Release Year: 1991
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Beauty and the Beast
Every so often an animation film comes along that refuses to be filed away neatly, and Beauty and the Beast is exactly that kind of stubborn, memorable outlier. The film’s own tagline — “The most beautiful love story ever told.” — tells you almost everything about the tone it’s going for. Here’s the hook, in…
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The Silence of the Lambs
When Jonathan Demme sat down to make “The Silence of the Lambs”, the goal was clearly to deliver something that sticks with an audience long after the credits roll. It is the kind of film that tends to outlast whatever else came out the same year. The marketing leaned on the line “To enter the…
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Word of mouth is a strange thing, and “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” from 1991 is exactly the kind of film that earns it one recommendation at a time. That reputation, as it turns out, is well earned. The marketing leaned on the line “It’s nothing personal.” — and once you are a few scenes in,…