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Directors: George Lucas
Producer: Gary Kurtz, George Lucas
Writer: George Lucas
Editor: Paul Hirsch, Marcia Lucas, Richard Chew, John Jympson
Cinematographer: Gilbert Taylor
Genre: Adventure, Science fiction
Production Company: Lucasfilm, Ltd.
Composer: John Williams [composer]
Cast: Thomas Mitchell, Barbara O'Neil, Vivien Leigh
Directors: Victor Fleming, Sam Wood, George Cukor, Chester Franklin, James Fitzpatrick
Producer: David O. Selznick
Writer: Sidney Howard, Barbara Keon, Lydia Schiller, Connie Earl
Cinematographer: Ernest Haller, Lee Garmes
Genre: Romance
Production Company: Selznick International Pictures, Inc.
Composer: Max Steiner
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn
Directors: David Lean
Producer: Sam Spiegel, David Lean
Writer: Robert Bolt, Michael Wilson
Editor: Anne V. Coates
Cinematographer: F. A. Young
Genre: Adventure, Biography
Production Company: Horizon Pictures (G.B.), Ltd.
Composer: Maurice Jarre
Cast: Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin
Directors: Alfred Hitchcock
Producer: Alfred Hitchcock
Writer: Joseph Stefano
Editor: George Tomasini
Cinematographer: John L. Russell
Genre: Horror
Production Company: Shamley Productions, Inc.
Composer: Bernard Herrmann
Cast: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan
Directors: Francis Ford Coppola
Producer: Robert Evans, Albert S. Ruddy
Writer: Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola
Editor: William Reynolds, Peter Zinner
Cinematographer: Gordon Willis
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Paramount Pictures Corp., Alfran Productions, Inc.
Composer: Nino Rota
Cast: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss
Directors: Steven Spielberg
Producer: Richard D. Zanuck, David Brown, William S. Gilmore Jr.
Writer: Peter Benchley, Carl Gottlieb
Editor: Verna Fields
Cinematographer: Bill Butler
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Universal Pictures , Zanuck/Brown Company
Composer: John Williams [composer]
Cast: Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb
Directors: Otto Preminger
Producer: Otto Preminger
Writer: Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein, Betty Reinhardt
Editor: Louis Loeffler
Cinematographer: Joseph La Shelle, Lucien Ballard
Genre: Film noir
Production Company: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.
Composer: David Raksin
Cast: Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen
Directors: John Sturges
Producer: Walter Mirisch, John Sturges
Writer: William Roberts, Walter Newman
Editor: Ferris Webster
Cinematographer: Charles Lang Jr.
Genre: Western
Production Company: The Mirisch Company, Inc., Alpha Productions
Composer: Elmer Bernstein
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston
Directors: Roman Polanski
Producer: Robert Evans
Writer: Robert Towne
Editor: Sam O'Steen
Cinematographer: John A. Alonzo , Stanley Cortez
Genre: Mystery, Romance
Production Company: Long Road Productions, Inc.
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
Cast: Gary Cooper, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges
Directors: Fred Zinnemann
Writer: Carl Foreman
Editor: Harry Gerstad, Elmo Williams
Cinematographer: Floyd Crosby
Genre: Western
Production Company: Stanley Kramer Productions, Inc.
Composer: Dimitri Tiomkin
Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone
Directors: Michael Curtiz, William Keighley
Producer: Jack L. Warner, Hal B. Wallis
Writer: Norman Reilly Raine, Seton I. Miller
Editor: Ralph Dawson
Cinematographer: Tony Gaudio, Sol Polito
Genre: Adventure
Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Cast: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes
Directors: Alfred Hitchcock
Producer: Alfred Hitchcock
Writer: Alec Coppel, Samuel Taylor
Editor: George Tomasini
Cinematographer: Robert Burks
Genre: Romance
Production Company: Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions, Inc., Paramount Pictures Corp.
Composer: Bernard Herrmann
Cast: Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot
Directors: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack
Producer: David O. Selznick
Writer: James Creelman , Ruth Rose
Editor: Ted Cheesman
Cinematographer: Eddie Linden, Vernon Walker , J. O. Taylor
Genre: Adventure, Horror
Production Company: RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.
