Twentieth Century Fox
It’s our 150th edition of Movies By The Decade, so while we celebrate that milestone, we encourage you to read on and check out the list of films celebrating their own milestone anniversaries this week, with films from Laurel & Hardy, a giant monster, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, Jerry Lewis, Steven Spielberg, and a group of celebrities playing themselves at the end of the world. And there are some classics, and award winners in the mix so read on and tell us if your favorites are celebrating!
1923
June 7 – The Last Moment (USA)
- Cast: Henry Hull, Doris Kenyon, Louis Wolheim, Louis Calhern, William Nally, Mickey Bennett, Harry Allen, Donald Hall
- Director: J. Parker Read Jr.
- Production Company: J. Parker Read Jr. Productions, distributed by Goldwyn Distributing
- Trivia: This is a lost film.
June 10 – Counterfeit Love (USA)
- Cast: Joe King, Marian Swayne, Norma Lee, Jack Richardson
- Director: Ralph Ince
- Production Company: Murray W. Garsson Productions, distributed by Playgoers Pictures
June 10 – Divorce (USA)
- Cast: Jane Novak, John Bowers, James Corrigan, Edythe Chapman, Margaret Livingston, Freeman Wood, George McGuire, George Fisher, Philippe De Lacy
- Director: Chester Bennett
- Production Company: Film Booking Offices of America
June 10 – The Heart Raider (USA)
- Cast: Agnes Ayres, Mahlon Hamilton, Charles Ruggles, Marie Burke, Charles Riegel
- Director: Wesley Ruggles
- Production Company: Famous Players-Lasky, distributed by Paramount Pictures
- Trivia: A Czech release print survives at George Eastman House, Rochester, New York.
June 10 – The Shock (USA)
- Cast: Lon Chaney, Virginia Valli, Jack Mower, William Welsh, Henry A. Barrows, Christine Mayo, Harry De Vere, John Beck, Walter Long
- Director: Lambert Hillyer
- Production Company: Universal Jewel, distributed by Universal Pictures
- Trivia: Based on a magazine story by William Dudley Pelley. This is one of the rare Lon Chaney films where he gets the girl.
June 11 – Railroaded (USA)
- Cast: Herbert Rawlinson, Esther Ralston, Alfred Fisher, David Torrence, Lionel Belmore, Mike Donlin, Herbert Fortier
- Director: Edmund Mortimer
- Production Company: Universal Pictures
June 11 – Slippy McGee (USA)
- Cast: Colleen Moore, Wheeler Oakman, Sam De Grasse, Edmund Stevens, Edith Yorke, Lloyd Whitlock
- Director: Wesley Ruggles
- Production Company: Oliver Morosco Productions, distributed by Associated First National Pictures
- Trivia: Based on the book Slippy McGee: Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man by Marie Conway Oemler.
1933
June 5 – Cocktail Hour (USA)
- Cast: Bebe Daniels, Randolph Scott, Sidney Blackmer, Muriel Kirkland, Jessie Ralph, Barry Norton, George Nardelli, Marjorie Gateson
- Director: Victor Schertzinger
- Production Company: Columbia Pictures
- Trivia: A copy of the film is preserved in the Library of Congress.
June 9 – Hell Below (USA)
- Cast: Robert Montgomery, Walter Huston, Madge Evans, Jimmy Durante, Eugene Pallette, Robert Young, Edwin Styles, John Lee Mahin, David Newell, Sterling Holloway
- Director: Jack Conway
- Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Trivia: Also known as Pigboats, and based on Commander Edward Ellsberg’s novel Pigboats.
June 9 – Jennie Gerhardt (USA)
- Cast: Sylvia Sidney, Donald Cook, Mary Astor, Edward Arnold, H.B. Warner
- Director: Marion Gering
- Production Company: B.P. Schulberg Productions, Paramount Pictures, distributed by Paramount Pictures
- Trivia: Based on the 1911 novel Jennie Gerhardt by Theodore Dreiser.
