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52. Ball of Fire (1941, Howard Hawks)
Barbara Stanwyck is blissfully impudent as the burlesque dancer giving Gary Cooper's lexicographer the runaround. As much fun as you could have in 1941.

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51. Overlord (1975, Stuart Cooper)
The drama, part-fictional, part-archival, of an ordinary conscript as he prepares for the D-Day invasion becomes a lyrical black-and-white dream of stoicism and sacrifice.

 

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54. There Will Be Blood (2007, Paul Thomas Anderson)
A visionary fable of oil, greed and blood that confirms Paul Thomas Anderson as a true original. There is nothing else like this in movies.

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53. Sullivan's Travels (1942, Preston Sturges)
A comedy about the consolations of comedy. Joel McCrea's idealistic director goes on the road to sample real life and gets more than he bargained for.