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The Shining (1980), a psychological horror film, was produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick in collaboration with novelist Diane Johnson. Adapted from Stephen King’s novel of the same title published in 1977, the movie follows Jack Torrance as he takes on a winter caretaking job at the remote Overlook Hotel nestled within the Colorado Rocky Mountains. The hotel, which shuts down every winter season, has a dark history revealed to Jack by manager Stuart Ullman upon his arrival – that of a previous caretaker named ...

Time After Time (1979) is an American sci-fi movie written and directed by Nicholas Meyer. Set in 1893 London, it follows H.G. Wells as he showcases his time machine to skeptical guests at a dinner party. He explains its inner workings, including a ‘non-return key’ that locks the traveler’s destination and a ‘vaporizing equalizer’ that maintains equilibrium between the traveler and the machine. Suddenly, police constables interrupt the event, searching for notorious serial killer Jack the Ripper. Upon finding blood-stained gloves belonging to ...

Going in Style (1979) is an American heist comedy/drama film written and directed by Martin Brest. Three senior citizens, Joe, Al, and Willie, reside together in a small apartment situated in Queens, New York City. In order to escape their mundane routine of spending their days on a park bench, Joe proposes the idea of a ‘stick-up’. Despite their lack of experience as criminals, Al eventually agrees to borrow three pistols from his nephew Pete’s gun collection. Going ahead with the plan while disguised with novelty glasses, the trio successfully carries out the heist and obtains $35,000. However, their ...

Every Which Way but Loose (1978), an American action comedy film released by Warner Bros., features Clint Eastwood in a unique comedic role. Philo Beddoe is a truck driver residing in the San Fernando Valley, sharing a small home with an orangutan named Clyde behind his brother and mother’s house. Philo earns extra money as a bare-knuckle fighter and is often compared to renowned boxer Tank Murdock. One evening at the Palomino Club, a local honky-tonk, Philo becomes enamored with Lynn Halsey-Taylor, an aspiring country singer. However, their seemingly successful relationship takes a turn when Lynn and her camper ...

Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), an American supernatural horror film directed by John Boorman and written by William Goodhart, is the second installment in The Exorcist franchise. It follows the events of The Exorcist (1973), as we meet Philip Lamont, a priest struggling with his faith. Lamont travels to Latin America to exorcise a woman who claims to possess miraculous healing abilities. However, things take a tragic turn when the exorcism goes awry and sets the room on fire. Amidst the chaos, the possessed woman is killed after her dress catches on ...

The Gauntlet (1977), an American action thriller directed by Clint Eastwood and starring both Eastwood and Sondra Locke, follows Ben Shockley, an alcoholic cop from Phoenix, as he is tasked with escorting witness Augustina ‘Gus’ Mally from Las Vegas. Shockley’s superior, Commissioner Edgar A. Blakelock, dismissively refers to Mally as a ‘nothing witness’ for a ‘nothing trial’. Despite Mally’s insistence that they are in danger of being killed in a planned hit, Shockley remains ...

The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) is an American Western film that takes place during and after the American Civil War. Clint Eastwood both directed and starred in the movie. A Missouri farmer named Josey Wales seeks revenge after his wife and young son are killed by a group of Redlegs, a unit of pro-Union Jayhawker militants under Captain Terrill’s command. After burying his loved ones, Josey practices shooting before joining a Confederate group led by William T. Anderson and participating in attacks against Union supporters and soldiers. As the war comes to an end, Captain Fletcher convinces the guerrillas to ...

The Enforcer (1976), a neo-noir action thriller and the third installment in the Dirty Harry series, is directed by James Fargo and stars Clint Eastwood. In Marin County, two gas company employees fall victim to Bobby Maxwell after being lured to a remote spot in Mill Valley by a seductive woman. Maxwell is part of the People’s Revolutionary Strike Force (PRSF), a group posing as terrorists to cover up their illegal activities. Inspector Harry Callahan and his colleague Frank DiGiorgio are first called to handle a fake heart attack at a restaurant before ...

The American biographical crime drama film Dog Day Afternoon (1975), directed by Sidney Lumet, follows Sonny Wortzik’s first-time attempt to rob the First Brooklyn Savings Bank on August 22, 1972 with his friends Salvatore ‘Sal’ Naturile and Stevie. However, their plan quickly falls apart as Stevie becomes overwhelmed and runs away. Despite arriving after the daily cash pickup, Sonny and his accomplices only find $1,100 in cash. In a desperate move, Sonny takes the bank’s traveler’s checks and sets fire to the register in a trash can. The smoke draws attention from outside, leading to the ...

The Towering Inferno (1974) is an American disaster movie helmed by director John Guillermin and produced by Irwin Allen. Architect Doug Roberts makes his return to San Francisco for the grand opening of The Glass Tower, a mixed-use skyscraper he designed for developer James Duncan. Standing at a staggering 1,688 feet (515 m) tall and spanning 138 floors, the tower holds the title of world’s tallest building. Unfortunately, during testing, a fire breaks out on the 81st floor due to an electrical short-circuit in the main utility room. While investigating the cause ...