June 9 – Professional Sweetheart (USA)
- Cast: Ginger Rogers, Norman Foster, ZaSu Pitts, Frank McHugh, Allen Jenkins, Gregory Ratoff, Franklin Pangborn, Lucien Littlefield, Edgar Kennedy, Frank Darien, Sterling Holloway
- Director: William A. Seiter
- Production Company: RKO Radio Pictures
- Trivia: Ginger Rogers’ first film for RKO. Betty Furness, who became known as a consumer advocate, has an uncredited role as a reporter.
June 10 – His Private Secretary (USA)
- Cast: Evalyn Knapp, John Wayne, Reginald Barlow, Alec B. Francis, Arthur Hoyt, Natalie Kingston
- Director: Phil Whitman
- Production Company: Screencraft Productions, distributed by Marcy Pictures
- Trivia: An early non-Western role for the 26-year-old John Wayne.
June 10 – Private Detective 62 (USA)
- Cast: William Powell, Margaret Lindsay, Ruth Donnelly, Gordon Westcott, Arthur Hohl, Natalie Moorhead, James Bell, Hobart Cavanaugh, Irving Bacon, Charles Lane
- Director: Michael Curtiz
- Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures
- Trivia: The film’s working titles were Private Detective and Man Killer.
June 10 – The Silk Express (USA)
- Cast: Neil Hamilton, Sheila Terry, Arthur Byron, Guy Kibbee, Dudley Digges, Arthur Hohl, Allen Jenkins, Harold Huber, G. Pat Collins, Robert Barrat, Vernon Steele, Ivan Simpson, William H. Strauss
- Director: Ray Enright
- Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures
June 13 – It’s a Boy (UK)
- Cast: Leslie Henson, Albert Burdon, Edward Everett Horton, Heather Thatcher, Alfred Drayton, Robertson Hare, Wendy Barrie, Helen Haye, Joyce Kirby, Finlay Currie
- Director: Tim Whelan
- Production Company: Gainsborough Pictures, distributed by Woolf & Freedman Film Service (UK), Gaumont British (USA)
- Trivia: Did not open in the US until June 7, 1934. Based on the 1931 play It’s a Boy by Austin Melford, an English adaption of the 1926 play Hurra, ein Junge by Franz Arnold and Ernst Bach.
1943
June 10 – Hitler’s Madman (USA)
- Cast: Patricia Morison, John Carradine, Alan Curtis, Howard Freeman, Ralph Morgan, Edgar Kennedy, Ludwig Stössel, Al Shean, Elizabeth Russell, Jimmy Conlin
- Director: Douglas Sirk
- Production Company: PRC, Angelus Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, distributed by Loew’s Inc.
- Trivia: Douglas Sirk’s first American production after fleeing Nazi Germany and changing his name from Detlef Sierck. Pre-stardom Ava Gardner appears in the uncredited role of Franciska Pritric.
June 10 – Two Senoritas from Chicago (USA)
- Cast: Joan Davis, Jinx Falkenburg, Ann Savage, Leslie Brooks, Ramsay Ames, Bob Haymes, Emory Parnell
- Director: Frank Woodruff
- Production Company: Columbia Pictures
June 11 – All by Myself (USA)
- Cast: Rosemary Lane, Evelyn Ankers, Patric Knowles, Neil Hamilton, Grant Mitchell, Louise Beavers, Sarah Edwards, Tip, Tap and Toe
- Director: Felix E. Feist
- Production Company: Universal Pictures
June 11 – Jitterbugs (USA)
- Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Vivian Blaine, Bob Bailey, Douglas Fowley, Noel Madison, Lee Patrick, Robert Emmett Keane, Gladys Blake, James Bush, Anthony Caruso
- Director: Malcolm St. Clair
- Production Company: 20th Century Fox
- Trivia: The film was a reworking of Arizona to Broadway, made ten years earlier by the Fox Film Corporation.
