Line #112 MilestoneCelebration/Film


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Celebrating 100 years of wonder.[[labelnote:Characters]]Top row: [[Franchise/StarWars R2-D2]], [[WesternAnimation/PeterPan Tinker Bell]], and Film/{{Black Panther\|2018}}. Bottom row: [[WesternAnimation/{{Coco}} Miguel]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Simba]]. Bottom right is WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse in his Sorcerer's Apprentice outfit from ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}''.[[/labelnote]]]]
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5	!!Animation
6	* Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon
7	** ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' had a major celebration thrown by the Walt Disney Company for its 50th anniversary in 1987, which started early with the Theatre/DisneyOnIce show ''Snow White on Ice'' debuting in '86. Year-of events included a worldwide theatrical reissue on July 17 (at a time when movies rarely had day-and-date international rollouts), an Creator/{{NBC}} special hosted by Dick Van Dyke, a UsefulNotes/McDonalds promotion offering two different posters, and a musical stage show at the Ride/{{Disneyland}} theme park that was even videotaped and aired on the Disney Channel.
8	** ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' has a LogoJoke for the Disney Animation VanityPlate proclaiming the film as being the 50th movie in the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon. Additionally, Disney released a short [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gqg3-5srs4 video]] featuring clips from all of the canon's films.
9	** ''WesternAnimation/RalphBreaksTheInternet'' includes a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover of every Disney property, and was released two days after the 90th anniversary of ''WesternAnimation/SteamboatWillie'' (the short that helped to launch the company's success).
10	** Similar to ''Tangled'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'' was celebrated as Disney's 60th animated feature. Not only does it have a LogoJoke akin to ''Tangled'' (instead replacing the number 50 with 60), but Disney released a [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=lktn0WLusoY video]] showing the titles of all of their films in the Disney Animated Canon (set to ''The Firebird Suite'', which incidentally appeared in [[WesternAnimation/Fantasia2000 their 38th animated film]]).
11	** ''WesternAnimation/{{Wish\|2023}}'' is a celebration of Creator/{{Disney}}'s 100th anniversary, with wishes--which were prominent throughout Disney's history--as its main theme. It also utilizes [[WishUponAShootingStar wishing on a shooting star]], a prominent part of Disney's logo. In addition, a short film titled ''WesternAnimation/OnceUponAStudio'' was made featuring hundreds of characters from the Disney Animated Canon, various short films, and even theme park attractions.
12	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019'': The remake was released during the 25th anniversary year of [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 the original version]].
13	* Creator/{{Pixar}}
14	** ''WesternAnimation/Cars1'' came out during Pixar's 20th anniversary. To commemorate this, the Pixar logo fades into "Celebrating 20 Years" written against a black background, with Luxo Junior's light bulb forming the zero in the 20.
15	** ''WesternAnimation/Cars2'' celebrated Pixar's 25th anniversary with a CreatorCameo of Pixar head John Lasseter. The theatrical version of the film similarly began with a LogoJoke featuring Luxo Jr. fading into a "Celebrating 25 Years" message, but the home video release begins with the standard logo.
16	** ''WesternAnimation/TheGoodDinosaur'' marks 20 years of Pixar's theatrical films, though it misses the milestone by a few days[[note]]''Dinosaur''[='=]s release is on November 25, 2015, three days after the anniversary of the release of their first film, ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'', on November 22, 1995[[/note]]. In Asia, South America, Norway and the Middle East, ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'' celebrates this milestone, with trailers for ''Inside Out'' released in those countries mentioning this.
17	** ''WesternAnimation/FindingDory'' was released in the year of Pixar's 30th anniversary.
18	** For individual films, on December 10, 2015 Creator/{{ABC}} commemorated the 20th anniversary of ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'' with a retrospective special entitled ''Toy Story at 20: To Infinity And Beyond'', featuring new interviews with the cast and crew. This was followed by a showing of the original ''Toy Story'' itself.
19	*** In fact, a College Student is planning to create a remake of ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'' to celebrate Toy Story 2's 20th anniversary.
20	* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainUnderpantsTheFirstEpicMovie'' was released 20 years after the first book of the series it was based on was published.
