On this day in movie history - The Usual Suspects (1995):

The Usual Suspects

directed by Bryan Singer,

written by Christopher McQuarrie,

was released in the United States on August 16, 1995.
Music by John Ottman.

Cast:

Gabriel Byrne, Stephen Baldwin, Benicio Del Toro, Kevin Pollak, Kevin Spacey, Chazz Palminteri, Pete Postlethwaite, Suzy Amis, Giancarlo Esposito, Dan Hedaya, Paul Bartel, Carl Bressler, Phillipe Simon, Jack Shearer, Christine Estabrook, Clark Gregg, Morgan Hunter, Ken Daly, Michelle Clunie, Louis Lombardi, Frank Medrano, Ron Gilbert, Vito D'Ambrosio, Gene Lythgow, Bob Elmore, David Powledge, Bob Pennetta, Billy Bates, Smadar Hanson, Castulo Guerra, Peter Rocca, Bert Williams, Jaime H. Campos, John Gillespie, Johnathan Gorman, Peter Greene, Michael McKay, Christopher McQuarrie, Ralph Moratz, Scott B. Morgan, Mike Nyman, Grace Sinden.

On this day in movie history - Uncle Buck (1989):

Uncle Buck

directed and written by John Hughes,

was released in the United States on August 16, 1989.
Music by Ira Newborn.

Cast:

John Candy, Jean Louisa Kelly, Macaulay Culkin, Gaby Hoffmann, Garrett M. Brown, Elaine Bromka, Amy Madigan, Jay Underwood, Brian Tarantina, Laurie Metcalf, Suzanne Shepherd, Mike Starr, William Windom.

On this day in movie history - Year of the Dragon (1985):

Year of the Dragon

directed by Michael Cimino,

written by Oliver Stone and Michael Cimino,

based on the novel by Robert Daley,

was released in the United States on August 16, 1985.
Music by David Mansfield.

Cast:

Mickey Rourke, John Lone, Ariane, Leonard Termo, Raymond J. Barry, Caroline Kava, Eddie Jones, Joey Chin, Victor Wong, K. Dock Yip, Hon-Lam Pau, Way Dong Woo, Jimmy Sun, Daniel Davin, Mark Hammer, Dennis Dun, Jack Kehler, Steven Chen, Paul Scaglione, Joseph Bonaventura, Jilly Rizzo, Tony Lip, Fabia Drake, Tisa Chang, Gerald Orange, Mei Sheng Fan, Yukio Yamamoto, Doreen Chan, Ha-Lei Yip, Dermot A. McNamara, Vallo Benjamin, Myra Chen, Feng Chin, Yuk Fan Yiu, Richie Hsiu, Jack Lee, David Lee, Irene Jung, Josie Lee, Jiwon Chang, Kelly Wong, Chi Moy, Johnny Shia, Gardell Tung, Jeff Khowong, Chao-jung Chen, Jerry Chang, Aileen Ho, Lisa Lee, Sammy Lee, Keenan Leung, James Scales, Ming C. Lee, Kader Ma, Paul J.Q. Lee, Manuel Fung, Emily Woo Yamasaki, Roza Ng, Gloria Au, Jadin Wong, Lin Ngan Ng, Janice Wong, Bruno Millotti, Lucille D'Agnillo, Julian Szumilo, Cecelia Pei, Quan Eng, George Kodisch, Bruce Kennedy, James Chin, Matthew Tung, Pat Fuji, Geoff Lee, Kuni Mikami, Billy Asai, Chi On Soo Hoo, John Sparks, Carmine Venezia, Anthony Parrillo, Matthew Castiglione, Steve Hanson, Raymond Gardner, Michael Acampora, Texas Cheney, Justin McNeill, Espérance Pham Thai Lan, La Sha Phatsavong.

