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Animation, Adventure, Drama

Poster by Jensen Farley Pictures

The Last Unicorn (1982)

A brave unicorn (Mia Farrow) and a magician (Alan Arkin) fight an evil King (Sir Christopher Lee), who is obsessed with attempting to capture the world’s unicorns.

Starring: Jeff Bridges, Mia Farrow, Angela Lansbury

Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.

 

Family, Sci-Fi

Poster by Universal Pictures

E.T. the Extra Terrestrial (1982)

A troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape Earth and return to his home world.

Starring: Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Peter Coyote, Dee Wallace

Director: Steven Spielberg 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Poster by Universal Pictures

Back to the Future (1985)

Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent thirty years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the eccentric scientist Doc Brown.

Starring: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson

Director: Robert Zemeckis

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drama, Romance

Poster by Paramount Pictures

Forrest Gump (1994)

The presidencies of Kennedy and Johnson, the events of Vietnam, Watergate, and other historical events unfold through the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, whose only desire is to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.

Starring: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Sally Field

Director: Robert Zemeckis 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drama

Poster by Columbia Pictures

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency.

Starring: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler

Director: Frank Darabont

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drama, Mystery

Poster by Mercury Productions

Citizen Kane (1941)

Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance; ‘Rosebud’.

Starring: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead

Director: Orson Welles

 

 

 

 

 

 

Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller

Poster by London Film Productions

The third man (1949)

Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime.

Starring: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Trevor Howard

Director: Carol Reed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Action, Adventure, Drama

Poster by Toho Company

Seven Samurai (1954)

A poor village under attack by bandits recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves.

Starring: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima

Director: Akira Kurosawa

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mystery, Thriller

Poster by Paramount Pictures

Rear Window (1954)

 

A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.

Starring: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter

Director: Alfred Hitchcock 

 

 

 

 

 

Crime, Drama

Poster by Paramount Pictures

The Godfather (1972)

The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.

Starring: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Diane Keaton

Director: Francis Ford Coppola