Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
Great monster fight sequences are a highlight of the 14th Godzilla film. Aliens armed with a mechanical Godzilla intend to take over the planet. The earthlings summon the legendary King Seesar to assist Godzilla in the battle to defend earth.
Director: Jun Fukuda
Stars: Akihiko Hirata Beru-Bera Lin Daigo Kusano Goro Mutsumi Hiroshi Koizumi Kazuya Aoyama Masaaki Daimon Masao Imafuku Reiko Tajima Shin Kishida
Godzilla vs. Megalon
In his 13th film, Godzilla takes a supporting role to the far more prominently featured Jet Jaguar, an Ultra-Man like robot. Aliens take control of Earth's monsters and begin using them to destroy the human race. Jet Jaguar decides to stop the attack by recruiting Godzilla and enlarging himself to Monster-size.
Director: Jun Fukuda
Stars: Fumiyo Ikeda Gentaro Nakajima Hiroyuki Kawase Kanta Mori Katsuhiko Sasaki Kotaro Tomita Robert Dunham Sakyo Mikami Ulf Otsuki Yutaka Hayashi
Godzilla vs. Gigan
Godzilla's 12th film. After a accepting a job at a monster-themed park, a man learns his new employers are actually aliens who plan to use Ghidorah and Gigan to destroy earth. Godzilla and Anguirus must battle them to defend earth.
Director: Jun Fukuda
Stars: Gen Shimizu Hiroshi Ishikawa Kuniko Ashihara Kunio Murai Minoru Takashima Tomoko Umeda Toshiaki Nishizawa Yuriko Hishimi Zan Fujita Zeko Nakamura
Godzilla vs. Hedorah
Psychedelic animation and a flying Godzilla highlight the 11th Godzilla film. Spawned from earth's pollution, Hedorah destroys Japan, spews poison gas and fights Godzilla.
Director: Yoshimitsu Banno
Stars: Akira Yamanouchi Eisaburo Komatsu Hiroyuki Kawase Keiko Mari Susumu Okabe Tadashi Okabe Toshie Kimura Toshio Shiba Wataru Ômae Yukihiko Gondô
All Monsters Attack
A bullied schoolboy dreams of traveling to Monster Island, where he befriends Godzilla's son, who is also having bully troubles.
Director: Ishirō Honda
Stars: Chôtarô Tôgin Hideyo Amamoto Kazuo Suzuki Kenji Sahara Machiko Naka Midori Uchiyama Sachio Sakai Shigeki Ishida Tomonori Yazaki Yoshifumi Tajima
Destroy All Monsters
The 9th Godzilla film was the last made by the original Godzilla creators, and was meant to be a grand finale. Aliens have released all the giant monsters from their imprisonment on Monster Island and are using them to destroy earth's major cities. It is up to the daring crew of the super rocket ship X-2 to infiltrate the aliens' headquarters before the Earth monsters and King Ghidorah annihilate the planet.
Director: Ishirō Honda, Seiji Tani
Stars: Akira Kubo Andrew Hughes Chôtarô Tôgin Heihachirô Ôkawa Jun Tazaki Kenji Sahara Kyôko Ai Yoshifumi Tajima Yoshio Tsuchiya Yukiko Kobayashi
Son of Godzilla
The 8th Godzilla film is aimed at an even younger audience than its predecessors. In the South Seas, scientists conducting weather experiments encounter gigantic mantises and a giant spider that are attacking Godzilla's offspring.
Director: Jun Fukuda
Stars: Akihiko Hirata Akira Kubo Bibari Maeda Ken'ichirô Maruyama Kenji Sahara Seishirô Kuno Susumu Kurobe Tadao Takashima Yasuhiko Saijô Yoshio Tsuchiya
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
The 7th film in the Godzilla series. After being caught in a storm in the south seas, several teenagers and thief arrive on an island where natives have been enslaved by a terrorist organization. They also discover a sleeping Godzilla and decide to wake him up to aid in their plan to free the natives.
Director: Jun Fukuda
Stars: Akihiko Hirata Akira Takarada Chôtarô Tôgin Hideo Sunazuka Ikio Sawamura Jun Tazaki Kumi Mizuno Tôru Ibuki Tôru Watanabe Yuko Bambi
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
The 5th film in the original Godzilla franchise marked a turning point in the series. Godzilla, Rodan and Mothra must put aside their quarrelsome ways to become allies and defend earth from 3 headed Dragon King Ghidorah.
