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1. Titanic (1997)
directed by James Cameron
featuring Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances FisherThis spectacular epic re-creates the ill-fated maiden voyage of the White Star Line's $7.5 million R.M.S Titanic and the tragic sea disaster of April ... More
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2. Pride & Prejudice (2005)
directed by Joe Wright
featuring Keira Knightley, Matthew MacFadyen, Brenda Blethyn, Donald Sutherland, Tom Hollander, Rosamund Pike, Jena Malone, Judi DenchJane Austen's perennially popular story of the game of love among the British upper classes returns to the screen in this polished film adaptation. ... More
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3. The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
directed by Joel Schumacher
featuring Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson, Miranda Richardson, Minnie DriverOne of the most popular stage musicals in the history of Broadway and London's West End makes its long-awaited arrival on the motion-picture screen ... More
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4. Anne of Green Gables (1985)
directed by Kevin Sullivan
featuring Megan Follows, Colleen Dewhurst, Richard Farnsworth, Jonathan Crombie, Schuyler GrantLucy Maud Montgomery's novel Anne of Green Gables, previously filmed in 1934, was afforded a TV-movie treatment in 1985. Megan Follows stars as 13 ... More
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5. The Help (2011)
directed by Tate Taylor
featuring Viola Davis, Emma Stone, Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia L. Spencer, Jessica ChastainA 1960s-era Mississippi debutante sends her community into an uproar by conducting a series of probing interviews with the black servants behind some ... More
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6. A Christmas Carol (1951)
directed by Brian Desmond Hurst
featuring Alastair Sim, Kathleen Harrison, Mervyn Johns, Michael Hordern, Hermione BaddeleyWidely considered to be the definitive of the many film versions of Charles Dickens' classic novel is this 1951 British adaptation, starring Alastair ... More
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7. Sense and Sensibility (1995)
directed by Ang Lee
featuring Elizabeth Spriggs, Gemma Jones, Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant, James Fleet, Greg WiseThe recipient of seven Oscar® nominations, this film version of Jane Austen's classic 1811 novel stars Emma Thompson as Elinor Dashwood. With her ... More
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8. Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
directed by Norman Jewison
featuring Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey, Molly Picon, Paul MannNorman Jewison's adaptation of the long-running Broadway musical is set in the Ukranian ghetto village of Anatevka (the film was actually lensed in ... More
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9. John Adams (2008)
directed by Tom Hooper
featuring Paul Giamatti, Laura Linney, Stephen Dillane, Danny Huston, David Morse, Sarah Polley, Tom Wilkinson, Rufus SewellEmmy Award-winning director Tom Hopper takes the helm for this epic, seven-part miniseries produced by Playtone's Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman, and ... More
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10. Iron Jawed Angels (2004)
directed by Katja von Garnier
featuring Hilary Swank, Frances O'Connor, Julia Ormond, Anjelica Huston, Molly ParkerGerman filmmaker Katja von Garnier directs the HBO original movie Iron Jawed Angels, inspired by a pivotal chapter in American history. Hilary Swank ... More
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11. The Sandlot (1993)
directed by David Mickey Evans
featuring Daniel Zacapa, Tom Guiry, Mike Vitar, Patrick Renna, Chauncey Leopardi, Karen Allen, Marty YorkList of all editionsThe Sandlot is sparsely narrated by the main character (now an adult) who occasionally drops in on the action to comment on events or help move the ... More
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12. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)
directed by Timur Bekmambetov
featuring Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rufus Sewell, Marton CsokasList of all editionsAbraham Lincoln is reinvented as a vampire-killing president in this Timur Bekmambetov-directed action picture starring Benjamin Walker, Mary ... More
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13. Atonement (2007)
directed by Joe Wright
featuring James McAvoy, Keira Knightley, Romola Garai, Saoirse Ronan, Vanessa RedgraveList of all editionsA mischievous girl accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit, only to find that her words have irrevocably and permanently ... More
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14. Across the Universe (2007)
directed by Julie Taymor
featuring Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs, Martin Luther McCoyList of all editionsSet against the anti-war protests, rock & roll revolution, and mind-expanding psychedelia of the 1960s, Julie Taymor's hallucinogenic musical follows ... More
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15. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
directed by Ang Lee
featuring Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, Chang Chen, Sihung Lung, Cheng Pei-PeiList of all editionsTaiwanese filmmaker Ang Lee took a break from making Western period dramas to fashion this wild and woolly martial arts spectacular featuring special ... More
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16. The Thorn Birds [TV Miniseries] (1983)
directed by Daryl Duke
featuring Richard Chamberlain, Rachel Ward, Barbara Stanwyck, Christopher Plummer, Bryan BrownList of all editionsThis mammoth TV miniseries, based on the best-selling novel by Colleen McCullough, proved to be a ratings bonanza; indeed, its viewership was ... More
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17. The Last Samurai (2003)
directed by Edward Zwick
featuring Tom Cruise, Timothy Spall, Ken Watanabe, Billy Connolly, Tony Goldwyn, Hiroyuki Sanada, KoyukiList of all editionsEdward Zwick returned to the director's chair for the first time since 1998's The Siege with this sweeping period drama set in 19th-century Japan. ... More
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18. Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
directed by Rob Marshall
featuring Zhang Ziyi, Ken Watanabe, Michelle Yeoh, Koji Yakusho, Youki KudohList of all editionsThis film, based on the novel by Arthur Golden, unfolds from the perspective of Chiyo (Zhang Ziyi), a girl who, at the age of nine, is sold to a ... More
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19. Cinderella Man (2005)
directed by Ron Howard
featuring Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger, Paul Giamatti, Craig Bierko, Paddy ConsidineList of all editionsThe true story of an athlete who achieved his greatest success against the most daunting odds of his life is brought to the screen in this historical ... More
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20. The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
directed by Kevin Reynolds
featuring James Caviezel, Guy Pearce, Dagmara Dominczyk, Richard Harris, Luis GuzmanList of all editionsThe classic tale of swashbuckling adventure by the senior Alexandre Dumas comes to the screen in its umpteenth incarnation, this time from Kevin ... More
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21. Out of Africa (1985)
directed by Sydney Pollack
featuring Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Michael Kitchen, Malick BowensList of all editionsOut of Africa is drawn from the life and writings of Danish author Isak Dinesen, who during the time that the film's events occured was known by her ... More
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22. Dreamgirls (2006)
directed by Bill Condon
featuring Jamie Foxx, Beyoncé Knowles, Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Hudson, Danny Glover, Anika Noni Rose, Keith Robinson, Sharon LealList of all editionsDirector Bill Condon brings Tom Eyen's Tony award-winning Broadway musical to the big screen in a tale of dreams, stardom, and the high cost of ... More
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23. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
directed by David Lean
featuring Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Tom Courtenay, Geraldine Chaplin, Rod Steiger, Alec GuinnessList of all editionsBased on the Nobel Prize-winning novel by Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago covers the years prior to, during, and after the Russian Revolution, as ... More
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24. Amadeus (1984)
directed by Milos Forman
featuring F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Simon Callow, Roy DotriceList of all editionsFor this film adaptation of Peter Shaffer's Broadway hit, director Milos Forman returned to the city of Prague that he'd left behind during the Czech ... More
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25. Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
directed by Bruce Beresford
featuring Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy, Dan Aykroyd, Patti LuPone, Esther RolleList of all editionsBased on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Alfred Uhry, Driving Miss Daisy affectionately covers the 25-year relationship between a wealthy, strong ... More







