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Looking back: Movies Celebrating Anniversaries in Calendar Week 13/2024
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. The Matrix (25 years), Shazam! (5 years), Fast & Furious (15 years), Dumbo (5 years), Home on the Range (20 years), Hellboy (20 years) and Romancing the Stone (40 years) are among them this week. Many of these 81 classics are also directly available on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, iTunes Store etc. What's your favorite this week?

- Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Animation/Action/Kids & Family, World premiere: 03/31/2019) - Directed by Jake Castorena.
- Shazam! (Action/Comedy/Fantasy, Release date US: 04/05/2019, World premiere: 03/29/2019) - With Asher Angel, Zachary Levi and Mark Strong. Directed by David F. Sandberg.very popular
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: Sibling's Bond ( "鬼滅の刃 兄妹の絆", Action/Animation/Fantasy, World premiere: 03/29/2019)
- A Vigilante (Thriller/Drama, Release date US: 03/29/2019) - Directed by Sarah Daggar-Nickson.
- Fast Color (Thriller/Science Fiction, Release date US: 03/29/2019) - Directed by Julia Hart.
- Long Lost (Thriller/Mystery/Drama, Release date US: 03/29/2019)
- Making Babies (Comedy/Drama, Release date US: 03/29/2019) - Directed by Josh F. Huber.
- Lucifer ( "ലൂസിഫെർ", Action/Drama/Thriller, Release date US: 03/28/2019) - With Mohanlal, Prithviraj Sukumaran and Manju Warrier. Directed by Prithviraj Sukumaran.
- Diane (Drama, Release date US: 03/29/2019, World premiere: 03/28/2019) - With Mary Kay Place, Jake Lacy and Deirdre O'Connell. Directed by Kent Jones.
- Queen of Hearts ( "Dronningen", Drama, World premiere: 03/27/2019) - With Trine Dyrholm, Gustav Lindh and Magnus Krepper. Directed by May el-Toukhy.very popular
- Dumbo (Kids & Family/Fantasy/Adventure, Release date US: 03/29/2019, World premiere: 03/27/2019) - With Colin Farrell, Michael Keaton and Danny DeVito. Directed by Tim Burton.very popular

- The Retrieval (Western/Drama/History/Adventure, Release date US: 04/02/2014) - With Alfonso Freeman. Directed by Chris Eska.
- The Quiet Ones (Horror, Release date US: 04/25/2014, World premiere: 04/01/2014) - With Jared Harris, Sam Claflin and Erin Richards. Directed by John Pogue.
- Waiting in the Wings: The Musical (Comedy/Music, Release date US: 04/01/2014) - Directed by Jenn Page.
- The Unwanted (Drama/Horror/Mystery, Release date US: 03/31/2014) - With Hannah Fierman, William Katt and Elizabeth Hunter. Directed by Bret Wood.
- Zoe Gone (Crime/Mystery/Drama, Release date US: 03/29/2014)
- One Minute Time Machine (Mystery/Comedy/Romance / Love, Release date US: 03/29/2014)
- Sabotage (Action/Drama/Thriller/Crime, Release date US: 03/28/2014) - With Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sam Worthington and Terrence Howard. Directed by David Ayer.
- Cesar Chavez (Drama, Release date US: 03/28/2014) - With Rosario Dawson, America Ferrera and Michael Peña. Directed by Diego Luna.
- Airplane vs Volcano (Action, Release date US: 03/28/2014) - Directed by James Kondelik and Jon Kondelik.
- The Raid 2 ("The Raid 2: Berandal", Action/Crime/Thriller, Release date US: 03/28/2014, World premiere: 03/27/2014) - With Iko Uwais, Arifin Putra and Tio Pakusadewo. Directed by Gareth Evans.

- Blood: The Last Vampire (Action/Adventure/Horror/Science Fiction/Thriller, Release date US: 07/09/2009, World premiere: 04/02/2009) - With Jun Ji-hyun, Allison Miller and Liam Cunningham. Directed by Chris Nahon.
- Iron & Blood: The Legend of Taras Bulba ( "Taras Bulba", Drama/History, Release date US: 04/02/2009) - With Bohdan Stupka, Mikhail Boyarsky and Igor Petrenko. Directed by Vladimir Bortko.
- Fast & Furious (Action/Crime/Drama/Thriller, Release date US: 04/03/2009, World premiere: 04/02/2009) - With Paul Walker, Vin Diesel and Michelle Rodriguez. Directed by Justin Lin.very popular
- Laid to Rest (Thriller/Horror, Release date US: 04/02/2009) - With Bobbi Sue Luther, Kevin Gage and Sean Whalen. Directed by Robert Green Hall.
- The Boat That Rocked ( Drama/Comedy, Release date US: 11/13/2009, World premiere: 04/01/2009) - With Tom Sturridge, Bill Nighy and Rhys Ifans. Directed by Richard Curtis.
- The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia (Documentary, Release date US: 04/01/2009) - With Jesco White. Directed by Julien Nitzberg.
- Dragonquest (Fantasy, Release date US: 03/31/2009) - With Marc Singer, Daniel Bonjour and Jennifer Dorogi. Directed by Mark Atkins.
- Nora Roberts' Midnight Bayou (Drama/Romance / Love/TV Movie, Release date US: 03/28/2009) - With Jerry O'Connell. Directed by Ralph Hemecker.
- The Temptation of Kimono ( "M家の新妻 変態洗礼", Drama/Romance / Love, World premiere: 03/27/2009)very popular
- Sex, Party and Lies ( "Mentiras y gordas", Comedy/Drama, World premiere: 03/27/2009) - With Alejo Sauras, Ana Polvorosa and Asier Etxeandía. Directed by Alfonso Albacete and David Menkes.
- The Haunting in Connecticut (Thriller/Horror, Release date US: 03/27/2009) - With Virginia Madsen, Kyle Gallner and Martin Donovan. Directed by Peter Cornwell.
- Lupin the Third vs. Detective Conan ( "ルパン三世VS名探偵コナン", Action/Animation/Comedy/Crime/TV Movie, World premiere: 03/27/2009) - Directed by Hajime Kamegaki.
- My Father's Will (Drama/Romance / Love, Release date US: 03/27/2009) - Directed by Fraydun Manocherian and Fraydun Manocherian.
- American Bully (Drama/Thriller/Crime, Release date US: 03/27/2009) - With Matt O'Leary, Marshall Allman and Paul Ben-Victor. Directed by David Rodriguez.
- Goodbye Solo (Drama, Release date US: 03/27/2009) - With Souléymane Sy Savané and Red West. Directed by Ramin Bahrani.


