Looking back: Movies Celebrating Anniversaries in Calendar Week 07/2023

Cover: 红海行动/Operation Red Sea

Looking back: Movies Celebrating Anniversaries in Calendar Week 07/2023

02/15/2023 | By: WPS

Every Wednesday we take a look back into film history for you and put together the most famous & popular movies that will celebrate a special birthday today and in the next few days. Operation Red Sea (5 years), Monster Hunt 2 (5 years), Welcome to the Sticks (15 years), Taken (15 years), Old School (20 years), Love, Simon (5 years) and Young Guns (35 years) are among them this week. Many of these 55 classics are also directly available on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, iTunes Store etc. What's your favorite this week?

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2018 - 5 years ago

Unsane (Horror/Thriller, Release date US: 03/23/2018, World premiere: 02/21/2018) - With Claire Foy, Juno Temple and Amy Irving. Directed by Steven Soderbergh.
Abducted (Action/Crime/Drama, Release date US: 02/21/2018)
Level 16 ( Science Fiction/Thriller, Release date US: 03/01/2019, World premiere: 02/20/2018) - With Katie Douglas, Peter Outerbridge and Sara Canning. Directed by Danishka Esterhazy.
Samson (Action/Drama/Adventure, Release date US: 02/16/2018) - With Jackson Rathbone, Billy Zane and Caitlin Leahy. Directed by Bruce Macdonald and Gabriel Sabloff.
Operation Red Sea ( "红海行动", Action/Thriller/War/Drama, Release date US: 02/23/2018, World premiere: 02/16/2018) - With Zhang Yi, Huang Jingyu and Zhang Hanyu. Directed by Dante Lam.very popular
Love, Simon (Comedy/Drama/Romance / Love, Release date US: 03/16/2018, World premiere: 02/16/2018) - With Nick Robinson, Katherine Langford and Alexandra Shipp. Directed by Greg Berlanti.
Z-O-M-B-I-E-S (Music/Fantasy/Comedy/Romance / Love/TV Movie, World premiere: 02/16/2018) - With Milo Manheim, Meg Donnelly and Trevor Tordjman. Directed by Paul Hoen.
Monster Hunt 2 ( "捉妖记2", Adventure/Comedy/Fantasy, World premiere: 02/16/2018) - With Bai Baihe, Tony Leung and Jing Boran. Directed by Raman Hui.very popular
The Monkey King 3 ( "西游记·女儿国", Action/Adventure/Fantasy, Release date US: 02/16/2018) - With Aaron Kwok. Directed by Cheang Pou-soi.
Aiyaary ( "अय्यारी", Action/Thriller, Release date US: 02/16/2018) - With Sidharth Malhotra. Directed by Neeraj Pandey.
Nostalgia (Drama, Release date US: 02/16/2018) - With Jon Hamm, Nick Offerman and Amber Tamblyn. Directed by Mark Pellington.
The Boy Downstairs (Romance / Love/Comedy/Drama, Release date US: 02/16/2018) - With Zosia Mamet, Deirdre O'Connell and Sarah Ramos.

2013 - 10 years ago

3096 Days ( "3096 Tage", Drama, Release date US: 10/28/2013, World premiere: 02/21/2013) - With Thure Lindhardt, Antonia Campbell-Hughes and Trine Dyrholm. Directed by Sherry Hormann.
Dark Skies (Science Fiction/Thriller/Horror, Release date US: 02/22/2013, World premiere: 02/21/2013) - With Keri Russell, Josh Hamilton and Dakota Goyo. Directed by Scott Stewart.
Snitch (Thriller/Drama/Action, Release date US: 02/22/2013, World premiere: 02/21/2013) - With Dwayne Johnson, Barry Pepper and Jon Bernthal. Directed by Ric Roman Waugh.
New World ( "신세계", Thriller/Crime/Drama, Release date US: 03/22/2013, World premiere: 02/21/2013) - With Lee Jeong-jae, Choi Min-sik and Hwang Jeong-min. Directed by Park Hoon-jung.
Those Science Freaks ( "カガクなヤツら", Animation/Comedy/Science Fiction/Romance / Love/Fantasy, World premiere: 02/20/2013)
Aroused (Documentary, Release date US: 02/20/2013) - With Lisa Ann, Belladonna and Francesca Le. Directed by Deborah Anderson.
Hansel and Gretel Get Baked (Horror/Comedy, Release date US: 02/19/2013) - With Michael Welch, Molly Quinn and Lara Flynn Boyle.
WWE Elimination Chamber 2013 (Action/Drama, Release date US: 02/17/2013)
Killing Lincoln (Documentary/Drama, Release date US: 02/16/2013) - With Billy Campbell. Directed by Adrian Moat.
The Jeffrey Dahmer Files (Documentary, Release date US: 02/15/2013) - With Andrew Swant. Directed by Chris James Thompson.
The Power of Few (Crime/Drama, Release date US: 02/15/2013) - With Christopher Walken, Christian Slater and Q'orianka Kilcher. Directed by Leone Marucci.
The Hospital (Horror, Release date US: 02/15/2013) - Directed by Tommy Golden and Daniel Emery Taylor.

