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10 Rillington Place 1971 movie poster Richard Attenborough John Hurt

10 Rillington Place (1971): The True Crime Film That Still Haunts

Richard Attenborough's chilling portrayal of serial killer John Christie—and the innocent man who hanged for his crimes. Documentary-style horror that argues against capital punishment more powerfully than any polemic.

Jan 31, 2026

The American Friend 1977 movie poster Wim Wenders Dennis Hopper Bruno Ganz

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The American Friend (1977): Wim Wenders Turns Ripley Into an Arthouse Tragedy

Dennis Hopper and Bruno Ganz play a deadly game of manipulation and unlikely friendship in Wenders' gorgeous adaptation of Patricia Highsmith. A film about Americans, Europeans, and the poison between them.

Jan 31, 2026

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia 1974 movie poster Warren Oates Sam Peckinpah

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Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974): Sam Peckinpah's Most Personal Apocalypse

A washed-up piano player in Mexico pursues a severed head through a desert of greed and death. Peckinpah's most reviled and most revealing film—a masterpiece of self-destruction.

Jan 31, 2026

The Day of the Jackal 1973 movie poster Edward Fox Fred Zinnemann

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The Day of the Jackal (1973): The Procedural Thriller That Defined the Genre

Fred Zinnemann's meticulous assassination thriller follows a killer we know will fail—and makes it unbearably tense anyway. The blueprint for every procedural that followed.

Jan 31, 2026

Charley Varrick 1973 movie poster Walter Matthau Don Siegel

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Charley Varrick (1973): The Working-Class Heist Film That Outsmarts Everyone

Don Siegel and Walter Matthau created the most intelligent heist film of the 1970s. A crop-duster who accidentally robs the mob shows how to think three steps ahead—and why it might not matter.

Jan 31, 2026

Hardcore 1979 movie poster George C. Scott Paul Schrader

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Hardcore (1979): Paul Schrader's Calvinist Nightmare in the Porn Industry

George C. Scott descends into Los Angeles's sex industry to find his missing daughter. Schrader's most personal film—and his most uncomfortable—is a journey into American darkness that offers no easy redemption.

Jan 31, 2026

Frenzy 1972 Alfred Hitchcock thriller movie poster

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Frenzy (1972): Hitchcock Returns to London for One Last Kill

After a decade of American films, the Master of Suspense came home to make his most violent, most explicit, and most underrated thriller. A serial killer in Covent Garden—and Hitchcock still had teeth.

Jan 31, 2026

Night Moves 1975 movie poster Gene Hackman Arthur Penn

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Night Moves (1975): The Private Eye Who Couldn't See

Arthur Penn's neo-noir put Gene Hackman in a mystery he can't solve—because the mystery is himself. A post-Watergate detective story where finding the truth doesn't help.

Jan 31, 2026

The Ascent 1977 Soviet film poster Larisa Shepitko Voskhozhdenie

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The Ascent (1977): Larisa Shepitko's Brutal Meditation on Sacrifice and Betrayal

A Soviet masterpiece that transcends propaganda to become one of cinema's most devastating explorations of moral choice under impossible circumstances. Shepitko's final completed film remains unbearably powerful.

Jan 31, 2026

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot 1974 movie poster Clint Eastwood Jeff Bridges

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Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974): Michael Cimino's Debut and the Last American Innocence

Before The Deer Hunter, Cimino made this buddy heist film with Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges. It's funnier, sadder, and stranger than you expect—a meditation on masculinity disguised as a caper.

Jan 31, 2026

Two-Lane Blacktop 1971 film poster James Taylor Dennis Wilson

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Two-Lane Blacktop (1971): The Purest American Road Movie Ever Made

Monte Hellman's existentialist drag race burns its own ending. With James Taylor, Dennis Wilson, and a '55 Chevy, this anti-narrative masterpiece defined a generation's alienation.

Jan 31, 2026

Wake in Fright 1971 Australian film poster Ted Kotcheff Outback

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Wake in Fright (1971): The Australian Nightmare That Almost Vanished

Ted Kotcheff's hallucinatory descent into the Australian outback is the most terrifying film about masculinity, alcoholism, and the void at the heart of the frontier. Martin Scorsese helped save it from oblivion.

Jan 31, 2026

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The Godfather Trilogy: An Enduring Legacy of Power, Family, and Tragedy

From Marlon Brando's iconic Don Corleone to Al Pacino's descent into darkness, the Godfather trilogy redefined American cinema. A deep dive into what makes these films eternal masterpieces.

Jan 30, 2026