21 September 1975:
Biographical crime drama ‘Dog Day Afternoon’, directed by Sidney Lumet, was released in the US.

Rotten Tomatoes score: 94%
Letterboxd score: 4.3 (86%)

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21 September 1981:
Southern Gothic thriller ‘Southern Comfort’, directed by Walter Hill, premiered at the San Sebastián Film Festival.

Rotten Tomatoes score: 81%*
Letterboxd score: 3.7 (74%)
(*Popcornmeter: 74%)

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21 September 1990:
Neo-noir gangster film ‘Miller’s Crossing’, directed by the Coen brothers, premiered at the New York Film Festival.

Rotten Tomatoes score: 93%
Letterboxd score: 4.0 (80%)

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21 September 1995:
Erotic drama ‘Showgirls’, directed by Paul Verhoeven, premiered in Beverly Hills, California.

Panned upon release, in recent years it has undergone critical reevaluation.

Rotten Tomatoes score: 24%*
Letterboxd score: 3.5 (70%)
(*Popcornmeter: 38%)

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21 September 1999:
Crime thriller ‘Double Jeopardy’, directed by Bruce Beresford, premiered in Los Angeles.

Rotten Tomatoes score: 28%*
Letterboxd score: 3.2 (64%)
(*Popcornmeter: 61%)

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18 September 1941:
Film noir ‘Ladies in Retirement’, directed by Charles Vidor, was released in the US.

TMDB score: 65%
Letterboxd score: 3.5 (70%)

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18 September 1946:
War drama ‘Paisan’, directed by Roberto Rossellini, premiered at the Venice Film Festival.

Rotten Tomatoes score: 100%*
Letterboxd score: 3.9 (78%)
(*Popcornmeter: 86%)

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18 September 1956:
Black-and-white black comedy ‘The Green Man’, directed by Robert Day, premiered in London.

TMDB score: 70%
Letterboxd score: 3.5 (70%)

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18 September 1963:
Supernatural horror ‘The Haunting’, directed by Robert Wise, was released in the US.

Rotten Tomatoes score: 88%
Letterboxd score: 3.8 (76%)

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18 September 1971:
Psychological thriller ‘Fright’, directed by Peter Collinson, premiered at the Cork Film Festival.

It's regarded by many to be one of the 1st films where a babysitter is stalked by an unrelenting antagonist.

TMDB score: 60%
Letterboxd score: 3.0 (60%)

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SYNOPSIS: After a chance encounter with a wanted man, a woman is harassed by the police and press until she takes violent action.

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17 September 1975:
German-language political drama ‘The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum’, directed by Volker Schlöndorff and Margarethe von Trotta, premiered at the San Sebastián Film Festival.

Rotten Tomatoes score: 83%
Letterboxd score: 3.7 (74%)

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17 September 1980:
Period drama ‘The Last Metro’ (Le Dernier Métro), directed by François Truffaut, was released in France.

Rotten Tomatoes score: 86%
Letterboxd score: 3.7 (74%)

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17 September 1988:
Black comedy ‘Vampire’s Kiss’, directed by Robert Bierman, premiered at the Boston Film Festival.

It later gained cult status largely due to Cage's "scorched-earth acting".

Rotten Tomatoes score: 65%*
Letterboxd score: 3.4 (68%)
(*Popcornmeter: 55%)

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17 September 1998:
Teen fantasy comedy-drama ‘Pleasantville’, directed by Gary Ross (his directorial debut), premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Rotten Tomatoes score: 85%
Letterboxd score: 3.7 (74%)

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17 September 2004:
Sci-fi action adventure film ‘Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow’, directed by Kerry Conran (his directorial debut), was released in the US.

Rotten Tomatoes score: 71%*
Letterboxd score: 2.8 (56%)
(*Popcornmeter: 46%)

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16 September 1931:
Pre-Code romantic comedy-drama ‘Blonde Crazy’, directed by Roy Del Ruth, premiered in London.

The film is notable for one of Cagney's lines: "That dirty, double-crossin' rat!"

TMDB score: 70%
Letterboxd score: 3.5 (70%)

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16 September 1953:
Epic Biblical drama ‘The Robe’, directed by Henry Koster, premiered in New York City.

Rotten Tomatoes score: 74%
Letterboxd score: 3.2 (64%)

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16 September 1966:
Drama horror ‘The Witch’ (La Strega In Amore), directed by Damiano Damiani, was released in Italy.

TDMB score: 65%
Letterboxd score: 3.4 (68%)

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16 September 1987:
Psychological thriller ‘Fatal Attraction’, directed by Adrian Lyne, premiered in New York City.

It is credited for triggering the erotic thriller boom of the late 1980s to the mid-1990s.

Rotten Tomatoes score: 74%
Letterboxd score: 3.5 (70%)

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