Essential Films to See at Least Once Before You Die

Juno

Elliot Page and Michael Cera star as precocious teen Juno MacGuff and track-shorted Paulie Bleeker in Juno, a coming-of-age tale that won the 2008 Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. Pregnant Juno selects a failed rockstar and his wife to adopt her unborn child, but things take an unexpected turn when she becomes more than just the family's birth mother.

Rebel Without a Cause

Rebel Without a Cause stars a slew of now-deceased actors, including James Dean, Natalie Wood, and Sal Mineo. A troublemaking teen is supposed to maintain a clean slate in his new town, but he soon becomes involved with a number of unsavory characters.

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The More You Know

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  • Tennis was originally played with bare hands.
  • In 1923, jockey Frank Hayes won a race at Belmont Park in New York despite being dead — he suffered a heart attack mid-race but his body stayed in the saddle until his horse crossed the line for a 20–1 outsider victory.
  • The Dark Knight made more money in its first six days in the US than Batman Begins made in its entire domestic run.
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