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A mystery starting with 2 ex-GIs sharing the exact same nightmare unfolds into a communist plot to overtake the presidency"]},{"asin":"B00005JN91","comment":["A charming pairing of Shirley MacLaine and Caine about a thief who gets frustrated when his perfect heist doesn't go according to plan"]},{"asin":"0792841522","comment":["Gene Kelly's charm, Vincente Minelli's lavish sensibilities, and Gerswhin's score made for one of the best musicals of the MGM era."]},{"asin":"B000FFJYA2","comment":["Anyone who's been watching too much I Love Lucy and Leave it to Beaver and doesn't think black-and-white films are sexy should see this alluring caper."]},{"asin":"6305759774","comment":["You're thinking \"Why would I enjoy a silent film?\" but theres a reason Chaplain is considered a legend: He could get more laughs w/o words than most films today"]},{"asin":"B0011FYJYG","comment":["Widely considered the best musical of all time, it's self-reflective, contains good laughs, great chemistry and creatively reinvented musical numbers. "]},{"asin":"B000CCW2UW","comment":["Hitchkock's last film is also his most fun. It's a great black comedy with some of Hitchkock's greatest twists"]},{"asin":"B001D8W7EU","comment":["Hitchkock's only Oscar-winning film, it could be seen as his most grandiose film. Judith Anderson is haunting and Joan Fontaine made a name for herself"]},{"asin":"B00006RCO2","comment":["The landmark film about anti-semitism won a best picture Oscar. Gregory Peck is a reporter who uncovers anti-semitism by disguising himself as a Jew"]},{"asin":"B000BZISTE","comment":["Not a fan of the TV show? Don't fret, the film's nothing like it. This is a true original where laughs are natural extensions of the character's numbness to war"]},{"asin":"B00003CX8Q","comment":["The plot of a missionary and dishevelled steamboater forced to navigate the Zambezi together during World War I is just an excuse for a great adventure"]},{"asin":"B00006JMRE","comment":["The definitive Western. The storytelling is virtually perfect, more tension is created with 5 people in a gunfight than an army, and it plays out in real time"]},{"asin":"B00003CXD5","comment":["Famous for the line \"We don't need no stinking badges\", the story about three prospecters going to Mexico is an allegory for greed."]},{"asin":"B00005LC4A","comment":["A picturesque, charming, and colorfully cast murder mystery revolving around a May-December romance between Grant and Hepburn."]},{"asin":"B0009NSCQM","comment":["Fred's wife didn't let him kiss her on-screen, yet he and Ginger Rogers made for the best romantic pairing in movie history. Find out why in their best film."]},{"asin":"630469864X","comment":["A massively underrated epic, Connery and Caine play two British officer buddies stationed in India who try to conquer a 3rd world country and almost succeed"]},{"asin":"B00005JNG5","comment":["Sleek, stylized and full of great dialogue, this film is the first true film noir or in other words, the first truly American crime film"]},{"asin":"B000B8QG22","comment":["A poignant take on war with the perfect opportunity for Robin Williams to run wild with his ad-libs. One of the definitive films of the 1980's"]},{"asin":"B0009UC7R0","comment":["An action thriller, but a delicately shot mood piece as well. Ford, in his best performance, is a cop who hides from corrupt cops in Amish country"]},{"asin":"B000FTCLR6","comment":["In this underrated Lindbergh biopic, Wilder tackles the challenge of making the period between taking and landing exciting"]},{"asin":"0790743949","comment":["One absurdly hillarious film. Cary Grant discovers his 2 sweet aunts are members of a murderous cult, and oddly enough, the film's treated as a comedy"]},{"asin":"B00004XPPC","comment":["David Lean's first oscar winner and my second favorite war film. The characters are so colorful and mirror each other in their stubbornness and and the ending "]},{"asin":"0790731037","comment":["Landmark film from Sam \"Bloody Sam\" Peckinpaugh features a ragtime band of outlaws in a new type of Western where the outlaw's code makes them the true heroes"]},{"asin":"B00004RF9I","comment":["The first drama to approach the danger of sensationalistic media gone awry (later, there'd be The Truman Show) has inspired performances by Finch and Dunaway"]},{"asin":"B000244EX8","comment":["One of the early crime film noir stories and the first appearance of the Phillip Marlowe character, it's the kind of stylized crime story that no longer exists"]},{"asin":"0783225903","comment":["Terry Gilliam's brilliantly circuitous futuristic tale is set in a beauracratic hell where technology