Catch the Rotund One (sorry, I can’t find a better nickname for Orson Welles) bring life to the Bard in this moody, macabre, and just plain dour version of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, from 1948. Need more of the Scottish Play in your life? Stay glued to the tube as Japan’s greatest director takes on the tragedy of Macbeth in Akira Kurosawa’s 1961 spectacle Throne of Blood.

Like epic-length ballet movies? Yeah, yeah me neither. But Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s magnificent The Red Shoes is the notable exception. This 1948 flick is famous for a 15-minute ballet sequence at the midway mark. Stick around, because in this author’s opinion, afterwards is when the film gets really good.

Still skeptical? Martin Scorsese watches it once a year, and called it “one of the very greatest [movies] ever made“. You don’t honestly think you know more about movies than Martin Scorsese, do you?

 Before Ocean’s Eleven (yes, way before even the original Frank Sinatra version) there was 1932’s Grand Hotel. While this isn’t a super-slick Soderberghian heist film, it is one of the earliest examples of the “all-star cast” – Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, John Barrymore (Drew’s grandpa, arguably one of the greatest screen actors ever), and Lionel Barrymore (his brother, playing a lovable sad sack that’s a far cry from the dastardly Mr. Potter he would play 14 years later). This is a rare treat, so you should definitely check it out.