Movie List
It Happened One Night
1934
Director: Frank Capra
Stars Clarke Gable, Claudette Colbert
Comedy, Romance
His Girl Friday
1940
Director: Howard Hawks
Stars Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell
Comedy, Romance
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
Director: Frank Capra
Stars James Stewart, Donna Reed
Drama
Red River
1948
Director: Howard Hawks
Stars John Wayne, Water Brennan
Western
The African Queen
1951
Director: John Huston
Stars Humphrey Bogart, Katherine Hepburn
Romance, War
Singing in the Rain
1952
Director: Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen
Stars Gene Kelly
Musical
War of the Worlds
1953
Director: Byron Haskin
SciFi
Them!
1954
Director: Gordon Douglas
SciFi
To Catch a Thief
1955
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Stars Cary Grant, Grace Kelly
Crime
The Searchers
1956
Director: John Ford
Stars John Wayne
Western
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957
Director: David Lean
Stars William Holden, Alec Guinness
War
Ben Hur
1959
Director: William Wyler
Stars Charlton Heston
Drama
Rio Bravo
1959
Director: Howard Hawks
Stars John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson
Western
The Magnificent Seven
1960
Director: John Sturges
Stars Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Eli Wallach, & more
Western
To Kill a Mockingbird
1962
Director: Robert Mulligan
Stars Gregory Peck
Drama, Crime
The Birds
1963
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Horror
The Sound of Music
1965
Director: Robert Wise
Stars Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer
Musical
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
1967
Director: Stanley Kramer
Stars Sidney Poitier, Spencer Tracy
Comedy
The Green Berets
1968
Directors: John Wayne, Ray Kellogg
Stars John Wayne
War
Patton
1970
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Stars George C. Scott
War, Biopic
The Godfather
1972
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Stars Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, and more
Crime
Apocalypse Now
1979
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Stars Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall
War
The Princess Bride
1987
Director: Rob Reiner
Stars Cary Elwes
Romance, Fantasy
Chaplin
1992
Director: Richard Attenborough
Stars Robert Downey, Jr.
Biopic
Amistad
1997
Director: Steven Spielberg
Stars Morgan Freedman, Matthew McConaughey, Anthony Hopkins
Biopic
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002
Director: Peter Jackson
All star cast including Viggo Mortensen, Andy Serkis, Orlando Bloom
Fantasy
My Man Godfrey
1936
Director: Gregory La Cava
Stars William Powell, Carole Lombard
Comedy, Romance
The Maltese Falcon
1941
Director: John Huston
Stars Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor
Crime
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1947
Director: John Huston
Stars Humphrey Bogart
Western
Rope
1948
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Stars James Stewart
Crime
Bend of the River
1952
Director: Anthony Mann
Stars James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Julia Adams, Rock Hudson
Western
Roman Holiday
1953
Director: William Wyler
Stars Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn
Comedy, Romance
Creature from the Black Lagoon
1954
Director: Jack Arnold
Stars Julia Adams, Richard Carlson
Horror
The Desperate Hours
1955
Director: William Wyler
Stars Humphrey Bogart, Arthur Kennedy
Crime
Forbidden Planet
1956
Director: Fred Wilcox
SciFi
War and Peace
1956
Director: King Vidor
Stars Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda
War, Romance
The Big Country
1958
Director: William Wyler
Stars Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Burl Ives
Western
North by Northwest
1959
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Stars Cary Grant
Drama
Psycho
1960
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Horror
The Guns of Navarone
1961
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Stars Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony Quinn
War
Charade
1963
Director: Stanley Donen
Stars Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant & more
Crime, Romance
The Great Escape
1963
Director: John Sturges
All star cast including Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough
War, True Story
The Sand Pebbles
1966
Director: Robert Wise
Stars Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough
War
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968
Director: Sergio Leone
Stars Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, and more
Western
Where Eagles Dare
1968
Director: Brian G. Hutton
Stars Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood
War
Rio Lobo
1971
Director: Howard Hawks
Stars John Wayne
Western
The Godfather: Part II
1974
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Stars Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, and more
Crime
The Final Countdown
1980
Director: Don Taylor
Stars Kirk Douglass, Martin Sheen
War, SciFi
Glory
1989
Director: Edward Zwick
Stars Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman, Cary Elwes
War, True Story
Gettysburg
1993
Director: Ronald F. Maxwell
All star cast includes Martin Sheen, Tom Berenger, Sam Elliott, Jeff Daniels
War, True Story
The Truman Show
1998
Director: Peter Weir
Comedy
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003
Director: Peter Jackson
All star cast including Viggo Mortensen, Andy Serkis, Orlando Bloom
Fantasy
Stagecoach
1939
Director: John Ford
Stars John Wayne, Claire Trevor
Western
Casablanca
1942
Director: Michael Curtiz
Stars Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Berman
Drama, Romance
Fort Apache
1948
Director: John Ford
Stars John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple
Western
Winchester '73
1950
Director: Anthony Mann
Stars James Stewart
Western
High Noon
1952
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Stars Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly
Western
Stalag 17
1953
Director: Billy Wilder
Stars William Holden
War, Comedy
Rear Window
1954
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Stars James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Raymond Burr
Crime
The Trouble with Harry
1955
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Crime
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956
Director: Don Siegel
SciFi
An Affair to Remember
1957
Director: Leo McCarey
Stars Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr
Romance
Vertigo
1958
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Stars James Stewart
Drama
Operation Petticoat
1959
Director: Blake Edwards
Stars Cary Grant, Tony Curtis
Comedy, Romance
Spartacus
1960
Director Stanley Kubrick
Stars Kirk Douglas, Laurence Oliver, Jean Simmons, Tony Curtis
War
Hatari!
1962
Director: Howard Hawks
Stars John Wayne
Romance, Drama, Comedy
McLintock!
1963
Director: Andrew McLaglen
Stars John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara
Romance, Comedy, Western
Marnie
1964
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Stars Sean Connery
Crime
El Dorado
1967
Director: Howard Hawks
Stars John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, James Caan
Western
Planet of the Apes
1968
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Stars Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall
SciFi
True Grit
1969
Director: Henry Hathaway
Stars John Wayne, Glen Campbell, Bruce Dern
Western
Jeremiah Johnson
1972
Director: Sydney Pollack
Stars Robert Redford
War
Midway
1976
Director: Jack Smight
All star cast including Henry Fonda, Charlton Heston, Glenn Ford, Robert Mitchum and more
War, True Story
The Scarlet and the Black
1983
Director: Jerry London
Stars Gregory Peck
War, True Story
The Hunt for Red October
1990
Director: John McTiernan
Stars Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin
War
Schindler's List
1993
Director: Steven Spielberg
Stars Liam Neeson
War
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
Director: Peter Jackson
All star cast including Viggo Mortensen, Andy Serkis, Orlando Bloom
Fantasy
The Dark Knight
2008
Director: Christopher Nolan
Stars Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Heath Ledger, Morgan Freeman
Crime, Superhero
The Intervention of the Sabine Women by Jacques-Louis David
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