Film Index
American cinema: Drama
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
Robert Wise
In the 23rd century, a monitoring station in deep space detects a mysterious energy cloud heading on a collision course with planet earth...
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Robert Wise
Stella Dallas (1937)
King Vidor
Stella Martin is a modest working girl who lives with her parents and brother in a small Massachusetts mill town. She has fanciful notions of marriage and falls instantly in love when she meets Stephen Dallas, a handsome ex-millionaire who now has to earn his living after his father's suicide...
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King Vidor
Stolen Holiday (1937)
Michael Curtiz
In the early 1930s, Nicole Picot works as a model for a Paris fashion house. One day, she is selected by Stefan Orloff to pose as his wife at a dinner date so that he can persuade a wealthy investor that he is well up in French society...
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Michael Curtiz
The Story of Temple Drake (1933)
Stephen Roberts
Despite the best efforts of her guardian, a respectable county judge, Temple Drake has grown into a wild and flirtatious young socialite...
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Stephen Roberts
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945)
Robert Siodmak
Harry Quincey lives in a small American town with his two sisters, the self-centred spinster Lettie and the good-natured widow Hester...
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Robert Siodmak
Strange Illusion (1945)
Edgar G. Ulmer
College student Paul Cartwright experiences a troubled dream in which he is reminded of the tragic death of his father, a prominent judge who was killed when his car collided with a train... [More...]
Edgar G. Ulmer
College student Paul Cartwright experiences a troubled dream in which he is reminded of the tragic death of his father, a prominent judge who was killed when his car collided with a train... [More...]
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
Lewis Milestone
In 1928, Martha Ivers is a young orphan girl who longs to escape from the domineering control of her cold-hearted aunt in Iverstown... [More...]
Lewis Milestone
In 1928, Martha Ivers is a young orphan girl who longs to escape from the domineering control of her cold-hearted aunt in Iverstown... [More...]
The Strange Woman (1946)
Edgar G. Ulmer
Bangor, Maine, in the early 19th Century. When her drunken father takes to beating her, Jenny Hager turns to her neighbours for help... [More...]
Edgar G. Ulmer
Bangor, Maine, in the early 19th Century. When her drunken father takes to beating her, Jenny Hager turns to her neighbours for help... [More...]
Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)
Boris Ingster
Reporter Michael Ward is the key witness in a murder trial. At first, he has no qualms about testifying against the man who is accused of murdering a popular café owner... [More...]
Boris Ingster
Reporter Michael Ward is the key witness in a murder trial. At first, he has no qualms about testifying against the man who is accused of murdering a popular café owner... [More...]
The Stranger (1946)
Orson Welles
Immediately after WWII, a war crimes investigator named Wilson is assigned to track down the notorious Nazi war criminal Franz Kindler... [More...]
Orson Welles
Immediately after WWII, a war crimes investigator named Wilson is assigned to track down the notorious Nazi war criminal Franz Kindler... [More...]
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Alfred Hitchcock
Professional tennis player Guy Haines is on a train bound for Metcalf, to arrange a divorce with his estranged wife Miriam, when a stranger starts up a conversation with him... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
Professional tennis player Guy Haines is on a train bound for Metcalf, to arrange a divorce with his estranged wife Miriam, when a stranger starts up a conversation with him... [More...]
Street Angel (1928)
Frank Borzage
In Naples, a young woman named Angela wonders how she will find the money to buy medicine for her dying mother. When an attempt to sell herself to a passer-by in the street fails, she tries to steal money from a sausage seller, but is caught in the act... [More...]
Frank Borzage
In Naples, a young woman named Angela wonders how she will find the money to buy medicine for her dying mother. When an attempt to sell herself to a passer-by in the street fails, she tries to steal money from a sausage seller, but is caught in the act... [More...]
The Street with No Name (1948)
William Keighley
As a new wave of crime burns its way across America in the aftermath of WWII, FBI operatives are diligently engaged in combating organized gangsterism that threatens the peace and security of the nation... [More...]
