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3) Spartacus
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Criterion collection volume 105
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Spartacus is the bold gladiator slave who leads a massive slave revolt against Imperial Rome in this epic true account of man's eternal struggle for freedom.
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In order to escape retaliation after they witness a gangland murder, two unemployed musicians disguise themselves as women and join an all-girl band headed to Miami. En route, one falls for the band's lovelorn singer, who thinks she loves an aged playboy. Their cover is blown by his love interest and by a mob boss, who refuses to fall for their hoax.
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Adapted from the stage to the screen, the film follows the lives of American journalist Bernard Lawrence and his friend and fellow journalist Robert Reed in Paris. Bernard, the ultimate bachelor, is juggling romances with three different stewardesses who just happen to have three different schedules and nationalities. Robert is scheming to take over for his buddy after Bernard's job relocates him to another country.
6) The Vikings
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Two Viking brothers are drawn into a bloody duel by their desire for a beautiful princess.
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The U.S.S. Sea Tiger is on its last legs until the handsome skipper and his ingenious, if slightly unethical, junior officer scavenge the parts and supplies needed to put the sub back into action. Forced out to sea prematurely by an enemy air attack, the sub leaks and limps along until five stranded Army nurses come aboard and initiate their own renovations. From one mishap to another, the sub ends up a blushing pink, making it a target for both Japanese...
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A Special Memoir for a Special Moment in Hollywood History...
Some Like It Hot occupies a unique place in American culture. This beloved classic showcases five comic geniuses: Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, I. A. L. Diamond, Billy Wilder, and Marilyn Monroe. It has been honored by the American Film Institute as the "Funniest Film of All Time". It has contributed quotes, styles, and stories to film lore. Yet the full story of its making has never been...
11) Spartacus
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The story of a gladiator who leads slaves in a rebellion against the power of Rome.
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Angel and the Badman stars John Wayne as wounded outlaw Quirt Evans. When sheltered by a Quaker family, he falls for the family's angelic daughter, Penelope (Gail Russell). Though she brings on a transformation in Quirt's hard-boiled character for the better, he is ever-obsessed with avenging the killing of his foster father. The first starring vehicle that John Wayne produced himself, Angel and the Badman is an unconventional Western romance classic...
13) The defiant ones
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Two men escaping from a Southern work gang discover that they are bound together by an unbreakable iron chain.
15) Some like it hot
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Two musicians disguise themselves as women and join an all-female band in order to evade the Mafia, since they witnessed the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. Directed by Billy Wilder. On the National Film Registry.
17) The Vikings
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The saga of the loves and lusts of the fierce Norse raiders who pillaged Britain over a thousand years ago.
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A twisted suspenseful romance set during the French Revolution. While men, women, and children fall under the merciless blade of the guillotine, one foppish gentleman, alias the Scarlet Pimpernel, bravely rescues aristocrats from the jaws of death. In the midst of his rescue, he meets and falls passinately in love with Marguerite, France's most celebrated actress.