Movie Recommendations

Can one word sum up an entire life, particularly one as complex as that of William Randolph Hearst—uh, Charles Foster Kane? More than 70 years later, the cinematography, direction, and script are still ground-breaking.

Bittersweet story of nebbish Woody Allen’s agreement to front for a blacklisted friend in the 1950s.

The first film to win all top five Oscars; Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert initiate the screwball romantic comedy in this gem.

Henry Fonda repeats his Broadway turn as a naval officer stuck on a cargo ship at the tail-end of WW II. William Powell and Jack Lemmon keep the proceedings fun.

Ronald Colman plays a Ruritanian prince and the English lookalike who must replace him when brother Black Michael has the prince kidnapped in a bid for the throne. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. steals the show as the wily Rupert of Hentzau.

Trucking legend Burt Reynolds and bride-on-the-run Sally Fields are running bootleg liquor on a bet while eluding Sheriff Jackie Gleason.

Seminal account of a lawyer’s attempts to combat racial prejudice in his town and raise two children to be fair and honorable.

Spencer Tracy is the only man to get off the train in Black Rock in years. His questions about a local Japanese farmer light a hidden keg of resentment, guilt, and fear.

After UFO flybys, Richard Dreyfus and other witnesses become obsessed with a mountainous shape and a five-note musical theme.

Charming English film about a race from Brighton to London in antique 1904 automobiles.