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- The
Godfather
- A chilling portrait of the Sicilian clan's rise and near fall
from power in America, masterfully balancing the story between
the Corleone's family life and the ugly crime business in which
they are engaged. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Starring
Marlon Brando & Al Pacino. Starring Al Pacino. Based on the
book The
Godfather by Mario Puzo. R
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- Citizen
Kane
- Regarded as one of the finest films ever made, Citizen Kane
tells the story of idealism corrupted by wealth. Prominant publisher,
William Randolph Hearst, saw the film as a thinly disguised version
of his career and attempted to suppress it. The controversy has
faded, but not the film's power and brilliance. Directed by and
Starring Orson Welles. NR
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- Casablanca
- "You must remember this ... ". For the sentimentalists
among us, Casablanca is the great movie of all times: exotic locale,
Nazi villains, a bitter-sweet love triangle, and the 1940's Warner
Brothers stock company fighting World War II as it should have
been fought-- "Play it, Sam." Directed by Michael Curtiz.
Starring Humphry Bogart & Ingrid Bergman. NR
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- Chinatown
- Jake Gittes is a private eye living off the murky moral climate
of sunbaked, pre-war Southern California. Hired by a beautiful
socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes
is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits,
uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come
crashing together for one unforgettable night. Directed
by Roman Polanski. Starring Jack Nicholson & Faye Dunaway.
R
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- Raging
Bull
- Based on the true story of Jake La Motta, a boxer whose psychological
and sexual complexities erupt into violence both in and out of
the ring. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Starring Robert De
Nero. Based on the book by Jake La Motta. R
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- La
Dolce Vita
- A journalist ventures into the decadent society of modern Rome
and finds that his values are being destroyed, leaving him totally
disillusioned. Directed by Federico Fellini. Starring Marcello
Mastroianni & Anita Ekberg. R
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- The
Godfather Part II
- The rise of gangster Vito Corleone in the early 20th century
and the ascendancy of his son Michael in the 1960s and 70s. Directed
by Francis Ford Coppola. Starring Al Pacino. Based on the
book The
Godfather by Mario Puzo. R
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- Gone
with the Wind
- Set during the American Civil War, this story focuses on the
lives and loves of Southerners during this period and the hardships
they endured. Directed by Victor Fleming. Starring Clark
Gable & Vivien Leigh. Based on the book Gone
With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell. G
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- Some
Like it Hot
- When Chicago musicians Joe and Jerry accidentally witness a
gangland shooting, they quickly board a southbound train to Florida,
disguised as Josephine and Daphne, the two newest -- and homeliest
-- members of an all-girl jazz band. Directed by Billy Wilder.
Starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, & Jack Lemmon. NR
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- Singin'
in the Rain
- Set in Hollywood of the 1920s, silent movies are giving way
to talkies - and a hoofer-turned-matinee idol is caught in the
bumpy transition, as well as his buddy, a prospective ladylove
and his shrewish co-star. Silence may be golden, but not when
you have such magical numbers as "Good Mornin'," "Make
'Em Laugh," the "Broadway Melody" ballet and the
title tune, " Singin ' in the Rain." Directed
by Stanley Donan. Starring Gene Kelly.
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- Psycho
- When Marion Crane steals money from her employer and escapes
out of town, her getaway takes her to the Bates Motel, run by
a young man with his own terrible secrets. Directed by Alfred
Hitchcock. Starring Anthony Perkins & Janet Leigh. Based
on the book Psycho
by Robert Bloch. NR
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- The
Seven Samurai
- A 16th century Japanese village hires professional warriors
to fend off bandits. When the samurai arrive, a spectacular series
of battles begins. Directed by Akira Kurosawa. NR
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- The
Searchers
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Ex-Confederate soldier Ethan Edwards is an Indian-hater who
believes more in bullets than words. He's out to find his young
niece, who's been taken captive by the renegade Comanches who
massacred her family. He won't surrender to hunger, thirst, the
elements or loneliness. And in his obsessive quest, Ethan finds
something unexpected: his own humanity. Directed by John Ford.
