Bumblebee (2018)

Bumblebee (2018)

[4] In this much more family-oriented prequel to the 2007 Transformers movie, a teenaged girl named Charlie (True Grit's Hailee Steinfeld) repairs an old Volkswagen Beetle that turns out to be a Transformer scout named B-127. She nicknames him 'Bumblebee' and soon…
Transformers (2007)

Transformers (2007)

[8] Director Michael Bay (The Rock, Armageddon) lends his high-gloss, kinetic style to Transformers, the first live-action movie based on Hasbro's popular line of '80s toys. But it's executive producer Steven Spielberg who gives the high-octane film its heart. Spielberg insisted that…
The Dirty Dozen (1967)

The Dirty Dozen (1967)

[7] Lee Marvin leads a dozen military convicts on a secret mission to infiltrate a Nazi stronghold and assassinate several German officers. Many of the 'Dirty Dozen' are sentenced to hang, but Marvin slowly earns their trust as he whips them into…
Heart of the Beast (2026)

Heart of the Beast (2026)

[6] In this old-fashioned survival story, a man and his dog try to survive the elements after their plane crashes in the Alaskan wilderness. Directed by David Ayer (Fury) and starring Brad Pitt, I had high hopes for an exciting and emotional…
The Vikings (1958)

The Vikings (1958)

[7] Tony Curtis and Kirk Douglas co-star in this lavish, somewhat compromised adventure-drama set in medieval England and Norway. Douglas plays an aggressive Viking prince and Curtis plays his English slave, neither of them realizing they share the same Viking father (Ernest…
Return of the Jedi (1983)

Return of the Jedi (1983)

[9] George Lucas wraps up his historic, original Star Wars trilogy with an entry that's widely considered inferior to the first two films -- but that's more a testimony to the unparalleled excellence of those prior films than a knock against it's…
War Horse (2011)

War Horse (2011)

[8] Steven Spielberg traverses the European battlefront of World War I through the eyes of a horse named Joey in this adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's novel and a stage play by Nick Stafford. We see this foal born, trained by a teenaged…
Cast Away (2000)

Cast Away (2000)

[8] Tom Hanks reteamed with director Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump, Back to the Future) for this survival story about a FedEx worker whose plane crashes in the Pacific Ocean, stranding him on a small, deserted island. He braves the elements, starvation, injury,…
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

[10] After deciding directing wasn't his favorite thing to do, George Lucas enticed his former film school teacher Irvin Kershner (Eyes of Laura Mars, Return of a Man Called Horse) to helm the dark second act of his historic Star Wars trilogy.…
The Dog Stars (2026)

The Dog Stars (2026)

[5] Director Ridley Scott (Alien, Blade Runner) dips a toe into the post-apocalypse with this story about a pilot who runs supplies to the few remaining people who weren't wiped out by a deadly flu. Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein, Saltburn) plays the pilot,…