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Lola Montes
Director Max Ophüls' visually stunning drama recounts the true story of the scandalous life of dancer -- and courtesan -- Lola Montes (Martine Carol). Past her prime, Montes lands in a 19th century circus in Vienna, Austria, where the slimy ringmaster (Peter Ustinov) exploits her by forcing her to tell her tale. Flashbacks reveal her many affairs, most notably with composer Franz Liszt (Will Quadflieg) and Bavarian King Ludwig (Anton Walbrook).

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
This classic Western about the unusual friendship between Wyatt Earp (Burt Lancaster) and Doc Holliday (Kirk Douglas) is as good it gets. When Wyatt puts an end to the cattle-rustling activities of Ike Clanton (Lyle Bettger) and his brothers, the outlaws seek revenge. But instead of killing Wyatt, they murder Wyatt's brother, Jimmy (Martin Milner), paving the way for the famous confrontation at the O.K. Corral.

The Bridge on the River Kwai
Director David Lean's sweeping epic is set in a Japanese World War II prison camp where British POWs are forced to construct a railway bridge as a morale-building exercise. Yet the real battle of wills is between "play by the rules" British colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness), who is dedicated to the project, and his American rival (William Holden), who vows to destroy it. The POWs' whistling work theme became legendary.

Mother India
Mother India is a timeless story of a family's sacrifice. When Radha (Nargis) marries, her mother-in-law borrows money from the village lender, Sukhilala. In return, Sukhilala will get one-fourth of the family's crop each year. In reality, the corrupt lender has taken advantage of the woman's ignorance, and the contract says he'll receive more. Unfortunately, the village elders rule in Sukhilala's favor to avoid any police involvement.

Cranes Are Flying
Veronica and Boris are blissfully in love, until the eruption of World War II tears them apart. Boris is sent to the front lines, and Veronica must struggle to ward off spiritual numbness while Boris's draft-dodging cousin tries to have his way with her. Winner of the Palme d'Or award at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival, The Cranes Are Flying is a superbly crafted drama.

Paths of Glory
Writer-director Stanley Kubrick's powerful antiwar statement stars Kirk Douglas as Col. Dax, commander of a weary regiment of the French army along the western front during World War I. When French generals order the regiment to carry out what amounts to a suicide mission against heavy German fire, some of the men refuse. But when the army tries three of the soldiers on charges of cowardice, Dax acts as their defense attorney.

Sweet Smell of Success
Walter Winchell-style columnist J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster) uses his power to steamroll both friends and enemies. Fawning press agent Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis), desperate to promote his client in Hunsecker's column, pesters Hunsecker until he's finally drawn into the columnist's devious plan to ruin a jazz guitarist who's angered Hunsecker by daring to date his sister. No one is left unscathed in this sinister tale of greed and corruption.

Touch of Evil
Straight-arrow narcotics detective Mike Vargas (Charlton Heston) sees his honeymoon cut short when a car crossing the U.S.-Mexico border explodes before his eyes. Vargas forsakes his bride (Janet Leigh) to mount an investigation but soon locks horns with corpulent Sheriff Hank Quinlan (Orson Welles), a shady cop who's not above planting evidence or colluding with the local crime lord to keep Vargas from discovering the ugly truth.

Gigi
Leslie Caron stars as Gigi, an avant-garde French waif being groomed as the fille de joie of affluent and handsome Gaston (Louis Jourdan). Soon Gigi metamorphoses into a stunning beauty, and the head-over-heels Gaston asks for her hand. But Gigi's courtesan grandmother is aghast: No one in the family has ever considered something as plebeian as matrimony! This 1958 gem won Oscars for Best Picture and Best Director (Vincente Minnelli).

The Defiant Ones
Two escaped convicts -- one black (Sidney Poitier), one white (Tony Curtis), and both shackled in the same pair of handcuffs -- battle the elements and each other as they travel Southern back roads eluding the ever-approaching posse. Although the device of binding two racial antagonists together for survival may be rather obvious now, the idea wasn't old hat in the 1960s, and the top-notch performances remain ageless. Stanley Kramer directs.

Vertigo
Don't look down! One of Alfred Hitchcock's darkest and most compelling films tells the story of police detective Scottie Ferguson (James Stewart), who has a crippling fear of heights. When an old friend asks him to tail his wife (Kim Novak), Scottie is drawn into a vortex of deceit, murder and obsession … and that's just the beginning! Two highlights: a mesmerizing Bernard Herrmann score and a haunting final shot.

