When you ask someone the name their favorite Charles Chaplin film, I've found that it generally is not The Great Dictator (1940). Popularity be damned, it may be his most culturally significant and important. This is a taste of why, especially in the WikiLeaks Era of the Information Age, I think you should make time for it.
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Criterion Collected
A look at the story of The Criterion Collection and the "classic and contemporary" films that they consider "important", going all the way back to 1984.
Criterion Collected is not affiliated with The Criterion Collection.