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More than mere schmaltz, Rocky tells an underdog story of mythic force

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From the depths of a disastrous shoot swam Jaws, the ultimate summer blockbuster

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Blazing Saddles punched up—knocking out horses and a racist America in one swing

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For all its blood, vomit, and obscenities, The Exorcist was a blockbuster of traditional values

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The Godfather touched a nerve with its dark vision of the American dream

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Here’s to you, The Graduate, the Hollywood blockbuster that changed everything

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In the end, there was The Bible, which closed the book on an era of religious blockbusters

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All these years later, The Sound Of Music remains one of the world's favorite things

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Louis CK unleashes surprise stand-up special on unsuspecting world

Mark Hamill pens a sweet "end of an era" letter to Star Wars fans

Jump into the fire with a mystical Twin Peaks reading list

The ’80s blockbuster era really began with Return Of The Jedi and the millions of toys it sold

With E.T., Steven Spielberg channeled his own pain into a soulful all-time smash

Indiana Jones made his Nazi-punching debut in the ultimate Disneyland ride of a movie

Sequels got deeper and more ambitious with The Empire Strikes Back

Four decades before Marriage Story, a quintessential divorce drama swept the Oscars

A young John Travolta made Grease watchable—and a huge box-office smash

The first Star Wars is still the weirdest trip to the galaxy far, far away

More than mere schmaltz, Rocky tells an underdog story of mythic force

From the depths of a disastrous shoot swam Jaws, the ultimate summer blockbuster

Blazing Saddles punched up—knocking out horses and a racist America in one swing

For all its blood, vomit, and obscenities, The Exorcist was a blockbuster of traditional values

The Godfather touched a nerve with its dark vision of the American dream

In the year of Dirty Harry, an unlikely action phenomenon made hippies the heroes

Boomers got a sappy, square, old-fashioned romance of their own with Love Story

You can trace the quippy fun of Marvel blockbusters straight back to Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid

2001: A Space Odyssey pushed blockbuster cinema to a new plane of star-child brilliance

Here’s to you, The Graduate, the Hollywood blockbuster that changed everything

In the end, there was The Bible, which closed the book on an era of religious blockbusters

All these years later, The Sound Of Music remains one of the world's favorite things

Once upon a time, two musicals could duke it out for the title of the year's biggest hit

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Louis CK unleashes surprise stand-up special on unsuspecting world

The ’80s blockbuster era really began with Return Of The Jedi and the millions of toys it sold

With E.T., Steven Spielberg channeled his own pain into a soulful all-time smash

Indiana Jones made his Nazi-punching debut in the ultimate Disneyland ride of a movie

Sequels got deeper and more ambitious with The Empire Strikes Back

Four decades before Marriage Story, a quintessential divorce drama swept the Oscars

A young John Travolta made Grease watchable—and a huge box-office smash

The first Star Wars is still the weirdest trip to the galaxy far, far away

More than mere schmaltz, Rocky tells an underdog story of mythic force

From the depths of a disastrous shoot swam Jaws, the ultimate summer blockbuster

Blazing Saddles punched up—knocking out horses and a racist America in one swing

For all its blood, vomit, and obscenities, The Exorcist was a blockbuster of traditional values

The Godfather touched a nerve with its dark vision of the American dream

In the year of Dirty Harry, an unlikely action phenomenon made hippies the heroes

Boomers got a sappy, square, old-fashioned romance of their own with Love Story

You can trace the quippy fun of Marvel blockbusters straight back to Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid

2001: A Space Odyssey pushed blockbuster cinema to a new plane of star-child brilliance

Here’s to you, The Graduate, the Hollywood blockbuster that changed everything

In the end, there was The Bible, which closed the book on an era of religious blockbusters

All these years later, The Sound Of Music remains one of the world's favorite things

Once upon a time, two musicals could duke it out for the title of the year's biggest hit