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Looking back: Movies Celebrating Anniversaries in Calendar Week 07/2025
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. Sonic the Hedgehog (5 years), Shutter Island (15 years), The Whole Nine Yards (25 years), M*A*S*H (55 years), The Ghost Writer (15 years), Pitch Black (25 years) and Hanging Up (25 years) are among them this week. Many of these 64 classics are also directly available on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, iTunes Store etc. What's your favorite this week?

- Dangerous Drugs of Sex ( "性の劇薬", Thriller/Drama/Horror, World premiere: 02/14/2020)
- Buffaloed (Comedy/Drama, Release date US: 02/14/2020) - Directed by Tanya Wexler.
- Breaking Surface ( Action/Drama/Thriller, World premiere: 02/14/2020) - With Moa Gammel, Madeleine Martin and Trine Wiggen. Directed by Joachim Hedén.
- The Photograph (Drama/Romance / Love, Release date US: 02/14/2020) - With Issa Rae, LaKeith Stanfield and Chelsea Peretti. Directed by Stella Meghie.
- Come As You Are (Comedy/Drama, Release date US: 02/14/2020) - With Grant Rosenmeyer, Hayden Szeto and Ravi Patel. Directed by Richard Wong.
- Spy Intervention (Action/Adventure/Comedy, Release date US: 02/14/2020)
- First Lady (Drama/Romance / Love, Release date US: 02/14/2020)
- Emma. ( Comedy/Romance / Love, Release date US: 02/21/2020, World premiere: 02/13/2020) - With Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn and Bill Nighy. Directed by Autumn de Wilde.
- Sonic the Hedgehog (Action/Science Fiction/Comedy/Kids & Family, Release date US: 02/14/2020, World premiere: 02/12/2020) - With James Marsden, Tika Sumpter and Jim Carrey. Directed by Jeff Fowler.very popular
- To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You (Romance / Love/Comedy, World premiere: 02/12/2020) - Directed by Michael Fimognari.
- Fantasy Island (Horror/Fantasy/Adventure/Mystery, Release date US: 02/27/2020, World premiere: 02/12/2020) - With Michael Peña, Maggie Q and Lucy Hale. Directed by Jeff Wadlow.

- Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness (Adventure/Animation/Kids & Family/Comedy/Mystery/Science Fiction, Release date US: 02/17/2015) - Directed by Paul McEvoy.
- The Gunman (Action/Drama/Crime, Release date US: 03/20/2015, World premiere: 02/16/2015) - With Sean Penn, Javier Bardem and Ray Winstone. Directed by Pierre Morel.
- November Rule (Comedy/Romance / Love, Release date US: 02/14/2015) - With Kali Hawk, Macy Gray and DJ Qualls. Directed by Mike Elliott.
- Absolutely Anything ( Comedy/Science Fiction, Release date US: 09/04/2015, World premiere: 02/13/2015) - With Simon Pegg, Robin Williams and Kate Beckinsale. Directed by Terry Jones.
- The Burning Dead (Horror, Release date US: 02/12/2015) - Directed by Residente.

- We Are from the Future 2 ( "My Iz Budushchego 2", War/Science Fiction/Action/Adventure, Release date US: 11/11/2010, World premiere: 02/18/2010) - With Igor Petrenko, Vladimir Yaglych and Alexey Barabash. Directed by Oleg Pogodin, Andres Puustusmaa and Dmitriy Voronkov.
- Halo Legends ("Halo: Legends", Animation/War/Drama, Release date US: 02/16/2010) - Directed by Tomoki Kyoda, Mamoru Oshii and Daisuke Nishio.
- Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo (Animation/Comedy/Kids & Family/Mystery/Fantasy, Release date US: 02/16/2010) - Directed by Spike Brandt and Tony Cervone.
- Centurion ( Adventure/Action/Drama, Release date US: 08/27/2010, World premiere: 02/15/2010) - With Michael Fassbender, Dominic West and Olga Kurylenko. Directed by Neil Marshall.
- Shutter Island (Drama/Thriller/Mystery, Release date US: 02/19/2010, World premiere: 02/14/2010) - With Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo and Ben Kingsley. Directed by Martin Scorsese.very popular
- Starstruck (Romance / Love/Comedy/TV Movie/Music, Release date US: 02/14/2010) - With Sterling Knight, Danielle Campbell and Maggie Castle. Directed by Michael Grossman.
- Boy ( Drama/Comedy, Release date US: 03/02/2012, World premiere: 02/14/2010) - With James Rolleston, Taika Waititi and Te Aho Aho Eketone-Whitu. Directed by Taika Waititi.
- The Killing Jar (Drama/Thriller/Mystery, Release date US: 03/19/2010, World premiere: 02/14/2010) - With Michael Madsen, Amber Benson and Danny Trejo. Directed by Mark Young.
- Father of Invention (Comedy/Drama, Release date US: 02/14/2010) - With Kevin Spacey, Camilla Belle and Heather Graham. Directed by Trent Cooper.
- The Ghost Writer (Thriller/Mystery, Release date US: 02/12/2010) - With Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan and Kim Cattrall. Directed by Roman Polanski.
- Loose Cannons ( "Mine vaganti", Comedy/Drama/Romance / Love, Release date US: 04/28/2010, World premiere: 02/12/2010) - With Riccardo Scamarcio, Nicole Grimaudo and Lunetta Savino. Directed by Ferzan Özpetek.