The American romantic comedy drama film, Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974), directed by Martin Scorsese, follows the story of Alice Hyatt. After her husband Donald, a Coca-Cola delivery driver, is killed in a traffic accident in Socorro, New Mexico, Alice decides to sell most of her belongings and leave with her son Tommy to their childhood home in Monterey, California. Being a former singer, she hopes to revive her abandoned singing career. However, their financial struggles lead them to make a temporary stop in Phoenix, Arizona where Alice finds work as a lounge singer. It is there that she meets Ben, a ...

The Exorcist (1973), an American supernatural horror film, was directed by William Friedkin and adapted from William Peter Blatty’s novel. Priest Lankester Merrin joins an archaeological expedition in the ancient ruins of Hatra in northern Iraq. There, he discovers a stone talisman depicting a winged being that triggers a worried expression on his face. In the midst of his exploration, he has a vision where he is confronted by a giant version of the same creature. Meanwhile, actress Chris MacNeil and her daughter Regan reside in a grandiose house with hired help in ...

Badlands (1973), an American neo-noir crime drama film, marks the directorial debut of Terrence Malick. Holly Sargis, a 15-year-old in Fort Dupree, narrates the story from her perspective. Following her mother’s death from pneumonia, Holly’s relationship with her father, a sign painter, becomes strained. Her admiration for actor James Dean leads her to take notice of Kit Carruthers, a troubled greaser and Korean War veteran who shares similar features. As their bond deepens, Holly learns of Kit’s underlying violent and antisocial tendencies. Despite her father’s disapproval and his consequent ...

Magnum Force (1973) is an American neo-noir action thriller and the second film to feature the iconic Clint Eastwood as renegade cop Harry Callahan. The year prior, mobster Carmine Ricca had been acquitted of a mass murder charge due to a legal loophole. As he drives away from court in his limousine, the SFPD pulls him over. However, instead of issuing a ticket, the motorcycle cop calmly guns down everyone in the car. Harry and his new partner, Early Smith, visit the crime scene despite being assigned to a stakeout. Their superior, Lieutenant Neil Briggs, seems eager to keep Harry away from the investigation. During his ...

Mean Streets (1973), an American crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, follows the story of Charlie Cappa, a young Italian-American living in Little Italy, New York City. Charlie is constantly weighed down by his sense of responsibility towards his reckless friend John ‘Johnny Boy’ Civello. Johnny is a small-time gambler who refuses to work and is deeply in debt to several loan sharks. Throughout the film, Charlie struggles with balancing his Catholic beliefs and his involvement in the Mafia at the request of his powerful uncle Giovanni. Adding to this turmoil is the fact that Charlie is having a ...

Directed and produced by Lewis Milestone, Ocean’s 11 (1960) is an American heist film based on a story by George Clayton Johnson and Jack Golden Russell. The plot follows World War II veterans Danny Ocean and Jimmy Foster as they assemble a team of nine comrades from their unit in the 82nd Airborne Division for a high-stakes mission: to simultaneously rob five Las Vegas casinos, including the Sahara, the Riviera, the Desert Inn, the Sands, and the Flamingo. From left to right: Lester, Bishop, Davis, Sinatra, and ...

Lafayette Escadrille (1958) is an American war film produced by Warner Bros. It marks the final work of director William A. Wellman, who also wrote the original story. The film follows Thad Walker, a privileged youth from Boston who flees to France during World War I after getting into legal trouble. In Paris, he meets fellow Americans ‘Duke’ Sinclair, Dave Putnam, Tom Hitchcock, and Bill Wellman at a bar where they hear about an exciting new opportunity: joining the recently formed Lafayette Escadrille and becoming volunteer pilots for France. The group enlists and trains together before ultimately becoming ...

The American movie House of Wax (1953), directed by Andre de Toth and released by Warner Bros, is set in New York City during the early 1900s. The main character, Professor Henry Jarrod, is a talented sculptor who owns a wax museum featuring historical figures who have met gruesome ends. However, his business partner Matthew Burke is dissatisfied with Jarrod’s refusal to create more sensational exhibits that would draw larger crowds, like their competitors’. Burke decides to end their partnership and proposes burning down the museum for its twenty-five thousand dollar insurance money. When wealthy art critic ...

The American film noir crime drama, Key Largo (1948), was directed by John Huston and starred Humphrey Bogart. Frank McCloud, an army veteran, arrives at the Hotel Largo in Key Largo, Florida to visit the family of his late comrade George Temple, who served under him during the Italian campaign. At the hotel owned by George’s father James, Frank meets with George’s widow Nora and comes to know that due to the end of the winter vacation season and an approaching hurricane, there are only six guests staying at the hotel: Toots who is suave, Curly who is rude, ...

Mildred Pierce (1945), an American melodrama/film noir by Michael Curtiz, follows the story of Mildred’s troubled marriage to Monte Beragon. After we witness Monte’s murder, the police inform Mildred that her first husband, Bert Pierce, is the culprit. They base this accusation on the fact that he owned the murder weapon, had a motive, and does not deny his involvement in the crime. However, Mildred strongly protests these allegations and shares her side of the story with the officer through a flashback. In it, we see that Mildred and Bert were not happily married. As Wally Fay ends their partnership in ...