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Dark Journey (1937)
Victor Saville
Towards the end of the First World War, Madeleine Goddard makes frequent trips between Paris and Stockholm, ostensibly to supply expensive dresses to her wealthy Swedish clientele...
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Victor Saville
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Fred Zinnemann
Dissatisfied with President De Gaulle's decision to grant independence to Algeria, a number of men in the French military form an underground organisation, the OAS, with the sole aim of assassinating the president...
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Fred Zinnemann
The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
Val Guest
In a deserted London bathed in a scorching heat, journalist Peter Stenning returns to his desk at the vacated offices of the newspaper the Daily Express to compose what may well be his final report...
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Val Guest
Dead of Night (1945)
Alberto Cavalcanti
Wanting to make some changes to his farmhouse, Eliot Foley invites the architect Walter Craig to spend the weekend with him and his family...
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Alberto Cavalcanti
The Deer Hunter (1978)
Michael Cimino
A small working class town in Western Pennsylvania in the late 1960s. Michael, Nick and Steven are three close friends, in their late twenties, early thirties, who work at a steel mill...
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Michael Cimino
The Devil Rides Out (1968)
Terence Fisher
When his protégé, Simon Aron, fails to turn up for a reunion, the wealthy Duc de Richleau decides to visit him at his home... [More...]
Terence Fisher
When his protégé, Simon Aron, fails to turn up for a reunion, the wealthy Duc de Richleau decides to visit him at his home... [More...]
Don't Look Now (1973)
Nicolas Roeg
John and Laura Baxter are a young couple who are both profoundly traumatised when their five-year-old daughter Christine drowns accidentally at their home... [More...]
Nicolas Roeg
John and Laura Baxter are a young couple who are both profoundly traumatised when their five-year-old daughter Christine drowns accidentally at their home... [More...]
Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde (1971)
Roy Ward Baker
In East London of the 1880s, the young Dr Henry Jekyll is diligently engaged on finding vaccines for man's most feared diseases... [More...]
Roy Ward Baker
In East London of the 1880s, the young Dr Henry Jekyll is diligently engaged on finding vaccines for man's most feared diseases... [More...]
Dr. No (1962)
Terence Young
When John Strangways, a British intelligence operative, goes missing in Jamaica, MI6 agent James Bond is sent to investigate... [More...]
Terence Young
When John Strangways, a British intelligence operative, goes missing in Jamaica, MI6 agent James Bond is sent to investigate... [More...]
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Stanley Kubrick
Convinced that the Communists are infiltrating his country, General Jack D. Ripper, the commander of a US military airbase, gives the order for a bomber wing to launch a first strike nuclear attack on the USSR... [More...]
Stanley Kubrick
Convinced that the Communists are infiltrating his country, General Jack D. Ripper, the commander of a US military airbase, gives the order for a bomber wing to launch a first strike nuclear attack on the USSR... [More...]
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
Freddie Francis
During a rail journey, five men who have never met before share a railway compartment with a strange mystic who introduces himself as Dr Schreck (which, as luck would have it, is the German word for Terror)... [More...]
Freddie Francis
During a rail journey, five men who have never met before share a railway compartment with a strange mystic who introduces himself as Dr Schreck (which, as luck would have it, is the German word for Terror)... [More...]
Dracula (1958)
Terence Fisher
Jonathan Harker makes the journey to Klausenberg to take up the post of librarian at Castle Dracula. The real motive for his expedition is to kill his employer, Count Dracula, but before he can do this he is attacked by a mysterious woman in white... [More...]
Terence Fisher
Jonathan Harker makes the journey to Klausenberg to take up the post of librarian at Castle Dracula. The real motive for his expedition is to kill his employer, Count Dracula, but before he can do this he is attacked by a mysterious woman in white... [More...]
Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
Terence Fisher
Englishman Charles Kent persuades his brother Alan and their two wives, Helen and Diana, to make a tour of the Carpathian mountains... [More...]
Terence Fisher
Englishman Charles Kent persuades his brother Alan and their two wives, Helen and Diana, to make a tour of the Carpathian mountains... [More...]
Espion(s) (2009)
Nicolas Saada
With his qualifications, Vincent could easily get himself a well-paid job with a respectable firm, but instead he prefers to work as an airport baggage handler... [More...]
Nicolas Saada
With his qualifications, Vincent could easily get himself a well-paid job with a respectable firm, but instead he prefers to work as an airport baggage handler... [More...]
Evil Under the Sun (1982)
Guy Hamilton
Alerted by an insurance scam, the world-famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot travels to a small island in the Adriatic to try to recover a valuable diamond belonging to the self-made millionaire Sir Horace Blatt... [More...]
Guy Hamilton
Alerted by an insurance scam, the world-famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot travels to a small island in the Adriatic to try to recover a valuable diamond belonging to the self-made millionaire Sir Horace Blatt... [More...]
Eye of the Devil (1966)
J. Lee Thompson
After a third disastrous harvest in a row at his vineyard in France, the Marquis Phillippe de Montfaucon has no option but to return to his medieval château, Bellenac... [More...]
J. Lee Thompson
After a third disastrous harvest in a row at his vineyard in France, the Marquis Phillippe de Montfaucon has no option but to return to his medieval château, Bellenac... [More...]
The Face of Fu Manchu (1965)
Don Sharp
In the early 1900s, Sir Dennis Nayland Smith, a senior British police commissioner, attends the formal execution of arch-criminal Fu Manchu in China... [More...]
Don Sharp
In the early 1900s, Sir Dennis Nayland Smith, a senior British police commissioner, attends the formal execution of arch-criminal Fu Manchu in China... [More...]
