William Wyler, The Heiress, Paramount Pictures, 1949

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: October 6, 1949.
• Running time: 115 minutes.
• Tagline: A truly great motion picture.
• Olivia de Havilland won the 1950 Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
• John Meehan, Harry Horner & Emile Kuri won the 1950 Academy Award for Best Art Direction/Set Decoration, Black-and-White.
• Edith Head & Gile Steele won the 1950 Academy award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White.
• Aaron Copland won the 1950 Academy Award for Best Original Music Score.

• The Heiress (1949)
• The Heiress poster

Jacques Tourneur, Out of the Past, RKO Radio Pictures, 1947

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: November 13, 1947.
• Running time: 97 minutes.
• Tagline: A MAN – Trying to run away from his past… A WOMAN – Trying to escape her future!

• Out of the Past (1947)
• Out of the Past poster

Noel M. Smith, Mystery House, Warner Bros., 1938

Rating: 3/5 Buy

• Release date: May 21, 1938.
• Running time: 56 minutes.
• Tagline: Who will be the killer’s next victim?

• Mystery House (1938)
• Mystery House poster

James Whale, Bride of Frankenstein, Universal Pictures, 1935

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: April 22, 1935.
• Running time: 75 minutes.
• Tagline: Warning! The Monster demands a Mate!
• The first sequel to Frankenstein (1931).

• Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
• Bride of Frankenstein poster

David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Paramount Pictures & Warner Bros. Pictures, 2008

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: December 25, 2008.
• Running time: 166 minutes.
• Tagline: Life isn’t measured in minutes, but in moments.
• Donald Graham Burt & Victor J. Zolfo won the 1009 Academy Award for Best Art Direction.
• Greg Cannom won the 2009 Academy Award for Best Makeup.
• Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton & Craig Barron won the 2009 Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button poster

Francis Lawrence, I Am Legend, Warner Bros. Pictures, 2007

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: December 14, 2007.
• Running time: 100 minutes.
• Tagline: The last man on earth is not alone.

• I Am Legend (2007)
• I Am Legend poster

Michael Mann, Heat, Warner Bros., 1995

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: December 15, 1995.
• Running time: 171 minutes.
• Tagline: A Los Angeles Crime Saga.

• Heat (1995)
• Heat poster

Robert Zemeckis, Forrest Gump, Paramount Pictures, 1994

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: July 6, 1994.
• Running time: 141 minutes.
• Tagline: The world will never be the same once you’ve seen it through the eyes of Forrest Gump.
• Tom Hanks won the 1995 Academy Award for Best Actor in A Leading Role.
• Robert Zemeckis won the 1995 Academy Award for Best Director.
• Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum  & Allen Hall  won the 1995 Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.
• Arthur Schmidt won the 1995 Academy Award for Best Film Editing.
• Wendy Finerman, Steve Starkey & Steve Tisch  won the 1995 Academy Award for Best Picture.
• Eric Roth won the 1995 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

• Forrest Gump (1994)
• Forrest Gump poster

Tim Burton, Beetlejuice, Warner Bros., 1988

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: March 30, 1988.
• Running time: 92 minutes.
• Tagline: In This House… If You’ve Seen One Ghost… You Haven’t Seen Them All.
• Ve Neill, Steve LaPorte  and Robert Short  won the 1989 Academy Award for Best Makeup.

• Beetlejuice (1988)
• Beetlejuice poster

Brian De Palma, The Untouchables, Paramount Pictures, 1987

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: June 3, 1987.
• Running time: 119 minutes.
• Tagline: AL CAPONE. He ruled Chicago with absolute power. No one could touch him. No one could stop him. Until Eliot Ness and a small force of men swore they’d bring him down.
• Sean Connery won the 1988 Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.

• The Untouchables (1987)
• The Untouchables poster

James Fargo, The Enforcer, Warner Bros., 1976

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: December 22, 1976.
• Running time: 96 minutes.
• Tagline: Clint Eastwood is Dirty Harry.

• The Enforcer (1976)
• The Enforcer poster

Wes Craven, The Last House on the Left, Hallmark Releasing, 1972

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: August 30, 1972.
• Running time: 84 minutes.
• Tagline: It rests on 13 acres of earth over the very center of hell…!

• The Last House on the Left (1972)
• The Last House on the Left poster

Giuseppe Colizzi, Dio perdona… Io no!, Cronocinematografica PEFSA, 1967

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: October 31, 1967 (Italy).
• Running time: 109 minutes.
• Language: Italian (English title: God Forgives… I Don’t!).
• Tagline: They call him PRETTY FACE! …and his credo is simple and short and sweet!

• God Forgives… I Don’t! (1967)
• God Forgives… I Don’t! poster

Terence Young, Thunderball, United Artists, 1965

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: December 9, 1965.
• Running time: 130 minutes.
• Tagline: Look Up! Look Down! Look Out! Here Comes The Biggest Bond Of All!
• John Stears won the 1966 Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.