June 11 – Sarong Girl (USA)
- Cast: Ann Corio, Tim Ryan, Irene Ryan, Mantan Moreland, William Henry, Damian O’Flynn, Johnnie Davis
- Director: Arthur Dreifuss
- Production Company: Monogram Pictures
June 11 – The Man from Thunder River (USA)
- Cast: Wild Bill Elliott, George ‘Gabby’ Hayes, Anne Jeffreys, Ian Keith, John James, Georgie Cooper, Jack Ingram
- Director: John English
- Production Company: Republic Pictures
June 12 – Action in the North Atlantic (USA)
- Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Raymond Massey, Alan Hale Sr., Julie Bishop, Ruth Gordon, Sam Levene, Dane Clark, Peter Whitney, Dick Hogan
- Director: Lloyd Bacon
- Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures
- Trivia: Lloyd Bacon’s contract with the studio expired during production. Jack Warner didn’t want to discuss a new contract until filming was completed but Bacon refused to work without one and was fired. Warner brought on Byron Haskin and Raoul Walsh to complete the film, which went 45 days over schedule.
1953
June 8 – Powder River (USA)
- Cast: Rory Calhoun, Corinne Calvet, Cameron Mitchell, Penny Edwards, Carl Betz, John Dehner, Raymond Greenleaf, Victor Sutherland
- Director: Louis King
- Production Company: 20th Century Fox
June 9 – The Captain’s Paradise (UK)
- Cast: Alec Guinness, Charles Goldner, Miles Malleson, Yvonne De Carlo, Celia Johnson, Bill Fraser, Peter Bull, Nicholas Phipps, Ambrosine Phillpotts, Ferdy Mayne, Sebastian Cabot
- Director: Anthony Kimmins
- Production Company: London Film Productions, distributed by British Lion Film Corporation (UK), Lopert Pictures Corporation (USA)
- Trivia: Released in the US on September 28, 1953. The story was made into a Broadway musical comedy, retitled Oh, Captain! in 1958.
June 9 – Valley of Song (UK)
- Cast: Mervyn Johns, Clifford Evans, Maureen Swanson, John Fraser, Rachel Thomas, Betty Cooper, Rachel Roberts, Hugh Pryse, Edward Evans, Kenneth Williams
- Director: Gilbert Gunn
- Production Company: Associated British Picture Corporation, distributed by Associated British-Pathé (UK), Stratford Pictures Corporation (USA)
- Trivia: Opened in the US on June 26, 1954. Film debut of actress Rachel Roberts.
June 10 – Francis Covers the Big Town (USA)
- Cast: Donald O’Connor, Yvette Duguay, Gene Lockhart, Nancy Guild, William Harrigan, Gale Gordon
- Director: Arthur Lubin
- Production Company: Universal Pictures, distributed by Universal-International
- Trivia: Chill Wills provided the voice of Francis. Fourth film in the Francis series.
June 10 – The Twonky (USA)
- Cast: Hans Conried, Janet Warren, Billy Lynn, Edwin Max, Gloria Blondell, Evelyn Beresford, Bob Jellison
- Director: Arch Oboler
- Production Company: Arch Oboler Productions, distributed by United Artists
- Trivia: Based on the 1942 short story by established science fiction writers Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore, writing under their joint pseudonym Lewis Padgett. Character actor Hans Conried’s first leading role.
June 11 – Single-Handed (UK)
- Cast: Jeffrey Hunter, Michael Rennie, Peter van Eyck, Wendy Hiller, Bernard Lee, Victor Maddern, John Horsley, Patrick Barr, Robin Bailey, Joan Hickson
- Director: Roy Boulting
- Production Company: Twentieth Century-Fox Productions, distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Film Company (UK), Twentieth Century Fox (USA)
- Trivia: Opened in general US release on September 2, 1953 as Sailor of the King.
June 12 – City That Never Sleeps (USA)
- Cast: Gig Young, Mala Powers, William Talman, Edward Arnold, Chill Wills, Marie Windsor, Paula Raymond, Otto Hulett
- Director: John H. Auer
- Production Company: Republic Pictures
- Trivia: Tom Poston appears as a detective billed as Thomas Poston.
