Director: Jon Turteltaub

Main Cast: Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha, Jon Voight, Harvey Keitel, Ed Harris, Bruce Greenwood, and Helen Mirren.

Release Date: December 21, 2007 

Main Plot: Someone used John Wilkes Booth’s diary page to incriminate Ben’s ancestors. Ben follows a series of international leaders from Paris to London and finally back to America. This journey has not only led Ben and his team to amazing discoveries but also led them on the trail of the world’s most valuable secrets. Five days after the Civil War, members of the Knights of the Golden Circle (KGC) John Wolfe Booth and Michael O’Loughlan walked into a tavern. They approached Thomas Gates (Ben Gates’ great-great-grandfather), a famous puzzle solver who deciphers. A message recorded in Booth’s diary. Thomas recognized the letter and began to translate it. In doing so, Booth went to Ford’s Theater to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln. Thomas solves the puzzle and finds clues to a map that leads to the golden city of Shibor. He realizes that these men are still loyal to the south and have a sinister motive for finding the treasure. A fight broke out, and Thomas tore out the pages of the diary and threw them into the fireplace.

Director: Michael Bay

Main Cast: Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, Will Patton, Steve Buscemi, William Fichtner, Owen Wilson

Release Date: July 1, 1998 

Main Plot: A massive meteor shower destroys the orbiting space shuttle Atlantis before it enters the atmosphere and bombards New York. NASA discovers meteors were blasted out of the asteroid belt by a rogue comet that also ripped off a Texas-sized asteroid that will hit Earth in 18 days.  This causes an extinction-level event that will wipe out all life on the planet. NASA leader Dan Truman leads a team that hatches a plan to get deep oil drilling. He trains a group of astronauts to drill a hole in the asteroid where they will plant and detonate a nuclear bomb to destroy the asteroid split in two. They bring in Harry Stamper, a third-generation driller and owner of his own drilling company. Harry agrees to help NASA, but only if he brings his team to training. He chooses his best employees for the job.

Director: Kevin Costner

Main Cast: Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene, Rodney Grant

Release Date: November 21, 1990

Main Plot: During the American Civil War, Tennessee Union Army officer Lt. John J. Dunbar learned that his injured leg would be amputated. Seeing the plight of his fellow amputee, Dunbar refused the amputation and stole a nearby horse. Caught in a stalemate between opposing Union and Commonwealth positions for several days, he rode across the firing line to kill himself. His actions had the unintended effect of rallying his comrades. He attacked the distracted allies and won the battle. After the match, an experienced general surgeon saved Dunbar’s leg. The Commander recognized Dunbar as a hero and gave Sisko a horse that he used to lead him into battle. He also gave Dunbar the title he craved.

Director: Joe Johnston

Main Cast: Viggo Mortensen,  Zuleikha Robinson, Omar Sharif,  Louise Lombard, Adam Alexi-Malle, Silas Carson, J.K. Simmons, Victor Talmadge, Joshua Wolf Coleman, Floyd ‘Red Crow’ Westerman

Release Date: March 5, 2004 

Main Plot: Cowboy Frank T. Hopkins, who has an Indian mother, was injured and traumatized for life. He is a scout for the American cavalry at the Wounded Knee Massacre. Buffalo Bills joined the Wild West show (Ringling Circus) as a horse stuntman and famous horse rider. An Arab chief challenged to defend the show as the greatest endurance runner in the world. He became the first Westerner to participate in the great millennial “ocean of fire” race through the ruthless Arab desserts. He always eliminates most of the runners, often fatal. Hopkins enters with the first true non-purebred, his trusty mustang Hidalgo. As if it weren’t hard enough to catch the tough country in the act. It has to contend with contempt for infidels, unclean horses, and competitors who will stop at nothing, including English Mrs. Davenport hiring one. He has bet against the ‘obvious favorite, the champions of Sheikh Riyadh’s stable. Whose cat daughter has sided with Hopkins, as useful as a deadly threat like a sandstorm.

Director: Paul Verhoeven

Main Cast: Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards, Carmen Ibanez, Neil Patrick Harris,  Carl Jenkins, Clancy Brown

Release Date: November 7, 1997

Main Plot: Set on the Earth of the future, Johnny Rico is a young college student who is having an affair with a girl named Carmen. When Carmen decides to join the army to become a class citizen (citizenship is only obtained by serving one’s country), Johnny also follows and joins. He soon realizes that he has entered for the wrong reasons. Still, just as he is about to resign, an asteroid from the orbit of the planet “Klendathu” hits Buenos Aires (his hometown) and kills his family. Johnny and his fellow soldiers set out to destroy the planet’s inhabitants. It is deadly, and there are large-scale space creatures. Through a seemingly normal action film, director Paul Verhoeven creates a subtle anti-war theme. It shows us a fascist and military world war more terrifying than WWII Germany, Italy, Russia, or something like that.

