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74% of Google users liked this movie Unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, actor Nick Cage accepts a $1 million offer to attend a wealthy fan's birthday party. Things take a wildly unexpected turn when a CIA operative recruits Cage for an unusual mission. Taking on the role of a lifetime, he soon finds himself channeling his most iconic and beloved characters to save himself and his loved ones. Release date: April 22, 2022 (USA) Director: Tom Gormican Box office: 28.7 million USD Music by: Mark Isham Produced by: Nicolas Cage; Mike Nilon; Kristin Burr; Kevin Turen Production companies: Saturn Films; Burr! Productions

94% of Google users liked this movie Blasting off on a NASA space mission in 1998, mischievous best pals Beavis and Butt-head time travel to the year 2022. As the NSA and U.S. government try to track them down, the clueless teens do their best to adjust to modern life. Initial release: June 23, 2022 Director: Mike Judge

66% of Google users liked this movie Dangerously ill with a rare blood disorder and determined to save others from the same fate, Dr. Morbius attempts a desperate gamble. While at first it seems to be a radical success, a darkness inside of him is soon unleashed.Description Release date: April 1, 2022 (USA) Director: Daniel Espinosa Box office: $163.9 million Music by: Jon Ekstrand Written by: : Matt Sazama; Burk Sharpless; Distributed by: Sony Pictures Releasing

77% of Google users liked this movie Treasure hunter Victor "Sully" Sullivan recruits street-smart Nathan Drake to help him recover a 500-year-old lost fortune amassed by explorer Ferdinand Magellan. What starts out as a heist soon becomes a globe-trotting, white-knuckle race to reach the prize before the ruthless Santiago Moncada can get his hands on it. If Sully and Nate can decipher the clues and solve one of the world's oldest mysteries, they stand to find $5 billion in treasure -- but only if they can learn to work together.Description Release date: February 18, 2022 (USA) Director: Ruben Fleischer Starring: Tom Holland; Mark Wahlberg; Sophia Ali; Tati Gabrielle; Antonio Banderas Story by: Rafe Lee Judkins; Jon Hanley Rosenberg; Mark D. Walker Adapted from: Uncharted Distributed by: Sony Pictures Releasing

75% of Google users liked this movie Prince Amleth is on the verge of becoming a man when his father is brutally murdered by his uncle, who kidnaps the boy's mother. Two decades later, Amleth is now a Viking who raids Slavic villages. He soon meets a seeress who reminds him of his vow -- save his mother, kill his uncle, avenge his father. Release date: April 22, 2022 (USA) Director: Robert Eggers Starring: Alexander Skarsgård; Nicole Kidman; Claes Bang; Anya Taylor-Joy; Ethan Hawke; Björk; Willem Dafoe Box office: $68.3 million Adapted from: Amleth Distributed by: Universal Pictures, Focus Features

92% of Google users liked this movie When an interdimensional rupture unravels reality, an unlikely hero must channel her newfound powers to fight bizarre and bewildering dangers from the multiverse as the fate of the world hangs in the balance. Directors: Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert Release dates: March 11, 2022 (SXSW); March 25, 2022 (United States) Starring: Michelle Yeoh; Stephanie Hsu; Ke Huy Quan; Jenny Slate; Harry Shum Jr. James Hong; Jamie Lee Curtis Box office: $63.4 million Music by: Son Lux Distributed by: A24

94% of Google users liked this movie After settling in Green Hills, Sonic is eager to prove that he has what it takes to be a true hero. His test comes when Dr. Robotnik returns with a new partner, Knuckles, in search of a mystical emerald that has the power to destroy civilizations. Sonic teams up with his own sidekick, Tails, and together they embark on a globe-trotting journey to find the emerald before it falls into the wrong hands.Description Release date: April 8, 2022 (USA) Director: Jeff Fowler Box office: $375.9 million Music by: Tom Holkenborg Adapted from: Sonic the Hedgehog Distributed by: Paramount Pictures Studios

86% of Google users liked this movie Dr Stephen Strange casts a forbidden spell that opens a portal to the multiverse. However, a threat emerges that may be too big for his team to handle.Description Release date: May 6, 2022 (USA) Director: Sam Raimi Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch; Elizabeth Olsen; Chiwetel Ejiofor; Benedict Wong; Xochitl Gomez; Michael Stuhlbarg; Rachel McAdams Box office: $810.9 million Production company: Marvel Studios Distributed by: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

91% of Google users liked this movie During the presidential election of 1988, a teenager named Donnie Darko sleepwalks out of his house one night and sees a giant, demonic-looking rabbit named Frank, who tells him the world will end in 28 days. When Donnie returns home, he finds that a jet engine has crashed into his bedroom. Is Donnie living in a parallel universe, is he suffering from mental illness - or will the world really end?Description Release date: January 19, 2001 (USA) Director: Richard Kelly Music by: Michael Andrews Box office: $7.5 million Production company: Flower Films Distributed by: Pandora Cinema, United Artists

66% of Google users liked this movie A suburban couple, Norma (Cameron Diaz) and Arthur (James Marsden), face a moral dilemma when they receive a gift that bears irrevocable consequences. With the press of a button, their simple wooden box will bestow $1 million; however, a stranger somewhere else will die, at the same time. The box will be theirs for only 24 hours, and as time ticks away, Norma and Arthur confront the depth of their humanity as they consider their choices.Description Release date: November 6, 2009 (USA) Director: Richard Kelly Starring: Cameron Diaz; James Marsden; Frank Langella; James Rebhorn Box office: $33.3 million Adapted from: Button, Button Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures, The Weinstein Company, FilmFlex

