City of God

Here's one: Many of the child actors in City of God were actual residents of Rio de Janeiro's favelas, and the film's casting process involved workshops with over 200 local youth. #CityofGod #Thriller #CrimeFilm

The Lives of Others

Cinema gem: The Lives of Others was the first German film to win the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 15 years and reignited global interest in East German cinema. #TheLivesofOthers #Film #IMDb

Halloween

Wild trivia: John Carpenter's Halloween was made for just $325,000 and grossed $70 million worldwide, establishing the slasher genre and becoming one of the most profitable independent films. #Halloween #Horror #ScaryMovies

Se7en

Screen secret: The opening credits of Se7en were designed by Kyle Cooper and are considered among the most influential title sequences in cinema history. #Se7en #Thriller #CrimeFilm

No Country for Old Men

Fun fact: To date, it is the last Western film to ever win the Academy Award for Best Picture (the others being Cimarron in 1931, Dances with Wolves in 1990, and Unforgiven in 1992). #NoCountryforOldMen #Thriller #CrimeFilm

The Cable Guy

Fun fact: 8 million against a $47 million budget, though not to the extent of many of Carrey's previous films. #TheCableGuy #Comedy #Funny

The Wolf of Wall Street

Cinema gem: The Wolf of Wall Street holds the record for the most uses of the F-word in a non-documentary film at 569 times across its 3-hour runtime. #TheWolfofWallStreet #Thriller #CrimeFilm

Suzume

Screen secret: Its themes were inspired by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. #Suzume #Anime #JapaneseAnimation

Kung Fu Panda

Film history: Starring Jack Black as the voice of the titular character, the film, set in a version of ancient China populated by anthropomorphic animals, centers on a bumbling giant panda named Po, a kung fu enthusiast living in the Valley of Peace. #Animation #Pixar

Chernobyl

Here's one: HBO's Chernobyl briefly held the highest rating of any TV show on IMDb at 9.7, and the series caused a 40% increase in tourism to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. #Chernobyl #TVSeries #MustWatch

Frozen

True story: Frozen grossed $1.28 billion worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing animated film at the time and spawning one of Disney's most profitable franchises. #Frozen #Animation #Pixar

Anchorman

Reel talk: So much improvisation occurred during Anchorman that a separate film called 'Wake Up, Ron Burgundy' was assembled entirely from deleted alternate takes. #Anchorman #Comedy #Funny

Coco

Fun fact: Pixar's team made over 40 research trips to Mexico over six years to develop Coco, and the film's portrayal of Día de los Muertos was praised for its cultural accuracy. #Coco #Animation #Pixar

How to Train Your Dragon

Wild trivia: It consists of three feature films: How to Train Your Dragon (2010), How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014), and How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019). #HowtoTrainYourDragon #Animation #Pixar

Arrested Development

Reel talk: Arrested Development is an American satirical television sitcom created by Mitchell Hurwitz that debuted on Fox on November 2, 2003. #ArrestedDevelopment #Comedy #Funny

Vincenzo

Here's one: The series was also popular among international viewers through Netflix, maintaining its position in the top 10 TV shows on Netflix in the world since its start and reached the fourth rank on April 26. #Vincenzo #KoreanCinema #KMovie

Memento

Little-known fact: It was also a commercial success, earning $40 million against a $9 million budget and gained a cult following. #Memento #Thriller #CrimeFilm

The Thing

Wild trivia: John Carpenter's The Thing was a box office bomb in 1982, partly because it opened two weeks after E.T., but is now regarded as one of the greatest horror films ever made. #TheThing #Horror #ScaryMovies

The Terminator

Fun fact: The Terminator is a 1984 American science fiction action film directed by James Cameron, written by Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd, and produced by Hurd. #TheTerminator #SciFi #ScienceFiction

Citizen Kane

Reel talk: Citizen Kane is a 1941 American drama film directed by, produced by, and starring Orson Welles and co-written by Welles and Herman J. #CitizenKane #ClassicFilm #OldHollywood

Inglourious Basterds

Behind the scenes: Castellari's 1978 Euro War film The Inglorious Bastards, but deliberately misspelled as "a Basquiat-esque touch". #InglouriousBasterds #FilmFacts #BehindTheScenes

The Departed

Cinema gem: The Departed is a 2006 crime thriller film, directed by Martin Scorsese and written by William Monahan. #TheDeparted #Thriller #CrimeFilm

PK

Cinema gem: A religious satire addressing superstition and pseudoprophets, the film stars an ensemble cast of Aamir Khan (as the title character), Anushka Sharma, Sushant Singh Rajput, Boman Irani, Saurabh Shukla and Sanjay Dutt. #PK #Bollywood #IndianCinema

Thor

Cinema gem: During this time, the rights were picked up by various film studios until Marvel signed Mark Protosevich to develop the project in 2006, and planned to finance and release it through Paramount. #Thor #Action #Blockbuster

Superbad

Movie magic: Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg began writing Superbad when they were just 13 years old, basing the characters on themselves. #Superbad #Comedy #Funny

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Wild trivia: Although it was moved to Paramount Pictures in the 1990s, the film did not enter production until after Fincher and Pitt signed on along with the rest of the cast in 2005. #TheCuriousCaseofBenjaminButton #Romance #LoveStory

Independence Day

Little-known fact: The White House explosion in Independence Day used a 1/12 scale model packed with explosives — it was filmed in one take because the model could only be destroyed once. #IndependenceDay #Action #Blockbuster

Tremors

Bet you didn't know: This episode also introduced the character Cletus Poffenburger (played by Christopher Lloyd). #Tremors #SciFi #ScienceFiction

The Dark Knight

Wild trivia: In writing the screenplay, the Nolans were influenced by 1980s Batman comics and crime drama films, and sought to continue Batman Begins' heightened sense of realism. #TheDarkKnight #Thriller #CrimeFilm

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

Screen secret: Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels was Guy Ritchie's directorial debut, made for just $1.35 million, and launched both his career and Jason Statham's acting career. #LockStockandTwoSmokingBarrels #Comedy #Funny