Joseph Mankiewicz, 1947
104 minutes

Defying her conventional in-laws, a young widow (Gene Tierney) leaves London with her daughter and moves away for a quieter life in a secluded seaside cottage. She discovers the ghost of the dead former owner, a sea captain (Rex Harrison), is haunting the house, but gathers the courage to stand up to him, and the woman and ghost become friends. Faced with dwindling means of support, Lucy agrees to the captain’s challenge to write his colorful life story.

Richard Brooks, 1958
108 minutes

Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor are at the height of their glamor and acting prowess in this feverish adaptation of Tennessee Williams’s play, with a subtext of sexual repression providing an electric undercurrent.

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Jean Cocteau, 1946
93 minutes; French with English subtitles

With its magical optical effects and enchanting performances by Josette Day and Jean Marais, Jean Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast remains the most surreal—and soulful—of fairy tale film adaptations.

Ritesh Batra, 2013
PG; 104 minutes; Hindi with English subtitles

A lonely housewife (Nimrat Kaur) decides to try adding some spice to her stale marriage by preparing a special lunch for her neglectful husband (Nakul Vaid). Unfortunately, the delivery goes astray and winds up in the hands of an irritable widower (Irrfan Khan). Curious about her husband's lack of response, she adds a note to the next day's lunch box and thus begins an unusual friendship in which two lonely strangers can talk about their joys and sorrows without ever meeting in person.