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Looking back: Movies Celebrating Anniversaries in Calendar Week 17/2025
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. Iron Man 2 (15 years), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (20 years), The Back-Up Plan (15 years), xXx: State of the Union (20 years), Frequency (25 years), The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (25 years) and Ip Man 2 (15 years) are among them this week. Many of these 70 classics are also directly available on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, iTunes Store etc. What's your favorite this week?

- Lake Placid vs. Anaconda (Action/Horror, Release date US: 04/25/2015) - With Corin Nemec, Yancy Butler and Robert Englund. Directed by A.B. Stone.
- Parasyte: Part 2 ( "寄生獣 完結編", Science Fiction/Horror, Release date US: 04/25/2015) - With Shōta Sometani. Directed by Takashi Yamazaki.
- Just Before I Go (Comedy/Drama/Romance / Love, Release date US: 04/24/2015) - With Seann William Scott, Olivia Thirlby and Kate Walsh. Directed by Courteney Cox.
- Brotherly Love (Drama, Release date US: 04/24/2015) - With Keke Palmer, Cory Hardrict and Romeo Miller. Directed by Jamal Hill.
- Helicopter Mom (Comedy, Release date US: 04/24/2015) - With Jason Dolley, Nia Vardalos and Mark Boone Junior. Directed by Salomé Breziner.
- See You In Valhalla (Drama/Comedy, Release date US: 04/24/2015)
- Far from the Madding Crowd (Drama/Romance / Love, Release date US: 05/01/2015, World premiere: 04/23/2015) - With Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts and Tilly Vosburgh. Directed by Thomas Vinterberg.
- Little Boy (Comedy/Drama/War, Release date US: 04/23/2015) - With David Henrie, Emily Watson and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa. Directed by Alejandro Monteverde.
- Tig (Documentary, Release date US: 07/17/2015, World premiere: 04/23/2015) - With Tig Notaro. Directed by Ashley York and Kristina Goolsby.

- Ip Man 2 ( "葉問2", Action/History/Drama, Release date US: 01/28/2011, World premiere: 04/29/2010) - With Donnie Yen, Simon Yam and Sammo Hung. Directed by Wilson Yip.
- Iron Man 2 (Adventure/Action/Science Fiction, Release date US: 05/07/2010, World premiere: 04/28/2010) - With Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow and Don Cheadle. Directed by Jon Favreau.very popular
- Anton Chekhov's The Duel (Drama, Release date US: 04/28/2010) - With Andrew Scott, Fiona Glascott and Tobias Menzies. Directed by Dover Kosashvili.
- Elle: A Modern Cinderella Tale (Fantasy/Drama/Science Fiction/Kids & Family, Release date US: 04/26/2010) - With Sterling Knight, Kiely Williams and Thomas Calabro. Directed by Sean Dunson and John Dunson.
- Deadly Honeymoon (Crime/TV Movie/Mystery, Release date US: 04/25/2010) - With Summer Glau, Zoe McLellan and Chris Carmack. Directed by Paul Shapiro.
- One Piece: Strong World Episode 0 ( "ワンピース ストロングワールド Episode 0", Action/Animation/Comedy, World premiere: 04/24/2010)
- Mothman (Horror/Science Fiction/Thriller/TV Movie, Release date US: 04/24/2010) - With Jewel Staite. Directed by Sheldon Wilson.
- Snowmen (Comedy/Drama/Kids & Family, Release date US: 04/24/2010) - With Bobby Coleman, Josh Flitter and Ray Liotta. Directed by Robert Kirbyson.
- The Losers (Action/Adventure/Crime/Mystery/Thriller, Release date US: 04/23/2010) - With Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldaña and Chris Evans. Directed by Sylvain White.
- The Back-Up Plan (Comedy/Romance / Love, Release date US: 04/23/2010) - With Jennifer Lopez, Alex O'Loughlin and Eric Christian Olsen. Directed by Alan Poul.
- Burning Palms (Comedy/Drama, Release date US: 04/23/2010) - With Dylan McDermott, Shannen Doherty and Zoe Saldaña. Directed by Christopher Landon.

- House of D (Comedy/Drama, Release date US: 04/29/2005) - With Anton Yelchin, Robin Williams and David Duchovny. Directed by David Duchovny.
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Adventure/Comedy/Science Fiction, Release date US: 04/29/2005, World premiere: 04/28/2005) - With Zooey Deschanel, Yasiin Bey and Sam Rockwell. Directed by Garth Jennings.
- Shallow Ground (Horror, Release date US: 06/28/2005, World premiere: 04/28/2005) - With Stan Kirsch, Patty McCormack and Rocky Marquette. Directed by Sheldon Wilson.
- xXx: State of the Union (Action/Adventure/Crime/Mystery/Thriller, Release date US: 04/29/2005, World premiere: 04/27/2005) - With Ice Cube, Willem Dafoe and Scott Speedman. Directed by Lee Tamahori.
- Runaway (Drama/Thriller, Release date US: 04/26/2005) - With Aaron Stanford. Directed by Tim McCann.
- Alchemy (Comedy/Romance / Love, Release date US: 04/25/2005) - With Michael Ian Black, Tom Cavanagh and Sarah Chalke. Directed by Evan Oppenheimer.
- The L.A. Riot Spectacular (Comedy, Release date US: 04/25/2005) - With Snoop Dogg, Emilio Estevez and T. K. Carter. Directed by Marc Klasfeld.
- Adam & Steve (Comedy/Romance / Love, Release date US: 04/24/2005) - With Craig Chester, Malcolm Gets and Parker Posey. Directed by Craig Chester.
- Locusts (Action/Science Fiction/Horror, Release date US: 04/24/2005) - With Lucy Lawless. Directed by David Jackson.

- Tyson (Drama, Release date US: 04/29/1995) - With George C. Scott. Directed by Uli Edel.
- Escape to Witch Mountain (Adventure/Kids & Family/Fantasy/TV Movie, Release date US: 04/29/1995) - With Robert Vaughn, Elisabeth Moss and Erik von Detten. Directed by Peter Rader.
- Village of the Damned (Thriller/Horror/Science Fiction, Release date US: 04/28/1995) - With Christopher Reeve, Kirstie Alley and Linda Kozlowski. Directed by John Carpenter.
- Top Dog (Action/Adventure/Comedy/Kids & Family/Thriller, Release date US: 04/28/1995) - With Chuck Norris, Erik von Detten and Carmine Caridi. Directed by Aaron Norris.
- Crumb (Documentary, Release date US: 04/28/1995) - Directed by Terry Zwigoff.
- The Underneath (Crime/Drama/Thriller, Release date US: 04/28/1995) - With Peter Gallagher, Alison Elliott and William Fichtner. Directed by Steven Soderbergh.
- Friday (Comedy, Release date US: 04/26/1995) - With Chris Tucker, Nia Long and Bernie Mac. Directed by F. Gary Gray.
- Deadly Past (Crime/Action/Drama, Release date US: 04/24/1995) - With Carol Alt, Dedee Pfeiffer and Mark Dacascos. Directed by Tibor Takács.
- Crying Freeman (Action/Crime, Release date US: 09/13/1995, World premiere: 04/23/1995) - With Mark Dacascos, Julie Condra and Rae Dawn Chong. Directed by Christophe Gans.
- Sleepstalker (Horror, Release date US: 04/23/1995) - Directed by Turi Meyer.