Horror of Dracula
Adhering closer to the original tale than its successors, Horror of Dracula is one of the first color retellings of the classic vampire story. When Dr. Van Helsing (Peter Cushing) arrives at Castle Dracula to discover his friend Jonathan's lifeless body, he sets out to find Jonathan's fiancée, Lucy, to give her the sad news. But it seems Dracula (Christopher Lee) has already designated Lucy as his next prey. …

Mon Oncle
Jacques Tati plays Monsieur Hulot, a self-absorbed chucklehead wrestling with neoteric gadgetry -- and losing -- in this satirical masterpiece that makes sport of mechanization, class distinctions and modernity. While visiting his sister's surreal, ultra-trendy home, Hulot finds himself incessantly at odds with newfangled contraptions that get the better of him. The tongue-in-cheek French comedy garnered a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar.

Jalsaghar: The Music Room
Despite his status as a zamindar, or landlord, Biswambhar Roy's (Chhabi Biswas) profession is a dying trade, and with each passing year he inherits land of diminishing value. But that doesn't stop him from living his life as if he possessed an endless fortune. In the wake of an expensive party thrown especially for his teenage son (Pinaki Sengupta), all Roy has left is a few sacks of jewels -- and the sanctity of his lavish music room. …

The 400 Blows
Director François Truffaut's first feature film, The 400 Blows, stars Jean-Pierre Léaud as 13-year-old Antoine Doinel, who runs away from school and his difficult family -- but finds it even tougher living on the streets of Paris and must resort to committing petty crimes.

North by Northwest
What if everyone around you was suddenly convinced you were a spy? This classic from master director Alfred Hitchcock stars Cary Grant as an advertising executive who looks a little too much like someone else and is forced to go on the lam (helped along by Eva Marie Saint). Hitchcock's sure-handed comic drama pits Grant against a crop duster and lands him in a fight for his life on Mount Rushmore. That's a cliffhanger if ever there was one!

Some Like It Hot
With its transvestitism, palpable sex and murder, Billy Wilder's legendary screwball comedy reveals dark, hilarious roots. Musicians Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis accidentally witness the St. Valentine's Day Massacre and get out of town the only way they know how -- dressed as women. On the road to Florida with an all-girl band, they meet Sugar Kane (Marilyn Monroe), and things start to heat up in this legendary farce.

Anatomy of a Murder
Nominated for seven Oscars, this legal thriller profiles the attempts of country lawyer Paul Biegler (James Stewart) to exonerate Frederick Manion (Ben Gazzara). Charged with a local barkeep's murder, Manion claims the victim raped his wife (Lee Remick). Employing a temporary insanity defense, Biegler tries to outmaneuver slick celebrity prosecutor Claude Dancer (George C. Scott), but discovers there's more to this case than meets the eye.

Eyes Without a Face
A plastic surgeon (Pierre Brasseur) becomes obsessed with making things right after his daughter Christiane's (Edith Scob) face is terribly disfigured in a car accident that he caused. Overcome with guilt, Dr. Genessier and his vicious nurse, Louise (Alida Valli), concoct a plan to give Christiane her face back by kidnapping young girls and removing their faces ... and then grafting them onto Christiane's.

Black Orpheus
This superb retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice Greek legend is set against Rio de Janeiro's madness during Carnival. Orpheus (Breno Mello), a trolley car conductor, is engaged to Mira (Lourdes de Oliveira) but in love with Eurydice (Marpessa Dawn). A vengeful Mira and Eurydice's ex-lover, costumed as Death, pursue Orpheus and his new paramour through the feverish Carnival night. Black Orpheus earned an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

Breathless
After shooting a cop, young thief Michel (Jean-Paul Belmondo) meets and shacks up with Patricia (Jean Seberg), an American who sells the International Herald Tribune on the streets of Paris. Hiding out in her hotel room, Michel tries to sell Patricia on a plan to run away with him to Italy, and soon, the couple sinks further into the criminal life. Director Jean-Luc Godard shot to cinematic stardom with this benchmark film of the French new wave.

