David O. Selznick wanted Gone with the Wind to be somehow more than a movie, a film that would broaden the very idea of what a film could be and do and look like. In many respects he got what he worked so hard to achieve in this 1939 epic (and all-time box-office champ in terms of tickets sold), and in some respects he fell far short of the goal. While the first half of this Civil War drama ...

Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Starring: Thomas Mitchell, Barbara O'Neil, Vivien Leigh, Evelyn Keyes, Ann Rutherford
Directed By: Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Sam Wood

Some people may sneer at this 1965 musical, but the truth is the film has earned its status as a perennially watchable romantic-drama, largely on the strength of a fun story and chemistry between stars Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer. Veteran filmmaker Robert Wise (The Day the Earth Stood Still) mostly stays out of the way of the film's appealing elements, which include a ...

Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Starring: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Richard Haydn, Peggy Wood, Anna Lee
Directed By: Robert Wise

Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Starring: Paul Newman, Sylva Koscina, Andrew Duggan, Tom Bosley, John Williams (II)
Directed By: Jack Smight

Andy Griffith burst to stardom with this surprisingly funny film adaptation of the Broadway comedy (by, of all people, Ira Levin of Rosemary's Baby fame). Griffith plays a hillbilly who is drafted into the army where, among other things, he has to wear shoes regularly for the first time. Griffith brings an engaging glee to the role of this likable bumpkin, whose happy-go-lucky demeanor is ...

Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Andy Griffith, Nick Adams, Don Knotts, Murray Hamilton, Howard Smith
Directed By: Mervyn LeRoy

During the Vietnam War, a doctor and nurse meet and fall in love.

Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Ken Wahl, Cheryl Ladd, Stephen Lee, Annie McEnroe, Paul McCrane
Directed By: Sidney J. Furie

Manufacturer: MGM (Warner)
Starring: Charles Laughton, Robert Young, Margaret O'Brien, William Gargan, Reginald Owen
Directed By: Norman Z. McLeod, Jules Dassin

The 1951 John Huston classic, set in Africa during World War I, garnered Humphrey Bogart an Oscar for his role as a hard-drinking riverboat captain in Africa, who provides passage for a Christian missionary spinster (Katharine Hepburn). Taking an instant, mutual dislike to one another, the two endure rough waters, the presence of German soldiers, and their own bickering to finally fall into one ...

Manufacturer: CBS/Fox VIdeo
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley, Peter Bull, Theodore Bikel
Directed By: John Huston

This is a story of children from two small towns in Ireland who form small armies and battle against each other in a never-ending quest for supremacy. The film investigates the slightly surreal and powerfully emotional world we inhabit as children.

Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Gregg Fitzgerald, Gerard Kearney (II), Darragh Naughton, Brendan McNamara, Kevin O'Malley
Directed By: John Roberts

Manufacturer: Paramount
Starring: Jeff Speakman, John Dye, Mariska Hargitay, James Hong, John Koyama

When a mail-order apprentice witch (Angela Lansbury) is saddled with three sibling refugees from London during World War II, the outlook is grim. But the kids soon discover her secret and sign on for adventure in the name of England. With the aid of a magical bed, they track down her fraudulent headmaster (David Tomlinson) to find the spell that will aid the Allies. Fascinated that she has ...

Manufacturer: Walt Disney Home Video
Starring: Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson, Roddy McDowall, Sam Jaffe, John Ericson
Directed By: Robert Stevenson