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Looking back: Movies Celebrating Anniversaries in Calendar Week 40/2020
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. The Martian (5 years), Meet the Parents (20 years), The Social Network (10 years), Life As We Know It (10 years), Benvenuti al Sud (10 years), The Walk (5 years) and Commando (35 years) are among them this week. Many of these 151 classics are also directly available on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, iTunes Store etc. What's your favorite this week?

- Tremors 5: Bloodlines (Science Fiction/Action/Horror, World premiere: 10/06/2015) - With Michael Gross, Jamie Kennedy and Pearl Thusi. Directed by Don Michael Paul.
- Akron (Romance / Love/Drama, Release date US: 10/06/2015) - With Edmund Donovan and Matthew Frias. Directed by Brian O'Donnell.
- The Ouija Exorcism (Horror, Release date US: 10/06/2015)
- All Hallows' Eve 2 (Horror, Release date US: 10/06/2015)
- The Invoking 2 (Horror, Release date US: 10/06/2015)
- Ghostline (Horror, Release date US: 10/06/2015)
- Martian Land (Adventure/Science Fiction/Action/Horror, Release date US: 10/06/2015)
- Alternate Realities (Drama/Thriller/Science Fiction, Release date US: 10/06/2015)
- American Backwoods: Slew Hampshire (Comedy/Horror/Thriller, Release date US: 10/06/2015)
- Golden Shoes (Kids & Family/TV Movie, Release date US: 10/06/2015)
- The Great Gilly Hopkins (Comedy/Drama/Kids & Family, Release date US: 10/07/2016, World premiere: 10/05/2015) - With Sophie Nélisse, Kathy Bates and Glenn Close. Directed by Stephen Herek.
- Night of the Living Dead: Darkest Dawn (Action/Animation/Horror, Release date US: 10/05/2015) - With Tony Todd.
- Blackway (Thriller/Mystery, World premiere: 10/03/2015) - With Julia Stiles, Anthony Hopkins and Alexander Ludwig. Directed by Daniel Alfredson.
- Autumn Dreams (Comedy/TV Movie/Romance / Love, Release date US: 10/03/2015) - With Jill Wagner, Colin Egglesfield and Bill Dow. Directed by Neill Fearnley.
- WWE Live from Madison Square Garden (Release date US: 10/03/2015)
- The Divine Tragedies (Thriller/Drama/Horror, Release date US: 10/03/2015)
- Night of the Wild (Horror/TV Movie, Release date US: 10/03/2015) - With Rob Morrow. Directed by Eric Red.
- Ghostumentary (Documentary/Comedy, Release date US: 10/03/2015)
- Freeheld (Romance / Love/Drama, Release date US: 10/02/2015) - With Julianne Moore, Ellen Page and Steve Carell. Directed by Peter Sollett.
- Burnt (Drama/Comedy, Release date US: 10/23/2015, World premiere: 10/02/2015) - With Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller and Daniel Brühl. Directed by John Wells.
- Hell & Back (Fantasy/Comedy/Animation/Adventure, Release date US: 10/02/2015) - With Mila Kunis, T.J. Miller and Susan Sarandon. Directed by Tom Gianas.
- Shark Lake (Thriller, Release date US: 10/02/2015) - With Dolph Lundgren and Sara Malakul Lane.
- Lego Scooby-Doo! Knight Time Terror (Mystery/Animation/Kids & Family/Comedy, Release date US: 10/02/2015)
- Gravy (Comedy/Horror, Release date US: 10/02/2015) - Directed by James Roday.
- 16 And Missing (Thriller/TV Movie, Release date US: 10/02/2015)
- Manhattan Romance (Romance / Love/Comedy/Drama, Release date US: 10/02/2015) - With Gaby Hoffmann, Katherine Waterston and Caitlin Fitzgerald. Directed by Tom O'Brien.
- Anjelah Johnson: Not Fancy (Comedy, Release date US: 10/02/2015) - Directed by Jay Karas.
- I Spit on Your Grave III: Vengeance is Mine (Horror/Thriller, Release date US: 10/09/2015, World premiere: 10/01/2015) - With Sarah Butler. Directed by R.D. Braunstein.
- Regression ( Horror/Mystery/Thriller/Crime, Release date US: 02/05/2016, World premiere: 10/01/2015) - With Ethan Hawke, Emma Watson and David Dencik. Directed by Alejandro Amenábar.