Starring John Wayne. Based on the book The
Searchers by Alan Le May. NR
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- Dr.
Strangelove
- Fueled by paranoia and a fanatical sense of patriotism, two
psychotic generals - U.S. Air Force Commander Jack D. Ripper and
Joint Chief of Staff "Buck" Turgidson - trigger an ingenious,
irrevocable scheme to attack Russia's strategic targets with nuclear
bombs. Funny and frightening, this black comedy about a group
of military men who plan a nuclear apocalypse seems as relevant
todayas ever. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Starring Peter
Sellers & George C. Scott. PG
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- The
Gold Rush
- Chaplin is a prospector who goes to Alaska in search of gold
. During a storm, he becomes trapped in a cabin with another prospector
and an outlaw. The outlaw goes out for help, but is killed in
an avalanche. Out of food and on the brink of starvation, the
other prospector has visions of Chaplin as his next meal but Chaplin
manages to keep himself from becoming dinner. Surviving all this,
Chaplin goes on to fall in love with a Yukon dance hall girl.
Directed by & starring Charles Chaplin. NR
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- Star
Wars
- A young Luke Skywalker begins to discover his destiny when,
searching for a lost droid, he is saved by reclusive Jedi Obi-Wan
Kenobi. As civil war rages in the galaxy, and Rebel forces struggle
against the evil Galactic Empire, Luke and Obi-Wan enlist the
aid of hotshot pilot Han Solo. Directed by George Lucas.
Starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, & Carrie Fisher. PG
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- On
the Waterfront
- Ex-fighter Terry Malloy could have been a contender but now
toils for boss Johnny Friendly on the gang-ridden waterfront .
Terry is guilt-stricken, however, when he lures a rebellious worker
to his death. But it takes the love of Edie Doyle, the dead man's
sister, to show Terry how low he has fallen. And when the brutality
hits even closer to home, Terry battles to crush Friendly's underworld
empire. Directed by Elia Kazan. Starring Marlon Brando.
NR
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- Lawrence
of Arabia
- The story of T.E. Lawrence , assigned to Arabia during World
War I. Lawrence courageously unites the warring Arab factions
into a strong guerrilla front and leads them to brilliant victories
in treacherous desert battlefields where they eventually defeat
the ruling Turkish Empire. Directed by David Lean. Starring
Peter O'Toole. Based on the book Seven
Pillars of Wisdom: a Triumph by T. E. Lawrence. PG
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- Vertigo
- Scottie Ferguson, an acrophobic detective, is hired to shadow
a friend's suicidal wife, Madeleine. After he saves her from drowning
in the bay, Scottie's interest shifts from business to fascination
with the icy, alluring blonde. When tragedy strikes and Madeleine
dies, Scottie is devastated. But when he finds another woman remarkably
like his lost love, the now obsessed detective must unravel the
secrets of the past to find the key to his future. Directed by
Alfred Hitchcock. Starring James Stewart & Kim Novak.
Based on the book D'Entre les Morts by Pierre Boileau and Thomas
Narcejac. NR
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- E.T.
The Extra-Terrestrial
- A ten-year-old boy befriends a creature from another planet
that has been stranded on earth. Directed by Stephen Spielberg.
Starring Henry Thomas & Dee Wallace-Stone. PG
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- All
About Eve
- From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve
Harrington moves relentlessly towards her goal: taking the reins
of power from the great actress Margo Channing. The cunning Eve
maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation
and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend,
her playwright and his wife. Only a cynical drama critic sees
through Eve , admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.
Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Starring Bette Davis.
Based on the short story Wisdom of Eve by Mary Orr. NR
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- The
Bicycle Thief
- Story of an unemployed man and his son in war devastated Rome.
The father finds a job pasting up posters, work requiring a bicycle
to get around. The bicycle is stolen; panic stricken at being
unable to recover his bicycle and at the prospect of losing his
job, the father is compelled to steal a bicycle , only to be caught
and humiliated in front of his son. Directed by Vittorio De Sica.
