Watch The Shawshank Redemption

Death row in 1935 Louisiana and the gentle giant who can heal with his hands; three hours that earn their length.

Paul Newman eats fifty eggs on a chain gang; "what we've got here is failure to communicate".

Watch the film Lolita, a controversial adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's novel about obsession and forbidden love.

Watch Stanley Kubrick's anti-war film Paths of Glory, set during World War I.

Watch Spartacus, the 1960 epic historical drama directed by Stanley Kubrick (the film is often incorrectly attributed to David Lynch; it stars Kirk Douglas as the Thracian gladiator who leads a slave revolt against the Roman Republic). The film is famous for its massive battle scenes, the iconic 'I am Spartacus' sequence, and a screenplay by Dalton Trumbo (a blacklisted writer who received credit, helping break the Hollywood blacklist).

Watch Stanley Kubrick's 1975 period drama Barry Lyndon, known for its visual beauty and historical accuracy.

Kurosawa's epic of villagers and hired swords (1954).

Rashomon. four witnesses, four irreconcilable accounts of the same killing.