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1. Singin' in the Rain

Apr 11, 1952 • Rated Passed

A silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.

2. Playtime

Jun 27, 1973 • Rated Not Rated

Monsieur Hulot curiously wanders around a high-tech Paris, paralleling a trip with a group of American tourists. Meanwhile, a nightclub/restaurant prepares its opening night, but it's still under construction.

3. City Lights

Mar 7, 1931 • Rated G

The Tramp (Charlie Chaplin) struggles to help a blind flower girl he has fallen in love with.

4. The Rules of the Game

Apr 8, 1950 • Rated Not Rated

A bourgeois life in France at the onset of World War II, as the rich and their poor servants meet up at a French chateau.

5. Pinocchio

Feb 23, 1940 • Rated Approved

A living puppet, with the help of a cricket as his conscience, must prove himself worthy to become a real boy.

6. Some Like It Hot

Mar 29, 1959 • Rated Approved

When two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.

7. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Jan 29, 1964 • Rated TV-PG

Through a series of military and political accidents, a psychotic general - U.S. Air Force Commander Jack D. Ripper (Hayden) - triggers an ingenious, irrevocable scheme to attack Russia's strategic targets with nuclear bombs. The U.S. President (Sellers) and Dr. Strangelove (Sellers), a wheelchair-bound nuclear scientist who has bizarre ideas about man's future, work with the Soviet premier in a desperate effort to save the world.

8. American Graffiti

Aug 11, 1973 • Rated PG

A couple of high school grads spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college.

9. Toy Story

Nov 22, 1995 • Rated G

Led by Woody, Andy's toys live happily in his room until Andy's birthday brings Buzz Lightyear onto the scene. Afraid of losing his place in Andy's heart, Woody plots against Buzz. But when circumstances separate Buzz and Woody from their owner, the duo eventually learns to put aside their differences. [Pixar]

10. The Shop Around the Corner

Jan 12, 1940 • Rated Approved

Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand each other, without realizing that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.

11. A Hard Day's Night

Aug 11, 1964 • Rated Approved

Meet the Beatles! Just one month after they exploded onto the U.S. scene with their Ed Sullivan Show appearance, John, Paul, George, and Ringo began working on a project that would bring their revolutionary talent to the big screen. A Hard Day’s Night, in which the bandmates play cheeky comic versions of themselves, captured the astonishing moment when they officially became the singular, irreverent idols of their generation and changed music forever.

12. Nashville

Jun 11, 1975 • Rated R

Over the course of a few hectic days, numerous interrelated people prepare for a political convention as secrets and lies are surfaced and revealed.

13. The Philadelphia Story

Dec 5, 1940 • Rated Approved

When a rich woman's ex-husband (Cary Grant) and a tabloid-type reporter (James Stewart) turn up just before her planned remarriage, she (Katherine Hepburn) begins to learn the truth about herself.

14. Ratatouille

Jun 29, 2007 • Rated G

Despite his sensational sniffer and sophisticated palate, Remy's dreams of becoming a chef seem hopeless due to one small detail--he's a rat! Through a twist of fate, he ends up in the world-famous restaurant of his late hero, Auguste Gusteau. With a dash of culinary courage and the help of garbage boy Linguini, Remy whips up exquisite meals that impress even the nasty chef Skinner and food critic Anton Ego. Together they conquer the kitchen and prove that big dreams can come true no matter how small you are. [Disney]

15. The Lady Eve

Mar 21, 1941 • Rated Approved

A trio of classy card sharks targets the socially awkward heir to brewery millions for his money, until one of them falls in love with him.

16. La Dolce Vita

Apr 19, 1961 • Rated Not Rated

A series of stories following a week in the life of a philandering paparazzo journalist (Marcello Mastroianni) living in Rome.

17. Inside Out

Jun 19, 2015 • Rated PG

Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it’s no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francisco. Like all of us, Riley is guided by her emotions: Joy (Amy Poehler), Fear (Bill Hader), Anger (Lewis Black), Disgust (Mindy Kaling) and Sadness (Phyllis Smith). The emotions live in Headquarters, the control center inside Riley’s mind, where they help advise her through everyday life. As Riley and her emotions struggle to adjust to a new life in San Francisco, turmoil ensues in Headquarters. Although Joy, Riley’s main and most important emotion, tries to keep things positive, the emotions conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house, and school. [Pixar]

18. Meet Me in St. Louis

Jan 1, 1945 • Rated Approved

Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.

19. Sideways

Oct 22, 2004 • Rated R

Two old friends set off on a wine-tasting road trip...only to veer dizzily sideways into a wry, comedic exploration of the crazy vicissitudes of love and friendship, the damnable persistence of loneliness and dreams and the enduring war between Pinot and Cabernet. [Fox Searchlight Pictures]

20. The Apartment

Jun 15, 1960 • Rated Approved

A man tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue.

21. Chimes at Midnight

Mar 17, 1967 • Rated Not Rated

The career of Shakespeare's Sir John Falstaff (Orson Welles) as a roistering companion to young Prince Hal (Keith Baxter), circa 1400 to 1413.

22. La La Land

Dec 9, 2016 • Rated PG-13

Mia (Emma Stone), an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions, and Sebastian (Ryan Gosling), a dedicated jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail piano gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.

23. Lady Bird

Nov 3, 2017 • Rated R

Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson (Saoirse Ronan) fights against but is exactly like her wildly loving, deeply opinionated and strong-willed mom (Laurie Metcalf), a nurse working tirelessly to keep her family afloat after Lady Bird's father (Tracy Letts) loses his job. Set in Sacramento, California in 2002, amidst a rapidly shifting American economic landscape, Lady Bird is an affecting look at the relationships that shape us, the beliefs that define us, and the unmatched beauty of a place called home. [A24]

24. Duck Soup

Nov 17, 1933 • Rated Approved

Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale.

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