Ben-Hur: Collector's Edition
Charlton Heston plays Judah Ben-Hur, a proud Jew who runs afoul of boyhood friend Messala (Stephen Boyd) in this classic that boasts an unforgettable chariot race scene and earned 11 Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Heston) and Best Director (William Wyler). Condemned to life as a slave, Judah swears vengeance, escapes, then crosses paths with a gentle prophet named Jesus. On the DVD format, this film spans two discs; both discs will be shipped to you simultaneously.

Pickpocket
Acclaimed French director Robert Bresson helms this stylized black-and-white drama following the trials of a Paris pickpocket named Michel (Martin LaSalle), a thief who grows so successful at his craft that he worries his luck will run out. Despite his own fears -- and the persistent pleas from his girlfriend and ailing mother that he take up a more honorable profession -- Michel remains chained to his compulsion to steal.

Hiroshima Mon Amour
In director Alain Resnais's poetic adaptation of Margueurite Duras's acclaimed book, a French actress (Emmanuelle Riva) working in Japan meets a Japanese architect (Eiji Okada) with whom she has an affair. Their relationship consists largely of conversations about the bombing at Hiroshima, the horrors that he and his family endured and her perception of the cataclysm back home in occupied France.

Rio Bravo
Sheriff John Wayne has a problem: He must keep killer Claude Akins from escaping the town lockup (with outside help from his brother and a cadre of hired guns). The only people Wayne can call on for support are an alcoholic Dean Martin, a well-meaning Angie Dickinson, a crippled Walter Brennan and an eager Ricky Nelson.

Le Trou
Claude Gaspard (Marc Michel) is in a Paris prison awaiting trial for the attempted murder of his wife. When Claude learns that a group of prisoners are plotting an escape, he decides to go along with their plan -- only to learn that his wife has dropped the charges and his sentence has been reduced. He still agrees to participate in the jailbreak, knowing that he's risking his freedom by doing so. This was director Jacques Becker's last film.

Rocco & His Brothers
This award-winning drama by director Luchino Visconti (Death in Venice) is an epic tale of how lust, greed and jealousy can rip apart even the closest of families. Famed French actor Alain Delon portrays Rocco, an introspective dreamer whose hope of fortune in Milan turns into a tragedy of sibling rivalry. Rocco and his brothers must battle their own conflicting passions as a bitter family feud ultimately leads to murder.

La Dolce Vita
Federico Fellini's lush and intoxicating masterpiece, La Dolce Vita, is a meditation on the meaning of life and love and stars Marcello Mastroianni as Marcello, a gossip writer who seeks the fleeting excesses and decadence of life and sex. He sleeps with the beautiful Maddalena (Anouk Aimee), alienating and driving his lover, Emma (Yvonne Furneaux), to suicide. When he meets an elusive actress, Sylvia (Anita Ekberg), he dives deep into the abyss.

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Albert Finney stars as a working class rebel who spends the week tied to a dead-end factory job and the weekend in an endless haze of booze and empty affairs. But when he becomes romantically involved with a beautiful, conventional woman, he must choose between the voice of conscience and a life where settling down could mean settling for less.

Shoot the Piano Player
Charlie (Charles Aznavour), a once-famous pianist, is now stroking the keys in a Parisian saloon. When his brothers get in trouble with gangsters, Charlie inadvertently gets swept up in the chaos and is forced to rejoin the family he once fled. This highly stylized melodrama from director François Truffaut employs all of the hallmarks of French new wave cinema: extended voice-overs, out-of-sequence camera shots, sudden jump-cutting and more.

L'Avventura
On a resort island in the Mediterranean, a vacationing rich woman (Italian superstar Monica Vitti) goes on a search for a missing friend that evolves into a search for love and the meaning of life. As the breakthrough film for the man (Michelangelo Antonioni) who would go on to direct Blow-Up, this art-house classic was discussed and debated by critics the world over in 1960. It won the Jury Prize at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival.

The Young One
Legendary Spanish director Luis Buñuel takes on issues of racism and injustice in this provocative drama. On a remote island off the Carolina coast, a game warden and a young girl -- the island's only inhabitants -- encounter Traver, a black musician who's escaped a lynch mob. Falsely accused of rape, Traver is discovered by a search party sent to the island, and now, the game warden must weigh a decision that will determine the fugitive's fate.

Psycho
Director Alfred Hitchcock's Oscar-nominated shocker has been terrifying viewers for decades. When exhausted, larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where twitchy manager Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) cares for his housebound mother. The place seems quirky but fine -- until Marion decides to take a shower.

