Given Hitchcock's own obsessions with surprise and leading women, it might be one of the most personal movies from his filmography.
Every generation manages to produce and find its own essential high school movie, and for many millennials, "Mean Girls" is that movie.
Audiences loved "Friday," then and now.
Karloff's portrayal in the films blends menace and empathy, so while the audience is always aware of how dangerous the Creature can be, we're also rooting for the big guy, just a little bit.
"Say Anything …" is incredibly earnest, then and now. It's what makes it special and unique amongst teenage romances in film history.
Far from the modern franchise model of constant worldbuilding and spinoff characters, "2001" is a complete story with themes we have been wrestling with long after viewing the film. It's an experience that calls us to the edges of our imaginations.
When "Pretty Woman" dropped in the spring of 1990, it created a systemic shift in Hollywood as Roberts was anointed one of cinema's brightest stars.
There are few filmmakers working today who are as talented and skillful as the Coen brothers, and almost all of their films deserve study.