- Howl ( Horror, World premiere: 10/01/2015) - With Ed Speleers.
- The Dressmaker ( Drama/Comedy, World premiere: 10/01/2015) - With Kate Winslet, Judy Davis and Liam Hemsworth. Directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse.
- Fathers and Daughters (Drama, Release date US: 01/13/2016, World premiere: 10/01/2015) - With Russell Crowe, Amanda Seyfried and Kylie Roger. Directed by Gabriele Muccino.
- Agoraphobia (Horror/Thriller, Release date US: 10/01/2015)
- Sun Choke (Drama/Mystery/Thriller/Horror, Release date US: 08/02/2016, World premiere: 10/01/2015) - With Sarah Hagan, Sara Malakul Lane and Barbara Crampton. Directed by Ben Cresciman.
- Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives (Documentary, Release date US: 10/01/2015) - With Common, Eminem and Lauryn Hill. Directed by Bobbito García.
- Froning: The Fittest Man In History (Documentary, Release date US: 10/01/2015) - With Rich Froning Jr.. Directed by Heber Cannon.
- Paradise Waits (Release date US: 10/01/2015)
- Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves (Action/Comedy/Horror, Release date US: 10/01/2015)
- Dismembering Christmas (Horror, Release date US: 10/01/2015)
- Rifftrax Live: Miami Connection (Action, Release date US: 10/01/2015)
- The Martian (Drama/Adventure/Science Fiction, Release date US: 10/02/2015, World premiere: 09/30/2015) - With Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain and Kristen Wiig. Directed by Ridley Scott.very popular
- The Walk (Adventure/Drama/Thriller, Release date US: 10/02/2015, World premiere: 09/30/2015) - With Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ben Kingsley and James Badge Dale. Directed by Robert Zemeckis.

- An Invisible Sign (Kids & Family/Drama/Romance / Love/Comedy, Release date US: 10/06/2010) - With Jessica Alba, Chris Messina and J. K. Simmons.
- The Rig (Action/Horror/Science Fiction/Thriller, Release date US: 10/05/2010)
- Bratz: Pampered Petz (Animation/Kids & Family, Release date US: 10/05/2010)
- Unsolved Suburbia (Crime/Drama, Release date US: 10/05/2010) - Directed by Cheetah Gonzalez.
- VeggieTales: It's a Meaningful Life (Animation/Kids & Family, Release date US: 10/05/2010) - Directed by Phil Vischer.
- 30 Days of Night: Dark Days (Horror/Thriller, Release date US: 10/05/2010, World premiere: 10/04/2010) - With Kiele Sanchez, Rhys Coiro and Diora Baird. Directed by Ben Ketai.
- I Didn't Come Here to Die (Horror/Comedy, Release date US: 10/04/2010)
- Meskada (Crime/Drama/Mystery/Thriller, Release date US: 10/03/2010)
- WWE Hell In A Cell 2010 (Action/Drama, Release date US: 10/03/2010)
- Lies in Plain Sight (Drama/Mystery/Thriller, Release date US: 10/03/2010) - Directed by Patricia Cardoso.
- Life As We Know It (Comedy/Romance / Love/Drama, Release date US: 10/08/2010, World premiere: 10/02/2010) - With Katherine Heigl, Josh Duhamel and Josh Lucas. Directed by Greg Berlanti.
- 16 Wishes (Fantasy/Drama/Kids & Family, Release date US: 06/25/2010, World premiere: 10/02/2010) - With Debby Ryan, Jean-Luc Bilodeau and Cainan Wiebe. Directed by Peter DeLuise.
- The Kane Files: Life of Trial (Action/Thriller, Release date US: 10/02/2010)
- Red-Nexican (Comedy, Release date US: 10/02/2010)
- The Social Network (Drama, Release date US: 10/01/2010) - With Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake. Directed by David Fincher.very popular
- Let Me In (Drama/Horror/Mystery, Release date US: 10/01/2010) - With Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloë Grace Moretz and Richard Jenkins. Directed by Matt Reeves.
- Freakonomics (Documentary, Release date US: 10/01/2010) - Directed by Heidi Ewing, Alex Gibney and Seth Gordon.
