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Citizen Kane
1941 · Drama
Vertigo
1958 · Mystery
Cavalcade
1933 · Drama
Sunrise
1927 · Drama
The Star
1952 · Drama
Young Man with a Horn
1950 · Biography
The Old Man and the Sea
1958 · Adventure
They Died with Their Boots On
1942 · War
Three Godfathers
1936 · Action
Ride the High Country
1962 · Drama
Sweet Bird of Youth
1962 · Drama
Waterloo Bridge
1940 · Drama
Lust for Life
1956 · Biography
The Entertainer
1960 · Drama
Some Came Running
1958 · Drama
The Blood of a Poet
1933 · Fantasy
Knights of the Round Table
1954 · Action
Alfie
1966 · Drama
From Here to Eternity
1953 · Drama
Valley of the Dolls
1967 · Drama
East of Eden
1955 · Drama
The Nun's Story
1959 · Drama
Hud
1963 · Drama
Who's That Knocking at My Door?
1968 · Drama
The Misfits
1961 · Drama
Far from the Madding Crowd
1967 · Drama
The End of Summer
1962 · Drama
Ikiru
1956 · Drama
Imitation of Life
1959 · Drama
Man of a Thousand Faces
1957 · Biography
Cléo from 5 to 7
1962 · Drama
Doctor Zhivago
1965 · Drama
Splendor in the Grass
1961 · Drama
Salesman
1969 · Drama
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962 · Drama
El Cid
1961 · Adventure
The Seventh Seal
1958 · Drama
Wild Strawberries
1959 · Drama
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
1951 · Drama
The Rules of the Game
1950 · Drama
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