9 Critically Acclaimed Movies by Iconic Director Steven Spielberg which also Earned Billions on Box-Office !!

Undoubtedly one of the most influential film personalities in the history of movies, Steven Spielberg is perhaps Hollywood’s best known director and one of the wealthiest filmmakers in the world. Spielberg has countless big-grossing, critically acclaimed credits to his name, as producer, director and writer. 

Here are 9 movies directed by Steven Spielberg, which earned him not only worldwide fame but also a ton of money.

1. Jaws (1975) - This Movie is about a gigantic great white shark which begins to menace the small island community of Amity, a police chief, a marine scientist and grizzled fisherman set out to stop it. Jaws was nominated for 4 Oscars and it won 3 out of them, including Best Film Editing.
 This movie is considered to be one of the biggest monster movie ever made. This movie was made on a budget of 8M dollars and earned total net 260M dollars. 

2. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - This movie is about an Archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones, who is hired by the US government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis. Harrison Ford in the lead this movie went on to became the greatest adventure movie ever made. Raiders of the Lost Ark won 4 Oscars including Best Visual effects and Best Art direction. This movie was made on a budget of 18M dollars and made a solid profit of 242M dollars.

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3. E.T. Extra-Terrestrial (1982) - This movie is about a troubled child who summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape Earth and return to his home-world. This movie won 4 Oscars including the Best Visual effects and Best Music/Original Score.
 Made on a small budget of 10.5M dollars E.T earned total of 792M dollars.

4. Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade (1989) -  In this 3rd movie of  Indiana Jones when Dr. Henry Jones Sr. suddenly goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, eminent archaeologist Indiana Jones must follow in his father's footsteps and stop the Nazis.
 This movie won Best effects/Sound effects Oscar. Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade's budget was 48M dollars and earned gross total of 148M dollars.

5. Jurassic Park (1993) - This movie takes place During a preview tour, where a theme park suffers a major power breakdown and that allows its cloned dinosaur exhibits to run amok. Another giant movie from Steven, it went on to became a massive hit and a very successful franchise. Jurassic Park won 3 Oscars including Best Visual effects and Best Sound. This movie was made in a budget of 68M dollars and earned a total of 1 billion dollars worldwide.

6. Schindler's List (1993) - This movie takes place In Poland during World War II, when Oskar Schindler ( Liam Nesson )gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis. Steven Spielberg himself considers this movie his best work. This movie received critics praises worldwide. Germany awarded Steven for showing actual happenings of Nazis in this movie. This movie won 7 Oscars including Best Picture and Best Director. This movie was made on a budget of 23M dollars and  earned 321M dollars worldwide.

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7. Saving Private Ryan (1998) - This movie Follows the Normandy Landings (WW ll ), in which a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action. It is one of the greatest War movie. For this movie Steven was awarded with highest civilian award given by US marine. Saving Private Ryan won 5 Oscars including Best Director and Best Cinematography. This movie was budgeted for 70M dollars and earned 481M dollars worldwide.

8. Catch Me If You Can (2002) - This movie is based on a true story about Frank Abagnale Jr., who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars' worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. Leonardo DiCaprio became a even bigger star after this movie. It was a massive hit. Catch Me If You Can was Nominated for 2 Academy Awards. This movie was made on a budget of 52M dollars and earned 352M dollars worldwide.

9. The Terminal (2004) - This movie is based on an eastern immigrant who finds himself stranded in JFK airport, and must take up temporary residence there.
 This movie won many awards ( no Oscar ). The Terminal was budgeted on 60M dollars and earned 219M dollars.

So, that was the list.
 Now, Which of the above movies have you seen ?? And which ones are your favourite ?  

AVJ

21 Mindblowing Facts ( every Movie fan should know ) about Legendary Director Steven Spielberg

Undoubtedly one of the most influential film personalities in the history of film, Steven Spielberg is perhaps Hollywood’s best known director and one of the wealthiest filmmakers in the world and Winner of 3 Academy Awards.

So, Here are 21 facts about Steven Spielberg that will blow your mind completely whether or not you are a Fan.

1. Steven Spielberg is among the richest individuals in Hollywood.

2. Steven Spielberg has Received the Germany's Cross of Merit with star for his sensible representation of Germany's history in Schindler's List (1993) and also received the Distinguished Public Service Award, the U. S. Navy's highest civilian honor, on Veterans Day 1999 for his work on the movie Saving Private Ryan (1998).

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3. Jonathan Norman was sentenced to 25 years to life, for stalking Spielberg and threatening to rape him. [June 1998]

4. Steven is Godfather of Drew Barrymore and Gwyneth Paltrow.
 Gwyneth Paltrow calls him Uncle Morty.

5. He was named Best Director of the 20th Century in an Entertainment Weekly on-line poll, substantially beating out runners-up Alfred Hitchcock and Stanley Kubrick. [September 1999]

6. Steven Personally offered the American Beauty (1999) script to Sam Mendes, who ended up winning the Academy Award for Best Director on the film, which was Mendes's debut feature.

