One-Word Movies: Year + Star = ? (2)

[A] Arrival | Twelve shell-like ships hover over Earth as a linguist races to decode alien sentences before humans choose war.

[B] Waterworld | Costly floating sets sank budgets; still birthed theme park stunt shows loved by pyros spectacular.

[D] Heat | Michael Mann staged downtown shootout so realistically, police training later used footage roaring echo chambers.

[D] Underworld | Leather coats, blue filters, werewolf politics; Kate Beckinsale invented many Halloween couples costumes forever trending.

[B] Kingpin | The Farrelly brothers turned bowling into chaos; Bill Murray’s hair deserved separate billing ridiculous perfection.

[B] Amadeus | Jealous Salieri confesses how Mozart’s wild genius, operas, and laughter drove him to plot divine-sounding revenge.

[C] Grease | Summer nights met choreography; soundtrack camped atop charts longer than the Pink Ladies retro perfection.

[A] Dune | Sandworms, spice visions, and rival houses turn a desert planet into Timothée Chalamet’s slow-burn rite of space empire passage.

[A] Skyfall | Bond chases a vengeful hacker from neon Shanghai to misty Scotland, defending a crumbling childhood estate in fiery style.

[A] Titanic | The sinking ship set flooded daily; Celine Dion’s theme dominated weddings for years unabashed drama.

[C] Frozen | Sisterly rifts, ice palaces, and an unstoppable power ballad let a snow queen anthem conquer kids’ karaoke nights.

[B] Elf | Real New York reactions captured; Buddy’s syrup spaghetti grossed extras for real deliciously dreadful lunch.

[C] Vacancy | Motel set thriller shot on a Sony lot; those highways were fake backdrops claustrophobic nightmare.

[D] Constantine | Occult noir with DC roots; post credits scene teased resurrection beyond holy bathtub fans debated.

[A] Yanks | Romance on wartime England bases; features early roles for Richard Gere and Hines tender departures.

[D] Highlander | Queen recorded the soundtrack; immortals duel through centuries, but there can be only one legend.

[D] Ishtar | Infamous flop reputation softened; desert comedy later earned quirky critical defenders cult status almost achieved.

[C] Vertigo | Saul Bass titles hypnotized viewers; Hitchcock’s dolly zoom invented that famous falling sensation cinematic vertigo.

[D] Quicksand | Little seen thriller became DVD bin regular; Keaton plays desperate banker abroad stakes spiral quickly.

[A] Adaptation | Nicolas Cage plays twins; Charlie Kaufman writes himself into the screenplay brilliantly weird meta comedy.

[D] Predator | Heat vision monster hunted commandos; a jungle handshake meme became larger than life forever famous.

[C] Duplicity | Corporate spies flirt through cons; Tony Gilroy’s dialogue snaps like double espresso glossy romantic scheming.

[A] Friday | Laid back neighborhood classic; shot in twenty days, launched Ice Cube’s acting streak porch comedy.

[A] xXx | Vin Diesel’s extreme sports spy era; avalanche stunt and tattoo branding defined 2002 early aughts.

[C] Meatballs | Bill Murray improvised counselor antics; low budget camp comedy birthed the It just doesn’t matter.

[D] Platoon | Oliver Stone used Vietnam experience; boot camp rehearsals toughened actors before filming authenticity hits hard.