Casablanca (1943)

Directed by Michael Curtiz

Starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, S.Z. Sakall, Madeleine Lebeau, Dooley Wilson, Marcel Dalio, Joy Page, John Qualen, Leonid Kinskey, and Curt Bois

Few movies can unquestionably be called an alltime classic, but if any film can take that title, this one can. It has it all: romance, comedy, drama, action, suspense, you name it. Almost every line is a classic quote, and the performances have been parodied almost non stop in the sixty-seven years since it was released. If you haven't seen this movie, you're probably not reading this blog, but if you haven't, find a copy immediately and see it. It should be required viewing for everyone on Earth. Absolutely timeless.

Other nominees: For Whom the Bell Tolls (Sam Wood), Heaven Can Wait (Ernst Lubitsch), The Human Comedy (Clarence Brown), In Which We Serve (Noel Coward and David Lean), Madame Curie (Mervyn LeRoy), The More the Merrier (George Stevens), The Ox-Bow Incident (William A. Wellman), The Song of Bernadette (Henry King), and Watch on the Rhine (Herman Shumlin and Hal Mohr)