The Wizard Of Oz

1939.

#6/#10

Winner of 2 Academy Awards.

In THE WIZARD OF OZ, a tornado takes Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland) far away from her Kansas home to the magical land of Oz. She must find a way back with the help of friends she meets along the way.

Sarah: This movie has never touched my inner child (ewwww?). Probably because even as a child I had problems with its narrative structure. The witch melts! Really? When the hell was that an established rule? How convenient. But despite that problem, I've never seen the draw that people feel for the film. It's for kids.

Still, everyone needs to see the film at least once. The yellow brick road, the cowardly lion, the ruby red shoes are big parts of American culture.

Eddie: It's tough to review a movie that is so ingrained in your childhood. If I could divorce this movie from my nostalgia, then I'd say that it's great for what it is. It's fun and light, and the supporting cast is stellar, especially Bert Lahr as the Cowardly Lion. Whether or not this film is an allegory for gilded age politics, its lessons are universal and timeless. Only a godless tycoon like Sarah would deny that.

Why You Should See It: For Sarah, it's Judy Garland singing "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" with the perfect blend of hope and melancholy. For Eddie, it's the moment that Dorothy goes from the black and white world of Kansas to the technicolor world of Oz.