Tyrone Power took on Zorro in THE MARK OF ZORRO (1940), directed by Rouben Mamoulian. The film returned Johnston McCulley’s masked champion to the screen two decades after Douglas Fairbanks’ adaptation, giving the pulp hero a new leading man and a fresh round of swashbuckling adventure.

MOONSTRUCK (1987) stars Cher, Nicolas Cage, Danny Aiello and Olympia Dukakis. Its director, Norman Jewison, later said the American Film Institute inspired him when he founded the Canadian Film Center in 1988, connecting his filmmaking career with support for a new generation of artists.

Netflix marked ten years in Korea with a two-day fan festival in Seoul on October 24–25. Ted Sarandos joined stars from SQUID GAME and upcoming series including ALL OF US ARE DEAD Season 2. Netflix says Korean content is its most-watched non-English-language programming.

THE WALSH SISTERS is heading to Disney+ in the UK after its BBC run. The streamer has acquired second-window rights to the Marian Keyes adaptation, with further distribution deals covering Norway, Sweden, Finland, the Balkans and Israel. Season 2 is in production.

LADY BIRD (2017) was Greta Gerwig’s solo directorial debut. Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf play the daughter and mother at the heart of its story, which gives the tensions of adolescence and family life equal attention.

GLORY (1989) marked Andre Braugher’s big-screen debut as Corporal Thomas Searles. Edward Zwick directed and Steven Rosenblum edited the Civil War drama, which earned Denzel Washington a supporting-actor Oscar and also won for cinematography and sound.

Robert Zemeckis directed ROMANCING THE STONE (1984), a treasure-hunt adventure set in Colombia. Kathleen Turner, Michael Douglas and Danny DeVito anchor a story that combines the dangers of an expedition with the escapist pleasures of a romance novel.

THE MISFITS (1961) brought together director John Huston and playwright Arthur Miller, whose script was his first original screenplay. Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe both made their final film appearances in the drama.

William Goldman adapted his own novel for THE PRINCESS BRIDE (1987). Directed by Rob Reiner, the fantasy adventure brings together Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, André the Giant, Christopher Guest and Wallace Shawn in its mix of romance, danger and comedy.

DIRTY DANCING (1987) ties its romance to movement, music and a line that became inseparable from the film: “Nobody puts Baby in a corner.” “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life” remains its defining musical counterpart, linking the love story to its climactic dance.

Steven Spielberg directed SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998), with Tom Hanks leading its mission behind enemy lines. Janusz Kaminski photographed the film and John Williams composed the score, shaping a war drama that moves from the chaos of D-Day to the personal cost of the search.

Barry Jenkins wrote and directed MOONLIGHT (2016), shaping one man’s search for connection into a three-part journey from boyhood to adulthood. Its changing perspectives trace how identity, intimacy and social expectations can pull a life in different directions.

RisingJoy has signed a pact to distribute NTT DOCOMO’s vertical content internationally, including anime, with titles available for non-exclusive licensing under separate agreements. RisingJoy also plans 30 vertical anime titles by early 2027; it says six have been completed using AI production tools.

George Lucas drew on his experiences in Modesto, California, when he co-wrote and directed AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973). The film uses popular songs in place of a traditional score, features an early role for Harrison Ford and had Haskell Wexler as a visual consultant.

Ivan Reitman directed and produced GHOSTBUSTERS (1984), bringing together Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis and Ernie Hudson. The ensemble gives its supernatural premise the rhythms of a workplace comedy.

Yorgos Lanthimos directed POOR THINGS (2023), with Emma Stone leading its strange, expansive world. The film brings horror and comedy together through an imaginative visual style and a central performance built around a woman challenging the rules imposed around her.

William Friedkin’s THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971) stages two very different pursuits: a car racing an elevated train, and a subway encounter in which Fernando Rey’s Charnier slips away from Gene Hackman’s Popeye Doyle. Both turn New York transit into an engine of suspense.

GHOST (1990) builds its romance around a love that persists beyond death and the struggle to communicate across that divide. Its use of the Righteous Brothers’ “Unchained Melody” became one of the film’s defining musical moments.

Gregory Peck, David Niven and Anthony Quinn lead the ensemble of THE GUNS OF NAVARONE (1961). Stanley Baker, Anthony Quayle, Irene Papas, Gia Scala and James Darren also appear in the wartime mission film, bringing together a cast of contrasting screen personalities.

David Fincher’s THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (2011) adapts Stieg Larsson’s novel into a mystery of family secrets. Daniel Craig and Christopher Plummer join Rooney Mara, whose Lisbeth Salander anchors the film’s dark, wintry world.