Black Sunday
Horror reigns supreme when hell's undead demons terrorize the planet! Italian director Mario Bava's first film is a masterpiece of black-and-white gothic horror steeped in rich atmosphere. Condemned witch Princess Asa (Barbara Steele) returns from the dead two centuries after her execution and wreaks vengeance on her executioners' descendents. Beware the Iron Maiden!

Peeping Tom
A disturbed filmmaker (Carl Boehm) literally kills with his camera in this ahead-of-its-time shocker from revered British director Michael Powell. Like the same year's Psycho, this film's combination of voyeurism, eroticism and horror repelled some 1960 critics, but its cult reputation soared in later years. Moira Shearer (star of Powell's The Red Shoes) makes an appearance, as does Powell himself (as Boehm's father in flashback).

Spartacus
Stanley Kubrick directed this epic saga based on ancient historical events when a vagabond slave-army led by an ex-gladiator, Spartacus (Kirk Douglas), threatened the very sovereignty of Rome. This film has everything, including a wonderfully funny (and Oscar-winning) performance from Peter Ustinov as the cowardly owner of a gladiator school. Laurence Olivier, Charles Laughton, Jean Simmons and Tony Curtis round out a superb cast.

Splendor in the Grass
Young lovers Deanie Loomis (Natalie Wood) and Bud Stamper (Warren Beatty, in his big-screen debut) find their awakening sexuality at odds with their moral standards and with those of their 1920s rural Kansas community. Trying to resist their carnal urges leads to mutual heartbreak -- and to madness for the fragile Deanie. Director Elia Kazan's profile of the repercussions of pent-up pubescent lust netted an Oscar for Best Screenplay.

La Jetee / Sans Soleil
Two films from innovative sci-fi director Chris Marker make up this double feature: La Jetée follows a postapocalyptic Parisian astronaut who time-travels to be with his lover; Sans Soleil tells the tale of a globe-trotting, soul-searching cameraman. Marker employs still images in La Jetée, while Sans Soleil relies on narration of the cameraman's travel log. Marker approved these restored high-definition transfers.

One Eyed Jacks
After a successful bank robbery in Mexico, outlaw bandit Rio (Marlon Brando, who also directed) is betrayed by partner Dad Longworth (Karl Malden) and ends up serving a long prison stretch. After Rio gets sprung years later, he seeks vengeance on Longworth, who has since become a wealthy and respectable lawman. Revenge is a dish best served cold in this tense revisionist Western.

Lola
In this newly restored print of the 1962 Jacques Demy classic, Lola (Anouk Aimee) is a dancer whose heart still yearns for her lover Michel (Jacques Harden), although he left her seven years earlier when she was pregnant with their child. She still believes Michel will come back, even as she becomes involved with two other men: her lifelong friend, Roland (Marc Michel), and the American Frankie (Alan Scott).

Breakfast at Tiffany's
In this Blake Edwards-directed adaptation of Truman Capote's novel, fortune hunter Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn) finds herself captivated by aspiring writer Paul Varjak (George Peppard), who's moved into her building on a wealthy woman's (Patricia Neal) dime. As romance blooms between Paul and Holly, Doc Golightly (Buddy Ebsen) shows up on the scene, revealing Holly's past. The film received Oscars for best song ("Moon River") and best score.

La Notte
Writer Giovanni Pontano (Marcello Mastroianni) and his wife, Lydia (Jeanne Moreau), begin the day by visiting a dying friend in this exercise in alienation and indifference from writer and director Michelangelo Antonioni. Later, Giovanni attends a party for his new book, while Lydia visits their old home in Milan. The pair decides to attend yet another party, where they flirt with others, setting the stage for their marriage's eventual demise.

Jules and Jim
Writers Jules (Oskar Werner) and Jim (Henri Serre) are close friends who fall in love with the same woman, the unpredictable Catherine (Jeanne Moreau), amid the turbulence of World War I Paris. What results is a decades-long love triangle that both tests and strengthens the bond between the two men. One of director François Truffaut's best-loved films, Jules and Jim is adapted from the French novel by Henri-Pierre Roché.