Based on the book Ladri di biciclette by Luigi Bartolini.
NR
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- Snow
White and the Seven Dwarfs
- This first full-length animated feature relates the fairy tale
of how Snow White, thwarted by her vain and wicked stepmother
and aided by the seven Dwarfs --Dopey, Sleepy, Sneezy, Grumpy,
Bashful, Happy and Doc--finds romance with the Prince. Produced
by Walt Disney. Based on the fairy tale Snow
White by Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm. G
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- Bringing
Up Baby
- Susan Vance, an heiress, sets her sights on David Huxley, a
stuffy zoologist. Susan and her "pet" - a leopard named
" Baby " - makes David's life topsy-turvy when they
all meet accidentally. Directed by Howard Hawks. Starring
Katharine Hepburn & Cary Grant. NR
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- Intolerance
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- 2001:
A Space Odyssey
- A science fiction film which moves from the pre-historic birth
of intelligence toward the emergence of man as pure thought somewhere
in the future. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Based on the
book 2001:
A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke. G
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- The
Grapes Of Wrath
- Oklahoma in the Thirties is a dustbowl and dispossessed farmers
migrate westward to California. After terrible trials en route,
they become little more than slave labor. But among the throng
are the Joads, who refuse to knuckle under. Directed by John Ford.
Starring Henry Fonda. Based on the book
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. NR
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- Sunset
Boulevard
- Pursued by creditors, Joe swerves into a driveway of a seemingly
abandoned Sunset Boulevard mansion. He finds Norma, an ex-screen
queen dreaming of a dramatic comeback and her husband/servant
living there. She takes a fancy to Joe and, learning that he is
a scriptwriter, persuades him to help her with her comeback screenplay.
Being broke he accepts. He falls in love with young script reader,
but Norma breaks up their romance. Thinking she is mad, he tries
to leave, but Norma kills him. scene which she believes is the
highlight of her comeback movie. Directed by Billy Wilder.
Starring William Holden & Gloria Swanson. NR
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- Pulp
Fiction
- Clever, dark film that tells 4 separate stories that are gradually
brought together. Involved are two low-rent hit men, their boss
and his sexy wife, a prizefighter and a pair of desperate robbers.
Directed by Quentin Tarantino. Starring John Travolta &
Samuel L. Jackson. R
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- Mr.
Smith Goes To Washington
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Framed by ruthless politicians out to destroy him, a young
idealist takes on the entire U.S. Senate. Directed by Frank
Capra. Starring James Stewart & Jean Arthur. NR
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- The
Maltese Falcon
- A gallery of high-living lowlifes will stop at nothing to get
their seaty hands on a jewel-encrusted falcon . Detective Sam
Spade wants to find out why - and who's gonna take the fall.
Directed by John Huston. Starring Humphry Bogart & Mary
Astor. Based on the book The
Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett. NR
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- The
Wizard of Oz
- Based on L. Frank Baum's treasured series, The Wizard of Oz
was judged the best family film of all time by the American Film
Institute. And this never-before-seen restoration looks and sounds
better than ever. We invite you to embark for the Emerald City
on the most famous road in movie history. Dorothy, Scarecrow,
Tin Woodman and Cowardly Lion await you on the Yellow Brick Road
and Over the Rainbow. Directed by Victor Fleming. Starring
Judy Garland. Based on the book The
Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. G
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- Jules
and Jim
- Before World War I in Paris, a girl alternates between a French
student, Jim , and a German student, Jules . After the war, they
meet again and form a constantly shifting triangle. Directed by
François Truffaut. Starring Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner &
Henri Serre. Based on the book by Henri-Pierre Roché. NR
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- Sherlock,
Jr.
- Dramatizes the uproarious exploits of a meek theater projectionist
turned amateur sleuth. Directed by Roscoe "Fatty" Arbauckle
& Buster Keaton. Starring Buster Keaton. NR
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- The
Philadelphia Story
- Here
comes the bride! And the ex-husband. And a gossip-rag columnist
on assignment. One of the great comedy romances, a witty, luminous
tale about a faultfinding, bride-to-be socialite who gets her
comeuppance and an unexpected Mr. Right. Directe by George Cukor.