Director: Ishirō Honda
Stars: Akihiko Hirata Akiko Wakabayashi Emi Ito Hiroshi Koizumi Hisaya Itô Minoru Takada Takashi Shimura Yōsuke Natsuki Yumi Ito Yuriko Hoshi
Mothra vs. Godzilla
The 4th film in the Godzilla franchise restores the serious tone of the original Godzilla film. A greedy developer has placed huge machines to suck dry a part of the ocean near Tokyo so he can build luxury condos. After a storm, a giant egg washes up on a nearby beach. The developer's plans go awry when he disrupts Godzilla's rest and the monster goes stomping through Tokyo. It's up to Mothra defend its egg and Japan from Godzilla. One of the most popular films in the original Godzilla series.
Director: Ishirō Honda
Stars: Akira Takarada Emi Ito Hiroshi Koizumi Jun Tazaki Kenji Sahara Kenzô Tabu Yoshifumi Tajima Yû Fujiki Yumi Ito Yuriko Hoshi
King Kong vs. Godzilla
After a 7 year hiatus, Godzilla returned to the screen to take on King Kong in the 3rd film in the Godzilla franchise. A pharmaceutical company captures King Kong and brings him to Japan, where he escapes from captivity and battles a recently revived Godzilla.
Director: Ishirō Honda
Stars: Akemi Negishi Akihiko Hirata Akiko Wakabayashi Ichirô Arishima Jun Tazaki Kenji Sahara Mie Hama Tadao Takashima Yoshio Kosugi Yû Fujiki
Godzilla Raids Again
In a hastily produced first-sequel to the classic "Gojira", two pilots race back to Japan to inform the government that two giants monsters are on the loose. Soon, the two monsters arrive in Osaka where they resume their battle.
Director: Motoyoshi Oda
Stars: Hiroshi Koizumi Masao Shimizu Mayuri Mokushô Minoru Chiaki Minosuke Yamada Seijirô Onda Setsuko Wakayama Sonosuke Sawamura Takashi Shimura Yoshio Tsuchiya
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
A 400-foot (122-meter) dinosaur-like beast, awoken from undersea hibernation off the Japanese coast by atomic-bomb testing, attacks Tokyo.
Director: Ishirō Honda, Terry O. Morse
Stars: Akihiko Hirata Akira Takarada Frank Iwanaga Fuyuki Murakami James Hong Momoko Kôchi Raymond Burr Ren Yamamoto Sachio Sakai Takashi Shimura
Godzilla
When a freighter is viciously attacked in the Pacific Ocean, a team of experts -- including biologist Niko Tatopoulos and scientists Elsie Chapman and Mendel Craven -- concludes that an oversized reptile is the culprit. Before long, the giant lizard is loose in Manhattan, destroying everything within its reach. The team chases the monster to Madison Square Garden, where a brutal battle ensues.
Director: Roland Emmerich
Stars: Arabella Field Doug Savant Hank Azaria Harry Shearer Jean Reno Kevin Dunn Maria Pitillo Matthew Broderick Michael Lerner Vicki Lewis
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
A rogue prince reluctantly joins forces with a mysterious princess and together, they race against dark forces to safeguard an ancient dagger capable of releasing the Sands of Time – a gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its possessor to rule the world.
Director: Mike Newell
Stars: Alfred Molina Ben Kingsley Gemma Arterton Gísli Örn Garðarsson Jake Gyllenhaal Reece Ritchie Richard Coyle Ronald Pickup Steve Toussaint Toby Kebbell
Dredd
In the future, America is a dystopian wasteland. The latest scourge is Ma-Ma, a prostitute-turned-drug pusher with a dangerous new drug and aims to take over the city. The only possibility of stopping her is an elite group of urban police called Judges, who combine the duties of judge, jury and executioner to deliver a brutal brand of swift justice. But even the top-ranking Judge, Dredd, discovers that taking down Ma-Ma isn’t as easy as it seems in this explosive adaptation of the hugely popular comic series.
Director: Pete Travis
Stars: Deobia Oparei Domhnall Gleeson Jason Cope Karl Urban Langley Kirkwood Lena Headey Olivia Thirlby Rakie Ayola Warrick Grier Wood Harris
Judge Dredd
In a dystopian future, Dredd, the most famous judge (a cop with instant field judiciary powers) is convicted for a crime he did not commit while his murderous counterpart escapes.
