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An engrossing murder mystery and condemnation of southern Civil Rights-era biases, In the Heat of the Night is a brooding, sizzling police procedural.

Touch of Evil's exotic, groundbreaking camerawork is matched by eccentric, b-level noir storytelling that's wholly captivating and still distinctly modern.

Seedy, cold, and quietly vicious, Eastern Promises explores characters more than story, but it's a rich, complex world they inhabit.

A timeless satire of forgotten middle class existence, The Apartment contextualizes the late '50s through midnight trysts and bachelorhood.

Billy Wilder directs his cast to give Some Like It Hot's sitcom-level premise a proper injection of energy.

The Great Escape remains one of the great WWII movies for its showcase of bravado, perseverance, and endlessly entertaining characters.

Pure '90s absurdity, Hard Target is a comically-tinged action flick notable for John Woo's action sensibilities and not much else.

Without dated Cold War parallels, Invasion of the Body Snatchers joins a number of better-than-the-originals 1950s remakes in a notable film cycle.

Psychologically harrowing as a thriller and a captivating commentary, Silence of the Lambs retains its classic status through the decades.

Kathy Bates sells Misery's unnerving horror satire of the extreme religious right with gusto, and the blind cruelty is cinematic legend.

A genre masterpiece, The Good, the Bad, the Ugly doesn't suffer after decades of reference, parody, and copycats.

Not only poking fun at Star Wars, Spaceballs takes aim at the film industry as a whole in a clever spoof with every Mel Brooks signature.