Cover: War for the Planet of the Apes
Looking back: Movies Celebrating Anniversaries in Calendar Week 27/2022
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. War for the Planet of the Apes (5 years), I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (15 years), The Spy Who Loved Me (45 years), Road to Perdition (20 years), Contact (25 years), Princess Mononoke (25 years) and Universal Soldier (30 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?

- Playing with Dolls: Havoc (Thriller/Horror, Release date US: 07/12/2017)
- War for the Planet of the Apes (Drama/Science Fiction/War, Release date US: 07/14/2017, World premiere: 07/11/2017) - With Andy Serkis, Judy Greer and Woody Harrelson. Directed by Matt Reeves.very popular
- The Saint (Action/Adventure/Crime, World premiere: 07/11/2017) - With Eliza Dushku, Adam Rayner and Roger Moore. Directed by Simon West and Ernie Barbarash.
- LEGO® Scooby-Doo! Blowout Beach Bash (Animation/Comedy/Kids & Family/Mystery, World premiere: 07/11/2017) - Directed by Ethan Spaulding.
- The Humanity Bureau (Action/Science Fiction/Adventure, Release date US: 07/11/2017) - With Nicolas Cage, Sarah Lind and Hugh Dillon. Directed by Rob W. King.
- Camp Cool Kids (Kids & Family, World premiere: 07/11/2017)
- The Day of Swapping ( "스와핑 하던 날", Romance / Love, World premiere: 07/10/2017)
- 5 Headed Shark Attack (Horror/Science Fiction, World premiere: 07/10/2017)
- Dragonheart: Battle for the Heartfire (Fantasy/Adventure, World premiere: 07/09/2017) - With Patrick Stewart and Martin Hutson. Directed by Patrik Syversen.
- 6 Days ( Action/Drama/History/Thriller, Release date US: 08/18/2017, World premiere: 07/09/2017) - With Jamie Bell, Abbie Cornish and Mark Strong. Directed by Toa Fraser.
- Mary and The Witch's Flower ( "メアリと魔女の花", Fantasy/Adventure/Animation/Kids & Family, Release date US: 01/17/2018, World premiere: 07/08/2017) - Directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi.
- Wish Upon (Horror/Thriller/Fantasy, Release date US: 07/14/2017, World premiere: 07/07/2017) - With Joey King, Ryan Phillippe and Ki-hong Lee. Directed by John R. Leonetti.
- Hickok (Western, Release date US: 07/07/2017) - With Luke Hemsworth, Kris Kristofferson and Bruce Dern. Directed by Timothy Woodward Jr..

- Maggie Simpson in The Longest Daycare (Animation/Drama/Kids & Family, Release date US: 07/12/2012) - Directed by David Silverman.
- Generation Um... (Drama, Release date US: 05/02/2013, World premiere: 07/11/2012) - With Keanu Reeves, Bojana Novakovic and Adelaide Clemens. Directed by Mark Mann.
- Electrick Children (Drama, Release date US: 03/08/2013, World premiere: 07/11/2012) - With Julia Garner. Directed by Rebecca Thomas.
- Zombies vs. Strippers (Horror/Comedy, Release date US: 07/09/2012)
- Among Friends (Comedy/Horror, Release date US: 07/08/2012) - With Danielle Harris and Kane Hodder. Directed by Danielle Harris.
- Savages (Crime/Drama/Thriller, Release date US: 07/06/2012) - With Taylor Kitsch, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Blake Lively. Directed by Oliver Stone.
- The Magic of Belle Isle (Comedy/Drama, Release date US: 07/06/2012) - With Morgan Freeman, Virginia Madsen and Madeline Carroll. Directed by Rob Reiner.
- The Queen of Versailles (Documentary, Release date US: 07/06/2012) - Directed by Lauren Greenfield.
- The Do-Deca-Pentathlon (Comedy, Release date US: 07/06/2012) - Directed by Jay Duplass and Mark Duplass.

- I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (Comedy/Romance / Love, Release date US: 07/19/2007, World premiere: 07/12/2007) - With Kevin James, Jessica Biel and Ving Rhames. Directed by Dennis Dugan.very popular
- The Contractor (Action/Adventure/Drama/Thriller, Release date US: 07/10/2007) - With Wesley Snipes, Eliza Bennett and Lena Headey. Directed by Josef Rusnak.
- Homo Erectus (Comedy, Release date US: 07/10/2007) - With Adam Rifkin, Ali Larter and Talia Shire. Directed by Adam Rifkin.
- Brutal (Crime/Horror/Mystery, Release date US: 07/10/2007) - Directed by Ethan Wiley.
- Beneath (Horror/Mystery/Thriller, Release date US: 07/08/2007) - With Nora Zehetner, Matthew Settle and Carly Pope. Directed by Dagen Merrill.

