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- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsHumphrey BogartIngrid BergmanPaul HenreidA cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.Genre: ROMANTIC DRAMA
Honorable Mentions: Gone with the Wind (1939), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), From Here to Eternity (1953). - DirectorBilly WilderStarsFred MacMurrayBarbara StanwyckEdward G. RobinsonA Los Angeles insurance representative lets an alluring housewife seduce him into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, an insurance investigator.Genre: FILM NOIR
Honorable Mentions: Out of the Past (1947), Night of the Hunter (1955), Touch of Evil (1958). - DirectorJohn HustonStarsHumphrey BogartWalter HustonTim HoltTwo down-on-their-luck Americans searching for work in 1920s Mexico convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains.Genre: ADVENTURE
Honorable Mentions: Captain Blood (1935), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Back to the Future (1985). - DirectorBilly WilderStarsWilliam HoldenGloria SwansonErich von StroheimA screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.Genre: SHOWBIZ DRAMA
Honorable Mentions: All About Eve (1950), The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), Almost Famous (2000). - DirectorStanley DonenGene KellyStarsGene KellyDonald O'ConnorDebbie ReynoldsA silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood.Genre: MUSICAL
Honorable Mentions: Footlight Parade (1933), The Wizard of Oz (1939), Cover Girl (1944). - DirectorJohn FordStarsJohn WayneJeffrey HunterVera MilesAn American Civil War veteran embarks on a years-long journey to rescue his niece from the Comanches after the rest of his brother's family is massacred in a raid on their Texas farm.Genre: WESTERN
Honorable Mentions: Shane (1953), The Big Country (1958), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969). - DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsCharlton HestonYul BrynnerAnne BaxterMoses, raised as a prince of Egypt in the Pharaoh's household, learns of his true heritage as a Hebrew and his divine mission as the deliverer of his people from slavery.Genre: EPIC
Honorable Mentions: Quo Vadis (1951), Ben-Hur (1959), Lawrence of Arabia (1962). - DirectorSidney LumetStarsHenry FondaLee J. CobbMartin BalsamThe jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.Genre: COURTROOM DRAMA
Honorable Mentions: Witness for the Prosecution (1957), I Want to Live! (1958), In the Name of the Father (1993). - DirectorFranklin J. SchaffnerStarsCharlton HestonRoddy McDowallKim HunterAn astronaut crew crash-lands on a planet where highly intelligent non-human ape species are dominant and humans are enslaved.Genre: SCIENCE FICTION
Honorable Mentions: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Blade Runner (1982), Interstellar (2014). - DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMarlon BrandoAl PacinoJames CaanThe aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.Genre: GANGSTER
Honorable Mentions: The Public Enemy (1931), The Roaring Twenties (1939), Goodfellas (1990). - DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsEllen BurstynMax von SydowLinda BlairWhen a young girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.Genre: HORROR
Honorable Mentions: Frankenstein (1931), The Omen (1976), The Thing (1982). - DirectorMel BrooksStarsCleavon LittleGene WilderSlim PickensIn order to ruin a western town, a corrupt politician appoints a black Sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary.Genre: COMEDY
Honorable Mentions: The Great Dictator (1940), Life of Brian (1979), See No Evil, Hear No Evil
(1989). - DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMartin SheenMarlon BrandoRobert DuvallA U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.Genre: WAR
Honorable Mentions: All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), Paths of Glory (1957), Platoon (1986). - DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroCathy MoriartyJoe PesciThe life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.Genre: SPORTS DRAMA
Honorable Mentions: Champion (1949), The Hustler (1961), Rocky (1976). - DirectorJames CameronStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerLinda HamiltonEdward FurlongA cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her ten year old son John from an even more advanced and powerful cyborg.Genre: ACTION
Honorable Mentions: Seven Samurai (1954), Die Hard (1988), The Dark Knight (2008). - DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsJodie FosterAnthony HopkinsScott GlennA young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.Genre: THRILLER
Honorable Mentions: Cape Fear (1991), Mulholland Dr. (2001), Shutter Island (2010). - DirectorFrank DarabontStarsTim RobbinsMorgan FreemanBob GuntonOver the course of several years, two convicts form a friendship, seeking consolation and, eventually, redemption through basic compassion.Genre: PRISON DRAMA
Honorable Mentions: I am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932), The Great Scape (1963), Cool Hand Luke (1967). - DirectorRoger AllersRob MinkoffStarsMatthew BroderickJeremy IronsJames Earl JonesLion prince Simba and his father are targeted by his bitter uncle, who wants to ascend the throne himself.Genre: ANIMATION
Honorable Mentions: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Aladdin (1992), South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999). - DirectorBryan SingerStarsKevin SpaceyGabriel ByrneChazz PalminteriThe sole survivor of a pier shoot-out tells the story of how a notorious criminal influenced the events that began with five criminals meeting in a seemingly random police lineup.Genre: HEIST
Honorable Mentions: The Sting (1973), Reservoir Dogs (1992), Inception (2010). - DirectorCurtis HansonStarsKevin SpaceyRussell CroweGuy PearceAs corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice.Genre: MYSTERY
Honorable Mentions: North by Northwest (1959), Chinatown (1974), Seven (1995).