takes over life's every aspect but constantly malfunctions"]},{"asin":"B000E0ODZY","comment":["The film that saved Warner Bros. from going bankrupt during the depression, the story about a star who gets her big break features Berkley's creative geometry"]},{"asin":"B0000JBALO","comment":["A heartfelt story about a women's attempt to reach out one last time to her octegenerian dad, features father and daughter Henry and Jane Fonda"]},{"asin":"B0000YEEGM","comment":["Oscar-winning film pairing Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise as two long-seperated brothers on a shotgun roadtrip getting to know each other. Special edition DVD"]},{"asin":"B00003CX8V","comment":["One of the few comedies to win the best picture Oscar, this unforgettable classic is a bittersweet tale of love and sharp satire of corporate America"]},{"asin":"B0007US7FI","comment":["This class about a family dynasty in Texas made AFI's top 100 and won George Stephens an Oscar. It also features James Dean in his last performance"]},{"asin":"B000BYA4HY","comment":["Kirk Douglas' best role is a complete transformation form his usual bad guy roles. The biopic of Vincent Van Gough eludes sympathy but celebrates his passion"]},{"asin":"B0007939NO","comment":["A Scotland-set musical in the MGM catalogue that's complimented with dark undertones about the price of paradise. Based on a fairy tale. "]},{"asin":"B00005A06N","comment":["Named the funniest American film of all time by the AFI, 2 band members must dress as women to escape the mob, but can they resist the charms of Marilyn Monroe?"]},{"asin":"B000UAE7RW","comment":["Classic crime story about power and inevitable doom features among the most memorable movie lines and a great turn by Huston as a deceptively amiable villain"]},{"asin":"B001CC7PQ2","comment":["Orson Welles is remembered for Citizen Kane, but he made a more enjoyable masterpiece in Touch of Evil, a Shakesperean tale set in a Mexico border town"]},{"asin":"B001CC7PPS","comment":["Hitchkock's highest rated film by many standards, it's hard to think of a more perfect storyline ever to fall into the hands of a capable director like this. "]},{"asin":"B000TXNDV6","comment":["A meticulously shot Depression-era film by the reclusive Terrence Malick. Three migrant workers take advantage of a wealthy landowner but consequences await. "]},{"asin":"B00006AL1E","comment":["Science-fiction has never been so fun or easy to grasp. "]},{"asin":"B0000507P8","comment":["The original Odd Couple features Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau bouncing dialogue off each other like clockwork"]},{"asin":"B0009S4IJW","comment":["A most unlikely romantic comedy between a cold communist from the Russian steppe and a suave capitalist-loving Frenchman is a hillarious relic from pre-Cold War"]},{"asin":"B000I2JDEY","comment":["Putting the \"fun\" in marriage dysfunction, this film earned Oscar nominations for everyone in the cast and inspired an episode of NBC's The Office"]},{"asin":"B00009NHC5","comment":["An encapsulating thriller starring Audrey Hepburn as a blind women who must use every resource at her disposal as a suspicious situation unfolds into danger"]},{"asin":"078322737X","comment":["Far better than any Hughes film, George Lucas captures the joy of adolescence in the tale about 4 friends on different paths in their last night before college"]},{"asin":"B0000CBY1C","comment":["Remade as Rat Race (2001), the film's ingeneously simple plot: 1st person to make it 500 miles to Santa Rosita wins buried loot. Also a who's who of '60s comics"]},{"asin":"B0010DRYPA","comment":["A personal favorite set in the most transient of places. The lives of 5 hotel guests change in one weekend: 1 dies, 1 loses love, 1 finds self-confidence, 1 get"]},{"asin":"B000EXDS5M","comment":["Newman and Redford were the rockstars of the modern Western. The two real-life outlaws are shown as rebellious without reason, wreckless, and seeking adventure"]},{"asin":"0783225857","comment":["On AFI's top 100 movies list. You've read the book, but have you seen the equally powerful film? "]},{"asin":"B001GLX6US","comment":["Think Adam Sandler's Mr. Deeds was an original creation? Wrong, it was inspired by this 1936 Capra comedy and has more in common with it than you might think"]},{"asin":"B0012KSUTU","comment":["Consistently ranked among the highest films of all-time, this tale of a girl's journey from admiring fan to backstabbing Hollywood star is a sensational drama"]},{"asin":"B00009MEKJ","comment":["Little-known Peter Sellers film about a tiny country that accidentally takes over the United States is an undiscovered treasure"]},{"asin":"0792846117","comment":["Woody Allen meets sci-fi, with science taking a back seat to Allen's warped mind. My personal favorite Allen film. "]},{"asin":"6304696566","comment":["Some say it's the best film of all time. It's certainly the best Western from the standpoint of emotional resonance, and John Ford and John Wayne's best film"]},{"asin":"B001HUWQEU","comment":["An incredibly fun film anchored by a legendary performance in Sellers' bumbling Closseau character with a great ensemble behind him "]},{"asin":"6305144168","comment":["A bittersweet coming-of-age film set in a boarding school that ultimately serves as an affirmation for living life to its fullest. Somewhat of a tearjerker."]