#60. Gone With the Wind
Selznick International Pictures / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Smart Rating: 95.29
Release date (U.S.): 12/15/39
Genre: Romance, Historical Drama
Starring: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard
A fiery Southern belle struggles to return her family's estate to its original magnificence after the Civil War.
#59. The Hustler
Rossen Films / Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
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Smart Rating: 95.3
Release date (U.S.): 09/25/61
Genre: Drama
Starring: Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, George C. Scott
A gambler (George C. Scott) stakes pool shark "Fast Eddie" Felson (Paul Newman) in a smoke-filled marathon against Minnesota Fats (Jackie Gleason).
#58. Throne of Blood
Kurosawa Production Co. / Toho Company
Smart Rating: 95.33
Release date (U.S.): 11/22/57
Genre: Drama
Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura
A Japanese version of "Macbeth" features a samurai (Toshiro Mifune), his scheming wife (Isuzu Yamada) and a flurry-of-arrows finale.
#57. The Best Years of Our Lives
Samuel Goldwyn Company, The / RKO Radio Pictures
Smart Rating: 95.35
Release date (U.S.): 11/21/46
Genre: Drama
Starring: Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews
A disabled serviceman and two other veterans (Fredric March, Dana Andrews) have difficulty adjusting to civilian life after World War II.
#56. Strangers on a Train
Warner Bros.
Smart Rating: 95.37
Release date (U.S.): 06/30/51
Genre: Thriller
Starring: Robert Walker, Farley Granger, Ruth Roman
A psychopath (Robert Walker) and a tennis player (Farley Granger) meet in a club car and plot that each will murder someone for the other.
#55. For a Few Dollars More
Produzioni Europee Associati (PEA) / United Artists
Smart Rating: 95.38
Release date (U.S.): 05/10/67
Genre: Western
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volonte
A man with no name (Clint Eastwood) and a man with a mission (Lee Van Cleef) hunt a Mexican bandit (Gian Maria Volonte) for different reasons.
#54. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Produzioni Europee Associati (PEA) / United Artists
Smart Rating: 95.4
Release date (U.S.): 09/15/72
Genre: Comedy
Starring: Fernando Rey, Delphine Seyrig, Paul Frankeur
Bizarre events frustrate an ambassador (Fernando Rey), his wife (Delphine Seyrig) and friends, hoping to dine in Paris.
#53. It Happened One Night
Columbia Pictures Corporation / Columbia Pictures
Smart Rating: 95.41
Release date (U.S.): 02/22/34
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Starring: Claudette Colbert, Clark Gable, Walter Connolly
A newsman (Clark Gable) rides a bus and shares a cabin with a tycoon's (Walter Connolly) runaway daughter (Claudette Colbert).
#52. The French Connection
D'Antoni Productions / Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Smart Rating: 95.41
Release date (U.S.): 10/07/71
Genre: Crime Drama, Thriller
Starring: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider
New York Detective "Popeye" Doyle (Gene Hackman) and his partner (Roy Scheider) chase a French heroin smuggler.
#51. The Sting
Zanuck/Brown Productions / Universal Pictures
Smart Rating: 95.43
Release date (U.S.): 12/25/73
Genre: Comedy Drama
Starring: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw
To avenge a murder, two con men (Paul Newman, Robert Redford) bilk a mobster (Robert Shaw) with their betting-room scam in 1930s Chicago.
