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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. Star Wars: The Force Awakens (5 years), King Kong (15 years), TRON: Legacy (10 years), What Women Want (20 years), Jumanji (25 years), Miss Congeniality (20 years) and Heat (25 years) are among them this week. Many of these 91 classics are also directly available on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, iTunes Store etc. What's your favorite this week?

2015 - 5 years ago

• Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Action/Adventure/Science Fiction/Fantasy, Release date US: 12/18/2015, World premiere: 12/15/2015) - With Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford and Mark Hamill. Directed by J. J. Abrams.very popular
• Marvel Super Heroes Adventures: Frost Fight (Animation/Fantasy, Release date US: 12/15/2015)
• The Mildew from Planet Xonader (Action/Horror/Science Fiction, Release date US: 12/15/2015)
• Flipped (Drama/Thriller, Release date US: 12/15/2015) - With Michael Madsen.
• Adele: Live in New York City (Music/TV Movie, Release date US: 12/14/2015)
• WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs 2015 (Action, Release date US: 12/13/2015)
• A Baby for Christmas (Kids & Family/TV Movie, Release date US: 12/13/2015)
• Four Falls of Buffalo (Documentary, Release date US: 12/12/2015) - With Jim Kelly.
• The Ridiculous 6 (Comedy/Western, World premiere: 12/11/2015) - With Adam Sandler, Terry Crews and Jorge Garcia. Directed by Frank Coraci.
• The Big Short (Comedy/Drama, Release date US: 12/11/2015) - With Christian Bale, Steve Carell and Ryan Gosling. Directed by Adam McKay.
• The Girl King ( Drama/History/Romance / Love, World premiere: 12/11/2015) - With Malin Buska. Directed by Mika Kaurismäki.
• Close Range (Action/Crime, Release date US: 12/11/2015) - With Yuri Boyka, Nick Chinlund and Tony Pérez. Directed by Isaac Florentine.
• American Hero (Action/Comedy/Science Fiction, Release date US: 12/11/2015) - With Stephen Dorff and Eddie Griffin. Directed by Nick Love.
• Dixieland (Drama/Crime, Release date US: 12/11/2015)
• The House That Jack Built (Kids & Family/Drama/Crime, Release date US: 12/11/2015)
• Invisible Sister (Fantasy/Adventure/Comedy/TV Movie, Release date US: 10/09/2015, World premiere: 12/10/2015) - With Paris Berelc, Rowan Blanchard and Karan Brar. Directed by Paul Hoen.
• Heidi ( Adventure/Kids & Family, Release date US: 04/07/2016, World premiere: 12/10/2015) - With Bruno Ganz, Katharina Schüttler and Jella Haase. Directed by Alain Gsponer.
• Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors (Drama/TV Movie, Release date US: 12/10/2015) - With Alyvia Alyn Lind, Jennifer Nettles and Ricky Schroder. Directed by Stephen Herek.

2010 - 10 years ago

• Nothing to Declare ( "Rien à déclarer", Comedy, Release date US: 12/20/2010, World premiere: 12/15/2010) - With Benoît Poelvoorde, Dany Boon and Karin Viard. Directed by Dany Boon.
• Despicable Me Presents: Minion Madness (Kids & Family/Adventure/Animation/Comedy, World premiere: 12/14/2010)
• Banana (Animation/Kids & Family/Comedy, Release date US: 12/13/2010) - With Pierre Coffin. Directed by Kyle Balda.
• Minions: Orientation Day (Animation/Kids & Family/Comedy, Release date US: 12/13/2010) - With Pierre Coffin. Directed by Kyle Balda.
• Home Makeover (Animation/Kids & Family/Comedy, Release date US: 12/13/2010) - With Miranda Cosgrove, Pierre Coffin and Elsie Fisher. Directed by Kyle Balda.
• Christmas Cupid (TV Movie/Fantasy/Comedy/Romance / Love/Kids & Family, Release date US: 12/12/2010) - With Christina Milian. Directed by Gil Junger.
• Pony Excess (Documentary, Release date US: 12/11/2010)
• TRON: Legacy (Adventure/Action/Science Fiction, Release date US: 12/10/2010) - With Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund and Olivia Wilde. Directed by Joseph Kosinski.very popular
• The Tempest (Drama/Fantasy, Release date US: 12/10/2010) - With Helen Mirren, Felicity Jones and Djimon Hounsou. Directed by Julie Taymor.