Director: John Ford, Henry Hathaway, and George Marshall

Main Cast: James Stewart, John Wayne, Gregory Peck, Henry Fonda, Carroll Baker, Lee Cobb

Release Date: February 20, 1963 

Main Plot: A sprawling epic follows the Prescotts, an emigrant family. They are from four generations, from the Erie Canal in the 1830s to their western home half a century later. Along the way, they encounter river pirates and escape with the help of fur trapper Linus Rawlings. He is subsequently married to one of their daughters, Eve. The parents drown on a sinking raft, and the other daughter, Lilith, becomes a singer on a riverboat. She attracts the attention of distinguished adventurer Cleve Van Valen. Together they cross the prairie in a wagon, making and losing fortunes in California. Meanwhile, Linus became a farmer and joined the Union Army during the Civil War. But he was killed in the Battle of Shiloh. One of his sons, Zeb, also joined the army and remained as a cavalry officer after the war. He was sent to Colorado to help protect the pioneer railroad against the Indians whose lands they crossed.

Director: Chris Rock

Main Cast: Chris Rock.Mays Gilliam, Bernie Mac, Mitch Gilliam, Dylan Baker, Martin Geller, Nick Searcy, Lynn Whitfield, Debra Lassiter

Release Date: March 28, 2003 

Main Plot: A few weeks before the election, a presidential candidate dies in an accident. Meanwhile, councilor Mays Gilliam becomes a hero when he rescues a woman and her cat from an old house that has exploded. But his fiancée Kim doesn’t pay his bills and leaves him. Gilliam loses everything, including his luxury car. When Senator Bill Arnot saw the news on television, he planned a party with advisers Martin Geller and Debra Lassiter to invite Mays. The party’s candidate was for those who lost the election to the other candidate, Vice President Brian Lewis. Four years later, he would be the candidate and would have a chance to win the election. Mays has a terrible start to the campaign. Still, when his older brother Mitch Gilliam meets him in Chicago, he advises Mays to be himself. Will he have the chance to become the first African American president of the United States?

Director: Harold Becker

Main Cast: Bruce Willis, Alec Baldwin, Miko Hughes,  Chi McBride, Kim Dickens. Stacey. Robert Stanton, Bodhi Elfman. Leo Pedranski, Lindsey Ginter, Peter Burrell

Release Date: April 3, 1998 

Main Plot: The NSA has created what they refer to as MERCURY, an uncrackable code. Now they published the code in a puzzle magazine and ran a test to see whether anyone could crack it. Now Simon Lynch, a young boy with autism who enjoys solving riddles, notices it, decode it, and calls the NSA. The men in charge inform their boss, Kudrow, of the incident out of concern. Kudrow does not entertain Simon because he fears what might occur if word gets out. When the cops show up, the man he sends flees after killing his parents but failing to locate Simon.

Director: Lawrence Kasdan

Main Cast: Kevin Costner, Ian Bohen, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman, David Andrews, Linden Ashby, Jim Caviezel, John Doe, Jeff Fahey

Release Date: June 24, 1994 

Main Plot:

During the American Civil War, teenager Wyatt Earp lived on his family’s farm in Pella, Iowa. At the same time, his older brothers Virgil and James served in the Union Army. Wyatt tries to run away to lie about his age and join the war, but his father catches him. His brothers return home at the war’s end with James badly wounded, and the family moves west. Wyatt sees a man killed in a shootout and vomits at sight.

Years later, Wyatt works as a wagon driver out west, serves as a referee for fights, and is in trouble with a bully. Wyatt and the bully get to the point where they fight, with the bully intending to shoot him. But Wyatt disarms and beats him and takes his gun. Wyatt returns to Missouri and marries his childhood sweetheart, Urilla Sutherland. They move into their own house, and he starts working as a policeman.

Director: Michael Apted

Main Cast: Val Kilmer, Sam Shepard, Graham Greene, Fred Ward, Fred Thompson, Sheila Tousey, Ted Thin Elk, John Trudell

Release Date: April 3, 1992

Main Plot: Leo Fast Elk is a tribal council member on an Indian reservation in South Dakota. FBI Agent William Daves assigned Detective Ray Levoy to assist in the investigation. The latter was chosen because of his mixed Sioux heritage, which may have contributed to the study by interviewing reservation residents. Ray was worried because he was not exposed to his legacy and did not speak the Lakota language. Ray teams up with veteran Special Agent Frank “Cooch” Cutella, who has narrowed the suspects to Maggie Eagle Bear. A peaceful Native American political activist and school teacher, Jimmy, was a radical leader of the Native Rights Movement (ARM). Ray and Frank meet tribal policeman Walter Crow Ma at the scene of the murder. Walter objected to their claim of jurisdiction because he distrusted the government in general. Ray and Frank told him not to interfere with their investigation. Frank has determined that Jimmy appears to be the prime suspect on two occasions. He has been working with Tribal Council Chairman Jack Milton to arrest him. Jimmy was successfully apprehended and arrested but escaped after a shootout with the FBI and tribal police.

