Films set in 1975

1.

Cloud Atlas

2012 film directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis

Overview: Cloud Atlas is a 2012 epic science fiction film written and directed by the Wachowskis and Tom Tykwer. Based on the 2004 novel by David Mitchell, it has multiple plots occurring during six eras and features ...

Release date: 1 January 2012

Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama, Mystery

Director: Tom Tykwer, Lana Wachowski

Cast: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Bae Doona

Producer: Stefan Arndt, Alex Boden

Writer: David Mitchell, Lana Wachowski

An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero ...

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English-language Scottish films 103T

Casting controversies in film 60T

2010s English-language films 2,931T

2.

The Amityville Horror

2005 horror film by Andrew Douglas

Overview: The Amityville Horror is a 2005 American supernatural horror film directed by Andrew Douglas, and starring Ryan Reynolds, Melissa George, and Philip Baker Hall. It also featured the debut of actress Chloë ...

Release date: 7 April 2005

Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Director: Andrew Douglas

Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Melissa George, Jesse James, Jimmy Bennett, Chloë Grace Moretz, Rachel Nichols

Producer: Michael Bay, Matthew Cohan

Writer: Scott Kosar, Jay Anson

Newlyweds are terrorized by demonic forces after moving into a large house that was the site of a grisly mass murder a year before.

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2000s English-language films 4,356T

Films about imaginary friends 13T

2000s supernatural horror films 120T

3.

Starsky & Hutch

2004 American action comedy film

Overview: Starsky & Hutch is a 2004 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Todd Phillips. The film stars Ben Stiller as David Starsky and Owen Wilson as Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson and is a film adaptation ...

Release date: 26 February 2004

Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime

Director: Todd Phillips

Cast: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Snoop Dogg, Fred Williamson, Vince Vaughn, Juliette Lewis

Producer: Gilbert Adler, William Blinn

Writer: William Blinn, Stevie Long

Two streetwise cops bust criminals in their red and white Ford Gran Torino, with the help of a police snitch called "Huggy Bear".

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2000s English-language films 4,275T

2004 action comedy films 20T

2004 comedy films 391T

4.

Rocky

1976 American sports drama directed by John G. Avildsen

Overview: Rocky is a 1976 American independent sports drama film directed by John G. Avildsen and written by and starring Sylvester Stallone. It is the first installment in the Rocky franchise and also stars Talia ...

Release date: 21 November 1976

Genre: Drama, Sport

Director: John G. Avildsen

Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Burgess Meredith, Thayer David

Producer: Robert Chartoff, Gene Kirkwood

Writer: Sylvester Stallone

A small-time Philadelphia boxer gets a supremely rare chance to fight the world heavyweight champion in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for ...

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1970s English-language films 1,342T

Rocky (film series) films 9T

1970s sports drama films 24T

5.

Cry Freedom

1987 British-South African drama film

Overview: Cry Freedom is a 1987 epic biographical drama film directed and produced by Richard Attenborough, set in late-1970s apartheid-era South Africa. The screenplay was written by John Briley based on a pair ...

Release date: 5 November 1987

Genre: Biography, Drama

Director: Richard Attenborough

Cast: Josette Simon, Wabei Siyolwe, John Matshikiza, Juanita Waterman, Evelyn Sithole, Xoliswa Sithole

Producer: Richard Attenborough, John Briley

Writer: Donald Woods, John Briley

South African journalist Donald Woods is forced to flee the country after attempting to investigate the death in custody of his friend, the Black anti ...

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English-language South African films 215T

Films with screenplays by John Briley 14T

1987 drama films 327T

6.

Austin Powers in Goldmember

2002 American spy comedy film directed by Jay Roach

Overview: Austin Powers in Goldmember is a 2002 American spy comedy film directed by Jay Roach. It is the third and final installment in the Austin Powers film series and stars Mike Myers in four different roles: ...

Release date: 22 July 2002

Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi

Director: Jay Roach

Cast: Mike Myers, Beyoncé, Seth Green, Michael York, Robert Wagner, Mindy Sterling

Producer: Katherine E. Beyda, Richard Brener

Writer: Mike Myers, Michael McCullers

Upon learning that his father has been kidnapped, Austin Powers must travel to 1975 and defeat the aptly named villain Goldmember, who is working with ...

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2000s English-language films 4,280T

2002 action comedy films 15T

Films produced by Suzanne Todd 25T

7.

The Iceman

2013 American film directed by Ariel Vromen

Overview: The Iceman is a 2012 American biographical crime film loosely based on hitman Richard Kuklinski. The film was directed by Ariel Vromen and stars Michael Shannon as Kuklinski, with Winona Ryder, Chris Evans ...

