The Cream of the Crop:

• ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
• THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)
• HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY (1941)
• MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)
• A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN (1945)

Second Only to a Few:

• CASABLANCA (1942)
• CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (1958)
• GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
• IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
• IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)
• LAURA (1944)
• MARY POPPPINS (1964)
• MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (1947)
• MRS. MINIVER (1942)
• THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940)
• THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES (1942)
• THE QUIET MAN (1952)
• RANDOM HARVEST (1942)
• REBECCA (1940)
• THE RED SHOES (1948)
• SHADOW OF A DOUBT (1943)
• THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965)
• STAGE DOOR (1937)
• A STAR IS BORN (1954)
• SWING TIME (1936)
• THEODORA GOES WILD (1936)
• TOP HAT (1935)
• THE VALLEY OF DECISION (1945)
• LA VITA E BELLA (1997) (a.k.a. Life is Beautiful)
• THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
• THE YEARLING (1946)

Third, and Still the Charm:

• THE ACTRESS (1953)
• ADVENTURE (1945)
• THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1951)
• ANASTASIA (1956)
• THE BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY (1949)
• BEN-HUR (1959)
• BOYS TOWN (1938)
• BRIEF ENCOUNTER (1945)
• FOLLOW THE FLEET (1936) 
• THE HEIRESS (1949)
• HOW TO STEAL A MILLION (1966)
• LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
• THE LION IN WINTER (1968)
• THE LITTLE FOXES (1941)
• MAN OF LA MANCHA (1972)
• SHERLOCK JR. (1924)
• STEEL MAGNOLIAS (1989)
• THE STRAWBERRY BLONDE (1941)
• WHEN HARRY MET SALLY... (1989)
• WOMAN OF THE YEAR (1942)

Fourth of the Favorites:

• THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (1938)
• AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER (1957)
• ANNIE (1982)
• THE BIG COUNTRY (1958)
• BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S (1961)
• CHARADE (1963)
• CHARIOTS OF FIRE (1981)
• FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (1971)
• HEAVEN KNOWS, MR. ALLISON (1957)
• HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940)
• KITTY FOYLE (1940)
• THE LADY EVE (1941)
• THE LITTLE MERMAID (1989)
• THE LITTLE PRINCESS (1939)
• THE LONG, HOT SUMMER (1958)
• MY FAIR LADY (1964)
• THE PARENT TRAP (1961)
• A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951)
• POLLYANNA (1960)
• PURSUED (1947)
• REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)
• ROMAN HOLIDAY (1953)
• SHALL WE DANCE (1937)
• SLEEPING BEAUTY (1959)
• SUNSET BLVD. (1950)
• THE THIRD MAN (1949)
• WATERLOO BRIDGE (1940)

Five Little Minutes from the Top:

• 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (1954)
• ALL THE KING'S MEN (1949)
• AMADEUS (1984)
• THE APARTMENT (1960)
• THE AWFUL TRUTH (1937)
• THE BELLS OF ST. MARY'S (1945)
• BILL OF DIVORCEMENT (1932)
• BLACK NARCISSUS (1946)
• DARK VICTORY (1939)
• DARLING LILI (1970)
• DESTRY RIDES AGAIN (1939)
• DUMBO (1941)
• FOR ME AND MY GAL (1942)
• FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953)
• GASLIGHT (1944)
• GLORY (1989)
• THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940)
• THE GRASS IS GREENER (1960)
• A GUY NAMED JOE (1943)
• THE HARVEY GIRLS (1946)
• HENRY V (1989)
• HOLIDAY (1938)
• I REMEMBER MAMA (1948)
• THE INN OF THE SIXTH HAPPINESS (1958)
• THE MAJOR AND THE MINOR (1942)
• THE MIRACLE OF MORGAN'S CREEK (1943)
• MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (1993)
• THE MUSIC MAN (1962)
• NATIONAL VELVET (1944)
• NOTORIOUS (1946)
• OKLAHOMA! (1955)
• OLIVER! (1968)
• THE PALM BEACH STORY (1942)
• PENNY SERENADE (1941)
• REAR WINDOW (1954)
• RED RIVER (1948)
• RIO BRAVO (1959)
• ROBIN HOOD (1973)
• SOUTH PACIFIC (1958)
• SPARTACUS (1960)
• THE SUNDOWNERS (1960)
• THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (1956)
• THE THIN MAN (1934)
• TO EACH HIS OWN (1946)
• WEST SIDE STORY (1961)
• WHITE CHRISTMAS (1954)
• YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU (1938)
• THE YOUNG PHILADELPHIANS (1959)

Six -- a Minor Degree of Separation:

• 101 DALMATIANS (1961)
• THE ABSENT MINDED PROFESSOR (1961)
• THE BAND WAGON (1953)
• BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1991)
• BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS (1971)
• BRIGADOON (1954)
• CALAMITY JANE (1953)
• CAMELOT (1967)
• CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS (1937)
• CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG (1968)
• CINDERELLA (1950)
• COME LIVE WITH ME (1941)
• THE COURT JESTER (1956)
• THE DESPERATE HOURS (1955)
• DETECTIVE STORY (1951)
• DIAL M FOR MURDER (1954)
• DRIVING MISS DAISY (1989)
• THE EGG AND I (1947)
• FRENCHMAN'S CREEK (1944)
• FRIED GREEN TOMATOES (1991)
• FUNNY FACE (1957)
• GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (1953)
• GIANT (1956)
• GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM (1987)
• GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS (1939) 
• GREASE (1978)
• THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH (1952)
• HELLO, DOLLY! (1969)
• HIGH NOON (1952)
• HOUSE OF WAX (1953)
• HOWARDS' END (1992)
• JEZEBEL (1938)
• THE JOURNEY OF NATTY GANN (1985)
• KISS ME KATE (1953)
• LADY AND THE TRAMP (1955)
• THE LAST EMPEROR (1987)
• THE LONG GRAY LINE (1955)
• THE LONGEST DAY (1962)
• THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE (1962)
• MCLINTOCK! (1963)
• MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (1944)
• MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (1993)
• MUSIC FOR MILLIONS (1944)
• NOW, VOYAGER (1942)
• OLD YELLER (1957)
• ON GOLDEN POND (1981)
• OUR MAN IN HAVANA (1960)
• PETE'S DRAGON (1977)
• THE PRINCESS BRIDE (1987)
• THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO (1985)
• A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT (1992)
• ROBIN AND MARIAN (1976)
• SABRINA (1954)
• SAVANNAH SMILES (1982)
• SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (1995)
• SHOW BOAT (1951)
• SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952)
• SKIRTS AHOY (1952)
• SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937)
• SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)
• THE STING (1973)
• SUMMER STOCK (1950)
• SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON (1960)
• THE SWORD IN THE STONE (1963)
• THAT DARN CAT! (1965)
• THE TENDER TRAP (1955)
• THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY (1955)
• VICTOR/ VICTORIA (1982)
• WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (1971)

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