Viridiana
Celebrated surrealist Luis Bunuel directs this controversial satire, which was banned by the Spanish government for obscenity and blasphemy. Before taking her final vows, the young nun Viridiana (Silvia Pinal) visits her uncle Don Jaime (Fernando Rey), who's supported her for years. But Jaime, fixated on his niece because of her resemblance to his late wife, sets out to corrupt her. Viridiana won the Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival.

The Ladies Man
Down on his luck, Herbert Heebert (Jerry Lewis) is looking for purpose after a failed romance. He also needs a job. While pounding the pavement, Herbert stumbles upon an extravagant mansion filled with women of every variety. Mansion manager Mrs. Helen Welenmelon (Helen Traubel) hires Herbert as a handyman and allows him to live amidst the lovely ladies. In typical Lewis form, mayhem ensues. Kathleen Freeman and Hope Holiday also star.

Through a Glass Darkly
Director Ingmar Bergman's experimental "chamber play" won the 1962 Oscar for Best Foreign Film. Recently released from a mental institution, Karin is on holiday with her family. But their inability to give her love and support causes a mental breakdown that leads to a hallucinogenic episode where Karin envisions God as a spider. Part of Bergman's trilogy of faith, which also includes Winter Light and The Silence (available on separate discs).

The Hustler
Paul Newman scores as tragic, flawed pool hustler "Fast Eddie Felson" in a brooding drama that explores the synergies between good and evil, love and desperation. Felson tours the country hustling games -- even challenging reigning champion Minnesota Fats (a fabulous Jackie Gleason). Co-starring Piper Laurie and George C. Scott, The Hustler was followed 30 years later by the sequel The Color of Money, starring Newman and Tom Cruise. Rack 'em up!

West Side Story
In retelling the Romeo and Juliet tragedy, West Side Story won 10 Oscars. But instead of Verona's warring Montagues and Capulets, it's the Sharks vs. the Jets, rival gangs battling for turf on the streets of 1950s New York City. When Jet Tony (Richard Beymer) falls for Shark Maria (Natalie Wood), the only way to solve their dilemma is through a rumble in the asphalt jungle.

Mondo Cane
Mondo Cane ranks as a legendary (albeit offbeat and, to some, off-putting) milestone in film history. It's a documentary aimed to shock. Lensed by European filmmakers Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco Prosperi, Mondo Cane whisks viewers on a bizarre journey into some macabre places, with the camera strategically (and voyeuristically) placed to record all manner of oddities.

My Man Godfrey
A high-society scavenger hunt leads to levity when scatterbrained socialite Irene Bullock (Carole Lombard) stumbles upon an erudite vagabond named Godfrey (William Powell) living in the city dump and offers him a position as the Bullocks' butler. As it happens, the seemingly bankrupt bum is, in fact, the heir of a well-to-do family. While Godfrey sets out to teach the pampered Bullocks a few lessons, Irene conspires to capture his heart.

The Jazz Singer
The first feature film to incorporate vocal musical numbers and some dialogue in an era of silent movies, The Jazz Singer stars Al Jolson as the son of a Jewish cantor. Conflict arises when he rejects his family heritage and becomes a cabaret entertainer, but he ultimately realizes that he must find a way to balance career and family. The film received an Academy Award nomination for writing and won a special Oscar for Technical Achievement.

Sabotage
Director Alfred Hitchcock adapts Joseph Conrad's novel into a black-and-white classic. Based on her husband's recent absence from home, a movie-theater cashier (Sylvia Sydney) suspects that her spouse is involved in espionage. Meanwhile, her teenaged brother travels through London, unaware of the time bomb he's carrying in a reel can.

Singin' in the Rain
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. Jean Hagen stands out as a silent-movie queen with a fingernails-on-a-blackboard voice. Musical fare includes "Good Morning," "Make 'Em Laugh" and the title tune.

Gummo
Xenia, Ohio, is still reeling from a devastating tornado that ripped through the region 20 years ago, and the town's teens are having a difficult time adjusting. Solomon (Jacob Reynolds) and Tummler (Nick Sutton) kill cats, huff glue and generally wreak havoc, while Siren Dot (Chloe Sevigny) puts tape on her nipples and Bunny Boy (Jacob Sewell) skates around wearing bunny ears.