2005 - 15 years ago

• The Promise ( "无极", Fantasy/Drama/Action/Thriller/Romance / Love, Release date US: 05/05/2006, World premiere: 12/15/2005) - With Jang Dong-geon, Hiroyuki Sanada and Cecilia Cheung. Directed by Chen Kaige.
• Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World (Comedy, Release date US: 01/20/2006, World premiere: 12/15/2005) - With Penny Marshall, Sheetal Sheth and Emma Lockhart. Directed by Albert Brooks.
• Joseph Smith: Prophet of the Restoration (Drama/History, Release date US: 12/15/2005) - Directed by T. C. Christensen.
• Home for the Holidays (Romance / Love/Comedy, Release date US: 12/15/2005)
• The Family Stone (Comedy/Drama/Romance / Love, Release date US: 12/15/2005, World premiere: 12/14/2005) - With Claire Danes, Diane Keaton and Rachel McAdams. Directed by Thomas Bezucha.
• Christmas in Boston (Comedy/Drama/Romance / Love/TV Movie, Release date US: 12/14/2005) - With Marla Sokoloff, Patrick J. Adams and Lindy Booth.
• Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy? (Mystery/Animation/Kids & Family/Adventure/Comedy/Fantasy, Release date US: 12/13/2005) - With Frank Welker.
• Black Mass (Horror, Release date US: 12/13/2005)
• King Kong (Adventure/Drama/Action, Release date US: 12/14/2005, World premiere: 12/12/2005) - With Naomi Watts, Jack Black and Adrien Brody. Directed by Peter Jackson.very popular
• Getting Played (Comedy/Romance / Love, Release date US: 12/10/2005) - With Vivica A. Fox.

2000 - 20 years ago

• The Emperor's New Groove (Adventure/Animation/Comedy/Kids & Family/Fantasy, Release date US: 12/15/2000) - Directed by Mark Dindal.very popular
• What Women Want (Comedy/Romance / Love, Release date US: 12/15/2000) - With Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt and Marisa Tomei. Directed by Nancy Meyers.very popular
• Dude, Where's My Car? (Comedy/Science Fiction, Release date US: 12/15/2000) - With Ashton Kutcher, Seann William Scott and Jennifer Garner. Directed by Danny Leiner.
• Miss Congeniality (Comedy/Crime/Action, Release date US: 12/14/2000) - With William Shatner, Sandra Bullock and Benjamin Bratt. Directed by Donald Petrie.very popular
• Nutbag (Horror, Release date US: 12/13/2000)
• The Vault (Action/Horror/Thriller, Release date US: 12/13/2000) - With James Black. Directed by James Black.
• Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (Animation/Kids & Family/Action/Science Fiction, Release date US: 12/12/2000) - With Will Friedle, Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill. Directed by Curt Geda.
• The Family Man (Comedy/Drama/Romance / Love/Fantasy, Release date US: 12/12/2000) - With Nicolas Cage, Téa Leoni and Don Cheadle. Directed by Brett Ratner.
• The Christmas Secret ("Flight of the Reindeer", Kids & Family/Fantasy/Drama/TV Movie, Release date US: 12/12/2000) - With Richard Thomas. Directed by Ian Barry.
• Passion's Peak (Drama/Romance / Love, Release date US: 12/12/2000)
• All the Pretty Horses (Drama/Romance / Love/Western, Release date US: 12/11/2000) - With Matt Damon, Henry Thomas and Penélope Cruz. Directed by Billy Bob Thornton.
• Spring Forward (Drama, Release date US: 12/10/2000) - With Ned Beatty, Liev Schreiber and Campbell Scott. Directed by Tom Gilroy.
• WWE Armageddon 2000 (Action/Drama, Release date US: 12/10/2000)
• Holiday Heart (Drama/Romance / Love, Release date US: 12/10/2000) - With Ving Rhames, Alfre Woodard and Mykelti Williamson. Directed by Robert Townsend.
• Disappearing Acts (TV Movie/Romance / Love/Drama, Release date US: 12/09/2000) - With Sanaa Lathan, Wesley Snipes and Regina Hall. Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood.

