Films of the American film industry, from the late silent era to the New Hollywood of the 1970s, in the drama, the gangster film and the romance, which shaped world cinema in the twentieth century. The group includes the drama of a newspaper publisher by Orson Welles, the epic crime film by Francis Ford Coppola and the silent-style romance made in Hollywood by a German director. Each is a landmark of its genre and is studied in film courses around the world.
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Citizen Kane (Wikipedia)
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Citizen Kane is a 1941 American drama film directed, produced by, and starring Orson Welles and co-written by Welles and Herman J. Mankiewicz, and was Welles's first feature film.
The Godfather (Wikipedia)
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The Godfather is a 1972 American epic gangster film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mario Puzo based on Puzo's best-selling 1969 novel.
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (Wikipedia)
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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (also known as Sunrise) is a 1927 American synchronized sound romantic drama directed by German director F. W. Murnau (in his American film debut) and starring George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, and Margaret Livingston.
Vertigo (film) (Wikipedia)
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Vertigo is a 1958 American psychological thriller film produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Casablanca (film) (Wikipedia)
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Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Paul Henreid.
Sunset Boulevard (Wikipedia)
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Sunset Boulevard is a 1950 American black comedy film noir directed by Billy Wilder and co-written by Wilder, Charles Brackett, and D. M. Marshman Jr.
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