 | To Kill a Mockingbird (Collector's Edition)
Buy new: $15.49 / Used from: $11.99 My personal favorite movie of all time. The brilliance and fathoms of meaning begin from the opening credits and musical theme. Each line is laden with purpose. The child actors are perfect, and Peck has crafted a masterful character in Addicus Finch. Timeless theme of racism.
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 | The Bridge on the River Kwai
Buy new: $17.49 / Used from: $8.00 An absolutely epic rendition of a story loosely based on a true World War II incident. The story's theme is the futility and insanity of war, and the irony of British pride, viewed through the psychological, confrontational struggle of imperialistic wills between a proud and rigid British and Japanese Colonel.
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 | Casablanca
Buy used from: $9.99 What has not already been said? A masterful tale of two men vying for the same woman's love. The story of political and romantic espionage set against the backdrop of the wartime conflict between democracy and totalitarianism. Rich and smoky atmosphere, enduring classic lines! One of the all time best romance films!
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 | The Best Years of Our Lives
Buy used from: $23.74 Poignant and superbly eloquent, realistic, intimate. The ironic title refers to the troubling fact that many servicemen had 'the best years of their lives' in wartime, not in their experiences afterwards in peacetime America when they were forced to adapt to their much-changed lives at home.
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 | The King and I (50th Anniversary Edition)
Buy new: $19.49 / Used from: $14.89 No other version compares with the magical combination of Yul Brenner and Deborah Kerr! Strong willed widow arrives in Siam to teach, and finds a strong willed King; East meets West (or British) in an endearing tale of the heart learning to respect, understand and love beyond cultural canyons.
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 | On the Waterfront (Special Edition)
Buy new: $16.49 / Used from: $8.72 A gritty part drama and part gangster film. Authentic-looking, powerful; the problems of trade unionism, corruption and racketeering are set on New York's oppressive waterfront docks. Brando is perfectly cast as the common man, a redeemed failure up against cruel hiring bosses.
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 | The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
Buy new: $12.49 / Used from: $6.98 The mezmerizing Ingrid Bergman crafts an amazing character obsessed with China; a British missionary, she travels there and becomes a significant force for the escape of 100 orphans, and a hated then loved icon of the village. Love, devotion, perseverance are the front for this epic story.
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 | All About Eve (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Buy new: $16.49 / Used from: $15.85 This film just drips with classic lust and betrayal, friendships and jealosy! Another triumph for Davis!
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 | Sunset Boulevard - The Centennial Collection
Buy new: $16.99 / Used from: $11.82 Oh such a classic black comedy/drama! Perhaps the most acclaimed, but darkest film-noir story about "behind the scenes" Hollywood, self-deceit, spiritual and spatial emptiness, and the price of fame, greed, narcissism, and ambition. Swanson is tremendous!
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 | South Pacific (Collector's Edition)
Buy new: $25.49 / Used from: $14.99 Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical masterpiece and love stories of a naïve young Navy nurse and an older French Plantation owner, and a young officer and native girl on a U.S. occupied South Sea island. The breathtaking score is highlighted by some of the most romantic songs ever written: "Some Enchanted Evening," "Younger Than Springtime" and more. Pulitzer Prize and Academy Award winner!
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 | The Philadelphia Story (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Buy new: $24.49 / Used from: $6.74 Hilarious masterpiece conducted by three of the greatest American actors! Society girl is set to re-marry, when her recovering alcoholic ex comes around. Add reporters, some scandal, family secrets, and a lot of bad behavior for a classic comedy/romance!
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 | The Bette Davis Collection, Vol. 1 (Now, Voyager / Dark Victory / The Letter / Mr. Skeffington / The Star)
Buy new: $47.49 / Used from: $42.27 Too many to list individually, Bette Davis is one of the most enduring and fascinating actresses of our time. All of her movies are classics! Marvelous intrigue with her playing some of the most beguiling characters ever conjured in a writerÂ’s imagination!
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 | Alfred Hitchcock - The Masterpiece Collection
Buy new: $93.99 / Used from: $85.94 Again, far too many to choose from, go with this, and "The Alfred Hitchcock Signature Collection".
Hitchcock is the undisputed master of suspense and terror! A genious of the plot twist, and a brilliant story teller!
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 | Frankenstein - The Legacy Collection (Frankenstein / The Bride of / Son of / The Ghost of / House of)
Buy new: $19.49 / Used from: $11.39 Only the original of this classic tale of horror can touch the raw fear in man as he is faced with a monster. Special effects cannot replace what was a brilliantly told story, put together and wonderfully acted by the masters of it's time!
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 | Gone with the Wind (Four-Disc Collector's Edition) 1939
Buy used from: $20.99 Every moment of this epic film is pure entertainment. The characters are rich and bold, superbly portraying the folk of the time living through the fall of the South during the Civil War. Family, tradition, love, and southern life is celebrated, and gloriously depicted.
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 | The Wizard of Oz
Buy used from: $11.92 I will never grow tired of one of the most beloved fantasy films of all time. Through four marvelous characters, found together in a strange land seeking their hearts desire, we learn life lessons and understand facing enemies. Timeless musical score, unforgetable portrayals, joyous friendships.
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 | A Streetcar Named Desire (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Buy new: $26.98 / Used from: $7.77 Oh the steamy perfection of Brando and Leigh protraying two down-on-their-luck strangers, brought together by lonely circumstance. New Orleans in black and white, glazed with rain; you can precatically smell the thick French Quarter air. Dramatic, edgy characters.
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 | Wuthering Heights 1939 Classic Black and White with Original Theatrical Trailer (Import, All-Region)
Buy used from: $16.92 Only the original will do!
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