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American cinema: Drama
Von Ryan's Express (1965)
Mark Robson
1944. After his plane is shot down over Italy, American airman Colonel Joseph L. Ryan soon finds himself in an Italian prisoner of war camp, which is run with an iron hand by the cruel Major Battaglia...
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Mark Robson
Wait Until Dark (1967)
Terence Young
On his return to New York, photographer Sam Hendrix is met by a woman he has never met before who asks him to take care of an antique doll...
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Terence Young
War and Peace (1956)
King Vidor
Moscow, 1805. Pierre Bezukhov, a pacifist wastrel, is in love with Natasha, the daughter of the wealthy Count Rostov, but knows he cannot marry her since he is of illegitimate birth...
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King Vidor
Watch on the Rhine (1943)
Herman Shumlin
In 1941, in the summer before America enters WWII, Sara Muller returns to her comfortable family home in Washington D.C., accompanied by her German husband Kurt Muller and their three children...
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Herman Shumlin
The Web (1947)
Michael Gordon
When small time lawyer Bob Regan harangues him for a petty claim multi-millionaire businessman Andrew Colby is so impressed that he immediately offers him a job, as his personal bodyguard...
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Michael Gordon
West of Zanzibar (1928)
Tod Browning
Anna cannot bear to tell her devoted husband, the magician Phroso, of her intention to leave him for another man, Crane. It is the latter who breaks the news and, in the ensuing brawl, Phroso falls from a great height and breaks both his legs... [More...]
Tod Browning
Anna cannot bear to tell her devoted husband, the magician Phroso, of her intention to leave him for another man, Crane. It is the latter who breaks the news and, in the ensuing brawl, Phroso falls from a great height and breaks both his legs... [More...]
West Side Story (1961)
Jerome Robbins
New York City in the late 1950s. Two rival gangs of youths, the Jets and the Sharks, fight an increasingly fierce turf war on the streets of Manhattan... [More...]
Jerome Robbins
New York City in the late 1950s. Two rival gangs of youths, the Jets and the Sharks, fight an increasingly fierce turf war on the streets of Manhattan... [More...]
Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
Otto Preminger
New York detective Mark Dixon has a reputation for brutality when it comes to dealing with criminals and his boss warns him that unless he changes his ways he can expect a demotion... [More...]
Otto Preminger
New York detective Mark Dixon has a reputation for brutality when it comes to dealing with criminals and his boss warns him that unless he changes his ways he can expect a demotion... [More...]
White Heat (1949)
Raoul Walsh
Cody Jarett is the psychotic leader of a gang of crooks which the FBI has been trying to round up for some time. The only person Jarett trusts is his mother, who is every bit as tough and resourceful as he is, and far more reliable than his egoistical wife... [More...]
Raoul Walsh
Cody Jarett is the psychotic leader of a gang of crooks which the FBI has been trying to round up for some time. The only person Jarett trusts is his mother, who is every bit as tough and resourceful as he is, and far more reliable than his egoistical wife... [More...]
The Wild One (1953)
Laslo Benedek
One eventful day, a group of leather-jacked young motorcyclists invade the peace of a small Californian town. Their attempt to gatecrash a motorcycle race is thwarted by its organisers, but their leader, Johnny, does not go away empty handed: he makes off with one of the prize trophies... [More...]
Laslo Benedek
One eventful day, a group of leather-jacked young motorcyclists invade the peace of a small Californian town. Their attempt to gatecrash a motorcycle race is thwarted by its organisers, but their leader, Johnny, does not go away empty handed: he makes off with one of the prize trophies... [More...]
Wild River (1960)
Elia Kazan
In the wake of devastating floods in the early 1930s, the Federal Government decides to embark on a programme of dam building on the Tennessee River that will not only preserve the region but will also generate huge quantities of electricity... [More...]
Elia Kazan
In the wake of devastating floods in the early 1930s, the Federal Government decides to embark on a programme of dam building on the Tennessee River that will not only preserve the region but will also generate huge quantities of electricity... [More...]