Director: Danny Cannon
Stars: Armand Assante Balthazar Getty Christopher Adamson Diane Lane Joan Chen Joanna Miles Jürgen Prochnow Max von Sydow Rob Schneider Sylvester Stallone
Riddick
Betrayed and left for dead on a desolate planet, Riddick fights for survival against alien predators and becomes more powerful and dangerous than ever before. Soon bounty hunters from throughout the galaxy descend on Riddick only to find themselves pawns in his greater scheme for revenge. With his enemies right where he wants them, Riddick unleashes a vicious attack of vengeance.
Director: David Twohy
Stars: Bokeem Woodbine Dave Bautista Jordi Mollà Karl Urban Katee Sackhoff Keri Hilson Neil Napier Noah Danby Nolan Gerard Funk Vin Diesel
The Chronicles of Riddick
After years of outrunning ruthless bounty hunters, escaped convict Riddick suddenly finds himself caught between opposing forces in a fight for the future of the human race. Now, waging incredible battles on fantastic and deadly worlds, this lone, reluctant hero will emerge as humanity's champion - and the last hope for a universe on the edge of annihilation.
Director: David Twohy
Stars: Alexa Davalos Colm Feore Karl Urban Keith David Linus Roache Nick Chinlund Roger Cross Thandie Newton Vin Diesel Yorick van Wageningen
Pitch Black
When their ship crash-lands on a remote planet, the marooned passengers soon learn that escaped convict Riddick isn't the only thing they have to fear. Deadly creatures lurk in the shadows, waiting to attack in the dark, and the planet is rapidly plunging into the utter blackness of a total eclipse. With the body count rising, the doomed survivors are forced to turn to Riddick with his eerie eyes to guide them through the darkness to safety. With time running out, there's only one rule: Stay in the light.
Director: David Twohy
Stars: Claudia Black Cole Hauser John Moore Keith David Les Chantery Lewis Fitz-Gerald Radha Mitchell Rhiana Griffith Simon Burke Vin Diesel
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
This time around Edmund and Lucy Pevensie, along with their pesky cousin Eustace Scrubb find themselves swallowed into a painting and on to a fantastic Narnian ship headed for the very edges of the world.
Director: Michael Apted
Stars: Arthur Angel Ben Barnes Gary Sweet Georgie Henley Shane Rangi Simon Pegg Skandar Keynes Tilda Swinton Tony Nixon Will Poulter
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
One year after their incredible adventures in the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Peter, Edmund, Lucy and Susan Pevensie return to Narnia to aid a young prince whose life has been threatened by the evil King Miraz. Now, with the help of a colorful cast of new characters, including Trufflehunter the badger and Nikabrik the dwarf, the Pevensie clan embarks on an incredible quest to ensure that Narnia is returned to its rightful heir.
Director: Andrew Adamson
Stars: Alicia Borrachero Anna Popplewell Ben Barnes Georgie Henley Peter Dinklage Sergio Castellitto Skandar Keynes Vincent Grass Warwick Davis William Moseley
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Siblings Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter step through a magical wardrobe and find the land of Narnia. There, they discover a charming, once peaceful kingdom that has been plunged into eternal winter by the evil White Witch, Jadis. Aided by the wise and magnificent lion, Aslan, the children lead Narnia into a spectacular, climactic battle to be free of the Witch's glacial powers forever.
Director: Andrew Adamson
Stars: Anna Popplewell Georgie Henley James Cosmo James McAvoy Jim Broadbent Kiran Shah Liam Neeson Skandar Keynes Tilda Swinton William Moseley
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
While the Civil War rages between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hit man and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold.
Director: Sergio Leone
Stars: Aldo Giuffrè Antonio Casale Claudio Scarchilli Clint Eastwood Eli Wallach Enzo Petito Lee Van Cleef Livio Lorenzon Luigi Pistilli Rada Rassimov
For a Few Dollars More
Two bounty hunters are in pursuit of "El Indio," one of the most wanted fugitives in the western territories, and his gang.
