not out in this blockbuster fantasy sequel.
The Last Starfighter
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
Spaceballs
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
One of the most misquoted lines in movie history is Darth Vader’s shocking admission that he is Luke’s father spoiler alert for a 40-year-old movie. Instead of “Luke, I am your father,” Vader says, “No, I am your father.”
In this science fiction movie from 2014, whenever Tom Cruise’s character passes away, the day starts over.
Edge of Tomorrow
Oblivion
Interstellar
Ex Machina
Edge of Tomorrow
In “Edge of Tomorrow,” Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt play characters whose deaths cause the same day to repeat itself repeatedly. To make the premise of this movie more clear to viewers, the title was marketed as “Live Die Repeat” for the DVD release.
An assassin dispatched to kidnap a psychic crew member is evaded by a space crew.
Serenity
The Island
War of the Worlds
V for Vendetta
Serenity
The hugely acclaimed TV series “Firefly” finds a suitable finale in Joss Whedon’s film “Serenity.”
Many people believe that Christopher Nolan’s return to directing led to the creation of the greatest Batman film ever.
The Dark Knight
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Batman Returns
Batman Forever
The Dark Knight
The only Batman movie to include Heath Ledger as the Joker is “The Dark Knight.” The bat logo substitutes for the Joker’s mouth in the complete version of the poster that is shown here.
A simple garbage collection robot embarks on an incredible trip that ultimately has a significant impact on the destiny of the human race.
WALL-E
Robots
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Idiocracy
WALL-E
Although WALL-E is set in the far future, the filmmakers drew inspiration from the past. The filmmaker resorted to old silent films for guidance on how to communicate a tale through visual methods because a large portion of the movie lacks language.
The rise and fall of a self-destructive prizefighter is the subject of this movie.
Midnight Run
Raging Bull
Once Upon a Time in America
Angel Heart
Raging Bull
For his courageous depiction of self-destructive boxer Jake La Motta, Robert De Niro received the Academy Award for Best Actor, defeating Robert Duvall (The Great Santini), John Hurt (The Elephant Man), Jack Lemmon (Tribute), and Peter O’Toole (The Stunt Man). That is pretty fierce opposition.
A motivating English instructor shakes up the serious pupils at a prep school for guys in New England.
Dead Poets Society
Good Morning Vietnam
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
School Ties
Dead Poets Society
The role of English instructor John Keating was initially offered to Dustin Hoffman and Liam Neeson, but Robin Williams finally won the role. Keating was a combination of two real-life professors of screenwriter Tom Schulman: one from the Actors and Directors Lab and one from his prep school in Nashville.
Future troops engage in a brutal conflict with an insect-like species.
Star Wars
Catch-22
Predator
Starship Troopers
Starship Troopers
Starship Troopers, based on a Robert Heinlein novel, features several allusions to the fascist movements of World War II, including aspects of German military garb in the troops’ uniforms.
Quentin Tarantino wrote and directed this martial arts movie from 2003. He pays homage to vintage grindhouse movies with it.
Gattaca
Paycheck
Pulp Fiction
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
The Bride, played by Uma Thurman, sets out to avenge the titular Bill. It is the opening chapter in the “Kill Bill” series.
The movie centers on Eggsy, a brazen loser who is picked up by a covert organization of secret spies.
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Kick-Ass
Body of Lies
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Kingsman: The Secret Service
The spy film parody “Kingsman: The Secret Service” won the Best British Film Empire Award in 2015. A follow-up film called “Kingsman: The Golden Circle” was also produced in 2017.
In order to complete his first assignment, James Bond must overcome terrorists in a high-stakes poker game.
Casino Royale
Goldfinger
Skyfall
Quantum of Solace
Casino Royale
Daniel Craig assumes the role of 007 for the first time in the 2006 film “Casino Royale.” In the novel “Casino Royale,” James Bond is forced to play baccarat rather than poker.
A group of commandos battle an extraterrestrial warrior when they are stranded in the forest in this1987 film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Alien
Commando
Total Recall
Predator
Predator
The 1987 action/science-fiction classic “Predator,” starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, and Jesse Ventura, has spawned sequels, crossovers, and a reboot.
In this 2000 movie, a teenage warrior takes a renowned swordsman’s weapon and embarks on a love quest.
Enter the Dragon
The Forbidden Kingdom
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Fearless
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
“Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” directed by Ang Lee, is regarded as one of the greatest martial arts movies of all time and the highest-grossing foreign film in American history.
A deformed serial murderer stalks innocent victims and enters their dreams.
Friday the 13th
Hellraiser
A Nightmare on Elm Street
The Evil Dead
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Johnny Depp, who took Charlie Sheen’s place, made his acting debut in this 1980s horror classic, which was shot in just 30 days and used more than 500 gallons of synthetic blood. For Freddie Krueger, Robert Englund wasn’t the first choice either. Wes Craven, the writer-director, originally intended to recruit a stuntman before switching to British actor David Warner (Titanic, TRON), who ultimately declined the part.
Which of the following movies has an alien who is stuck on Earth and tries to find a way back to its home planet?
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
The Goonies
Flight of the Navigator
Gremlins
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
Albert Einstein, Carl Sandburg, Ernest Hemingway, and special effects artist Carlo Rambaldi’s own painting “Women of the Delta” served as inspiration for E.T.’s unusual look. The slobbering xenomorph from “Alien” and the visitors from “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” were also created by Rambaldi prior to “E.T.”
Inadvertently going back in time to 1955 is Marty McFly.
Teen Wolf
Back to the Future
The Frighteners
Bright Lights, Big City
Back to the Future
The “Back to the Future” script by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, which tells the story of a high school kid who uses a DeLorean to travel from 1985 to 1955, was turned down four times before Universal Pictures chose to make it into a movie.
A relentless synthetic entity from the future arrives with the sole intent of killing Sarah Connor. With the aid of a soldier who had tracked the robot back in time, she is able to live.
The Terminator
Predator
Mad Max
V for Vendetta
The Terminator
It features Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator, a robotic assassin who is sent back in time from the year 2029 to the year 1984 in order to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton), whose unborn child will one day save humanity from extinction by Skynet, a hostile artificial intelligence in a dystopian future.
Three academics from New York City begin a new line of work as ghost hunters.
My Stepmother is an Alien
Trading Places
Spies Like Us
Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters
Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, and Ernie Hudson played the titular ghost-busting professionals in the movie’s original plot. The script had a considerably darker tone, and the futuristic setting of the movie. There were several Ghostbusters teams participating in the mission, which included 50 enormous creatures the size of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. Naturally, the anticipated cost for that idea was enormous: after accounting for inflation, almost $718 million.
This 1999 science fiction/action film, directed by the Wachowskis, starring Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Laurence Fishburne.
Point Break
John Wick
The Matrix
Man of Tai Chi
The Matrix
Neo is played by Keanu Reeves in “The Matrix.” The movie took place between “The Matrix Reloaded” and “The Matrix Revolutions,” two further installments in the franchise.
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