Wind Across the Everglades (1958)
Nicholas Ray
In the early 1900s, an idealistic young schoolteacher named Walt Murdock arrives in Miami, Florida, to take up a new post... [More...]
Nicholas Ray
In the early 1900s, an idealistic young schoolteacher named Walt Murdock arrives in Miami, Florida, to take up a new post... [More...]
The Wolf Man (1941)
George Waggner
After 18 years, Larry Talbot returns to his family home to take the place of his elder brother, who died in a hunting accident... [More...]
George Waggner
After 18 years, Larry Talbot returns to his family home to take the place of his elder brother, who died in a hunting accident... [More...]
The Woman in the Window (1944)
Fritz Lang
Richard Wanley is a humdrum college professor who is looking forward to an uneventful few weeks of bachelor living while his wife takes their children away for the annual holiday... [More...]
Fritz Lang
Richard Wanley is a humdrum college professor who is looking forward to an uneventful few weeks of bachelor living while his wife takes their children away for the annual holiday... [More...]
Written on the Wind (1956)
Douglas Sirk
Kyle Hadley, the son of one of America's wealthiest oil magnates, is used to getting what he wants. As soon as he meets Lucy Moore, the secretary of an advertising executive, he is determined to take her as his wife... [More...]
Douglas Sirk
Kyle Hadley, the son of one of America's wealthiest oil magnates, is used to getting what he wants. As soon as he meets Lucy Moore, the secretary of an advertising executive, he is determined to take her as his wife... [More...]
The Wrong Man (1956)
Alfred Hitchcock
Working as a bass player in an exclusive New York nightclub, Manny Balestrero earns just enough to keep himself, his wife Rose and his two young sons... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
Working as a bass player in an exclusive New York nightclub, Manny Balestrero earns just enough to keep himself, his wife Rose and his two young sons... [More...]
Wuthering Heights (1939)
William Wyler
Home to the Earnshaw family, Wuthering Heights sits proud and inviolable as a fortress on the wind-blasted Yorkshire Moors, oblivious to the tragedies that lie ahead... [More...]
William Wyler
Home to the Earnshaw family, Wuthering Heights sits proud and inviolable as a fortress on the wind-blasted Yorkshire Moors, oblivious to the tragedies that lie ahead... [More...]
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Michael Curtiz
In 1942, the veteran star of Broadway George Michael Cohan is appearing in a musical satire in which he plays the President of the United States... [More...]
Michael Curtiz
In 1942, the veteran star of Broadway George Michael Cohan is appearing in a musical satire in which he plays the President of the United States... [More...]
The Young Lions (1958)
Edward Dmytryk
On the eve of World War II, Christian Diestl has high hopes that Hitler's National Socialist Party will bring about a better future for his country, but his illusions are soon shattered by the harsh realities of warfare... [More...]
Edward Dmytryk
On the eve of World War II, Christian Diestl has high hopes that Hitler's National Socialist Party will bring about a better future for his country, but his illusions are soon shattered by the harsh realities of warfare... [More...]
The Young One (1960)
Luis Buñuel
Accused of raping a white woman, a black jazz musician named Traver flees for his life, taking a boat to an island off the coast of Carolina... [More...]
Luis Buñuel
Accused of raping a white woman, a black jazz musician named Traver flees for his life, taking a boat to an island off the coast of Carolina... [More...]
Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
Robert Z. Leonard
Lift operator Sheila Regan can hardly believe her good fortune when she is invited to attend an audition to become a Ziegfeld girl and appear in the hit show Ziegfeld Follies... [More...]
Robert Z. Leonard
Lift operator Sheila Regan can hardly believe her good fortune when she is invited to attend an audition to become a Ziegfeld girl and appear in the hit show Ziegfeld Follies... [More...]
Zoo in Budapest (1933)
Rowland V. Lee
The zoo in Budapest is a popular attraction but no one loves the zoo's animals more than Zani, the son of a former keeper who has a natural rapport with beasts of any kind... [More...]
Rowland V. Lee
The zoo in Budapest is a popular attraction but no one loves the zoo's animals more than Zani, the son of a former keeper who has a natural rapport with beasts of any kind... [More...]