Director: Sergio Leone
Stars: Benito Stefanelli Clint Eastwood Gian Maria Volonté Joseph Egger Klaus Kinski Lee Van Cleef Luigi Pistilli Mara Krupp Panos Papadopulos Roberto Camardiel
A Fistful of Dollars
The Man With No Name enters the Mexican village of San Miguel in the midst of a power struggle among the three Rojo brothers and sheriff John Baxter. When a regiment of Mexican soldiers bearing gold intended to pay for new weapons is waylaid by the Rojo brothers, the stranger inserts himself into the middle of the long-simmering battle, selling false information to both sides for his own benefit.
Director: Sergio Leone
Stars: Antonio Prieto Clint Eastwood Daniel Martín Gian Maria Volonté José Calvo Joseph Egger Margarita Lozano Marianne Koch Sieghardt Rupp Wolfgang Lukschy
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Harry, Ron and Hermione continue their quest to vanquish the evil Voldemort once and for all. Just as things begin to look hopeless for the young wizards, Harry discovers a trio of magical objects that endow him with powers to rival Voldemort's formidable skills.
Director: David Yates
Stars: Alan Rickman Bonnie Wright Daniel Radcliffe Emma Watson Evanna Lynch Helena Bonham Carter Maggie Smith Matthew Lewis Ralph Fiennes Rupert Grint
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for immortality. But with Harry's beloved Dumbledore dead and Voldemort's unscrupulous Death Eaters on the loose, the world is more dangerous than ever.
Director: David Yates
Stars: Alan Rickman Bill Nighy Brendan Gleeson Daniel Radcliffe Emma Watson Helena Bonham Carter John Hurt Michael Gambon Ralph Fiennes Rupert Grint
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
As Harry begins his sixth year at Hogwarts, he discovers an old book marked as 'Property of the Half-Blood Prince', and begins to learn more about Lord Voldemort's dark past.
Director: David Yates
Stars: Alan Rickman Daniel Radcliffe Emma Watson Helena Bonham Carter Jim Broadbent Maggie Smith Michael Gambon Robbie Coltrane Rupert Grint Tom Felton
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Returning for his fifth year of study at Hogwarts, Harry is stunned to find that his warnings about the return of Lord Voldemort have been ignored. Left with no choice, Harry takes matters into his own hands, training a small group of students – dubbed 'Dumbledore's Army' – to defend themselves against the dark arts.
Director: David Yates
Stars: Alan Rickman Daniel Radcliffe Emma Watson Helena Bonham Carter Maggie Smith Michael Gambon Ralph Fiennes Robbie Coltrane Rupert Grint Tom Felton
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry starts his fourth year at Hogwarts, competes in the treacherous Triwizard Tournament and faces the evil Lord Voldemort. Ron and Hermione help Harry manage the pressure – but Voldemort lurks, awaiting his chance to destroy Harry and all that he stands for.
Director: Mike Newell
Stars: Alan Rickman Brendan Gleeson Daniel Radcliffe Emma Watson Gary Oldman Michael Gambon Ralph Fiennes Robbie Coltrane Robert Pattinson Rupert Grint
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry, Ron and Hermione return to Hogwarts for another magic-filled year. Harry comes face to face with danger yet again, this time in the form of escaped convict, Sirius Black—and turns to sympathetic Professor Lupin for help.
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Stars: Alan Rickman Daniel Radcliffe David Thewlis Emma Thompson Emma Watson Gary Oldman Michael Gambon Robbie Coltrane Rupert Grint Tom Felton
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Cars fly, trees fight back, and a mysterious house-elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of his second year at Hogwarts. Adventure and danger await when bloody writing on a wall announces: The Chamber Of Secrets Has Been Opened. To save Hogwarts will require all of Harry, Ron and Hermione’s magical abilities and courage.
Director: Chris Columbus
Stars: Alan Rickman Daniel Radcliffe David Bradley Emma Watson Kenneth Branagh Maggie Smith Richard Harris Robbie Coltrane Rupert Grint Tom Felton
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard -- with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As he learns to harness his newfound powers with the help of the school's kindly headmaster, Harry uncovers the truth about his parents' deaths -- and about the villain who's to blame.
