Harold and Maude

With this idiosyncratic American fable, countercultural director Hal Ashby fashioned what would become the cult classic of its era. Ashby tells the story of the emotional and romantic bond between a death-obsessed young man (Bud Cort) from a wealthy family and a devil-may-care, bohemian octogenarian (Ruth Gordon). Equal parts gallows humor and romantic innocence, Harold and Maude transcends class, gender and age and dissolves the line between darkness and light.