June 12 – Take Me to Town (USA)
- Cast: Ann Sheridan, Sterling Hayden, Phillip Reed, Lee Patrick, Lee Aaker, Larry Gates, Forrest Lewis, Phyllis Stanley, Ann Tyrrell
- Director: Douglas Sirk
- Production Company: Universal International Pictures, distributed by Universal Pictures
- Trivia: Ross Hunter’s first film as producer.
June 13 – The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (USA)
Jack Dietz Productions
- Cast: Paul Christian, Paula Raymond, Cecil Kellaway, Kenneth Tobey, Donald Woods, Ross Elliott, Steve Brodie, Jack Pennick, Michael Fox, Lee Van Cleef, Frank Ferguson, King Donovan, James Best
- Director: Eugène Lourié
- Production Company: Jack Dietz Productions, distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
- Trivia: Based on Ray Bradbury’s 1951 short story ‘The Fog Horn’, specifically the scene where a lighthouse is destroyed by the title character. One of the first atomic monster movies, and was a direct inspiration for Godzilla.
1963
June 7 – The Nutty Professor (USA)
- Cast: Jerry Lewis, Stella Stevens, Del Moore, Kathleen Freeman, Howard Morris, Elvia Allman, Norman Alden, Marvin Kaplan, Julie Parrish, Henry Gibson
- Director: Jerry Lewis
- Production Company: Jerry Lewis Films, distributed by Paramount Pictures
- Trivia: Parody of Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1886 novella The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Robert Donner and Richard Kiel appear in uncredited roles. Selected for preservation in the National Film Registry in 2004.
June 12 – Cleopatra (USA)
- Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Pamela Brown, George Cole, Hume Cronyn, Cesare Danova, Kenneth Haigh, Andrew Keir, Martin Landau, Roddy McDowall, Francesca Annis, Michael Hordern, Carroll O’Connor, Jean Marsh
- Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Production Company: Twentieth Century Fox, MCL Films S.A., Walwa Films S.A., distributed by Twentieth Century Fox
- Trivia: Adapted from the 1957 book The Life and Times of Cleopatra by Carlo Maria Franzero, and from histories by Plutarch, Suetonius, and Appian. Elizabeth Taylor’s $1 million salary was a record at the time. Rouben Mamoulian was the original director, and filming began September 28, 1960. Production was suspended in November with just ten minutes of usable footage, and Mamoulian resigned. Production resumed in September 1961 with Joseph L. Mankiewicz directing an unfinished script. The film’s budget ballooned to $31 million, making it the most expensive film ever at the time, nearly bankrupting the studio. It became the highest grossing film of 1963, and received nine Oscar nominations including Best Picture, winning four: Best Art Direction (Color), Best Cinematography (Color), Best Visual Effects and Best Costume Design (Color).
June 12 – Donovan’s Reef (USA)
- Cast: John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Elizabeth Allen, Jack Warden, Cesar Romero, Dick Foran, Dorothy Lamour, Marcel Dalio, Mike Mazurki, Edgar Buchanan
- Director: John Ford
- Production Company: John Ford Productions, distributed by Paramount Pictures
- Trivia: Patrick Wayne appears in an uncredited role. The last film on which John Wayne and John Ford collaborated.
June 12 – Island of Love (USA)
- Cast: Robert Preston, Tony Randall, Giorgia Moll, Walter Matthau, Betty Bruce, Vassili Lambrinos, Michael Constantine, Oliver Johnson, Titos Vandis
- Director: Morton DaCosta
- Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures
June 12 – The Girl Hunters (USA)
- Cast: Mickey Spillane, Shirley Eaton, Scott Peters, Guy Kingsley Poynter, Charles Farrell, Kim Tracy, Hy Gardner, Lloyd Nolan, Benny Lee
- Director: Roy Rowland
- Production Company: Fellane Productions, Present Day Productions Inc., distributed by Colorama Features
- Trivia: Adapted from the 1962 Mickey Spillane pulp novel of the same name. One of the rare occasions when the author portrayed his literary creation on screen.
