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The Pearl of Death (1944)
Roy William Neill
Sherlock Holmes makes the blunder of his career when he unwittingly allows master criminal Giles Conover to steal a priceless pearl which is on display at a London museum...
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Roy William Neill
The Petrified Forest (1936)
Archie Mayo
Alan Squier, a failed British writer, ends up hitchhiking his way across North America. Whilst crossing the Arizona desert he comes across a diner when he strikes up an immediate rapport with Gabrielle, the daughter of the eatery's owner...
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Archie Mayo
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Rupert Julian
Midway through a production of Gounod's Faust, the Paris Opera House is about to change hands, but its new owners are unconcerned by the rumours that the building is haunted by a sinister phantom...
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Rupert Julian
Pickup on South Street (1953)
Samuel Fuller
Pickpocket Skip McCoy finds himself in greater trouble than he could ever have imagined when he steals a woman's purse containing microfilm of government secrets...
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Samuel Fuller
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Blake Edwards
Charles Dreyfus, formerly Chief Inspector Dreyfus of the French National Police, is a changed man. He no longer harbours any homicidal feelings for Inspector Jacques Clouseau, the man who drove him insane and robbed him of his position...
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Blake Edwards
Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
Roger Corman
16th Century Spain. When he learns of the death of his beloved sister Elizabeth, Francis Barnard travels to the remote castle where she lived with her husband, Nicholas Medina, hoping to discover how she died... [More...]
Roger Corman
16th Century Spain. When he learns of the death of his beloved sister Elizabeth, Francis Barnard travels to the remote castle where she lived with her husband, Nicholas Medina, hoping to discover how she died... [More...]
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Franklin J. Schaffner
Towards the end of the 20th Century, a party of astronauts, led by George Taylor, is sent into space to test Einstein's theory of time dilation... [More...]
Franklin J. Schaffner
Towards the end of the 20th Century, a party of astronauts, led by George Taylor, is sent into space to test Einstein's theory of time dilation... [More...]
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
Ronald Neame
The ocean liner SS Poseidon is making her way across the Atlantic Ocean from New York to Athens, her final journey before being retired and sold for scrap... [More...]
Ronald Neame
The ocean liner SS Poseidon is making her way across the Atlantic Ocean from New York to Athens, her final journey before being retired and sold for scrap... [More...]
Possessed (1947)
Curtis Bernhardt
A woman wanders the streets of Los Angeles as if in a daze, calling out the name David to everyone she sees. When she collapses, she is taken to a psychiatric clinic where she is diagnosed as having a schizoid disorder... [More...]
Curtis Bernhardt
A woman wanders the streets of Los Angeles as if in a daze, calling out the name David to everyone she sees. When she collapses, she is taken to a psychiatric clinic where she is diagnosed as having a schizoid disorder... [More...]
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
Tay Garnett
Frank Chambers, an unemployed drifter, is touring the backwaters of California when he comes across a roadside café which has a vacancy for a handyman... [More...]
Tay Garnett
Frank Chambers, an unemployed drifter, is touring the backwaters of California when he comes across a roadside café which has a vacancy for a handyman... [More...]
Psycho (1960)
Alfred Hitchcock
Arizona secretary Marion Crane is desperate to marry her lover Sam Loomis but the latter's debts and hefty alimony payments to his ex-wife make this impossible... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
Arizona secretary Marion Crane is desperate to marry her lover Sam Loomis but the latter's debts and hefty alimony payments to his ex-wife make this impossible... [More...]
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Quentin Tarantino
When a group of drugs dealing college kids attempt to double cross him, Los Angeles gangster boss Marsellus Wallace sends two of his henchmen, Jules and Vincent, to pay them a house call and collect a mysterious briefcase... [More...]
Quentin Tarantino
When a group of drugs dealing college kids attempt to double cross him, Los Angeles gangster boss Marsellus Wallace sends two of his henchmen, Jules and Vincent, to pay them a house call and collect a mysterious briefcase... [More...]
Pushover (1954)
Richard Quine
When hoodlum Harry Wheeler pulls off a bank robbery, detective Paul Sheridan is tasked with maintaining a 24 hour surveillance on his girlfriend, Lona McLane... [More...]
Richard Quine
When hoodlum Harry Wheeler pulls off a bank robbery, detective Paul Sheridan is tasked with maintaining a 24 hour surveillance on his girlfriend, Lona McLane... [More...]
Rage in Heaven (1941)
W.S. Van Dyke
England, 1936. After a chance meeting, Phillip Monrell invites his old college friend Ward Andrews to his grand family home... [More...]
W.S. Van Dyke
England, 1936. After a chance meeting, Phillip Monrell invites his old college friend Ward Andrews to his grand family home... [More...]
The Raven (1935)
Lew Landers
Dr Richard Vollin is a brilliant surgeon who has retired so that he may concentrate on his private research. Reluctantly, he is persuaded by Judge Thatcher to perform a life-saving operation on his daughter Jean, who has just been badly injured in a car accident... [More...]
Lew Landers
Dr Richard Vollin is a brilliant surgeon who has retired so that he may concentrate on his private research. Reluctantly, he is persuaded by Judge Thatcher to perform a life-saving operation on his daughter Jean, who has just been badly injured in a car accident... [More...]
Rear Window (1954)
Alfred Hitchcock
Injured on one of his assignments, magazine photographer L. B. Jefferies - known to his friends as Jeff - finds himself confined to his New York apartment with his leg in plaster and only his nurse Stella and girlfriend Lisa to keep him company... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
Injured on one of his assignments, magazine photographer L. B. Jefferies - known to his friends as Jeff - finds himself confined to his New York apartment with his leg in plaster and only his nurse Stella and girlfriend Lisa to keep him company... [More...]