Release date: 3 May 2013

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Biography

Director: Ariel Vromen

Cast: Michael Shannon, Winona Ryder, Chris Evans, Ray Liotta, David Schwimmer, Danny A. Abeckaser

Producer: René Besson, Ehud Bleiberg

Writer: Morgan Land, Ariel Vromen

The story of Richard Kuklinski, the notorious contract killer and family man. When he was finally arrested in 1986, neither his wife nor his daughters ...

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2012 biographical drama films 25T

2012 thriller drama films 42T

2012 crime thriller films 61T

8.

Action Replayy

2010 film by Vipul Amrutlal Shah

Overview: Action Replayy is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language science-fiction romantic comedy film directed by Vipul Amrutlal Shah and starring Akshay Kumar, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Aditya Roy Kapur. Neha Dhupia ...

Release date: 5 November 2010

Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi, Drama

Director: Vipul Amrutlal Shah

Cast: Akshay Kumar, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Aditya Roy Kapoor, Om Puri, Kirron Kher, Rannvijay Singh

Producer: Sanjay Bali, Nitin Chandrachud

Writer: Irshad Kamil, Aatish Kapadia

A young man tries to revive his parents' wilting marriage by traveling to the 1970s when their romance was budding and make it bloom: something more complex ...

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2010 romantic comedy films 100T

Hindi-language comedy films 108T

Films directed by Vipul Amrutlal Shah 6T

9.

Children of the Corn

American film by Donald P. Borchers

Overview: Children of the Corn is a 2009 American supernatural slasher film directed by Donald P. Borchers and written by Borchers and Stephen King, adapted from King's 1977 short story of the same name. It is the ...

Genre: Horror, Thriller

Director: Donald P. Borchers

Cast: David Anders, Kandyse McClure, Daniel Newman, Preston Bailey, Robert Gerdisch, Jordan Schmidt

Producer: Donald P. Borchers

Writer: Donald P. Borchers, Stephen King

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Films scored by Jonathan Elias 17T

2000s slasher films 122T

2000s road movies 211T

10.

The Mystery of Natalie Wood

American TV series or program

Overview: The Mystery of Natalie Wood is a two-part 2004 made-for-TV biographical film directed by Peter Bogdanovich. Partly based on the biographies Natasha: the Biography of Natalie Wood written by Suzanne Finstad ...

Release date: 10 February 2004

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Biography

Director: Peter Bogdanovich

Cast: Justine Waddell, Michael Weatherly, Matthew Settle, Colin Friels, Elizabeth Rice, Grace Caroline Currey

Producer: Gerald W. Abrams, Ted Babcock

Writer: Elizabeth Egloff, Suzanne Finstad

Uses accounts from family, friends, and acquaintances to tell the story of Natalie Wood and how she started young...

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2004 biographical drama films 33T

2000s biographical drama films 203T

American biographical drama films 672T

11.

The Omega Man

1971 American science fiction film directed by Boris Sagal

Overview: The Omega Man (stylized as The Ωmega Man) is a 1971 American post-apocalyptic action film directed by Boris Sagal and starring Charlton Heston as a survivor of a pandemic. It was written by John William ...

Release date: 1 August 1971

Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Action

Director: Boris Sagal

Cast: Charlton Heston, Anthony Zerbe, Rosalind Cash, Paul Koslo, Eric Laneuville, Lincoln Kilpatrick

Producer: Walter Seltzer

Writer: John William Corrington, Joyce Hooper Corrington

Biological war has decimated life on Earth. Los Angeles is a windswept ghost town where Robert Neville tools his convertible through sunlit streets foraging ...

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1970s English-language films 1,342T

American post-apocalyptic films 246T

1970s science fiction thriller films 15T

12.

The Deer Hunter

1978 film directed by Michael Cimino

Overview: The Deer Hunter is a 1978 American epic war drama film co-written and directed by Michael Cimino about a trio of Slavic-American steelworkers whose lives are upended after fighting in the Vietnam War ...

Release date: 8 December 1978

Genre: Drama, Thriller, War

Director: Michael Cimino

Cast: Robert De Niro, John Cazale, John Savage, Christopher Walken, Meryl Streep, George Dzundza

Producer: Joann Carelli, Michael Cimino

Writer: Michael Cimino, Deric Washburn

An in-depth examination of the ways in which the Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of several friends in a small steel mill town in Pennsylvania ...

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Vietnam War prisoner of war films 10T

Films shot in Pittsburgh 83T

Cockfighting in film 81T

13.

Taxi Driver

1976 American psychological drama film directed by Martin Scorsese

Overview: Taxi Driver is a 1976 American neo-noir psychological drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Paul Schrader, and starring Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Peter ...

