Citizen Kane' (1941)

Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane is an innovative, breathtakingly cinematic character study, and Orson Welles is unforgettable in the role of the wealthy, powerful newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane. A reporter researches Kane's life hoping to unlock the meaning of the tycoon's dying word "Rosebud." The story unfolds in a series of flashbacks as those who knew Kane share their memories of him. Welles' masterpiece is considered by many—myself included—to be the greatest movie ever made.