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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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