1973
June 10 – The Hireling (USA)
- Cast: Robert Shaw, Sarah Miles, Peter Egan, Caroline Mortimer, Elizabeth Sellars, Ian Hogg, Christine Hargreaves, Lyndon Brook, Patricia Lawrence, Petra Markham
- Director: Alan Bridges
- Production Company: Columbia Pictures, World Film Services, distributed by Columbia Pictures
- Trivia: Based on a 1957 novel of the same title by L. P. Hartley.
June 13 – Lost in the Bush (AUS)
- Cast: Gabrielle Bulle, Colin Freckleton, Richard McClelland, Adrian Crick, Barbara Maroske, Don Mitchell, Bill Tregonning
- Director: Peter Dodds
- Production Company: Audio-Visual Education Centre, Education Department of Victoria
- Trivia: Based on the true story of three siblings who got lost in the Victorian bush for several days in 1864.
1983
June 7 – Octopussy (UK)
- Cast: Roger Moore, Maud Adams, Louis Jourdan, Kristina Wayborn, Kabir Bedi, Steven Berkoff, Vijay Amritraj, David Meyer, Anthony Meyer, Douglas Wilmer, Robert Brown, Walter Gotell, Desmond Llewelyn, Lois Maxwell, Jeremy Bulloch
- Director: John Glen
- Production Company: United Artists, Eon Productions, Danjaq, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, distributed by United International Pictures (UK), MGM/UA Entertainment Company (USA)
- Trivia: Opened in the US and Canada on June 10. Thirteenth film in the James Bond series. Ingrid Pitt has an uncredited voice cameo as Octopussy’s galley mistress. Paul Hardwick’s final film role. The film’s title is taken from a short story in Ian Fleming’s 1966 short story collection Octopussy and The Living Daylights, although the film’s plot is mostly original. Maud Adams is the only actress to have played two different characters in two different Bond films, previously appearing in The Man With the Golden Gun.
June 8 – Trading Places (USA/Canada)
- Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche, Denholm Elliott, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kristin Holby, Paul Gleason, Jim Belushi
- Director: John Landis
- Production Company: Cinema Group Ventures, distributed by Paramount Pictures
- Trivia: The film has cameo appearances from Bo Diddley, Jamie Lee Curtis’ sister Kelly, Frank Oz and Richard Hunt, and Tom Davis and Al Franken. Giancarlo Esposito appears as a cellmate. Final theatrically released performance of Avon Long.
1993
June 9 – Tout ça… pour ça! (France)
- Cast: Marie-Sophie L., Francis Huster, Fabrice Luchini, Alessandra Martines, Vincent Lindon, Gérard Darmon, Jacques Gamblin, Évelyne Bouix, Jacques Boudet, Charles Gérard, Antoine Duléry
- Director: Claude Lelouch
- Production Company: Centre Européen Cinématographique Rhône-Alpes, Les Films 13, Sofiarp, TF1 Films Production, distributed by Bac Films (France), Les Films 39 (Canada), Fox Lorber (USA)
- Trivia: Opened in Canada on June 23, 1993, and in the US on July 16 as All That… for This?! The scene in which Fabrice Luchini, Francis Huster, Alessandra Martines and Marie-Sophie L. are in a tent on top of Mont Blanc, was entirely improvised.
June 9 – Body Snatchers (France)
- Cast: Gabrielle Anwar, Terry Kinney, Billy Wirth, Meg Tilly, Reilly Murphy, Christine Elise, R. Lee Ermey, Forest Whitaker
- Director: Abel Ferrara
- Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures, Dorset Productions, Robert H. Solo Productions, distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
- Trivia: Opened in limited US release on January 28, 1994. Loosely based on the 1955 novel The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney, the third film adaptation of the story. The film’s producer, Robert H. Solo, had also produced the 1978 Invasion of the Body Snatchers (the second adaptation of the original story).
June 11 – Equinox (USA)
- Cast: Matthew Modine, Lara Flynn Boyle, Fred Ward, Tyra Ferrell, Marisa Tomei, Kevin J. O’Connor, Tate Donovan, Lori Singer, M. Emmet Walsh
- Director: Alan Rudolph
- Production Company: RainCity Productions, distributed by IRS Media
- Trivia: First opened in Argentina on June 3, 1993. Nominated for four Independent Spirit Awards.
