1,310 Movies

What qualifies a film for a "must-see" movie list? The movies shown here have been compiled from four of those lists, so let's find out.

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This was Kelly’s last film before becoming Princess of Monaco.

High Society | 1956

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Laura | 1944

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Rita Hayworth plays the rich older woman keeping Frank Sinatra as her boy toy. In real life, Hayworth was only in her late 30s when she made this film and was three years younger than Sinatra.

Pal Joey | 1957

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“ You know, somewhere in the world there's a right girl for every boy. I guess I found the one for me before I even met you. I tried, but I can't forget her. But don't you worry. You'll find your guy. You're a nice girl Lucy.”~ Gabey (Gene Kelly)  

On the Town | 1949

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“You're a good-looking boy: you've big, broad shoulders. But he's a man. And it takes more than big, broad shoulders to make a man.” ~Helen (Katy Jurado)

High Noon | 1952

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“Hit him again, Smitty!”~ Irving Radovich (Eddie Albert)

Roman Holiday | 1953

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“O.K. Fatso, if it's killin' ya want, come on.” ~ Sergeant Warden (Burt Lancaster)

From Here To Eternity | 1953

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“I’m impatient with stupidity. My people have learned to live without it.” Klaatu (Michael Rennie)

The Day the Earth Stood Still | 1951

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“Funny business, a woman’s career - the things you drop on your way up the ladder so you can move faster. You forget you’ll need them again when you get back to being a woman. That’s one career all females have in common, whether we like it or not: being a woman. Sooner or later, we’ve got to work at it, no matter how many other careers we’ve had or wanted. And in the last analysis, nothing’s any good unless you can look up just before dinner or turn around in bed, and there he is. Without that, you’re not a woman. You’re something with a French provincial office or a book full of clippings, but you’re not a woman. Slow curtain, the end.” ~Margo Channing (Bette Davis)

All About Eve | 1950

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“All right, Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my close-up.” ~Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson)

Sunset Boulevard | 1950

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“So when this drunk handed me a ten spot after a request, I couldn’t get very excited. What was it I asked myself? A piece of paper crawling with germs. Couldn’t buy anything I wanted.” ~Al Roberts (Tom Neal)

Detour | 1945

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The movie is pervaded by a mass of longing, of lost youthful dreams, and of desires that can never be fulfilled.

Pepe le moko | 1937

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“It does not do to dwell on dreams, Harry, and forget to live.” ~Albus Dumbledore (Richard Harris)

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone | 2001

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“Years passed, with Sundays as bleak as Mondays.”

A Day in the Country | 1936

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“For all you know, I may murder a woman a week.” ~Richard Hannay (Robert Donat)

Hitchcock appears fleetingly about seven minutes in, discarding a cigarette pack as a bus draws up.

The 39 Steps | 1935

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Stanley Kubrick once said that he decided to give up making crime films after seeing Bob the Gambler.

Bob le flambeur | 1955

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Truman Capote was a collaborator on this witty, bitter script.

Beat the Devil | 1953