A perfect distillation of the Coen brothers’ career-long interest in the futile search for meaning.

Hayao Miyazaki meditates on Nature and the hero’s journey in his blockbuster anime.

Hayao Miyazaki’s blend of humanism and wonder is a testament to family and imagination.

Preston Sturges popularized this template for countless romantic comedies to come.

Is this classic a monster movie or a movie about a human beast?

Martin Scorsese’s first, and certainly not last, unqualified masterwork.

Charlie Chaplin’s 1931 feature is sentimental, hilarious, and deeply moving.

Steven Spielberg fuses his own sensibilities with those of Philip K. Dick and Alfred Hitchcock for a deliriously entertaining and intelligent work of science fiction.

With his alternate, black-and-white version, Frank Darabont miraculously improves upon Stephen King’s bleak novella.