Drama
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A Clockwork Orange
Date: 1971 Director: Stanley Kubrick Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Warren Clarke, Aubrey Morris, James Marcus “There was me, that is Alex, and…
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The Wild Bunch
Date: 1969 Director: Sam Peckinpah Starring: William Holden, Robert Ryan, Ernest Borgnine A Vietnam-era post-Western Western that sneers at John Wayne…
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The Detective
Date: 1968 Director: Gordon Douglas Starring: Frank Sinatra, Lee Remick, Jack Klugman Afair amount of success with singing got in the…
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2001: A Space Odyssey
Date: 1968 Director: Stanley Kubrick Starring: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, voice of Douglas Rain Aspace thriller that’s at least a few…
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Weekend
Date: 1968 Director: Jean-Luc Godard Starring: Mireille Darc, Jean Yanne Jean-Luc Godard has intuitive empathy for chaos. Here, a country drive…
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La Battaglia di Algeri (The Battle of Algiers)
Date: 1966 Director: Gillo Pontecorvo Starring: Brahim Haggiag, Jean Martin Gillo Pontecorvo’s extraordinary chronicle of strife hinges on one premise: That…
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Fail Safe
Date: 1964 Director: Sidney Lumet Starring: Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, Frank Overton, Larry Hagman A landmark and (then) terrifying Cold War…
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The Great Escape
Date: 1963 Director: John Sturges Starring: Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson, Steve McQueen, James Coburn, James Garner, Donald Pleasance Not war and…
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The Apartment
Date: 1960 Director: Billy Wilder Starring: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray Here’s wishing American filmmaking had held the fort. Or…
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Bridge Over the River Kwai
Date: 1957 Director: David Lean Starring: Alec Guiness, Sessue Hayakawa, Jack Hawkins, William Holden Director David Lean’s war epic (and precursor…
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