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It takes a special kind of movie to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards(R), something epic and important, packed with purpose and emotion, expensive, beautiful and internationally popular. Films like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Amadeus, The Godfather, My Fair Lady, From Here To Eternity and Casablanca. Champions all, as enjoyable today as when they were first released, and collected right here for your list-building convenience.

Academy Awards - Best Picture

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Around The World In Eighty Days(1956)   DVD U
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3 Stars
Action/Adventure > General
Michael Anderson
David NivenRobert NewtonShirley Maclaine;
An imperturbable English gentleman attempts to completely circumnavigate the world in eighty days, in order to win a large wager. Set in over one hund...

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One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest(1975)   DVD 18
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4 Stars
Drama > General
Milos Forman
Jack NicholsonLouise FletcherWilliam Redfield;
A rebellious and individualistic patient in a mental hospital battles against the repressive nursing regime.

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From Here To Eternity(1953)   DVD PG
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3 Stars
Drama > General
Fred Zinnemann
Burt LancasterDeborah KerrMontgomery Clift;
An Academy Award-winning drama about a close-knit army camp in Hawaii before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour. Winner of eight Oscars, including B...

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Chariots Of Fire(1981)   DVD U
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4 Stars
Drama > General
Hugh Hudson
Ben CrossCheryl CampbellIan Charleson;
The story of the intense rivalry between two British athletes as they prepare for and participate in the 1924 Olympic Games.

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Dances With Wolves(1990)   DVD 15
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4 Stars
Westerns > General
Kevin Costner
Kevin CostnerRodney A GrantMary McDonnell;
During the U.S. Civil War an army officer is assigned to the Western frontier. Soon after arriving he meets and develops a fascinating relationship wi...

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Kramer vs Kramer(1979)   DVD PG
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4 Stars
Drama > General
Robert Benton
Dustin HoffmanMeryl StreepJustin Henry;
Joanna Kramer, a Manhattan housewife, can no longer face life with her husband Ted. She walks out leaving her son Billy in Ted's charge. Ted has to ad...

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Sound Of Music, The(1965)   DVD U
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4 Stars
Music/Performing Arts > Musicals & Music Films
Robert Wise
Julie AndrewsChristopher PlummerEleanor Parker;
A novice nun becomes governess to a widowed Baron's children. She turns them into a family singing group and escapes with them from Nazi-dominated Aus...

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Bridge On The River Kwai, The(1957)   DVD PG
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4 Stars
War > General
David Lean
Alec GuinnessWilliam HoldenJack Hawkins;
Set in Burma during World War II, the story follows British P.O.Ws forced to build a large bridge for the Japanese, while Allied commandos are sent to...

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Amadeus(1984)   DVD PG
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4 Stars
Drama > Historical
Milos Forman
F Murray AbrahamTom HulceElizabeth Berridge;
The story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. He was coarse, bawdy, drunk, screeched like a child and yet was one of the greatest composers who ever lived.

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Out Of Africa(1985)   DVD 12
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4 Stars
Drama > General
Sydney Pollack
Meryl StreepRobert RedfordKlaus Maria Brandauer;
Winner of seven Academy Awards, the story tells of a rich, bored Danish woman who finds love with a free-spirited hunter in turbulent East Africa. Fil...

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Silence Of The Lambs(1991)   DVD 18
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4 Stars
Thriller > General
Jonathan Demme
Anthony HopkinsJodie FosterScott Glenn;
An evil serial killer who skins his female victims is on the loose. FBI agent, Clarice Starling is assigned to the case. Desperate for any leads she s...

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Gentleman's Agreement(1947)   DVD U
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4 Stars
Drama > General
Elia Kazan
Gregory PeckDorothy McGuireJohn Garfield;
A young journalist poses as a Jew to write an article on anti-Semitism in America.

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How Green Was My Valley(1941)   DVD U
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4 Stars
Drama > General
John Ford
Walter PidgeonMaureen O'HaraRoddy McDowell;
Drama based on the lives of the Morgans, a Welsh family living in a small mining community in the early 1900's.

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My Fair Lady(1964)   DVD U
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4 Stars
Music/Performing Arts > Musicals & Music Films
George Cukor
Audrey HepburnRex HarrisonWilfrid Hyde White;
Delightful story of a flower seller who is trained by a master of elocution to become a real lady.

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Hamlet(1948)   DVD U
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3 Stars
Drama > General
Laurence Olivier
Jean SimmonsLaurence OlivierStanley Holloway;
Shakespeare's immortal story of murder, intrigue, madness and despair.

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Great Ziegfeld, The(1936)   DVD U
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3 Stars
Music/Performing Arts > Musicals & Music Films
Robert Z Leonard
William PowellMyrna LoyFrank Morgan;
The ups and downs of Flo Ziegfeld who produced ever more bigger and spectacular shows and revues throughout his life...

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Going My Way(1944)   DVD U
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3 Stars
Comedy > General
Leo McCarey
Bing CrosbyBarry FitzgeraldFrank McHugh;
A church gets a new priest in the form of Father O'Malley. The old priest is not too impressed with his ideas, but discovers that the neighbourhood's ...

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Ordinary People   DVD 15
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3 Stars
Drama > General
Robert Redford
Donald SutherlandMary Tyler MooreJudd Hirsch;
An intense study of a family being torn apart by tension and tragedy. Donald Sutherland and Mary Tyler Moore star as the upper-middle-class couple who...

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You Can't Take It With You   DVD U
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3 Stars
Comedy > General
Frank Capra
Jean ArthurLionel BarrymoreJames Stewart;
One day the father of the Vanderhof family decided he had earned enough money and would spend the next 30 years having fun. Now he has to pit his wits...

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All The King's Men   DVD U
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3 Stars
Drama > General
Robert Rossen
Broderick CrawfordJohn IrelandJoanne Dru;
The story of lawyer Willie Stark who found fame as a politician. Based on the novel of the same name by Robert Penn Warren.

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