2008 - 15 years ago

Welcome to the Sticks ( "Bienvenue chez les ch'tis", Comedy/Drama/Romance / Love, Release date US: 02/27/2008, World premiere: 02/20/2008) - With Kad Merad, Dany Boon and Zoé Félix. Directed by Dany Boon.very popular
Paris ( Drama, Release date US: 02/20/2008) - With Juliette Binoche, Romain Duris and Fabrice Luchini. Directed by Cédric Klapisch.
Taken (Action/Thriller, Release date US: 01/30/2009, World premiere: 02/18/2008) - With Maggie Grace, Leland Orser and Jon Gries. Directed by Pierre Morel.very popular
The Hive (Horror/Science Fiction, Release date US: 02/17/2008) - With Tom Wopat. Directed by Peter Manus.
Odysseus & the Isle of Mists (Adventure/Fantasy, Release date US: 02/15/2008) - With Arnold Vosloo, Steve Bacic and JR Bourne. Directed by Terry Ingram.
Conspiracy (Drama/Action/Thriller/Mystery, Release date US: 02/15/2008) - With Val Kilmer, Gary Cole and Jennifer Esposito. Directed by Adam Marcus.

2003 - 20 years ago

Old School (Comedy, Release date US: 02/21/2003) - With Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell and Vince Vaughn. Directed by Todd Phillips.
The Life of David Gale (Drama/Thriller/Crime, Release date US: 02/21/2003) - With Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet and Laura Linney. Directed by Alan Parker.
Gods and Generals (Drama/History/War, Release date US: 02/21/2003) - With Jeff Daniels, Stephen Lang and Robert Duvall. Directed by Ronald F. Maxwell.
Demon Slayer (Horror/Comedy, Release date US: 02/20/2003)
Bloody Murder 2: Closing Camp (Horror, Release date US: 02/18/2003) - With Tiffany Shepis and Arthur Benjamin. Directed by Rob Spera.

1998 - 25 years ago

ECW CyberSlam 1998 (Release date US: 02/21/1998)
Senseless (Comedy/Romance / Love, Release date US: 02/20/1998) - With Marlon Wayans, David Spade and Matthew Lillard. Directed by Penelope Spheeris.
Dangerous Beauty (Drama/Romance / Love, Release date US: 02/20/1998) - With Catherine McCormack, Rufus Sewell and Oliver Platt. Directed by Marshall Herskovitz.
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn (Comedy, Release date US: 02/20/1998) - With Eric Idle, Ryan O'Neal and Coolio. Directed by Arthur Hiller.
Belle's Magical World (Animation/Kids & Family, Release date US: 02/17/1998, World premiere: 02/16/1998) - Directed by Burt Medall, Cullen Blaine and Dale Case.

1993 - 30 years ago

Sex for Sale ( "省港流鶯", World premiere: 02/19/1993)

1988 - 35 years ago

Young Guns (Western/Crime/Action/Adventure, Release date US: 08/12/1988, World premiere: 02/17/1988) - With Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland and Lou Diamond Phillips. Directed by Christopher Cain.
Frantic (Thriller/Crime/Mystery, Release date US: 02/26/1988, World premiere: 02/16/1988) - With Harrison Ford, Betty Buckley and John Mahoney. Directed by Roman Polanski.

1983 - 40 years ago

The Sting II (Comedy/Crime, Release date US: 02/18/1983) - With Jackie Gleason, Teri Garr and Karl Malden. Directed by Jeremy Kagan.
The Lords of Discipline (Drama/Thriller, Release date US: 02/18/1983) - With David Keith, Robert Prosky and G. D. Spradlin. Directed by Franc Roddam.

1978 - 45 years ago

Coming Home (Drama/Romance / Love/War, Release date US: 02/15/1978) - With Jane Fonda, Jon Voight and Bruce Dern. Directed by Hal Ashby.

1973 - 50 years ago

Sex and Fury ( "不良姐御伝猪の鹿お蝶", Action/Crime, World premiere: 02/17/1973) - With Reiko Ike, Christina Lindberg and Akemi Negishi. Directed by Noribumi Suzuki.

1968 - 55 years ago

The Power (Science Fiction/Thriller, Release date US: 02/21/1968) - With George Hamilton, Suzanne Pleshette and Aldo Ray. Directed by Byron Haskin.