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American cinema: Drama
12 Angry Men (1957)
Sidney Lumet
In a New York court room, a lengthy murder trial is nearing its conclusion. Once the judge has delivered his closing statements, the twelve members of the jury are led away to the jury room...
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Sidney Lumet
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Stanley Kubrick
Millions of years ago, a tribe of herbivorous apelike hominids discover a mysterious black monolith which immediately exerts a strange influence over them...
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Stanley Kubrick
7th Heaven (1927)
Frank Borzage
Paris, 1914. Chico, an atheistic loner, has grown tired of toiling in the sewers and hopes that one day he will become a street washer like his neighbour Gobin...
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Frank Borzage
84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
David Hugh Jones
In 1949, Helene Hanff is an aspiring writer who scrapes by as a script reader in New York City. Her main passion in life is old books, preferably out of print volumes of obscure work by English writers...
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David Hugh Jones
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Richard Attenborough
September, 1944. D-Day has come and gone but the allied advance has slowed to a crawl owing to over-extended supply lines...
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Richard Attenborough
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Stanley Kubrick
Alex DeLarge is a Beethoven-loving juvenile delinquent who spends his evenings indulging in orgies of violence with his droogies... [More...]
Stanley Kubrick
Alex DeLarge is a Beethoven-loving juvenile delinquent who spends his evenings indulging in orgies of violence with his droogies... [More...]
A Double Life (1947)
George Cukor
Anthony John is a renowned stage actor who, against his better judgement, allows himself to be coaxed into playing the lead role in Shakespeare's Othello... [More...]
George Cukor
Anthony John is a renowned stage actor who, against his better judgement, allows himself to be coaxed into playing the lead role in Shakespeare's Othello... [More...]
A Farewell to Arms (1932)
Frank Borzage
During World War I, a young American, Frederick Henry, enlists as an ambulance driver in the Italian army. He meets and falls in love with a young English nurse, Catherine Barkley... [More...]
Frank Borzage
During World War I, a young American, Frederick Henry, enlists as an ambulance driver in the Italian army. He meets and falls in love with a young English nurse, Catherine Barkley... [More...]
A Passage to India (1984)
David Lean
In the 1920s, Adela Quested makes the journey from England to India, where she intends to marry her fiancé, Ronny Heaslop, the magistrate of a provincial town named Chandrapore... [More...]
David Lean
In the 1920s, Adela Quested makes the journey from England to India, where she intends to marry her fiancé, Ronny Heaslop, the magistrate of a provincial town named Chandrapore... [More...]
A Place in the Sun (1951)
George Stevens
George Eastman, the son of poor missionary workers, is surprised when his uncle, the successful businessman Charles Eastman, offers him a job at one of his factories... [More...]
George Stevens
George Eastman, the son of poor missionary workers, is surprised when his uncle, the successful businessman Charles Eastman, offers him a job at one of his factories... [More...]
A Star Is Born (1954)
George Cukor
One-time matinee idol Norman Maine has lost both his public and the confidence of the studio bosses who employ him, and he hastens his decline by drowning his sorrows in alcohol... [More...]
George Cukor
One-time matinee idol Norman Maine has lost both his public and the confidence of the studio bosses who employ him, and he hastens his decline by drowning his sorrows in alcohol... [More...]
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Elia Kazan
Blanche DuBois is a prim, middle-aged school teacher who, after losing her job and her old Mississippi home, makes her way to New Orleans to stay with her younger sister, Stella... [More...]
Elia Kazan
Blanche DuBois is a prim, middle-aged school teacher who, after losing her job and her old Mississippi home, makes her way to New Orleans to stay with her younger sister, Stella... [More...]
A Woman of Affairs (1928)
Clarence Brown
English aristocrat Diana Merrick has been in love with Neville Holderness since they were children but the latter's father forbids their marriage and insists that Neville gives her up so that he can make his fortune in Egypt... [More...]
Clarence Brown
English aristocrat Diana Merrick has been in love with Neville Holderness since they were children but the latter's father forbids their marriage and insists that Neville gives her up so that he can make his fortune in Egypt... [More...]
A Woman of Paris (1923)
Charles Chaplin
Marie St Clair and her lover Jean Millet plan to leave their French village and start a new life in Paris as man and wife... [More...]
Charles Chaplin
Marie St Clair and her lover Jean Millet plan to leave their French village and start a new life in Paris as man and wife... [More...]
Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
John Cromwell
In the 1830s, a modest woodsman named Abe Lincoln leaves his home and his mother in Kentucky to settle in New Salem, where he finds popularity as a store owner... [More...]
John Cromwell
In the 1830s, a modest woodsman named Abe Lincoln leaves his home and his mother in Kentucky to settle in New Salem, where he finds popularity as a store owner... [More...]
Abraham Lincoln (1930)
D.W. Griffith
In 1809, a child was born in a humble log cabin who would grow up to become one of the greatest political leaders in history... [More...]
D.W. Griffith
In 1809, a child was born in a humble log cabin who would grow up to become one of the greatest political leaders in history... [More...]
The Ace of Hearts (1921)
Wallace Worsley
The members of a secret society meet and agree to execute a man who has become a danger to the civilised world. A pack of playing cards is dealt, the member who draws the ace of hearts being the one who will carry out the assassination with a bomb disguised as a cigar case... [More...]
