Vertigo
You'll slip into something close to a dream state while watching James Stewart—aka the American flag in bodily form—survive a wicked double-cross and indulge a fatal erotic obsession in Alfred Hitchcock's tale of murder, lust, and madness. Any synopsis must mention Bernard Herrmann's swooping, ecstatic, hypnotic, hugely influential score. If you miss this on the big screen, you will be sad, Carlotta.