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"Turner Classic Movies: The Essentials: 52 Must-See Movies and Why They Matter" (2016)

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1. Metropolis (1927)
2. All Quiet On the Western Front (1930)
3. City Lights (1931)
4. Grand Hotel (1932)
5. Duck Soup (1933)
6. King Kong (1933)
7. It Happened One Night (1934)
8. The Thin Man (1934)
9. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
10. Swing Time (1936)
11. Gone With the Wind (1939)
12. Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939)
13. Citizen Kane (1941)
14. The Lady Eve (1941)
15. Casablanca (1942)
16. Now, Voyager (1942)
17. Double Indemnity (1944)
18. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
19. Meet Me In St. Louis (1944)
20. Leave Her To Heaven (1945)
21. Out of the Past (1947)
22. The Bicycle Thief (1948)
23. The Red Shoes (1948)
24. Adam's Rib (1949)
25. The Third Man (1949)
26. White Heat (1949)
27. All About Eve (1950)
28. Gun Crazy (1950)
29. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
30. Winchester '73 (1950)
31. Singin' In the Rain (1952)
32. Roman Holiday (1953)
33. On the Waterfront (1954)
34. Rear Window (1954)
35. The Seven Samurai (1954)
36. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
37. The Searchers (1956)
38. Ben-Hur (1959)
39. North By Northwest (1959)
40. Some Like It Hot (1959)
41. Breathless (1960)
42. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
43. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
44. Dr. Strangelove (1964)
45. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
46. The Graduate (1967)
47. In the Heat of the Night (1967)
48. Once Upon a Time In the West (1968)
49. Jaws (1975)
50. Rocky (1976)
51. Annie Hall (1977)
52. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)

 

AUTHOR: Jeremy Arnold

DESCRIPTION: Turner Classic Movies: The Essentials 52 Must-See Movies and Why They Matter by Jeremy Arnold with foreword by Robert Osborne. 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.

SUMMARY: Showcasing 52 Essential films from the golden age to the present, Turner Classic Movies invites you into a world filled with stirring performances, dazzling musical numbers, and bold directorial visions that mark the greatest moments in film history. These are movies that define what it means to be a classic. Readers can enjoy one film per week, for a year of stellar viewing, or indulge in their own classic movie festival.

(Description & Summary from TCM Shop)