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Year
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Description
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Movie
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1966
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A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery.
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
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1960
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A Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run, and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.
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Psycho
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1962
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When a ronin requesting seppuku at a feudal lord's palace is told of the brutal suicide of another ronin who previously visited, he reveals how their pasts are intertwined - and in doing so challenges the clan's integrity.
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Harakiri
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1968
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A mysterious stranger with a harmonica joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad.
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Once Upon a Time in the West
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1964
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An insane American general orders a bombing attack on the Soviet Union, triggering a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.
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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
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1963
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An executive of a Yokohama shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by mistake and held for ransom.
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High and Low
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1968
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After uncovering a mysterious artifact buried beneath the Lunar surface, a spacecraft is sent to Jupiter to find its origins - a spacecraft manned by two men and the supercomputer H.A.L. 9000.
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2001: A Space Odyssey
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1962
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The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.
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Lawrence of Arabia
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1960
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A Manhattan insurance clerk tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue.
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The Apartment
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1962
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Atticus Finch, a widowed lawyer in Depression-era Alabama, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his children against prejudice.
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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1965
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Two bounty hunters with the same intentions team up to track down an escaped Mexican outlaw.
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For a Few Dollars More
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1961
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In 1948, an American court in occupied Germany tries four Nazis judged for war crimes.
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Judgment at Nuremberg
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1961
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A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.
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Yojimbo
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1963
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Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II.
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The Great Escape
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1966
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In the 1950s, fear and violence escalate as the people of Algiers fight for independence from the French government.
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The Battle of Algiers
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1967
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A laid back Southern man is sentenced to two years in a rural prison, but refuses to conform.
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Cool Hand Luke
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1965
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A young novice is sent by her convent in 1930s Austria to become a governess to the seven children of a widowed naval officer.
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The Sound of Music
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1966
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A nurse is put in charge of a mute actress and finds that their personae are melding together.
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Persona
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1965
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The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.
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Doctor Zhivago
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1964
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In turn of the century London, a magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father.
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Mary Poppins
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