Top 100 Action & Adventure Movies of 2021
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The First Wives Club
September 20, 1996Join the club – The First Wives Club, the good-time battle-of-the-sexes satire sparked by snappy one-liners, great physical-comedy gags and three unforgettabl...
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Jungle Cruise
July 30, 2021Join fan favorites Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt for the adventure of a lifetime on Disney’s “Jungle Cruise,” a rollicking thrill-ride down the Amazon wi...
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Cruella
May 28, 2021Emma Stone (LA LA LAND) stars in Disney’s CRUELLA, a live-action feature film about the rebellious early days of one of cinema’s most notorious – and noto...
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Zola
July 2, 2021"Y’all wanna hear a story about why me & this bitch here fell out? It’s kind of long but full of suspense”. Thus began the odyssey of one A’Ziah King, a...
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The Wolf of Wall Street
December 25, 2013Sex. Money. Power. Drugs. Brace yourself for an outrageous true story from legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese that critics are calling "a masterpiece for a new...
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Step Brothers
July 25, 2008Brennan Huff, a sporadically employed thirty-nine-year-old who lives with his mother, Nancy. Dale Doback, a terminally unemployed forty-year-old who lives with ...
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She's All That
July 13, 1999An irresistible cast of Hollywood's young faces star in this fun, sexy comedy hit about the power of attraction and the pressures of popularity! Stung when his ...
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The Secret Life of Pets 2
June 7, 2019From Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment comes the highly-anticipated follow-up to "The Secret Life of Pets," the blockbuster animated comedy abou...
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Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
November 17, 2000Discover the magic of the Mean One this holiday season! Oscar-winning director Ron Howard and Oscar®-winning producer Brian Grazer bring Christmas' best-loved ...
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Despicable Me
July 9, 2010Get ready for a minion laughs in the funniest blockbuster hit of the year! Vying for the title of “World’s Greatest Villain”, Gru (voiced by Steve Carell)...
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Horrible Bosses
July 8, 2011For Nick, Kurt and Dale, the only thing that would make the daily grindmore tolerable would be to grind their intolerable bosses into dust. Quitting is not an o...
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The Boss Baby
March 31, 2017DreamWorks Animation invites you to meet a most unusual baby. The Boss Baby is a hilariously universal story about how a new baby's arrival impacts a family, to...
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The Hangover
June 5, 2009From "Old School" director Todd Phillips comes a comedy about a bachelor party gone very, very wrong. Two days before his wedding, Doug (Justin Bartha) drives t...
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Something Borrowed
May 6, 2011Rachel (Ginnifer Goodwin) is a generous and loyal pal to her engaged best friend Darcy (Kate Hudson). But after celebrating her 30th birthday, perpetual good gi...
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R.I.P.D.
July 19, 2013Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds headline this supernatural action-adventure as two cops dispatched by the Rest In Peace Department (R.I.P.D.) to protect and serv...
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Sahara
August 30, 2005Master explorer Dirk Pitt (Matthew McConaughey) takes on the adventure of his life when he embarks on a treasure hunt through some of the most dangerous regions...
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Smokin' Aces
January 26, 2007Slick Las Vegas illusionist Buddy "Aces" Israel isn't playing nice. Turns out, he's telling mob secrets to the FBI. After a $1 million contract is put out on hi...
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Beverly Hills Cop
December 1, 1984The heat is on in this fast paced action-comedy starring Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley, a street smart Detroit cop tracking down his best friend's killer in Beverl...
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Mamma Mia! The Movie
July 18, 2008Sophie has just one wish to make her wedding perfect: to have her father walk her down the aisle. Now she just has to find out who he is... Join the music, laug...
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The A-Team (Extended Cut)
December 14, 2010There’s more action, more adventure — and more attitude — in The A-Team Extended Edition, which includes a never-before-seen version of the film with spec...
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Groundhog Day
February 12, 1993Do you ever have deja vu? Didn't you just ask me that? Bill Murray is at his wry, wisecracking best in this riotous romantic comedy about a weatherman caught in...
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Kick-Ass
April 16, 2010A twisted, funny, high-octane adventure, director Matthew Vaughn brings Kick-Ass to the big screen. Kick-Ass tells the story of average teenager Dave Lizewski (...
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Logan Lucky
August 18, 2017Hoping to reverse a 'curse' that's hung over his family for generations, Jimmy Logan (Channing Tatum) hatches a plan to rob the Charlotte Motor Speedway during ...
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Bridesmaids
May 13, 2011“Gut-bustingly funny. Bridesmaids gets an A!!!” (Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly) From the producer of Superbad, Knocked Up and The 40-Year-Old Virgin...