June 11 – Jurassic Park (USA/Canada)
Universal Pictures
- Cast: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Bob Peck, Martin Ferrero, B.D. Wong, Joseph Mazzello, Ariana Richards, Samuel L. Jackson, Wayne Knight
- Director: Steven Spielberg
- Production Company: Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, distributed by Universal Pictures
- Trivia: Based on the 1990 novel of the same name by Michael Crichton. Four studios were bidding on the rights before the novel was even published, with Universal backing Steven Spielberg with a $1.5 million bid. Dinosaurs were created with groundbreaking CGI by Industrial Light and Magic, combined with animatronic models by Stan Winston’s team. Spielberg also invested in DTS to showcase the film’s sound design. The film was the highest grossing film of all time until 1997. The film’s grosses surpassed $1 billion after the 20th anniversary re-release in 2013, the oldest film to cross that mark. The film won three Oscars for its visual effects and sound design, and was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry in 2018.
2003
June 11 – Operation Balikatan (Philippines)
- Cast: Christian Boeving, Stacy Keach, Davee Youngblood, Jesse Vint, Rey Malonzo, Nate Adams, Eddie Garcia, Jess Lapid Jr., Monsour del Rosario, Joe Mari Avellana
- Director: Cirio H. Santiago
- Production Company: Premiere Productions
- Trivia: Released in the US on DVD on April 20, 2004 as When Eagles Strike.
June 13 – Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (USA/UK)
- Cast: Derek Richardson, Lucas Gregory, Eric Christian Olsen, Colin Ford, Rachel Nichols, Eugene Levy, Mimi Rogers, Luis Guzman, Cheri Oteri, Bob Saget, Julia Duffy, Shia LaBeouf, Lin Shaye, Timothy Stack, Brian Posehn
- Director: Troy Miller
- Production Company: Burg/Koules Productions, Dakota Pictures, Avery Pix, distributed by New Line Cinema
- Trivia: The Farrelly brothers, who co-wrote and directed the original Dumb and Dumber, had no involvement in this film.
June 13 – Hollywood Homicide (USA/Canada)
- Cast: Harrison Ford, Josh Hartnett, Lena Olin, Bruce Greenwood, Isaiah Washington, Lolita Davidovich, Keith David, Master P, Gladys Knight, Lou Diamond Phillips, Kurupt, Eric Idle, André Benjamin, Alan Dale, Dwight Yoakam, Martin Landau, Frank Sinatra Jr., Robert Wagner, Anthony Mackie, Smokey Robinson
- Director: Ron Shelton
- Production Company: Columbia Pictures, Revolution Studios, distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing
- Trivia: The title sequence by Wayne Fitzgerald was his last before his death in 2019. The roles of Gavilan and Calden were originally given to John Travolta and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, respectively, before Harrison Ford and Josh Hartnett eventually signed on. Ford and Hartnett reportedly did not get along on set, with the two not even looking each other in the eye when sharing a scene. Ford allegedly called Hartnett a ‘punk’ and Hartnett called Ford an ‘old fart’. The feud carried over into the promotion for the film.
June 13 – Rugrats Go Wild (USA/Canada)
- Voice Cast: E. G. Daily, Nancy Cartwright, Kath Soucie, Dionne Quan, Cheryl Chase, Tara Strong, Cree Summer, Bruce Willis, Melanie Chartoff, Tress MacNeille, Tony Jay, Lacey Chabert, Flea, Tim Curry, Chrissie Hynde, Ethan Phillips
- Director: Norton Virgien, John Eng
- Production Company: Klasky Csupo, Nickelodeon Movies, Paramount Pictures, distributed by Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies
- Trivia: A crossover adventure film based on the Nickelodeon animated television series Rugrats and The Wild Thornberrys, taking place after the ninth season of Rugrats and the fifth season of Thornberrys, and serves as a series finale for both shows. Tony Jay’s final film performance. The film used “Odorama” cards to enhance the viewing experience.
