Turner Classic Movies: The Essentials: 52 Must-See Movies and Why They Matter

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"Spanning eight decades of films and featuring the brightest stars ever to grace the silver screen, The Essentials is the guide to must-see movies from the most trusted authority on film - Turner Classic Movies. Since its inception on Turner Classic Movies in 2001, The Essentials has become the ultimate series for movie lovers to expand their knowledge of must-see cinema and discover or revisit landmark films that have had a lasting impact on audiences everywhere.Based on the hit series, The Essentials book showcases 100 must-see movies from the silent era to modern times."--Publisher's description. Read more... Abstract: Spanning eight decades of films and featuring the brightest stars ever to grace the silver screen, The Essentials is THE guide to must-see movies from the most trusted authority on film-Turner Classic Movies. It offers 52 films-one per week-for a year of must-see movies! Read more... Content: Metropolis (1927) -- All quiet on the Western front (1930) -- City lights (1931) -- Grand Hotel (1932) -- King King (1933) -- Duck soup (1933) -- It happened one night (1934) -- The thin man (1934) -- Bride of Frankenstein (1935) -- Swing time (1936) -- Mr. Smith goes to Washington (1939) -- Gone with the wind (1939) -- The lady Eve (1941) -- Citizen Kane (1941) -- Now, voyager (1942) -- Casablanca (1942) -- Double indemnity (1944) -- Meet me in St. Louis (1944) -- Leave her to heaven (1945) -- The best years of our lives (1946) -- Out of the past (1947) -- The red shoes (1948) -- The bicycle thief (1948) -- The third man (1949) -- White heat (1949) -- Adam's rib (1949) -- Winchester '73 (1950) -- Sunset Boulevard (1950) -- Gun crazy (1950) -- All about Eve (1950) -- Singin' in the rain (1952) -- Roman holiday (1953) -- Seven samurai (1954) -- On the waterfront (1954) -- Rear window (1954) -- Invasion of the body snatchers (1956) -- The searchers (1956) -- Some like it hot (1959) -- North by northwest (1959) -- Ben-Hur (1959) -- Breathless (1960) -- Lawrence of Arabia (1962) -- To kill a mockingbird (1962) -- Dr. Strangelove (1964) -- Bonnie and Clyde (1967) -- In the heat of the night (1967) -- The graduate (1967) -- Once upon a time in the West (1968) -- Jaws (1975) -- Rocky (1976) -- Annie Hall (1977) -- This is Spinal Tap (1964).