Director: Sean Penn

Main Cast: Emile Hirsch, Marcia Gay Harden, William Hurt, Jena Malone, Catherine Keener, Brian H. Dierker Hal, Holbrook, Kristen Stewart

Release Date: October 19, 2007 

Main Plot: In the spring of 1990, Christopher McCandless received his degree from Emory. His wealthy parents, Walt McCandless and Billie McCandless, and his teenage sister Carine McCandless watch him as he graduates. Before his parents and sister were recalled to Virginia, Chris turned down his parents’ gift of a new car to replace his old Datsun, which he thought was running well. He said he was considering going to Harvard Law. Excellent grades in what were largely classes focused on global social awareness. Walt, Billie, and Carine will learn by the end of the summer that Chris has no plans to go to Harvard. He had moved out of his Atlanta apartment without talking to them. A few months earlier, he was “sent back” to give him an edge in his escape from his family. Chris’s Datsun is eventually found abandoned in the Arizona desert. Authorities believe it was done on purpose rather than Chris being kidnapped. Walt and Billie plan to keep looking for Chris until they find out what happened to him. Carine thinks she understands what he is doing to escape this life.

Director: Alexander Payne

Main Cast: Bruce Dern, Will Forte, June Squibb, Bob Odenkirk, Stacy Keach, Mary Louise Wilson

Release Date: January 24, 2014

Main Plot: The Grants – father Woody, mother Kate, and grown sons Ross and David – live in Billings, Montana. Old Woody has nearing dementia, and while his family liked to think, he believed only what was on the surface. Woody’s delusions were fueled by a lifetime of alcoholism. Woody’s latest belief is that he has won $1 million, which his family knows is one of those scams where people buy magazine subscriptions. So Woody, who didn’t think the USPS would mail his “winner’s” certificate, was determined to go to the company’s headquarters in Lincoln, Nebraska, to claim his $1 million. The money he wants is a new pickup truck, which he never had, even though he shouldn’t be driving it anymore. He wants to buy an air compressor to replace the one stolen from him decades ago. He also wants to leave a small inheritance for Ross and David. What do you think will happen next?

Director: Rob Reiner

Main Cast: Jon Lovitz, Jason Alexander, Alan Arkin, Dan Aykroyd, Kathy Bates, Faith Ford, Graham Greene, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Reba McEntire, John Ritter, and Abe Vigoda.

Release Date: July 22, 1994 

Main Plot: A teenager named North excels at almost everything he does. So everyone he knows seems to appreciate it, except for his parents. They are too focused on their personal lives to keep up with North. His parents neglect him and make North suffer in all his actions. With the support of her best friend Winchell and paramedic attorney Arthur Belter, North began legal separation from her parents. The judge’s ruling on July 1 was that he allowed North to do so, but he had to be in the hands of his chosen parents by 6 p.m. So North travels the world, auditioning one group of potential parents after another and learning life lessons along the way.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Main Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis, Leo G. Carroll, Josephine Hutchinson, Philip Ober, Martin Landau

Release Date: December 18, 1959 

Main Plot: It’s been a busy day for Manhattan advertising executive Roger Thornhill. The rest of the day is packed. The timeline changed when he was held up during a business lunch by two men he didn’t know who had started kidnapping him. Not sure why someone wanted to seize him. He discovered that the person who kidnapped Lester Townsend thought he was George Kaplan. Townsend wanted information from Kaplan, but with or without it, he was prepared to kill Kaplan. Thornhill was finally able to escape from captivity. While he was involved with authorities, who did not believe his story. Thornhill had to remain on the run when he became involved in a murder linked to him as Kaplan. Thornhill thus had to take all available information, much of which was gathered in captivity. He would like to identify Townsend, his wife, their housekeeper, and the three assassins who worked for him.

Director: Monty Miranda

Main Cast: Alison Eastwood, Daryl Hannah, Julia Putnam, Monty Miranda.

Release Date: October 30, 2014 

Main Plot: The Turtles live at April O’Neil’s new apartment with Master Splinter while they are between homes following their rooftop battle with the Foot Clan. They are also relying on pizza delivery from “Roy’s” Pizza. Splinter recognizes the initials from the canister of mutagen that caused them all to become mutants, as April reports on the cleanup effort being carried out in the city by TGRI. The Shredder is still alive and well, has taken back control of the Foot, and seeks vengeance on Splinter and his pupils. He kidnaps Professor David Perry of the TGRI. He forces him to help create two aggressive mutants to serve as his own students after finding that the ooze can alter animals into minions.