21	* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWrestlemaniaMystery'' and ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooFrankencreepy'' were both released in 2014 to honor the 45th anniversary of the franchise. The former also honors the 30th anniversary of Wrestlemania while the latter makes callbacks to the older cartoons.
22	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017'' was released on October 6, 2017, just 4 days before the main show's 7th anniversary.
23	* Both ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons'' had WWE crossover films released in 2015 and 2017 respectively to honor both shows' 55th anniversaries. They even have the same writers.
24	* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanVsTheTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' was released on the 80th anniversary on the creation of Batman, and the 35th anniversary of the TMNT franchise.
25	* ''WesternAnimation/DCShowcaseBatmanDeathInTheFamily'' comes out ten years after ''WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood'' and is an InteractiveFiction adaptation of the original ''ComicBook/ADeathInTheFamily'', which ultimately led into the original ''Under the Hood''.
26	* The ''Animation/BoonieBears'' film ''Back to Earth'' commemorates the 10th anniversary of the franchise, which was the year the movie released (2022).
27	* Various promotional posters for the third ''Animation/HappyHeroes'' movie, ''Animation/HappyHeroesTheStones'', indicate that it was made for the 12th anniversary of the show.
28	* ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolfAmazingPleasantGoat'' was made to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'' franchise.
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30	!!Live-Action
31	* For the 30th anniversary of the ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' franchise in 2015[[note]]Most of these took place during the month of October since October 21st, 2015 was when ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'' took place.[[/note]]:
32	** Pepsi released the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrwRdzFP-fY Pepsi Perfect]], designed exactly as it appears in ''Part II''. Only 6500 units were made.
33	** ''Back to the Future: The Complete Animated Series'' was released on DVD for the first time, in its entirety and uncut. In addition, a "30th Anniversary Trilogy" CompilationRerelease of the movies was released on DVD and Blu-Ray, along with [[LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition The Complete Adventures]], which includes the previously mentioned [=DVDs=] and a replica flux capacitor.
34	** In October 21st, the movies came back to cinemas for one day only.
35	** Microsoft celebrated the occasion by including an interesting EasterEgg in its website, where typing in the words "OUTATIME" would pop up the [=DeLorean=] flux capacitor, followed by a video of clouds, wherein a flashing of lights are shown, an indication that something is coming, just like how it was portrayed in the movies. The page that is displayed afterwards shows the phrase "Great Scott! The future is precisely on schedule", a reference to one of Doc Brown's lines; the page also displays many of Microsoft's current hardware--[=HoloLens=] (VR), Lumia (smartphone), Band (fitness tracker), Surface (tablet/two-in-one laptop) and Platform/XboxOne--showcased side-by side with corresponding technologies from TheEighties (as an added bonus, the page can be viewed in 3D, if you have the appropriate glasses).
36	** Telltale Games rereleased the [[VideoGame/BackToTheFutureTheGame video game]] for the Platform/{{Xbox 360}}, Platform/XboxOne and Platform/PlayStation4, with improved textures, new dialogue and interviews with various staff involved with the game and the films, including the films' co-writer and producer. {{Platform/Steam}} also had a 75% discount on the game on October 21st, as part of one of its Daily Deals.
37	** ''VideoGame/RocketLeague'' added the franchise's iconic [=DeLorean=] as DownloadableContent--complete with 'burnt rubber' Rocket Trail.
38	** ''VideoGame/JetpackJoyride'' added a brand new mode, which has Barry looking like Marty [=McFly=] (Doc Brown and Biff Tanner's looks are unlockable), the set is the 2015 Hill Valley from ''Part II'', the jetpack is the 1985 guitar, and the available vehicles are the Flying Skateboard (which gives you a double jump) and the franchise's iconic [=DeLorean=] (which gives you a ''huge'' boost when it goes over 88). In this mode, hitting hazards does not immediately kill you, instead, you are {{timed\|Mission}}: powerups scattered on the playing field add 5 seconds to your time, and getting hit removes 10 seconds.
39	** ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet 3'' gained a Back to the Future inspired campaign for its first DownloadableContent pack, which has Sackboy following Marty [=McFly=] and Doc Brown in a recreation of the first movie. Two costume packs are also available.
