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Columbia/TriStar

The high school flick—which was released 10 years ago—seems like the ultimate bromance movie, but its themes are much more universal.

Tara Aquino












Warner Bros. Home Entertainment

It took 16 tries in the director's chair for Clint Eastwood to finally get some Oscar love for this western, which was released 25 years ago.

Eric D Snider
By Bjørn Fjørtoft - National Archives of Norway, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

"I've still got the same attitude I had when I started," the iconic tough guy—who was born 100 years ago today—once said, "I haven't changed anything but my underwear."

Jennifer M Wood




Ralph Macchio in The Karate Kid (1984).

You'd better start practicing those crane kicks again! More than 30 years after Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence faced off in one of cinema's most iconic showdowns, The Karate Kid has officially made a comeback.

Tim Lybarger