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The buddy-cop formula that minted a movie star. Will Smith and Martin Lawrence as Miami narcotics detectives, propelled by Michael Bay's visual maximalism and the Simpson/Bruckheimer sheen. It started as a vehicle for Dana Carvey and Jon Lovitz; recast with two sitcom leads, it became something no one expected—a $141 million global hit built on pure chemistry.
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Luc Besson's gloriously maximalist 1997 sci-fi spectacle: Bruce Willis as flying-cab driver Korben Dallas, Milla Jovovich as the orange-haired Leeloo, Gary Oldman chewing scenery as Zorg, and Chris Tucker's motor-mouthed Ruby Rhod. Jean Paul Gaultier costumes, a blue alien diva, and a plot to save Earth with four stones and one perfect being.
The 1992 kids' martial-arts movie where three brothers — Rocky, Colt, and Tum-Tum — spend the summer training with their ninja grandpa and then use their skills to foil bumbling crooks. Home Alone meets karate camp, and catnip to every kid who wanted to be a ninja.