• Thunderball (1965)
• Thunderball poster

Jules Dassin, Du rififi chez les hommes, Pathé Consortium Cinéma, 1955

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: April 13, 1955 (France).
• Running time: 115 minutes.
• Language: French.
• Tagline: “Rififi” …means Trouble!

• Rififi (1955)
• Rififi poster

Edward Dmytryk, The Caine Mutiny, Columbia Pictures, 1954

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: June 24, 1954.
• Running time: 124 minutes.
• Tagline: At last on the screen!
• Based on the 1951 Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Herman Wouk of the same name.

• The Caine Mutiny (1954)
• The Caine Mutiny poster

Robert Siodmak, The Spiral Staircase, RKO Radio Pictures, 1946

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: February 6, 1946.
• Running time: 83 minutes.

• The Spiral Staircase (1946)
• The Spiral Staircase poster

S. Sylvan Simon, Grand Central Murder, MGM, 1942

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: May 23, 1942.
• Running time: 73 minutes.
• Tagline: Screamingly Funny! Screamingly Thrilling!

• Grand Central Murder (1942)
• Grand Central Murder poster

Michael Curtiz & William Keighley, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Warner Bros., 1938

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: May 14, 1938.
• Running time: 102 minutes.
• Tagline: The Best Loved Bandit Of All Time!
• Carl Jules Weyl won the 1939 Academy Award for Best Art Direction (color).
• Ralph Dawson won the 1939 Academy Award for Best Film Editing.
• Erich Wolfgang Korngold won the 1939 Academy Award for Best Original Score.

• The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
• The Adventures of Robin Hood poster

Charlie Chaplin, City Lights, United Artists, 1931

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: January 30, 1931.
• Running time: 87 minutes.
• Silent movie.

• City Lights (1931)
• City Lights poster

Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Three Act Tragedy, ITV, 2010

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Original air date: January 3, 2010.
• Running time: 90 minutes.

• Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Three Act Tragedy (2010)
• Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Three Act Tragedy (2011)

Jon Favreau, Iron Man, Paramount Pictures, 2008

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: May 2, 2008.
• Running time: 126 minutes.
• Tagline: Heroes aren’t born. They’re built.

• Iron Man (2008)
• Iron Man poster

Mike Newell, Donnie Brasco, Mandalay Entertainment, 1997

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: February 28, 1997.
• Running time: 126 minutes.
• Tagline: In 1978, the US government waged a war against organized crime. One man was left behind the lines.

• Donnie Brasco (1997)
• Donnie Brasco poster

Fred Schepisi, The Russia House, MGM, 1990

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: December 19, 1990.
• Running time: 122 minutes.
• Tagline: He took a chance because he had nothing to lose. She took a chance because she had everything to gain.

• The Russia House (1990)
• The Russia House poster

Blake Edwards, Trail of the Pink Panther, MGM/UA Entertainment Co., 1982

Rating: 3/5 Buy

• Release date: December 17, 1982.
• Running time: 96 minutes.
• Tagline: The Newest and Funniest ‘Panther’ of them all.

• Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)
• Trail of the Pink Panther poster

Kevin Connor, Motel Hell, United Artists, 1980

Rating: 3/5 Buy

• Release date: October 18, 1980.
• Running time: 102 minutes.
• Tagline: Checking in is easy… Checking out is hell.

• Motel Hell (1980)
• Motel Hell poster

Francis Ford Coppola, Apocalypse Now, United Artists, 1979

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: August 15, 1979.
• Running time: 153 minutes.
• Tagline: The Horror… The Horror…
• Vittorio Storaro won the 1980 Academy Award for Best Cinematography.
• Walter Murch, Mark Berger, Richard Beggs  and Nathan Boxer won the 1980 Academy Award for Best Sound.

• Apocalypse Now (1979)
• Apocalypse Now poster

Douglas Hickox, Theatre of Blood, United Artists, 1973

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: April 5, 1973.
• Running time: 104 minutes.
• Tagline: Vincent Price has reserved a seat for you in the “theatre of blood.”

• Theatre of Blood (1973)
• Theatre of Blood poster

Clive Donner & Richard Talmadge, What’s New Pussycat?, United Artists, 1965

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: June 2, 1965.
• Running time: 108 minutes.
• Tagline: How you cats will laugh… when you see the answer to the comedy question of the year!!!
• Woody Allen’s film debut, as well as his first produced script.

• What’s New Pussycat? (1965)
• What’s New Pussycat? poster

Nobuo Nakagawa, Jigoku, Shintōhō, 1960

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: July 30, 1960 (Japan).
• Running time: 100 minutes.
• Language: Japanese.

• Jigoku (1960)
• Jigoku poster

Nobuo Nakagawa, Tôkaidô Yotsuya kaidan, Shintōhō, 1959

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: July 11, 1959 (Japan).
• Running time: 76 minutes.
• Language: Japanese.

• Tôkaidô Yotsuya kaidan (1959)
• Tôkaidô Yotsuya kaidan poster

Alfred Hitchcock, Stage Fright, Warner Bros., 1950

Rating: 3/5 Buy

• Release date: February 23, 1950.
• Running time: 110 minutes.
• Tagline: Love held its breath as sudden terror held the stage!

