National Film Registry – Stream On Demand

‘Double Indemnity’ – Barbara Stanwyck, femme fatale on Criterion Channel

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Billy Wilder’s 1944 film of James M. Cain’s pulp crime thriller is a masterpiece of film noir double dealing.

Henry Thomas and friend in Steven Spielberg's beloved science fiction fantasy

‘E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial’ – Steven Spielberg’s suburban fairy tale turns 40 on Peacock

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Steven Spielberg’s suburban fairy tale for kids who think they are too hip to believe in fairies is as glorious as ever decades after its debut.

Randolph Scott and Joel McCrea in the classic western by Sam Peckinpah

‘Ride the High Country’ – Sam Peckinpah’s sunset western on HBO Max

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Randolph Scott and Joel McCrea star as veteran lawmen in their sunset years in Sam Peckinpah’s second feature and first masterpiece.

‘Meet Me in St. Louis’ – a musical for all seasons on HBO Max and Criterion Channel

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Vincent Minelli’s first Technicolor film is the ultimate in Hollywood Americana and a masterful musical that turned Judy Garland into a true leading lady.

John Wayne and Montgomery Clift in the 1948 western classic by Howard Hawks

‘Red River’ – the great cattle drive epic on Amazon Prime

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John Wayne and Montgomery Clift star in Howard Hawks’ classic western, which reimagines ‘Mutiny on the Bounty’ as a frontier epic.

Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart in the 1946 film noir classic directed by Howard Hawks

Bogie and Bacall in ‘The Big Sleep’ on HBO Max

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Howard Hawks directs the great 1946 adaptation of the Raymond Chandler classic, stirring up the romantic heat in the hardboiled mystery set in the corruption of the Los Angeles underworld.

‘Network’ – TV news as a media circus on HBO Max

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Faye Dunaway and William Holden star in this scathing (and remarkably prescient) satire of TV news from writer Paddy Chayefsky and director William Holden.