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The Seven Samurai (1954)

The Western of the East. Ironically, this Japanese film influenced many other Westerns, including the American remake, John Sturges's The Magnificent Seven. A group of villagers hire seven samurai to protect their property from bandits. Groundbreaking action sequences.

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