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The Little Mermaid
1989 animated film directed by John Musker and Ron Clements
Bambi
Bambi is a 1942 American animated coming-of-age drama film produced by Walt Disney and released by RKO Radio Pictures, loosely based on Felix Salten's 1923 novel Bambi, a Life in the Woods. It was directed by David D. Hand, and a team of six sequence directors.
The Rescuers
1977 animated film directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, John Lounsbery and Art Stevens
Ratatouille
2007 animated film directed by Brad Bird
Toy Story 3
2010 American animated film directed by Lee Unkrich
Spider-Man
2002 film directed by Sam Raimi
Big Hero 6
2014 animated film directed by Don Hall and Chris Williams
Captain America: The First Avenger
2011 film directed by Joe Johnston
Brave
2012 American computer-animated fantasy film
Brother Bear
2003 animated film directed by Aaron Blaise and Robert Walker
Alice in Wonderland
1951 American animated musical fantasy film
Spider-Man: Homecoming
2017 film directed by Jon Watts
Coco
2017 American animated film
Spider-Man 2
2004 American film directed by Sam Raimi
Man of Steel
2013 film directed by Zack Snyder
Spider-Man: Far From Home
2019 film directed by Jon Watts
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2018 animated superhero film
Spider-Man: No Way Home
2021 film directed by Jon Watts
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982 film directed by Steven Spielberg
Avatar: The Way of Water
Avatar: The Way of Water is a 2022 American epic science fiction film directed by James Cameron and written by Cameron, Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver. It is the second installment in the Avatar film series and the sequel to Avatar (2009). Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña and Stephen Lang reprise their roles from the first film, with Sigourney Weaver returning in an additional role and Kate Winslet joining the cast. The plot follows Jake Sully, a human-Na'vi hybrid, and his family on the habitable moon Pandora. Hunted by RDA forces, they flee to an oceanic region to seek refuge with the Metkayina clan.
The Amazing Spider-Man
2012 film directed by Marc Webb
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
2014 film directed by Marc Webb
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023 animated film by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson
Chicken Little
2005 animated film directed by Mark Dindal
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
1998 film directed by Darrell Rooney
The Jungle Book
2016 film directed by Jon Favreau
Jumanji
1995 film directed by Joe Johnston
Aquaman
2018 film directed by James Wan
The Prince of Egypt
1998 animated film directed by Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner and Simon Wells
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
2006 film directed by Justin Lin
The Black Cauldron
1985 animated film directed by Ted Berman and Richard Rich
Meet the Robinsons
2007 animated film directed by Stephen J. Anderson
It (2017 film)
It is a 2017 American supernatural horror film directed by Andy Muschietti and written by Chase Palmer, Cary Fukunaga, and Gary Dauberman. It is the first of a two-part adaptation of the 1986 novel of the same name by Stephen King, as well as the second adaptation following Tommy Lee Wallace's 1990 miniseries. Starring Jaeden Lieberher and Bill Skarsgård, the film was produced by New Line Cinema, KatzSmith Productions, Lin Pictures, and Vertigo Entertainment. Set in the fictional town of Derry, Maine, the film tells the story of The Losers' Club, a group of seven outcast children who are terrorized by the eponymous being which emerges from the sewer in the form of Pennywise the Dancing Clown (Skarsgård), and face their own personal demons as the monster torments them.
The Good Dinosaur
2015 animated film directed by Peter Sohn
Kingsman: The Secret Service
2014 film by Matthew Vaughn
Superman
1978 film by Richard Donner
The Iron Giant
1999 film by Brad Bird
Alita: Battle Angel
2019 film directed by Robert Rodriguez
Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure
2001 American direct-to-video animated film
Shazam!
2019 film directed by David F. Sandberg
The Tree of Life
2011 film directed by Terrence Malick
Babe
1995 film directed by Chris Noonan
Carrie
1976 film directed by Brian De Palma
Eragon
2006 film directed by Stefen Fangmeier
Bumblebee
2018 film by Travis Knight
Green Lantern
2011 film directed by Martin Campbell
The Marvels
2023 film directed by Nia DaCosta
Stand by Me (film)
Stand by Me is a 1986 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Rob Reiner. Based on Stephen King's 1982 novella The Body, the film is set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Oregon, in 1959. Stand by Me stars Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, and Jerry O'Connell as four boys who set out on a journey to find the dead body of a missing boy. The film's title is derived from the 1961 song of the same name by Ben E. King, which plays during the film's closing credits.
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
2002 animated film by Kelly Asbury and Lorna Cook
The Karate Kid
1984 film directed by John G. Avildsen
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
2015 film directed by Guy Ritchie
The Little Mermaid
2023 film directed by Rob Marshall
Enola Holmes
2020 film by Harry Bradbeer
Mufasa: The Lion King
2024 CGI film directed by Barry Jenkins
Tomb Raider
2018 film directed by Roar Uthaug
Blue Beetle
2023 film directed by Ángel Manuel Soto
Sleepers
1996 film directed by Barry Levinson
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
2000 animated film directed by Jim Kammerud
Excalibur
1981 film by John Boorman
Stoker
2013 film by Park Chan-wook