• Stage Fright (1950)
• Stage Fright poster

Peter Godfrey, The Two Mrs. Carrolls, Warner Bros., 1947

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: March 4, 1947.
• Running time: 99 minutes.
• Tagline: Never try to deceive two women!

• The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947)
• The Two Mrs. Carrolls poster

George Cukor, Gaslight, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1944

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: May 4, 1944.
• Running time: 114 minutes.
• Tagline: Strange drama of a captive sweetheart!
• Ingrid Bergman won the 1945 Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
• Cedric Gibbons, William Ferrari, Edwin B. Willis and Paul Huldschinsky won the 1945 Academy Award for Best Art Direction (black-and-white).

• Gaslight (1944)
• Gaslight poster

Jack Conway, Libeled Lady, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1936

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: October 9, 1936.
• Running time: 98 minutes.

• Libeled Lady (1936)
• Libeled Lady poster

Archie Mayo, The Man with Two Faces, Warner Bros., 1934

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: August 4, 1934.
• Running time: 72 minutes.
• Tagline: It’s the most unusual picture since “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.”.

• The Man with Two Faces (1934)
• The Man with Two Faces poster

Ruben Fleischer, Zombieland, Columbia Pictures, 2009

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: October 2, 2009.
• Running time: 88 minutes.
• Tagline: Nut up or shut up.

• Zombieland (2009)
• Zombieland poster

Jerry Zucker, Rat Race, Paramount Pictures, 2001

Rating: 3/5 Buy

• Release date: August 17, 2001.
• Running time: 112 minutes.
• Tagline: 563 miles. 9 people. $2 million. 1001 problems!

• Rat Race (2001)
• Rat Race poster

John Swanbeck, The Big Kahuna, Franchise Pictures, 1999

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: September 16, 1999.
• Running time: 90 minutes.
• Tagline: Every sale begins with a smile.

• The Big Kahuna (1999)
• The Big Kahuna poster

Jim Gillespie, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Columbia Pictures, 1997

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: October 17, 1997.
• Running time: 100 minutes.
• Tagline: If you’re going to bury the truth, make sure it stays buried.

• I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
• I Know What You Did Last Summer poster

John Huston, The Dead, Vestron Pictures, 1987

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: December 17, 1987.
• Running time: 83 minutes.
• Tagline: A vast, merry, and uncommon tale of love.

• The Dead (1987)
• The Dead poster

George Bowers, The Hearse, Crown International Pictures, 1980

Rating: 3/5 Buy

• Release date: June, 1980.
• Running time: 95 minutes.
• Tagline: The Barrier Between Life and Death is no Greater than the Thickness of a Door. And Now… The Door is Open!

• The Hearse (1980)
• The Hearse poster

Clint Eastwood, The Eiger Sanction, Universal Pictures, 1975

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: July 16, 1975.
• Running time: 123 minutes.
• Tagline: HIS LIFELINE – held by the assassin he hunted.

• The Eiger Sanction (1975)
• The Eiger Sanction poster

Woody Allen, Bananas, United Artists, 1971

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: April 28, 1971.
• Running time: 82 minutes.

• Bananas (1971)
• Bananas poster

J. Lee Thompson, Eye of the Devil, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1966

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: July 1966 (UK).
• Running time: 96 minutes.
• Tagline: If you’re seeking the climax in mind-chilling terror… we’ve got your number!

• Eye of the Devil (1966)
• Eye of the Devil poster

Ubaldo Ragona & Sidney Salkow, The Last Man on Earth, American International Pictures, 1964

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: March 8, 1964.
• Running time: 86 minutes.
• Tagline: Do you dare to imagine what it would be like to be… the last man on earth… or the last woman? Alive among the lifeless… alone among the crawling creatures of evil that make the night hideous with their inhuman craving!

• The Last Man on Earth (1964)
• The Last Man on Earth poster

Ingmar Bergman, The Seventh Seal, AB Svensk Filmindustri, 1957

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: February 16, 1957 (Sweden).
• Running time: 96 minutes.
• Language: Swedish.

• The Seventh Seal (1957)
• The Seventh Seal poster

Henry King, The Snows of Kilimanjaro, Twentieth Century Fox, 1952

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: August 18, 1952.
• Running time: 117 minutes.
• Tagline: His Adventures… Like His Loves…  Were Great and Exciting!

• The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)
• The Snows of Kilimanjaro poster

Alfred Hitchcock, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, RKO Radio Pictures, 1941

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: January 31, 1941.
• Running time: 95 minutes.
• Tagline: It’s Daring! It’s Delightful – And as Spicy as It’s Speedy!

• Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
• Mr. & Mrs. Smith poster

Charlie Chaplin, The Great Dictator, United Artists, 1940

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: October 15, 1940.
• Running time: 124 minutes.
• Tagline: Once again – the whole world laughs!
• Chaplin’s first talking picture.

• The Great Dictator (1940)
• The Great Dictator poster