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The Godfather
(1972) The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son. Dir: Francis Ford Coppola With: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan Crime | Drama 175 mins. |
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
(1975) Upon admittance to a mental institution, a brash rebel rallies the patients to take on the oppressive head nurse, a woman he views as more dictator than nurse. Dir: Milos Forman With: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Michael Berryman Drama 133 mins. |
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Psycho
(1960) A thirty-something secretary steals $40,000 from her employer's client, and subsequently encounters a young motel proprietor too long under the domination of his mother. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock With: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles Horror | Mystery | Thriller 109 mins. |
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The Shining
(1980) A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil and spiritual presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from the past and of the future. Dir: Stanley Kubrick With: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd Horror | Mystery 146 mins. |
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
(1966) A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery. Dir: Sergio Leone With: Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef Adventure | Western 161 mins. |
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The Evil Dead
(1981) Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons. Dir: Sam Raimi With: Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeManincor Horror 85 mins. |
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A Clockwork Orange
(1971) In future Britain, charismatic delinquent Alex DeLarge is jailed and volunteers for an experimental aversion therapy developed by the government in an effort to solve society's crime problem... but not all goes to plan. Dir: Stanley Kubrick With: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates Crime | Drama | Sci-Fi 136 mins. |
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Apocalypse Now
(1979) During the U.S.-Viet Nam War, Captain Willard is sent on a dangerous mission into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade colonel who has set himself up as a god among a local tribe. Dir: Francis Ford Coppola With: Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall Drama | War 153 mins. |
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Alien
(1979) The crew of a commercial deep space mining ship, investigating a suspected S.O.S., lands on a distant planet and discovers a nest of strange eggs. Dir: Ridley Scott With: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt Horror | Sci-Fi 117 mins. |
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The Godfather: Part II
(1974) The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York is portrayed while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on his crime syndicate stretching from Lake Tahoe, Nevada to pre-revolution 1958 Cuba. Dir: Francis Ford Coppola With: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall Crime | Drama 200 mins. |
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Carrie
(1976) A young, abused and timid 17-year-old girl discovers she has telekinesis, and gets pushed to the limit on the night of her school's prom by a humiliating prank. Dir: Brian De Palma With: Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving Horror | Thriller 98 mins. |
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Taxi Driver
(1976) A mentally unstable Vietnam war veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge to violently lash out, attempting to save a teenage prostitute in the process. Dir: Martin Scorsese With: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd Crime | Drama 113 mins. |
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The Exorcist
(1973) When a teenage girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two priests to save her daughter. Dir: William Friedkin With: Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Linda Blair Horror | Thriller 122 mins. |
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The Thing
(1982) Scientists in the Antarctic are confronted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of the people that it kills. Dir: John Carpenter With: Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Keith David Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller 109 mins. |
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Raging Bull
(1980) An emotionally self-destructive boxer's journey through life, as the violence and temper that leads him to the top in the ring, destroys his life outside it. Dir: Martin Scorsese With: Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci Biography | Drama | Sport 129 mins. |
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The Deer Hunter
(1978) An in-depth examination of the way that the Vietnam war affects the lives of people in a small industrial town in the USA. Dir: Michael Cimino With: Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, John Cazale Drama | War 182 mins. |
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Dog Day Afternoon
(1975) A man robs a bank to pay for his lover's operation; it turns into a hostage situation and a media circus. Dir: Sidney Lumet With: Al Pacino, John Cazale, Penelope Allen Crime | Drama 125 mins. |
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Chinatown
(1974) A private detective investigating an adultery case stumbles on to a scheme of murder that has something to do with water. Dir: Roman Polanski With: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller 130 mins. |
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Mad Max
(1979) A vengeful Australian policeman sets out to avenge his partner, his wife and his son whom were murdered by a motorcycle gang in retaliation for the death of their leader. Dir: George Miller With: Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne Action | Adventure | Thriller 88 mins. |
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A Fistful of Dollars
(1964) A wandering gunfighter plays two rival families against each other in a town torn apart by greed, pride, and revenge. Dir: Sergio Leone With: Clint Eastwood, Gian Maria Volonté, Marianne Koch Western 99 mins. |
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For a Few Dollars More
(1965) Two bounty hunters with the same intentions, team up to track down a Western outlaw. Dir: Sergio Leone With: Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volonté Western 132 mins. |
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Rosemary's Baby
(1968) A young couple move into a new apartment, only to be surrounded by peculiar neighbors and occurrences. When the wife becomes mysteriously pregnant, paranoia over the safety of her unborn child begins controlling her life. Dir: Roman Polanski With: Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon Drama | Horror | Mystery 136 mins. |
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Deliverance
(1972) Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's turned into one huge lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a river-rafting trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country. Dir: John Boorman With: Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty Adventure | Drama | Thriller 110 mins. |
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The Birds
(1963) A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people there in increasing numbers and with increasing viciousness. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock With: Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Suzanne Pleshette Horror | Thriller 119 mins. |
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The Warriors
