Othello

Stuart Burge, 1965, 165 minutes

Olivier's histrionics are irresistible.

Heir to an Execution: A Granddaughter's Story

Ivy Meeropol, 2004, 93 minutes

Effective blend of loyalty and honesty.

Django

Sergio Corbucci, 1966, 92 minutes

Peckinpah must have seen this.

Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell Bastards!

Seijun Suzuki, 1963, 89 minutes

Choppy pacing.

The Fire Within

Louis Malle, 1963, 108 minutes

Desperate seriousness.

The Liberation of L.B. Jones

William Wyler, 1970, 102 minutes

Harsh and effective.

Branded to Kill

Seijun Suzuki, 1967, 91 minutes

Bizarre fun.

Single White Female

Barbet Schroeder, 1992, 107 minutes

Textbook thrills.

Georgia

Ulu Grosbard, 1995, 115 minutes

Scorching perf from Jennifer Jason Leigh.

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead

Gary Fleder, 1995, 115 minutes

Too cute by half.

Behold a Pale Horse

Fred Zinnemann, 1964, 121 minutes

Elegant and morally complex.

New York, New York

Martin Scorsese, 1977, 163 minutes

A mess saved by Liza in the last hour.

Dead Heat

Mark Goldblatt, 1988, 86 minutes

Pulpy fun.

Hana

Hirokazu Kore-eda, 2006, 127 minutes

Sensitive, sly, original.

Miss Congeniality

Donald Petrie, 2000, 110 minutes

Character-based laughs.

Moon Over Parador

Paul Mazursky, 1988, 104 minutes

Amusing.

Break of Hearts

Philip Moeller, 1935, 78 minutes

Doesn't quite work.

The Willow Tree

Majid Majidi, 2005, 96 minutes

Intense and pure.

The Gang's All Here

Busby Berkeley, 1943, 103 minutes

Stupendous.

Private Detective 62

Michael Curtiz, 1933, 66 minutes

Snappy.

The Hit

Stephen Frears, 1985, 98 minutes

Tough and pretty.

A Chorus Line

Richard Attenborough, 1985, 118 minutes

Misfire.

Hotel Paradiso

Peter Glenville, 1966, 98 minutes

The great Guinness.

Tosca: A Tale of Love and Torture

Trevor Graham, 2000, 85 minutes

Valuable peek behind the curtain.