Essential Films to See at Least Once Before You Die

2001: A Space Odyssey

Stanley Kubrick's 1968 space epic was inspired by Arthur C. Clarke's 1951 short story "The Sentinel". Dr. Dave Bowman and a team of other astronauts are sent on a mysterious mission; their ship's computer system, HAL, begins to display increasingly bizarre behavior, leading to the ultimate showdown between man and machine.

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  • The first American woman to go to medical school was admitted as a joke. Geneva Medical School thought it was joke when Elizabeth Blackwell applied to attend 1847. She graduated in 1849, started her own practice, and opened an infirmary for the poor.
  • When filming Chinatown Jack Nicholson was dating Anjelica Huston, the daughter of his screen nemesis John Huston.
  • To thank Robin Williams for his work on Aladdin, Disney sent him a late Pablo Picasso painting.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.