Every Movie Having an Anniversary in August 2025
Summer has been peak movie season for over 50 years now, so it makes sense that some of the greatest films of all time are celebrating major anniversaries this month. We’ve collected every movie having a major anniversary this August — so read on, and see which of your favorites are celebrating this year.
And each film’s link will let you know everywhere that it’s streaming — after all, there’s no better way to beat the heat in these final dog days of summer than to close the blinds, crank the AC, and settle in to watch a classic film.
100th anniversary
The Merry Widow (Aug. 26, 1925)
90th anniversary
20th Century Fox Film Corp./Courtesy: Everett Collection.
The Call of the Wild (Aug. 9, 1935)
Alice Adams (Aug. 15, 1935)
China Seas (Aug. 16, 1935)
Hop-a-Long Cassidy (Aug. 23, 1935)
Anna Karenina (Aug. 30, 1935)
The Adventures of Rex and Rinty (Aug. 31, 1935)
85th anniversary
Boom Town (Aug. 30, 1940)
80th anniversary
Pride of the Marines (Aug. 8, 1945)
Everett Collection
Christmas in Connecticut (Aug. 11, 1945)
State Fair (Aug. 30, 1945)
75 th anniversary
Sunset Boulevard (Aug. 10, 1950)
No Way Out (Aug. 16, 1950)
The Men (Aug. 25, 1950; Marlon Brando‘s film debut)
Rashomon (Aug. 26, 1950; Japan)
Summer Stock (Aug. 31, 1950)
70th anniversary
Everett Collection
The Private War of Major Benson (Aug. 2, 1955)
To Catch a Thief (Aug. 3, 1955)
Journey to the Beginning of Time (Aug. 5, 1955; Czechoslovakia)
To Hell and Back (Aug. 17, 1955)
Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (Aug. 18, 1955)
Francis in the Navy (Aug. 24, 1955)
The Quatermass Xperiment (Aug. 26, 1955; U.K.)
The Man From Laramie (Aug. 31, 1955)
65th anniversary
Everett Collection
Hell to Eternity (Aug. 1, 1960)
Ocean’s 11 (Aug. 4, 1960)
The Little Shop of Horrors (Aug. 5, 1960)
Black Sunday (Aug. 12, 1960; Italy)
60th anniversary
Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (Aug. 1, 1965)
Frankenstein vs. Baragon (aka Frankenstein Conquers the World) (Aug. 8, 1965; Japan)
55th anniversary
Diary of a Mad Housewife (Aug. 10, 1970)
Lovers and Other Strangers (Aug. 12, 1970)
House of Dark Shadows (Aug. 24, 1970)
50th anniversary
Infra-Man (aka The Super Inframan) (Aug. 1, 1975; Hong Kong)
The Devil’s Rain (Aug. 7, 1975)
Farewell, My Lovely (Aug. 8, 1975)
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Aug. 8, 1975; Australia)
The Land That Time Forgot (U.S. release Aug. 13, 1975)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Aug. 14, 1975; U.K.)
45th anniversary
The Final Countdown (Aug. 1, 1980; U.S. release)
The Hunter (Aug. 1, 1980; features Steve McQueen‘s final film role)
Xanadu (Aug. 8, 1980)
Smokey and the Bandit II (Aug. 15, 1980)
He Knows You’re Alone (Aug. 29, 1980; slasher film that marked Tom Hanks‘ film debut)
40th anniversary
New Century Vista Film Company/Courtesy Everett Collection
Fright Night (Aug. 2, 1985)
Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird (Aug. 2, 1985)
Weird Science (Aug. 2, 1985)
My Science Project (Aug. 9, 1985)
Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (Aug. 9, 1985)
Real Genius (Aug. 9, 1985)
Summer Rental (Aug. 9, 1985)
American Flyers (Aug. 16, 1985)
The Bride (Aug. 16, 1985)
The Return of the Living Dead (Aug. 16, 1985)
TriStar/courtesy Everett Collection
Volunteers (Aug. 16, 1985)
Year of the Dragon (Aug. 16, 1985)
Better Off Dead (Aug. 23, 1985)
Godzilla 1985 (Aug. 23, 1985; Americanized version of The Return of Godzilla)
Teen Wolf (Aug. 23, 1985)
American Ninja (Aug. 30, 1985)
Compromising Positions (Aug. 30, 1985)
35th anniversary
DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (Aug. 3, 1990)
Mo’ Better Blues (Aug. 3, 1990)
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Young Guns II (Aug. 3, 1990)
Air America (Aug. 10, 1990)
Flatliners (Aug. 10, 1990)
The Two Jakes (Aug. 10, 1990)
The Exorcist III (Aug. 17, 1990)
My Blue Heaven (Aug. 17, 1990)
Taking Care of Business (Aug. 17, 1990)
Wild at Heart (Aug. 17, 1990)
Darkman (Aug. 24, 1990)
Men at Work (Aug. 24, 1990)
Pump Up the Volume (Aug. 24, 1990)
The Witches (Aug. 24, 1990)
30th anniversary
Everett Collection
Babe (Aug. 4, 1995)
Something to Talk About (Aug. 4, 1995)
Virtuosity (Aug. 4, 1995)
The Brothers McMullen (Aug. 11, 1995)
Dangerous Minds (Aug. 11, 1995)
A Kid in King Arthur’s Court (Aug. 11, 1995)
A Walk in the Clouds (Aug. 11, 1995)
Gramercy Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
The Usual Suspects (Aug. 16, 1995)
The Baby-Sitters Club (Aug. 18, 1995)
Mortal Kombat (Aug. 18, 1995)
Beyond Rangoon (Aug. 25, 1995)
Desperado (Aug. 25, 1995)
Lord of Illusions (Aug. 25, 1995)
25th anniversary
Everett Collection
Coyote Ugly (Aug. 4, 2000)
Hollow Man (Aug. 4, 2000)
Space Cowboys (Aug. 4, 2000)
The Tao of Steve (Aug. 4, 2000)
Autumn in New York (Aug. 11, 2000)
The Replacements (Aug. 11, 2000)
The Cell (Aug. 18, 2000)
The Original Kings of Comedy (Aug. 18, 2000)
Bring It On (Aug. 25, 2000)
20th anniversary
Universal/courtesy Everett Collection
The Skeleton Key (Aug. 12, 2005)
The 40-Year-Old Virgin (Aug. 19, 2005)
Red Eye (Aug. 19, 2005)
The Brothers Grimm (Aug. 26, 2005)
The Constant Gardner (Aug. 31, 2005)