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Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Kingsley, and Mark Ruffalo in Martin Scorsese's film of the Dennis Lahane novel

Last chance: Martin Scorsese’s ‘Shutter Island’ on Netflix

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Leonardo DiCaprio investigates the disappearance of an inmate of an island asylum in this mix of detective movie, psychological mystery, and paranoid thriller.

Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Mary Astor, and Sydney Greenstreet in the film adapted from the Dashiell Hammett novel by John Huston.

‘The Maltese Falcon’ – the stuff dreams are made of on HBO Max

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Humphrey Bogart is Sam Spade in John Huston’s note-perfect adaptation of Dashiell Hammett’s iconic novel in this pioneering film noir classic.

‘Jules and Jim’ – François Truffaut’s ménage-a-trois on HBO Max and Criterion Channel

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Jeanne Moreau stars in this romantic classic of the French New Wave with Oskar Werner and Henri Serre.

Daniel Day-Lewis is Hawkeye in 'The Last of the Mohicans' (1992), Michael Mann's muscular adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper's American classic.

‘The Last of the Mohicans’ – Daniel Day-Lewis on the Frontier on Hulu and Paramount+

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Michael Mann directs arguably the greatest of the screen version of James Fenimore Cooper’s classic of American literature.

‘Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World’ on Hulu

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Russell Crowe is Captain Jack Aubrey in Peter Weir’s sweeping nautical adventure based on the beloved novels of Patrick O’Brien.

Gene Wilder is Willy Wonka in the musical adaptation of the Roald Dahl novel

The original ‘Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory’ on Netflix and HBO Max

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Gene Wilder is the weird, wonderful, slightly sinister candy bar king in the musical adaptation of Roald Dahl’s children’s fantasy, a world of pure imagination.

Sterling Hayden and Sam Jaffe star in the film noir from John Huston

‘The Asphalt Jungle’ – the original heist classic on Criterion Channel

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John Huston essentially created the heist film with this classic tale of a crew that undertakes a meticulously planned out jewelry robbery.

What to stream: ‘The Lost Daughter’ on Netflix, ‘The Book of Boba Fett’ on Disney+, ‘Finding Kendrick Johnson’ on Starz

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Plus ‘Return to Hogwarts’ with the Harry Potter cast and crew on HBO Max, ‘Stay Close’ on Netflix, and a new season of ‘Letterkenny’ on Hulu.

Peter Sellers stars in Stanley Kubrick's political satire of mutually assured destruction

Last chance: ‘Dr. Strangelove’ – the screwball satire of mutually assured destruction on HBO Max

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Peter Sellers plays three roles in Stanley Kubrick’s surreal farce of ideological hysteria and military arrogance, easily the funniest film ever made about nuclear holocaust.

Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Jim Sturgess, Doona Bae, Ben Whishaw, and others star in the film by Lana and Lilly (formerly Andy) Wachowski and Tom Tykwer

‘Cloud Atlas’ – storytelling across centuries on Netflix and HBO Max

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Lana and Lilly Wachowski collaborate with Tom Tykwer on this sprawling film that jumps between six distinctive stories in six different eras.