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American cinema: All genres
Annie Hall (1977)
Woody Allen
Alvy Singer is a New York stand-up comedian who is still obsessed with his former girlfriend Annie Hall, a year after their relationship ended...
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Woody Allen
The Apartment (1960)
Billy Wilder
C.C. Baxter is a lowly clerk in one of New York's leading insurance companies, but he has great ambitions. To help his promotion prospects, he lends his apartment to his superiors who use it to entertain their various mistresses...
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Billy Wilder
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Francis Ford Coppola
Vietnam, 1969. Captain Willard, an American special operations agent, is in Saigon recuperating after a successful mission when intelligence officers approach him with a new assignment...
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Francis Ford Coppola
Arch of Triumph (1948)
Lewis Milestone
Paris, 1938. As Europe rushes towards war, the French capital is flooded with illegal immigrants hoping to escape persecution and imprisonment in their own countries...
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Lewis Milestone
Armored Car Robbery (1950)
Richard Fleischer
Dave Purvis leads a gang of hardened criminals who plan to ambush an armoured car when it makes a collection outside a baseball station in Los Angeles...
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Richard Fleischer
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Frank Capra
Mortimer Brewster returns to Brooklyn to visit his elderly aunts Abby and Martha with the news that he has just got married... [More...]
Frank Capra
Mortimer Brewster returns to Brooklyn to visit his elderly aunts Abby and Martha with the news that he has just got married... [More...]
The Artist (2011)
Michel Hazanavicius
Hollywood, 1927. George Valentin is a star of silent cinema on whom the sun has never ceased to shine. But the arrival of sound looks set to send him into obscurity... [More...]
Michel Hazanavicius
Hollywood, 1927. George Valentin is a star of silent cinema on whom the sun has never ceased to shine. But the arrival of sound looks set to send him into obscurity... [More...]
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
John Huston
Within hours of leaving prison, criminal mastermind Doc Riedenschneider is preparing his next robbery. To clean up on a million dollars' worth of jewels, he recruits a safecracker, Louis Ciavelli, getaway-driver Gus Minissi and hoodlum Dix Handley... [More...]
John Huston
Within hours of leaving prison, criminal mastermind Doc Riedenschneider is preparing his next robbery. To clean up on a million dollars' worth of jewels, he recruits a safecracker, Louis Ciavelli, getaway-driver Gus Minissi and hoodlum Dix Handley... [More...]
Atonement (2007)
Joe Wright
England, in the summer of 1935. Briony Tallis is a 13-year-old girl with an overactive imagination who lives in a large country house with her older sister Cecilia... [More...]
Joe Wright
England, in the summer of 1935. Briony Tallis is a 13-year-old girl with an overactive imagination who lives in a large country house with her older sister Cecilia... [More...]
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
Jay Roach
In 1967, Britain's top secret agent and number one hipster, Austin Powers, is on the trail of his deadly archenemy Dr Evil, the world's greatest criminal mastermind... [More...]
Jay Roach
In 1967, Britain's top secret agent and number one hipster, Austin Powers, is on the trail of his deadly archenemy Dr Evil, the world's greatest criminal mastermind... [More...]
The Awful Truth (1937)
Leo McCarey
Jerry Warriner returns home after his holiday to find that his wife Lucy has apparently got herself romantically involved with her music teacher, Armand Duvalle... [More...]
Leo McCarey
Jerry Warriner returns home after his holiday to find that his wife Lucy has apparently got herself romantically involved with her music teacher, Armand Duvalle... [More...]
Babes in Toyland (1934)
Gus Meins
Stannie Dum and Ollie Dee are a pair of happy-go-lucky apprentice toy-makers in Toyland. They live in a giant shoe with kind Mother Peep and her daughter Bo, who is forever mislaying her sheep... [More...]
Gus Meins
Stannie Dum and Ollie Dee are a pair of happy-go-lucky apprentice toy-makers in Toyland. They live in a giant shoe with kind Mother Peep and her daughter Bo, who is forever mislaying her sheep... [More...]
Bachelor Mother (1939)
Garson Kanin
Polly Parrish works as a shop assistant in a New York department store. On the day she learns she is to be dismissed she manages to get herself mistaken for the mother of a baby that has been abandoned on the steps of an orphanage... [More...]
Garson Kanin
Polly Parrish works as a shop assistant in a New York department store. On the day she learns she is to be dismissed she manages to get herself mistaken for the mother of a baby that has been abandoned on the steps of an orphanage... [More...]
The Bachelor Party (1957)
Delbert Mann
Charlie is a New York bookkeeper who seeks to better himself by attending night school to earn a degree, but his plans are threatened when he discovers that his wife Helen is pregnant... [More...]
Delbert Mann
Charlie is a New York bookkeeper who seeks to better himself by attending night school to earn a degree, but his plans are threatened when he discovers that his wife Helen is pregnant... [More...]
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Vincente Minnelli
Film producer Harry Pebbel rounds up three people who owe their success to his associate Jonathan Shields, on the pretext of persuading them to work with Shields on his next film... [More...]
Vincente Minnelli
Film producer Harry Pebbel rounds up three people who owe their success to his associate Jonathan Shields, on the pretext of persuading them to work with Shields on his next film... [More...]
Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
John Sturges
Shortly after WWII, a one-armed stranger arrives in the sleepy desert town of Black Rock. The locals do not take kindly to this newcomer and react in a hostile manner when he begins to ask seemingly innocent questions... [More...]
John Sturges
Shortly after WWII, a one-armed stranger arrives in the sleepy desert town of Black Rock. The locals do not take kindly to this newcomer and react in a hostile manner when he begins to ask seemingly innocent questions... [More...]
