'All Quiet on the Western Front' (1929/30) 'It Happened One Night' (1934)įrank Capra's enjoyable and sexy (for the '30s) romantic comedy had Clark Gable's journalist falling for Claudette Colbert's runaway heiress. With Sylvester Stallone's headstrong boxer, it's the classic every underdog sports drama will be compared to forevermore. Nothing says "Christmas movie" like office drone Jack Lemmon lending his place to the boss for hookups and falling for elevator girl Shirley MacLaine. 'From Here to Eternity' (1953)Ĭome for Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr's infamous kiss on the beach, stay for the drama involving soldiers in Hawaii just before the Pearl Harbor attack. The rare A-list musical – with Renée Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones as jazz-era convicts – that ingeniously treats its numbers as flights of fantasy. '12 Years a Slave' (2013)Ĭhiwetel Ejiofor plays a free Black man tricked into servitude for Steve McQueen's uneasy-to-watch yet essential pre-Civil War drama. 'My Fair Lady' (1964)Īudrey Hepburn's a hoot as cockney Brit Eliza Doolittle, given a makeover by Rex Harrison's Henry Higgins in the musical take on "Pygmalion." 23. Martin Scorsese's sole best director win is for this twisty crime thriller with gangster Jack Nicholson, undercover cop Leonardo DiCaprio and Mob mole Matt Damon. The late Sidney Poitier wondrously exudes intelligence and gumption as a visiting detective traveling through Mississippi who helps racist cops catch a killer. 'Rebecca' (1940)Īlfred Hitchcock's lone entry on this list is a fitting psychological head trip, with Joan Fontaine playing the new wife of an aristocrat (Laurence Olivier) who can't escape the seemingly constant presence of his dead wife. 'Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)' (2014)Īlejandro González Iñárritu's innovative satire sets its sights on celebrity, family and movie superheroes, with a gonzo Michael Keaton in one of his greatest roles. finally reach Mount Doom, and Peter Jackson’s massive fantasy trilogy gets its atta-boy. 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King' (2003) 'Mutiny on the Bounty' (1935)Ĭlark Gable looks strange without his signature mustache, yet he's a clean-shaven force of good in this watery clash as a seaman taking on Charles Laughton's cruel Captain Bligh. The (mostly) silent film is a joyous look at Hollywood’s yesteryear, finding something special with an aging star (Jean Dujardin), an infectious ingenue (Bérénice Bejo) and a ridiculously cute pooch. They understood the assignment, as the kids say. Julie Andrews is a nun who teaches a family of kids to sing and gallivants tunefully across Austrian mountains, while Christopher Plummer rips up a Nazi flag.
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