What is your favorite classic film?

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16. Casablanca

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A lot of great films, and a lot of great literature, have a common theme of a character undergoing a transformation. The way the story unfolds has to be believable and the more believable that transformation is, the better the story.

At the beginning of Casablanca Rik Blaine is not a likeable character. A man who won't in his own words, "stick his neck out for anybody." He says this as his friend is being arrested by the Nazis.

At the end of the movie he's the true hero, giving up the love of his life for a cause greater than both of them.....And he kills a Nazi.

If you've ever really loved and lost.....you get it.