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Drama

Drama

City Lights

City Lights

Consistently OK reads as surprisingly underwhelming when it is this critically adored titan of the silent era.

Mystic Pizza

Mystic Pizza

This so-so prelude to the 90s indie movement has many great performances all trying to save a mediocre script.

Father of the Bride

Father of the Bride

A simpler, subtler take on the machinations of planning a wedding (in the 1950s) that offers plenty of light and frothy comedy to accompany its sweet and sentimental core.

Greyhound

Greyhound

This excellent naval thriller skimps on frills and is all the better for it.

Grapes of Wrath

Grapes of Wrath

This famous adaptation of an equally famous book offers a powerful punch, but one that wallows in its characters’ misery a bit too much for my liking.

Titanic

Titanic

A modern epic that absolutely lives up to its stellar reputation.

Breaking Away

Breaking Away

How resonant you find this coming of age sports movie, about growing up working class in the 70s, may be tied more to your personal experiences than the strength of the storytelling.

Sullivan’s Travels

Sullivan’s Travels

An extremely funny farce about filmmaking, comedy, and (oddly enough) the great depression, whose only major fault is a slightly uneven tone.

The Best Years of Our Lives

The Best Years of Our Lives

This ambitious anthology film about World War II veterans is not just one of the best films on the topic, but one of the all time greats in general.