Born on this day – Carrie Anne Fleming:

Carrie Anne Fleming

Actress

Writer

Director

August 16, 1974 – February 26, 2026

Credits:

14 Hours (2005); Alice (2009); Along Came a Nanny (2014); Bloodsuckers (2005); Continuum (2013); Crossroads: A Story of Forgiveness (2007); Earthlickers (2014); Edison (2005); Get Carter (2000); Godiva's (2005); Good Luck Chuck (2007); Happy Gilmore (1996); Hard Ride to Hell (2010); Heart of Clay (2017); In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007); Into the Unseen (2025); iZombie (2015–2019); Knights of Bloodsteel (2009); Like Sunday, Like Rain (2014); Mad Santa (2019); Mad Santa and the Queen of the Zombies (2019); Married Life (2007); Masters of Horror (2005); Moment of Truth: Into the Arms of Danger (1997); Motive (2015); One Hot Summer Night (1998); Package Deal (2013); Pasadena (2002); Rememory (2017); Secret Agent Man (2000); Smallville (2006); Stargate SG-1 (2002); Supergirl (2018); Supernatural (2006–2011); That Burning Feeling (2013); The 4400 (2004–2007); The Chris Isaak Show (2004); The Christmas Consultant (2012); The Dead Zone (2003); The L Word (2005–2007); The Sentinel (1996); The Swishy-Washy (1999); The Tooth Fairy (2006); The Trip (2025); The Unauthorized Full House Story (2015); Tricks (1997); UnREAL (2018); Urban Rush (2003); Viper (1994).

Born on this day – Caitlin O'Heaney:

Caitlin O'Heaney

Actress

August 16, 1953 – May 18, 2026

Credits:

AfterMASH (1984); Apple Pie (1978); Alien Nation (1989); A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982); Badlands 2005 (1988); Beauty and the Beast (1987); Civil Wars (1992); Convicted (1986); Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006); He Knows You're Alone (1980); L.A. Law (1987); Matlock (1990); Murder, She Wrote (1987); Night of the Wolf (2014); Over My Dead Body (1990); Raven (1993); Savage Weekend (1979); Silver Spoons (1985); Spenser: For Hire (1986); St. Elsewhere (1987); Tales of the Gold Monkey (1982–1983); The Charmings (1987); The Emperor's Club (2002); The Seeding of Sarah Burns (1979); Three O'Clock High (1987); Wolfen (1981).

Born on this day – Robert Culp:

Robert Culp

Actor

Writer

Director

August 16, 1930 – March 24, 2010

Credits:

