Stephen King: 20 Movie Rentals That Never Let Me Down
When summer movies' bombast leaves EW's pop culture columnist exhausted, he returns to these perennials at the video store that simply never disappoint -- ''Die Hard,'' ''Titanic,'' ''The Blair Witch Project,'' and more
By Stephen King Updated August 21, 2009 at 06:00 PM EDT
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White Heat, James Cagney
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William Powell, Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid
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Lee Marvin, Point Blank
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Titanic, Kate Winslet, ... | Will James Cameron ever make a 2-D film (like Titanic , pictured) again? ''Why would I do that?'' the director asks.
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Saturday Night Fever, John Travolta
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Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, ...
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Danny Pintauro, Cujo, ...
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Humphrey Bogart
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Thing Kurt Russell
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Peter Sellers, Sterling Hayden, ...
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Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
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Kiss of Death
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Die Hard, Bruce Willis
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The Blues Brothers, Dan Aykroyd, ...
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The Blair Witch Project | A horror film that seemed almost real. For a decade it was an anomaly, but the influence of Blair Witch is just starting to beÂ…
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Warren Oates, William Holden, ...
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Billy Bob Thornton, Sling Blade
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The Wages of Fear
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By Stephen King