Cover: A Simple Favor
Looking back: Movies Celebrating Anniversaries in Calendar Week 34/2023
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. A Simple Favor (5 years), Searching (5 years), One Direction: This Is Us (10 years), Open Range (20 years), Tom Jones (60 years), From Here to Eternity (70 years) and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (25 years) are among them this week. Many of these 77 classics are also directly available on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, iTunes Store etc. What's your favorite this week?

- A Simple Favor (Crime/Thriller/Mystery/Comedy, Release date US: 09/14/2018, World premiere: 08/29/2018) - With Blake Lively, Anna Kendrick and Eric Johnson. Directed by Paul Feig.
- Kin (Science Fiction/Action, Release date US: 08/31/2018, World premiere: 08/29/2018) - With Myles Truitt, Jack Reynor and Zoë Kravitz. Directed by Jonathan Baker and Josh Baker.
- Operation Finale (Drama/History/Thriller, Release date US: 08/29/2018) - With Oscar Isaac, Ben Kingsley and Mélanie Laurent. Directed by Chris Weitz.
- Scooby-Doo! and the Gourmet Ghost (Animation/Adventure/Crime/Kids & Family/Comedy, World premiere: 08/28/2018) - Directed by Doug Murphy.
- Open 24 Hours (Horror/Thriller, World premiere: 08/27/2018) - Directed by Padraig Reynolds.
- Marfa Girl 2 (Drama, Release date US: 08/26/2018) - Directed by Larry Clark.
- Camp Cold Brook (Horror, Release date US: 02/14/2020, World premiere: 08/25/2018) - With Danielle Harris. Directed by Andy Palmer.
- Searching (Thriller/Mystery/Drama, Release date US: 08/24/2018) - With John Cho and Debra Messing. Directed by Aneesh Chaganty.
- Little Italy (Comedy/Romance / Love, Release date US: 09/21/2018, World premiere: 08/24/2018) - With Emma Roberts. Directed by Donald Petrie.
- Modest Heroes ( "ちいさな英雄-カニとタマゴと透明人間-", Animation/Fantasy/Adventure/Drama, Release date US: 01/10/2019, World premiere: 08/24/2018) - Directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Yoshiyuki Momose and Akihiko Yamashita.
- Arizona (Comedy/Thriller, Release date US: 08/24/2018) - With Danny McBride, Rosemarie DeWitt and Luke Wilson.
- Support the Girls (Drama/Comedy, Release date US: 08/24/2018) - Directed by Andrew Bujalski.
- Deadly Shores (Drama/TV Movie/Thriller, Release date US: 08/24/2018)
- A-X-L (Science Fiction/Action/Adventure/Kids & Family, Release date US: 08/24/2018, World premiere: 08/23/2018) - With Alex Neustaedter, Becky G and Dominic Rains. Directed by Oliver Daly.

- Getaway (Action/Crime, Release date US: 08/29/2013) - With Ethan Hawke, Selena Gomez and Jon Voight. Directed by Courtney Solomon.
- One Direction: This Is Us (Documentary/Music, Release date US: 08/30/2013, World premiere: 08/29/2013) - With Niall Horan, Liam Payne and Harry Styles. Directed by Morgan Spurlock.
- Closed Circuit (Mystery/Drama/Crime/Thriller, Release date US: 08/28/2013) - With Eric Bana, Rebecca Hall and Ciarán Hinds. Directed by John Crowley.
- Bad Milo! (Comedy/Horror, Release date US: 08/29/2013, World premiere: 08/28/2013) - With Ken Marino. Directed by Jacob Vaughan.
- Rewind This! (Documentary, Release date US: 08/27/2013) - Directed by Josh Johnson.
- I Spit on Your Grave 2 (Thriller/Horror/Crime, Release date US: 09/20/2013, World premiere: 08/25/2013) - With Aleksandar Aleksiev, Valentine Pelka and Mike Dixon. Directed by Steven R. Monroe.
- Barbie Mariposa & the Fairy Princess (Animation/Kids & Family/Fantasy, Release date US: 08/27/2013, World premiere: 08/25/2013) - Directed by William Lau.
- Escape from Polygamy (TV Movie/Drama, Release date US: 08/24/2013) - With Haley Lu Richardson. Directed by Rachel Lee Goldenberg.
- Drinking Buddies (Romance / Love/Drama, Release date US: 08/23/2013) - With Olivia Wilde, Jake Johnson and Anna Kendrick. Directed by Joe Swanberg.
- All Is Lost (Action/Adventure/Drama, Release date US: 10/18/2013, World premiere: 08/23/2013) - With Robert Redford. Directed by J. C. Chandor.
- Scenic Route (Drama/Thriller, Release date US: 08/23/2013) - With Josh Duhamel. Directed by Michael Goetz and Kevin Goetz.
- Short Term 12 (Drama, Release date US: 08/23/2013) - With Brie Larson, John Gallagher, Jr. and Kaitlyn Dever. Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton.
- 10 Rules for Sleeping Around (Comedy/Romance / Love, Release date US: 04/04/2014, World premiere: 08/23/2013) - With Tammin Pamela Sursok, Jesse Bradford and Wendi McLendon-Covey. Directed by Leslie Greif.
- Madras Cafe ( Thriller/Drama/Action, Release date US: 08/23/2013) - With John Abraham, Nargis Fakhri and Raashi Khanna. Directed by Shoojit Sircar.
- The Grief Tourist (Thriller/Drama, Release date US: 08/23/2013) - With Melanie Griffith, Pruitt Taylor Vince and Michael Cudlitz. Directed by Suri Krishnamma.
- The Gauntlet (Action/Adventure/Horror, Release date US: 08/23/2013) - Directed by Matt Eskandari.

