Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)

Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)

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Three girls and a teacher mysteriously disappear during a 1900 school picnic at a strange rock formation in this Australian film from director Peter Weir (Witness, Master and Commander). Weir uses his trademark poetic license to suggest a supernatural cause, but don’t look for a firm answers — the film is based on a true story that was never solved.

Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

[9] "As boys, they said they would die for each other. As men, they did." Once Upon a Time in America is an epic, gorgeous, emotionally moving gangster flick from spaghetti western maestro Sergio Leone (The Good the Bad and…