Actor Cliff Robertson (1923)

Mick Garris wrote, co-produced, and directed Riding the Bullet (2004), a horror film based on Stephen King’s 2000 novella with the same title. The story takes place in 1969 and follows young artist Alan Parker who is studying at the University of Maine. His professor believes Alan has an unhealthy fascination with death. On his birthday, October 30, Alan worries that his girlfriend Jessica is planning to end their relationship. Later, while getting high in his bathtub, Alan accidentally cuts himself when Jessica and some friends surprise him at home for his birthday ...

Based on the Marvel Comics character created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, the American superhero film Spider-Man (2002) follows high school senior Peter Parker on a school trip to a genetics laboratory at Columbia University with his friends Harry Osborn and Mary Jane Watson. After being bitten by a genetically engineered spider, Peter falls ill upon returning home. Meanwhile, Norman Osborn, a scientist and owner of Oscorp, is trying to secure a military contract and tests a performance-enhancing chemical on himself, resulting in him becoming insane and killing his ...

Director Brian De Palma released the American neo-noir psychological thriller film, Obsession (1976). The movie follows the story of Michael Courtland, a New Orleans real estate developer whose life is turned upside down in 1959 when his wife Elizabeth and young daughter Amy are taken by kidnappers. Instead of fulfilling the ransom demands with actual money, the police suggest giving them a briefcase filled with fake paper dollars. This leads to a chaotic car chase and an explosion that results in the death of the kidnappers and hostages. Courtland blames himself for not being able to save his family. Sixteen years ...

The American political thriller film, Three Days of the Condor (1975), directed by Sydney Pollack, follows Joe Turner – a bookish CIA analyst with the codename ‘Condor’. He works undercover at the American Literary Historical Society in New York City. The team’s job is to analyze books, newspapers, and magazines from all over the world to compare them to real CIA operations or gather new ideas. One day, while on lunch duty, Turner comes across a strange thriller novel that he reports back to CIA headquarters despite its low sales and translations into various languages. Upon returning from his ...