On this day in movie history - Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013):

Star Trek: Into Darkness

directed by J. J. Abrams,

written by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof,

was released in the United States on May 16, 2013.
Music by Michael Giacchino.

Cast:

Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg, John Cho, Benedict Cumberbatch, Anton Yelchin, Bruce Greenwood, Peter Weller, Alice Eve, Noel Clarke, Nazneen Contractor, Amanda Foreman, Jonathan Dixon, Aisha Hinds, Joseph Gatt, Deep Roy, Jason Matthew Smith, Anjini Taneja Azhar, Nolan North, Sean Blakemore, Heather Langenkamp, Ser’Darius Blain.

On this day in music history:

Anima by Cecilia Chailly (2005)

Poèmes de l’Amour by Susan Graham (2005)

American Epic / documentary series (2017)

Sing Like A Siren by Within Temptation & Jerry Heil (2025)

Anima

Album by Cecilia Chailly,

released May 16, 2005.

Track list: A-aha; Small Steps to the Moon; The Graass Harp; Andrea’s blues; Infinito; Rapide stelle; Moto perpetuo; Came Back Smile Blues; Un fiore; Danza di luna; How Are You Dear?; Danza di luna; Beauty’s in the Eye; Magga vagga; A Strange Day; L’ombra dei sentieri; Lonesome Lullaby; Il breve addio; Pioggia.

Poèmes de l’Amour

Album by Susan Graham,

released May 16, 2005.

Track list: Poeme de l’amour et de la mer: I La fleur des eaux; Poeme de l’amour et de la mer: II Interlude; Poeme de l’amour et de la mer: III La mort de l’amour; Sheherazade: I Asie; Sheherazade: II La flute enchantee; Sheherazade: III L’indifferent; 5 Poemes de Charles Baudelaire: I Le balcon; 5 Poemes de Charles Baudelaire: II Harmonie du soir; 5 Poemes de Charles Baudelaire: III Le jet d’eau; 5 Poemes de Charles Baudelaire: IV Receuillement.

American Epic

Documentary series directed by Bernard MacMahon,

written by Duke Erikson, Bernard MacMahon, Allison McGourty, Bill Morgan and Elijah Wald,

released in the United States on May 16, 2017.

Music by Bernard MacMahon, Duke Erikson, Allison McGourty and Patrick Ferris.

Narrated by Robert Redford.

Sing Like A Siren

Song by Within Temptation & Jerry Heil,

released May 16, 2025.

On this day in movie history - Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004):

Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession

documentary directed by Xan Cassavetes,

was released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 16, 2004.
Music by Steven Hufsteter.  

Cast:

Robert Altman, Vera Carlisle Anderson, C.L. Batten, Jacqueline Bisset, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Champlin, David Chasman, Stuart Cooper, F.X. Feeney, James B. Harris, Jerry Harvey, William Holden, Don Hyde, Henry Jaglom, Jim Jarmusch, Charles H. Joffe, Kris Kristofferson, John McNally, Bill Mechanic, Ned Nalle, Alexander Payne, Sam Peckinpah, Doreen Ringer Ross, Chuck Ross, Alan Rudolph, Theresa Russell, Timothy Ryerson, Jeff Schwager, Penelope Spheeris, Bob Strock, Quentin Tarantino, Kevin Thomas, Jonathan Turell, Douglas Venturelli, Paul Verhoeven, James Woods, Vilmos Zsigmond.

On this day in movie history - Night Falls on Manhattan (1996):

Night Falls on Manhattan

directed and written by Sidney Lumet,

based on the novel Tainted Evidence by Robert Daley,

was released in the United States on May 16, 1997.
Music by Mark Isham.

Cast:

Andy Garcia, Ian Holm, James Gandolfini, Lena Olin, Shiek Mahmud-Bey, Colm Feore, Ron Leibman, Richard Dreyfuss, Dominic Chianese, Paul Guilfoyle, Bonnie Rose, Norman Matlock, Sidney Armus, James Murtaugh, Melba Martinez, Santo Fazio, Anthony Alessandro, David Fonteno, John Seitz, Stephen Beach, Nafisah Sayyed, Robert Sean Miller, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Jude Ciccolella, John Randolph Jones, Chuck Pfeiffer, Clark D. Williams, Bill Boggs, Tamara Phillips, Louis Guss, Richard Bright, Ronald von Klaussen, John Di Benedetto, Kevin Ramsey, Kermit Frazier, Veronica Hall, Vic Noto, Jim Moody, Socorro Santiago, Fran Anthony, Donna Hanover, Jack Cafferty, Kaity Tong, Allen Collodow, Dennis Paladino, Mike Cammallere, Jim Mauro, Salvatore Paul Piro, Mike Sheehan, Joseph Mosso, Teddy Coluca, Roslyn Cohn, Elliot Cuker, Yvette Mercedes, Kristina Lear, Joe Drago, Catherine Schreiber, Bobby Cannavale, Marshall Dancing Elk Lucas, Adam Alexi-Malle, Debbie Benitez, Barry Bradford, Ray Campbell, Vernon Campbell, Lisa Collins, Patrick Coleman Duncan, Arthur K. Flam, Nathan George, Mark Robert Gordon, Chandler Hill, Michael Luggio, Takeo Matsushita, Dale Resteghini, James Rosin, John Rowe Jr., Anthony Sinopoli, Leonard Tepper, Bebie Waller, J.D. Walters, David Watkin, Ted West.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1992)

Star Trek: Voyager (2001)

Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013)

Star Trek: Into Darkness / novel (2013)

Star Trek: Discovery (2024)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 5. Episode 24.

