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American cinema: All genres
There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)
Walter Lang
In the 1920s, Molly and Terry Donahue begin their musical vaudeville act. They are a hit and play to packed houses. Some years later, they are joined by their three children, Tim, Katy and Steve, and The Five Donahues becomes one of the biggest acts in America...
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Walter Lang
They Live by Night (1948)
Nicholas Ray
During the 1930s, three convicts make a successful break from a prison farm and go on the run in a stolen car. Two of the men are seasoned bank robbers, Chicamaw and T-Dub; the third, Bowie, is a young man wrongly convicted for murder...
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Nicholas Ray
They Won't Believe Me (1947)
Irving Pichel
Larry Ballentine is on trial for murder. After the case for the prosecution has been presented his defence lawyer calls him to the witness stand and asks him to recount the series of events that led to his arrest...
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Irving Pichel
The Thing from Another World (1951)
Christian Nyby
At the North Pole, a group of scientists led by Dr Carrington are engaged on important research into Arctic conditions. When a large metal object crash-lands into the ice not far from the base, Carrington notifies the U.S...
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Christian Nyby
The Thing (1982)
John Carpenter
In 1982, the staff of an American Antarctic research station are alerted by a Norwegian helicopter pursuing an Alaskan dog across the wintry terrain...
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John Carpenter
This Gun for Hire (1942)
Frank Tuttle
Raven is a man who kills for one motive. Money. When nightclub manager Will Gates hires him to kill a man and then pays him in stolen banknotes he isn't pleased... [More...]
Frank Tuttle
Raven is a man who kills for one motive. Money. When nightclub manager Will Gates hires him to kill a man and then pays him in stolen banknotes he isn't pleased... [More...]
This Land Is Mine (1943)
Jean Renoir
During WWII, the inhabitants of a small town somewhere in Europe are accustoming themselves to life under Nazi occupation... [More...]
Jean Renoir
During WWII, the inhabitants of a small town somewhere in Europe are accustoming themselves to life under Nazi occupation... [More...]
The Three Must-Get-Theres (1922)
Max Linder
France, 1625. Dart-In-Again is a young man with high hopes of becoming a musketeer in the service of King Louis XIII, but the king already has three perfectly able musketeers - Walrus, Octopus and Porpoise - and one more might be considered de trop... [More...]
Max Linder
France, 1625. Dart-In-Again is a young man with high hopes of becoming a musketeer in the service of King Louis XIII, but the king already has three perfectly able musketeers - Walrus, Octopus and Porpoise - and one more might be considered de trop... [More...]
Three Strangers (1946)
Jean Negulesco
London, 1938. Crystal Shackleford, a mysterious young woman, lures two complete strangers - solicitor Jerome K. Arbutny and small-time crook Johnny West - back to her apartment so that she can offer them a fantastic proposal... [More...]
Jean Negulesco
London, 1938. Crystal Shackleford, a mysterious young woman, lures two complete strangers - solicitor Jerome K. Arbutny and small-time crook Johnny West - back to her apartment so that she can offer them a fantastic proposal... [More...]
The Thrill of It All (1963)
Norman Jewison
The Fraleighs are so ecstatic when they learn they are going to have a baby that they invite their doctor, New York's leading gynaecologist Gerald Boyer, to dinner... [More...]
Norman Jewison
The Fraleighs are so ecstatic when they learn they are going to have a baby that they invite their doctor, New York's leading gynaecologist Gerald Boyer, to dinner... [More...]
THX 1138 (1971)
George Lucas
The inhabitants of a futuristic underground city live a highly regimented existence, kept in a docile state by compulsory drug consumption... [More...]
George Lucas
The inhabitants of a futuristic underground city live a highly regimented existence, kept in a docile state by compulsory drug consumption... [More...]
The Time Machine (1960)
George Pal
In January 1900, four Victorian gentlemen assemble for a dinner at the house of H. George Wells, an eccentric English inventor who is mysteriously absent... [More...]
George Pal
In January 1900, four Victorian gentlemen assemble for a dinner at the house of H. George Wells, an eccentric English inventor who is mysteriously absent... [More...]
The Time of Your Life (1948)
H.C. Potter
Nick's is a popular Pacific Street saloon bar on the San Francisco waterfront. The owner, Nick, welcomes oddballs and dropouts, insisting that they be themselves at all times... [More...]
H.C. Potter
Nick's is a popular Pacific Street saloon bar on the San Francisco waterfront. The owner, Nick, welcomes oddballs and dropouts, insisting that they be themselves at all times... [More...]
Titanic (1953)
Jean Negulesco
Richard Sturges, a wealthy American living in Europe, is so desperate to find his runaway wife Julia that he buys a steerage-class ticket on the RMS Titanic for its maiden voyage across the Atlantic... [More...]
Jean Negulesco
Richard Sturges, a wealthy American living in Europe, is so desperate to find his runaway wife Julia that he buys a steerage-class ticket on the RMS Titanic for its maiden voyage across the Atlantic... [More...]
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Ernst Lubitsch
Poland, 1939. With Germany poised to launch an invasion that will plunge the world into a long and costly war, Warsaw's leading theatre company is busy rehearsing an anti-Nazi play which pokes fun at Hitler and his jackbooted cohorts... [More...]
Ernst Lubitsch
Poland, 1939. With Germany poised to launch an invasion that will plunge the world into a long and costly war, Warsaw's leading theatre company is busy rehearsing an anti-Nazi play which pokes fun at Hitler and his jackbooted cohorts... [More...]
To Have and Have Not (1944)
Howard Hawks
At the time when France falls to Nazi Germany during WWII, American expatriate Harry Morgan is living on the island of Martinique... [More...]
