Film Index
American cinema: Drama
Queen Christina (1933)
Rouben Mamoulian
During the Thirty Years' War, Sweden becomes the pre-eminent power in Europe, under the reign of the warrior king Gustavus Adolphus...
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Rouben Mamoulian
Quicksand (1950)
Irving Pichel
Dan Brady is a young car mechanic with an eye for the ladies. When he runs into Vera Novak, a blonde looker, he can hardly wait to take her out on a date...
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Irving Pichel
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...
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W.S. Van Dyke
Raging Bull (1980)
Martin Scorsese
In 1964, Jake La Motta ekes out a living as a third rate stand-up comedian and raconteur. Overweight, prematurely aged and physically drained, he is a shadow of the man he once was...
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Martin Scorsese
Railroaded! (1947)
Anthony Mann
With the help of his girlfriend, Clara Calhoun, smalltime hoodlum Duke Martin raids an illegal bookmaking joint masquerading as a beauty parlour...
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Anthony Mann
Rain (1932)
Lewis Milestone
Owing to a cholera outbreak, the passengers and crew of a ship bound for Apia, Samoa are forced to stop over at Pago Pago... [More...]
Lewis Milestone
Owing to a cholera outbreak, the passengers and crew of a ship bound for Apia, Samoa are forced to stop over at Pago Pago... [More...]
The Rainbow (1989)
Ken Russell
In the late 1800s, Ursula Brangwen is determined to lead her own life, in defiance of the conventions of the time and her parents' expectations... [More...]
Ken Russell
In the late 1800s, Ursula Brangwen is determined to lead her own life, in defiance of the conventions of the time and her parents' expectations... [More...]
The Razor's Edge (1946)
Edmund Goulding
Whilst staying in Chicago, the writer William Somerset Maugham is invited to a party by his friend Elliott Templeton. He is introduced to Elliot's niece, Isabel Bradley, who is in love with Larry Darrell, a World War I veteran... [More...]
Edmund Goulding
Whilst staying in Chicago, the writer William Somerset Maugham is invited to a party by his friend Elliott Templeton. He is introduced to Elliot's niece, Isabel Bradley, who is in love with Larry Darrell, a World War I veteran... [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...]
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Nicholas Ray
17-year-old Jim Stark is at war - with the world, with his parents, with himself. Whenever he gets into trouble, he and his parents move to a new neighbourhood... [More...]
Nicholas Ray
17-year-old Jim Stark is at war - with the world, with his parents, with himself. Whenever he gets into trouble, he and his parents move to a new neighbourhood... [More...]
The Reckless Moment (1949)
Max Ophüls
Lucia Harper is a happily married housewife who enjoys a comfortable middle class existence at her Californian beach home... [More...]
Max Ophüls
Lucia Harper is a happily married housewife who enjoys a comfortable middle class existence at her Californian beach home... [More...]
The Red Dance (1928)
Raoul Walsh
In pre-revolutionary Russia, the Grand Duke Eugen is recalled from the eastern front of WWI and tasked with exposing the forces that are working to destroy the power of the Tsar... [More...]
Raoul Walsh
In pre-revolutionary Russia, the Grand Duke Eugen is recalled from the eastern front of WWI and tasked with exposing the forces that are working to destroy the power of the Tsar... [More...]
The Remains of the Day (1993)
James Ivory
Mr James Stevens is the butler at Darlington Hall, one of England's grander stately homes. Recently the Hall has changed hands and Stevens now serves Mr Lewis, a retired American congressman... [More...]
James Ivory
Mr James Stevens is the butler at Darlington Hall, one of England's grander stately homes. Recently the Hall has changed hands and Stevens now serves Mr Lewis, a retired American congressman... [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 Return of Frank James (1940)
Fritz Lang
Living under an assumed name, Frank James leads a quiet, reclusive life on his farm, hoping to forget his recent past as an outlaw... [More...]
Fritz Lang
Living under an assumed name, Frank James leads a quiet, reclusive life on his farm, hoping to forget his recent past as an outlaw... [More...]
Rio Grande (1950)
John Ford
Lieutenant Colonel Kirby York commands a remote cavalry post on the border between the United States and Mexico. Knowing he is understrength against the mounting threat from the Apaches, he puts in a request for more recruits... [More...]
John Ford
Lieutenant Colonel Kirby York commands a remote cavalry post on the border between the United States and Mexico. Knowing he is understrength against the mounting threat from the Apaches, he puts in a request for more recruits... [More...]
The River (1951)
Jean Renoir
On the banks of a great river in India, an English family enjoys an idyllic existence. Father is the owner of a jute mill which employs hundreds of local people... [More...]
Jean Renoir
On the banks of a great river in India, an English family enjoys an idyllic existence. Father is the owner of a jute mill which employs hundreds of local people... [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...]
Ruthless (1948)
Edgar G. Ulmer
When he saves his well-to-do neighbours' daughter from drowning, pre-teen Horace Vendig soon has his first opportunity to move up the social ladder... [More...]
Edgar G. Ulmer
When he saves his well-to-do neighbours' daughter from drowning, pre-teen Horace Vendig soon has his first opportunity to move up the social ladder... [More...]
Safe in Hell (1931)
William A. Wellman
Gilda Karlson, a New Orleans call girl, finds herself accused of murdering Piet Van Saal, the man who drove her into a life of prostitution... [More...]
William A. Wellman
Gilda Karlson, a New Orleans call girl, finds herself accused of murdering Piet Van Saal, the man who drove her into a life of prostitution... [More...]
Saint Joan (1957)
Otto Preminger
Twenty-five years after having been burnt at the stake for heresy, Joan of Arc returns to King Charles VII of France as a ghost and taunts him for having betrayed her... [More...]
Otto Preminger
Twenty-five years after having been burnt at the stake for heresy, Joan of Arc returns to King Charles VII of France as a ghost and taunts him for having betrayed her... [More...]
The Saint Strikes Back (1939)
John Farrow
At a New Year's party in San Francisco, Val Travers's plan to assassinate someone is thwarted by Simon Templar, better known as The Saint... [More...]
John Farrow
At a New Year's party in San Francisco, Val Travers's plan to assassinate someone is thwarted by Simon Templar, better known as The Saint... [More...]
Salome (1923)
Charles Bryant
Salome is the young stepdaughter of Herod, the tyrannical Tetrarch of Judea who murdered his brother to usurp both his throne and his wife... [More...]
Charles Bryant
Salome is the young stepdaughter of Herod, the tyrannical Tetrarch of Judea who murdered his brother to usurp both his throne and his wife... [More...]
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Steven Spielberg
Visiting the American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-mer, Normandy, France, an elderly WWII veteran seeks out one particular stone cross and, in the emotional surge of the moment, relives his wartime experiences... [More...]
Steven Spielberg
Visiting the American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-mer, Normandy, France, an elderly WWII veteran seeks out one particular stone cross and, in the emotional surge of the moment, relives his wartime experiences... [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...]
Scarlet Dawn (1932)
William Dieterle
1917. Prince Nikiti Krasnoff is an officer in the Imperial Russian army. Shortly after returning to his native country after fighting against the Germans in WWI, Prince Nikiti finds himself caught up in the Bolshevik uprising... [More...]
William Dieterle
1917. Prince Nikiti Krasnoff is an officer in the Imperial Russian army. Shortly after returning to his native country after fighting against the Germans in WWI, Prince Nikiti finds himself caught up in the Bolshevik uprising... [More...]