17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2011); 87th Precinct (1961); A Cold Night's Death (1973); A Cry for Help (1975); A Man Called Sloane (1979); A Name for Evil (1973); A Secret Agent's Dilemma, or A Clear Case of Mind Over Mata Hari (1965); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957); American Profile (1967); America's Book of Secrets (2012); An Evening at the Improv (1990); Anyone for Tennyson? The Master Poets Collection (1978); Ben Casey (1964); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Big Bad Mama II (1987); Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western (1997); Biography (2003); Black and White: Uptight (1969); Blind Eye (2003); Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); Bonanza (1961); Breakaway (1984); Breaking Point (1976); Brothers-in-Law (1985); Burke's Law (1995); Cain's Hundred (1962); Cain's Hundred (1962); Calendar Girl Murders (1984); Canned Ham: The Dr. Evil Story (1999); Celebrity Bowling (1973–1976); Celebrity Sweepstakes (1974); Changing Scene IV (1971); Chicago Hope (2000); Circus of the Stars #7 (1982); Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood (2001); Columbo (1971–1973); Columbo: Columbo Goes to College (1990); Combat High (1986); Combat! (1963); Comedy Central Canned Ham (2002); Conan the Adventurer (1998); Cosby (1999); Could It Be a Miracle? (1996–1997); Cronkite Remembers (1996); Cybermania '94: Ultimate Gamers Awards (1994); Danny Thomas' the Wonderful World of Burlesque: Third Edition (1966); Dateline: Hollywood (1967); Death Valley Days (1961); Della (1969); Diagnosis Murder (1997); Dinah! (1975); Doctor Doctor (1989); Dr. Kildare (1963–1965); Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993); Dream Girl of '67 (1967); Early Bird (2005); Eminem Feat. Dr. Dre: Guilty Conscience (1999); Eminem: E / Segment: Guilty Conscience (2000); Empire (1963); Entertainment Tonight (2010); Everybody Loves Raymond (1996–2004); Farewell, My Love (2000); Favorite Deadly Sins (1995); Flood (1976); For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots (2010); From Sea to Shining Sea (1974–1976); Funny You Should Ask (1969); Gargoyles (1995–1996); General Electric Theater (1960); Get Smart (1968); Give Me Liberty (1974); Golden Globes 50th Anniversary Celebration (1994); Goldengirl (1979); Greatest Heroes of the Bible (1978); Gunsmoke (1964); Half-Life 2 (2004); Half-Life 2: Episode One (2006); Half-Life: Through the City (2025); Hannie Caulder (1971); Hardcastle and McCormick (1984); Headliners & Legends (1998–2008); Hennesey (1961); Her Life as a Man (1984); Here's Hollywood (1961); Hickey & Boggs (1972); Highway to Heaven (1987); Historias para no dormir (1966); Holding the Baby (1998); Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 (1999); Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 2 (1999); Hollywood Squares (2004); Hollywood, No Sex Please! (2018); Hot Rod (1979); Hotel (1986–1987); Houston, We've Got a Problem (1974); Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel (2009); Hunger (2001); I Spy (1965–1968); I Spy Returns (1994); I'll Bet (1965); Innocents (2000); Inside Out (1975); Inside TV Land (2002); Insight (1963); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1970); Jake and the Fatman (1987–1991); Johnny Ringo (1960); Killjoy (1981); Kraft Theatre (1956–1957); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1956–1958); La tele de tu vida (2007); Last of the Good Guys (1978); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1994); Law & Order (1997); Les Chroniques du Mea (2020); L'Histoire nous le dira (2021); Locos por la tele (1991); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1995); Lonesome Dove: The Series (1994); Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003); Match Game (1973); Matlock (1987); Mercenary (1996); Most Wanted (1997); Movie Madness (1982); Mr. Novak (1965); Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007); Mrs. Columbo (1979); Murder, She Wrote (1986); Murderous Vision (1991); MythBusters (2003); Naked City (1963); Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind (2020); NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration (1986); NBC 75th Anniversary Special (2002); NBC Television Opera Theatre (1955); Newsbreak (2000); Now Is Tomorrow (1958); Operation Breadbasket (1969); Outlaws (1960); Outrage (1973); Panther (1995); Password (1974); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1968); Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter (1990); Personality (1967–1968); Philbin's People (1970); Pioneers of Television (2011–2014); Playboy Mid Summer Night's Dream Party 1985 (1985); Playboy: Inside the Playboy Mansion (2002); Playboy's Playmate Party (1977); Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party (1979); Playwrights '56 (1956); Police Story (1975–1979); PT 109 (1963); Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog (1989); Rawhide (1961); Rhino! (1964); Robert Montgomery Presents (1957); Robot Chicken (2007); Roots: The Next Generations (1979); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968); Running Mates (2000); Santa's Slay (2005); Saturday Night Live (1982); Saturn Awards (1981); See the Man Run (1971); Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003); Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen (1996); Shaft (1973); Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life (2011); Shirley Temple's Storybook (1960); Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! (1989); Silver Streak (1976); Sky Riders (1976); Spectre (1977); Spy Game (1997); Spy Hard (1996); Star Tonight (1956); Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool (2005); Strange Homecoming (1974); Studio One (1953–1954); Stump the Stars (1963); Sunday in New York (1963); Tales of Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice by Paul Mazursky (2003); Target: The Corruptors (1961); Tate (1960); Tattletales (1974–1977); TCM Remembers 2010 (2010); Television (1985); That's Action (1990); The $10,000 Pyramid (1974); The $25,000 Pyramid (1974–1975); The 13th Annual Genesis Awards (1999); The 24th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1967); The 2nd Annual American Comedy Awards (1988); The 32th Annual Thalians Ball (1987); The 41st Annual Academy Awards (1969); The 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards (2010); The 83rd Annual Academy Awards (2011); The Alan Thicke Show (1981); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Almost Guys (2004); The Americans (1961); The Annual Friars Club Tribute Presents a Salute to Milton Berle (1980); The Assignment (2010); The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1961); The Big Story (1956); The Blue Lightning (1986); The Castaway Cowboy (1974); The Chevy Mystery Show (1960); The Chris Isaak Show (2002); The Cosby Show (1987); The Dead Zone (2003); The Detectives (1961); The Don Harron Show (1983); The Dream Merchants (1980); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1960); The Ed Sullivan Show (1958); The Famous Teddy Z (1990); The Girls Next Door (2008); The Gladiator (1986); The Golden Girls (1990); The Great Adventure (1964); The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday (1976); The Greatest American Hero (1981–1986); The Hanged Man (1964); The Hollywood Palace (1969); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1967–1969); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2007); The Jack Benny Program (1957); The Jerry Lewis Show (1968); The Joey Bishop Show (1968); The John Davidson Show (1981); The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1956); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1998); The Key to Rebecca (1985); The Lie (1973); The Love Boat (1980); The Magical World of Disney (1962 / 1977); The Making of 'Golden Girl' (1979); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964); The Match Game (1967); The Merv Griffin Show (1968); The Mike Douglas Show (1964–1972); The Movie Maker (1964); The Name of the Game (1970); The Nanny (1994); The Night the City Screamed (1980); The Orange Box (2007); The Outer Limits (1963–1964); The Pat Boone Show (1967); The Pat Sajak Show (1989); The Pelican Brief (1993); The Poetry Hall of Fame (1993); The Raiders (1963); The Ray Bradbury Theater (1990); The Rifleman (1960–1962); The Rosey Grier Show (1969); The Secret Files of the SpyDogs (1998–1999); The Sixties (2014); The Steve Allen Show (1969); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1967–1981); The Virginian (1964); The Westerner (1960); Third Annual Tennessee Cerebral Palsy Telethon (1967); Thou Shalt Not Kill (1982); Timebomb (1991); Trackdown (1957–1959); Turk 182 (1985); Turn-on (1969); Unconditional Love (1999); V.I.P.-Schaukel (1975); Viper (1997); Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair (1990); Voyeur (1993); Wagon Train (1962); Walker, Texas Ranger (1995); Wanted (1998); Warren Oates: Across the Border (1993); What Price Victory (1988); Who's the Boss? (1989); Wings (1994); Women in White (1979); Xtro 3: Watch the Skies (1995); You Are There (1953); You Don't Say (1966); Zane Grey Theatre (1957–1960).

