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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Don Siegel

Dr Miles Bennell is attending a conference when anxious calls from his patients compel him to return to his home town of Santa Mira in California...   [More...]

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Philip Kaufman

Government scientist Elizabeth Driscoll becomes concerned when her partner starts to behave strangely, doing odd things like getting up early and emptying the dustbins...   [More...]

The Invisible Man (1933)
James Whale

One winter's day, a stranger arrives at a small village inn and demands a room. His appearance causes consternation amongst the locals...   [More...]

Island of Lost Souls (1932)
Erle C. Kenton

When the liner he is travelling on is wrecked in the South Pacific, Edward Parker is picked up by a cargo vessel laden with wild animals...   [More...]

It Came from Outer Space (1953)
Jack Arnold

Amateur astronomer John Putnam is spending a pleasant evening stargazing with his girlfriend Ellen Fields when a ball of fire appears in the night sky and crashlands into the desert ground, not far from the town of Sand Rock...   [More...]

Jaws (1975)
Steven Spielberg

When the mutilated body of a young woman is washed up on the shore of Amity Island, police chief Martin Brody fears that a killer shark may be stalking the coastline...   [More...]

Johnny Eager (1942)
Mervyn LeRoy

Recently released from prison, former gangster Johnny Eager convinces his parole officer he has gone straight by masquerading as a taxi cab driver...   [More...]

Journey Into Fear (1943)
Norman Foster

During WWII, American armaments engineer Howard Graham travels to Istanbul with his wife to attend a conference. One evening, he meets up with a business associate who persuades him to visit a nightclub...   [More...]

Key Largo (1948)
John Huston

With time on his hands, World War II veteran Frank McCloud decides to pay a visit to James Temple, the wheelchair bound father of a friend of his who was killed in the war...   [More...]

The Killers (1946)
Robert Siodmak

Late one evening, two strangers arrive in a small New Jersey town. They stop at a roadside café where they intend to kill a man named Ole Anderson, also known as "the Swede"...   [More...]

King Kong (1933)
Merian C. Cooper

The illustrious filmmaker Carl Denham is preparing an expedition to a remote island where he intends to shoot his next film...   [More...]

The King of Comedy (1982)
Martin Scorsese

Rupert Pupkin will do anything to be famous. Convinced that he is destined to be the next king of comedy, he foists himself on America's premier chat show host, Jerry Langford, urging him to give him a spot on his evening show...   [More...]

Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Robert Aldrich

In the dead of night, a young woman clad only in a trench coat runs for her life along a deserted stretch of highway. Suddenly, she sees a flashy sports car racing towards her and desperately signals to the driver to stop...   [More...]

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)
Gordon Douglas

Ralph Cotter, a notorious gangster, escapes from a prison farm with a fellow convict, Carleton. Pursued by police, Cotter kills Carleton to facilitate his own escape and hooks up with Carleton's sister, Holiday...   [More...]

Klute (1971)
Alan J. Pakula

When Tom Gruneman, an important research engineer, goes missing his friend John Klute agrees to go looking for him, at the behest of Peter Cable, a senior executive in Gruneman's company...   [More...]

The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
Orson Welles

In San Francisco, drifter Michael O'Hara falls under the spell of Elsa Bannister, a beautiful young blonde who is grateful when he saves her from some marauding thugs...   [More...]

Laura (1944)
Otto Preminger

Inspector Mark McPherson investigates the killing of Laura Hunt. The prime suspect is Waldo Lydecker, a renowned writer with a high opinion of himself and a low opinion of everyone else - except Laura...   [More...]

The Leopard Man (1943)
Jacques Tourneur

In New Mexico, Jerry Manning hires a trained leopard as a gimmick for his girlfriend Kiki, a nightclub performer. On its first night, the leopard takes fright and runs off into the night...   [More...]

Licence to Kill (1989)
John Glen

On his wedding day, CIA agent Felix Leiter assists British agent James Bond in capturing the notorious drugs baron Franz Sanchez...   [More...]

Lifeboat (1944)
Alfred Hitchcock

During WWII, a freighter crossing the Atlantic Ocean is struck by a German U-boat. As the ship goes down, a handful of survivors reach the safety of a small lifeboat...   [More...]

The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)
Roger Corman

Gravis Mushnick is the mean-spirited owner of a cheap florist's shop in Skid Row, New York. He has two assistants, the simple-minded Audrey and the inept Seymour, but even with their combined efforts he has difficulty attracting customers...   [More...]

The Locket (1946)
John Brahm

On the day of his marriage to his true love Nancy, John Willis receives an unexpected visit from a man who claims to be his future wife's former husband...   [More...]

The Lodger (1944)
John Brahm

Whitechapel, London, in the 1880s. In desperate need of cash so that they can keep up appearances, Mr and Mrs Bonting are forced to rent out one of their rooms to a lodger...   [More...]

Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)
Richard Brooks

Theresa Dunn is a university student who is physically and emotionally scarred by surgery she underwent in childhood. As she battles against her poor self-esteem and the righteous tyranny of her Catholic father, she begins an illicit love affair with her teacher, a married man...   [More...]

M (1951)
Joseph Losey

In downtown Los Angeles young children are being abducted and murdered by a mysterious killer. The only thing to link the crimes is that the killer steals the shoes of each of his victims...   [More...]

The Mad Miss Manton (1938)
Leigh Jason

Early one morning, Manhattan debutante Melsa Manton is out walking her dogs when she sees a playboy acquaintance, Ronnie Belden, run out of a house belonging to the wealthy financier George Lane...   [More...]

Magnum Force (1973)
Ted Post

Shortly after being acquitted of a murder charge, the high-profile gangster Carmine Ricca is shot dead by a man dressed as a motorcycle traffic cop...   [More...]

The Maltese Falcon (1941)
John Huston

One day, Brigid O'Shaughnessy enters the office of private detectives Sam Spade and Miles Archer to hire someone to find her missing sister...   [More...]

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
Alfred Hitchcock

Whilst vacationing in Morocco, Dr Ben McKenna and his wife, Jo, make the acquaintance of a mysterious Frenchman, Louis Bernard...   [More...]

The Man Who Laughs (1928)
Paul Leni

England, 1690. King James II is so offended by the rebellious nobleman Lord Clancharlie that he orders his execution. Before he dies, Clancharlie learns that his infant son Gwynplaine has been sold by the king's jester Barkilphedro to a gypsy surgeon, Dr Hardquannone, who has so disfigured the boy's face to give him a permanent clown-like smile...   [More...]



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