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An American in Paris (1951) film poster

An American in Paris (1951)

Vincente Minnelli's 1951 Gershwin musical. Gene Kelly as American painter in Paris.

Witness for the Prosecution (1957) film poster

Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

1957 Billy Wilder courtroom drama from Agatha Christie. Charles Laughton as defense barrister, Marlene Dietrich as the wife.

Anatomy of a Murder (1959) film poster

Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

1959 Otto Preminger courtroom drama with James Stewart as small-town Michigan lawyer defending an Army officer charged with murder. Anatomy of a Murder is Otto Preminger's 1959 American courtroom drama adapting Robert Traver's 1958 novel.

The Caine Mutiny (1954) film poster

The Caine Mutiny (1954)

1954 Edward Dmytryk courtroom drama with Humphrey Bogart as paranoid Captain Queeg. The strawberries, the ball bearings, the mutiny.

Wild Strawberries (1957) film poster

Wild Strawberries (1957)

Bergman's 1957 Swedish drama. An aging professor's day-long road trip to accept an honorary degree.

The 400 Blows (1959) film poster

The 400 Blows (1959)

Truffaut's 1959 French New Wave foundation. Jean-Pierre Léaud as Antoine Doinel.

Throne of Blood (1957) film poster

Throne of Blood (1957)

Kurosawa's 1957 Macbeth set in feudal Japan. The arrow finale is among the most committed practical-effects sequences ever filmed.

Vertigo (1958) film poster

Vertigo (1958)

Hitchcock's 1958 obsession thriller. Stewart, Novak, San Francisco.

Sunset Boulevard (1950) film poster

Sunset Boulevard (1950)

Wilder's 1950 Hollywood gothic. Sunset Boulevard is the Billy Wilder film noir that became Hollywood's most lacerating film about itself.

Some Like It Hot (1959) film poster

Some Like It Hot (1959)

Wilder's 1959 cross-dressing comedy. Lemmon and Curtis on the run, Monroe in her last great performance.

North by Northwest (1959) film poster

North by Northwest (1959)

Hitchcock's 1959 spy thriller. Grant as the wrong man, Saint as the mystery woman, Mason as the urbane villain.

Orpheus (1950) film poster

Orpheus (1950)

Cocteau's 1950 mythology drama. Marais as the poet, Casarès as Death.