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Citizen Kane
A group of reporters try to decipher the last words of a newspaper magnate, 'Rosebud'.
Casablanca
Set during World War II, an American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
Gone with the Wind
A manipulative woman and a roguish man conduct a turbulent romance during the American Civil War and Reconstruction periods.
Psycho
A secretary embezzles money and checks into a remote motel run by a disturbed innkeeper.
The Godfather
The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.
Singin' in the Rain
A silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.
Some Like It Hot
Two musicians witness a mob hit and flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women.
Rear Window
A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
It's a Wonderful Life
An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.
The Wizard of Oz
A young girl is swept away from a farm in Kansas to a magical land of Oz in a tornado and embarks on a quest with three new friends to see the Wizard who can help her return home.
12 Angry Men
A jury holdout attempts to prevent a miscarriage of justice by forcing his colleagues to reconsider the evidence.
To Kill a Mockingbird
Atticus Finch, a lawyer in the Depression-era South, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his children against prejudice.
Vertigo
A former police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with a hauntingly beautiful woman.
On the Waterfront
An ex-prize fighter turned longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses.
Schindler's List
In German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.
All About Eve
An ingenue insinuates herself into the company of an established but aging stage actress and her circle of theater friends.
Sunset Boulevard
A screenwriter is hired to rework a faded silent film star's script, only to find himself developing a dangerous relationship.
Lawrence of Arabia
The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.
The Maltese Falcon
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.
A Streetcar Named Desire
Disturbed Blanche DuBois moves in with her sister in New Orleans and is tormented by her brutish brother-in-law while her reality crumbles around her.
The Bridge on the River Kwai
British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors, unaware of the Allies' plans to destroy it.
The Graduate
A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.
The Great Dictator
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
Chinatown
A private detective hired to expose an adulterer finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.
North by Northwest
A hapless New York advertising executive is mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and is pursued across the country while he looks for a way to survive.
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