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HTML

<select id="movies"></select>

JavaScript

var options = '',
    movie_list = {
      'The Revenant'       : 'The Revenant',
      'Deadpool'           : 'Deadpool',
      'Fight Club'         : 'Fight Club',
      "Birdman"            : 'Birdman',
      'Dallas Buyer\'s Club': 'Dallas Buyer\'s Club'
    };
   
for(var val in movie_list) {
    $('<option />', {value: val, text: movie_list[val]}).appendTo($('#movies'));
}