- Chain Letter (Horror/Thriller, Release date US: 10/01/2010) - With Nikki Reed. Directed by Deon Taylor.
- Benvenuti al Sud ( "Benvenuti al sud", Comedy, Release date US: 12/20/2010, World premiere: 10/01/2010) - With Claudio Bisio, Alessandro Siani and Angela Finocchiaro. Directed by Luca Miniero.
- The Traveler (Horror/Thriller, Release date US: 10/01/2010) - With Val Kilmer, Dylan Neal and Paul McGillion. Directed by Michael Oblowitz.
- Cyrus: Mind of a Serial Killer (Crime/Horror/Mystery/Thriller, Release date US: 10/01/2010) - With Brian Krause, Danielle Harris and Lance Henriksen.
- The Way Home (Drama/Kids & Family/Romance / Love, Release date US: 01/01/2010, World premiere: 10/01/2010) - With Pierce Gagnon.
- Zenith (Action/Adventure/Drama/Mystery/Science Fiction/Thriller, Release date US: 10/01/2010) - Directed by Vladan Nikolić.
- The Frankenstein Syndrome (Horror/Science Fiction, Release date US: 10/01/2010) - With Ed Lauter, Louis Mandylor and Tiffany Shepis.
- Psychohydrography (Documentary, Release date US: 10/01/2010)
- The Debt (Drama/Thriller, Release date US: 08/31/2011, World premiere: 09/30/2010) - With Helen Mirren, Tom Wilkinson and Ciarán Hinds. Directed by John Madden.
- Stake Land (Drama/Horror/Science Fiction, Release date US: 10/01/2010, World premiere: 09/30/2010) - With Connor Paolo, Michael Cerveris and Sean Nelson. Directed by Jim Mickle.

- Elizabethtown (Comedy/Drama/Romance / Love, Release date US: 10/06/2005) - With Orlando Bloom, Kirsten Dunst and Susan Sarandon. Directed by Cameron Crowe.
- The Proposition ( Action/Adventure/Crime/Drama/Thriller/Western, Release date US: 06/09/2006, World premiere: 10/06/2005) - With Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone and Emily Watson. Directed by John Hillcoat.
- Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus 3-D (Animation/Kids & Family/Romance / Love, Release date US: 10/05/2005) - Directed by Greg Richardson.
- The Squid and the Whale (Comedy/Drama, Release date US: 10/05/2005) - With Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney and Jesse Eisenberg. Directed by Noah Baumbach.
- Caché ( Mystery/Drama/Thriller, Release date US: 12/23/2005, World premiere: 10/05/2005) - With Daniel Auteuil, Juliette Binoche and Annie Girardot. Directed by Michael Haneke.
- Mayday (Thriller, Release date US: 10/02/2005) - With Aidan Quinn. Directed by T. J. Scott.
- Haunting Sarah (Drama/Mystery/Thriller, Release date US: 10/02/2005) - With Kim Raver. Directed by Ralph Hemecker.
- Jacqueline Hyde (Horror/Science Fiction, Release date US: 10/01/2005)
- Into the Blue (Action/Thriller/Adventure/Crime, Release date US: 09/30/2005) - With Paul Walker, Jessica Alba and Scott Caan. Directed by John Stockwell.
- Little Manhattan (Comedy/Romance / Love, Release date US: 09/30/2005) - With Josh Hutcherson, Charlie Ray and Bradley Whitford. Directed by Mark Levin and Jennifer Flackett.
- Capote (Crime/Drama, Release date US: 09/30/2005) - With Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener and Clifton Collins. Directed by Bennett Miller.
- The Greatest Game Ever Played (Drama, Release date US: 09/30/2005) - With Shia LaBeouf, Stephen Dillane and Josh Flitter. Directed by Bill Paxton.
- Sueno ("Sueño", Drama/Comedy/Romance / Love, Release date US: 09/30/2005) - With John Leguizamo, Ana Claudia Talancón and Elizabeth Peña.

- Meet the Parents (Comedy/Romance / Love, Release date US: 10/06/2000) - With Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller and Teri Polo. Directed by Jay Roach.very popular
- Get Carter (Action/Drama/Thriller/Crime, Release date US: 10/06/2000) - With Sylvester Stallone, Miranda Richardson and Rachael Leigh Cook. Directed by Stephen Kay.