The Ox-Bow Incident
Director William Wellman's Western digs into the mob-led lynching of three innocent men. The film centers on cowboys Carter (Henry Fonda) and Croft (Harry Morgan), who reluctantly join a hunt for murderous cattle rustlers. Led by ex-soldier Tetley (Frank Conroy), the posse captures three transients (Dana Andrews, Anthony Quinn and Francis Ford). When Tetley calls for their execution without proof of their guilt, Carter faces a moral dilemma.

Val Lewton: The Seventh Victim / Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
Famed RKO Radio Pictures producer Val Lewton managed to single-handedly redefine the horror genre in the 1940s, cranking out low-budget, high-volume box office hits that rarely disappointed audiences -- or studio execs. This double feature of The Seventh Victim (1943) and Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy (a documentary narrated by actor James Cromwell) is the final installment of a five-DVD collection of Lewton's work.

She Done Him Wrong
Saucy cabaret singer Lady Lou (Mae West) keeps plenty of men entertained but finds protection from a criminal ex-lover in the arms of a young Salvation Army captain (Cary Grant). Director Lowell Sherman's witty comedy was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar. This classic Mae West flick gave Cary Grant his breakthrough role and produced the American Film Institute's 26th top movie line of all time: "Why don't you come up sometime and see me?"

Diary of the Dead
While filming a low-budget horror film, Jason (Joshua Close) and his film school friends hear news reports of zombie sightings. As the living dead close in on the film crew, Jason seizes the opportunity to add real blood and guts to his movie. Meanwhile the American government promises to stop the violent uprising, but the relentless zombies gain an advantage by wiping out all forms of communication with the outside world.

Olympia: Festival of Nations
This disc includes the documentary "Festival of Nations." Extras include deleted scenes, bonus documentaries, and more.

Olympia: Festival of Beauty
This disc includes the documentary "Festival of Beauty." Extras include deleted scenes, biographies, and a still gallery.

Sunrise
Director F.W. Murnau's emotional odyssey stars George O'Brien and Janet Gaynor as a country couple whose marriage is threatened when O'Brien falls prey to cosmopolitan temptress Margaret Livingston's feminine wiles. Imbued with an intoxicating ambiance in style and substance, the lyrical silent film -- which is, by turns, quixotic, blissful, sensual and terrifying -- chalked up Academy Awards for Best Actress (Gaynor) and Best Cinematography.

Les Vampires
This collection of 10 short films chronicles the exploits of a clandestine criminal organization -- dubbed the Vampires -- that's menacing the Parisian establishment. Standing in the way of the malefactors and their alluring henchwoman (Musidora) are intrepid reporter Philippe Guérande (Edouard Mathé) and his trusty sidekick, Oscar Mazamette (Marcel Lévesque). Director Louis Feuillade's anthology presaged American serials of the 1930s and '40s.

The Crowd
Acclaimed director King Vidor won an Oscar nomination for directing this silent classic, which highlights the plight of working men and women in urban America. Born on July 4, 1900, John Sims (James Murray) always believed he was destined for greatness. But as his life unfolds, he faces mind-numbing work, difficult relationships, death and his own very ordinary life. Time magazine named this film one of its "All-Time 100 Movies."

Shanghai Express
As the Shanghai Express barrels through civil war-torn China in this Oscar winner, a mini-revolution also unfurls aboard the train itself. The infamous Shanghai Lily (Marlene Dietrich), a drifter who travels along the coastal towns of China, is a passenger, as is her old flame, Donald Harvey (Clive Brook). When rebels take him hostage, Lily springs into action, not just out of a deep-seated sense of justice but also to prove her love.

The Bitter Tea of General Yen
Frank Capra's 1933 saga depicts a love that's doomed before it even begins. Set in isolationist China in the early 20th century, it explores the unusual romance that blooms between a headstrong Catholic missionary, Megan Davis (Barbara Stanwyck), and a charismatic Chinese general (Nils Asther). At first, their relationship is purely antagonistic as they clash over every conceivable difference, but soon, love finds both their hearts.

Sons of the Desert
Named one of the top 100 comedies by the American Film Institute, this classic from Laurel and Hardy also provides the AFI's 60th best movie line of all time: "Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into!" The feckless duo goes to a rowdy lodge convention but tell their disapproving wives they're on a medicinal cruise to cure Ollie's feigned illness. But when the ship they're supposedly on sinks, they'll have to do some fast talking. ...