Release date: 8 February 1976

Genre: Drama, Thriller, Crime

Director: Martin Scorsese

Cast: Diahnne Abbott, Frank Adu, Victor Argo, Gino Ardito, Garth Avery, Peter Boyle

Producer: Phillip M. Goldfarb, Julia Phillips

Writer: Paul Schrader

A mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action ...

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Films about teenagers 36T

1970s American films 2,631T

Existentialist films 75T

14.

Rudy

1993 film by David Anspaugh

Overview: Rudy is a 1993 American biographical sports film directed by David Anspaugh. It is an account of the life of Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger, who harbored dreams of playing football at the University of Notre ...

Release date: 18 September 1993

Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport

Director: David Anspaugh

Cast: Sean Astin, Jon Favreau, Ned Beatty, Greta Lind, Scott Benjaminson, Mary Ann Thebus

Producer: Robert N. Fried, Jeffrey I. Friedman

Writer: Angelo Pizzo

Rudy has always been told that he was too small to play college football. But he is determined to overcome the odds and fulfill his dream of playing for ...

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1990s English-language films 3,887T

Films about disability in the United States 11T

Films about the education system in the United States 4T

15.

Mystic River

2003 American drama film directed by Clint Eastwood

Overview: Mystic River is a 2003 American neo-noir crime thriller film directed and co-produced by Clint Eastwood, and starring Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden, and Laura ...

Release date: 23 May 2003

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Director: Clint Eastwood

Cast: Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden, Laura Linney

Producer: Bruce Berman, Clint Eastwood

Writer: Brian Helgeland, Dennis Lehane

The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them has a family tragedy.

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2000s English-language films 4,356T

2003 psychological thriller films 32T

2003 crime thriller films 35T

16.

Mousehunt

1997 black comedy film by Gore Verbinski

Overview: Mouse Hunt is a 1997 American slapstick black comedy film written by Adam Rifkin and directed by Gore Verbinski in his feature film directorial debut. It stars Nathan Lane, Lee Evans, Maury Chaykin, and ...

Release date: 19 December 1997

Genre: Action, Comedy, Family

Director: Gore Verbinski

Cast: Nathan Lane, Lee Evans, Vicki Lewis, Maury Chaykin, Eric Christmas, Michael Jeter

Producer: Bart Brown, Bruce Cohen

Writer: Adam Rifkin

Two stumblebum inheritors are determined to rid their antique house of a mouse who is equally determined to stay where he is.

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Films produced by Bruce Cohen 12T

1990s English-language films 3,955T

1997 directorial debut films 111T

17.

Milk

2008 film by Gus Van Sant

Overview: Milk is a 2008 American biographical drama film based on the life of gay rights activist and politician Harvey Milk, who was the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California, as a ...

Release date: 28 October 2008

Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, History

Director: Gus Van Sant

Cast: Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, Diego Luna, James Franco, Alison Pill

Producer: Dustin Lance Black, Bruce Cohen

Writer: Dustin Lance Black

The story of Harvey Milk, and his struggles as an American gay activist who fought for gay rights and became California's first openly gay elected ...

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Films produced by Bruce Cohen 12T

Film controversies in Samoa 5T

Biographical films about LGBT people 66T

18.

Midnight Express

1978 film by Alan Parker

Overview: Midnight Express is a 1978 prison drama film directed by Alan Parker and adapted by Oliver Stone from Billy Hayes's 1977 memoir of the same name. The film centers on Hayes (played by Brad Davis), a young ...

Release date: 31 August 1978

Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Director: Alan Parker

Cast: Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins, Paolo Bonacelli, Paul L. Smith, Randy Quaid

Producer: Peter Guber, Alan Marshall

Writer: Oliver Stone, Billy Hayes

Billy Hayes, an American college student, is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and thrown into prison.

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1970s prison drama films 18T

Films based on autobiographies 51T

1978 crime drama films 13T

19.

King Kong

1976 film by John Guillermin

Overview: King Kong is a 1976 American monster adventure film produced by Dino De Laurentiis and directed by John Guillermin. It is a modernized remake of the 1933 film about a giant ape that is captured and taken ...

Release date: 8 September 1976

Genre: Adventure, Romance, Thriller, Horror, Fantasy

Director: John Guillermin

Cast: Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, Jessica Lange, John Randolph, Rene Auberjonois, Julius Harris

Producer: Dino De Laurentiis, Federico De Laurentiis

Writer: James Ashmore Creelman, Ruth Rose

A petroleum exploration expedition comes to an isolated island and encounters a colossal giant gorilla.

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1970s English-language films 3,267T

1970s fantasy adventure films 46T

Films set on fictional islands 173T

20.

Dolores Claiborne

1995 film by Taylor Hackford

Overview: Dolores Claiborne is a 1995 American psychological thriller drama film directed by Taylor Hackford and starring Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Christopher Plummer, and David Strathairn. The screenplay ...

Release date: 24 March 1995