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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...
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Frank Tuttle
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
True Romance (1993)
Tony Scott
Clarence Worley is an Elvis Presley fan and film enthusiast who works in a comic book store in Detroit. To celebrate his birthday, he goes to watch a trio of martial arts films at his local cinema... [More...]
Tony Scott
Clarence Worley is an Elvis Presley fan and film enthusiast who works in a comic book store in Detroit. To celebrate his birthday, he goes to watch a trio of martial arts films at his local cinema... [More...]
The Undercover Man (1949)
Joseph H. Lewis
Federal treasury investigator Frank Warren is assigned to a case which, if successful, will smash one of America's biggest crime syndicates and put its boss behind bars for many years... [More...]
Joseph H. Lewis
Federal treasury investigator Frank Warren is assigned to a case which, if successful, will smash one of America's biggest crime syndicates and put its boss behind bars for many years... [More...]
The Unknown (1927)
Tod Browning
Alonzo the Armless is the main attraction in a Spanish circus with his knife throwing act, which he performs with the use of his feet... [More...]
Tod Browning
Alonzo the Armless is the main attraction in a Spanish circus with his knife throwing act, which he performs with the use of his feet... [More...]
The Untouchables (1987)
Brian De Palma
In 1930s Chicago, the sale of alcohol is prohibited, allowing shady entrepreneurs like Al Capone to make a fortune by peddling illicit liquor at skyrocket prices... [More...]
Brian De Palma
In 1930s Chicago, the sale of alcohol is prohibited, allowing shady entrepreneurs like Al Capone to make a fortune by peddling illicit liquor at skyrocket prices... [More...]
The Vampire Lovers (1970)
Roy Ward Baker
In the mid-1800s, General von Spielsdorf is hosting a ball at his mansion in the small European country of Styria. When one of his guests, an unnamed countess, is called away, the General gladly agrees to take care of her daughter Marcilla... [More...]
Roy Ward Baker
In the mid-1800s, General von Spielsdorf is hosting a ball at his mansion in the small European country of Styria. When one of his guests, an unnamed countess, is called away, the General gladly agrees to take care of her daughter Marcilla... [More...]
Vertigo (1958)
Alfred Hitchcock
When a rooftop chase ends in the death of one of his colleagues, San Francisco cop John Ferguson suddenly develops chronic acrophobia, an irrational fear of heights which forces him into early retirement... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
When a rooftop chase ends in the death of one of his colleagues, San Francisco cop John Ferguson suddenly develops chronic acrophobia, an irrational fear of heights which forces him into early retirement... [More...]
Victory (1919)
Maurice Tourneur
For two years, Axel Heyst has lived the life of a total recluse on the small remote island of Samburan, a lonely outpost in the Dutch East Indies... [More...]
Maurice Tourneur
For two years, Axel Heyst has lived the life of a total recluse on the small remote island of Samburan, a lonely outpost in the Dutch East Indies... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]
The War of the Worlds (1953)
Byron Haskin
The peace of a small Californian town is disturbed when a huge meteorite crashes into the ground. Dr Clayton Forrester, an eminent physicist, happens to be holidaying in the area and cannot resist examining the meteorite... [More...]
Byron Haskin
The peace of a small Californian town is disturbed when a huge meteorite crashes into the ground. Dr Clayton Forrester, an eminent physicist, happens to be holidaying in the area and cannot resist examining the meteorite... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]
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...]
Westworld (1973)
Michael Crichton
In the throes of a messy divorce, Peter Martin agrees to accompany his friend John Blane on a visit to Delos, an adult amusement park where the guests can live out their wildest fantasies for a thousand dollars a day... [More...]
Michael Crichton
In the throes of a messy divorce, Peter Martin agrees to accompany his friend John Blane on a visit to Delos, an adult amusement park where the guests can live out their wildest fantasies for a thousand dollars a day... [More...]
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Robert Aldrich
In 1917, Baby Jane Hudson is a child star of the music hall, but her success is envied by her sister Blanche. By 1935, the tables have been turned: Blanche has found fame and fortune as a film star whilst her sister wallows in alcoholism as her own acting career flounders... [More...]
Robert Aldrich
In 1917, Baby Jane Hudson is a child star of the music hall, but her success is envied by her sister Blanche. By 1935, the tables have been turned: Blanche has found fame and fortune as a film star whilst her sister wallows in alcoholism as her own acting career flounders... [More...]
The Whip Hand (1951)
William Cameron Menzies
Whilst on a fishing holiday at Lake Winnoga, Wisconsin, reporter Matt Corbin stumbles across a town with a mysterious secret... [More...]
William Cameron Menzies
Whilst on a fishing holiday at Lake Winnoga, Wisconsin, reporter Matt Corbin stumbles across a town with a mysterious secret... [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...]
White Zombie (1932)
Victor Halperin
On the eve of their wedding in Haiti, Madeleine Short and Neil Parker stay at the home of a wealthy plantation owner, Charles Beaumont... [More...]
Victor Halperin
On the eve of their wedding in Haiti, Madeleine Short and Neil Parker stay at the home of a wealthy plantation owner, Charles Beaumont... [More...]
The Whole Town's Talking (1935)
John Ford
Arthur Ferguson Jones is a mild-mannered office clerk whose closest companions are his cat and his canary. For months, he has had a secret crush on one of his colleagues, Miss Clark, but he is too shy to speak to her... [More...]
John Ford
Arthur Ferguson Jones is a mild-mannered office clerk whose closest companions are his cat and his canary. For months, he has had a secret crush on one of his colleagues, Miss Clark, but he is too shy to speak to her... [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...]