The Top Classic Movies From The Last Century

Seven Samurai (1954)

Seven Samurai is directed by Akira Kurosawa and is easily on every aspiring filmmaker's must-watch list. A village gathers seven top-level samurai to help protect them against a gang of bandits. In return, they only get rice. The entire story is groundbreaking and the cinematography is Oscar-worthy. 

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The More You Know

  • Alred Hitchcock’s Psycho was the first American film to show a toilet flushing.
  • Steven Spielberg pops up for a cameo in Vanilla Sky wearing a Pre-Crime baseball cap.
  • Peter Ostrum, Charlie from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, never acted in another movie after that and is now a veterinarian.
  • Because they were shooting in black and white and color didn't matter, they used chocolate syrup as blood when shooting Psycho.
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