7. He Flew Will Smith to his Hamptons home via helicopter to offer him the part in Men in Black(1997).

8. On May 31, 2002, Steven Spielberg graduated from California State University Long Beach with a bachelor's degree in film and electronic arts. He had dropped out of college in 1968 to concentrate on his career, but during the 2000s fulfilled his remaining graduation requirements via independent projects, which required correspondence courses and several term papers and when Spielberg received his undergraduate degree (about 35 years after he had first entered college), the orchestra played the theme from the "Indiana Jones" series of films as he walked up to and across the stage.

Before attending California State University-Long Beach, Spielberg was turned down by USC Cinema school twice and now He sits on USC School of Cinema-
 Television's Board of Councilors.

9. When asked what are the films he's made he would like to be remembered for, he said E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) and Schindler's List(1993).

10.  He Directed 12 actors in Oscar-nominated performances: Liam Neeson; Ralph Fiennes;Anthony Hopkins; Tom Hanks; Melinda Dillon;Whoopi Goldberg; Oprah Winfrey; Margaret Avery; Christopher Walken; Daniel Day-Lewis;Tommy Lee Jones; and Sally Field. Day-Lewis is the first to win an Oscar for a Spielberg movie, winning best actor for Lincoln (2012).

11. Steven Spielberg has always been very protective of his name. If his company is working on a film and he feels it is not up to his standards, he will remove his name as a producer.

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12. His ten favourite films of all time are: Fantasia(1940); Citizen Kane (1941); A Guy Named Joe(1943); It's a Wonderful Life (1946); The War of the Worlds (1953); Psycho (1960); Lawrence of Arabia (1962); 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968);The Godfather (1972) and Day for Night (1973).

13. He owns one of the largest gun collections on the East Coast. He shoots, but only privately. Actor Shia LaBeouf once said about his shooting, "He's an Olympic shot. The hand-eye co-ordination of that man is unlike anything I've ever seen. If he weren't a great director, he could be one of our greatest snipers

14. He, George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppolapresented Martin Scorsese with his first ever award for Best Director, for The Departed(2006).

15. He is one of 7 directors to win the Golden Globe, Director's Guild, BAFTA, and Oscar for the same movie, winning for Schindler's List (1993). The other directors to achieve this are 'Mike Nichols (I)' for The Graduate (1967), Milos Forman forOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975),Richard Attenborough for Gandhi (1982), Oliver Stone for Platoon (1986), Ang Lee for Brokeback Mountain (2005), and Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire (2008).

16. His favourite directors are David Lean, Preston Sturges, Frank Capra, Francois Truffut', Ingmar Bergman, Akira Kurosawa, Stanley Kubrick,Howard Hawks, Alfred Hitchcock and John Ford.

17. Favorite indoor relaxation pursuits are watching golf on TV and playing his computer game "Assassin's Creed". 
 He is a big fan of video games and says that their development is intriguing to him.

18. Steven Spielberg is a lifelong fan of the 007 movies, Spielberg has never directed a feature in the successful franchise, though he did the next best thing directing his share of notable 007 series alumni such as:
 Sean Connery: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) (Dr. No (1962) (original + 6))

Robert Shaw: Jaws (1975) (From Russia with Love (1963))

Burt Kwouk: Empire of the Sun (1987) (Goldfinger (1964), Casino Royale (1967),You Only Live Twice (1967))

Bruce Glover: The Psychiatrist: Par for the Course (1971) (Diamonds Are Forever(1971))

Christopher Lee: 1941 (1979) (The Man with the Golden Gun (1974))

Frank McRae: 1941 (1979) (Licence to Kill (1989))

Michael Lonsdale: Munich (2005) (Moonraker (1979))

Julian Glover: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) (For Your Eyes Only(1981))

John Rhys-Davies: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) (The Living Daylights(1987))

Alison Doody: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) (A View to a Kill (1985))

Christopher Walken: Catch Me If You Can(2002) (A View to a Kill (1985))

David Harbour: War of the Worlds (2005) (Quantum of Solace (2008))

Daniel Craig: Munich (2005), The Adventures of Tintin (2011) (Casino Royale (2006), Quantum of Solace(2008), Skyfall (2012)), etc.

19. He is at his most productive and creative when working on more than one project at a time, be it as producer and/or director: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) + Poltergeist (1982) /Schindler's List (1993) + Jurassic Park (1993) /War Horse (2011) + The Adventures of Tintin (2011), etc.

20. He lost the Best Director Oscar to Ang Lee both in 2006 and 2013.

21. Steven Spielberg struggled with dyslexia his whole life but was not diagnosed until very recently (approx. 2007).

Which ones you found interesting ??

AVJ