Born on this day – Ann Blyth:

Ann Blyth

Actress

Singer

August 16, 1927 – June 24, 2026

Credits:

A Most Unusual Man (1993); A Woman's Vengeance (1948); About Faces (1960); All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); American Masters (2001); Another Part of the Forest (1948); Babes on Swing Street (1944); Bicentennial Minutes (1974); Bowery to Broadway (1944); Brute Force (1947); Burke's Law (1964–1965); Cancer Fund Film Notables Attend Glittering Benefits (1951); Chip Off the Old Block (1944); Crawford at Warners (2008); Crusade for Prayer (1952); Family Theatre (1952–1953); Free for All (1949); Girl Talk (1966); Hit Celebrity TV Commercials (2004); Hollywood Talent Scouts (1966); Hour Magazine (1987); I'll Never Forget You (1951); Insight (1962–1967); Joan Crawford: Always the Star (1996); Katie Did It (1950); Killer McCoy (1947); Kismet (1955); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1965); Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003); Lux Video Theatre (1954); MGM Parade (1955); Mildred Pierce (1945); Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948); Murder, She Wrote (1985); Musings of the Classic Sherlock Holmes Actor (2022); Once More, My Darling (1949); One Minute to Zero (1952); Our Very Own (1950); Quincy, M.E. (1979–1983); Red Canyon (1949); Rose Marie (1954); Saints and Sinners (1963); Sally and Saint Anne (1952); Screen Snapshots, Series 31, No. 8: Hollywood Night Life (1952); Slander (1956); Startime (1959); Swell Guy (1946); Switch (1975); The 26th Annual Academy Awards (1954); The 26th Annual Academy Awards (1954); The 30th Annual Academy Awards (1958); The 30th Annual Academy Awards (1958); The 32nd Annual Academy Awards (1960); The 44th Annual American Cinema Editors Awards (1994); The 5th Annual American Cinema Awards (1988); The Bell Telephone Hour (1959); The Buster Keaton Story (1957); The Christophers (1958–1963); The Citadel (1960); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1955); The Dick Powell Theatre (1962); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1958); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959); The Ed Sullivan Show (1954–1958); The Eddie Fisher Show (1958); The Golden Horde (1951); The Great Caruso (1951); The Helen Morgan Story (1957); The Igor Cassini Show (1955); The Joey Bishop Show (1968); The Juke Box Jury (1958); The Ken Murray Show (1952); The King's Thief (1955); The Merry Monahans (1944); The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story (1951); The Mike Douglas Show (1970); The Name of the Game (1969); The Perry Como Show (1956–1958); The RCA Victor Show (1954); The Red Rowe Show (1959); The Steve Allen Show (1960); The Student Prince (1954); The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1958); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1965–1969); The Twilight Zone (1964); The World in His Arms (1952); The World's Most Beautiful Girls (1953); This Is Your Life (1959); Thunder on the Hill (1951); Top o' the Morning (1949); Vicki! (1993); Wagon Train (1959–1963); You Can Change the World (1950).