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Walt Disney broke new ground in 1937 with this animated feature-length film about a jealous queen, her beautiful stepdaughter, seven lovable dwarfs and a handsome prince. You'd have to be "grumpy" or "dopey" not to be charmed by this film, which includes the songs "Whistle While You Work," "Heigh-Ho" and "Some Day My Prince Will Come" (which became a jazz standard via trumpeter Miles Davis in the '50s).

Wuthering Heights
Laurence Olivier, Merle Oberon and David Niven star in this beautiful adaptation of Emily Bronte's classic story of passion, hatred and revenge. Olivier and Oberon star as Heathcliff and Cathy, whose tortured love affair ends when Cathy marries the wealthy Edgar (Niven). Heathcliff's savage retaliation upon the woman he loves explodes in a stunning climax. Directed by William Wyler.

Rebecca
Here's a recipe for happiness: Marry a mysterious widower (Laurence Olivier), then move into his mansion and take orders from his servants! That's the situation the hapless -- and nameless -- second Mrs. de Winter (Joan Fontaine) faces in Alfred Hitchcock's eerie adaptation of Daphne Du Maurier's Gothic classic. This was the only Hitchcock film to win an Oscar for Best Picture.

Fantasia
Walt Disney envisioned Fantasia as a marriage of animation and music, the latter provided by composers ranging from Bach to Mussorgsky and performed by the Leopold Stokowski-conducted Philadelphia Orchestra. The Oscar-winning film is composed of eight segments (each set to the music of a different composer), including "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," in which Disney himself (in an uncredited performance) provides the voice of Mickey.

Pinocchio
Disney's 1940 version of the classic tale of the wooden puppet that longs to be a real boy is one for the ages -- and among the most magical animated films ever made. Aided by his friend Jiminy Cricket, the puppet Pinocchio faces many trials and tribulations on the way to making his dream come true. The film won Oscars for Best Original Score and Best Original Song: "When You Wish Upon a Star," which became a Disney anthem.

Spellbound
Based on Francis Bleeding's novel The House of Dr. Edwardes, Spellbound -- which was nominated for six Oscars and won for original score -- is one of Hitchcock's finest films. Dr. Edwards (Gregory Peck) arrives at the Green Manors Mental Asylum and falls for the beautiful Dr. Petersen (Ingrid Bergman). But she discovers that he's a paranoid amnesiac impostor, which leaves her wondering: What happened to the real Dr. Edwards?

Odd Man Out
In this film noir from director Carol Reed, Johnny McQueen (James Mason), leader of a secret Irish rebel organization, plans a hold-up that will provide funds to keep his group going. During the crime, things go sour and Johnny is wounded. Unable to make it to the hideout, he disappears into the seedy underground of Belfast, Northern Ireland. A massive manhunt is launched by the police, whose chief is intent on capturing Johnny and his gang.

The African Queen
Charlie Allnut (Humphrey Bogart), the booze-guzzling, rough-hewn captain of a broken-down East African riverboat, teams with a straitlaced, iron-willed missionary (Katharine Hepburn) to take on a menacing German gunboat during World War I. A classic study in star charisma and pitch-perfect casting, The African Queen was nominated for four Oscars (for actress, actor, director and original screenplay), with Bogart winning a Best Actor statuette.

Pather Panchali
The first film in director Satyajit Ray's acclaimed Apu Trilogy. A boy named Apu is born to a poor but proud Brahmin family. When his father, Harihar, loses his treasury job, he sets out to find work elsewhere, leaving his family with depleted resources. In his absence, their condition deteriorates. Months later, Harihar returns to face the tragedy that forces the family to leave their ancestral home.

The Word
Based on a play by a Danish pastor who was murdered by the Nazis, this Golden Globe winner from legendary Danish director Carl Theodor Dreyer illuminates the conflict between personal faith and organized religion through the tale of a widower and his three sons. While dad Morten (Henrik Malberg) questions the tenets of the church, one son is an agnostic, another is engaged in an interfaith romance and the third believes he's Jesus Christ.

Aparajito
In this second film in director Satyajit Ray's Apu Trilogy, Harihar takes his wife, Sarbajaya, and his son, Apu, to live in Benares after the destruction of the family's home. Harihar ekes out a living reading sacred texts by the shores of the Ganges River. When he falls ill, Sarbajaya must learn to cope on her own and leaves the city to work as a cook for a wealthy family living in the country.