40	** ''Wild Gunman'' was released on the UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole. This is important when you realize that Marty played this very game in ''Part II''.
41	* ''Film/BadBoysForLife'' came out in 2020, the 25th anniversary of [[Film/BadBoys1995 the first movie]].
42	* ''Film/JamesBond''
43	** ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'', was released in 1977, the 15th anniversary, ''Film/TheLivingDaylights'' was released in 1987, the 25th anniversary, and ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'' was released in 1997, the 35th anniversary.
44	** ''Film/DieAnotherDay'' marked both the 20th ''Bond'' film and the 40th anniversary of the film series, and as a result was rife with {{Mythology Gag}}s and {{Continuity Nod}}s. It was supposed to have a Creator/SeanConnery [[PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo cameo]].
45	** ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'' marked ''Bond'' creator Creator/IanFleming's 100th birthday.
46	** ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'' commemorated the 50th anniversary of the ''Bond'' films with a bunch of {{Mythology Gag}}s (one of which gets some importance in the final battle) and a status quo change for Creator/DanielCraig's Bond. It also considered having a Creator/SeanConnery [[PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo cameo]] but the director felt that Connery appearing as not Bond felt wrong.
47	** Although it was [[ReleaseDateChange/COVID19PandemicRelatedExamples due to delays caused by the]] UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, ''Film/NoTimeToDie'', Creator/DanielCraig's final movie as Bond, was released in 2021, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'', which was Creator/SeanConnery's final ([[Film/NeverSayNeverAgain official]]) movie as Bond.
48	* It's very common for superhero films to be released during special anniversaries of the characters they're adapting:
49	** The original ''Film/{{Superman\|TheMovie}}'' movie was released in 1978, celebrating the 40th anniversary of Franchise/{{Superman}}'s debut in ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' #1 (June 1938). ''Film/SupermanIII'' was released in June 1983, the 45th anniversary. ''Film/ManOfSteel'' was released in June 2013, his 75th anniversary.
50	** The first ''Film/{{Batman\|1989}}'' movie was released in 1989 in time for the 50th anniversary of Franchise/{{Batman}}'s first appearance in #27 of Detective Comics.
51	*** The 1949 15-part ''[[Film/BatmanAndRobinSerial Batman and Robin]]'' serial was released 10 years to the time of the comic publication.
52	** The first ''Film/SpiderMan1'' film was released in 2002 for [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Spidey's]] 40th anniversary, ''Film/SpiderMan3'' was released in 2007 for the 45th, and the reboot ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'' was released in 2012, ten years after the original film, for the 50th. ''Another'' reboot, ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'', was released in 2017, just in time for the 55th.
53	** ''Film/Hellboy2004'' was released in Spring 2004, on the 10th anniversary of ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'s first appearance in comics (''Dime Press'' #4, March 1994).
54	** ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' was released in 2011 celebrating the 70th anniversary of ComicBook/CaptainAmerica's first appearance in 1941, with ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' coming out in 2016, in time for his 75th. The latter also loosely adapts the ''ComicBook/{{Civil War\|2006}}'' miniseries on the 10th anniversary of its 2006 debut, and features the feature film debut of ComicBook/BlackPanther, 50 years after his first appearance in 1966.
55	*** Likely coincidental, ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' featured the first live-action screen appearance of ComicBook/ScarletWitch (albeit in the [[TheStinger mid-credits stinger]], but still) and was released in 2014; 50 years after her comic debut.
56	*** It also celebrated the 50th anniversary of ComicBook/BlackWidow in which she was the deuteragonist of the movie.
57	** ''Film/IronMan3'' was released in 2013, 50 years after ComicBook/IronMan's first appearance in ''Tales of Suspense'' #39 back in 1963.
58	** ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2014'' was released the year of the franchise's 30th anniversary.
59	** ''Film/Deadpool2016'' was released in 2016, 25 years after [[ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} the character's]] first appearance in ''New Mutants'' #98 in 1991.
60	** 2016's ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'', similar to ''Civil War'', marks the live-action film debut of ComicBook/WonderWoman, 75 years after her debut in ''All-Star Comics'' #8 back in 1941.
