To Kill a Mockingbird

The No. 1 movie hero, according to the American Film Institute, possesses no superpowers, doesn’t wield a lightsaber or mow down the enemy while shouting nifty catch-phrases. In fact, he’s a lawyer, played by Gregory Peck. The Oscar winner brings a deep decency to the role of Atticus Finch, who takes on the case of a black man accused of raping a white woman in 1930s Alabama. The film unfurls through the eyes of Finch’s daughter, Scout, and everything about it, from the opening credits to Robert Duvall in his first screen role, is exceptional. It’s almost as good as Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. The set boasts plenty of extras, which tend to become repetitive. But “A Conversation With Gregory Peck” and the documentary “Fearful Symmetry” are both good.

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