On this day in movie history: Cloverfield (2008):

Cloverfield,

directed by Matt Reeves,

written by Drew Goddard,

was released in the United States on January 18, 2008.
Music by Michael Giacchino.

Cast:
Lizzy Caplan, Jessica Lucas, T.J. Miller, Michael Stahl-David, Mike Vogel, Odette Annable, Anjul Nigam, Margot Farley, Theo Rossi, Brian Klugman, Kelvin Yu, Liza Lapira, Lili Mirojnick, Ben Feldman, Elena Nikitina, Vakisha Coleman, Will Greenberg, Rob Kerkovich, Ryan Key, Hooman Khalili, Rasika Mathur, Baron Vaughn, Charlyne Yi, Roma Torre, Rick Overton, Martin Cohen, Jason Cerbone, Billy Brown, Scott Lawrence, Jeffrey De Serrano, Tim Griffin, Chris Mulkey, Susse Budde, Jason Lombard, Jamie Martz.

On this day in movie history - The Machinist (2004):

The Machinist,

directed by Brad Anderson,

written by Scott Kosar,

was released in the United States on January 18, 2004.

Music by Roque Baños.

Cast:
Christian Bale, Jennifer Jason Leigh, John Sharian, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Michael Ironside, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Reg E. Cathey, Anna Massey, Matthew Romero, Robert Long, Colin Stinton, Craig Stevenson.

On this day in movie history - Bukowski: Born Into This (2003):

Bukowski: Born Into This,

directed by John Dullaghan,

was released at the Sundance Film Festival in the United States on January 18, 2003.
Music by James Stemple.

Cast:
Charles Bukowski, Bono, John Bryan, Linda Lee Bukowski, Marina Bukowski, Neeli Cherkovski, Joyce Fante, FrancEyE, Taylor Hackford, John Martin, Mike Meloan, Jack Micheline, Pam 'Cupcakes' Miller, Dom Muto, William Packard, Sean Penn, Steve Richmond, Barbet Schroeder, Harry Dean Stanton, Tom Waits, Carl Weissner, Liza Williams, James Stemple.

On this day in movie history - Blood Simple (1984)

Blood Simple,

directed by Joel Coen,

written by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen,

was released in the United States on January 18, 1985.

Music by Carter Burwell.

Cast:
John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, M. Emmet Walsh, Samm-Art Williams.