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1. Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo Cinema Paradiso) (1988), Italian drama film written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist. |
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2. Rebel without a Cause (1955), American drama film about emotionally confused suburban, middle-class teenagers. Directed by Nicholas Ray. A rebellious young man with a troubled past comes to a new town, finding friends and enemies. |
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3. Amarcord (1973), Italian comedy-drama film directed by Federico Fellini, a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age tale about Titta, an adolescent boy growing up among an eccentric cast of characters in the fictional town of Borgo. A series of comedic and nostalgic vignettes set in a 1930s Italian coastal town. La Dolce Vita (1960), comedy-drama film written and directed by Federico Fellini. The film is a story of a passive journalist's week in Rome, and his search for both happiness and love that will never come. A series of stories following a week in the life of a philandering paparazzo journalist living in Rome. |
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4. Gold Rush (1925), silent film comedy written, produced, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin in his Little Tramp role. The Tramp goes the Klondike in search of gold and finds it and more. The Kid (1921), American silent dramedy film written by, produced by, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin. The Tramp cares for an abandoned child, but events put that relationship in jeopardy. City Lights (1931), American silent film and romantic comedy-drama written by, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin. The Tramp struggles to help a blind flower girl he has fallen in love with. The Circus (1928), American silent film written and directed by Charlie Chaplin with Joseph Plunkett as an uncredited writer. The Tramp finds work and the girl of his dreams at a circus. |
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5. Some Like It Hot (1959), American romantic screwball comedy film directed by Billy Wilder and starred Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon and George Raft. When two musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all female band disguised as women, but further complications set in. |