Ashes and Diamonds
Polish actor Zbigniew Cybulski stars as a killer at a crossroads: He must decide between living a life of crime or opening his heart and soul to the woman he loves. Directed by the acclaimed Andrzej Wajda, Ashes and Diamonds is the third in the director's series of films about World War II, set in small-town Poland as it's being engulfed by two opposing forces -- one that supports communism and one that's fighting it to the bitter end.

The World of Apu
Living alone in a tenement above the railway, a grown Apu passes his days reading poetry, playing his wooden flute and looking for work. Although poor and without family, he remains hopeful about his future. After reuniting with a childhood friend, Apu marries the man's cousin … but marital bliss is short-lived, as a terrible tragedy awaits the newfound lovers. The third and final film in the renowned Apu trilogy from director Satyajit Ray.

Last Year at Marienbad
At a lavish European hotel, a handsome stranger tries to convince a lovely young woman that they had a passionate affair a year ago -- "perhaps at Marienbad," he suggests. When she claims not to remember him, he keeps trying to convince her, building a story that mixes memory and fantasy. … Or is it all fantasy? French New Wave director Alain Resnais helms this complex, controversial film that earned an Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay.

Forbidden Planet
A pulp-fiction sci-fi classic, Forbidden Planet stars Leslie Nielsen as a heroic starship captain who finds the paradise planet Altair-IV, which is inhabited by Dr. Morbius (Walter Pidgeon) and his daughter, the sole survivors of an earlier expedition. Morbius uncovered the secrets of the long-lost civilization that made Altair-IV a paradise -- the same secrets that unknowingly destroyed the society!

The Quiet Man
John Wayne hangs up his spurs to star as a bachelor ex-boxer in this well-loved classic. Back in his native Ireland, the Duke's thoughts turn to domestic tranquility after courting Maureen O'Hara, but her brother (Victor McLaglen) may need to have some common sense knocked into him -- literally -- before the deal is done. The film won two Academy Awards, including Best Director (John Ford).

Floating Weeds
Director Yasujiro Ozu teamed with acclaimed cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa to remake his 1934 masterpiece and came up with an elegant update of a classic tale. An actor returns to his old hometown with his girlfriend and discovers he still has feelings for an old love who bore him a son he now wants to get to know. What results is awe-inspiring pain and heartache that threatens to destroy them. Features commentary by critic Roger Ebert.

Triumph of the Will
Leni Riefenstahl's infamous propaganda film documenting the Third Reich's 1934 Nuremberg Party Rally features a cast of thousands -- including Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, Joseph Goebbels, Rudolf Hess, Hermann Goering and other top officials. Images of cheering crowds, precision marching, military bands, banners lining Nuremberg's streets and Hitler's climactic speech illustrate with chilling clarity how Germany fell under his spell.

Notorious
This top-notch Hitchcock espionage thriller builds to an incredibly suspenseful climax. Government agent T.R. Devlin (Cary Grant) recruits Alicia Huberman (Ingrid Bergman) to spy on her father's influential Nazi friends. As part of her cover, she marries ringleader Claude Rains, but finds she's falling in love with Grant. The 360-degree camera pan around a smitten Grant and Bergman ranks as one of the screen's hottest love scenes.

Shadows
Director John Cassavetes' first feature film, a cinéma vérité classic scored by Charles Mingus, follows three African-American siblings -- Hugh, Ben and light-skinned Lelia -- aspiring to make it in Beat-era Manhattan. Lelia (Lelia Goldoni) falls in love with a white man, who balks when he discovers that she is black. Cassavetes' use of montage, improvisation and non-professional actors influenced directors for decades to come.

The Apartment
C.C. Baxter (Jack Lemmon) has his future mapped out -- all he needs to do is cozy up to the top feeders in the corporate food chain. But his fast track to the executive suite gets short-circuited when he falls for one of the bosses' girlfriends. The Apartment features top-notch performances from Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine and was nominated for 10 Academy Awards, winning five, including Best Picture.

Gaslight
In this atmospheric murder mystery, beautiful, naive socialite Paula (Ingrid Bergman) disintegrates into a raving lunatic in the home in which her aunt was murdered. The suspect? Her devoted husband (Charles Boyer). Remade from the 1940 version, director George Cukor's dramatic mystery garnered two Oscar wins (including Best Actress for Bergman) and seven nominations, remaining a classic.