61	** 2017 would be comic legend Creator/JackKirby's 100th birthday and while probably coincidental, five movies feature characters created or co-created by Kirby:
62	*** ''Film/{{Logan}}'' was the first. While Kirby didn't create Wolverine and ComicBook/{{X 23}} was created years after Kirby's death, the film is a spinoff of the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'' and Jack Kirby did create the X-Men, and ''Logan'' features Professor X.
63	*** The second was ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2''. While Kirby did not (co)-create the team itself, the movie ''did'' include Kirby creations Groot and Ego the Living Planet.
64	*** While Kirby didn't help create ComicBook/SpiderMan, ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' does feature ComicBook/IronMan [[spoiler:and ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, who makes a few minor [[TheCameo cameos]]]] whom Kirby did help create.
65	*** ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' also celebrates the 55th anniversary of the first appearance of not only ComicBook/TheMightyThor in ''Journey into Mystery'' #83, but also ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk in ''The Incredible Hulk'' #1 back in 1962.
66	*** Lastly, ''Film/JusticeLeague2017'' features the ComicBook/NewGods making a proper cinematic debut after set-up in ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice''. Its release date was also on the 16th anniversary of the first airing of ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''[='=]s first episode.
67	** ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' and ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' appear to be taking this trope up to eleven. ''Infinity War'' debuted on April 27, 2018: Nine years and 358 days after the May 2, 2008 release of ''Film/IronMan1'', the start of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. ''Infinity War'' also featured the 2008 incarnation of the ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy, who celebrated their 10th anniversary. ''Infinity War'' also features ComicBook/IronMan, ComicBook/DoctorStrange, and, of course, ComicBook/TheAvengers, all of whom celebrated the 55th anniversary of their first appearances back in 1963. Lastly, ''Endgame'' was be released in 2019: the 80th anniversary of the Franchise/MarvelUniverse.
68	** Both the ''Film/{{Wonder Woman\|2017}}'' movie and ''Film/ProfessorMarstonAndTheWonderWomen'', a {{biopic}} of the comic's creators, were independently released to coincide with the 75th anniversary of Wonder Woman's first appearance.
69	** ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'' was released in March 2021, 50 years after the first publication of the ComicBook/NewGods by Creator/JackKirby in March 1971. They are featured way more prominently in this film than they were in the 2017 version.
70	** ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' was released in December 17, 2021; as a celebration to the character's 60th anniversary and the 20th anniversary of the ''Spider-Man'' film franchise. It's not a coincidence that both Creator/TobeyMaguire and Creator/AndrewGarfield from their [[Film/SpiderManTrilogy own]] [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries franchises]] returned to reprise the role of Peter Parker in this movie as major supporting characters, with their antagonists from their respective films returning as well.
71	** 2022 marked the centennial of Creator/StanLee, and similar to his colleague Creator/JackKirby, three movies featuring his co-creations were released in that year to celebrate the occasion:
72	*** First, there is ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness''.
73	*** Second, there is ''Film/ThorLoveAndThunder,'' which also happens to mark the 60th anniversary of ComicBook/TheMightyThor's first appearance in ''Journey into Mystery'' #83.
74	*** Finally, there is ''Film/BlackPantherWakandaForever''.
75	* ''Franchise/StarTrek'':
76	** ''Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome'' was released the year of the 20th anniversary of ''Star Trek''.
77	** ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'' was released to celebrate the 25th anniversary of ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' as a GrandFinale that reunited the entire original cast one last time and ended the conflict with their old arch-enemies, the Klingons.
78	** ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'' was released during the franchise's 30th anniversary, which was also being celebrated by the two TV series on air at the time (seen in the [[MilestoneCelebration/LiveActionTV TV page]]). The film sees the [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Next Generation crew]] go back in time to stop the Borg from changing history [[spoiler: and as a result shows humanity's [[TitleDrop first contact]] with the Vulcans, pretty much serving as the major starting point of Trek history.]]
79	** ''Film/StarTrekNemesis'', the final ''Next Generation'' movie, was released the same year as [=TNG's=] 15th anniversary.
