Must See Classics (41 titles)
Great films from across the decades
79% from 11 members
The Night Of The Hunter
Directed by Charles Laughton, it's a dark tale with intense imagery. Haunting.
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The Night Of The Hunter
on DVD
(1955)
Starring: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish
Director: Charles Laughton
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In this eerie meditation on good and evil, a schizophrenic preacher--possibly the devil himself--relentlessly hunts two small children (Billy Chapin and Sally Jane Bruce) across the Depression-era Bible Belt to get at their dead father's stolen fortune. In Robert Mitchum's career-defining role as ..read more »
71%
from 6,212 members
Hue and Cry
Evoking post-war London when bomb-sites had become playgrounds. Wonderfully over-the-top performance by Alastair Sim.
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Hue and Cry
on DVD
(1947)
Starring: Alastair Sim, Harry Fowler, Douglas Barr
Director: Charles Crichton
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A gang of street boys foil a master crook who sends commands for robberies by cunningly altering a comic strip's wording each week, unknown to writer and printer. The first of the Ealing comedies.
66%
from 933 members
Lawrence Of Arabia
Simply majestic and masterful
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Lawrence Of Arabia
on DVD
(1962)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quinn
Director: David Lean
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David Lean's masterpiece--perhaps the greatest of screen epics--stars Peter O'Toole in one of the most electrifying debuts in film history. The film is less an ordinary adventure than an experience that leaves an overwhelming sense of the struggle between two powerful forces: the Arabian deserts, ..read more »
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from 19,398 members
A Canterbury Tale
Another unique mystical story via Powell and Pressburger. Beneath a far-fetched plot lie profound messages on pilgrimage, destiny and our place in history.
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A Canterbury Tale
on DVD
(1944)
Starring: Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
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While World War II rages, an American G.I. and three Britons find themselves en route to the hallowed cathedral on the same Pilgrims' way taken by travelers some 600 years before and reported in Chaucer's epic poem.
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from 1,279 member
Withnail And I
One of the most-quoted films it is surely a modern classic
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Withnail And I
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Paul McGann, Richard E. Grant, Richard Griffiths
Director: Bruce Robinson
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WITHNAIL AND I is a quirky semiautobiographical account of filmmaker Bruce Robinson's early years as an actor. In 1969 London, two unemployed thespians--Withnail (Richard E. Grant) and Marwood (Paul McGann)--take a holiday in the Lake District at the home of Withnail's uncle Monty (Richard ..read more »
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from 27,237 members
Far From The Madding Crowd
Script, direction, music, cinematography, ensemble cast all combine to provide a superb telling of Hardy's classic.
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Far From The Madding Crowd
on DVD
(1967)
Starring: Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Terence Stamp
Director: John Schlesinger
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In rural Victorian England, circa 1865, a headstrong young woman inherits her dead uncle's farm in Wessex. Soon after her arrival, three very different men begin to pursue her: a failed sheep farmer; a wealthy landowner; and the one she falls in love with, a reckless military sergeant whose ..read more »
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from 1,452 member
The Birdcage
OK, not really a classic and some may hate it, but as a masterclass in comic timing from Nathan Lane, it deserves to be seen.
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The Birdcage
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Robin Williams, Gene Hackman, Dianne Wiest
Director: Mike Nichols
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In Mike Nichols's hilarious remake of the 1978 French comedy LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, Robin Williams stars as Armand Goldman, a gay cabaret owner who lives in Miami's South Beach with his partner, Albert (Nathan Lane), the club's star performer. Armand and Albert must try in vain to pass as a typical ..read more »
67%
from 7,747 members
Whistle Down The Wind
Excellent direction of child actors lifts a simple yet dramatic story to memorable moving heights.
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Whistle Down The Wind
on DVD
(1961)
Starring: Alan Bates, Hayley Mills, Bernard Lee
Director: Bryan Forbes
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Three motherless children believe that the murderer they found sheltering in a barn is really Christ. A thoughtful study of childhood innocence and simple faith. Based on a novel by Mary Hayley Bell.
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from 1,025 member
I Know Where I'm Going
Known as IKWIG by its fans who tour the locations 60 years on, another Powell and Pressburger classic where ordinary people and grand landscapes merge to describe life changing emotions.
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I Know Where I'm Going
on DVD
(1945)
Starring: Wendy Hiller, Roger Livesey, Pamela Brown
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
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Joan has known what she wants since early childhood. Now she's about to marry a millionaire, but a storm strands her on a Hebridean island and the forces of nature conspire to change her mind.
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from 1,246 member
The Haunting
In the horror genre this film proves you don't need CGI and fake blood to frighten
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The Haunting
on DVD
(1963)
Starring: Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson
Director: Robert Wise
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Dr Markway (Richard Johnson), a paranormal investigator, invites a pair of psychic researchers to help him examine the restless spirits at Hill House, a sinister family estate haunted by the angry souls from its troubled past. The owner insists her nephew (Russ Tamblyn) join the team of Theodora (..read more »
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from 2,100 members
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