To Kill a Mockingbird (
1962) | IMDb:
8.3
Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson against fabricated rape charges, the trial and tangent events expose the children to evils of racism and stereotyping.
Around the World in Eighty Days (
1956) | IMDb:
6.7
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.
Monsieur Verdoux (
1947) | IMDb:
7.8
The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux has been laid-off. To make money for his wife and child, he marries wealthy widows and then murders them. His crime spree eventually works against him when two particular widows break his normal routine.
Starring:
Charlie Chaplin
,
Mady Correll
,
Allison Roddan
,
Robert Lewis
,
Audrey Betz
,
Martha Raye
Duel in the Sun (
1946) | IMDb:
6.7
Beautiful half-breed Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between her sons, one good and the other bad.
Starring:
Jennifer Jones
,
Joseph Cotten
,
Gregory Peck
,
Lionel Barrymore
,
Herbert Marshall
,
Lillian Gish
Produced by:
David O. Selznick