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Schindler's List

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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.

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Psycho

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A secretary embezzles money and checks into a remote motel run by a disturbed innkeeper.

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12 Angry Men

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A jury holdout attempts to prevent a miscarriage of justice by forcing his colleagues to reconsider the evidence.

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Singin' in the Rain

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A silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.

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The Godfather

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The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.

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The Maltese Falcon

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A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.

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The Graduate

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A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.

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The Wizard of Oz

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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.

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Citizen Kane

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A group of reporters try to decipher the last words of a newspaper magnate, 'Rosebud'.

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Sunset Boulevard

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A screenwriter is hired to rework a faded silent film star's script, only to find himself developing a dangerous relationship.

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Chinatown

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A private detective hired to expose an adulterer finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.

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Casablanca

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Set during World War II, an American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.

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Vertigo

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A former police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with a hauntingly beautiful woman.

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North by Northwest

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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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Gone with the Wind

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A manipulative woman and a roguish man conduct a turbulent romance during the American Civil War and Reconstruction periods.

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It's a Wonderful Life

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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.

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A Streetcar Named Desire

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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.

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The Great Dictator

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Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

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The Bridge on the River Kwai

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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.

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Rear Window

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A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.

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To Kill a Mockingbird

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Atticus Finch, a lawyer in the Depression-era South, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his children against prejudice.

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On the Waterfront

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An ex-prize fighter turned longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses.

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All About Eve

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An ingenue insinuates herself into the company of an established but aging stage actress and her circle of theater friends.

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Lawrence of Arabia

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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.

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Some Like It Hot

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Two musicians witness a mob hit and flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women.

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