To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) by Robert Mulligan

[cranefly]

I make a point of seeing To Kill a Mockingbird every 40 years.
It holds up well to a second viewing. The childrens' POV and quality of their acting really makes the movie. It's a poignant journey back to one's childhood -- even if your childhood isn't anything like this. Kids do pretty much the same things anywhere.
The musical score is exceptional.
Gregory Peck is magnificent.
I'll leave it at that.

[Drunk Monk]

Agreed. We just revisited this film and it's still amazing. It's got such layered complexity, sucking you in with the child's eye view, then dropping this bomb of racial injustice, surely an artifact of the book, which I never read but Stacy did for college. The symbolism of the mad dog. The race commentary is as spot on as ever. The roles of women are too.

The strange thing was that I had forgotten most of the kids story and only remembered the court scenes. That's where Peck is just mesmerizing. His closing statement was a masterpiece performance. I loved the opening credits focusing on the box and its contents. And Robert Duvall - so young - I wouldn't have even recognized him. And Esmerelda from Bewitched. 

No sword fights. DOOM recommended but I imagine we've all seen this classic by now.