Essential Films to See at Least Once Before You Die

Dreamgirls

Dreamgirls was the film that proved Jennifer Hudson had what it take to escape the bounds of American Idol success. A musical trio is discovered by an ambitious manager who offers them the chance of a lifetime, but the women come to learn that fame and glamor can cost you everything.

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The More You Know

  • M&M stands for Mars and Murrie.
  • Gone With the Wind’s fire scene is old sets being burned.
  • A U.S. park ranger named Roy C. Sullivan held the record for being struck by lightning the most times, having been struck — and surviving — seven times between 1942 and 1977.
  • Pilots and their co-pilots are required to eat different meals before flights so that they don’t both end up with food poisoning.
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