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

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

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

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

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

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Only one movie in history has been both an unmitigated disaster and a runaway smash

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Despite its battalion of Hollywood actors, the war is the real star of combat epic The Longest Day

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Not all of West Side Story has aged gracefully, but its spectacular dancing sure has

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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

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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

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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

Only one movie in history has been both an unmitigated disaster and a runaway smash

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Third time's the winner, as Saturday Night Live finally takes advantage of Adam Driver

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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

Only one movie in history has been both an unmitigated disaster and a runaway smash

Despite its battalion of Hollywood actors, the war is the real star of combat epic The Longest Day

Not all of West Side Story has aged gracefully, but its spectacular dancing sure has

Our new column on Hollywood hits launches with Stanley Kubrick’s gladiatorial smash Spartacus