Friday, January 30, 2009

American Film Institute: 100 Years... 100 Movies

Looking for the best movies out there? Check out one of AFI's top 100 movies.

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Citizen Kane
By Welles, Orson
2001/09 - Turner Home Ent.
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An all-powerful press magnate, Kane, dies in his fabulous castle Xanadu, his last word being "Rosebud", which leads a reporter to seek the meaning behind the word and find the meaning of Kane. Prominent publisher, William Randolph Hearst, saw the film as a thinly disguised version of his career and attempted to suppress it ...More

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The Godfather
By Coppola, Francis Ford
2004/05 - Paramount Home Video
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The Corleone family nearly falls from power in America but rises to observe the passage of rites from father to son. There is a balance between family life and the ugly business of crime in which they are engaged. ...More

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Casablanca
By Curtiz, Michael
2004/02 - Warner Studios
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Set in World War II, a bitter nightclub owner helps his former lover and her Resistance-hero husband escape from the Nazis. Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman star in this romantic film that won the Academy Award for best picture in 1943. ...More

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By Scorsese, Martin
Niro, Robert de
Moriarty, Cathy
2008/05 - Tcfhe/MGM
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Graphic biography of 1949-51 WBA middleweight boxing champion Jake LaMotta. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Best actor Oscar for De Niro. ...More

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Singin' in the Rain
By Donen, Stanley
2000/06 - Warner Home Video
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Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Donald O'Connor combine their talents in one of the best musicals ever made. When Hollywood attempts the transition from silent movies to talkies, matinee idol Kelly hopes to make the cut. ...More


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