Cover: Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
Looking back: Movies Celebrating Anniversaries in Calendar Week 51/2021
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. Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (5 years), War Horse (10 years), Black Hawk Down (20 years), Dreamgirls (15 years), Michael (25 years), Fried Green Tomatoes (30 years) and Why Him? (5 years) are among them this week. Many of these 37 classics are also directly available on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, iTunes Store etc. What's your favorite this week?
- 20th Century Women (Drama, Release date DE: 05/18/2017, World premiere: 12/28/2016) - With Annette Bening, Elle Fanning and Greta Gerwig. Directed by Mike Mills.
- Live by Night (Crime/Drama/Thriller, Release date DE: 02/02/2017, World premiere: 12/25/2016) - With Ben Affleck, Remo Girone and Elle Fanning. Directed by Ben Affleck.
- The Last Dragonslayer (Adventure/Comedy/Fantasy, World premiere: 12/25/2016) - Directed by Jamie Stone.
- Four Against the Bank ( "Vier gegen die Bank", Comedy/Crime, Release date DE: 12/25/2016) - With Til Schweiger, Matthias Schweighöfer and Michael "Bully" Herbig. Directed by Wolfgang Petersen.
- Resident Evil: The Final Chapter ( Action/Horror/Science Fiction, Release date DE: 01/26/2017, World premiere: 12/23/2016) - With Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter and Shawn Roberts. Directed by Paul W. S. Anderson.very popular
- Why Him? (Comedy, Release date DE: 01/12/2017, World premiere: 12/22/2016) - With James Franco, Bryan Cranston and Zoey Deutch. Directed by John Hamburg.
- Silence (Drama/History, Release date DE: 03/02/2017, World premiere: 12/22/2016) - With Andrew Garfield, Liam Neeson and Adam Driver. Directed by Martin Scorsese.
- Sexology (Documentary, World premiere: 12/22/2016)
- Blutzbrüdaz ( Drama/Comedy/Music, Release date DE: 12/28/2011) - With Sido, B-Tight and Tim Wilde. Directed by Özgür Yıldırım.
- Hostel: Part III (Horror, Release date DE: 12/27/2011) - With Kip Pardue, Brian Hallisay and John Hensley. Directed by Scott Spiegel.
- War Horse (War/Drama/Action, Release date DE: 02/15/2012, World premiere: 12/25/2011) - With Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson and David Thewlis. Directed by Steven Spielberg.very popular
- Pixie Hollow Games (Animation/Kids & Family, World premiere: 12/24/2011) - With Mae Whitman. Directed by Bradley Raymond.
- Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (Drama, Release date DE: 02/15/2012, World premiere: 12/24/2011) - With Thomas Horn, Max von Sydow and Sandra Bullock. Directed by Stephen Daldry.
- The Darkest Hour (Horror/Action/Thriller/Science Fiction, Release date DE: 12/29/2011, World premiere: 12/22/2011) - With Emile Hirsch, Olivia Thirlby and Max Minghella. Directed by Chris Gorak.
- Black Hawk Down (Action/History/War, Release date DE: 10/10/2002, World premiere: 12/28/2001) - With Josh Hartnett, Eric Bana and Ewan McGregor. Directed by Ridley Scott.very popular
- I Am Sam (Drama, Release date DE: 05/08/2002, World premiere: 12/28/2001) - With Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer and Dakota Fanning. Directed by Jessie Nelson.
- Kate & Leopold (Comedy/Fantasy/Romance / Love, Release date DE: 04/25/2002, World premiere: 12/25/2001) - With Meg Ryan, Hugh Jackman and Liev Schreiber. Directed by James Mangold.
- Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes ("De Superman à Spider-Man: L'aventure des super-héros", Documentary/TV Movie, World premiere: 12/23/2001) - With Stan Lee, Tim Burton, John Romita and Sr.. Directed by Michel Viotte.
- Ichi the Killer ("殺し屋1", Action/Crime/Horror, Release date DE: 04/12/2002, World premiere: 12/22/2001) - With Tadanobu Asano, Shinya Tsukamoto and Susumu Terajima. Directed by Takashi Miike.