Starring Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, & James Stewart. Based
on the play The
Philadelphia Story by Philip Barry. NR
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- 8
1/2
- Fellini 's autobiographical film about a famous film director
who loses his inspiration in the midst of making a film. Directed
by Federico Fellini. Starring Marcello Mastroianni & Claudia
Cardinale. NR
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- Blue
Velvet
- A college student stumbles across a bizarre mystery and wants
to know more. The strange world he's found lurking beneath his
hometown picture-postcard veneer is about to become much stranger.
Directed by David Lynch. Starring Isabella Rossellini, Kyle
MacLachlan, & Dennis Hopper. R
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- Nashville
- Set in Tennessee, Nashville interweaves the stories of 24 characters
during five days in the capital of country music. More than a
portrait of these 24 people, the film is a penetrating commentary
on America at a particular time. Directed by Robert Altman.
Starring Ned Beatty & Shelley Duvall. R
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- Swing
Time
- Gambling man Lucky Garnett blows into the city, eager to make
the ($) 25,000 that will allow him to marry his sweetheart back
home. One glimpse of a pretty, no-nonsense dance instructor, however,
and all bets are off. After all, what's 25 grand compared to a
lovely Penny? Directed by George Stevens. Starring Fred
Astaire & Ginger Rogers. NR
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- Schindler's
List
- Oskar Schindler uses Jews to start a factory in Poland during
the war. He witnesses the horrors endured by the Jews, and starts
to save them. Directed by Stephen Spielberg. Starring
Liam Neeson & Ben Kingsley. Based on the book Schindler's
List by Thomas Keneally. R
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- Taxi
Driver
- Story about a psychotic cabbie driven to violence in an attempt
to "rescue" a teenage prostitute. Propelled by this
obsession and his rejection by a beautiful political campaigner,
the cabbie begins his violent rampage that includes an attempted
assassination of a presidential candidate. Directed by Martin
Scorsese. Starring Robert De Niro & Cybill Shepherd.
R
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- Aliens
- Ripley is recovering from her encounter with the deadly alien
when she is asked to go back with a company of marines. At first
the marines refuse to believe her warning but soon they all come
face to face with the awesome creatures. Directed by James Cameron.
Starring Sigourney Weaver. R
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- Duck
Soup
- As Prime Minister Firefly of Freedonia, Groucho soon reduces
the kingdom to shambles. Harpo and Chico are secret agents disguised
as peanut vendors and Zeppo is Firefly's secretary. Directed by
Leo McCarey. Starring Groucho, Harpo, Chico, & Zeppo
Marx. NR
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- North
by Northwest
- Suspense film in which a suave Madison Avenue ad man is mistaken
for a federal intelligence agent by foreign spies. When he is
falsely implicated in a murder, he flees cross-country, followed
by spies, counterspies, police, and a beautiful blonde.
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie
Saint, & James Mason. NR
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- The
Seventh Seal
- In medieval Sweden a knight returns from war only to find a
ravaged homeland. He meets up with a group of travelling players
and eventually confronts the embodiment of death with whom he
engages in a game of chess for his life. The knight and Death
play as the cultural turmoil envelopes the people around them
as they try, in different ways, to deal with the upheaval the
plague has caused. Directed by Ingmar Bergman. Starring Gunnar
Björnstrand & Bengt Ekerot. NR
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- The
Bridge on the River Kwai
- British soldiers captured by the Japanese during World War II
are forced to construct a strategic railroad bridge which a commando
team is instructed by the British High Command to destroy.
Directed by David Lean. Starring William Holden & Alec
Guinness. Based on the book by Peter Boulle. NR
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- King
Kong
- Adventure story of the giant ape King Kong , discovered on Skull
Island, his voyage to New York and his fatal attraction to a young
woman leading to death and destruction as he pursues her.