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Red (2010)
October 15, 2010Retired and Extremely Dangerous: Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Morgan Freeman and Helen Mirren play veteran spies on an action-and-laugh-packed mission to outwi...
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The Devil Wears Prada
June 30, 2006Based on the hilarious best-selling novel, this sinfully funny movie stars Academy Award® winner Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway. As assistant to impossibly dem...
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How to Train Your Dragon
March 26, 2010This Academy Award®-nominated DreamWorks Animation film rolls fire-breathing action, epic adventure and big laughs into a captivating, fun and original story. ...
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The Proposal
June 19, 2009Sandra Bullock is at her funniest in the fresh, laugh-out-loud romantic comedy The Proposal. On the verge of being deported and losing the high-powered job she ...
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Hocus Pocus
July 16, 1993Hollywood superstar Bette Midler (Beaches) joins Sarah Jessica Parker (Honeymoon in Vegas) and Kathy Najimy (Sister Act) as three outlandishly wild witches who ...
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Spider-Man: Far from Home
July 2, 2019Peter Parker returns in Spider-Man: Far From Home, following the events of Avengers: Endgame. Our friendly neighborhood Super Hero decides to join his best frie...
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Despicable Me 3
June 30, 2017Illumination, who brought moviegoers Despicable Me, Despicable Me 2, and the biggest animated hit of 2015, Minions, continues the story of Gru, Lucy, their ador...
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Shrek the Third
May 6, 2007The greatest fairy tale never told continues when Shrek (Mike Myers) embarks on another whirlwind adventure with Donkey (Eddie Murphy) and Puss In Boots (Antoni...
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Idiocracy
January 25, 2007From Mike Judge, one of the creative minds behind Beavis and Butt-Head, King of the Hill, and Office Space, comes an outrageous sci-fi comedy that'll make you t...
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Dirty Work
June 12, 1998Mitch and Sam have to come up with $50,000 and fast! The only problem is neither one can hold down a job. Mitch finds a way to money by exploiting the only tale...
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Beetlejuice
August 19, 1988A couple of nice homebody ghosts, trying to rid their house of afamily of trendsetting human beings, is hell-bent on making their home unlivable -- even for the...
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White Chicks
June 23, 2004From the director of Scary Movie comes White Chicks, a gender-bending, gut-busting comedy starring funnymen Shawn Wayans and Marlon Wayans. What happens when tw...
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What We Do In the Shadows
May 5, 2015Housemates Viago, Deacon, and Vladislav are three vampires who are trying to get by in modern society; from paying rent and doing housework to trying to get inv...
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Killers (2010)
June 4, 2010He’s tall, dark and handsome with a hint of mystery. What more does Jen (Katherine Heigl) need to know about Spencer (Ashton Kutcher), the man who’s just sw...
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Pitch Perfect 2
May 15, 2015Beca (Anna Kendrick), Fat Amy (Rebel Wilson) and the Barden Bellas are back to pitch slap the world! After a scandal threatens to derail their last year at Bard...
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Mean Girls
September 21, 2004Celebrating 15 fetch years of Mean Girls! After living in Africa with her zoologist parents, Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan) must brave the wilds of high school—wh...
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Knives Out
November 27, 2019Acclaimed writer and director Rian Johnson (Brick, Looper, Star Wars: The Last Jedi) pays tribute to mystery mastermind Agatha Christie in KNIVES OUT, a fresh, ...
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The Boss Baby: Family Business
July 2, 2021How many Boss Babies can one family hold? He may be a big-shot moneyman now, but Ted Templeton flashes back to his Boss Baby past when he and his brother Tim re...
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Abominable (2019)
September 27, 2019When mischievous friends Yi (Chloe Bennet), Jin, and Peng discover a young yeti on their roof, they name him Everest and embark on a thrilling adventure to reun...
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Hotel Transylvania 3
July 13, 2018Join Drac, Mavis and all of your favorite monsters for fun and adventure on the high seas as they embark on a monster cruise vacation!
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Girls Trip
July 21, 2017When four lifelong friends-Regina Hall, Tiffany Haddish, Jada Pinkett Smith and Queen Latifah-travel to New Orleans for the annual Essence Festival, sisterhoods...
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The Croods: A New Age
November 25, 2020The first prehistoric family is ready for another rocking adventure! The Croods have survived fanged beasts, natural disasters, and even young love, but now the...
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Despicable Me 2
July 3, 2013Gru, his adorable girls, and the mischievous Minions are back with a cast of unforgettable new characters in the blockbuster sequel to the worldwide phenomenon....
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Last Action Hero
June 18, 1993Arnold Schwarzenegger is movie idol Jack Slater in Last Action Hero, which follows the adventures of 11-year-old Danny (Austin O'Brien), whose magic ticket blas...
