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20th Century Fox films

  • Aliens (film)Aliens, the 1986 science fiction-action film written and directed by James Cameron, opens with a woman who has been asleep for 57 years.
  • Alien (film)Alien is a 1979 science fiction horror film that begins with a single, deceptively quiet transmission. A commercial starship called the Nostromo is hauling…
  • Star Wars (film)Star Wars opened on the 25th of May 1977, in just 32 theaters across the United States. The cast and crew believed it would be a failure.
  • Star Wars original trilogyStar Wars opened in theaters on the 25th of May 1977, and within weeks had displaced Jaws as the highest-grossing film ever made.
  • Return of the JediLuke Skywalker stands before the massive jaws of a rancor, his lightsaber glowing green in the dim light of Jabba the Hutt's palace.
  • The Day the Earth Stood StillIn 1951, a flying saucer landed on the National Mall in Washington D.C. The United States Army surrounded it with tanks and soldiers.
  • Star Wars prequel trilogyThe Star Wars prequel trilogy begins with a nine-year-old slave boy on the desert planet Tatooine. Two Jedi Knights stumble upon Anakin Skywalker almost by…
  • Fight ClubFight Club, the 1999 film directed by David Fincher, opens on a scene that still unsettles viewers: a gun barrel pushed down the throat of an unnamed man…
  • The Empire Strikes BackThe Empire Strikes Back opens with a single haunting image: probe droids scattered across the galaxy, hunting. It was the 21st of May 1980, and audiences…
  • Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom MenaceGeorge Lucas returned to the Star Wars franchise in 1993 after a long hiatus that began with the release of Return of the Jedi in 1983.
  • Titanic (1997 film)Titanic, the 1997 film written and directed by James Cameron, began not on a Hollywood lot but at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.
  • Highlander (film)Highlander, the 1986 fantasy action-adventure film directed by Russell Mulcahy, opens on a parking garage beneath Madison Square Garden where a sword fight…
  • Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the ClonesGeorge Lucas began writing the script for Attack of the Clones in March 2000, just three months before principal photography started.
  • The Name of the Rose (film)The Name of the Rose arrived in cinemas in 1986 with a puzzle at its heart: how do you turn a labyrinthine medieval novel into a film people will actually…
  • The Day After TomorrowThe script for The Day After Tomorrow originated from a 1999 book titled The Coming Global Superstorm. Art Bell and Whitley Strieber wrote the source…
  • Star Wars sequel trilogyIn 1976, George Lucas told actor Mark Hamill that he planned three or four Star Wars trilogies. He imagined filming the ninth episode by 2011.
  • Lincoln (film)In the freezing air of January 1865, President Abraham Lincoln stands in a dimly lit room within the White House. He stares at a map of Virginia while his…
  • All This and World War IIProducer Russ Regan conceived the project after experiencing vivid dreams about Adolf Hitler in Berchtesgaden. He imagined these scenes set to the Beatles…
  • Conan the Barbarian (1982 film)Conan the Barbarian arrived in North American theaters on the 14th of May 1982, opening in 1,400 theaters simultaneously.
  • Alita: Battle AngelIn 2003, James Cameron confirmed he would direct a film version of Yukito Kishiro's manga series Battle Angel Alita. The domain name battleangelalita.com was…
  • The Great SilenceSergio Corbucci returned to Rome in 1967 after completing the Eurospy film Death on the Run. He felt weary of producing Westerns that varied wildly in…
  • Give My Regards to Broad Street (film)Paul McCartney began filming Give My Regards to Broad Street in November 1982. This project marked his first attempt at a non-documentary feature film since…