Movies by Collin Whitchurch/Verge reporterHey film nuts, depressed that award season is over?

Sick of the mediocre crap that is overloading theatres currently? Bored out of your mind and wishing there was something out there worth seeing?

Well have no fear. The great thing about film is that once something is out to the public, it’s out there forever (unless you’re Disney and you put your films in moratorium, but that’s a whole other story).

Nonetheless, here are a few classics worth renting to get you through the long, abysmal summer months where the theatres are filled with multi-million-dollar flops.

Unforgiven (1992) – For those who saw and enjoyed Changeling and Gran Torino last year, it is important to check out Clint Eastwood’s best film. This picture is far and away Eastwood’s crown jewel and is the only western to take home a Best Picture award. If you liked the two aforementioned films (or any of Eastwood’s films over the past 10 years), Unforgiven is a must see.

Seven Samurai (1954) – This Japanese flick is considered by many film scholars to be among the greatest films of all time. Any film buff absolutely must see Akira Kurosawa’s three-hour epic about a group of samurai’s hired to protect a poor, tiny village from bandits.

Casablanca (1942) – It’s never a bad idea to re-watch the greatest love story of all time, and Casablanca is just that. Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman’s screen chemistry is incredible, and the ending is one of the most famous in the history of films. If you haven’t seen Bogart play Hollywood’s ultimate hard ass, you must… and if you have, see it again.

Apocalypse Now (1979) – The greatest war film ever is full of drama, intrigue, action and deception. The riveting piece that led Francis Ford Coppola to near-suicide is an incredible look at the Vietnam War and what it can do to the psyche of seemingly normal individuals. Coppola insists that Apocalypse Now is not an anti-war film, but it’s hard to argue with the evidence. Regardless, it’s a film that transcended how war films were made and puts anything released in the past two decades to shame.

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) – It was necessary to put at least one comedy on this list, so it was only fitting to chose the greatest comedy ever made. Stanley Kubrick brings his auteur style to the comedy genre with this satire about war and politics. It’s hilarious and Peter Sellers (in the numerous roles he plays in the film) is at his best.

The General (1926) – OK, I understand most people aren’t too into the silent genre nowadays, but ol’ Stoneface’s classic holds up with most comedies released today (83 years newer than this classic). Buster Keaton is arguably the greatest comedian of all time and his films still stand the test of time today.