My Man Godfrey (1936)

My Man Godfrey (1936)

[7] William Powell and Carole Lombard (who were married for a few years before making this film together) star in this screwball comedy from director Gregory LaCava (Stage Door). Powell plays Godfrey, a homeless man living in a New York…
Internes Can’t Take Money (1937)

Internes Can’t Take Money (1937)

[7] Barbara Stanwyck (Baby Face, Ladies of Leisure) gets top billing in Hollywood's first movie based on Max Brand's popular Dr. Kildare novels. Stanwyck plays an ex-con whose bank robber husband hid her infant daughter from her right before he…
Sabrina (1954)

Sabrina (1954)

[4] In this romantic comedy from director Billy Wilder (Some Like it Hot, Sunset Boulevard), Audrey Hepburn stars as a chauffeur's daughter who pines for William Holden, the playboy son of the family who employs her father. Holden finally strikes…
Paris When It Sizzles (1964)

Paris When It Sizzles (1964)

[2] Any reasonable viewer would expect a certain guaranteed level of enjoyment from a '60s romantic comedy set in Paris that stars William Holden and Audrey Hepburn. Yet somehow, Paris When It Sizzles squanders ever ounce of its cast's and…
Witness (1985)

Witness (1985)

[8] Harrison Ford must hide among the Amish after he discovers corruption within his police department. Witness was an opportunity for Ford to show his acting chops, and it remains one of his best performances. This was the first American…
Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)

Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)

[8] Gary Oldman takes a stab at one the most enduring characters in film history with Bram Stoker's Dracula. In a script that follows the classic novel as well as historical findings about one 'Vlad the Impaler', Oldman's Dracula uses…
Bell, Book and Candle (1958)

Bell, Book and Candle (1958)

[6] In this supernatural romantic comedy -- a rarity in its time -- James Stewart plays a New York publisher who becomes the object of affection for a young woman who runs a curio shop. Kim Novak plays the shop…
The Great Man’s Lady (1941)

The Great Man’s Lady (1941)

[6] Barbara Stanwyck stars as a 100-year-old woman who recalls her frontier pioneering days to a young biographer (K.T. Stevens) inquiring about her late husband, Ethan Hoyt (Joel McCrea), the man who founded the city they live in and for…
Starman (1984)

Starman (1984)

[7] Director John Carpenter (Halloween, The Thing) takes a break from the horror genre for this sensitive sci-fi romance starring Jeff Bridges and Karen Allen. Bridges plays an alien who takes the form of Allen's deceased husband. After the initial…
The Remains of the Day (1993)

The Remains of the Day (1993)

[8] Anthony Hopkins stars as Stevens, an emotionally repressed English butler working for an influential Lord in the years leading up to World War II. When he hires a new head housekeeper, Miss Kenton (Emma Thompson), the two slowly develop…