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206. The Tenant (1976)

Trelkovsky, an isolated Eastern European émigré in Paris, occupies an apartment in a frightening old building whose tenants regard him with mistrust if not outright hate. When Trelkovsky discovers that the apartment’s former resident, a lovely woman, attempted suicide by jumping out the window, he begins to empathize with her in increasingly frightening ways. To make matters worse, he comes to the notion that his new neighbors are planning to murder him.

Director: Roman Polanski
Language: French
Genre: Horror
Main Cast: 

  • Roman Polanski
  • Isabelle Adjani
  • Melvyn Douglas
  • Jo Van Fleet
  • Rufus
  • Shelley Winters

IMDb Rating: 7.6
Box Office: $1,924,733
Running Time: 126 minutes
Movie Trailer: The Tenant | Official Trailer | Shamita Shetty | Rudhraksh Jaiswal | Swanand Kirkire | Sheeba Chadha

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207. Night Moves (1975)

Seeking a diversion from his faltering marriage, determined private detective Harry Moseby takes on a job from a former B-movie star, Janet Ward, to locate her missing daughter, Delly. Harry’s investigation leads him to the Florida Keys, where he discovers Delly residing with her stepfather, Tom, and Tom’s partner, Paula. Harry becomes romantically involved with Paula, only to realize that the case is far more complex than it initially appeared.

Director: Arthur Penn
Language: English
Genre: Drama
Main Cast: 

  • Gene Hackman
  • Susan Clark

IMDb Rating: 7.1
Running Time: 99 minutes 
Movie Trailer: Night Moves (1975) Official Trailer – Gene Hackman, Jennifer Warren Movie HD

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208. The Conversation (1974)

Surveillance expert Harry Caul is recruited to follow a young couple, Mark and Ann, by a mysterious client’s harsh aide. Caul and his associate Stan manage to record a confusing chat between the couple while following them around San Francisco’s Union Square. Caul becomes obsessed with the resulting recording, trying to discern if the pair is in danger, haunted by recollections of a prior case that ended horribly.

Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Language: English
Genre: Thriller, Mystery
Main Cast: 

  • Gene Hackman
  • John Cazale
  • Allen Garfield
  • Cindy Williams
  • Frederic Forrest

IMDb Rating: 7.8
Box Office: $4,533,885
Running Time: 113 minutes
Movie Trailer: The Conversation – Trailer

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209. The Long Goodbye (1973)

Terry Lennox, an old friend of private investigator Philip Marlowe, asks him for a ride to Mexico. He agrees, and when he returns to Los Angeles, he is questioned by police about Terry’s wife’s death. Marlowe remains a suspect until Terry is believed to have committed suicide in Mexico. Marlowe doesn’t buy it but instead accepts a new case from Eileen Wade, a stunning blond who, coincidentally, has a past with Terry.

Director: Robert Altman
Language: English
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Main Cast: 

  • Elliott Gould
  • Nina van Pallandt
  • Sterling Hayden

IMDb Rating: 7.6
Box Office: $21,619
Running Time: 112 minutes
Movie Trailer: The Long Goodbye (1973) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HQ]

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210. Aguirre, The Wrath of God (1972)

Don Lope de Aguirre, a violent Spanish conquistador, vies for dominance as part of an expedition to find El Dorado, the mythical seven cities of gold, in Peru. Aguirre, accompanied by his daughter Flores, confronts his superior, Don Pedro de Ursua, and becomes progressively aggressive after seizing leadership of the group. As Aguirre progresses farther into the Amazonian bush, he becomes increasingly insane.

Director: Werner Herzog
Language: English, German
Genre: Historic, Drama
Main Cast: 

  • Klaus Kinski
  • Helena Rojo
  • Del Negro
  • Ruy Guerra
  • Peter Berling
  • Cecilia Rivera
  • Dany Ades
  • Armando Polanah

IMDb Rating: 7.9
Box Office: $37,041
Running Time: 94 minutes
Movie Trailer: Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) Original Trailer [FHD]

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211. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)

M.Thevenot, the ambassador of the Latin American country of Miranda, his wife Simone, and her sister Florence arrive for a dinner party at the home of Alice Sénéchal and her husband Henri, only to discover that the date had been miscalculated. The six bourgeois pals regularly convene for a dinner that never arrives in director Luis Buuel’s strange vision.

