The Third Man is a very interesting movie in that the star is alluded to and mentioned constantly but doesn't appear until the third act. The Anton Karas zither music gives it a surreal carnival feel. Joseph Cotton always turns in a good performance.

A quick way to get a good film education in the classics is to set your DVR to capture the four star movies that Turner Classics Movies run from Feb 1 to Mar 3 every year. It is their "30 days of Oscar" where every film shown was nominated or won an Academy award. Every August the have their "Nights under the Stars" where they pick a star like Bogart or Cagney and show a lot of their movies for a day.

M with Peter Lorre (directed by Fritz Lang) as a child molester/killer is a masterpiece. It is great to see him act in his native language.