June 13 – This Is Not a Love Song (Greece)
- Cast: Michael Colgan, Kenneth Glenaan, David Bradley, John Henshaw
- Director: Bille Eltringham
- Production Company: Footprint Films, Longfellow Pictures, Strange Dog Productions, UK Film Council, distributed by Playtime S.A. (Greece), Soda Pictures (UK)
- Trivia: Opened in the UK on September 5, 2003. The first film to be streamed live on the Internet simultaneously with its cinema premiere.
2013
June 7 – Dirty Wars (USA, documentary, limited)
- Director: Richard Rowley
- Production Company: Big Noise Films, Civic Bakery, distributed by Submarine Entertainment
June 7 – Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie (USA, documentary, limited)
- Director: Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller, Jeremy Newberger
- Production Company: Ironbound Films, distributed by Magnolia Pictures
June 7 – Lost and Found in Armenia (USA)
- Cast: Jamie Kennedy, Angela Sarafyan, Dave Sheridan, Serdar Kalsin, Alex Kalognomos, Jayda Berkmen, Mark Geragos
- Director: Gor Kirakosian
- Production Company: Red Tie Films, distributed by GVN Releasing
- Trivia: The film was released theatrically and On Demand the same day.
June 7 – Much Ado About Nothing (USA, limited)
- Cast: Amy Acker, Alexis Denisof, Reed Diamond, Nathan Fillion, Clark Gregg, Fran Kranz, Sean Maher, Jillian Morgese, Spencer Treat Clark, Riki Lindhome
- Director: Joss Whedon
- Production Company: Bellwether Pictures, distributed by Lionsgate
- Trivia: Anthony Head was originally intended for the role of Leonato, but was unavailable. Clark Gregg had worked with Whedon on The Avengers at the time, and stepped in to play the part. Most of the cast had worked with Whedon before: Acker and Denisof on Angel; Denisof, Fillion, Lenk, and Lindhome on Buffy the Vampire Slayer; Fillion and Maher on Firefly; Acker, Denisof, Diamond, Kranz, and Johnson on Dollhouse; Gregg, Denisof, Rosemont, Johnson, and Morgese in The Avengers. Filming took place at Whedon’s residence in Santa Monica and the cast and crew were informed to keep the project a secret until production was finished.
June 7 – Rapture-Palooza (USA, limited)
- Cast: Craig Robinson, Anna Kendrick, John Francis Daley, Ken Jeong, Rob Corddry, Thomas Lennon, Tyler Labine, Paul Scheer, Calum Worthy, John Michael Higgins, Ana Gasteyer, Rob Huebel
- Director: Paul Middleditch
- Production Company: Mosaic Media Group, Mimran Schur Pictures, distributed by Lionsgate
- Trivia: Also known as Ecstasy.
June 7 – Syrup (USA, limited)
- Cast: Amber Heard, Shiloh Fernandez, Kellan Lutz, Brittany Snow, Josh Pais, Kate Nash, Rachel Dratch, Adam LeFevre, Christopher Evan Welch, Zachary Booth
- Director: Aram Rappaport
- Production Company: Lila 9th Productions, distributed by Magnolia Pictures
- Trivia: The film was first released online on May 1, 2013. Based on the 1999 novel of the same name by Max Barry. Christopher Evan Welch’s final film role before his death 6 months later.
June 7 – The Employer (USA)
- Cast: Malcolm McDowell, David Dastmalchian, Paige Howard, Michael DeLorenzo, Matthew Willig, Katerina Mikailenko, Nicki Aycox, Billy Zane
- Director: Frank Merle
- Production Company: Hyrax Entertainment, distributed by Vision Films
June 7 – The Internship (USA/Canada)
- Cast: Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, Rose Byrne, Max Minghella, Dylan O’Brien, Josh Brener, Tiya Sircar, Tobit Raphael, Aasif Mandvi, Josh Gad, Eric André, Harvey Guillén, Jessica Szohr, B. J. Novak, Rob Riggle
- Director: Shawn Levy
- Production Company: Regency Enterprises, 21 Laps Entertainment, Wild West Picture Show Productions, TSG Entertainment, distributed by 20th Century Fox
- Trivia: The second film with Vaughn and Wilson in the lead roles, after the 2005 film Wedding Crashers. John Goodman and Will Ferrell appear in uncredited roles.