- Requiem for a Dream (Crime/Drama/Thriller, Release date US: 10/06/2000) - With Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto and Jennifer Connelly. Directed by Darren Aronofsky.
- Bamboozled (Comedy/Drama, Release date US: 10/06/2000) - With Damon Wayans, Savion Glover and Jada Pinkett Smith. Directed by Spike Lee.
- Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders (Animation/Kids & Family/Comedy/Mystery/Science Fiction/Adventure, Release date US: 01/01/2000, World premiere: 10/03/2000) - With Frank Welker, Grey Griffin and B. J. Ward.
- Hellraiser: Inferno (Crime/Horror/Thriller/Mystery, Release date US: 10/03/2000) - With Doug Bradley, Craig Sheffer and Nicholas Turturro. Directed by Scott Derrickson.
- Whispers: An Elephant's Tale (Drama/Kids & Family, Release date US: 10/03/2000) - Directed by Dereck Joubert.
- George Washington (Drama, Release date US: 10/01/2000) - With Paul Schneider, Rachael Handy and Eddie Rouse. Directed by David Gordon Green.
- Dark Secrets: Inside Bohemian Grove (Documentary, Release date US: 10/01/2000)
- Camp Blood 2 (Horror, Release date US: 10/01/2000) - With Patrick Thomas. Directed by Brad Sykes.

- Assassins (Action/Adventure/Crime/Thriller, Release date US: 10/06/1995) - With Sylvester Stallone, Antonio Banderas and Julianne Moore. Directed by Richard Donner.
- Macross Plus: Movie Edition ( "マクロスプラス MOVIE EDITION", Action/Adventure/Animation/Science Fiction, World premiere: 10/06/1995)
- Dead Presidents (Action/Drama/Crime, Release date US: 10/06/1995) - With Larenz Tate, Keith David and Chris Tucker. Directed by Allen Hughes and Albert Hughes.
- How to Make an American Quilt (Drama/Romance / Love, Release date US: 10/06/1995) - With Winona Ryder, Anne Bancroft and Ellen Burstyn. Directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse.
- Kicking and Screaming (Comedy/Drama/Romance / Love, Release date US: 10/06/1995) - With Eric Stoltz, Olivia d'Abo and Parker Posey. Directed by Noah Baumbach.
- The Immortals (Action/Crime/Drama/Thriller, Release date US: 10/05/1995) - With Eric Roberts, Joe Pantoliano and Tia Carrere. Directed by Brian Grant and Richard Donner.
- Spin (Documentary, Release date US: 10/05/1995) - With Al Gore, Bill Clinton and Laura Bush. Directed by Brian Springer.
- Piranha (Horror/TV Movie, Release date US: 10/01/1995) - With William Katt, Alexandra Paul and Soleil Moon Frye.
- Full Body Massage (Drama, Release date US: 10/01/1995) - With Mimi Rogers and Bryan Brown. Directed by Nicolas Roeg.
- Glory Daze (Comedy, Release date US: 10/01/1995) - With Ben Affleck, Sam Rockwell and French Stewart. Directed by Rich Wilkes.
- Black Day Blue Night (Drama/Thriller/Crime/Romance / Love, Release date US: 10/01/1995) - With Gil Bellows, Michelle Forbes and Mia Sara. Directed by J. S. Cardone.
- Mirror, Mirror III: The Voyeur (Fantasy/Horror/Science Fiction, Release date US: 10/01/1995)
- Trial by Fire (TV Movie/Drama/Thriller, Release date US: 10/01/1995) - With Keith Carradine. Directed by Alan Metzger.

- Marked for Death (Action, Release date US: 10/05/1990) - With Steven Seagal, Joanna Pacuła and Keith David. Directed by Dwight H. Little.
- Reversal of Fortune (Drama, Release date US: 10/05/1990) - With Jeremy Irons, Glenn Close and Ron Silver. Directed by Barbet Schroeder.
- Desperate Hours (Mystery/Thriller, Release date US: 10/05/1990) - With Mickey Rourke, Anthony Hopkins and Mimi Rogers. Directed by Michael Cimino.
- Sorority House Massacre II (Comedy/Horror/Thriller, Release date US: 10/05/1990) - With Gail Harris and Melissa Moore. Directed by Jim Wynorski.
