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100 Classic Movies To Watch Before You Die!

May 9th, 2018   |   Updated on June 30th, 2022

34. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Storyline:

Due to his knowledge of the native Bedouin tribes, British Lieutenant T.E. Lawrence is sent to Arabia to find Prince Faisal and serve as a liaison between the Arabs and the British in their fight against the Turks. With the aid of native Sherif Ali, Lawrence rebels against the orders of his superior officer and strikes out on a daring camel journey across the harsh desert to attack a well-guarded Turkish port.

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Movie Review : Robert Bolt’s intelligent screenplay captures a portrait of a fiendishly complex, hopelessly idealistic individual and explores the politics at play. Read Full Review…




35. Rebecca (1940)

Storyline:

A shy lady’s companion, staying in Monte Carlo with her stuffy employer, meets the wealthy Maxim de Winter. She and Max fall in love, marry and return to Manderley, his large country estate in Cornwall. Max is still troubled by the death of his first wife, Rebecca, in a boating accident the year before. The second Mrs. de Winter clashes with the housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers, and discovers that Rebecca still has a strange hold on everyone at Manderley.

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Movie Review : It’s an elegant production, beautifully photographed and designed like a dream house shrouded in mourning, but it also favors the pictorial over the cinematic and surface over subtext. Read Full Review…