On this day in movie history - Alien (1979):

Alien

directed by Ridley Scott,

written by Dan O'Bannon,

based on a story by Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett,

was released in the United States on May 25, 1979.
Music by Jerry Goldsmith.

Cast:

Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto, Bolaji Badejo, Helen Horton, Eddie Powell.

On this day in movie history - Gladiator (2000):

Gladiator

directed by Ridley Scott,

written by David Franzoni, John Logan and William Nicholson,

based on a story by David Franzoni,

was released in the United States on May 5, 2000.

Inspired by the book Those About to Die (The Way of the Gladiator) by Daniel P. Mannix.

Music by Lisa Gerrard and Hans Zimmer.

Cast:

Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Derek Jacobi, Djimon Hounsou, Richard Harris, Ralf Möller, Tommy Flanagan, David Schofield, John Shrapnel, Tomas Arana, Spencer Treat Clark, David Hemmings, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Omid Djalili, Giannina Facio, Giorgio Cantarini, Adam Levy, Nicholas McGaughey, Chris Kell, Tony Curran, Mark Lewis, John Quinn, Alun Raglan, David Bailie, Chick Allan, David J. Nicholls, Al Ashton, Billy Dowd, Ray Calleja, Allan Corduner, Michael Mellinger, Said Amel, Gilly Gilchrist, Paul Bateman, Nick Beardshaw, Corey Booth, Michael Dickins, Malcolm Ellul, Simon Faulkner, James Fiddy, Peter Francis-Wemyss, Ruth Frendo, Kjeld Gogosha-Clark, Cara Higgins, Earl Hundt, Brad Jacobowitz, Mehdi Kashani, Tom Kay, Phil Lowes, Nic Main, Ray Mangion, Antonio Meitin, João Costa Menezes, Mike Mitchell, Arnold Montey, Antone Pagán, Norman Campbell Rees, Neil Roche, Paul Sacks, Steve Saunders, Christopher Say, Christian Simpson, Brian Smyj, Richard Stride, Tony Tomlinson, Paul Woodadge, Michael Yale.

On this day in movie history - Legend (1985):

Legend

directed by Ridley Scott,

written by William Hjortsberg,

was released in the United States on April 18, 1986.
Music by Jerry Goldsmith and Tangerine Dream.

Cast:

Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry, David Bennent, Alice Playten, Billy Barty, Cork Hubbert, Peter O'Farrell, Kiran Shah, Annabelle Lanyon, Robert Picardo, Tina Martin, Ian Longmur, Michael Crane, Liz Gilbert, Eddie Powell, Ian Stewart, Jeff Davies, Sally Dewhurst, Jane Devonshire, Amanda Rose, Joey Baxter, Sharon Brown, Nicky Dewhurst, Debbie Greenwell, Helene Holland, Anna Kipling, Samantha Newbury, Belinda Payne, Gabriel Piatrowski, Jerome Sax, Mike Edmonds.