Badlands (1973)
Terrence Malick
Some time in the 1950s... In a small South Dakota town, 15-year-old Holly lives a dull but contented life with her father, a sign painter... [More...]
Terrence Malick
Some time in the 1950s... In a small South Dakota town, 15-year-old Holly lives a dull but contented life with her father, a sign painter... [More...]
Bardelys the Magnificent (1926)
King Vidor
The nobleman Chatellerault is sent by King Louis XIII of France to win the hand in marriage of Roxalanne de Lavedan, with the aim of ensuring that her fortune remains within his kingdom... [More...]
King Vidor
The nobleman Chatellerault is sent by King Louis XIII of France to win the hand in marriage of Roxalanne de Lavedan, with the aim of ensuring that her fortune remains within his kingdom... [More...]
The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
At the funeral of Maria Vargas, the men who fashioned her into a myth remember their part in her tragic life. Burned out film director Harry Dawes recalls how he went to Spain with his rich but artistically ignorant film producer Kirk Edwards to persuade the unknown Maria, a cabaret dancer, to take up a career in the movie business... [More...]
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
At the funeral of Maria Vargas, the men who fashioned her into a myth remember their part in her tragic life. Burned out film director Harry Dawes recalls how he went to Spain with his rich but artistically ignorant film producer Kirk Edwards to persuade the unknown Maria, a cabaret dancer, to take up a career in the movie business... [More...]
Battling Butler (1926)
Buster Keaton
Alfred Butler is an effeminate aristocrat who, at his father's prompting, goes off on a hunting trip in the mountains, in the hope that this will make a man of him... [More...]
Buster Keaton
Alfred Butler is an effeminate aristocrat who, at his father's prompting, goes off on a hunting trip in the mountains, in the hope that this will make a man of him... [More...]
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
Eugène Lourié
In the aftermath of an atomic bomb test in the Arctic Circle, physicist Tom Nesbitt catches a glimpse of a gigantic prehistoric reptile, which seems to have been released by the blast after being trapped in the ice for millions of years... [More...]
Eugène Lourié
In the aftermath of an atomic bomb test in the Arctic Circle, physicist Tom Nesbitt catches a glimpse of a gigantic prehistoric reptile, which seems to have been released by the blast after being trapped in the ice for millions of years... [More...]
Beat the Devil (1953)
John Huston
Billy Dannreuther and his wife Maria are on their way to make their fortune in Africa, but are held up in an Italian port whilst their steamboat undergoes some repair work... [More...]
John Huston
Billy Dannreuther and his wife Maria are on their way to make their fortune in Africa, but are held up in an Italian port whilst their steamboat undergoes some repair work... [More...]
Becket (1964)
Peter Glenville
In 12th Century England, the young King Henry II is more preoccupied with the hedonistic pursuits of youth than with matters of state, and in this he is aided and abetted by his good friend Thomas Becket... [More...]
Peter Glenville
In 12th Century England, the young King Henry II is more preoccupied with the hedonistic pursuits of youth than with matters of state, and in this he is aided and abetted by his good friend Thomas Becket... [More...]
Bedlam (1946)
Mark Robson
London, 1761. George Sims is the apothecary general of at St. Mary's of Bethlehem Asylum, commonly known as Bedlam, an institution which serves as a dumping ground for society's mentally ill... [More...]
Mark Robson
London, 1761. George Sims is the apothecary general of at St. Mary's of Bethlehem Asylum, commonly known as Bedlam, an institution which serves as a dumping ground for society's mentally ill... [More...]
Beetlejuice (1988)
Tim Burton
Barbara and Adam Maitland are the owners of a large country house in New England, which they plan to decorate during their summer holidays... [More...]
Tim Burton
Barbara and Adam Maitland are the owners of a large country house in New England, which they plan to decorate during their summer holidays... [More...]
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Spike Jonze
Unable to find work as a puppeteer, Craig Schwartz ends up as a filing clerk in a New Jersey office whose ceilings are so low he cannot stand up straight... [More...]
Spike Jonze
Unable to find work as a puppeteer, Craig Schwartz ends up as a filing clerk in a New Jersey office whose ceilings are so low he cannot stand up straight... [More...]
Being There (1979)
Hal Ashby
Chance is a middle-aged man who has spent his entire life in a large house in Washington D.C. The only two people he knows are his benefactor, a successful business man, and a black woman who brings him his meals... [More...]
Hal Ashby
Chance is a middle-aged man who has spent his entire life in a large house in Washington D.C. The only two people he knows are his benefactor, a successful business man, and a black woman who brings him his meals... [More...]
Bell Book and Candle (1958)
Richard Quine
One Christmas Eve in New York, Gillian Holroyd suddenly discovers that she is attracted to her neighbour, Shepherd Henderson... [More...]
Richard Quine
One Christmas Eve in New York, Gillian Holroyd suddenly discovers that she is attracted to her neighbour, Shepherd Henderson... [More...]
The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
Leo McCarey
Catholic priest Father O'Malley is assigned to St Mary's, a run-down New York school which is kept going only by the enthusiasm of the nuns who run it... [More...]
Leo McCarey
Catholic priest Father O'Malley is assigned to St Mary's, a run-down New York school which is kept going only by the enthusiasm of the nuns who run it... [More...]
Ben-Hur (1959)
William Wyler
Jerusalem, 27 AD. Recently appointed commander of a Roman garrison, the Tribune Messala greets his old friend Judah Ben-Hur with warmth and affection, but their reunion turns cold when their political differences become apparent... [More...]
William Wyler
Jerusalem, 27 AD. Recently appointed commander of a Roman garrison, the Tribune Messala greets his old friend Judah Ben-Hur with warmth and affection, but their reunion turns cold when their political differences become apparent... [More...]