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The Lord of the Rings

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4.54 avg rating — 730,834 ratings
"Many feared that the films would not live up to the mental images of the places and peoples of the books that many readers have conjured up over the years. But, Mr. Jackson did a fine job in bringing this epic to the screen although several important plot devices were glossed over or minimized."
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To Kill a Mockingbird

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4.26 avg rating — 6,886,049 ratings
"Still one of the best screen adaptions of a great American novel."
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Great Expectations

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3.80 avg rating — 874,065 ratings
"The 1946 David Lean production of this great book was by far the best version. Starring John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Alec Guiness, Jean Simmons and the great Martita Hunt was and is one of the 10 best motion pictures of all time. A great adaption of the Dickens classic. "
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A Christmas Carol

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4.09 avg rating — 939,316 ratings
"Alistair Simm, Alistair Simm, Alistair Simm."
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

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4.06 avg rating — 64,448 ratings
"I generally don't care much for Elizabeth Taylor's acting. However, she acquits herself well in the film adaption of one of Tennessee Williams' best. Burl Ives as Big Daddy is outstanding and Dame Judith Anderson as Big Mama is his equal."
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Richard III

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3.91 avg rating — 58,510 ratings
"I like Olivier's version of this tale of ambition, trechery, and murder. A good adaption of one of Master Shakespere's most unprincipled villians."
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The Lion in Winter

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4.22 avg rating — 10,147 ratings
"Spectacular performances all around but especially from Kate Hepburn and Peter O'Toole. "
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s ...

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4.20 avg rating — 780,032 ratings
"I iwll never read this book again without seeing Jack Nicholson as Randall McMurphy and Louise Fletcher as Nurse Ratched. A great adaption of a great book. "
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The Day of the Jackal

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4.27 avg rating — 145,850 ratings
"A good book and a great movie. The 1973 version is the best."
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Amadeus

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4.15 avg rating — 18,973 ratings
"This was a play to movie adaption which seems easier, but still an outstanding film from a stage production."
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A River Runs Through It and...

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4.19 avg rating — 30,530 ratings
"A beautiful film and an even more beautiful book. "
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The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

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4.02 avg rating — 218,581 ratings
"Charles Laughton gives a masterful and poiniant performance as Quasimodo the Bell Ringer and title names : Hunchback of Notre Dame de Paris inthe 1939 remake of this classic by Victor Hugo. He is joined by an all star cast and althogh the film ends more happily that the book, it is a fine effort and acquits itself well."
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The Maltese Falcon

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3.86 avg rating — 115,477 ratings
"My cousin Humphrey Bogart literally impresses himslf into the role of the quintessential hard boiled private eye Sam Spade in the 1941 John Huston film noir. Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, Sidney Greenstreet and Ward Bond complete the list of usual suspects in this prototype detective thriller form teh pen of Dashiellle Hammett. A classic in any form."
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The Third Man

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3.78 avg rating — 16,648 ratings
"Accept for the oppressive Zither music, the fim is a wonderful study of the human condition in post war Austria. Starring Orson well in the role of Harry Lime and Joseph Cotton as his old friend Holly Martins. Carol Reed manages to capture the gravitas and gritty greyness of the Graham Greene novel. "
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A Streetcar Named Desire

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3.98 avg rating — 334,599 ratings
"STELLA! Brando was Stanley."
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Rebecca

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4.25 avg rating — 720,708 ratings
"The Olivier, Foantain, Anderson version is outstanding."
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