PG-13 Films
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200

Keanu Reeves accepted a lower salary in order to work with and learn from his on screen coach, Gene Hackman, in this film.

What is The Replacements

200

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

What are: 50-50 & Don Jon

200

In this film, actress Lupita Nyong'o traded her zombie-beheading katana for a child calming ukulele.

What is Little Monsters

200

The events of this film became big news when a team of amateur cryptographers decoded a coded message left by a serial killer.

What is Zodiac

200

Mel Brooks directed and helped write the screenplay for this film along with the star of the film, Gene Wilder.

What is Young Frankenstein

400

This film's costume budget of $100,000 was supplemented with loans from friends in the fashion industry. Experts estimate the true cost of the wardrobe to be over $1 million.

What is The Devil Wears Prada

400

Nicholas Cage

What are: Con Air & Valley Girl

400

This film, set in a fictional town in Nevada, featured a star studded cast including Home Improvement star Tim Allen.

What is El Camino Christmas

400

This movie is number 3 on The American Film Institute's list of The 100 Best Movies of All Time

What is The Godfather

400
This film was a stylistic break for comedian Jordan Peele.

What is Get Out

600

This David Fincher legal thriller was scored by Nine Inch Nails front man Trent Reznor

What is The Social Network

600

Allison Janney

What are: I, Tonya & The Way Way Back

600

In this film, father to be Judd Altmann gets into no less than three physical altercations with family, friends, and even his boss at the radio station.

What is This is Where I Leave You

600

This buddy cop film was written by Shane Black, writer for Lethal Weapon and Lethal Weapon 2.

What is The Nice Guys

600

Wolfgang Petersen filmed this movie on soundstages in his native West Germany.

What is The Neverending Story

800

The $1.5 million train wreck in this film has become a tourist attraction in Sylvia, NC.

What is The Fugitive

800

Phillip Seymour Hoffman

What are Synecdoche New York & 25th Hour

800

This film was set in the year 2020 and (prophetically) had curfews, diseases, and political unrest.

What is V for Vendetta

800

Director Paul Schrader has said that this film was his way of dealing with his own despair at the climate crisis.

What is First Reformed

800

Acclaimed playwright Martin McDonagh wrote the screenplay and directed this film that focused on two criminals with a sense of honor.

What is In Bruges

1000

In September 2013, Forbes highlighted this film as "the rare English-language film in history to cross $400 million while barely crossing $100 million domestic".

What is Pacific Rim

1000

Catherine Keener

What are: Synecdoche New York & Get Out

1000
During the production of this film, one of the lead actors went by the playful nickname "Doogie Himmler".

What is Starship Troopers

1000

This semi-autobiographical film was filmed and takes place in Sacramento, California.

What is Lady Bird

1000

Spanish filmmaker Alejandro Amenabar wrote and directed this period piece about a troubled family.

What is The Others