Director: Luis Buñuel
Language: French
Genre: Drama
Main Cast: 

  • Fernando Rey
  • Paul Frankeur
  • Delphine Seyrig
  • Stéphane Audran
  • Bulle Ogier
  • Jean-Pierre Cassel
  • Julien Bertheau
  • Milena Vukotic

IMDb Rating: 7.8
Box Office: $17,432
Running Time: 101 minutes
Movie Trailer: THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE – Official Trailer – 40th Anniversary Reissue

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212. Harold and Maude (1971)

Cort plays a deadpan, disillusioned 20-year-old obsessed with death, and Gordon plays a fun-loving 80-year-old oddball in this cult favorite. They meet at a funeral and form an illicit love connection in which they examine the tired issue of life’s meaning from a new angle.

Director: Hal Ashby
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Main Cast: 

  • Ruth Gordon
  • Bud Cort
  • Vivian Pickles
  • Cyril Cusack
  • Charles Tyner
  • Ellen Geer

IMDb Rating: 7.9
Box Office: $1,546
Running Time: 91 minutes
Movie Trailer: Harold and Maude – Trailer

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213. Wake in Fright (1971)

After finishing the school year in a remote outback community, teacher John Grant is looking forward to spending his vacation in Sydney with his fiancée. But John gets sidetracked in a mining town, where a gambling binge leaves him bankrupt. He instantly becomes friends with the hard-drinking natives, who continuously ply him with beer and make him engage in a grueling kangaroo hunt. Disgusted, John attempts to hitchhike out of town and, when that fails, considers suicide.

Director: Ted Kotcheff
Language: English
Genre: Thriller, Psychological
Main Cast: 

  • Donald Pleasence
  • Gary Bond
  • Chips Rafferty
  • Sylvia Kay

IMDb Rating: 7.6
Box Office: $218,229
Running Time: 109 minutes
Movie Trailer: WAKE IN FRIGHT 1971 US Release Trailer (Masters of Cinema)

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214. Little Big Man (1970)

When an interested oral historian (William Hickey) arrives to hear 121-year-old Jack Crabb’s life narrative, he can hardly believe his ears. Crabb recounts being rescued and reared by Cheyenne, working as a snake oil salesman, a gunman, and a mule skinner under Gen. Custer. As if that weren’t enough, he claims to be the only white survivor of the epic Battle of the Little Bighorn.

Director: Arthur Penn
Language: English
Genre: Drama
Main Cast: 

  • Dustin Hoffman
  • Martin Balsam
  • Jeff Corey
  • Chief Dan George
  • Faye Dunaway

IMDb Rating: 7.6
Box Office: $31,559,552
Running Time: 147 minutes
Movie Trailer: Little Big Man (1970) Trailer

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215. Night of the Living Dead (1969)

A ragged gang of Pennsylvanians locks themselves in an old farmhouse to protect themselves from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls assaulting the United States East Coast. When Barbra and Johnny go to visit their father’s grave in a rural cemetery, they are attacked by zombies.

Director: George A. Romero
Language: English
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Main Cast: 

  • Duane Jones
  • Judith O’Dea
  • Marilyn Eastman
  • Karl Hardman
  • Judith Ridley
  • Keith Wayne

IMDb Rating: 7.8
Box Office: $236,452
Running Time: 96 minutes
Movie Trailer: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD Trailer

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216. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

In the vicinity of Flagstone, there exists a unique piece of land surrounded by water. Railroad tycoon Morton, aware of its strategic importance, seeks to acquire it, anticipating that the new railroad will inevitably have to pass through there. He sent his henchman Frank to frighten the land’s owner, McBain, but Frank murders him instead and blames it on a known bandit, Cheyenne. Meanwhile, McBain’s new wife, Jill, and a mystery gunslinger with a score to settle arrive in town.

Director: Sergio Leone
Language: Italian, English
Genre: Drama, Western
Main Cast: 

  • Claudia Cardinale
  • Henry Fonda
  • Jason Robards
  • Charles Bronson
  • Gabriele Ferzetti
  • Woody Strode
  • Jack Elam
  • Lionel Stander
  • Paolo Stoppa
  • Frank Wolff
  • Keenan Wynn

IMDb Rating: 8.5
Box Office: $5,434,825
Running Time: 166 minutes
Movie Trailer: Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

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217. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)

A young wife begins to suspect that her child is not of this world. Rosemary Woodhouse and her unsuccessful actor husband, Guy, go to a New York City apartment building with a bad reputation and strange neighbors, Roman and Minnie Castevet. Rosemary gets increasingly isolated as she becomes pregnant, and the wicked reality is exposed only after Rosemary gives birth.
Director: Roman Polanski
Language: English
Genre: Horror
Main Cast: 

  • Mia Farrow
  • John Cassavetes
  • Ruth Gordon
  • Sidney Blackmer
  • Maurice Evans
  • Ralph Bellamy

IMDb Rating: 8.0
Running Time: 136 minutes
Movie Trailer: Rosemary’s Baby (1968) Trailer #1 | Movieclips Classic Trailers

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218. In the Heat of the Night (1967)

In the small town of Sparta, Mississippi, Bill Gillespie, the prejudiced police chief, detains Virgil Tibbs, an African-American detective from Philadelphia, under suspicion of murder. Tibbs joins forces with Gillespie to find the true culprit after proving not just his innocence but also that of another guy. Their research takes them through the town’s social levels, with Tibbs gaining enemies as well as unusual friends in his pursuit of the truth.