80	** ''Film/StarTrekBeyond'' was released in 2016, to celebrate the franchise's 50th anniversary, and there are many homages and meta-commentaries on the special occasion. On a minor side note, the producers allegedly said 2016 was the "logical" year for the release.
81	* ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' has had several since the [[Film/{{Gojira}} first movie]], which have featured {{Retool}}s, {{Continuity Reboot}}s and/or {{Grand Finale}}s for whichever series of films Creator/{{Toho}} was working on.
82	** ''Film/KingKongVsGodzilla'' was created as Creator/{{Toho}}'s 30th anniversary film, which fortunately coincided with being a few months shy of the 30th anniversary of the release of the original ''Film/{{King Kong\|1933}}''; it was also both monsters' third respective film appearances. Then, for the studio's 60th anniversary, they decided to try and remake it. However, due to copyright issues, they opted for Godzilla's most iconic foe, resulting in ''Film/GodzillaVsKingGhidorah'', a few months before the 60th anniversary, with another rematch with an old foe, ''Film/GodzillaAndMothraTheBattleForEarth'', coming the year of the anniversary.
83	** ''Film/MothraVSGodzilla'' and ''Film/GhidorahTheThreeHeadedMonster'' were the 10th anniversary films. The former was first movie to cross two Toho properties (''Film/KingKongVsGodzilla'' was the first film to cross Godzilla over with another movie monster, but of course Kong isn't a Toho property), while the latter was the first time Godzilla teamed up with other {{Kaiju}} and the first time he was portrayed as defending humanity. As another note, this was also the first film to cross over more than two Toho kaiju; crossing over a total of ''three'' [[Film/{{Gojira}} different]] [[Film/{{Mothra}} kaiju]] [[Film/{{Rodan}} movies]]; a record of which wouldn't be broken until 1968's ''Film/{{Destroy All Monsters}}''.
84	** ''Film/AllMonstersAttack'' was released the year of the 15th anniversary and features much stock footage from the previous films.
85	** The original [[RobotMe Mechagodzilla]] duology (''Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzilla'' and ''Film/TerrorOfMechagodzilla''), for the 20th anniversary, removed many of the LighterAndSofter elements that made the immediately preceding films so disliked while also concluding the Showa series.
86	** ''Film/TheReturnOfGodzilla'', as its name implies, brought Godzilla back for the 30th anniversary along with better special effects and a DarkerAndEdgier tone.
87	** ''Film/GodzillaVsBiollante'' was released the year of the 35th anniversary.
88	** ''Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah'', the 40th anniversary film (though technically the prior film ''Film/GodzillaVsSpaceGodzilla'' was released the actual year of the 40th anniversary), ended the Heisei series by having Godzilla fight a monster with origins related to the Oxygen Destroyer that killed him in the original film and then killing Godzilla off again; the film even ended with a brief montage of clips from the first film. The unmade American 1994 ''Script/{{Godzilla\|1994}}'' was originally intended to be the anniversary film.
89	** One of Godzilla's most recurring co-stars, Mothra, finally got another solo movie in 1996 with ''Film/RebirthOfMothra'', coming 35 years after her debut in ''Film/{{Mothra}}''.
90	** ''Film/Godzilla2000'', released the year of the 45th anniversary, started off the Millennium series.
91	** ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'' ended the Millennium series on the 50th anniversary by having Godzilla fight and kill almost every other monster he had ever faced.
92	** ''Film/Godzilla2014'' was released 60 years after the original film (though it's 6 months too early to be an ''exact'' anniversary). The months before the movie came out saw a promotional toy fair that featured models of the numerous designs of Godzilla and other monsters over the course of the franchise, along with a limited theatrical run of [[Film/{{Gojira}} the original 1954 film]]. Ironically, it was also released just a month too late to celebrate the 40th anniversary of ''Film/MothraVSGodzilla'' (which was released in April of 1964).
93	** The 65th anniversary was marked with both a new movie, ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'', and Creator/TheCriterionCollection Blu-Ray box set ''Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954-1975''. The latter not only came out in the anniversary month of October but doubled as this trope for '''Criterion''', being Spine #1000!
94	** Since 2021, Toho's annual Godzilla Fest livestreams have been centered around celebrating the 50th Anniversaries of various kaiju of the 1970s Godzilla films with animated and suitmation short films starring the Final Wars Godzilla suit.
