Cover: While You Were Sleeping
Looking back: Movies Celebrating Anniversaries in Calendar Week 16/2020
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. While You Were Sleeping (25 years), U-571 (20 years), Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (5 years), The Age of Adaline (5 years), Unfriended (5 years), Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' (5 years) and Ip Man 2 (10 years) are among them this week. Many of these 22 classics are also directly available on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, iTunes Store etc. What's your favorite this week?
- Ashby (Drama/Romance / Love/Comedy, World premiere: 04/19/2015) - With Mickey Rourke. Directed by Tony McNamara.
- Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' ("ドラゴンボールZ 復活の「F」", Action/Adventure/Animation/Fantasy, World premiere: 04/18/2015) - Directed by Tadayoshi Yamamuro.
- Tumbledown (Music/Romance / Love/Comedy/Drama, World premiere: 04/18/2015) - With Jason Sudeikis, Rebecca Hall and Dianna Agron.
- Unfriended (Horror/Thriller, World premiere: 04/17/2015) - With Shelley Hennig, Renee Olstead and Heather Sossaman. Directed by Levan Gabriadze.
- True Story (Crime/Drama/Mystery, World premiere: 04/17/2015) - With James Franco, Jonah Hill and Felicity Jones. Directed by Rupert Goold.
- The Benefactor (Drama, World premiere: 04/17/2015) - With Richard Gere, Dakota Fanning and Theo James. Directed by Andrew Renzi.
- Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (Action/Comedy/Kids & Family, World premiere: 04/16/2015) - With Kevin James, Raini Rodriguez and Neal McDonough. Directed by Andy Fickman.very popular
- The Age of Adaline (Fantasy/Drama/Romance / Love, Release date GR: 04/23/2015, World premiere: 04/16/2015) - With Blake Lively, Michiel Huisman and Harrison Ford. Directed by Lee Toland Krieger.
- Love & Basketball (Action/Comedy/Drama/Romance / Love, World premiere: 04/21/2000) - With Sanaa Lathan, Omar Epps and Dennis Haysbert. Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood.
- Gossip (Drama/Mystery/Thriller, World premiere: 04/21/2000) - With James Marsden, Lena Headey and Norman Reedus. Directed by Davis Guggenheim.
- U-571 (Action/Drama/Thriller/War, World premiere: 04/20/2000) - With Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton and Harvey Keitel. Directed by Jonathan Mostow.
- Kevin & Perry Go Large (Music/Comedy, World premiere: 04/20/2000) - With Steve McFadden, Harry Enfield and Kathy Burke. Directed by Ed Bye.
- Heavy Metal 2000 (Action/Adventure/Animation/Fantasy/Science Fiction, World premiere: 04/19/2000) - Directed by Michael Coldewey.
- Kissing My Sister ("Der Kuss meiner Schwester", Romance / Love/Drama, World premiere: 04/18/2000)