Director: Norman Jewison
Language: English
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Main Cast: 

  • Sidney Poitier
  • Rod Steiger
  • Warren Oates
  • Lee Grant

IMDb Rating: 8.0
Box Office: $27,669
Running Time: 110 minutes
Movie Trailer: In The Heat Of The Night (1967) | Official Trailer | MGM Studios

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219. Charade (1963)

During her ski vacation in the French Alps, Regina Lampert is drawn to the captivating Peter Joshua. However, upon her return to Paris, she is shocked to find out that her husband has been murdered. Soon, she and Peter are on the trail of three of her late husband’s WWII pals, Tex, Scobie, and Gideon, who are pursuing a quarter-million dollars that the quartet stole while behind enemy lines. But why is Peter changing his name all the time?

Director: Stanley Donen
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Mystery
Main Cast: 

  • Cary Grant
  • Audrey Hepburn
  • Walter Matthau
  • James Coburn

IMDb Rating: 7.9
Box Office: $173,057
Running Time: 113 minutes
Movie Trailer: Charade (1963) Official Trailer – Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn Movie HD

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220. The Great Escape (1963)

Confined in a WWII German POW camp, a band of Allied soldiers devises a bold escape plan. Their goal is not just freedom but also to distract Nazi forces, drawing them away from the frontlines to search for escapees. Among these prisoners are American Captain Virgil Hilts and British Squadron Leader Roger Bartlett, who play key roles in the plan. Their ingenious strategy involves digging a tunnel out of the prison, and as their plan nears fruition, the risks and consequences of their potential escape intensify.

Director: John Sturges
Language: English, German, French
Genre: Adventure
Main Cast: 

  • Steve McQueen
  • James Garner
  • Richard Attenborough

IMDb Rating: 8.2
Box Office: $228,178
Running Time: 172 minutes
Movie Trailer: THE GREAT ESCAPE (1963) | Official Trailer | MGM

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221. To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)

Scout Finch, 6, and her elder brother, Jem, reside in peaceful Maycomb, Alabama, where they spend a lot of time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and strange neighbor, Boo Radley (Robert Duvall). When their widowed father, Atticus, a distinguished lawyer, defends a black man called Tom Robinson against bogus rape allegations, the trial and subsequent events expose the children to the problems of prejudice and stereotyping.

Director: Robert Mulligan
Language: English
Genre: Drama
Main Cast: 

  • Gregory Peck
  • Mary Badham
  • Phillip Alford
  • John Megna
  • Ruth White
  • Paul Fix
  • Brock Peters
  • Frank Overton

IMDb Rating: 8.3
Box Office: $599,146
Running Time: 129 minutes
Movie Trailer: To Kill a Mockingbird Official Trailer #1 – Gregory Peck Movie (1962) HD

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222. The Man who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

Senator Stoddard arrives at the funeral of local figure Tom Doniphon in a small Western town; various questions begin to surface. In a flashback, we learn that Doniphon rescued Stoddard, then a lawyer, from a gang of outlaws commanded by Liberty Valance, who were terrorizing the town. Doniphon and Stoddard, two of the only persons who stood up to him as the territory’s safety hung in the balance, proved to be very important but very different opponents to Valance.

Director: John Ford
Language: English
Genre: Drama, Western
Main Cast: 

  • John Wayne
  • James Stewart
  • Lee Marvin
  • Vera Miles
  • Woody Strode

IMDb Rating: 8.1
Running Time: 123 minutes
Movie Trailer: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance – Trailer

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223. The Innocents (1961)

Inspired by Henry James’ tale “The Turn of the Screw,” this psychological thriller revolves around a woman who accepts a position as a governess in a Victorian-era household, caring for two orphaned children.

