Citizen Kane (1941)

Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.

Genres: Mystery, Drama

What to watch after Citizen Kane

• Touch of Evil (1958) — Orson Welles directed both
• The Third Man (1949) — Joseph Cotten and Orson Welles appear in both
• Chimes at Midnight (1965) — Same feel: complex, dramatic
• The Trial (1962) — Same feel: complex, dramatic
• Limelight (1952) — Same feel: dramatic, reflective
• A Man for All Seasons (1966) — Orson Welles appears in both