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1. Lawrence of Arabia (re-release)

Sep 20, 2002 • Rated Approved

The 40th anniversary re-release of David Lean's 1962 masterpiece, starring Peter O'Toole in one of the most electrifying debuts in film history.

2. Three Colors: Red

Nov 23, 1994 • Rated R

Krzysztof Kieslowski closes his Three Colors trilogy in grand fashion, with an incandescent meditation on fate and chance, starring Irène Jacob as a sweet-souled yet somber runway model in Geneva whose life dramatically intersects with that of a bitter retired judge, played by Jean-Louis Trintignant. Meanwhile, just down the street, a seemingly unrelated story of jealousy and betrayal unfolds. Red is an intimate look at forged connections and a splendid final statement from a remarkable filmmaker at the height of his powers. [Criterion]

3. Tokyo Story

Mar 13, 1972 • Rated Not Rated

Yasujiro Ozu’s Tokyo Story follows an aging couple, Tomi and Sukichi, on their journey from their rural village to visit their two married children in bustling, postwar Tokyo. Their reception is disappointing: too busy to entertain them, their children send them off to a health spa. After Tomi falls ill she and Sukichi return home, while the children, grief-stricken, hasten to be with her. From a simple tale unfolds one of the greatest of all Japanese films. Starring Ozu regulars Chishu Ryu and Setsuko Hara, the film reprises one of the director’s favorite themes—that of generational conflict—in a way that is quintessentially Japanese and yet so universal in its appeal that it continues to resonate as one of cinema’s greatest masterpieces. [Janus Films]

4. Casablanca

Jan 23, 1943 • Rated Approved

A Casablanca, Morocco casino owner in 1941 shelters his former lover and her husband, a Czechoslovakian freedom fighter, from the Nazis.

5. Fanny and Alexander (re-release)

May 21, 2004 • Rated R

Set in Sweden in the early 20th century, this film focuses on the young children of a wealthy, theatrical family.

6. Singin' in the Rain

Apr 11, 1952 • Rated Passed

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

7. City Lights

Mar 7, 1931 • Rated G

The Tramp (Charlie Chaplin) struggles to help a blind flower girl he has fallen in love with.

8. Seven Samurai

Nov 19, 1956 • Rated Not Rated

Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai) tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire the eponymous warriors to protect them from invading bandits.

9. The Lady Vanishes

Nov 1, 1938 • Rated Approved

While travelling in continental Europe, a rich young playgirl realizes that an elderly lady seems to have disappeared from the train.

10. Some Like It Hot

Mar 29, 1959 • Rated Approved

When two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.

11. North by Northwest

Aug 6, 1959 • Rated Approved

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.

12. Hoop Dreams

Oct 14, 1994 • Rated PG-13

Two inner-city Chicago boys with hopes of becoming professional basketball players struggle to become college players.

13. Rashomon

Dec 26, 1951 • Rated Not Rated

The rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter.

14. Jules and Jim

Apr 23, 1962 • Rated Not Rated

Decades of a love triangle concerning two friends and an impulsive woman.

15. Gone with the Wind

Jan 17, 1940 • Rated G

A Southern belle struggles with the devastation of the Civil War and Reconstruction. This classic won 8 Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

16. Parasite

Oct 11, 2019 • Rated R

Meet the Park Family: the picture of aspirational wealth. And the Kim Family, rich in street smarts but not much else. Be it chance or fate, these two houses are brought together and the Kims sense a golden opportunity. Masterminded by college-aged Ki-woo, the Kim children expediently install themselves as tutor and art therapist, to the Parks. Soon, a symbiotic relationship forms between the two families. The Kims provide “indispensable” luxury services while the Parks obliviously bankroll their entire household. When a parasitic interloper threatens the Kims’ newfound comfort, a savage, underhanded battle for dominance breaks out, threatening to destroy the fragile ecosystem between the Kims and the Parks. [Neon]

17. Battleship Potemkin

Dec 5, 1926 • Rated Not Rated

In the midst of the Russian Revolution of 1905, the crew of the battleship Potemkin mutiny against the brutal, tyrannical regime of the vessel's officers. The resulting street demonstration in Odessa brings on a police massacre.

18. The Maltese Falcon

Oct 18, 1941 • Rated Approved

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

19. Spirited Away

Sep 20, 2002 • Rated PG

A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free herself and return her family to the outside world. [Walt Disney Studios]

20. The Battle of Algiers

Jan 9, 2004 • Rated Not Rated

The Battle of Algiers re-creates a key year in the tumultuous Algerian struggle for independence from the occupying French in the 1950s. As violence escalates on both sides, children shoot soldiers at point-blank range, women plant bombs in cafés, and French soldiers resort to torture to break the will of the insurgents. Shot on the streets of Algiers in documentary style, the film is a case study in modern warfare, with its terrorist attacks and the brutal techniques used to combat them.

21. A Hard Day's Night

Aug 11, 1964 • Rated Approved

Meet the Beatles! Just one month after they exploded onto the U.S. scene with their Ed Sullivan Show appearance, John, Paul, George, and Ringo began working on a project that would bring their revolutionary talent to the big screen. A Hard Day’s Night, in which the bandmates play cheeky comic versions of themselves, captured the astonishing moment when they officially became the singular, irreverent idols of their generation and changed music forever.

22. Mean Streets

Oct 14, 1973 • Rated R

Charlie (Harvey Keitel) is working his way up the ranks of a local mob. Teresa (Amy Robinson) is the girlfriend his family deems unsuitable because of her epilepsy. Johnny Boy (Robert De Niro) is a small-time gambler in big-time debt to loan sharks. This is a story Martin Scorsese lived, a semi-biographical tale of the first-generation sons and daughters of New York's Little Italy. [Warner Bros.]

23. Gravity

Oct 4, 2013 • Rated PG-13

Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) is a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky (George Clooney) in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky completely alone - tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth - and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left. But the only way home may be to go further out into the terrifying expanse of space.

24. Amazing Grace

Nov 23, 2018 • Rated G

A documentary presenting Aretha Franklin with choir at the New Bethel Baptist Church in Watts, Los Angeles in January 1972.

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