Director: Jack Clayton
Language: English
Genre: Horror
Main Cast: 

  • Deborah Kerr
  • Peter Wyngarde
  • Megs Jenkins
  • Michael Redgrave
  • Pamela Franklin
  • Martin Stephens

IMDb Rating: 7.8
Box Office: $30,103
Running Time: 99 minutes
Movie Trailer: The Innocents (1961) Trailer #1 | Movieclips Classic Trailers

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224. Room at the Top (1959)

An aspiring young guy from a humble background is hired in a mill town in Northern England. He, being the daughter of the town’s richest man, unexpectedly falls in love with a married woman, leading to a passionate affair. Tragically, the married woman takes her own life, and he eventually finds himself in a marriage with a woman who loves him, but the feelings are not reciprocated.

Director: Jack Clayton
Language: English
Genre: Drama
Main Cast: 

  • Simone Signoret
  • Laurence Harvey
  • Heather Sears
  • Donald Wolfit
  • Donald Houston
  • Hermione Baddeley

IMDb Rating: 7.6
Running Time: 115 minutes
Movie Trailer: Room at the Top (1959) ORIGINAL TRAILER

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225. Some Like It Hot (1959)

Following the witnessing of a Mafia murder, slick saxophone player Joe and his long-suffering pal, Jerry, devise a fast plan to flee Chicago with their lives. They disguise themselves as ladies and join an all-female jazz band before boarding a train heading for warm Florida. While Joe pretends to be rich in order to win the band’s attractive singer, Sugar, Jerry is followed by a real wealthy man as things heat up and the mobsters close in.

Director: Billy Wilder
Language: English
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Main Cast: 

  • Marilyn Monroe
  • Tony Curtis
  • Jack Lemmon
  • George Raft
  • Joe E. Brown
  • Pat O’Brien

IMDb Rating: 8.2
Box Office: $195,088
Running Time: 121 minutes
Movie Trailer: Some Like it Hot (1959) Movie Trailer HD

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226. 12 Angry Men (1957)

Following the conclusion of the closing arguments in a murder trial, the jury of 12 must deliberate, with a guilty conviction resulting in the death of the accused, an inner-city kid. One juror raises significant doubt on portions of the case as the dozen men strive to reach a unanimous judgment while sequestered in a room. Personal difficulties quickly surface, and friction threatens to undermine the delicate procedure that will determine the fate of one youngster.

b>Director: Sidney Lumet
Language: English
Genre: Crime, Drama
Main Cast: 

  • Henry Fonda
  • Lee J. Cobb
  • Ed Begley
  • E.G. Marshall
  • Jack Warden

IMDb Rating: 9.0
Running Time: 96 minutes
Movie Trailer: 12 ANGRY MEN (1957) | Official Trailer | MGM

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227. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

J.J. Hunsecker, a Broadway columnist for a New York City newspaper, wields enormous power over public opinion. Still, he has little control over his younger sister, Susan, who is dating aspiring jazz pianist Steve Dallas. Hunsecker strongly disapproves of the romance and employs publicist Sidney Falco to devise a strategy to separate the couple, regardless of how evil the methods may be.

Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Language: English
Genre: Drama
Main Cast: 

  • Burt Lancaster
  • Tony Curtis

IMDb Rating: 8.0 
Running Time: 96 minutes
Movie Trailer: SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS Trailer (1957) – The Criterion Collection

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228. The Court Jester (1956)

Hubert Hawkins, a former circus performer and maid Jean are tasked with protecting the young royal heir from the cruel King Roderick. While Jean is transporting the baby to an abbey, Hawkins gets admission to the court by impersonating the king’s jester, unknowing that the jester is actually an assassin hired by the cunning Sir Ravenhurst. When Princess Gwendolyn falls in love with Hawkins, a witch covertly helps him become a knight.

Director: Melvin Frank, Norman Panama
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Main Cast: 

  • Danny Kaye
  • Glynis Johns
  • Basil Rathbone
  • Angela Lansbury
  • Cecil Parker

IMDb Rating: 7.8
Running Time: 101 minutes
Movie Trailer: The Court Jester – Trailer

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229. Diabolique (1955)

In this classic of French suspense, Michel Delassalle (Paul Meurisse), the cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, becomes the target of a murder plot hatched by an unlikely pair: his meek wife (Vera Clouzot) and the mistress he brazenly flaunts (Simone Signoret). The women, driven together by their shared loathing for the man, carry out the crime but become progressively deranged as a sequence of strange happenings occurs after Delassalle’s body inexplicably disappears.

Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Language: French
Genre: Horror, Crime
Main Cast: 

  • Simone Signoret
  • Véra Clouzot
  • Paul Meurisse
  • Charles Vanel

IMDb Rating: 8.1
Box Office: $12,498
Running Time: 114 minutes
Movie Trailer: DIABOLIQUE Trailer (1955) – The Criterion Collection

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