(1979) In a future, dystopian New York City, turf gangs and cops rule the streets. When one gang leader tries to bring all gangs together against the cops Coney Island's The Warriors are framed for his murder and the entire city turns on them. Dir: Walter Hill With: Michael Beck, James Remar, Dorsey Wright Action | Thriller 92 mins. |
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Enter the Dragon
(1973) A martial artist agrees to spy on a reclusive crime lord using his invitation to a tournament there as cover. Dir: Robert Clouse With: Bruce Lee, John Saxon, Jim Kelly Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller 98 mins. |
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Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
(1981) In the post-apocalyptic Australian wasteland, a cynical drifter agrees to help a small, gasoline rich, community escape a band of bandits. Dir: George Miller With: Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence, Michael Preston Action | Adventure | Thriller 95 mins. |
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Halloween
(1978) A psychotic murderer institutionalized since childhood for the murder of his sister, escapes and stalks a bookish teenage girl and her friends while his doctor chases him through the streets. Dir: John Carpenter With: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tony Moran Horror 91 mins. |
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Caligula
(1979) Details the graphic and shocking, yet undeniably tragic story of Rome's most infamous Caesar, Gaius Germanicus Caligula. Dir: Tinto Brass With: Malcolm McDowell, Peter O'Toole, Helen Mirren Adult | Drama | History 156 mins. |
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Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
(1975) Four fascist libertines round up 9 teenages boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of physical, mental and sexual torture. Dir: Pier Paolo Pasolini With: Paolo Bonacelli, Giorgio Cataldi, Umberto Paolo Quintavalle Drama | Thriller | War 116 mins. |
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Lolita
(1962) A middle-aged college professor becomes infatuated with a 14-year-old nymphet. Dir: Stanley Kubrick With: James Mason, Shelley Winters, Sue Lyon Drama | Romance 152 mins. |
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MASH
(1970) The staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor and hijinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war. Dir: Robert Altman With: Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt Comedy | War | Drama 116 mins. |
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The Seventh Seal
(1957) A man seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague. Dir: Ingmar Bergman With: Max von Sydow, Gunnar Björnstrand, Bengt Ekerot Drama | Fantasy 96 mins. |
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Dirty Harry
(1971) When a mad man calling himself 'the Scorpio Killer' menaces the city, tough as nails San Francisco Police Inspector Harry Callahan is assigned to track down and ferret out the crazed psychopath. Dir: Don Siegel With: Clint Eastwood, Andrew Robinson, John Vernon Action | Crime | Thriller 102 mins. |
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A Streetcar Named Desire
(1951) Disturbed Blanche DuBois moves in with her sister in New Orleans and is tormented by her brutish brother-in-law while her reality crumbles around her. Dir: Elia Kazan With: Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter Drama 122 mins. |
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High Plains Drifter
(1973) A gunfighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago and is hired to bring the townsfolk together in an attempt to hold off three outlaws who are on their way. Dir: Clint Eastwood With: Clint Eastwood, Verna Bloom, Marianna Hill Western 105 mins. |
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Point Blank
(1967) After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the rather inconsequential sum of money that was stolen from him. Dir: John Boorman With: Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn Crime | Drama | Thriller 92 mins. |
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Saturday Night Fever
(1977) A Brooklyn youth feels his only chance to get somewhere is as the king of the disco floor. Dir: John Badham With: John Travolta, Karen Lynn Gorney, Barry Miller Drama | Music 118 mins. |
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Porky's
(1982) Set in 1954, a group of Florida high schoolers seek out to help a buddy lose his virginity, which leads them to seek revenge on a sleazy nightclub owner and his redneck sheriff brother for harassing them. Dir: Bob Clark With: Dan Monahan, Mark Herrier, Wyatt Knight Comedy 94 mins. |
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Cannibal Holocaust
(1980) A New York University professor returns from a rescue mission to the Amazon rainforest with the footage shot by a lost team of documentarians who were making a film about the area's local cannibal tribes. Dir: Ruggero Deodato With: Robert Kerman, Francesca Ciardi, Perry Pirkanen Adventure | Drama | Horror 95 mins. |
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The Omen
(1976) An American ambassador learns to his horror that his son is actually the literal Antichrist. Dir: Richard Donner With: Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, Harvey Stephens Horror | Mystery 111 mins. |
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Friday the 13th
(1980) Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning. Dir: Sean S. Cunningham With: Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Jeannine Taylor Horror 95 mins. |
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The Wild Bunch
(1969) An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them. Dir: Sam Peckinpah With: William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan Western 145 mins. |
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Bonnie and Clyde
(1967) A somewhat romanticized account of the career of the notoriously violent bank robbing couple and their gang. Dir: Arthur Penn With: Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard Biography | Crime | Drama 112 mins. |
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Midnight Cowboy
(1969) A naive male prostitute and his sickly friend struggle to survive on the streets of New York City. Dir: John Schlesinger With: Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Sylvia Miles Drama 113 mins. |
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Midnight Express
(1978) Story of a man who is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and thrown into prison. Dir: Alan Parker With: Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins Biography | Crime | Drama 121 mins. |
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Badlands
(1973) Based on the Starkweather-Fugate killing spree of the 1958, in which a fifteen-year-old girl and her twenty-five-year-old boyfriend slaughtered her entire family and several others in the Dakota badlands. Dir: Terrence Malick With: Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates Crime | Drama 94 mins. |
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Night of the Living Dead
(1968) A group of people hide from bloodthirsty zombies in a farmhouse. Dir: George A. Romero With: Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Karl Hardman Horror | Sci-Fi 96 mins. |
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Anatomy of a Murder
(1959) In a murder trial, the defendant says he suffered temporary insanity after the victim raped his wife. What is the truth, and will he win his case? Dir: Otto Preminger With: James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara Crime | Drama | Mystery 160 mins. |
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THX 1138
(1971) Set in the 25th century, the story centers around a man and a woman who rebel against their rigidly controlled society. Dir: George Lucas With: Robert Duvall, Donald Pleasence, Don Pedro Colley Sci-Fi | Thriller United States-GP 86 mins. |
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