Vei găsi aici câteva producții emblematice, din mai multe genuri, dar care îți vor umple foarte bine timpul liber.
Comedii
- Trouble in Paradise, 1932. Ernst Lubitsch.
- It Happened One Night, 1934. Frank Capra.
- A Night at the Opera, 1935. Sam Wood.
- My Man Godfrey, 1936. Gregory La Cava.
- The Awful Truth, 1937. Leo McCarey.
- Bringing Up Baby, 1938. Howard Hawks.
- The Philadelphia Story, 1940. George Cukor.
- His Girl Friday, 1940. Howard Hawks.
- Sullivan’s Travels, 1941. Preston Sturges.
- The Lady Eve, 1941. Preston Sturges.
- Some Like It Hot, 1959. Billy Wilder.
- Annie Hall, 1977. Woody Allen.
Filme epice
- Ben Hur: The Tale of the Christ, 1926. Fred Niblo.
- Cleopatra, 1934. Cecil B. DeMille.
- The Good Earth, 1937. Sidney Franklin et al.
- Gone With the Wind, 1939. Victor Fleming et al.
- The Robe, 1953. Henry Koster.
- The Ten Commandments, 1956. Cecil B. DeMille.
- Giant, 1956. George Stevens.
- Ben Hurr, 1959. William Wyler.
- Spartacus, 1960. Stanley Kubrick.
- El Cid, 1961. Anthony Mann.
- Reds, 1981. Warren Beatty.
- Titanic, 1997. James Cameron.
- Gladiator, 2000. Ridley Scott.
Filme alb-negru
- The Maltese Falcon, 1941. John Huston.
- Double Indemnity, 1944. Billy Wilder.
- Laura, 1944. Otto Preminger.
- Phantom Lady, 1944. Robert Siodmak.
- Detour, 1945. Edgar Ulmer.
- The Big Sleep, 1946. Howard Hawks.
- Gun Crazy, 1950. Joseph H. Lewis.
- The Big Heat, 1953. Fritz Lang.
- Kiss Me Deadly, 1955. Robert Aldrich.
- Touch of Evil, 1958. Orson Welles.
- Point Blank, 1967. John Boorman.
- The Long Goodbye, 1973. Robert Altman.
- Chinatown, 1974. Roman Polanski.
- The Conversation, 1974. Francis F. Coppola.
- Night Moves, 1975. Arthur Penn.
- Pulp Fiction, 1994. Quentin Tarantino.
Filme cu gangsteri
- Underworld, 1927. Josef von Sternberg.
- Little Caesar, 1930. Mervyn LeRoy.
- The Public Enemy, 1931. William Wellman.
- Scarface, 1932. Howard Hawks.
- Angels with Dirty Faces, 1938. Michael Curtiz.
- The Roaring Twenties, 1939. Raoul Walsh.
- White Heat, 1949. Raoul Walsh.
- The Asphalt Jungle, 1950. John Huston.
- Bonnie and Clyde, 1967. Arthur Penn.
- The Godfather, 1972. Francis F. Coppola.
- The Godfather: Part II, 1974. Francis F. Coppola.
- Once upon a Time in America, 1984. Sergio Leone.
- Goodfellas, 1990. Martin Scorsese.
- Reservoir Dogs, 1992. Quentin Tarantino.
Filme istorice și de război
- The Big Parade, 1925. King Vidor.
- All Quiet on the Western Front, 1930. Lewis Milestone.
- Young Mr. Lincoln, 1939. John Ford.
- Mrs. Miniver, 1942. William Wyler.
- Casablanca, 1942. Michael Curtiz.
- The Best Years of Our Lives, 1946. William Wyler.
- From Here to Eternity, 1953. Fred Zinnemann.
- Paths of Glory, 1957. Stanley Kubrick.
- Patton, 1970. Franklin J. Schaffner.
- Full Metal Jacket, 1987. Stanley Kubrick.
- Schindler’s List, 1993. Steven Spielberg.
- The Thin Red Line, 1998. Terrence Malick.
- Saving Private Ryan, 1998. Steven Spielberg.
- Inglourious Basterds, 2009. Quentin Tarantino.
- The Hurt Locker, 2009. Kathryn Bigelow.
Filme horror
- Dracula, 1931. Tod Browning.
- King Kong, 1933. Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack.
- Bride of Frankenstein, 1935. James Whale.
- Cat People, 1942. Jack Turner.
- The Seventh Victim, 1943. Mark Robson.
- The Thing, 1951. Christian Nyby.
- The Night of the Hunter, 1955. Charles Laughton.
- Psycho, 1960. Alfred Hitchcock.