Directed by Merian Cooper & Ernest Schoedsack. Starring
Fay Wray & Robert Armstrong. NR
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- Bonnie
and Clyde
- A mixture of comedy and brutal violence, this film is based
on the exploits of the notorious American outlaws of the 1930's,
Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. Directed by Arthur Penn.
Starring Warren Beatty & Faye Dunaway. R
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- Sweet
Smell of Success
- A powerful film about a ruthless journalist and an unscrupulous
press agent who'll do anthing to achieve success. Directed by
Alexander Mackendrick. Starring Burt Lancaster & Tony Curtis.
Based on the book Sweet
Smell of Success by Ernest Lehman. NR
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- Double
Indemnity
- A man becomes increasingly accident prone only after his wife
and a smooth-talking insurance agent encourage him to sign a double
-indemnity policy. Then the partners in crime plan the perfect
murder to collect on the insurance. Directed by Billy Wilder.
Starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, & Edward G. Robinson.
Based on the book Double
Indemnity by James M. Cain. NR
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- Children
of Paradise
- Drama about the theater and the individuals that made the stage
their life. Includes the love story of four men for one woman.
Directed by Marcel Carné. NR
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- Jaws
- A police chief, a scientist, and a grizzled sailor set out to
kill a shark that is menacing the seaside community of Amity Island.
Directed by Stephen Spielberg. Starring Roy Scheider, Robert
Shaw, & Richard Dreyfuss. Based on the book Jaws
by Peter Benchley. PG
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- Invasion
of the Body Snatchers
- Plant-like extraterrestrials have invaded Santa Mira, a small
town in California, replicating the villagers in giant seed "pods"
and taking possession of their souls while they sleep. In a terrifying
race, for his life, Dr. Bennell escapes to warn the world of the
deadly invasion of the pod people. Directed by Don Siegel.
Starring Kevin McCarthy & Dana Wynter. NR
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- Touch
of Evil
- A Mexican government investigator and his young American wife
put their honeymoon on hold in an American border town when they
become embroiled in a frame-up planned by the town's police chief.
Directed by Orson Welles. Starring Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh,
& Orson Welles. Based on the book Badge of Evil by Whit Masterson.
NR
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- The
Graduate
- A recent college graduate from an affluent family comes of age
and finds himself by being led into an affair with the wife and
the daughter of his father's business partner. Directed by Mike
Nichols. Starring Dustin Hoffman & Anne Bancroft. Based
on the book The
Graduate by Charles Webb. PG
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- It's
a Wonderful Life
- A man is prevented from committing suicide by an elderly angel
who takes him back through his life to see what good he has done
and how the world would be if he had not been born. Directed by
Frank Capra. Starring James Stewart & Donna Reed. NR
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- The
Wild Bunch
- Outlaws on the Mexican-U.S. frontier face the march of progress,
the Mexican army and a gang of bounty hunters led by a former
member while they plan a robbery of a U.S. army train. No one
is innocent in this gritty tale of desperation against changing
times. Directed by Sam Peckinpah. Starring William Holden
& Ernest Borgnine. R
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- The
Rules of the Game
- A comedy drama set on the eve of World War II, contrasting
the affairs of the French aristocracy and the working class at
a weekend house party. Directed by Jean Renoir.
NR
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- The
Lady Eve
- A conniving father and daughter meet up with the heir to a brewery
fortune-- a wealthy but naive snake enthusiast-- and attempt to
bamboozle him at a cruise ship card table. Their plan is quickly
abandoned when the daughter falls in love with their prey. But
when the heir gets wise to her gold-digging ways, she must plot
to re-conquer his heart. Directed by Preston Sturges.
Starring Barbara Stanwyck & Henry Fonda. NR
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- Annie
Hall
- Romantic adventures of neurotic New York comedian Alvy Singer
and his equally neurotic girlfriend Annie Hall. Directed
by Woody Allen. Starring Woody Allen & Diane Keaton.
