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Year
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Description
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Entree
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1946
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Three veterans return from WWII and are forced to readjust to society and civilian life.
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The Best Years of Our Lives
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1942
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An American expatriate must choose between their love for a woman and helping her husband continue his fight against the Nazis.
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Casablanca
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1941
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A reporter investigates the death of a newspaper magnate as they attempt to piece together the meaning of the victim's last words.
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Citizen Kane
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1928
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A man with big dreams find themselves trapped in a dead-end existence as a low-level worker in a rocky marriage.
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The Crowd
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1964
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A mentally unstable U.S. general orders a preemptive nuclear attack on the Soviet Union as incompetent politicians try to stop him.
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Dr. Strangelove
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1927
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A railway engineer from the South pursues Union spies after they steal his beloved locomotive that had his fiancée aboard.
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The General
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1939
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A strong-willed woman survives poverty and maintains her plantation as she navigates unrequited love and a tumultuous marriage.
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Gone With the Wind
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1940
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An American family lose their farm amidst the Great Depression and experience an arduous journey as they travel to California for work.
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The Grapes of Wrath
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1952
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The sense of duty of a marshal is tested when he must choose between stopping a gang of vicious outlaws alone or leaving town with his wife.
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High Noon
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1916
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Features four interconnected stories that details how humans are inhuman to other humans. Settings include Babylon, Judea, France, and California.
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Intolerance
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1969
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An African-American teen navigating racial prejudice witnesses his friend's father murder someone. What ensues after alters his world.
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The Learning Tree
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1941
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After the murder of his partner, a detective gets entangled in a web of deception tied to a priceless statuette.
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The Maltese Falcon
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1936
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A man, overwhelmed by the difficulties of modern life, is repeatedly sent to prison where he forms a friendship with an orphan girl.
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Modern Times
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1939
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An newly-appointed and idealistic U.S. senator must fight against government corruption in relation to a dam project.
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
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1922
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A documentary that depicts the lifestyles of the Inuit people and their approach to construction, hunting, and fishing.
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Nanook of the North
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1954
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A dockworker witnesses the murder of a longshoreman and teams up with the victim's sister and a priest to ruin the mob boss responsible for the crime.
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On the Waterfront
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1956
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A bitter Civil War veteran spends five years tracking Comanche warriors after they kill his brother's family and kidnap his niece.
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The Searchers
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1952
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Amidst the transition from silent films to "talkies," a movie star discovers that his coworker cannot sing resulting in her being replaced by a young actress.
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Singin' in the Rain
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1937
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A jealous queen orders the murder of her stepdaughter, who after eating a poisoned apple falls into a death-like sleep that can only be broken by a prince.
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
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1959
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Two friends witness a mafia hit and disguise themselves as women to escape. They join an all-female jazz band and navigate unexpected drama.
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Some Like It Hot
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1977
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A young man is recruited by a peacekeeper from an extinct order to rescue a princess who was recently captured by the intergalactic empire.
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Star Wars
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1927
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A farmer bored with life falls in love with a city girl who convinces him to murder his wife. After his wife runs away, he must regain her trust once more.
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Sunrise
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1950
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A struggling screenwriter stumbles into the mansion of a decaying silent film star. The film star's obsession with fame results in the screenwriter's death.
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Sunset Boulevard
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1958
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An ex-police officer with acrophobia finds himself involved in a complicated murder mystery. After the victim reappears alive, the mystery begins to unravel.
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Vertigo
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1939
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A Kansas farm girl and her dog are transported to a foreign magical land. As they try to go home, they befriend a scarecrow, tin man, and a lion.
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The Wizard of Oz
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