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    The King of Comedy (1983)

    A desperate would-be comic (Robert De Niro) hounds a late-night talk-show host (Jerry Lewis) for a...

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    Fort Apache (1948)

    An Arizona cavalry captain (John Wayne) sees his stubborn colonel (Henry Fonda) lead troops into a...

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    Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1927)

    An enslaved Jewish prince (Ramon Novarro) meets his Roman betrayer (Francis X. Bushman) in a chariot...

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    Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)

    Florida gigolo Chance Wayne (Paul Newman) brings home ex-screen queen Alexandra Del Lago (Geraldine...

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    Amadeus (1984)

    Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham), court composer in Vienna, confesses in old age to his sins...

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    Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)

    Two overbearing mothers try to help their daughters win a beauty contest for the title of Dairy...

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    Star! (1968)

    English actress Gertrude Lawrence (Julie Andrews) reviews her musical career as a London and...

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    Billie

    A mayoral candidate (Jim Backus) and his wife (Jane Greer) fret over their tomboy daughter (Patty...

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    Saturday Night Fever (1977)

    A Brooklyn paint-store clerk (John Travolta) dons a white suit and becomes king of the dance floor...

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    Rudy (1993)

    With heart and determination an Illinois youth (Sean Astin) tackles shortcomings to play Notre Dame...

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    All the King's Men

    Power and ambition corrupt an idealistic Southern politician. Winner of three Oscars, including best...

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    Stage Door (1937)

    New York chorus girls (Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers) room at a theatrical boardinghouse while...

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    The Devil's Advocate (1997)

    A hotshot lawyer gets more than he bargained for when he learns his new boss is Lucifer himself.

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    The Sundowners (1960)

    Irish sheepherders (Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum) roam with their son and helper (Peter Ustinov),...

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    Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)

    A TV adman (Tony Randall) gets a key to the executive washroom for persuading a Hollywood sexpot...

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    St. Elmo's Fire (1985)

    A sax player (Rob Lowe), a party girl (Demi Moore), a writer (Andrew McCarthy) and other aimless...

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    Sweet Dreams (1985)

    Country singer Patsy Cline (Jessica Lange) puts up with her husband (Ed Harris) and life on the...

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    The Goddess (1958)

    A portrait of a woman as she rises from squalor in a Southern slum to become one of the hottest...

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    Wall Street (1987)

    Oliver Stone's tale of the career of an ambitious stockbroker and his involvement with a ruthless...

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    The Muse (1999)

    A desperate screenwriter (Albert Brooks) with writer's block meets a Greek muse (Sharon Stone)...

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    The Long, Hot Summer (1958)

    A small-town Mississippi boss tries to pair his daughter (Joanne Woodward) with an enigmatic drifter...

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    Show People (1928)

    A Southern girl (Marion Davies) comes to Hollywood, falls for a slapstick comic (William Haines) and...

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    Death of a Salesman

    Middle-aged Willy Loman (Fredric March) reflects on lost opportunites, shattered dreams and his...

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    Arabesque (1966)

    A U.S. professor (Gregory Peck) at Oxford turns spy with the mistress (Sophia Loren) of a plotting...

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    Tower of London (1962)

    Roger Corman's remake of the 1939 classic about Richard III's murderous rise to power in...

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    Swimming With Sharks (1995)

    A fed-up film-school graduate (Frank Whaley) makes his abusive boss (Kevin Spacey) pay for all the...

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    Billy Liar (1963)

    A British undertaker's clerk (Tom Courtenay) lies to his girlfriends and dreams of a land where he...

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    To Die For (1995)

    Observers recall the relationship between a slain small-town bartender (Matt Dillon) and his...

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    julien donkey-boy (1999)

    A teenager (Ewen Bremmer) struggles to exist amid a perverse and dysfunctional family.

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    Antitrust (2001)

    The billionaire founder of a software corporation offers a lucrative position to an idealistic...