95	*** ''Film/GodzillaVsHedorah2021'', would celebrate Hedorah's 50th Anniversary by giving his Final Wars incarnation a proper battle with his respective Godzilla.
96	*** Gigan received two shorts for his 50th Anniversary in 2022, the animated short ''Film/GodzillaVsGiganRex'' and the suitmation short ''Fest Godzilla 3: Gigan Attacks'', which starred a recreation of the original Showa Gigan.
97	*** The 50th Anniversary of ''Film/GodzillaVsMegalon'' in 2023 would see an animated ''Godzilla vs. Megalon'' short serving as a direct sequel to Gigan Rex and the suitmation short ''Fest Godzilla 4: Operation Jet Jaguar'', whose cliffhanger ending teases a 2024 battle with King Ghidorah that will coincide with the three headed dragon's 60th Anniversary.
98	** ''Film/GodzillaXKongTheNewEmpire'' was released the year of Godzilla's 70th anniversary. It also marks the 10th anniversary of the ''Franchise/MonsterVerse''. ''Film/GodzillaMinusOne'' also celebrates the 70th anniversary, but due to a contract preventing Toho from releasing their films the same year that Creator/LegendaryPictures releases their films, it instead came out earlier on November 3, 2023, the 69th anniversary of the release of the original film.
99	* Warner Bros. did a limited theatrical reissue of ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'' to mark its 25th anniversary in 1996, and the soundtrack was finally given a CD release. When the film hit 30 in 2001, it received a special edition DVD release (as opposed to the previous VanillaEdition) that brought back many cast and crew members for its special features, and a making-of book (''Pure Imagination''). For the 40th anniversary in 2011, they went the full LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition route with a Blu-Ray package that included the previous disc's bonus features, the book, and a few other physical extras.
100	* The Disney Channel-produced 2016 reboot of ''Film/{{Adventures in Babysitting\|2016}}'' was the 100th film produced for the channel. As such, in the days leading up to its premiere, every other Disney Channel Original Movie was rebroadcast, including older ones and/or films that were rarely rebroadcast.
101	* ''Franchise/StarWars''
102	** ''[[Film/AttackOfTheClones Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones]]'' was released on May 16th, 2002, just over a week before the franchise's 25th anniversary.
103	** ''Film/TheLastJedi''[='=]s 2017 release marks the 40th Anniversary of the ''Franchise/StarWars Saga'' - and given it's a ruby anniversary, the ''Star Wars'' logo being red for this film even fits. Its release date would have been nearly 40 years to the day of ''Film/ANewHope''[='=]s release in 1977, but due to rewrites it was pushed back to December of that year.
104	** ''Film/{{Solo}}'' was released on May 25, 2018, the 41st anniversary of ''A New Hope's'' 1977 release, in which Creator/HarrisonFord first appeared as Han Solo.
105	* ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}''
106	** ''Film/Halloween4TheReturnOfMichaelMyers'' (1988) revived the Myers storyline after the botched attempt at a GenreAnthology series from ''Film/HalloweenIIISeasonOfTheWitch'' 10 years after the [[Film/Halloween1978 first movie]].
107	** ''Film/HalloweenH20TwentyYearsLater'' (1998): This is bluntly lampshaded not only in the storyline, but '''twice''' in the ''friggin' title''.
108	** Averted with the ''Film/Halloween2007'' ContinuityReboot which released a year before the 30th anniversary and in August.
109	** The 2018 ''{{Film/Halloween\|2018}}'' was released on October 19th, 2018, just 6 days shy from the 40th anniversary of [[Film/Halloween1978 the first film’s original theatrical release]].
110	* For the 50th anniversary of the long running Japanese Tora-san movie series (known as ''Otoko Wa Tsurai Yo'', 男はつらいよ, "It's tough being a man" in the original Japanese), a 50th movie "Tora-san, Welcome Back" is being released in 2019. It's directed by the writer and director of most of the films, Creator/YojiYamada, and stars a number of actors reprising their roles from the series-- including KiyoshiAtsumi as the main character Tora-san, despite the actor [[CharacterOutlivesActor passing away in 1996.]]