Wallace Worsley
The members of a secret society meet and agree to execute a man who has become a danger to the civilised world. A pack of playing cards is dealt, the member who draws the ace of hearts being the one who will carry out the assassination with a bomb disguised as a cigar case... [More...]
Advise and Consent (1962)
Otto Preminger
Aware that his health and power are ebbing away, the President of the United States is determined that Robert A. Leffingwell, a liberally inclined academic, should be appointed Secretary of State... [More...]
Otto Preminger
Aware that his health and power are ebbing away, the President of the United States is determined that Robert A. Leffingwell, a liberally inclined academic, should be appointed Secretary of State... [More...]
The African Queen (1951)
John Huston
In 1914, Rose Sayer assists her brother, the Reverend Samuel Sayer, in leading a missionary village in German East Africa... [More...]
John Huston
In 1914, Rose Sayer assists her brother, the Reverend Samuel Sayer, in leading a missionary village in German East Africa... [More...]
The Age of Innocence (1993)
Martin Scorsese
New York in the 1870s. The forthcoming marriage of the successful lawyer Newland Archer to May Welland, the scion of a great American family, is sure to be a major society event, but Newland's commitment to May wavers when he takes an interest in her unconventional cousin, the Countess Ellen Olenska... [More...]
Martin Scorsese
New York in the 1870s. The forthcoming marriage of the successful lawyer Newland Archer to May Welland, the scion of a great American family, is sure to be a major society event, but Newland's commitment to May wavers when he takes an interest in her unconventional cousin, the Countess Ellen Olenska... [More...]
Aleksandr's Price (2013)
Pau Masó
When his mother commits suicide, Aleksandr, an illegal Russian immigrant, finds himself alone and friendless in New York... [More...]
Pau Masó
When his mother commits suicide, Aleksandr, an illegal Russian immigrant, finds himself alone and friendless in New York... [More...]
Alias Jimmy Valentine (1915)
Maurice Tourneur
Lee Randall leads a double life. By day, he is a respected, law-abiding citizen; by night he is Jimmy Valentine, an ace safecracker... [More...]
Maurice Tourneur
Lee Randall leads a double life. By day, he is a respected, law-abiding citizen; by night he is Jimmy Valentine, an ace safecracker... [More...]
All About Eve (1950)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
The night Eve Harrington wins her award for the best stage actress of the year, the people who unwittingly brought about her success reflect on her meteoric rise to fame... [More...]
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
The night Eve Harrington wins her award for the best stage actress of the year, the people who unwittingly brought about her success reflect on her meteoric rise to fame... [More...]
All I Desire (1953)
Douglas Sirk
In 1910, Naomi Murdock is an itinerant actress who earns barely enough to live on, performing at rundown theatres in provincial towns across America... [More...]
Douglas Sirk
In 1910, Naomi Murdock is an itinerant actress who earns barely enough to live on, performing at rundown theatres in provincial towns across America... [More...]
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Lewis Milestone
At the outbreak of World War I in 1914, a German schoolmaster is urging his class of idealistic youths to enlist and do their bit to save the Fatherland... [More...]
Lewis Milestone
At the outbreak of World War I in 1914, a German schoolmaster is urging his class of idealistic youths to enlist and do their bit to save the Fatherland... [More...]
All That Heaven Allows (1955)
Douglas Sirk
Cary Scott is a middle-aged New England widow. Well provided for by her late husband, she leads a comfortable life but is anxious over what the future may hold for her... [More...]
Douglas Sirk
Cary Scott is a middle-aged New England widow. Well provided for by her late husband, she leads a comfortable life but is anxious over what the future may hold for her... [More...]
All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
Anatole Litvak
In the 1840s, French teacher Henriette Deluzy arrives in America and finds work in a girls' school. When her pupils pick up on rumours of her recent past, she decides to tell them her story... [More...]
Anatole Litvak
In the 1840s, French teacher Henriette Deluzy arrives in America and finds work in a girls' school. When her pupils pick up on rumours of her recent past, she decides to tell them her story... [More...]
An Affair to Remember (1957)
Leo McCarey
The world is stunned by the news that celebrity playboy Nickie Ferrante is about to marry a wealthy American heiress. Nickie is on his way back to New York by ocean liner when fate intervenes and derails his matrimonial plans, via a chance meeting with nightclub singer Terry McKay... [More...]
Leo McCarey
The world is stunned by the news that celebrity playboy Nickie Ferrante is about to marry a wealthy American heiress. Nickie is on his way back to New York by ocean liner when fate intervenes and derails his matrimonial plans, via a chance meeting with nightclub singer Terry McKay... [More...]
Anastasia (1956)
Anatole Litvak
Paris, 1928. A decade after Tsar Nicolas II and his family were executed by the Bolsheviks, rumours continue to circulate that the tsar's daughter, Anastasia, somehow survived... [More...]
Anatole Litvak
Paris, 1928. A decade after Tsar Nicolas II and his family were executed by the Bolsheviks, rumours continue to circulate that the tsar's daughter, Anastasia, somehow survived... [More...]
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Otto Preminger
Paul Biegler is a struggling lawyer in a small Michigan town. Prompted by his alcoholic friend Parnell McCarthy he agrees to take on the case for the defence in an impending murder trial... [More...]
Otto Preminger
Paul Biegler is a struggling lawyer in a small Michigan town. Prompted by his alcoholic friend Parnell McCarthy he agrees to take on the case for the defence in an impending murder trial... [More...]