Composer: Max Steiner
Cast: Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote, Robert MacNaughton
Directors: Steven Spielberg
Producer: Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy
Writer: Melissa Mathison
Editor: Carol Littleton
Cinematographer: Allen Daviau
Genre: Fantasy, Science fiction
Production Company: Universal Pictures , Amblin' Entertainment
Composer: John Williams [composer]
Cast: Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria Brandauer
Directors: Sydney Pollack
Producer: Sydney Pollack, Kim Jorgensen
Writer: Kurt Luedtke
Editor: Fredric Steinkamp, William Steinkamp, Pembroke Herring, Sheldon Kahn
Cinematographer: David Watkin
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Production Company: Universal Pictures , Mirage Enterprises
Composer: John Barry
Cast: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim
Directors: Billy Wilder
Producer: Charles Brackett
Writer: Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, D. M. Marshman Jr.
Editor: Arthur Schmidt, Doane Harrison
Cinematographer: John F. Seitz
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Paramount Pictures Corp.
Composer: Franz Waxman
Cast: Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank Overton
Directors: Robert Mulligan
Producer: Alan J. Pakula
Writer: Horton Foote
Editor: Aaron Stell, J. Terry Williams
Cinematographer: Russell Harlan
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Pakula-Mulligan Productions, Inc., Brentwood Productions, Inc.
Composer: Elmer Bernstein
Cast: Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter
Directors: Franklin J. Schaffner
Producer: Arthur P. Jacobs
Writer: Michael Wilson, Rod Serling
Editor: Hugh S. Fowler
Cinematographer: Leon Shamroy
Genre: Science fiction
Production Company: Apjac Productions, Inc.
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
Cast: Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter
Directors: Elia Kazan
Producer: Charles K. Feldman
Writer: Tennessee Williams, Oscar Saul
Editor: David Weisbart
Cinematographer: Harry Stradling
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., Charles K. Feldman Group Productions
Composer: Alex North
Cast: David Niven, Peter Sellers, Robert Wagner
Directors: Blake Edwards
Producer: Martin Jurow
Writer: Maurice Richlin, Blake Edwards
Editor: Ralph E. Winters
Cinematographer: Philip Lathrop
Genre: Comedy
Production Company: Mirisch--G-E Productions
Composer: Henry Mancini
Cast: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet
Directors: William Wyler
Producer: Joseph R. Vogel, Sol C. Siegel, Sam Zimbalist, J. J. Cohn
Writer: Karl Tunberg
Editor: Ralph E. Winters, John D. Dunning, Margaret Booth
Cinematographer: Robert L. Surtees
Genre: Epic
Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp.
Composer: Miklos Rozsa
Cast: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb
Directors: Elia Kazan
Producer: Sam Spiegel
Writer: Budd Schulberg
Editor: Gene Milford
Cinematographer: Boris Kaufman
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Horizon-American Pictures, Inc..
Composer: Leonard Bernstein
Cast: Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Ray McAnally
Directors: Roland Joffé
Producer: Fernando Ghia, David Puttnam
Writer: Robert Bolt
Editor: Jim Clark
Cinematographer: Chris Menges
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Goldcrest, Kingsmere Productions , Enigma Productions
Composer: Ennio Morricone
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda
Directors: Mark Rydell
Producer: Bruce Gilbert
Writer: Ernest Thompson
Editor: Robert L. Wolfe
Cinematographer: Billy Williams
Genre: Drama
Production Company: ITC Films , IPC Films
Composer: Dave Grusin
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Carroll Baker, Lee J. Cobb
Directors: John Ford, George Marshall, Henry Hathaway
Producer: Bernard Smith
Writer: James R. Webb
Editor: Harold F. Kress
Cinematographer: William H. Daniels, Milton Krasner, Charles Lang Jr., Joseph LaShelle
Genre: Western
Production Company: Cinerama, Inc., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
Composer: Alfred Newman
1. Star Wars (1977)
Composer: John Williams [composer]
Cast: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher
Directors: George Lucas
Producer: Gary Kurtz, George Lucas
Writer: George Lucas
Editor: Paul Hirsch, Marcia Lucas, Richard Chew, John Jympson
Cinematographer: Gilbert Taylor
Production Company: Lucasfilm, Ltd.
