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.
- Roma (Drama, Release date US: 11/21/2018, World premiere: 08/25/2018) - With Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira and Jorge Antonio Guerrero. Directed by Alfonso Cuarón.
- 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.
- 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.
- Little Italy (Comedy/Romance / Love, Release date US: 09/21/2018, World premiere: 08/24/2018) - With Emma Roberts. Directed by Donald Petrie.
- Support the Girls (Drama/Comedy, Release date US: 08/24/2018) - Directed by Andrew Bujalski.
- Arizona (Comedy/Thriller, Release date US: 08/24/2018) - With Danny McBride, Rosemarie DeWitt and Luke Wilson.
- 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.

- One Direction: This Is Us (Documentary/Music, Release date US: 08/30/2013, World premiere: 08/29/2013) - With Niall Horan, Liam Pane and Harry Styles. Directed by Morgan Spurlock.
- Getaway (Action/Crime, Release date US: 08/29/2013) - With Ethan Hawke, Selena Gomez and Jon Voight. Directed by Courtney Solomon.
- The Unknown Known (Documentary, Release date US: 08/29/2013) - With Donald Rumsfeld. Directed by Errol Morris.
- 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.
- Dean Slater: Resident Advisor (Comedy, Release date US: 08/27/2013) - Directed by Colin Sander.
- Banshee Chapter (Horror/Thriller, Release date US: 11/06/2013, World premiere: 08/26/2013) - With Ted Levine, Katia Winter and Michael McMillian. Directed by Blair Erickson.
- 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.
- Christmas Angel (Drama/Kids & Family/TV Movie, Release date US: 11/24/2012, World premiere: 08/25/2013)
- Escape from Polygamy (TV Movie/Drama, Release date US: 08/24/2013) - With Haley Lu Richardson. Directed by Rachel Lee Goldenberg.
- 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.
- Short Term 12 (Drama, Release date US: 08/23/2013) - With Brie Larson, John Gallagher, Jr. and Kaitlyn Dever. Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton.
- Drinking Buddies (Romance / Love/Drama, Release date US: 08/23/2013) - With Olivia Wilde, Jake Johnson and Anna Kendrick. Directed by Joe Swanberg.
- Scenic Route (Drama/Thriller, Release date US: 08/23/2013) - With Josh Duhamel. Directed by Michael Goetz and Kevin Goetz.
- 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.

- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 9to5: Days in Porn ( Documentary, Release date US: 08/24/2008) - With Sasha Grey and Ian Cinnamon. Directed by Jens Hoffmann.
- 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.
- 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.
- I Married a Strange Person! (Comedy/Animation/Fantasy/Action/Science Fiction, Release date US: 08/28/1998) - With Charis Michelsen. Directed by Bill Plympton.
- Ground Control (Action/Adventure/Drama/Thriller, Release date US: 08/26/1998) - With Kiefer Sutherland, Bruce McGill and Kristy Swanson. Directed by Richard Howard.

- The Thin Blue Line (Crime/Documentary, Release date US: 08/28/1988) - With Randall Dale Adams and Marianne Leone Cooper. Directed by Errol Morris.
- Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (Comedy/Horror, Release date US: 08/26/1988) - With Pamela Springsteen, Renée Estévez and Walter Gotell. Directed by Michael A. Simpson.
- 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.
- 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.
- Uninvited (Horror/Science Fiction, Release date US: 08/24/1988) - With Toni Hudson, Alex Cord and George Kennedy. Directed by Greydon Clark.
- Homeboy (Drama, Release date US: 08/24/1988) - With Christopher Walken, Debra Feuer and Mickey Rourke. Directed by Michael Seresin.