Citizen Kane (1941)

Multimillionaire newspaper tycoon Charles Foster Kane (Oscar-winner Orson Welles) dies alone in his extravagant mansion named Xanadu, speaking a single word: "Rosebud." In an attempt to figure out the meaning of this word, a reporter tracks down the people who worked and lived with Kane. They tell their stories in a series of flashbacks which reveal much about Kane's life but not enough to unlock the riddle of his dying breath. This was the film directorial debut of Orson We...