Saturday August 22

On this day Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back turns 25 Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back turns 25 this year, and it remains one of the most unabashedly self aware comedies of its decade. When Jay and Silent Bob learn that their comic book alter egos, Bluntman and Chronic, are being turned into a Hollywood movie that cuts them out of any royalties, the pair set off on a cross country trip to sabotage the production themselves.

Wednesday August 19

On this day Imperium turns 10 Imperium turns ten this year, a tense undercover thriller inspired by real events that still holds up as one of the more overlooked crime dramas of its decade. Daniel Radcliffe plays Nate Foster, a young, idealistic FBI agent sent undercover to infiltrate a radical white supremacist network, forced to maintain a false identity while trying not to lose his own convictions in the process.

Tuesday August 18

On this day War Dogs turns 10 War Dogs turns ten this year, and it remains one of the sharpest dark comedies to come out of the mid 2010s. The film follows David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, two young men in their twenties who exploit a loophole allowing small businesses to bid on federal contracts, and end up winning a $300 million deal to arm American allies in Afghanistan.

Thursday August 13

On this day Ten years of Hell or High Water Ten years ago this month, Hell or High Water opened in theaters and quietly became one of the best American films of its decade. A lean, sunbaked crime story set in West Texas, it followed two brothers robbing branch after branch of the bank about to take their family's farm, and turned a modest budget into one of 2016's most acclaimed releases, a 97% on Rotten Tomatoes among the evidence.

Monday August 10

On this day American Pie 2 turns 25 American Pie 2 opened in theaters on August 10, 2001, two years after American Pie turned into a surprise hit and a franchise starter. 25 years on, it holds up as the film that decided whether that first success was a fluke. The sequel reunites the same friends for one more summer, a year and a batch of new schools later, regrouping at a rented beach house to see whether the old chemistry still holds.

Saturday August 8

On this day Stand by Me turns 40 Stand by Me opened on August 8, 1986, turning Stephen King's novella The Body into one of the defining coming of age films of its decade.

Wednesday August 5

On this day The Change-Up turns 15 The Change-Up opened on August 5, 2011, putting two lifelong friends into each other's bodies after a drunken wish and then letting the fallout run for the rest of the movie.

Tuesday August 4

On this day Talladega Nights turns 20 Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby opened in theaters on August 4, 2006, turning NASCAR spectacle into one of the decade's most quotable comedies.

Monday August 3

On this day Suicide Squad turns 10 Suicide Squad opened in US theaters on August 5, 2016, ten years ago this week, putting DC's incarcerated supervillains to work as deniable government assets and kicking off one of the more contentious chapters of the DC Extended Universe.

Saturday August 1

On this day Boyka: Undisputed IV turns ten Ten years ago this year, Boyka: Undisputed IV brought Yuri Boyka back into the ring, premiering at Fantastic Fest in September 2016 before reaching a wider audience on home video. It was built as the closing chapter for a character who had grown from supporting menace in the first Undisputed into the reluctant, damaged champion of three sequels. A decade on is enough distance to judge whether that ending actually holds.

Wednesday July 29

On this day Fifteen years of Crazy, Stupid, Love. Crazy, Stupid, Love. opened in theaters in July 2011, and this year marks fifteen years since Cal Weaver's tidy, suburban life came apart in a single conversation. His wife Emily wants a divorce, and a man who assumed his story was settled has to start over in his forties.

Tuesday July 28

On this day Bad Moms turns 10 this week, and the premise still holds up Bad Moms opened in theaters on July 29, 2016, and this week marks ten years since three worn out mothers decided they were done apologizing for wanting a life outside the school run and the packed lunches.

Monday July 27

On this day Ten years on, Jason Bourne's surveillance story still lands Jason Bourne opened in US theaters on July 29, 2016, ten years ago this week, arriving nearly a decade after The Bourne Ultimatum sent the character underground. Paul Greengrass returned to direct, and Matt Damon put the character back on screen for the first time since 2007, following one entry in the series, The Bourne Legacy, that had tried to carry on without either of them.