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She's the Man
March 17, 2006In this twisted telling of Shakespeare’s TWELFTH NIGHT, Amanda Bynes proves that girls can do anything guys can do. The laughs begin when Viola (Bynes), disg...
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The Intern
January 11, 2016In "The Intern," Ben Whittaker (Robert De Niro) is a 70-year-old widower who has discovered that retirement isn't all it's cracked up to be. Seizing an opportun...
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The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
June 16, 2021The world’s most lethal odd couple – bodyguard Michael Bryce (Ryan Reynolds) and hit man Darius Kincaid (Samuel L. Jackson) – are back. Still unlicensed, ...
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The Addams Family (2019)
October 11, 2019Based on the famous New Yorker creations of Charles Addams, this animated action-comedy follows the Addams family whose lives begin to unravel when they face-of...
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Multiplicity
July 17, 1996Michael Keaton and Andie MacDowell star in director Harold Ramis' brilliant comedy about a man who clones himself to save his marriage, and then almost loses hi...
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Pretty Woman
March 23, 1990Academy Award(R) winner Julia Roberts and Golden Globe winner Richard Gere will leave you breathless in PRETTY WOMAN. Vivian (Roberts) is a spirited, streetwise...
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Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar
February 12, 2021Take a trip and break out of your shell with Barb and Star. From the gals who brought you Bridesmaids (co-stars and co-writers Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo) co...
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The Addams Family
November 22, 1991Come join The Addams Family for the most hilarious scarefest of this season or any other! When long-lost Uncle Fester (Christopher Lloyd) reappears after twenty...
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Kick-Ass 2
August 16, 2013Self-made superhero Kick-Ass (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and sweet-faced, foul-mouthed assassin Hit Girl (Chloë Grace Moretz) try to return to life as “normal” ...
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Space Jam: A New Legacy
October 5, 2021Welcome to the Jam! When NBA champion and cultural icon LeBron James and his young son Dom are trapped in a digital space by a rogue A.I., LeBron must get them ...
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Horrible Bosses 2
November 26, 2014Fed up with answering to higher-ups, Nick, Dale and Kurt decide to become their own bosses by launching their own business in "Horrible Bosses 2." But a slick i...
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Minions
July 10, 2015Since the dawn of time, Minions have served (and accidentally eliminated) history's most despicable villains. After their latest explosive mistake leaves them w...
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Red 2
July 19, 2013Retired CIA agent Frank Moses (Bruce Willis) reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives to track down a missing nuclear device. This time, they must survive...
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Sweet Home Alabama
September 27, 2002In this romantic comedy, New York fashion designer Melanie Carmichael (Reese Witherspoon) suddenly finds herself engaged to the city's most eligible bachelor. B...
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Red Heat
June 17, 1988Arnold Schwarzenegger (TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY) is Captain Ivan Danko, a by-the-book Russian detective who partners with a fearless but undisciplined America...
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The Nowhere Inn
September 17, 2021From real-life friends Annie Clark (a.k.a. GRAMMY award-winning recording and touring artist St. Vincent) and Carrie Brownstein (Portlandia, Sleater-Kinney) com...
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Another Cinderella Story
September 16, 2008Set around the modern world of the music business, the classic fairy tale "Cinderella" is recast with Mary Santiago, a natural-born dancer at heart, as the orph...
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Sing
December 21, 2016From Illumination Entertainment, the studio that brought you The Secret Life of Pets comes an animated comedy about finding the music that lives inside all of u...
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The Family (2013)
September 13, 2013When a Mafia boss and his family are relocated to a sleepy town in France after snitching on the mob, they can’t help resorting to old habits by handling thei...
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48 Hrs.
December 8, 1982Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy make one of the most unusual and entertaining teams ever in Walter Hill's roller-coaster thriller, 48 Hrs. Nolte is a rough-edged co...
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Good Boys
August 16, 2019Just how bad can one day get? The creative minds behind Superbad and Sausage Party take on sixth grade hard in this innocent yet raunchy comedy. 12-year-olds Ma...
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Deadpool 2
May 18, 2018The sequel to the first one.
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The Goonies
June 7, 1985The combined talents of two of today's most prominent filmmakers - Academy Award, Emmy and Golden Globe-winner Steven Spielberg ("Munich," "War of the Worlds") ...
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22 Jump Street
June 13, 2014After making their way through high school (twice), big changes are in store for officers Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum) when they go deep unde...
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The Hitman's Bodyguard
August 18, 2017The world’s top protection agent (Ryan Reynolds) is called upon to guard the life of his mortal enemy, one of the world’s most notorious hit men (Samuel L. ...