Howard Hawks
At the time when France falls to Nazi Germany during WWII, American expatriate Harry Morgan is living on the island of Martinique... [More...]
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Robert Mulligan
Atticus Finch is a widowed lawyer living in the small town of Macomb, Alabama, with his two children, ten-year-old Jem and six-year-old Scout... [More...]
Robert Mulligan
Atticus Finch is a widowed lawyer living in the small town of Macomb, Alabama, with his two children, ten-year-old Jem and six-year-old Scout... [More...]
Top Hat (1935)
Mark Sandrich
American song-and-dance man Jerry Travers arrives in London to perform in a show produced by his friend Horace Hardwick. Whilst practicing his tap dance routine in his hotel room one evening, Jerry disturbs Dale Tremont, a young woman in the room below his... [More...]
Mark Sandrich
American song-and-dance man Jerry Travers arrives in London to perform in a show produced by his friend Horace Hardwick. Whilst practicing his tap dance routine in his hotel room one evening, Jerry disturbs Dale Tremont, a young woman in the room below his... [More...]
Topaz (1969)
Alfred Hitchcock
The year is 1962 and tensions between East and West are at their height. When a Russian intelligence officer defects to the United States, the CIA make two shocking discoveries... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
The year is 1962 and tensions between East and West are at their height. When a Russian intelligence officer defects to the United States, the CIA make two shocking discoveries... [More...]
Topkapi (1964)
Jules Dassin
Elizabeth Lipp and her lover Walter Harper plan to steal a priceless emerald-encrusted dagger from the Topkapi museum in Istabul... [More...]
Jules Dassin
Elizabeth Lipp and her lover Walter Harper plan to steal a priceless emerald-encrusted dagger from the Topkapi museum in Istabul... [More...]
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Richard Fleischer
1941. In an attempt to weaken Japan after its seizure of Indochina, the United States imposes an embargo that will deprive the country of essential raw materials... [More...]
Richard Fleischer
1941. In an attempt to weaken Japan after its seizure of Indochina, the United States imposes an embargo that will deprive the country of essential raw materials... [More...]
Touch of Evil (1958)
Orson Welles
Miguel Vargas, a Mexican drugs enforcement official, is on his honeymoon when a car is blown up right in front of his eyes, shortly after crossing the border from Mexico into the United States... [More...]
Orson Welles
Miguel Vargas, a Mexican drugs enforcement official, is on his honeymoon when a car is blown up right in front of his eyes, shortly after crossing the border from Mexico into the United States... [More...]
Towed in a Hole (1932)
George Marshall
For once, Stan and Ollie appear to be on the up, earning a steady income as fish peddlers. Then Stan has a bright idea that could make them even more money... [More...]
George Marshall
For once, Stan and Ollie appear to be on the up, earning a steady income as fish peddlers. Then Stan has a bright idea that could make them even more money... [More...]
The Towering Inferno (1974)
John Guillermin
The Glass Tower, San Francisco, is the crowning achievement in the career of architect Doug Roberts. At 138 storeys, it is the tallest building in the world, and to celebrate this fact an inaugural party is to be held at the top of the titanic superstructure... [More...]
John Guillermin
The Glass Tower, San Francisco, is the crowning achievement in the career of architect Doug Roberts. At 138 storeys, it is the tallest building in the world, and to celebrate this fact an inaugural party is to be held at the top of the titanic superstructure... [More...]
The Tragedy of Macbeth (1971)
Roman Polanski
Victorious in battle, the warriors Macbeth and Banquo are returning to their home in Scotland when they are met by three strange hags who greet them with fantastic prophesies... [More...]
Roman Polanski
Victorious in battle, the warriors Macbeth and Banquo are returning to their home in Scotland when they are met by three strange hags who greet them with fantastic prophesies... [More...]
The Train (1964)
John Frankenheimer
May, 1944. Just as the Allies are beginning their offensive to liberate France from the Germans, the Nazi general Colonel Franz von Waldheim receives orders to transport a large collection of priceless French paintings from a Paris museum to Germany... [More...]
John Frankenheimer
May, 1944. Just as the Allies are beginning their offensive to liberate France from the Germans, the Nazi general Colonel Franz von Waldheim receives orders to transport a large collection of priceless French paintings from a Paris museum to Germany... [More...]
Trapped (1949)
Richard Fleischer
To foil a money counterfeiting operation the U.S. Treasury Department recruits a convicted counterfeiter Tris Stewart, offering a full pardon in return for his help in bringing the wrong-doers to justice... [More...]
Richard Fleischer
To foil a money counterfeiting operation the U.S. Treasury Department recruits a convicted counterfeiter Tris Stewart, offering a full pardon in return for his help in bringing the wrong-doers to justice... [More...]
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
John Huston
In a small Mexican town in 1925, three down-at-heel gringos meet up and agree to work together to prospect for gold in the Sierra Madre mountains... [More...]
John Huston
In a small Mexican town in 1925, three down-at-heel gringos meet up and agree to work together to prospect for gold in the Sierra Madre mountains... [More...]
The Trouble with Harry (1955)
Alfred Hitchcock
On a hill just outside a small Vermont village, retired sea captain Albert Wiles is out rabbit hunting when he comes across the body of a dead man... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
On a hill just outside a small Vermont village, retired sea captain Albert Wiles is out rabbit hunting when he comes across the body of a dead man... [More...]
True Heart Susie (1919)
D.W. Griffith
Countryside neighbours Suzie and William are in love, but being young and inexperienced in the ways of love, neither knows how to open his heart to the other... [More...]
D.W. Griffith
Countryside neighbours Suzie and William are in love, but being young and inexperienced in the ways of love, neither knows how to open his heart to the other... [More...]