PG
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- The
Adventures of Robin Hood
- Rebel outlaw Robin Hood outwits the Sheriff of Nottingham and
Guy of Gisbourne, and saves the throne for the absent King Richard
I. Directed by Michael Curtiz & William Keighley. Starring
Errol Flynn & Olivia de Havilland. NR
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- Henry
V
- Adaptation of Shakespeare's
patriotic historical drama that celebrates the English nation
and the greatness of its King. Includes medieval battle sequences
with a recreation of the Battle of Agincourt. Directed by &
starring Laurence Olivier. NR
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- Breathless
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- Mean
Streets
- The future is set for Tony and Michael - owning a neighborhood
bar and making deals in the mean streets of New York City's Little
Italy. For Charlie, the future is less clearly defined. A small-time
hood, he works for his uncle, making collections and reclaiming
bad debts. He's probably too nice to succeed. In love with a woman
his uncle disapproves of (because of her epilepsy) and a friend
of her cousin, Johnny Boy, a near psychotic whose trouble-making
threatens them all, Charlie can't reconcile opposing values. A
failed attempt to escape moves them all a step closer to a bitter,
almost preordained future. Directed by Martin Scorsese.
Starring Robert De Niro & Harvey Keitel. R
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- The
Third Man
-
American pulp novelist Holly Martins arrives in a bombed out
post-war Vienna as the guest of his old pal Harry Lime. Almost
immediately his problems begin when he learns that good old Harry
is dead. Instead of going home, as he is strongly urged to do,
Martins decides to investigate the nebulous facts and a mysterious
" third man " who witnessed Harry's "accidental
death." Directed by Carol Reed. Starring Joseph Cotton, Alida
Valli, & Orson Welles. Based on the book The
Third Man by Graham Greene. NR
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- Notorious
- A beautiful woman with a tainted past is enlisted by American
agent Devlin to spy on a ring of Nazis in post-war Rio. Her espionage
work becomes life-threatening after she marries the most debonair
of the Nazi ring, Alex. Only Devlin can rescue her, but to do
so he must face his role in her desperate situation and acknowledge
that he's loved her all along. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Starring Cary Grant & Ingrid Bergman. NR
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- Airplane!
- The passengers and crew of an airplane suffer every catastrophe
in the book in this spoof of disaster movies. Directed by Jim
Abrahams & David Zucker. Starring Robert Hayes, Julie
Hagerty, Lloyd Bridges, & Leslie Nielsen. PG
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- Bride
of Frankenstein
- Dr. Frankenstein and his monster both turn out to be alive,
not killed as previously believed. Dr. Frankenstein abandons evil
experiments, but when a mad scientist, Dr. Pretorius, kidnaps
his wife, Dr. Frankenstein agrees to help him create a new creature:
a woman to be the companion of the monster. Directed by James
Whale. Starring Boris Karloff & Elsa Lanchester.
NR
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- The Conformist
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- Beauty
and the Beast
- Belle, whose father Maurice is imprisoned by the Beast (really
an enchanted Prince), offers herself instead and finds the prince
inside the Beast. Directed by Gary Trousdale & Robert Wise.
Produced by Walt Disney. G
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- To
Be or Not To Be
- Comedy about a theatrical troupe in Warsaw during World War
II. They use every trick at their command to outwit the Nazi occupation
troops, and at the same time hold the Nazis up to ridicule. Directed
by Ernst Lubitsch. Starring Carole Lombard & Jack Benny. NR
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- M
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- Great
Expectations
- In the gloom of a country graveyard, a young boy encounters
an escaped convict, a chance meeting that years later leads the
boy to tragedy, mystery and wealth. Directed by David Lean.
Starring John Mills. Based on the book Great
Expectations by Charles Dickens. NR
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- Funny
Face
- Jo Stockton can only get to Paris to meet with the beatnik
founder of "empathicalism" (a rejection of all material things)
if she agrees to model a line of ultra-chic fashions for photographer
Dick Avery. Paris provides the backdrop for this wonderful blend
of Gershwin music and Givenchy fashions. Directed by Stanley Donen.