- The Secret Path (Drama, Release date US: 04/02/1999)
- Following (Drama/Thriller, Release date US: 04/02/1999) - With Jeremy Theobald, Alex Haw and John Nolan. Directed by Christopher Nolan.
- The Out-of-Towners (Comedy, Release date US: 04/02/1999) - With Steve Martin, Goldie Hawn and John Cleese. Directed by Sam Weisman.
- The Matrix (Action/Science Fiction, Release date US: 03/30/1999) - With Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss and Joe Pantoliano. Directed by Lana Wachowski and Lilly Wachowski.very popular
- 10 Things I Hate About You (Comedy/Romance / Love/Drama, Release date US: 03/31/1999, World premiere: 03/30/1999) - With Julia Stiles, Heath Ledger and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Directed by Gil Junger.very popular
- The Devil's Arithmetic (TV Movie/Drama/Thriller/Fantasy, Release date US: 03/28/1999) - With Kirsten Dunst, Brittany Murphy and Paul Freeman. Directed by Donna Deitch.

- Clifford (Comedy, Release date US: 04/01/1994) - With Charles Grodin, Mary Steenburgen and Dabney Coleman. Directed by Paul Flaherty.
- Oblivion (Adventure/Science Fiction/Western/Comedy, Release date US: 06/06/1994, World premiere: 04/01/1994) - With Richard Joseph Paul, Jackie Swanson and Andrew Divoff. Directed by Sam Irvin.
- Africa: The Serengeti (Documentary, Release date US: 03/31/1994) - Directed by George Casey.
- Major League II (Comedy, Release date US: 03/30/1994) - With Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger and Corbin Bernsen. Directed by David S. Ward.
- Jimmy Hollywood (Comedy, Release date US: 03/30/1994) - With Joe Pesci, Christian Slater and Victoria Abril. Directed by Barry Levinson.
- Thumbelina (Animation/Kids & Family/Fantasy/Romance / Love/Music, Release date US: 03/30/1994, World premiere: 03/29/1994) - Directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman.
- Class of 1999 II - The Substitute (Action/Science Fiction, Release date US: 03/29/1994) - With Sasha Mitchell. Directed by Spiro Razatos.

- They're Playing with Fire (Crime/Horror/Thriller, Release date US: 04/01/1984) - With Sybil Danning, Eric Brown and Andrew Prine. Directed by Howard Avedis.
- Romancing the Stone (Adventure/Romance / Love/Comedy/Action, Release date US: 03/30/1984) - With Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito. Directed by Robert Zemeckis.
- Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (Adventure/Drama/Action/Romance / Love, Release date US: 03/30/1984) - With Christopher Lambert, Andie MacDowell and Cheryl Campbell. Directed by Hugh Hudson.
- Purple Hearts (Drama/War/Romance / Love, Release date US: 03/30/1984) - With Ken Wahl, Cheryl Ladd and Stephen Lee. Directed by Sidney J. Furie.
- The Good Fight: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War (Documentary, Release date US: 03/28/1984)
- Dark Star (Comedy/Science Fiction, Release date US: 04/01/1974) - With Dan O'Bannon, Nick Castle and John Carpenter. Directed by John Carpenter.
- Watch Out, We're Mad ( "...altrimenti ci arrabbiamo!", Action/Comedy, Release date US: 05/01/1974, World premiere: 03/29/1974) - With Terence Hill and John Sharp. Directed by Marcello Fondato.
- The Great Gatsby (Drama/Romance / Love, Release date US: 03/27/1974) - With Mia Farrow, Bruce Dern and Sam Waterston. Directed by Jack Clayton.
- Conrack (Drama, Release date US: 03/27/1974) - With Jon Voight, Paul Winfield and Madge Sinclair. Directed by Martin Ritt.