Those are all great and enduring HISTORICAL movies. Great and enduring fiction requires a good female lead.
Casablanca.
Gone with the Wind.
The Wizard of Oz.
Star Wars.
The African Queen.
Chinatown.
The Maltese Falcon.
The Philadelphia Story.
It’s a Wonderful Life.
The Big Sleep.
The Quiet Man.
The Thin Man.
The Sound of Music.
Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
LA Confidential.
So how many great films have an essentially all female cast?
I cant think of one.
Females have intrinsic value.
Men have extrinsic value.
This is the key to understanding this.