The TCM contest got a great response. I guess 5 DVDs would do that. (More fun stuff coming up during Reader Appreciation Month.) As for your writeup requests, there were a handful of films that got several votes and good arguments. I think I'm gonna go with either The Black Swan (1942) or Cool Hand Luke (1967) but I got several future post suggestions and I recorded a few films. I wish I could write them all up. Thanks to everyone who participated and thank you for reading so faithfully.
The winners of the contest, drawn randomly: Kelsey in Pennsylvania and Benjamin in Michigan. They both went for Lawrence of Arabia and The Best Years of Our Lives among their DVD choices. That's a lotta hours of movie!