The Movies canon

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Hamlet

Directed by Laurence Olivier
1948 · United Kingdom

The first film made outside America to be named Best Picture: Laurence Olivier cut half the play, shot it in high-contrast monochrome, and moves the camera through Elsinore like a ghost.

★ 3.0