Make Way for Tomorrow
Leo McCarey
1937 • 92 minutes • 1.33:1 • United States
Spine: #505 Editions: DVD, Blu-RayLeo McCarey’s Make Way for Tomorrow is one of the great unsung Hollywood masterpieces, an enormously moving Depression-era depiction of the frustrations of family, aging, and the generation gap.
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Limelight
Charles Chaplin
1952 • 137 minutes • 1.33:1 • United States
Spine: #756 Editions: DVD, Blu-Ray, Hulu PlusCharlie Chaplin’s masterful drama about the twilight of a former vaudeville star is among the writer-director’s most touching films. Chaplin plays Calvero, a once beloved musical-comedy performer, now a washed-up alcoholic who lives in a small London flat.
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The Rose
Mark Rydell
1979 • 134 minutes • 1.85:1 • United States
Spine: #757 Editions: DVD, Blu-RayBette Midler exploded onto the screen with her take-no-prisoners performance in this quintessential film about fame and addiction from director Mark Rydell.
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The Merchant of Four Seasons
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
1971 • 88 minutes • 1.37:1
Spine: #758 Editions: DVD, Blu-Ray, Hulu PlusIn this despairing yet mordantly funny film, Fassbinder charts the decline of a self-destructive former policeman and war veteran struggling to make ends meet for his family by working as a fruit vendor.
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The Confession
Costa-Gavras
1970 • 139 minutes • 1.66:1 • France
Spine: #759 Editions: DVD, Blu-Ray, Hulu PlusThe master of the political thriller, Costa-Gavras, became an instant phenomenon after the mammoth success of Z, and he quickly followed it with the perhaps even more riveting The Confession.
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State of Siege
Costa-Gavras
1972 • 120 minutes • 1.66:1 • France
Spine: #760 Editions: DVD, Blu-RayCosta-Gavras puts the United States’ involvement in South American politics under the microscope in this arresting thriller.
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