June 7 – The Purge (USA/Canada)
- Cast: Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey, Max Burkholder, Adelaide Kane, Arija Bareikis, Chris Mulkey, Rhys Wakefield, Chester Lockhart, Edwin Hodge
- Director: James DeMonaco
- Production Company: Blumhouse Productions, Platinum Dunes, Why Not Productions, Dentsu, Overlord Productions
- Trivia: First opened in the UK on May 31, 2013. Ethan Hawke was paid $2 million for his involvement.
June 7 – Tiger Eyes (USA, limited)
- Cast: Willa Holland, Amy Jo Johnson, Tatanka Means, Elise Eberle, Cynthia Stevenson, Forest Fyre, Teo Olivares, Russell Means
- Director: Lawrence Blume
- Production Company: Tashmoo Productions, Amber Entertainment, Belladonna Productions, distributed by Freestyle Releasing
- Trivia: Based on the 1981 young adult novel of the same name, written by Judy Blume, and is the first major motion picture adaptation of her work.
June 7 – Wish You Were Here (USA)
- Cast: Joel Edgerton, Teresa Palmer, Felicity Price, Antony Starr
- Director: Kieran Darcy-Smith
- Production Company: Aquarius Films, Blue-Tongue Films, distributed by Entertainment One
- Trivia: First opened in Australia on April 26, 2012.
June 9 – 7 Assassins (China)
- Cast: Eric Tsang, Felix Wong, Gigi Leung, Yoo Oh-seong, Guo Tao, Ni Hongjie, Rose Chan, Ray Lui, Max Mok, Shaun Tam
- Director: Hung Yan-yan
- Production Company: Beijing Enlight Pictures, Hong Kong Pictures International, Beijing Cheng Cheng Era International Cultural Development, Shanxi Yangjiajiang Movie & TV Culture, Xiong Xin Xin Production, distributed by Beijing Enlight Pictures
- Trivia: Opened in the US on December 23, 2014.
June 12 – The Bling Ring (Belgium)
- Cast: Israel Broussard, Katie Chang, Emma Watson, Taissa Farmiga, Claire Julien, Carlos Miranda, Gavin Rossdale, Leslie Mann
- Director: Sofia Coppola
- Production Company: American Zoetrope, FilmNation Entertainment, NALA Films, Pathé Distribution, StudioCanal, TOBIS Film, Tohokushinsha Film Corporation, distributed by Alternative Films (Belgium), A24 (USA)
- Trivia: Opened in general release in the US and limited release in Canada on June 21, 2013. Based on the 2010 Vanity Fair article ‘The Suspects Wore Louboutins’ by Nancy Jo Sales. The final work of cinematographer Harris Savides, who died of brain cancer while the film was in post-production, to whom the film is dedicated.
June 12 – This is the End (USA/Canada)
Columbia Pictures
- Cast: James Franco, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, Craig Robinson, Michael Cera, Emma Watson, Mindy Kaling, David Krumholtz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Rihanna, Martin Starr, Paul Rudd, Channing Tatum, Kevin Hart, Aziz Ansari, Backstreet Boys
- Director: Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg
- Production Company: Columbia Pictures, Mandate Pictures, Point Grey Pictures, distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing
- Trivia: Adaptation of the short film Jay and Seth Versus the Apocalypse. Evan Goldberg and Jason Segel appear in uncredited roles. Most of the cast are playing fictionalized versions of themselves. Jay Baruchel said the on-screen depiction of his difficulties with Jonah Hill weren’t entirely fictional. While the film is set in Los Angeles, it was produced in New Orleans due to tax incentives from the city. The film’s working title was The Apocalypse, which was later changed to The End of the World, and then changed to This is the End at the request of Rogen’s Paul co-star Simon Pegg, who wrote to Rogen in concern that The End of the World was similar to his comedy film The World’s End, which was the name of a key location in the film making it impossible to change the title. Both films were released in the Summer of 2013.
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