Cover: Despicable Me
Looking back: Movies Celebrating Anniversaries in Calendar Week 27/2025
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. Despicable Me (15 years), Back to the Future (40 years), Scary Movie (25 years), Die Hard 2 (35 years), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (25 years), First Knight (30 years) and Predators (15 years) are among them this week. Many of these 53 classics are also directly available on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, iTunes Store etc. What's your favorite this week?

- Scoob! (Animation/Comedy/Kids & Family/Mystery, Release date US: 05/15/2020, World premiere: 07/08/2020) - Directed by Tony Cervone.
- The Secret Garden ( Kids & Family/Fantasy/Drama, Release date US: 08/14/2020, World premiere: 07/08/2020) - With Colin Firth, Julie Walters and Dixie Egerickx. Directed by Marc Munden.
- Hole-in-law ( "구멍동서", Romance / Love, World premiere: 07/06/2020)
- Re-Elected (Horror/Comedy, Release date US: 07/04/2020)
- Hamilton (History/Drama, Release date US: 10/15/2021, World premiere: 07/03/2020) - With Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daveed Diggs and Renée Elise Goldsberry. Directed by Thomas Kail.
- Relic (Horror/Mystery, Release date US: 07/03/2020) - With Emily Mortimer, Robyn Nevin and Bella Heathcote. Directed by Natalie Erika James.
- Survive the Night (Action/Thriller, Release date US: 05/22/2020, World premiere: 07/03/2020) - With Bruce Willis, Chad Michael Murray and Shea Buckner. Directed by Matt Eskandari.
- The Voices (Horror/Thriller, Release date US: 05/12/2020, World premiere: 07/03/2020)
- Ava (Action/Thriller/Crime, Release date US: 09/25/2020, World premiere: 07/02/2020) - With Jessica Chastain, John Malkovich and Common. Directed by Tate Taylor.

- Awaken (Horror/Thriller/Action, Release date US: 07/07/2015) - Directed by Mark Atkins.
- Mississippi Grind (Drama/Thriller, Release date US: 08/13/2015, World premiere: 07/04/2015) - With Ryan Reynolds, Sienna Miller and Lio Tipton. Directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck.
- Amy (Documentary/Music, Release date US: 07/10/2015, World premiere: 07/03/2015) - With Amy Winehouse, Jonathan Ross and Janis Seaton. Directed by Asif Kapadia.
- Cartel Land (Drama/Documentary, Release date US: 07/03/2015) - Directed by Matthew Heineman.
- Checkmate (Thriller/Action/Crime, Release date US: 07/03/2015) - With Danny Glover. Directed by Timothy Woodward Jr..
- I-Lived (Horror/Mystery/Thriller, Release date US: 07/03/2015) - Directed by Franck Khalfoun.
- Despicable Me (Animation/Kids & Family/Comedy, Release date US: 07/09/2010, World premiere: 07/08/2010) - Directed by Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud.very popular
- My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (Crime/Drama/Thriller, Release date US: 12/11/2009, World premiere: 07/08/2010) - With Michael Shannon, Willem Dafoe and Chloë Sevigny. Directed by Werner Herzog.
- Bitter Feast (Horror/Thriller, Release date US: 07/08/2010) - With James LeGros, Joshua Leonard and Amy Seimetz. Directed by Joe Maggio.
- Predators (Science Fiction/Action/Thriller, Release date US: 07/03/2010) - With Adrien Brody, Topher Grace and Alice Braga. Directed by Nimród Antal.very popular

- Pokémon 3: The Movie ( "劇場版ポケットモンスター 結晶塔の帝王 エンテイ", Adventure/Fantasy/Animation/Action/Kids & Family, Release date US: 04/06/2001, World premiere: 07/08/2000) - Directed by Kunihiko Yuyama.
- Scary Movie (Comedy, Release date US: 07/07/2000) - With Anna Faris, Regina Hall and Shannon Elizabeth. Directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans.very popular
- The Kid (Fantasy/Comedy/Kids & Family, Release date US: 07/07/2000) - With Bruce Willis, Spencer Breslin and Emily Mortimer. Directed by Jon Turteltaub.
- But I'm a Cheerleader (Comedy/Romance / Love, Release date US: 07/07/2000) - With Natasha Lyonne, Cathy Moriarty and RuPaul. Directed by Jamie Babbit.
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ("卧虎藏龍", Adventure/Drama/Action/Romance / Love, Release date US: 12/08/2000, World premiere: 07/06/2000) - With Chow Yun-fat, Michelle Yeoh and Zhang Ziyi. Directed by Ang Lee.very popular