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A comedy of manners adapted from a 1895 Oscar Wilde play, “The Ideal Husband” follows the exploits of two upper-crust Britons who attempt to keep a past misdeed secret.

Mind control is the theme of this combination psychological thriller and dark comedy. In “Faults,” a renowned expert on deprogramming comes to the aid of parents who ask him to extricate their daughter from the clutches of a cult.

Based on a real-life murder, “Bomb City” explores social tensions between the punk community and conservative residents in Amarillo, Texas, when a clash between the two factions led to the 1997 death of a young punk musician.

This is billed as a coming-of-age story, except this time the person coming of age is a shy, 60-something office worker played by Sally Field. The film details her infatuation with a younger co-worker and tentative steps toward a new life.

The romantic pairings of a group of Los Angeles public high school kids form the basis for “Some Kind of Wonderful.” Interestingly, writer-producer John Hughes (sitting out his usual director role this time) wanted Molly Ringwald for one of the leads, but she declined, thus ending their long-time working partnership.

Looking for a bit of 1950s nostalgic escapism? Try this Fred Astaire musical set against the backdrop of the royal wedding between Princess Elizabeth, heir to the British throne, and Philip Mountbatten.

In this weird combination of black comedy and romance with an overlay of horror, two high school students want to find out why classmates are suddenly exploding.

Based on a true-life event as recounted in a New Yorker article later expanded into a book, “Casualties of War” dramatizes a horrificcrime perpetuated by a group of U.S. soldiers during the Vietnam war.

Filmed with a budget of just $33,000, “Carnival of Souls” has become a cult horror classic inspiring other filmmakers, including David Lynch and George Romero. It revolves around the lone survivor of a car crash.

Frank Sinatra plays an assassin in this flim noir about a would-be presidential assassination in a small California town. Sinatra was praised for his against-type bad guy role.

Rabid basketball fan Spike Lee directs Denzel Washington and former NBA star Ray Allen in this drama about a college basketball recruit. Washington and Lee both received Oscar nominations for their work.

A classic John Wayne Western, “Hondo” is based on a short story by famed Western author Louis L’Amour. Set in 1870 Arizona, it features Wayne as a mysterious stranger who comes to the aid of a woman and her young son.

In this gritty neo-noir, two police detectives (Ray Liotta and Jason Patric) team up to solve the murder of an undercover officer in Detroit.

Renee Zellweger deservedly won an Oscar for her portrayal of singer/actress Judy Garland in this biopic. The film follows Garland’s career from a young age to her final performances in London in 1969.

“Kansas City Confidential” has all the elements of a classic 1950s-era film noir crime drama. An ex-con tries to clear his name after he’s wrongly accused of robbing an armored truck.

In 1969, U.S. soldiers engaged in one of the bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War; this is the story of that encounter. The title gets its name from the terrain they fought on, otherwise known as Hill 937, near the Laotian border.

Jodie Foster won a Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of rаpe victim who fights to bring her attackers to justice. The screenplay was based on a rаpe in Massachusetts that made national news when a young woman was attacked as onlookers did nothing to stop the crime.

Described as a coming-of-age psychological drama, “Mean Creek” follows a group of teens who plan revenge on a bully. The plan doesn’t go as expected.

Famed screenwriter Pаddy Chayefsky garnered an Academy Award for this satirical film based at a Manhattan hospital. The hospital is dealing with several mysterious deaths, while its chief of medicine, Dr. Herbert Bock, played by George C. Scott, deals with his crumbling personal life. Diana Rigg plays Scott’s love interest.

This 1976 Western is John Wayne’s final film role. In it, he plays a dying gunfighter confronting his final days, much like Wayne himself, who died three years after the film’s release.

Four brothers unite to avenge the death of their father and fight a swindler’s takeover of their late mother’s ranch. John Wayne and Dean Martin play two of the brothers, who clash with the local sheriff and a rival gang.

Robert Redford’s directorial debut earned him an Oscar. But the real star of the film is Mary Tyler Moore, who convincingly plays against her sweet-natured roles as an unforgiving mother.

The plot of this science-fiction horror movie involves alien creatures sent to earth in pods to take over humans. The term “pod people ” (referring to emotionless zoombies) originated with this movie, which is registered in the National Film Registry as a “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” film.

Directed by the legendary John Ford, “The Quiet Man” is set in 1920s Ireland where retired fighter Sean Thornton (played by John Wayne) hopes to restart his life in the village of his birth. The film paired Wayne with frequent co-star Maureen O’Hara.

John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, and a young James Caan (well before his Sonny Corleone days) team up in this Howard Hawks-directed Western. Wayne plays gun-for-hire Cole Thornton who partners with Sheriff J.P. Harrah (Mitchum) to help a rancher battling a rival rancher attempting to steal his water.