- Disaster Movie (Comedy/Science Fiction, Release date US: 08/29/2008) - With Matt Lanter, Vanessa Lachey and Crista Flanagan. Directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer.
- Columbus Day (Crime/Drama/Thriller, Release date US: 08/29/2008) - With Val Kilmer, Marg Helgenberger and Wilmer Valderrama. Directed by Charles Burmeister.
- College (Comedy, Release date US: 08/29/2008, World premiere: 08/28/2008) - With Drake Bell, Andrew Caldwell and Haley Bennett. Directed by Deb Hagan.
- American Violet (Drama, Release date US: 04/17/2009, World premiere: 08/28/2008) - With Nicole Beharie, Will Patton and Michael O'Keefe. Directed by Tim Disney.
- Exit Speed (Action/Thriller, Release date US: 08/26/2008) - With Fred Ward, Desmond Harrington and Lea Thompson. Directed by Scott Ziehl.
- Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness (Action/Comedy, Release date US: 08/26/2008)
- Breathing Room (Horror/Mystery/Thriller, Release date US: 09/30/2008, World premiere: 08/25/2008) - With Austin Highsmith and Ailsa Marshall. Directed by Gabriel Cowan.
- Autopsy (Horror/Thriller, Release date US: 01/09/2009, World premiere: 08/24/2008) - With Michael Bowen, Jessica Lowndes and Robert Patrick. Directed by Adam Gierasch.
- Traitor (Drama/Action/Thriller/Crime, Release date US: 08/27/2008, World premiere: 08/23/2008) - With Guy Pearce, Neal McDonough and Don Cheadle. Directed by Jeffrey Nachmanoff.
- Bill Burr: Why Do I Do This? (Comedy, Release date US: 09/23/2008, World premiere: 08/23/2008) - With Craig Ferguson. Directed by Shannon Hartman.
- Flu Bird Horror (Thriller/Horror, Release date US: 08/23/2008) - With Clare Carey, Lance Guest and Rebekah Kochan. Directed by Leigh Scott.


- 54 (Drama/Music, Release date US: 08/28/1998) - With Ryan Phillippe, Salma Hayek and Neve Campbell. Directed by Mark Christopher.
- Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (Comedy/Crime, Release date US: 03/05/1999, World premiere: 08/28/1998) - With Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher and Nick Moran. Directed by Guy Ritchie.
- I Married a Strange Person! (Comedy/Animation/Fantasy/Action/Science Fiction, Release date US: 08/28/1998) - With Charis Michelsen. Directed by Bill Plympton.
- Why Do Fools Fall In Love (Drama/Romance / Love, Release date US: 08/28/1998) - With Halle Berry, Vivica A. Fox and Lela Rochon. Directed by Gregory Nava.
- Ground Control (Action/Adventure/Drama/Thriller, Release date US: 08/26/1998) - With Kiefer Sutherland, Bruce McGill and Kristy Swanson. Directed by Richard Howard.

- Son of the Pink Panther (Comedy/Crime, Release date US: 08/27/1993) - With Roberto Benigni, Herbert Lom and Claudia Cardinale. Directed by Blake Edwards.
- Only the Strong (Action, Release date US: 08/27/1993) - With Mark Dacascos, Geoffrey Lewis and Stacey Travis. Directed by Sheldon Lettich.
- Needful Things (Drama/Horror, Release date US: 08/27/1993) - With Max von Sydow, Ed Harris and Bonnie Bedelia. Directed by Fraser Clarke Heston.
- The Thing Called Love (Drama/Romance / Love, Release date US: 08/27/1993) - With Samantha Mathis, River Phoenix and Sandra Bullock. Directed by Peter Bogdanovich.
- Father Hood (Action/Comedy/Kids & Family, Release date US: 08/27/1993) - With Patrick Swayze, Halle Berry and Sabrina Lloyd. Directed by Darrell Roodt.
- The Man Without a Face (Drama, Release date US: 08/25/1993) - With Nick Stahl, Mel Gibson and Margaret Whitton. Directed by Mel Gibson.

- WWE SummerSlam 1988 (Action/Drama, Release date US: 08/29/1988)
- The Thin Blue Line (Crime/Documentary, Release date US: 08/28/1988) - With Randall Dale Adams and Marianne Leone Cooper. Directed by Errol Morris.
- Hero and the Terror (Drama/Action/Thriller/Crime/Romance / Love, Release date US: 08/26/1988) - With Chuck Norris, Steve James and Jack O'Halloran. Directed by William Tannen.
- Stealing Home (Drama/Romance / Love, Release date US: 08/26/1988) - With Mark Harmon, Jodie Foster and Harold Ramis. Directed by Steven Kampmann and William Porter.
- Hot to Trot (Comedy, Release date US: 08/26/1988) - With Bobcat Goldthwait, Dabney Coleman and Virginia Madsen. Directed by Michael Dinner.
- Homeboy (Drama, Release date US: 08/24/1988) - With Christopher Walken, Debra Feuer and Mickey Rourke. Directed by Michael Seresin.
- Uninvited (Horror/Science Fiction, Release date US: 08/24/1988) - With Toni Hudson, Alex Cord and George Kennedy. Directed by Greydon Clark.