If You're Waiting to Watch a New Movie...

If you're waiting for one of our most popular current films, why not check out what inspired the filmmakers? At the same time, take advantage of our National Library Week special: between April 10-16, we're offering a deal: rent one movie for $1, rent a second for free! Perfect for any of the double features suggested below:

If You're Waiting for...Creed


Raging Bull (1980) This critically acclaimed biopic directed by Martin Scorsese features Robert De Niro playing famed boxer Jake LaMotta.












Rocky (1976) Sylvester Stallone broke into the mainstream with the first Rocky film in 1976, which won Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Film Editing at the Academy Awards that year. Forty years later he was nominated for an Academy Award for best supporting actor for the same role in Creed. The stories here are similar and both Creed and Rocky are hailed as some of the greatest sports films of all time.





If You're Waiting for...The Hateful Eight

Reservoir Dogs (1992) This directorial debut from Hateful Eight director Quentin Tarantino stars Michael Madsen and Tim Roth (also in The Hateful Eight - Tarantino is infamous for reusing the same cast members). This fast paced movie follows several criminals in the aftermath of a heist gone horribly wrong.








The Thing (1982) An adaptation of the novella Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell, this Carpenter classic was also scored by Ennio Morricone, who won an Oscar for his score for The Hateful Eight. Interestingly, Morricone says that he used discarded pieces of The Thing's score for The Hateful Eight. Both films feature a claustrophobic setting in a snowy environment, though where The Hateful Eight is a western, The Thing is a science-fiction horror.






If You're Waiting for...Spotlight

All the President's Men (1976) Starring Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman, this follows the true story of two reporters investigating the Watergate scandal of 1976.









Zodiac (2007) Directed by David Fincher (Fight Club, The Social Network) and also starring Mark Ruffalo, this atmospheric film follows the true story of the hunt for the Zodiac killer that menaced San Francisco beginning in the late 1960s.