- Avalon (Drama, Release date US: 10/05/1990) - With Armin Mueller-Stahl, Elizabeth Perkins and Joan Plowright. Directed by Barry Levinson.
- Shakma (Horror, Release date US: 10/05/1990) - With Christopher Atkins, Amanda Wyss and Ari Meyers. Directed by Tom Logan.
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Coming Out of Their Shells Tour (Release date US: 10/03/1990)
- Syngenor (Horror/Science Fiction, Release date US: 10/03/1990) - With David Gale, David Gale and Jeff Doucette.
- Shipwrecked ("Håkon Håkonsen", Adventure/Kids & Family, Release date US: 10/12/1990, World premiere: 10/03/1990) - With Gabriel Byrne, Bjørn Sundquist and Kjell Stormoen. Directed by Nils Gaup.
- Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter (Mystery/Drama/Crime/TV Movie, Release date US: 09/30/1990) - Directed by Christian I. Nyby II.

- Jagged Edge (Thriller, Release date US: 10/04/1985) - With Glenn Close, Jeff Bridges and Robert Loggia. Directed by Richard Marquand.
- Commando (Action/Adventure/Thriller, Release date US: 10/03/1985) - With Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rae Dawn Chong and Dan Hedaya. Directed by Mark L. Lester.
- Sweet Dreams (Drama/Music/Romance / Love, Release date US: 10/02/1985) - With Jessica Lange, Ed Harris and John Goodman. Directed by Karel Reisz.
- The Boys Next Door (Crime/Drama/Thriller, Release date US: 10/01/1985) - With Charlie Sheen, Maxwell Caulfield and Patti D'Arbanville. Directed by Penelope Spheeris.
- Desert Hearts (Drama/Romance / Love, Release date US: 03/07/1986, World premiere: 10/01/1985) - With Helen Shaver, Audra Lindley and Denise Crosby. Directed by Donna Deitch.
- Zone Troopers (Action/Adventure/Science Fiction/War, Release date US: 03/31/1986, World premiere: 10/01/1985) - With Tim Van Patten, Art LaFleur and Peter Boom. Directed by Danny Bilson.
- Static (Comedy/Drama, Release date US: 10/01/1985) - With Amanda Plummer and Bob Gunton. Directed by Mark Romanek.

- Private Benjamin (Comedy, Release date US: 10/06/1980) - With Eileen Brennan, Armand Assante and Goldie Hawn. Directed by Howard Zieff.
- Terror Train (Horror/Thriller, Release date US: 10/03/1980) - With Ben Johnson, Jamie Lee Curtis and Hart Bochner. Directed by Roger Spottiswoode.
- Oh, God! Book II (Fantasy/Comedy, Release date US: 10/03/1980) - With George Burns, Suzanne Pleshette and David Birney. Directed by Gilbert Cates.
- One Trick Pony (Drama, Release date US: 10/03/1980) - With Blair Brown, Rip Torn and Paul Simon. Directed by Robert Milton Young.
- The First Deadly Sin (Crime/Drama/Mystery/Thriller, Release date US: 10/03/1980) - With Frank Sinatra, Faye Dunaway and David Dukes. Directed by Brian G. Hutton.
- The Elephant Man (Drama/History, Release date US: 10/03/1980, World premiere: 10/02/1980) - With Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt and Anne Bancroft. Directed by David Lynch.
- Somewhere in Time (Drama/Fantasy/Romance / Love, Release date US: 10/03/1980, World premiere: 10/02/1980) - With Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour and Christopher Plummer. Directed by Jeannot Szwarc.
- Gloria (Drama/Thriller/Crime, Release date US: 10/01/1980) - With Gena Rowlands, Julie Carmen and Buck Henry. Directed by John Cassavetes.
- The Attic (Horror, Release date US: 10/01/1980) - With Carrie Snodgress, Ray Milland and Frances Bay. Directed by George Edwards.
- Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype (Fantasy/Comedy/Horror, Release date US: 10/01/1980) - With Oliver Reed, Sunny Johnson and Jackie Coogan. Directed by Charles B. Griffith.
- Playing for Time (Drama/Music/History/TV Movie, Release date US: 09/30/1980) - With Vanessa Redgrave and Jane Alexander. Directed by Joseph Sargent and Daniel Mann.