28. Moby Dick (1956)
Moby Dick; or, The Whale, is a novel that has long been considered as one of the literary classics. It tells the story of Ishmael, a man serving on the ship of Captain Ahab in his search for revenge against Moby-Dick, a whale who bit off his leg.
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The book has been adapted to film numerous times, and the 1956 version was certainly not the first. It is, arguably, one of the best versions, though. It stars Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab and Richard Basehart as Ishmael.