These are movies that have to meet two criteria. First, they are worth watching again and again over the years. But second, and this is the difficult part, they have to be watched without ever hitting the fast-forward button, no matter how many times you've seen the movie.

Edward Fox in The Day of the Jackal (1973)

Too many of these "best" lists are limited to recent color releases from the last 20 years. This unfortunately omits many other movies that have stood the test of time. So here are many that you've probably never seen, but might be lucky to catch on TCM late one night.

Deborah Kerr, Burt Lancaster, Frank Sinatra, Ernest Borgnine, Montgomery Clift, and Donna Reed in From Here to Eternity (1953)

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