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Madagascar
May 27, 2005Move it! Move it! 4 pampered animals from New York’s Central Park Zoo find themselves shipwrecked on the exotic island of Madagascar, and discover it really...
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Best Sellers
September 17, 2021Lucy Stanbridge (Aubrey Plaza) has inherited her father’s publishing house, and the ambitious would-be editor has nearly sunk it with failing titles. She disc...
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Maverick
June 9, 1994In one of the most anticipated movies of 1994, boxoffice superstar Mel Gibson ("Lethal Weapon," et. al.) and two-time Academy Award-winner Jodie Foster ("The Ac...
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Entourage
June 25, 2015Movie star Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier), together with his boys, Eric (Kevin Connolly), Turtle (Jerry Ferrara) and Johnny (Kevin Dillon), are back…and back ...
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Together
August 27, 2021Academy Award nominee Stephen Daldry’s film, Together, starring James McAvoy and Sharon Horgan, is the honest and hilarious story of a family, who like so man...
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Focus (2015)
August 19, 2015Will Smith stars as Nicky, a seasoned master of misdirection who becomes romantically involved with novice con artist Jess (Margot Robbie). As he's teaching her...
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Sonic The Hedgehog
February 14, 2020The world needed a hero, we got a hedgehog. Powered with incredible speed, Sonic The Hedgehog (voiced by Ben Schwartz), aka The Blue Blur, embraces his new home...
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Peter Rabbit 2
June 11, 2021The lovable rogue is back. Bea, Thomas, and the rabbits have created a makeshift family, but despite his best efforts, Peter can’t seem to shake his mischievo...
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Werewolves Within
June 25, 2021When a killer terrorizes the snowed-in residents of a small town, it falls to the new forest ranger to find out who - or what - lurks among them in this hilario...
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Napoleon Dynamite
December 21, 2004From the rural town of Preston, Idaho, comes Napoleon Dynamite (Jon Heder). With a red 'fro, his moon boots, and illegal government ninja moves, he is a new kin...
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The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
August 14, 2015Set against the backdrop of the early 1960s, at the height of the Cold War, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. centers on CIA agent Solo (Henry Cavill) and KGB agent Kurya...
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Grease
June 16, 1978John Travolta solidified his position as the most versatile and magnetic screen presence of the decade in this film version of the smash hit play Grease. Record...
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Norm MacDonald: Me Doing Standup
January 1, 2011Norm MacDonald, the iconic anchor of SNL's "Weekend Update" and star of the cult classic Dirty Work, is back with a vengeance. This time he serves up a hilariou...
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Green Book
November 21, 2018Academy Award® nominee Viggo Mortensen and Academy Award® winner Mahershala Ali star in Green Book, a film inspired by a true friendship that transcended race...
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Shrek
May 18, 2001Winner of the first Academy® Award for Best Animated Feature (2002), Shrek sparked a motion picture phenomenon and captured the world’s imagination with…th...
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Forrest Gump
July 6, 1994Tom Hanks gives an astonishing performance as Forrest, an everyman whose simple innocence comes to embody a generation. Alongside his mamma (Sally Field), his b...
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Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
December 20, 2017Four teenagers in detention discover an old video console with a game they’ve never heard of. When they decide to play, they are immediately sucked into the j...
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Just Go With It
February 11, 2011In Just Go With It, a plastic surgeon, romancing a much younger schoolteacher, enlists his loyal assistant to pretend to be his soon to be ex-wife, in order to ...
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Deadpool
February 12, 2016Hold onto your chimichangas, folks. From the studio that brought you all 3 Taken films comes the block-busting, fourth-wall-breaking masterpiece about Marvel Co...
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Kung Fu Panda 3
January 29, 2016When Po’s long-lost panda father suddenly reappears, the reunited duo travels to a secret panda paradise to meet scores of hilarious new pandas. But when the ...
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Illumination Presents: Dr. Seuss' The Grinch
November 9, 2018Illumination and Universal Pictures present The Grinch, based on Dr. Seuss' beloved classic. The Grinch tells the story of a cynical grump who goes on a mission...
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Trolls
November 4, 2016From the creators of Shrek comes DreamWorks Animation’s Trolls, a smart, funny and irreverent comedy about the search for happiness, and just how far some wil...
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Luca
June 18, 2021Set in a beautiful seaside town on the Italian Riviera, Disney and Pixar’s original feature film “Luca” is a coming-of-age story about one young boy exper...
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The Dead Don't Die
June 14, 2019It's the greatest zombie cast ever disassembled starring Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tilda Swinton, Chloë Sevigny, Steve Buscemi, Danny Glover, Caleb Landry Jone...
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