Rebecca (1940)
Alfred Hitchcock
Whilst in Monte Carlo, working as a paid companion to a wealthy American woman, a young English girl falls under the spell of an aristocratic widower, Maximilian de Winter... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
Whilst in Monte Carlo, working as a paid companion to a wealthy American woman, a young English girl falls under the spell of an aristocratic widower, Maximilian de Winter... [More...]
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Quentin Tarantino
Eight men take breakfast together at a Los Angeles diner, their last meeting before they participate in a daylight jewel robbery... [More...]
Quentin Tarantino
Eight men take breakfast together at a Los Angeles diner, their last meeting before they participate in a daylight jewel robbery... [More...]
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Raoul Walsh
Returning to New York after World War I, Eddie Bartlett has difficulty finding honest work. The introduction of Prohibition gives him his first break - he makes easy money by delivering illicit alcohol... [More...]
Raoul Walsh
Returning to New York after World War I, Eddie Bartlett has difficulty finding honest work. The introduction of Prohibition gives him his first break - he makes easy money by delivering illicit alcohol... [More...]
Rogue Cop (1954)
Roy Rowland
After honest cop Eddie Kelvaney witnesses a stabbing in a penny arcade, gangster bosses Beaumonte and Ackerman put pressure on his brother Chris, another cop, to ensure the murderer is not brought to justice... [More...]
Roy Rowland
After honest cop Eddie Kelvaney witnesses a stabbing in a penny arcade, gangster bosses Beaumonte and Ackerman put pressure on his brother Chris, another cop, to ensure the murderer is not brought to justice... [More...]
Rope (1948)
Alfred Hitchcock
In their top floor New York apartment, two well-heeled students, Brandon Shaw and Phillip Morgan, have just strangled one of their college chums, David Kentley, with a rope... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
In their top floor New York apartment, two well-heeled students, Brandon Shaw and Phillip Morgan, have just strangled one of their college chums, David Kentley, with a rope... [More...]
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Roman Polanski
Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse, a newlywed couple, move into an old New York apartment, happily ignoring stories of the building's sinister past - tales of murder, witchcraft and ritual cannibalism... [More...]
Roman Polanski
Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse, a newlywed couple, move into an old New York apartment, happily ignoring stories of the building's sinister past - tales of murder, witchcraft and ritual cannibalism... [More...]
Saboteur (1942)
Alfred Hitchcock
During World War II, Barry Kane finds himself wrongly accused of starting a fire which kills a man at an aircraft factory in California... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
During World War II, Barry Kane finds himself wrongly accused of starting a fire which kills a man at an aircraft factory in California... [More...]
The Saint in London (1939)
John Paddy Carstairs
On his return to London, high class thief Simon Templar, alias The Saint, investigates the suspicious activities of Bruno Lang, a society gambler who appears to be implicated in a plot to print one million pounds in foreign currency... [More...]
John Paddy Carstairs
On his return to London, high class thief Simon Templar, alias The Saint, investigates the suspicious activities of Bruno Lang, a society gambler who appears to be implicated in a plot to print one million pounds in foreign currency... [More...]
Scarface (1932)
Howard Hawks
Chicago in the late 1920s. Alcohol prohibition has bred a new scourge - gangland crime - yet the authorities are helpless in preventing its spread... [More...]
Howard Hawks
Chicago in the late 1920s. Alcohol prohibition has bred a new scourge - gangland crime - yet the authorities are helpless in preventing its spread... [More...]
The Scarlet Claw (1944)
Roy William Neill
Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are in Quebec to attend a conference on the occult chaired by the eminent specialist in the field, Lord Penrose... [More...]
Roy William Neill
Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are in Quebec to attend a conference on the occult chaired by the eminent specialist in the field, Lord Penrose... [More...]
Scream (1996)
Wes Craven
Shock and fear descend on a small American town when two high school students are brutally killed by a masked psycho-killer... [More...]
Wes Craven
Shock and fear descend on a small American town when two high school students are brutally killed by a masked psycho-killer... [More...]
Secret Beyond the Door (1948)
Fritz Lang
When Celia, a young heiress, meets Mark Lamphere, a successful architect, it is love at first sight. They are in Mexico at the time and something about the atmosphere of this strange primitive land heightens Celia's romantic feelings and makes her sure that she has found herself the perfect husband... [More...]
Fritz Lang
When Celia, a young heiress, meets Mark Lamphere, a successful architect, it is love at first sight. They are in Mexico at the time and something about the atmosphere of this strange primitive land heightens Celia's romantic feelings and makes her sure that she has found herself the perfect husband... [More...]
Seven Days in May (1964)
John Frankenheimer
The decision of U.S. President Jordan Lyman to sign a nuclear disarmament treaty with the Soviet Union does not go down well... [More...]
John Frankenheimer
The decision of U.S. President Jordan Lyman to sign a nuclear disarmament treaty with the Soviet Union does not go down well... [More...]
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Alfred Hitchcock
Young Charlie Newton is delighted when she receives a telegraph from her Uncle Charlie notifying her that he intends spending some time with her family in the peaceful American town of Santa Rosa... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
Young Charlie Newton is delighted when she receives a telegraph from her Uncle Charlie notifying her that he intends spending some time with her family in the peaceful American town of Santa Rosa... [More...]