- Road to Perdition (Crime/Drama/Thriller, Release date US: 07/12/2002) - With Tom Hanks, Paul Newman and Jude Law. Directed by Sam Mendes.very popular
- Devdas ( "देवदास", Drama/Romance / Love, Release date US: 07/12/2002, World premiere: 07/11/2002) - With Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Madhuri Dixit. Directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali.
- Crackerjack ( Comedy, Release date US: 07/11/2002) - With Bill Hunter, Frank Wilson and Monica Maughan. Directed by Paul Moloney.
- Reign of Fire (Adventure/Action/Fantasy, Release date US: 07/12/2002, World premiere: 07/09/2002) - With Matthew McConaughey, Christian Bale and Izabella Scorupco. Directed by Rob Bowman.
- Beauty Betrayed (Drama/Thriller/Crime, Release date US: 07/06/2002) - With Devinn Lane, Keri Windsor and Viktoria Kokorina. Directed by John Quinn.

- Princess Mononoke ( "もののけ姫", Adventure/Fantasy/Animation, Release date US: 10/29/1999, World premiere: 07/12/1997) - Directed by Hayao Miyazaki.very popular
- Spider-Man: The Return of the Green Goblin (Animation/Action/Adventure, Release date US: 07/12/1997)
- Contact (Drama/Science Fiction/Mystery, Release date US: 07/11/1997) - With Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey and James Woods. Directed by Robert Zemeckis.very popular
- A Simple Wish (Adventure/Comedy/Kids & Family/Fantasy, Release date US: 07/11/1997) - With Martin Short, Mara Wilson and Robert Pastorelli. Directed by Michael Ritchie.
- The Manson Family (Drama/Crime/Thriller/History, Release date US: 07/11/1997) - With Jim Van Bebber and Sage Stallone. Directed by Jim Van Bebber.
- Executive Target (Action/Thriller, Release date US: 07/11/1997) - With Michael Madsen, Roy Scheider and Keith David. Directed by Joseph Merhi.
- Digging to China (Drama, Release date US: 09/11/1998, World premiere: 07/07/1997) - With Evan Rachel Wood, Kevin Bacon and Mary Stuart Masterson. Directed by Timothy Hutton.

- Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13! ( "ドラゴンボールZ 極限バトル!三大超サイヤ人", Action/Animation/Science Fiction, Release date US: 07/11/1992) - With Hisao Egawa, Kazuyuki Sogabe and Masako Nozawa. Directed by Daisuke Nishio.
- Universal Soldier (Thriller/Action/Science Fiction/Crime, Release date US: 07/10/1992) - With Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren and Ally Walker. Directed by Roland Emmerich.
- Cool World (Animation/Comedy/Fantasy, Release date US: 07/10/1992) - With Kim Basinger, Gabriel Byrne and Brad Pitt. Directed by Ralph Bakshi.
- Prelude to a Kiss (Drama/Comedy/Romance / Love, Release date US: 07/10/1992) - With Alec Baldwin, Meg Ryan and Sydney Walker. Directed by Norman René.
- Gas Food Lodging (Drama/Romance / Love, Release date US: 07/10/1992) - With Brooke Adams, Ione Skye and Fairuza Balk. Directed by Allison Anders.

- Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (Comedy, Release date US: 07/10/1987) - With Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards and Curtis Armstrong. Directed by Joe Roth.
- White Water Summer (Adventure/Drama, Release date US: 07/10/1987) - With Kevin Bacon, Jonathan Ward and Sean Astin. Directed by Jeff Bleckner.
- Maid to Order (Comedy/Fantasy, Release date US: 07/10/1987) - With Ally Sheedy, Beverly D'Angelo and Michael Ontkean. Directed by Amy Holden Jones.
- The Squeeze (Action/Comedy/Crime/Romance / Love/Thriller, Release date US: 07/10/1987) - With Michael Keaton, Rae Dawn Chong and Meat Loaf. Directed by Roger Young.
- Eastern Condors ( "東方秃鷹", Action/Adventure/War, World premiere: 07/09/1987) - With Yuen Biao, Joyce Godenzi and Yuen Wah. Directed by Sammo Hung.
- The Brave Little Toaster (Fantasy/Adventure/Animation/Comedy/Kids & Family/Music, Release date US: 07/09/1987) - Directed by Jerry Rees and Cutler.

- Trooper Hook (Western, Release date US: 07/12/1957) - With Joel McCrea, Barbara Stanwyck and Celia Lovsky. Directed by Charles Marquis Warren.
- An Affair to Remember (Drama/Romance / Love, Release date US: 07/11/1957) - With Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr and Richard Denning. Directed by Leo McCarey.
- The Pride and the Passion (Adventure/Action/Drama/History, Release date US: 07/10/1957) - With Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra and Sophia Loren. Directed by Stanley Kramer.
- Loving You (Drama/Music/Romance / Love, Release date US: 07/09/1957) - With Elvis Presley, Lizabeth Scott and Wendell Corey. Directed by Herbert Baker and Hal Kanter.
- What's Opera, Doc? (Animation/Comedy/Kids & Family, Release date US: 07/06/1957) - Directed by Chuck Jones.