Starring Audrey Hepburn & Fred Astaire. NR
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- Tootsie
- Michael Dorsey is an out-of-work actor who makes himself up
as a woman to get a job. When his girlfriend, Sandy, fails an
audition for a soap opera, Michael dresses up as "Dorothy
Michaels" and lands the part. All goes well until "Dorothy"
falls in love with beautiful co-star, Julie, and Julie's father,
Les, falls for "Dorothy." Directed by Sydney Pollack.
Starring Dustin Hoffman & Jessica Lange. PG
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- The
Manchurian Candidate
- Ask Major Bennett Marco and he'll say that Sergeant Raymond
Shaw is a hero worthy of the Medal of Honor. But despite what
he says, Marco suspects otherwise. A bizarre, recurring nightmare
gives him the uneasy feeling that Shaw is something far less heroic
and far more insidious. Is it possible that Shaw is a traitor?
Can Marco convince the Army of his suspicions? How does Shaw's
power-mad mother figure into all of this? So many questions. So
precious little time. Directed by John Frankenheimer. Starring
Frank Sinatra, Lawrence Harvey, & Janet Leigh. Based on the
book The
Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon. PG-13
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- Battleship Potemkin
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- White
Heat
- James Cagney plays Cody Jarrett is a cold-blooded criminal and
a psychological time bomb ruled by impulse. He murders a wounded
accomplice and revels in the act. He neglects his sultry wife
and adores his doting mother. It is among the most vivid screen
performances of Cagney's career. Directed by Raoul Walsh. Starring
James Cagney & Virginia Mayo. NR
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| 79 |
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- It's
a Gift
- Harold Bissonette is a bungling, henpecked grocer who dreams
of California's golden sunshine. A small inheritance from his
Uncle Bean tempts Harold to sell everything and buy an orange
ranch sight unseen. Along the way, he matches wits with dogs,
kids, and chicken feathers, snatching victory from the jaws of
defeat at the last madcap minute. Directed by Norman Z. McLeod.
Starring W.C. Fields. NR
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| 80 |
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- Nosferatu
- Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and
real estate agent Hutter's wife. Directed by F.W. Murnau. Starring
Max Schreck. Based on the book Dracula
by Bram Stoker. NR
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| 81 |
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- Do
The Right Thing
- Traces the course of a single day on a block in the Bedford-Stuyvesant
area of Brooklyn. It's the hottest day of the year, a scorching
24-hour period that will change the lives of its residents forever.
Directed by Spike Lee. Starring Danny Aiello & Spike
Lee. R
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| 82 |
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- Diabolique
- Horror classic that influenced the 1960 movie, Psycho, by Alfred
Hitchcock. Tells the story of a sadistic headmaster of a Parisian
boarding school who is murdered by his wife and mistress, whom
he has mistreated. The women dump his body in a swimming pool.
When the pool is drained, the body has disappeared. Then come
reports of sightings, terrifying his killers. Directed by Henri-Georges
Clouzot. NR
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| 83 |
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- The
Best Years of Our Lives
- Recounts the problems faced by three returning veterans of WWII
as they attempt to pick up the threads of their lives . Captain
Derry is returning to a loveless marriage, Sergeant Stephenson
is a stranger to a family that's grown up without him, and sailor
Parrish is tormented by the loss of his hands. Directed by William
Wyler. Starring Myrna Loy & Fredric March. Based on
the book by MacKinlay Kantor. NR
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| 84 |
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- Blow-Up
- A photographer who is talented but aimless has photographed
violence and pain without feeling any involvement. When he takes
pictures of a couple in a park, he finds that he may have discovered
a mystery, one that insists on involving him. Directed by Michelangelo
Antonioni. Starring Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, &
David Hemmings. NR
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| 85 |
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- To
Kill A Mockingbird
- The setting is a dusty Southern town during the Depression.
A white woman accuses a black man of rape. Though he is obviously
innocent, the outcome of his trial is such a foregone conclusion
that no lawyer will step forward to defend him--except the town's
most distinguished citizen. His compassionate defense costs him
many friendships but earns him the respect and admiration of his
two motherless children. Directed by Robert Mulligan.