},{"asin":"B000ZM1MIW","comment":["Peter O'Toole and Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci won Best picture for this docudrama about the end of the Chinese Empire and its exiled emperor"]},{"asin":"B000EWJP64","comment":["If you've only heard of the Marx Brothers but have never seen them onscreen, you're missing out. There brand is a comedy of complete anarchy. "]},{"asin":"B00005JKU7","comment":["A terrific and hilarious allegory for what's wrong with modernity. A lone bushman wanders out into civilization and meets people who are more lost than he is."]},{"asin":"B001GLX6UI","comment":["If you were to capture the spirit of American democracy into one 100-minute film, this would be it. "]},{"asin":"B00005JKF6","comment":["Most famous for it's scene of Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr passionately kissing on the beach. It's well-developed characters make it my favorite war film"]},{"asin":"B000FFJYAM","comment":["Classic gangster film with the Bogart/Bacall romantic chemistry in full-swing and Edward G Robinson at his best"]},{"asin":"B000NIBUT4","comment":["Great screwball comedy. I don't think the sparks between Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck will get old a hundred years from now. "]},{"asin":"B0002IQEHI","comment":["One might call it the first action film, it's simply everything a great movie should be with elaborate chases and fights stretching from the UN to Mt. Rushmore"]},{"asin":"B00004RF9D","comment":["Behind Kelly and Astaire, Howard Keel was next in line to star in an MGM musical. His best film, set in the exciting frontier, features inventive choreography"]},{"asin":"B000IJ79U2","comment":["With canted angles and revealing shots of post-war Vienna, it's a visual masterpiece. A man's search for his missing friend leads to more questions than answers"]},{"asin":"0790751569","comment":["A gem from the early days of Eastwood. It's a quasi-Western about a modern-day cowboy who's really a New Jersey shoe salesman. Has a great theme as well"]},{"asin":"B000O59A02","comment":["The first great Western. A cross-section of Western society with its drunks, white collar thieves, and heroes band together on a perilous stagecoach ride"]},{"asin":"B0006HBLUA","comment":["More than just a memorable theme, this Oscar-winning period piece tells two different stories about what it takes to win: A determination to prove something"]},{"asin":"B00006FDCJ","comment":["The film turned Eastwood from a typecast star to an Oscar-winning director. It's a personal statement by Eastwood about the genre that shaped his screen persona"]},{"asin":"0790731029","comment":["A psychoanalyst would have a field day with the antiquated views in this Hitchkock thriller about a psychopath's plan to exchange murders with a stranger "]},{"asin":"B000G6BLWE","comment":["Everyone knows Mel Brook's classic Blazing Saddles but don't miss his other masterpiece, Young Frankenstein, which parodies the original film shot-for-shot"]},{"asin":"0767811089","comment":["Terry Gilliam's memorable tale about redemption stars Robin Williams as a history teacher gone insane and Jeff Bridges as a disgraced radio DJ who must help him"]},{"asin":"B00005ATZT","comment":["A classic from the 90's, Tommy Lee Jones and Harrison Ford star in this adaptation of the TV show and enter into a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase"]},{"asin":"0780618564","comment":["Biting satire on the soullessness of Hollywood is a little cynical but surely fun to watch. Tim Robbins has a great role and there are lots of cameos"]},{"asin":"B00005JKG9","comment":["Film starring the best cast ever assembled, revolves around a sales contest: 1st prize: Free Car, 2nd place: Set of Steak Knives, 3rd place: you're fired!"]}],"outer_bkgd_color":"#4a6676","show_review":false,"displayTemplate":"6","sort_order":"Random","show_price":true,"text_color":"#31658b"} amzn_wdgt.ID = "V20070822/US/sophocriti-20/8001/bf5c53ee-58a8-4a66-97c6-df5ecc7730be"; document.write('');