Maleficent
Vengeful queen regrets her spell
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
“You have your mother’s eyes…”
Despicable Me
Gru reads his bedtime story
Next: More movies with villain redemption
2010: The Year We Make Contact
Bowman forgives and embraces HAL
Return of the Jedi
Vader hurls Emperor, dies well
Megamind
Ex-supervillain saves the day, naturally
Next:
Monsters who are just misunderstood
The Phantom of the Opera
He’s still a dick though.
Carrie
A sex-ed book might help.
South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut
Satan just wants some love.
The films of Wes Anderson
The Royal Tenenbaums
Dad tries reconnecting with family
Asteroid City
Star-studded cast falls flat
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (and Three More)
Short stories tied together nicely
Next: Scorsese movies
“Manchester by the Sea”
My God, it totally sucks!
@Jasmine the rule is three movies, not one. And what topic are you referencing?
LOL. That wasn’t even a Scorsese movie!
Scorsese movies
Who’s That Knocking at My Door
His directorial debut, in 1967
Raging Bull
De Niro in B&W boxing biopic
Gangs of New York
Civil War Manhattan no fun
Next up:
More Scorsese movies
Taxi Driver
Vietnam vet descends into madness.
Goodfellas
Crime boss rises and falls.
The Wolf of Wall Street
Money, drugs, sex, more drugs.
Great films by first-time directors
District 9 - Neil Blomkamp
Live-action anime racism allegory
Citizen Kane – Orsen Wells
Something something, something…something…“Rosebud”
Reservoir Dogs – Quinten Tarantino
Men open up about feelings
Next up: More great films by first-time directors
Night of the Hunter
Charles Laughton’s only directorial foray.
Return of the Secaucus 7
Sayles hits the ground running.
Get Out
Keep an eye on Peele.
NEXT: Films starring one-hit wonder Oscar winners.
What Dreams May Come
Oscar winner: Best Visual Effects
Happy Feet
Best Animated Feature of 2006
The Muppets
“Man or Muppet” wins Oscar
Next: More films starring one-hit wonder Oscar winners
The Miracle Worker
Duke’s otherwise career on TV.
Children of a Lesser God
Few accolades for Matlin again.
The Awful Truth
Six nominations, only one win.
(OK, not exactly what the category means, but this film is notorious for this.)
NEXT: Comeback films
Gladiator (Director Ridley Scott’s comeback after a series of flops)
Maximus: Are you not entertained?
Everything Everywhere All at Once (Ke Huy Quan returns after two-decade exile)
Asian woman enters the multiverse.
Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr. returns after a decade of drug abuse)
Inventor creates an invincibility suit.
Films that ended careers
The Love Guru
Forced Mike Myers into voicing
Freaks
Director Browning’s Dracula to dust
Showgirls
Has anyone seen Elizabeth Berkley?
Next: Movies that featured notable debuts
All three directors’ names misspelled! Impressive. 
Movies that featured notable debuts
Citizen Kane
Orson Welles peaked very early
The Silver Chalice
Paul Newman hated his first film
Julia
Meryl Streep showed her stuff
Next up:
Last films of big stars
The Shootist
John Wayne’s prescient last hurrah.
Plan Nine from Outer Space
Bela Lugosi needed a paycheck.
Giant
Dean earns posthumous Oscar nod.
Movies where an actor or director’s career peaked (it’s been all downhill from there)
This is a highly subjective list so YMMV…
Hancock
Pretty much downhill for Smith (King Richard notwithstanding)
Gremlins
Director Dante’s last great movie
Hairspray
John Waters at his apex
Next: More movies where an actor or director’s career peaked (it’s been all downhill from there)
(I’m curious to see what others have to say)
Apocalypse Now - Marlon Brando
He was already crazy then.
Basic Instinct - Sharon Stone
Stone never became bankable star.
The Exorcist - Linda Blair
Exorcist sequel then B-Movie hell.
Prison movies not called The Shawshank Redemption
Escape from Alcatraz
Based on June 1962 incident
Face/Off
Farfetched flick includes prison stint
Brubaker
Robert Redford plays reformist warden
Next up:
Rags-to-riches movies
Citizen Kane
What’s the meaning of “Rosebud”?
A Face in the Crowd
Country bumpkin becomes false idol
Slumdog Millionaire
Street urchin wins big prize
Next: Riches to rags movies