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7. Love and Death (1975)
> Composite index score: 2.70
> IMDb user rating: 7.7/10 (37,440 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 90% (19,082 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 100% (21 reviews)
> Directed by: Woody Allen
> Starring: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Georges Adet
Woody Allen capped off a run of screwball comedies with this comic interpretation of classic Russian literature and film. In the midst of the Napoleonic Wars, a simple-minded soldier (Allen) and his cousin (Diane Keaton) concoct a hairbrained assassination scheme.
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6. Touch of Evil (1958)
> Composite index score: 2.71
> IMDb user rating: 8.0/10 (101,523 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 92% (31,261 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 95% (79 reviews)
> Directed by: Orson Welles
> Starring: Charlton Heston, Orson Welles, Janet Leigh
This thrilling and complex noir opened to middling reviews but slowly took on the reputation of a masterpiece. It takes place in a Mexican border town, where the investigation of a car bomb explosion uncovers local police corruption. Edited down before theatrical release, it was later restored and then presented in accordance with Orson Welles’ original vision.
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5. A Bronx Tale (1993)
> Composite index score: 2.71
> IMDb user rating: 7.8/10 (134,044 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 93% (66,875 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 97% (30 reviews)
> Directed by: Robert De Niro
> Starring: Robert De Niro, Chazz Palminteri, Lillo Brancato
Robert De Niro was no stranger to crime drama by the time he helmed this period gangster piece, set in 1960s Bronx. It’s based on a play by Chazz Palminteri, who stars as neighborhood mob boss Sonny. After falling under Sonny’s wing, a local teen (Lillo Brancato) must choose between two different worlds as he comes of age.
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4. Sling Blade (1996)
> Composite index score: 2.72
> IMDb user rating: 8.0/10 (91,281 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 92% (56,143 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 96% (56 reviews)
> Directed by: Billy Bob Thornton
> Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, J.T. Walsh
Struggling to break out in Hollywood, Billy Bob Thornton took his career by the reins with this humane drama. He wrote, directed, and starred as Karl Childers, a mentally disabled man who tried to move beyond his dark and tragic past. It was based on Thornton’s own previous one-act play, hence the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
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3. Annie Hall (1977)
> Composite index score: 2.72
> IMDb user rating: 8.0/10 (258,110 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 92% (153,824 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 96% (84 reviews)
> Directed by: Woody Allen
> Starring: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts
Woody Allen kicked off a new chapter of his career and helped usher in the modern romantic comedy with this Oscar-winning masterpiece. Using various stylistic devices, it depicts the quirky relationship between comedian Alvy Singer (Allen) and the title character (Diane Keaton).
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