111	* ''Film/WesCravensNewNightmare'' (1994) was made to commemorate the 10th anniversary of ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984''.
112	* ''Film/GhostbustersFrozenEmpire'' (2024) aired the year of the 40th anniversary of ''Film/Ghostbusters1984''.
113	* ''Film/AlienVsPredator'' (2004) was released the year of the 25th anniversary of ''Film/{{Alien}}'', while the sequel ''Film/AliensVsPredatorRequiem'' (2007) was released the year of the 20th anniversary of ''Film/{{Predator}}''.
114	** The ''Franchise/{{Predator}}'' franchise also saw ''Film/Prey2022'' released the year of its 35th anniversary.
115	** The release of ''Film/AlienRomulus'' (2024) overlaps with the 45th anniversary of the ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' franchise.
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118	* Movie studios often get updated {{Vanity Plate}}s on their anniversaries. Movies released during the first year of the updated logos also contain messages denoting the anniversary. (eg, ''Film/TheVoyageOfTheDawnTreader'' in 2010 begins by panning up from the Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox structure to some lights spelling out, "Celebrating 75 Years"[[note]]Referring to the 1935 merger of the Fox Film Corporation and Twentieth Century Pictures, not the 1915 founding of the Fox Film Corporation. On that note, the updated Fox logo actually debuted one month before the anniversary year began, without the 75 years message, in front of December 2009's ''Film/{{Avatar}}''.[[/note]].)
119	** Creator/{{Universal}} celebrated its 75th anniversary[[note]]referring to the 1915 opening of Universal City Studios as opposed to the actual company in 1912[[/note]] by opening each movie released in 1990 with the logos that graced their works from 1927-1990, and a then-new logo (though they skipped the version that refers to them as Universal International). Fittingly, this montage first appeared at the beginning of ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII''.
120	** Universal released a similar video for their 100th anniversary[[note]]referring to the 1912 founding of Universal Film Manufacturing Company[[/note]], preceding another new logo with the ones used from 1927-2012 (they did not exclude the Universal International ident this time), but showed this montage online instead of during movies.
121	* Anniversaries are generally a good excuse for LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition video releases of beloved films, dating back to the VHS era.
122	** They are also good excuses to re-release movies in theatres, because nothing beats watching a classic movie on a big screen for its anniversary.
123	* Disney is well known for pulling off grand celebrations for important company milestones:
124	** The company celebrated its golden anniversary om 1973 with their "50 Happy Years" campaign. Highlights from the celebration included a special bumper at the beginning of all their theatrical releases, special episode of ''[[Series/WaltDisneyPresents The Wonderful World of Disney]]'', a float for the 1973 Tournament of Roses Parade the opening of ''The Walt Disney Story'' at Disneyland and Walt Disney World, a stage show at Radio City Music Hall (alongside a reissue of ''Film/MaryPoppins''), a film retrospective at Lincoln Center, a two-disc album of Disney songs, a ceremony and three-day celebration at Disneyland, a special edition of the park's Christmas ''Fantasy on Parade'', the release of the studio's newest animated feature ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973'', and a Disney-produced halftime show for the 1974 Orange Bowl.
125	** In 1978, Mickey Mouse's 50th birthday was celebrated with a special bumper at the beginning of the studio's theatrical releases, a 90-minute NBC-TV special, the debut of a revival of ''Series/TheMickeyMouseClub'', a reprint of the 1931 children's book ''The Adventures of Mickey Mouse'', a new parade at the theme parks, and a special weekend matinee of Mickey cartoons playing with a reissue of ''[[Series/DavyCrockett Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier]]''.
126	*** For the 60th birthday in 1988, markers included the NBC special ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey%27s_60th_Birthday Mickey's 60th Birthday]]'', the opening of the Mickey's Birthdayland pavillion at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom (successful enough to be retooled into Starland and then Toontown Fair before being reclaimed for the Fantasyland expansion 20+ years later), and the VHS ClipShow ''Mickey's Magical World''.
127	*** His 90th birthday in 2018 was commemorated with yet another TV special (this time on Disney-owned ABC) and various events in the theme parks, among other things.

Context MilestoneCelebration / Film