66% of Google users liked this movie With the United States under the threat of nuclear attack, the lives of several people converge in a dystopian Los Angeles. Movie star Boxer Santaros (Dwayne Johnson) plans his next film with the help of ambitious porn actress Krysta Now (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and troubled policeman Roland Taverner (Seann William Scott). Meanwhile, Marxist revolutionaries, greedy corporations and secretive government agencies pursue their separate agendas among a paranoid populace. Release date: November 14, 2007 (USA) Director: Richard Kelly Music by: Moby Box office: $374,743 Budget: $17 million

72% of Google users liked this movie The world stands on the brink of annihilation when a mysterious force knocks the moon from its orbit and sends it hurtling toward a collision course with Earth. With only weeks before impact, NASA executive Jocinda "Jo" Fowler teams up with a man from her past and a conspiracy theorist for an impossible mission into space to save humanity. Release date: February 4, 2022 (USA) Director: Roland Emmerich Starring: Halle Berry; Patrick Wilson; John Bradley; Michael Peña; Charlie Plummer; Kelly Yu; Donald Sutherland Box office: $42 million Music by: Thomas Wander; Harald Kloser Distributed by: Lionsgate Films, Tencent Pictures, Huayi Brothers, Centropolis Entertainment

90% of Google users liked this movie In New York City in 1987, a handsome, young urban professional, Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale), lives a second life as a gruesome serial killer by night. The cast is filled by the detective (Willem Dafoe), the fiance (Reese Witherspoon), the mistress (Samantha Mathis), the coworker (Jared Leto), and the secretary (Chloë Sevigny). This is a biting, wry comedy examining the elements that make a man a monster.Description Release date: April 14, 2000 (USA) Director: Mary Harron Adapted from: American Psycho Distributed by: Lionsgate Films Music by: John Cale Awards: Chlotrudis Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Chlotrudis Award for Best Actor

91% of Google users liked this movie Batman ventures into Gotham City's underworld when a sadistic killer leaves behind a trail of cryptic clues. As the evidence begins to lead closer to home and the scale of the perpetrator's plans become clear, he must forge new relationships, unmask the culprit and bring justice to the abuse of power and corruption that has long plagued the metropolis. Release date: March 4, 2022 (USA) Director: Matt Reeves Starring: Robert Pattinson; Zoë Kravitz; Paul Dano; Jeffrey Wright; John Turturro; Peter Sarsgaard; Andy Serkis; Colin Farrell Box office: $598.1 million Music by: Michael Giacchino Cinematography: Greig Fraser

94% of Google users liked this movie After accidentally crash-landing in 2022, time-traveling fighter pilot Adam Reed teams up with his 12-year-old self for a mission to save the future. Initial release: March 11, 2022 Director: Shawn Levy Starring: Ryan Reynolds; Mark Ruffalo; Jennifer Garner; Walker Scobell; Catherine Keener; Zoe Saldaña Produced by: David Ellison; Dana Goldberg; Don Granger; Shawn Levy; Ryan Reynolds Production companies: Skydance Media; Maximum Effort; 21 Laps Entertainment Written by: Jonathan Tropper; T.S. Nowlin; Jennifer Flackett; Mark Levin

54% of Google users liked this movie In the not-too-distant future, two drifters traveling through the desert stumble across the biggest gold nugget ever found, and the dream of immense wealth and greed takes hold. They hatch a plan to excavate their bounty with one man leaving to secure the necessary tools. The other man remains and must endure harsh desert elements, ravenous wild dogs and mysterious intruders while battling the sinking suspicion that he has been abandoned to his own fate. Release date: March 11, 2022 (USA) Director: Anthony Hayes Starring: Zac Efron; Susie Porter; Anthony Hayes Cinematography: Ross Giardina Produced by: Anthony Hayes; John Schwarz; Michael Schwarz Box office: $2,741

50% of Google users liked this movie Influencers looking to breathe new life into a Texas ghost town encounter Leatherface, the legendary killer who wears a mask of human skin. Initial release: February 18, 2022 Director: David Blue Garcia Story by: Fede Álvarez; Rodo Sayagues Produced by: Fede Álvarez; Herbert W. Gains; Kim Henkel; Ian Henkel; Pat Cassidy Screenplay by: Chris Thomas Devlin Cinematography: Ricardo Diaz

57% of Google users liked this movie Suburbanites are locked in for their own protection by their household robots while an android revolt rages outside. Initial release: February 11, 2022 Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet Produced by: Frédéric Doniguian; Richard Grandpierre Production companies: Eskwad; Gaumont Film Company Language: French Distributed by: Netflix

81% of Google users liked this movie Nacho Vigalondo's time-travel thriller opens with Hector spying on a beautiful woman undressing in the woods near his property. Investigating, he finds her assaulted and he in turn is attacked by a man whose head is swathed in bandages. Fleeing, Hector encounters a scientific facility where a scientist persuades him to hide in a time machine. Travelling back in time just a few hours, he observes himself. Release date: March 29, 2008 (USA) Director: Nacho Vigalondo Music by: Eugenio Mira Spanish: Los Cronocrímenes Box office: $564,474 Budget: $2.6 million

73% of Google users liked this movie In bustling downtown Madrid, a loud gunshot and two mysterious deaths trap a motley assortment of common urbanites in a decrepit central bar, while paranoia and suspicion force the terrified regulars to turn on each other. Initial release: February 15, 2017 Director: Álex de la Iglesia Starring: Mario Casas; Blanca Suarez Music by: Joan Valent Language: Spanish Production companies: A Pokeepsie Films; Nadie es Perfecto; Atresmedia Cine