Saturday July 25

On this day Little Miss Sunshine turns 20 Twenty years ago, Little Miss Sunshine put a bright yellow Volkswagen bus on the road and turned a single beauty pageant into one of the defining road trip comedies of its decade.

Friday July 24

On this day A Time to Kill, 30 years on A Time to Kill opened on July 24, 1996, adapting John Grisham's 1989 debut novel: the book he wrote before The Firm made him famous, rejected by 28 publishers and printed in a run of just 5,000 copies before his later bestsellers sent readers back to it.

Wednesday July 22

On this day Train to Busan, 10 years on Train to Busan opened in South Korean theaters on July 20, 2016, arriving a month after its world premiere in the Midnight Screenings section at Cannes, where it became one of the festival's word-of-mouth sensations. On this day Captain America: The First Avenger, 15 years on Captain America: The First Avenger opened in the United States on July 22, 2011, closing out the run of standalone origin stories Marvel Studios had built since Iron Man three years earlier.

Tuesday July 21

On this day Friends with Benefits, 15 years on Friends with Benefits opened in North America on July 22, 2011, directed by Will Gluck from a script he co-wrote, starring Justin Timberlake as a New York art director and Mila Kunis as the headhunter who recruits him, with Jenna Elfman in support.

Monday July 20

On this day Spirited Away at 25: Miyazaki's bathhouse still has no equal Spirited Away opened in Japan on July 20, 2001, and this month marks 25 years since Hayao Miyazaki sent a ten-year-old girl through a tunnel into a world of bathhouse spirits.

Saturday July 18

On this day The Dark Knight, 18 years on Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight opened in the United States on July 18, 2008, the second chapter in the trilogy that began with Batman Begins.

Thursday July 16

On this day Inception, 16 years on Inception premiered on July 8, 2010, in London before opening wide in the United States on July 16, 2010, giving Christopher Nolan his first fully original blockbuster after a run of studio films that included two Batman pictures.

Wednesday July 15

On this day Die Hard turns 38 Die Hard opened in Los Angeles on July 12, 1988, ahead of its wide US release on July 20, and thirty-eight years on it remains the film against which every subsequent siege thriller is measured.

Friday July 3

On this day Back to the Future, 41 years on Back to the Future opened on July 3, 1985, and this year marks 41 years since Robert Zemeckis sent Marty McFly back to 1955 in a modified DeLorean.

Wednesday June 17

On this day Silent Movie turns 50 Silent Movie opened in the United States on June 17, 1976, a deliberately contrarian release for a decade dominated by disaster pictures and paranoid thrillers.

Tuesday June 16

On this day The Lake House, 20 years on The Lake House opened in the United States on June 16, 2006, twenty years ago this month, built as a star reunion as much as a romance.

Thursday June 11

On this day Ferris Bueller's Day Off, 40 years on "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" opened in American theaters on June 11, 1986, and this month marks 40 years since Ferris first turned to the camera and let the audience in on his plan.

Saturday May 30

On this day Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, 10 years on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows opened on June 3, 2016, ten years ago this year, following an initial premiere at Madison Square Garden.

Sunday May 24

On this day X-Men: The Last Stand, 20 years on X-Men: The Last Stand arrived on May 26, 2006, closing out the trilogy Bryan Singer had built with X-Men (2000) and X2 (2003).

Sunday May 17

On this day The Da Vinci Code, 20 years on "The Da Vinci Code" opened wide on May 19, 2006, after Ron Howard's adaptation had already made global headlines by opening the Cannes Film Festival two days earlier.

Tuesday May 12

On this day Just My Luck, 20 years on "Just My Luck" opened wide in the US on May 12, 2006, directed by Donald Petrie from a script built around a single fantastical hinge: a masquerade-ball kiss that swaps the fortunes of a charmed young publicist and an unlucky aspiring music producer.