Director: Chris Columbus
Stars: Alan Rickman Daniel Radcliffe Emma Watson Ian Hart Maggie Smith Richard Griffiths Richard Harris Robbie Coltrane Rupert Grint Tom Felton
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Gellert Grindelwald has escaped imprisonment and has begun gathering followers to his cause—elevating wizards above all non-magical beings. The only one capable of putting a stop to him is the wizard he once called his closest friend, Albus Dumbledore. However, Dumbledore will need to seek help from the wizard who had thwarted Grindelwald once before, his former student Newt Scamander, who agrees to help, unaware of the dangers that lie ahead. Lines are drawn as love and loyalty are tested, even among the truest friends and family, in an increasingly divided wizarding world.
Director: David Yates
Stars: Alison Sudol Callum Turner Claudia Kim Dan Fogler Eddie Redmayne Ezra Miller Johnny Depp Jude Law Katherine Waterston Zoë Kravitz
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
In 1926, Newt Scamander arrives at the Magical Congress of the United States of America with a magically expanded briefcase, which houses a number of dangerous creatures and their habitats. When the creatures escape from the briefcase, it sends the American wizarding authorities after Newt, and threatens to strain even further the state of magical and non-magical relations.
Director: David Yates
Stars: Alison Sudol Colin Farrell Dan Fogler Eddie Redmayne Ezra Miller Johnny Depp Jon Voight Katherine Waterston Ron Perlman Zoë Kravitz
Them!
Nuclear tests in the desert result in the growth of gigantic mutant ants who menace cities in the American south-west as a team of investigators and the army search for a way to control their spread in this Cold War-era monster film.
Director: Gordon Douglas
Stars: Chris Drake Don Shelton Edmund Gwenn Fess Parker James Arness James Whitmore Joan Weldon Onslow Stevens Sandy Descher Sean McClory
Mars Attacks!
'We come in peace' is not what those green men from Mars mean when they invade our planet, armed with irresistible weapons and a cruel sense of humor. This star studded cast must play victim to the alien’s fun and games in this comedy homage to science fiction films of the '50s and '60s.
Director: Tim Burton
Stars: Annette Bening Danny DeVito Glenn Close Jack Nicholson Martin Short Michael J. Fox Pierce Brosnan Rod Steiger Sarah Jessica Parker Tom Jones
The War of the Worlds
The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, but their joy is short-lived when they discover it has passengers who are not very friendly.
Director: Byron Haskin
Stars: Ann Codee Ann Robinson Edgar Barrier Frank Kreig Gene Barry Les Tremayne Lewis Martin Paul Birch Robert Cornthwaite Sandro Giglio
War of the Worlds
Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop of his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.
Director: Steven Spielberg
Stars: Camillia Sanes Dakota Fanning John Scurti Justin Chatwin Miranda Otto Morgan Freeman Takayo Fischer Tim Robbins Tom Cruise Yul Vazquez
The Shining
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Stars: Anne Jackson Barry Dennen Barry Nelson Danny Lloyd Jack Nicholson Joe Turkel Philip Stone Scatman Crothers Shelley Duvall Tony Burton
A Million Ways to Die in the West
As a cowardly farmer begins to fall for the mysterious new woman in town, he must put his new-found courage to the test when her husband, a notorious gun-slinger, announces his arrival.
Director: Seth MacFarlane
Stars: Amanda Seyfried Charlize Theron Christopher Hagen Giovanni Ribisi Liam Neeson Matt Clark Neil Patrick Harris Sarah Silverman Seth MacFarlane Wes Studi
The Muppets Take Manhattan
When the Muppets graduate from Danhurst College, they take their song-filled senior revue to New York City, only to learn that it isn't easy to find a producer who's willing to back a show starring a frog and a pig. Of course, Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy won't take no for an answer, launching a search for someone to take them to Broadway.
Director: Frank Oz
Stars: Dave Goelz Frances Bergen Frank Oz Jerry Nelson Jim Henson Juliana Donald Lonny Price Louis Zorich Richard Hunt Steve Whitmire
The Muppet Movie
Kermit the Frog is persuaded by agent Dom DeLuise to pursue a career in Hollywood. Along the way, Kermit picks up Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy, Gonzo, and a motley crew of other Muppets with similar aspirations. Meanwhile, Kermit must elude the grasp of a frog-leg restaurant magnate.
Director: James Frawley
Stars: Austin Pendleton Charles Durning Dave Goelz Edgar Bergen Frank Oz Jerry Nelson Jim Henson Mel Brooks Milton Berle Richard Hunt