- The Birds, 1963. Alfred Hitchcock.
- Rosemary’s Baby, 1968. Roman Polanski.
- Night of the Living Dead, 1969. George Romero.
- The Exorcist, 1973. William Friedkin.
- Carrie, 1978. Brian De Palma.
- The Shining, 1980. Stanley Kubrick.
- The Blair Witch Project, 1999. Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez.
- Paranormal Activity, 2007. Oren Peli.
Melodrame
- Seventh Heaven, 1927. Frank Borzage.
- Blonde Venus, 1932. Josef von Sternberg.
- The Scarlet Empress, 1934. Josef von Sternberg.
- Stella Dallas, 1937. King Vidor.
- Stage Door, 1937. Gregory La Cava.
- Dance, Girl, Dance, 1940. Dorothy Arzner.
- Rebecca, 1940. Alfred Hitchcock.
- Now, Voyager, 1942. Irving Rapper.
- Mildred Pierce, 1945. Michael Curtiz.
- Letter from an Unknown Woman, 1948. Max Ophüls.
- All about Eve, 1950. Joseph L. Mankiewicz.
- The Bad and the Beautiful, 1952. Vincente Minnelli.
- All That Heaven Allows, 1956. Douglas Sirk.
- Imitation of Life, 1959. Douglas Sirk.
- Far from Heaven, 2002. Todd Haynes.
Musical-uri
- The Love Parade, 1929. Ernst Lubitsch.
- Love Me Tonight, 1932. Rouben Mamoulian.
- Footlight Parade, 1933. Lloyd Bacon.
- Top Hat, 1935. Mark Sandrich.
- Swing Time, 1936. George Stevens.
- The Wizard of Oz, 1939. Victor Fleming.
- Meet Me in St. Louis, 1945. Vincente Minnelli.
- Easter Parade, 1948. Charles Walters.
- Singin’ in the Rain, 1952. Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly.
- The Band Wagon, 1953. Vincente Minnelli.
- Funny Face, 1957. Stanley Donen.
- West Side Story, 1961. Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins.
- Cabaret, 1972. Bob Fosse.
- Moulin Rouge!, 2001. Baz Luhrman.
Science fiction
- The Day the Earth Stood Still, 1951. Robert Wise.
- The War of the Worlds, 1953. Byron Haskin.
- This Island Earth, 1955. Joseph M. Newman, Jack Arnold.
- Forbidden Planet, 1956. Fred M. Wilcox.
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers, 1956. Don Siegel.
- Seconds, 1966. John Frankenheimer.
- 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968. Stanley Kubrick.
- Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, 1977. George Lucas.
- Blade Runner, 1982. Ridley Scott.
- Dark City, 1998. Alex Proyas.
- The Matrix, 1999. Andy and Larry Wachowski.
- Avatar, 2009. James Cameron.
Western-uri
- Stagecoach, 1939. John Ford.
- Canyon Passage, 1946. Jack Turner.
- Duel in the Sun, 1947. King Vidor.
- Red River, 1948. Howard Hawks.
- High Noon, 1952. Fred Zinnemann.
- Johnny Guitar, 1954. Nicholas Ray.
- The Man from Laramie, 1955. Anthony Mann.
- The Searchers, 1956. John Ford.
- Forty Guns, 1957. Samuel Fuller.
- Rio Bravo, 1959. Howard Hawks.
- Ride Lonesome, 1959. Budd Boetticher.
- The Wild Bunch, 1969. Sam Peckinpah.
- McCabe and Mrs. Miller, 1971. Robert Altman.
- Dances with Wolves, 1990. Kevin Costner.
- Unforgiven, 1992. Clint Eastwood.
- True Grit, 2010. Ethan and Joel Coen.
Filme independente
- The Exiles, 1961. Kent MacKenzie.
- Two-Lane Blacktop, 1971. Monte Hellman.
- Badlands, 1973. Terrence Malick.
- Eraserhead, 1976. David Lynch.
- Angel City, 1977. Jon Jost.
- Variety, 1983. Bette Gordon.
- Stranger than Paradise, 1984. Jim Jarmusch.
- Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, 1986. John McNaughton.
- Sex, lies and videotape, 1989. Steven Soderbergh.
- Drugstore Cowboy, 1989. Gus Van Sant.
- Slacker, 1991. Richard Linklater.
- Smoke, 1995. Wayne Wang, Paul Auster.
- Gummo, 1997. Harmony Korine.
- George Washington, 2000. David Gordon Green.
- The Mad Songs of Fernanda Hussein, 2001. John Gianvito.
- Lost in Translation, 2003. Sofia Coppola.