 | Citizen Kane (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Buy new: $11.49 / Used from: $7.95 Whatever makes a movie great this one has it. Most people know this film from it's ranking on AFI's top 100 list, but if you watch it biased by that you might never fully appreciate it's full power.
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 | The Ten Commandments (50th Anniversary Collection)
Buy new: $16.99 / Used from: $14.13 Perhaps the most watched movie in history. Amazing visual and acting conjuration. It would be interesting to see a modern interpretation of this story but I doubt the grandness of this film can, or will ever, be duplicated.
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 | Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope (1977 & 2004 Versions, 2-Disc Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $16.49 / Used from: $7.97 Now called Episode IV: A New Hope, the film originally titled "Star Wars" is simply a fully brilliant film in scope and theme. Much of it was very raw despite the overwhelming expertise in special effects. Many have attempted to capture signature power like this film since.
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 | Schindler's List (Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $7.50 Perhaps the most important film of the 20th century, it fully displays the horror of the holocaust.
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 | Downfall
Buy new: $12.49 / Used from: $4.67 The finest depiction of Hitler in all his madness. One of the best films ever made of Nazi Germany.
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 | Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (Special Edition)
Buy new: $16.49 / Used from: $6.56 The supreme action film of all time.
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 | No Country for Old Men
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $2.45 I've not seen a villain more terrible than Anton Chigurh.
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 | Saving Private Ryan (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition)
Buy new: $17.49 / Used from: $5.19 WWII combat is not better depicted in any film. There might be better movies about the war, but there is nothing better for setting the context of the reality of it.
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 | Blade Runner (Four-Disc Collector's Edition)
Buy new: $13.20 / Used from: $11.09 This might be the best science fiction film ever made. The powers, and potential ethical errors, of science can be quite frightening to contemplate.
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 | The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring (Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.49 The great opening part of the saga.
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 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $0.20 The fantastic mid-section to the saga.
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 | The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King (Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $8.49 / Used from: $1.01 The great conclusion to what might be the greatest spectacle in movie history. Peter Jackson made a masterpiece. Why didn't I make one listing for a bundled presentation? Simply, there were none available for listing here at amazon.com anymore.
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 | Fight Club
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $5.25 A terrific film that is not quite what it appears to be on the label.
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 | The Godfather - The Coppola Restoration Giftset DVD
Buy new: $31.99 / Used from: $19.99 Worth it only for the first two films. This unique film work has never been done with quite the touch these were. Simply amazing stuff.
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 | Braveheart (Special Collector's Edition)
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $5.89 Easily the best thing Gibson ever did, in front of or behind the camera. Braveheart demonstrates the great complexions between the desire for power and the desire for justice. The dream...is what matters most.
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 | Cold Mountain (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $0.95 What makes life worth living?
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 | Children of Men (Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $12.49 / Used from: $1.17 What is the value of life?
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 | Pan's Labyrinth
Buy new: $7.49 / Used from: $1.88 A marvelously touching film.
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 | The Man with No Name Trilogy (A Fistful of Dollars, For A Few Dollars More, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly)
Buy new: $24.49 / Used from: $13.49 Might as well get the whole trilogy, but really the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly alone is worth this price.
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 | Papillon
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $8.75 Absolutely powerful film. Troubling and poignant.
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 | The Terminator
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $6.84 A simply amazing idea brought to life in an original movie. Tense and terrific.
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 | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (Widescreen Special Edition)
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $6.49 A simply wonderful film.
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 | My Fair Lady (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Buy used from: $12.89 Audrey Hepburn displays amazing talents here. This one of the best movies ever done.
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 | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $6.99 One of the fabulous comedies of all time.
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 | The Shawshank Redemption (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Buy new: $24.49 / Used from: $4.07 Great, great story with a wonderful outcome. If you haven't seen it you must do so.
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 | Carrie (Special Edition)
Buy new: $12.49 / Used from: $3.60 A troubling story about what human cruelty can be like, and how one might fight back in fantasy.
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 | Christine (Special Edition)
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $5.87 Stephen King at his best. An amazing film in all sorts of ways.
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 | 12 Monkeys (Special Edition)
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $2.33 One of the great films ever made. A little weak at the edges, but the significance of the story cannot be understated. I recommend for anyone dealing with understanding the symptoms of mental illness. It's also great for those into conspiracy theories.
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 | Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $1.50 The best of the trilogy and one of the most entertaining films ever.
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 | Equilibrium
Buy new: $12.49 / Used from: $2.25 I'll admit upfront that I didn't like the ending. However, for delivering on the concept of the dystoipian concept it give it a recommendation here. There are ways in which this one could have been improved, but as it is, not bad.
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 | Aliens (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
Buy new: $17.49 / Used from: $4.70 A great sci-fi, but I'll never understand the point of the little girl.
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 | Alien (The Director's Cut)
Buy new: $16.49 / Used from: $3.43 The original sci-fi horror show will likely never be beaten. It gives one the perfect problem to solve. Nothing to the solution is easy. At all.
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 | Unforgiven (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Buy new: $8.66 / Used from: $3.98 A truly authentic western experience.
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 | Batman Begins (Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $1.19 The best superhero movie because of the supreme back story to the development of the character of Bruce Wayne into becoming the Batman.
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