2. Gone with the Wind (1939)
Composer: Max Steiner
Cast: Thomas Mitchell, Barbara O'Neil, Vivien Leigh
Directors: Victor Fleming, Sam Wood, George Cukor, Chester Franklin, James Fitzpatrick
Producer: David O. Selznick
Writer: Sidney Howard, Barbara Keon, Lydia Schiller, Connie Earl
Cinematographer: Ernest Haller, Lee Garmes
Production Company: Selznick International Pictures, Inc.
3. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Composer: Maurice Jarre
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn
Directors: David Lean
Producer: Sam Spiegel, David Lean
Writer: Robert Bolt, Michael Wilson
Editor: Anne V. Coates
Cinematographer: F. A. Young
Production Company: Horizon Pictures (G.B.), Ltd.
4. Psycho (1960)
Composer: Bernard Herrmann
Cast: Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin
Directors: Alfred Hitchcock
Producer: Alfred Hitchcock
Writer: Joseph Stefano
Editor: George Tomasini
Cinematographer: John L. Russell
Production Company: Shamley Productions, Inc.
5. The Godfather (1972)
Composer: Nino Rota
Cast: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan
Directors: Francis Ford Coppola
Producer: Robert Evans, Albert S. Ruddy
Writer: Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola
Editor: William Reynolds, Peter Zinner
Cinematographer: Gordon Willis
Production Company: Paramount Pictures Corp., Alfran Productions, Inc.
6. Jaws (1975)
Composer: John Williams [composer]
Cast: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss
Directors: Steven Spielberg
Producer: Richard D. Zanuck, David Brown, William S. Gilmore Jr.
Writer: Peter Benchley, Carl Gottlieb
Editor: Verna Fields
Cinematographer: Bill Butler
Production Company: Universal Pictures , Zanuck/Brown Company
7. Laura (1944)
Composer: David Raksin
Cast: Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb
Directors: Otto Preminger
Producer: Otto Preminger
Writer: Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein, Betty Reinhardt
Editor: Louis Loeffler
Cinematographer: Joseph La Shelle, Lucien Ballard
Production Company: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.
8. The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Composer: Elmer Bernstein
Cast: Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen
Directors: John Sturges
Producer: Walter Mirisch, John Sturges
Writer: William Roberts, Walter Newman
Editor: Ferris Webster
Cinematographer: Charles Lang Jr.
Production Company: The Mirisch Company, Inc., Alpha Productions
9. Chinatown (1974)
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston
Directors: Roman Polanski
Producer: Robert Evans
Writer: Robert Towne
Editor: Sam O'Steen
Cinematographer: John A. Alonzo , Stanley Cortez
Production Company: Long Road Productions, Inc.
10. High Noon (1952)
Composer: Dimitri Tiomkin
Cast: Gary Cooper, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges
Directors: Fred Zinnemann
Writer: Carl Foreman
Editor: Harry Gerstad, Elmo Williams
Cinematographer: Floyd Crosby
Production Company: Stanley Kramer Productions, Inc.
11. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone
Directors: Michael Curtiz, William Keighley
Producer: Jack L. Warner, Hal B. Wallis
Writer: Norman Reilly Raine, Seton I. Miller
Editor: Ralph Dawson
Cinematographer: Tony Gaudio, Sol Polito
Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
12. Vertigo (1958)
Composer: Bernard Herrmann
Cast: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes
Directors: Alfred Hitchcock
Producer: Alfred Hitchcock
Writer: Alec Coppel, Samuel Taylor
Editor: George Tomasini
Cinematographer: Robert Burks
Production Company: Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions, Inc., Paramount Pictures Corp.
13. King Kong (1933)
Composer: Max Steiner
Cast: Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot
Directors: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack
Producer: David O. Selznick
Writer: James Creelman , Ruth Rose
Editor: Ted Cheesman
Cinematographer: Eddie Linden, Vernon Walker , J. O. Taylor
Production Company: RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.
14. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Composer: John Williams [composer]
Cast: Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote, Robert MacNaughton
Directors: Steven Spielberg
Producer: Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy
Writer: Melissa Mathison
Editor: Carol Littleton
Cinematographer: Allen Daviau
Production Company: Universal Pictures , Amblin' Entertainment
15. Out of Africa (1985)
Composer: John Barry
Cast: Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria Brandauer
Directors: Sydney Pollack
Producer: Sydney Pollack, Kim Jorgensen
Writer: Kurt Luedtke
Editor: Fredric Steinkamp, William Steinkamp, Pembroke Herring, Sheldon Kahn
Cinematographer: David Watkin
Production Company: Universal Pictures , Mirage Enterprises
16. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Composer: Franz Waxman
Cast: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim
Directors: Billy Wilder
Producer: Charles Brackett
Writer: Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, D. M. Marshman Jr.
Editor: Arthur Schmidt, Doane Harrison
Cinematographer: John F. Seitz
Production Company: Paramount Pictures Corp.
17. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Composer: Elmer Bernstein
Cast: Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank Overton
Directors: Robert Mulligan
Producer: Alan J. Pakula
Writer: Horton Foote
Editor: Aaron Stell, J. Terry Williams
Cinematographer: Russell Harlan
Production Company: Pakula-Mulligan Productions, Inc., Brentwood Productions, Inc.
18. Planet of the Apes (1968)
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
Cast: Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter
Directors: Franklin J. Schaffner
Producer: Arthur P. Jacobs
Writer: Michael Wilson, Rod Serling
Editor: Hugh S. Fowler
Cinematographer: Leon Shamroy
Production Company: Apjac Productions, Inc.
19. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Composer: Alex North
Cast: Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter
Directors: Elia Kazan
Producer: Charles K. Feldman
Writer: Tennessee Williams, Oscar Saul
Editor: David Weisbart
Cinematographer: Harry Stradling
Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., Charles K. Feldman Group Productions
20. The Pink Panther (1964)
Composer: Henry Mancini
Cast: David Niven, Peter Sellers, Robert Wagner
Directors: Blake Edwards
Producer: Martin Jurow
Writer: Maurice Richlin, Blake Edwards
Editor: Ralph E. Winters
Cinematographer: Philip Lathrop
Production Company: Mirisch--G-E Productions
21. Ben-Hur (1959)
Composer: Miklos Rozsa
Cast: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet
Directors: William Wyler
Producer: Joseph R. Vogel, Sol C. Siegel, Sam Zimbalist, J. J. Cohn
Writer: Karl Tunberg
Editor: Ralph E. Winters, John D. Dunning, Margaret Booth
Cinematographer: Robert L. Surtees
Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp.
22. On the Waterfront (1954)
Composer: Leonard Bernstein
Cast: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb
Directors: Elia Kazan
Producer: Sam Spiegel
Writer: Budd Schulberg
Editor: Gene Milford
Cinematographer: Boris Kaufman
Production Company: Horizon-American Pictures, Inc..
23. The Mission (1986)
Composer: Ennio Morricone
Cast: Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Ray McAnally
Directors: Roland Joffé
Producer: Fernando Ghia, David Puttnam
Writer: Robert Bolt
Editor: Jim Clark
Cinematographer: Chris Menges
Production Company: Goldcrest, Kingsmere Productions , Enigma Productions
24. On Golden Pond (1981)
Composer: Dave Grusin
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda
Directors: Mark Rydell
Producer: Bruce Gilbert
Writer: Ernest Thompson
Editor: Robert L. Wolfe
Cinematographer: Billy Williams
Production Company: ITC Films , IPC Films
25. How the West Was Won (1963)
Composer: Alfred Newman
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Carroll Baker, Lee J. Cobb
Directors: John Ford, George Marshall, Henry Hathaway
Producer: Bernard Smith
Writer: James R. Webb
Editor: Harold F. Kress
Cinematographer: William H. Daniels, Milton Krasner, Charles Lang Jr., Joseph LaShelle
Production Company: Cinerama, Inc., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
