American movies – Page 24

SWING TIME (1936)

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers bringing dancing to maybe its greatest heights. The rest of the movie, who cares?

This indie drama, based on a real life teacher in East LA, does its level best to make math exciting.

The decaying remains of 1920s Hollywood entrap a hack writer and lure him to his doom.

Francis Ford Coppola’s mafia epic is now fixed in American culture.

This horror hit was known for its final twist, but somehow still holds up 21 years later.

Mel Brooks takes a western pastiche and pushes the boundaries of comedy about racism. Oh, and it’s super funny.

Perhaps Hitchcock’s weirdest, most dream-like film, it makes no sense, but it also might be perfect.

It’s well over three hours, is super racist, and features a very unlikable heroine. It’s also maybe the single biggest hit of all time.

Before “Star Wars,” George Lucas made this ancestor of a million teenager movies.

I had, um, some issues with this comedy about cross-dressing and/or dudes that want to sleep with Marilyn Monroe.