- Because of Winn-Dixie (Kids & Family/Comedy/Drama, Release date US: 02/18/2005) - With AnnaSophia Robb, Jeff Daniels and Cicely Tyson. Directed by Wayne Wang.
- Bigger Than the Sky (Comedy/Romance / Love/Drama, Release date US: 02/18/2005) - With Marcus Thomas, John Corbett and Amy Smart. Directed by Al Corley.
- Frostbite (Comedy, Release date US: 02/15/2005) - With Peter Jason, Traci Lords and Adam Grimes. Directed by Jonathan Schwartz.
- Dirty (Crime/Drama/Thriller, Release date US: 01/20/2006, World premiere: 02/14/2005) - With Cuba Gooding Jr., Clifton Collins and Keith David. Directed by Chris Fisher.
- North Country (Drama, Release date US: 09/12/2005, World premiere: 02/12/2005) - With Charlize Theron, Frances McDormand and Sean Bean. Directed by Niki Caro.
- Family Plan (Comedy, Release date US: 02/12/2005) - With Tori Spelling. Directed by David S. Cass and Sr..
- Pervert! (Comedy/Horror, Release date US: 02/12/2005) - With Mary Carey, Darrell Sandeen and Mary Carey. Directed by Jonathan Yudis.
- Lackawanna Blues (Drama/TV Movie, Release date US: 02/12/2005) - With Marcus Carl Franklin. Directed by George C. Wolfe.

- Boiler Room (Crime/Drama/Thriller, Release date US: 02/18/2000) - With Giovanni Ribisi, Vin Diesel and Ben Affleck. Directed by Ben Younger.
- Pitch Black (Thriller/Science Fiction/Action, Release date US: 02/18/2000) - With Vin Diesel, Radha Mitchell and Cole Hauser. Directed by David Twohy.
- The Whole Nine Yards (Comedy/Crime, Release date US: 02/18/2000) - With Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry and Rosanna Arquette. Directed by Jonathan Lynn.
- Hanging Up (Drama/Comedy, Release date US: 02/16/2000) - With Meg Ryan, Diane Keaton and Lisa Kudrow. Directed by Diane Keaton.
- Navigating the Heart (Drama/Romance / Love, Release date US: 02/14/2000) - With Jaclyn Smith, Tim Matheson and Tantoo Cardinal. Directed by David Burton Morris.

- The Death of the Incredible Hulk (Action/Drama/Science Fiction/TV Movie, Release date US: 02/18/1990) - With Bill Bixby. Directed by Bill Bixby.
- Revenge (Romance / Love/Thriller/Drama, Release date US: 02/16/1990) - With Kevin Costner, Anthony Quinn and Madeleine Stowe. Directed by Tony Scott.
- Nightbreed (Horror/Fantasy/Action, Release date US: 02/16/1990) - With Craig Sheffer, David Cronenberg and Charles Haid. Directed by Clive Barker.
- MadHouse (Comedy, Release date US: 02/16/1990) - With John Larroquette, Kirstie Alley and John Diehl. Directed by Tom Ropelewski.
- The Handmaid's Tale (Drama/Science Fiction, Release date US: 03/09/1990, World premiere: 02/15/1990) - With Natasha Richardson, Faye Dunaway and Robert Duvall. Directed by Volker Schlöndorff.