The Fallen Idol (1948)
Carol Reed
Eight-year old Philippe is the only child of a London-based ambassador. With his parents away from home, Philippe is looked after by the kindly butler Baines, whom he comes to idolise... [More...]
Carol Reed
Eight-year old Philippe is the only child of a London-based ambassador. With his parents away from home, Philippe is looked after by the kindly butler Baines, whom he comes to idolise... [More...]
Fargo (1996)
Joel Coen
Minneapolis car dealer Jerry Lundegaard needs money, badly. In a desperate attempt to save his ailing business he tries to persuade his wealthy father-in-law Wade Gustafson to lend him a large sum of money to secure a real estate deal, but Gustafson is too smart for his son-in-law and refuses to stump up the money... [More...]
Joel Coen
Minneapolis car dealer Jerry Lundegaard needs money, badly. In a desperate attempt to save his ailing business he tries to persuade his wealthy father-in-law Wade Gustafson to lend him a large sum of money to secure a real estate deal, but Gustafson is too smart for his son-in-law and refuses to stump up the money... [More...]
The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)
John Gilling
Edinburgh, 1828. Dr Robert Knox is an eminent anatomist who needs a regular supply of human cadavers for his anatomy lectures... [More...]
John Gilling
Edinburgh, 1828. Dr Robert Knox is an eminent anatomist who needs a regular supply of human cadavers for his anatomy lectures... [More...]
Footsteps in the Fog (1955)
Arthur Lubin
London, in the early 1900s. When she discovers that her employer, Stephen Lowry, poisoned his wife, housemaid Lily Watkins soon turns the situation to her advantage... [More...]
Arthur Lubin
London, in the early 1900s. When she discovers that her employer, Stephen Lowry, poisoned his wife, housemaid Lily Watkins soon turns the situation to her advantage... [More...]
The Fourth Protocol (1987)
John Mackenzie
During the Cold War, the head of the KGB, General Govershin, devises a plan that will strike a potentially fatal blow to NATO, by breaching the Fourth Protocol of the recent nuclear weapons treaty... [More...]
John Mackenzie
During the Cold War, the head of the KGB, General Govershin, devises a plan that will strike a potentially fatal blow to NATO, by breaching the Fourth Protocol of the recent nuclear weapons treaty... [More...]
Frenzy (1972)
Alfred Hitchcock
In London a serial killer is at large. The victims are all young women who have been raped and strangled with a necktie. Meanwhile, former RAF man Richard Blaney is having difficulty fitting back into civilian life... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
In London a serial killer is at large. The victims are all young women who have been raped and strangled with a necktie. Meanwhile, former RAF man Richard Blaney is having difficulty fitting back into civilian life... [More...]
From Beyond the Grave (1973)
Kevin Connor
Edward Charlton cannot believe his good fortune when he persuades a crusty old antiques dealer to sell him a 400-year-old mirror for twenty pounds, a fraction of its true value... [More...]
Kevin Connor
Edward Charlton cannot believe his good fortune when he persuades a crusty old antiques dealer to sell him a 400-year-old mirror for twenty pounds, a fraction of its true value... [More...]
From Russia with Love (1963)
Terence Young
Working for the international crime syndicate SPECTRE, chess grandmaster Kronsteen has devised a foolproof plan to steal the Lektor decoding machine from the Russians... [More...]
Terence Young
Working for the international crime syndicate SPECTRE, chess grandmaster Kronsteen has devised a foolproof plan to steal the Lektor decoding machine from the Russians... [More...]
Gaslight (1940)
Thorold Dickinson
Not long after moving into her new home, a grand London mansion, Bella Mallen becomes convinced that she is starting to lose her mind... [More...]
Thorold Dickinson
Not long after moving into her new home, a grand London mansion, Bella Mallen becomes convinced that she is starting to lose her mind... [More...]
Get Carter (1971)
Mike Hodges
London-based gangster Jack Carter returns to his home in Newcastle to attend the funeral of his brother, Frank. The official story is that Frank Carter died in a car accident whilst heavily intoxicated, but Jack soon begins to suspect that he was murdered... [More...]
Mike Hodges
London-based gangster Jack Carter returns to his home in Newcastle to attend the funeral of his brother, Frank. The official story is that Frank Carter died in a car accident whilst heavily intoxicated, but Jack soon begins to suspect that he was murdered... [More...]
The Ghost Writer (2010)
Roman Polanski
The former British Prime Minister Adam Lang is about to publish his autobiography, which is of course to be written by an unnamed professional writer... [More...]
Roman Polanski
The former British Prime Minister Adam Lang is about to publish his autobiography, which is of course to be written by an unnamed professional writer... [More...]
The Ghoul (1933)
T. Hayes Hunter
Professor Morlant is an eccentric Englishman who has acquired a morbid fascination with the powers of the ancient Egyptian gods... [More...]
T. Hayes Hunter
Professor Morlant is an eccentric Englishman who has acquired a morbid fascination with the powers of the ancient Egyptian gods... [More...]
GoldenEye (1995)
Martin Campbell
British agent James Bond is sent to Monte Carlo to tail Xenia Onatopp, a member of the mysterious Janus crime syndicate. Bond fails to prevent Onatopp and her associate General Ourumov from stealing a revolutionary new helicopter which is capable of withstanding an electromagnetic pulse... [More...]
Martin Campbell
British agent James Bond is sent to Monte Carlo to tail Xenia Onatopp, a member of the mysterious Janus crime syndicate. Bond fails to prevent Onatopp and her associate General Ourumov from stealing a revolutionary new helicopter which is capable of withstanding an electromagnetic pulse... [More...]