1995 - 25 years ago

• Heat (Action/Crime/Drama/Thriller, Release date US: 12/15/1995) - With Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Val Kilmer. Directed by Michael Mann.very popular
• Sabrina (Comedy/Romance / Love, Release date US: 12/15/1995) - With Harrison Ford, Julia Ormond and Greg Kinnear. Directed by Sydney Pollack.
• Jumanji (Adventure/Fantasy/Kids & Family, Release date US: 12/15/1995) - With Robin Williams, Kirsten Dunst and David Alan Grier. Directed by Joe Johnston.very popular
• Theodore Rex (Fantasy/Science Fiction/Kids & Family, Release date US: 06/06/1996, World premiere: 12/14/1995) - With Whoopi Goldberg, Armin Mueller-Stahl and Juliet Landau. Directed by Jonathan R. Betuel.
• Sense and Sensibility (Drama/Romance / Love, Release date US: 12/13/1995) - With Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman and Kate Winslet. Directed by Ang Lee.
• Mixed Blessings (Drama/Romance / Love/TV Movie, Release date US: 12/11/1995) - With Gabrielle Carteris, Scott Baio and Bess Armstrong. Directed by Bethany Rooney.
• Four Rooms (Crime/Comedy, Release date US: 12/25/1995, World premiere: 12/09/1995) - With Tim Roth, Valeria Golino and Lili Taylor. Directed by Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell and Robert Rodriguez.
• Godzilla vs. Destoroyah ( "ゴジラvsデストロイア", Science Fiction/Horror/Action, Release date US: 01/19/1999, World premiere: 12/09/1995) - With Megumi Odaka, Kenpachiro Satsuma and Momoko Kōchi. Directed by Takao Okawara.

1990 - 30 years ago

• Captain America (Action/Science Fiction/War, Release date US: 12/14/1990) - With Matt Salinger, Ronny Cox and Scott Paulin. Directed by Albert Pyun.
• Look Who's Talking Too (Romance / Love/Comedy, Release date US: 12/14/1990) - With John Travolta, Kirstie Alley and Olympia Dukakis. Directed by Amy Heckerling.
• Mermaids (Comedy/Drama/Romance / Love, Release date US: 12/14/1990) - With Cher, Bob Hoskins and Winona Ryder. Directed by Richard Benjamin.
• Maniac Cop 2 (Horror/Thriller/Action, Release date US: 12/13/1990) - With Leo Rossi, Robert Davi and Robert Z'Dar. Directed by William Lustig.
• Blood Games (Action/Thriller, Release date US: 12/12/1990)
• Havana (Drama/Romance / Love, Release date US: 12/11/1990) - With Robert Redford, Lena Olin and Raúl Juliá. Directed by Sydney Pollack.

1985 - 35 years ago

• Police Story ( "警察故事", Action/Crime/Thriller, Release date US: 12/14/1985) - With Brigitte Lin, Maggie Cheung and Charlie Cho. Directed by Jackie Chan and Chi-Hwa Chen.
• Clue (Comedy/Thriller/Crime/Mystery, Release date US: 12/13/1985) - With Tim Curry, Christopher Lloyd and Madeline Kahn. Directed by Jonathan Lynn.
• A Room with a View ( Drama/Romance / Love, Release date US: 03/07/1986, World premiere: 12/13/1985) - With Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham Carter and Denholm Elliott. Directed by James Ivory.
• A Jetson Christmas Carol (Kids & Family/Animation, Release date US: 12/13/1985)
• Enemy Mine (Drama/Science Fiction, Release date US: 12/20/1985, World premiere: 12/12/1985) - With Dennis Quaid, Louis Gossett Jr. and Brion James. Directed by Wolfgang Petersen.
• Miami Supercops ( Action/Comedy, World premiere: 12/12/1985) - With Bud Spencer, Terence Hill and Buffy Dee. Directed by Bruno Corbucci.
• A Chorus Line (Drama/Music, Release date US: 12/10/1985) - With Michael Douglas, Alyson Reed and Sharon Brown. Directed by Richard Attenborough.

