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• 12 Angry Men

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  What does reasonable doubt mean? Would you vote to condemn a teenager to death if you're not sure he's guilty? These questions and more are considered in this tense drama about the deliberations of a jury in a murder trial.

• On the Waterfront

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  Marlon Brando revolutionizes film acting in this spellbinding drama about dockworkers in Hoboken, New Jersey.

• A Streetcar Named Desire

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  Featuring storied actors like Vivian Leigh and then-newcomer Marlon Brando, this version of the classic play is a meditation on mental health, marital relations and social class.

• Ikiru

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  How should one live? What does it mean to be happy? Iconic Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa takes a break from the battles of samurai to contemplate these concepts through this film about a terminally ill Japanese bureaucrat.

• The Complete Metropolis

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  This silent science fiction film from Germany depicts the gap between the rich and the poor with this visually stunning experience featuring robots and mad scientists all in a richly realized dystopian city.

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• Driving Marilyn

  the Life and Times of Legendary Hollywood Agent Norman Brokaw

  Brokaw, Joel,

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  This biography is for those interested in going beyond the drama on the screen to the drama behind it. A true story that draws the line from Marilyn Monroe to Gerald Ford to Donna Summer.