Episode entitled: The Next Phase.

Released May 16, 1992.

Directed by David Carson.

Written by Ronald D. Moore, Brannon Braga, René Echevarria.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Michelle Forbes, Thomas Kopache, Susanna Thompson, Shelby Leverington, Brian Cousins, Kenneth Meseroll, K.C. Amos, David Keith Anderson, Rachen Assapiomonwait, Lena Banks, Michael Braveheart, Tracee Cocco, Debbie David, Denise Deuschle, Elliot Durant III, Lanier Edwards, Gunnel Eriksson, Keith Gearhart, Melba Gonzalez, Eben Ham, Linda Harcharic, Grace Harrell, Melanie Hathorn, Christi Haydon, Gary Hunter, Randy James, Arvo Katajisto, Mark Lentry, Lorine Mendell, Christina Wegler Miles, Joyce Robinson, Gina Saadi, Victor Sein, John Alex Tampoya, Louis Van Taylor, K. Uchizono, Guy Vardaman.

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 7. Episode 23.

Episode entitled: Renaissance Man.

Released May 16, 2001.

Directed by Michael/Mike Vejar.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Phyllis Strong, Michael/Mike Sussman, Andrew Shepard Price, Mark Gaberman, Michael Taylor, Robert Doherty.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Alexander Enberg, Andy Milder, Wayne Thomas Yorke, David Sparrow, Tarik Ergin, J.R. Quinonez, Majel Barrett, Michael Bailous, Ivory Broome, Peter Scott Harmyk, Earl Maddox, Louis Ortiz, Stephen Pisani, Michael Satterfield, Linnea Soohoo.

Star Trek: Into Darkness

Directed by J. J. Abrams.

Written by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof,

Released May 16, 2013.

Music by Michael Giacchino.

Cast: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg, John Cho, Benedict Cumberbatch, Anton Yelchin, Bruce Greenwood, Peter Weller, Alice Eve, Noel Clarke, Nazneen Contractor, Amanda Foreman, Jonathan Dixon, Aisha Hinds, Joseph Gatt, Deep Roy, Jason Matthew Smith, Anjini Taneja Azhar, Nolan North, Sean Blakemore, Heather Langenkamp, Ser’Darius Blain.

Star Trek: Into Darkness

By Alan Dean Foster.

Published by Gallery Books.

Published 2013.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 147671648X

ISBN-13: 978-1476716480

Description:

The official movie tie-in novelization of the highly anticipated sequel to 2009’s blockbuster feature film Star Trek!

Months after the dramatic events seen in the 2009 blockbuster film Star Trek, the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise – including Captain James T. Kirk, First Officer Spock, Doctor Leonard McCoy, Lieutenant Nyota Uhura, Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott, Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu, and Ensign Pavel Chekov – is called back home. But an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has declared all-out war on Starfleet and everything it stands for, leaving Earth in a state of crisis. Now with a personal score to settle as a result, Kirk must lead a covert manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one-man weapon of mass destruction. As these valiant heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Captain Kirk has left: his crew.

Star Trek: Discovery

Season 5. Episode 8.

Episode entitled: Labyrinths.

Released May 16, 2024.

Directed by Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour.

Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Lauren Wilkinson, Eric J. Robbins, Brandon Schultz, Carlos Cisco.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast: Sonequa Martin-Green, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Wilson Cruz, Blu del Barrio, Callum Keith Rennie, Tig Notaro, David Ajala, Eve Harlow, Elena Juatco, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Orville Cummings, David Benjamin Tomlinson, Christina Dixon, Victoria Sawal, Natalie Liconti, Zahra Bentham, Tony Nappo, Dorian Grey, Jordan Francis, Jordan L'Abbe, Joel Labelle, Glib Tretiakov, Elias Toufexis.

On this day in movie history - Scene of the Crime (1986):

Scene of the Crime

French title: Le Lieu du crime,

directed by André Téchiné,

written by André Téchiné, Pascal Bonitzer and Olivier Assayas,

was released in France on May 16, 1986.
Music by Philippe Sarde.

Cast:

Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux, Wadeck Stanczak, Nicolas Giraudi, Jean-Claude Adelin, Jean Bousquet, Michel Grimaud, Philippe Landoulsi, Claire Nebout, Jacques Nolot, Victor Lanoux, Christine Paolini.

On this day in movie history - The Exterminating Angel (1962):

The Exterminating Angel

directed and written by Luis Buñuel,

based on the story Los Náufragos de la Calle de la Providencia by Luis Alcoriza and Luis Buñuel,

was released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 16, 1962.

Music by Raúl Lavista.

Cast:

Silvia Pinal, Jacqueline Andere, José Baviera, Augusto Benedico, Luis Beristáin, Antonio Bravo, Claudio Brook, César del Campo, Rosa Elena Durgel, Lucy Gallardo, Enrique García Álvarez, Ofelia Guilmáin, Nadia Haro Oliva, Tito Junco, Xavier Loyá, Xavier Massé, Ofelia Montesco, Patricia Morán, Patricia de Morelos, Bertha Moss, Enrique Rambal, Pancho Córdova, Ángel Merino, Luis Lomelí, Guillermo Álvarez Bianchi, Elodia Hernández, Florencio Castelló, Eric del Castillo, Chel López, David Hayat, Janet Alcoriza, Daniel Arroyo, Victorio Blanco, Arturo Cobo, Ángel Di Stefani, Juan Antonio Edwards, Jesús Gómez Murguía, Jaime Hayward, Rita Macedo, Roberto Meyer, Rubén Márquez, Fernando Yapur.