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1) Wings
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Two young men who love the same girl join the Air Service during World War I. Includes early aviation combat flying sequences.
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This is the first musical to win a Best Picture Oscar. Anita Page and Bessie Love star as two sisters in love with the same man.
4) Cimarron
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Saga of forty years of a pioneer family's life in Oklahoma, beginning with the land rush of 1889.
5) Grand Hotel
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The all-star cast portrays patrons of the posh Grand Hotel-- Garbo is a world-weary ballerina, Barrymore is a Baron who must resort to cat burglary for cash and Barrymore is a dying man who wants to spend his last days in style.
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A rich young woman marries an idle playboy against her father's will. Her father holds her captive on his yacht but she escapes and, while on her way to New York, becomes entangled with an unemployed news reporter.
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In 1789, the HMS Bounty sets sail under Captain William Bligh. Bligh is the cruelest taskmaster and his cruelties become more than first mate Christian can bear. After the Captain causes the death of the ship's doctor, the crew stage a mutiny, with Christian in charge. Bligh is set adrift in an open boat with a handful of his loyal officers and limited supplies.
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Ziegfeld is a theatrical impresario, whose show business empire begins when he stage-manages a tour for a strongman. With almost no money in the bank, he charms European stage star Anna Held to headline his "Follies". From 1907, Ziegfeld stages annual editions of Broadway's most fabulous revue. Eventually, Ziegfeld abandons Anna in favor of other beauties. Ziegfeld comes to realize that his new romance with Follies-girl Audrey Dane, is all wrong,...
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Explores the career of the novelist who championed the cause of France's oppressed.
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Comedy in which the daughter of an eccentric family falls for the son of a wealthy New York family.
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Scarlett O'Hara is the daughter of a wealthy southern plantation owner. Ashley is the love of her life, but he is going to marry his cousin Melanie Hamilton. At a barbecue at Twelve Oaks, Scarlett meets Rhett Butler. News of the Civil War starting arrives at the barbecue. As the war continues, Scarlett becomes a widow, all while still pining for Ashley. After the war, Scarlett travels to her family's plantation only to find it in ruins, with no food,...
15) Casablanca
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Casablanca: easy to enter, but much harder to leave, especially if you're wanted by the Nazis. Such a man is Resistance leader Victor Laszlo, whose only hope is Rick Blaine, a cynical American who sticks his neck out for no one - especially Victor's wife Ilsa, the ex-lover who broke his heart. Ilsa offers herself in exchange for Laszlo's transport out of the country and bitter Rick must decide what counts more - personal happiness or countless lives...
16) Going my way
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Father O'Malley is a young priest. He is new to an established but financially flailing parish. When his philosophies on how to relieve the parish's financial troubles come into conflict with those of crumudgeonly Father Fitzgibbon, the result is a timeless story of patience, compromise and understanding.
17) The lost weekend
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Realistic portrayal of the devastating effects of alcohol on a dissatisfied would-be writer.
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Recounts the problems faced by three returning veterans after WWII as they attempt to pick up the threads of their lives.
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A magazine writer poses as a Jew in order to gain a different perspective on anti-Semitism. Best Picture, Best Director - Elia Kazan, Best Supporting Actress - Holm.
20) Hamlet
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The classic version of Shakespeare's Hamlet, the towering tragedy of the Danish prince who feigns madness to trap his father's murderer.