Casablanca (1942)

Every line from this wartime romance is etched into collective memory—“Here’s looking at you, kid” still lands with gut-punch force nearly a century later. Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman ignite a love story that sacrifices personal desire for moral duty, set against a smoky, rain-slicked Moroccan backdrop. It’s the rare film that’s both a perfect love letter and a searing political allegory.