The Top Classic Movies From The Last Century

The Maltese Falcon (1941)

This film is commonly noted as the first-ever American noir film. The Maltese Falcon put together the trio of a villain, hero, and dame. Humphry Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, and John Huston all make some incredible characters come to life in this film.

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The More You Know

  • In every scene of Fight Club, there is a Starbucks coffee cup.
  • In the movie 'The Hangover', no effects or prosthetics were created for Stu's missing tooth. Actor Ed Helms never had an adult incisor grow, and his fake incisor was taken out for the parts of filming where Stu's tooth is missing.
  • Robert Ludlum, the creator of the Jason Bourne series, died while the first Bourne film was in post-production.
  • For Dr. Strangelove, Peter Sellers was paid $1 million, 55 percent of the film’s budget.
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