Starring Gregory Peck & Robert Duvall. Based on the book To
Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. NR
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| 86 |
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- Rebel
Without A Cause
- The teen-aged son of a well-to-do family gets involved in violence
when he attempts to win the approval of a gang of high-school
hoodlums. Directed by Nicholas Ray. Starring James
Dean & Natalie Wood. NR
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| 87 |
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- L'Age d'Or
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| 88 |
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- The
Producers
- A legendary producer and his mild-mannered accountant face catastrophe
when their play unexpectedly becomes a success. Directed by Mel
Brooks. Starring Zero Mostel & Gene Wilder. NR
|
| 89 |
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- Wings
Of Desire
- An angel tires of overseeing human activity and wishes to become
human when he falls in love with a mortal. Directed by Wim Wenders.
NR
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| 90 |
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- Pickup on South Street
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| 91 |
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- Mildred
Pierce
- A woman's obsessive love for her spoiled and selfish daughter
leads her into divorce, the restaurant business, and the accusation
of murder. Directed by Michael Curtiz. Starring Joan Crawford.
Based on the book Mildred
Pierce by James M. Cain. NR
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| 92 |
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- Sunrise
- A villager in love with a city woman tries to kill his wife;
later he repents and spends a happy day with her. Directed by
F.W. Murnau. Starring George O'Brien & Janet Gaynor. NR
|
| 93 |
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- Road
Warrior
- Story is set in the post-nuclear outback of Australia where
a battle is raged by a tiny band of civilized survivors and a
group of barbarians over a precious cache of gasoline. Directed
by George Miller. Starring Mel Gibson. R
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| 94 |
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- The
Shop Around the Corner
- In pre-World War II Europe, quiet, unassuming Kralik - who works
long hours in a small gift shop owned by the demanding yet endearing
Matuschek - adds color to his lackluster life through correspondence
with an anonymous pen pal. As the letters turn towards the subject
of love, not even his constant bickering with a new female co-worker
can tarnish his newfound happiness. But when he's suddenly and
inexplicably fired, all of his romantic aspirations crumble. Until,
that is, he discovers the identity of his secret friend. Directed
by Ernst Lubitsch. Starring Margaret Sullivan & James
Stewart. NR
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| 95 |
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- Tokyo Story
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| 96 |
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- The
Last of the Mohicans
- The love of Hawkeye, rugged frontiersman and adopted son of
the Mohicans , and Cora Munro, aristocratic daughter of a British
colonel, blazes amidst a brutal conflict between the British,
the French and Native American allies in colonial America. Directed
by Michael Mann. Starring Daniel Day-Lewis & Madeleine
Stowe. Based on the book The
Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper. R
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| 97 |
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- . The
Piano
- A young mute woman and her child travel to New Zealand in the
1800s for an arranged marriage to a farmer. After the marriage
she meets another man, and the competition for her love begins.
Just one of the men realizes that her affections can only be won
through her beloved piano. Directed by Jane Campion. Starring
Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, & Sam Neill. R
|
| 98 |
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- The
Silence of the Lambs
-
FBI agent Clarice Starling is sent to interview imprisoned
killer Dr. Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter. She hopes
he might reveal information about another crazed killer known
only as "Buffalo Bill," who is abducting young women,
starving them, and then killing them. Lecter's brilliant mind
is intrigued by the beautiful Starling, and he begins giving her
mystifying clues which could be helpful or merely a game. The
terror builds as "Buffalo Bill" grabs another victim
and the countdown to death begins again. Finding the madman means
Starling must get inside Lecter's mind. To stop the killer, she
must enter a terrifying race against death. Directed by Jonathan
Demme. Starring Jodie Foster & Anthony Hopkins. Based
on the book Silence
of the Lambs by Thomas Harris. R
|
| 99 |
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- Swept Away...
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| 100 |
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- Celine and Julie Go Boating
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