CLASSIC MOVIES
CLASSIC MOVIES IN 3 SENTENCES
1939: WHAT A YEAR IN MOVIES!
WOMAN MOVIES
ANIMATED MOVIES
100

Once upon a time Robin Wright played Buttercup in this film scripted by William Goldman

The Princess Bride

100

Witch crushed to death. Victim's sister also killed. Killer sent to Kansas, not prison

Wizard of Oz

100

This film went on to earn 10 Oscars, including Best Actress for Vivien Leigh

Gone with the Wind

100

This star of "Catwoman" accepted her Razzie Award for that movie in person, the first actress to do so

Halle Berry

100

This princess, whose stepmother is jealous of her beauty, takes refuge with seven dwarfs after being ordered to be killed by the Queen.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

200

In one of the original slasher films, Janet Leigh is killed off just 20 minutes into this 1960 thriller

Psycho

200

Cary Grant mistaken for a spy. He proposes between 2 giant heads. A train enters a tunnel

North by Northwest

200

A 35-foot-long muslin stocking was used to create the cyclone for this 1939 film.

The Wizard of Oz

200

She was Gisele in "Fast & Furious" before she was "Wonder Woman"

(Gal) Gadot

200

Voiced by Johnny Depp, this chameleon becomes the unlikely sheriff of a desert town plagued by corruption and a water crisis.

Rango

300

Film in which De Niro as Travis Bickle asks, "You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me?"

Taxi Driver

300

A group of rebels fight against a tyrannical regime. They seek to destroy a powerful weapon. In the process, they uncover a young man’s connection to the regime.

Star Wars
300

Charles Laughton was head & shoulders above the rest in this Paris-set film; does it ring a bell?

The Hunchbak of Notre Dame

300

"Diary of a Mad Black Woman" was this actor's first time on the big screen as southern matriarch Mabel Simmons

Perry

300

In this 1973 special, Charlie Brown and his friends set out to win the school's track and field meet, but Snoopy takes over as a self-appointed coach.


You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown

400

A short feature called "Salzburg Sight & Sound" is included with the DVD 35th Anniversary Edition of this film

The Sound of Music

400

A snow globe falls from a hand. Xanadu makes news. A sled goes into an incinerator

Citizen Kane

400

Merle Oberon played Cathy in this adaptation of a famous novel

Wuthering Heights

400

The ermine-trimmed velvet coronation robe from 1933's "Queen Christina" of Sweden was worn by this reclusive star of the silent screen who actually did speak in the film

Greta Garbo

400

While encountering the spirit world, Chihiro discovers Haku has become a white dragon in this Miyazaki animated film

Spirited Away

500

This Kurosawa film about a crime told from multiple points of view is credited with introducing Japanese cinema to the Western world

Rashomon

500

A marshal gets married. A train arrives right on time. A bride shoots a man in the back

High Noon

500

In this film Joseph Paine wants a sen. who "can't ask any questions or talk out of turn"; Paine doesn't get what he asked for

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

500

Emerald Fennell won an Oscar for writing this 2020 film in which Carey Mulligan seeks vengeance for a horrible crime

Promising Young Woman

500

This clever animal steals from three farmers—Boggis, Bunce, and Bean—and uses his wits to outsmart them in a battle of brains and resources.

Fantastic Mr. Fox