1980 - 40 years ago

• Popeye (Action/Adventure/Comedy/Kids & Family, Release date US: 12/12/1980) - With Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall and Ray Walston. Directed by Robert Altman.
• Stir Crazy (Comedy, Release date US: 12/12/1980) - With Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor and Georg Stanford Brown. Directed by Sidney Poitier.
• Windwalker (Adventure/Drama/Western, Release date US: 12/12/1980) - With Trevor Howard, Nick Ramus and James Remar. Directed by Kieth Merrill.

1975 - 45 years ago

• Emmanuelle II ( "Emmanuelle 2: L'antivierge", Drama/Romance / Love, Release date US: 12/15/1975) - With Sylvia Kristel, Umberto Orsini and Tom Clark. Directed by Francis Giacobetti.

1970 - 50 years ago

• Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (TV Movie/Animation/Kids & Family/Fantasy, World premiere: 12/14/1970) - With Fred Astaire, Mickey Rooney and Keenan Wynn. Directed by Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin Jr..
• Little Big Man (Adventure/Western/Comedy/Drama, Release date US: 12/14/1970) - With Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway and Chief Dan George. Directed by Arthur Penn.

1965 - 55 years ago

• The Flight of the Phoenix (Adventure, Release date US: 12/15/1965) - With James Stewart, Richard Attenborough and Peter Finch. Directed by Robert Aldrich.
• Thunderball ( Adventure/Action/Thriller, Release date US: 12/29/1965, World premiere: 12/11/1965) - With Sean Connery, Claudine Auger and Adolfo Celi. Directed by Terence Young.
• A Patch of Blue (Drama/Romance / Love, Release date US: 12/10/1965) - With Sidney Poitier, Shelley Winters and Elizabeth Hartman. Directed by Guy Green.
• A Charlie Brown Christmas (Animation/Kids & Family/Comedy/TV Movie, World premiere: 12/09/1965) - Directed by Bill Melendez.

1955 - 65 years ago

• Tarantula (Horror/Science Fiction/Thriller, Release date US: 12/14/1955) - With John Agar, Mara Corday and Leo G. Carroll. Directed by Jack Arnold.
• The Rose Tattoo (Drama/Romance / Love, Release date US: 12/12/1955) - With Anna Magnani, Burt Lancaster and Marisa Pavan. Directed by Daniel Mann.

1950 - 70 years ago

• The Sound of Fury (Action/Drama/Thriller/Crime, Release date US: 12/12/1950) - With Frank Lovejoy, Kathleen Ryan and Richard Carlson. Directed by Cy Endfield.
• The Young and the Damned ( "Los olvidados", Crime/Drama, Release date US: 03/24/1952, World premiere: 12/09/1950) - With Miguel Inclán, Roberto Cobo and Víctor Manuel Mendoza. Directed by Luis Buñuel.

1945 - 75 years ago

• Dakota (Western, Release date US: 12/25/1945, World premiere: 12/15/1945) - With John Wayne, Vera Ralston and Walter Brennan. Directed by Joseph Kane.
• Pillow of Death (Horror/Mystery, Release date US: 12/14/1945) - With Lon Chaney Jr., Brenda Joyce and J. Edward Bromberg. Directed by Wallace Fox.

1935 - 85 years ago

• Broken Toys (Animation, Release date US: 12/14/1935) - Directed by Ben Sharpsteen.

1920 - 100 years ago

• Neighbors (Comedy/Romance / Love, Release date US: 12/22/1920, World premiere: 12/12/1920) - With Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox and Joe Roberts. Directed by Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton.