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10. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) An Oscar-winning adaptation from Miloš Forman,One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nestis a skillful and stirring drama, injected with bouts of dark comedy. Bypassing outdated sexual politics, the psychological drama raised questions about treatment and attitudes toward mental illness. Jack Nicholson leads the band of zany, lovable misfits under the watchful gaze of Nurse Ratched, a now-infamous movie villain who has her own Netflix series....

10. When Harry Met Sally (1989) When Harry Met Sallyis mostly famous for that one scene (if you’ve seen it, then you know the one). But Rob Reiner’s romance-comedy has a lot more to offer than that. In fact, it practically changed the face of the genre by bending its rules. Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan star in this classic battle of the sexes, where two graduates bump into each other after five years apart....

15. Bright Young Things (2003) Before the 1920s, women were expected to go straight from high school to housewife, bypassing the college parties and rebellions of today. The youngsters inBright Young Thingsdefy these expectations during a time when defiance was far from the norm. Seemingly petrified of boredom, the London bohemians sniff and gossip their lives away, diving headfirst into the early nightclub scene. Of course, this kind of lifestyle isn’t sustainable, and before they know it World War II comes swooping in....

10. Trumbo (2015) A tale about the 1950s Hollywood blacklist and those who suffered most from the paranoid fanatics who propagated it,Trumbodelivers a scathing assessment of the mindset of that era. Starring Bryan Cranston as the eponymous Dalton Trumbo, the film leads us from the inception of the blacklist to its timely demise in the 1960s. It showcases the psychological state of Hollywood and the injustices wrought upon those who couldn’t work because of it....

10. A League of Their Own (1992) In 2022, Amazon Prime released a comedy sports show about the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, which played the field while men were off fighting in the war. That show was based on Penny Marshall’s sports-comedyA League f Their Own, which featured its own set of characters and subplots before the Amazon Prime series evolved the concept. Still, the foundation ofA League of Their Ownremains true, based on the real-life Rockford Peaches team....