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Star Wars IV: A New Hope

When one examines the roster of the tens of thousands of motion pictures produced since the late 1800s, not many stand out as trailblazers. One of the few inarguable members of that select cadre is George Lucas' soaring 1977 space opera, Star ...

Run Time: 2:09
U.S. Release Date: 1977-05-25
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION
Director: George Lucas
Cast: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, ...
Princess Bride, The

"My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die." When William Goldman wrote those words, he did not intend for them to become a fragment of '80s pop culture. When Mandy Patinkin spoke those words, he didn't expect his every i...

Run Time: 1:38
U.S. Release Date: 1987-09-25
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: FANTASY/COMEDY
Director: Rob Reiner
Cast: Wallace Shawn, Billy Crystal, Mel Smith, ...
Jaws

In addition to scaring the living daylights out of millions of movie-goers and putting a cramp in the revenue stream of nearly every North American beach resort, two significant developments can be attributed to Jaws. With its more than $250 milli...

Run Time: 2:04
U.S. Release Date: 1975-06-20
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence, Brief Nudity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, ...
Lawrence of Arabia

The historical epic has been a staple of the motion picture industry since the silent era. Over the years, it has evolved to mesh with the times and meet audiences' expectations. Viewers in the 1910s got D.W. Griffith's racist Birth of a Nation, ...

Run Time: 3:37
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: ADVENTURE
Director: David Lean
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, ...
Close Encounters of the Third Kind

In late 1977, everyone seemed to believe this. Although UFOs have been a popular subject for speculation, rumination, and investigation for more than 50 years, at no time was the phenomenon more popular than during the 1970s. Along with the Loch ...

Run Time: 2:15
U.S. Release Date: 1977-12-14
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Mature Themes)
Genre: Science Fiction
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Teri Garr, ...
Raiders of the Lost Ark

Spoilers Ahoy!: The assumption is that everyone reading this review has seen Raiders of the Lost Ark. The review discusses in frank detail things about the ending, so, if you haven't seen the film and don't want its secrets spoiled, watch the mov...

Run Time: 1:55
U.S. Release Date: 1981-06-12
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Harrison Ford, John Rhys-Davies, Karen Allen, ...
Jean de Florette

WARNING! Heavy spoilers ahead! Beginning with the fifth paragraph, this review reveals details about key plot points and the endings of both Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources. Proceed at your own risk. Although released with a three mon...

Run Time: 2:00
U.S. Release Date: 1987-06-26
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Mature Themes)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Claude Berri
Cast: Gerard Depardieu, Yves Montand, Daniel Auteuil, ...
Manon des Sources

WARNING! Heavy spoilers ahead! Beginning with the fifth paragraph, this review reveals details about key plot points and the endings of both Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources. Proceed at your own risk. Although released with a three mon...

Run Time: 1:53
U.S. Release Date: 1987-11-05
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Nudity, Mature Themes)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Claude Berri
Cast: Yves Montand, Daniel Auteuil, Elisabeth Depardieu, ...
2001: A Space Odyssey

Perhaps it takes the passage of time to gain the perspective to call some films great. Certain movies, despite being ridiculed upon their initial release, have been "re-discovered" years later and labeled as forgotten classics. It's a universal t...

Run Time: 2:19
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, ...
Rear Window

For several years now, the Alfred Hitchcock canon available in video stores has been incomplete. While most of the Master of Suspense's great works have been easily obtainable, Rear Window has been conspicuous by its absence. (This became a sourc...

Run Time: 1:53
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: James Stewart, Grace Kelley, Wendell Corey, ...