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Here's your chance
to take a look at our comprehensive guide to the 100 greatest movies
of all-time. To find out more about each movie,
simply click on the movie title to be taken to a definitive movie
review.
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The
Tramp ventures into the Klondike in search of romance and riches,
but finds only misery and munchable footwear in an all-time favourite
from one of Britain's most gifted sons.
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Marshal
Will Kane (Gary Cooper) awaits the arrival of a killer in this minimalist
but powerful western. A devastating rehearsal of what would come
to be one of the genre's major concerns.
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Classic
70s disco movie with a star-making turn from John Travolta that
explores the simmering frustrations of youth to the most memorable
of soundtracks.
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A
massive (by 30s' standards) budget ensured the sets, costume and
colour were as spectacular as the swordfighting. An inspiration
for later blockbusting epics such as Star Wars and Indiana Jones
and as the tagline said, 'Only the rainbow can capture its brilliance!'
Quite.
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In
the film that saw Bruce Lee finally achieve true global stardom,
the Dragon takes on an entire army on a remote island. And wins.
The chop-socky film to beat them all.
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Paris
never looked more romantic than in this fractured, amoral tale of
a Bogart-obsessed fantasist who shoots a cop and takes up with an
old flame.
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Fondly
remembered as a Sunday TV fixture, this WWII yarn about the crew
of an army ambulance stuck in the desert achieves classic status
through its powerfully straightforward storytelling and a quality
supporting cast.
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Eisenstein's
celebrated documentary style re-creation of the 1905 anti-Tsarist
uprising by Russian sailors is a meticulous exercise in montage,
stirring visuals - and propaganda.
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C.S.
Forester's straightforward adventure story became a beautifully
understated yet unforgettably steamy and tense thriller in the hands
of John Huston. Sizzles with the chemistry between stars Humphrey
Bogart and Katharine Hepburn.
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There's
love, locomotives and laughs in this great silent comedy set during
the American Civil War starring, co-written by and directed by the
inimitable Buster Keaton.
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