William Keighley
As a new wave of crime burns its way across America in the aftermath of WWII, FBI operatives are diligently engaged in combating organized gangsterism that threatens the peace and security of the nation... [More...]
Stromboli (1950)
Roberto Rossellini
In the immediate aftermath of World War II, a young Lithuanian refugee, Karin, meets an Italian fisherman, Antonio, in a camp for displaced persons... [More...]
Roberto Rossellini
In the immediate aftermath of World War II, a young Lithuanian refugee, Karin, meets an Italian fisherman, Antonio, in a camp for displaced persons... [More...]
Suddenly (1954)
Lewis Allen
Suddenly is a small American town which was once a hive of activity but has become a place where nothing ever happens. It looks as if it may again live up to its name when the President of the United States is scheduled to pass through the town... [More...]
Lewis Allen
Suddenly is a small American town which was once a hive of activity but has become a place where nothing ever happens. It looks as if it may again live up to its name when the President of the United States is scheduled to pass through the town... [More...]
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
New Orleans, 1937. Dr John Cukrowicz is an enthusiastic young neurosurgeon whose professional ambitions are frustrated by a lack of resources at the state hospital where he works... [More...]
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
New Orleans, 1937. Dr John Cukrowicz is an enthusiastic young neurosurgeon whose professional ambitions are frustrated by a lack of resources at the state hospital where he works... [More...]
Summer Storm (1944)
Douglas Sirk
In 1919, not long after the Russian Revolution, publisher Nadena Kalenin receives a visit from Count Volsky, a once wealthy aristocrat who has become impoverished by the revolution... [More...]
Douglas Sirk
In 1919, not long after the Russian Revolution, publisher Nadena Kalenin receives a visit from Count Volsky, a once wealthy aristocrat who has become impoverished by the revolution... [More...]
Summertime (1955)
David Lean
Jane Hudson, a middle-aged spinster from Ohio, finally gets to realise her lifelong dream, a holiday in Venice, where she hopes to find love and romance amidst the golden waterways and ancient monuments... [More...]
David Lean
Jane Hudson, a middle-aged spinster from Ohio, finally gets to realise her lifelong dream, a holiday in Venice, where she hopes to find love and romance amidst the golden waterways and ancient monuments... [More...]
Sunrise (1927)
F.W. Murnau
A young woman from the city finds refuge in an isolated rural community, where she immediately starts to have an affair with a married farmer... [More...]
F.W. Murnau
A young woman from the city finds refuge in an isolated rural community, where she immediately starts to have an affair with a married farmer... [More...]
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Billy Wilder
A man's dead body is found floating in the swimming pool of a lavish private residence. As the police and journalists hasten to the scene, the story of what took place is revealed… Hollywood screenwriter Joe Gillis has neither work nor money... [More...]
Billy Wilder
A man's dead body is found floating in the swimming pool of a lavish private residence. As the police and journalists hasten to the scene, the story of what took place is revealed… Hollywood screenwriter Joe Gillis has neither work nor money... [More...]
Swamp Water (1941)
Jean Renoir
Ben Ragan is a trapper who, along with his authoritarian father Thursday, belongs to a small community living beside the feared Okefenokee Swamp... [More...]
Jean Renoir
Ben Ragan is a trapper who, along with his authoritarian father Thursday, belongs to a small community living beside the feared Okefenokee Swamp... [More...]
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
Alexander Mackendrick
Sidney Falco is a hard-nosed press agent who scrapes a meagre living by garnering publicity for second rate showbiz acts... [More...]
Alexander Mackendrick
Sidney Falco is a hard-nosed press agent who scrapes a meagre living by garnering publicity for second rate showbiz acts... [More...]
Tabu: A Story of the South Seas (1931)
F.W. Murnau
The island of Bora Bora is a South Pacific paradise, where the local population live an idyllic and peaceful existence in a landscape of untainted beauty... [More...]
F.W. Murnau
The island of Bora Bora is a South Pacific paradise, where the local population live an idyllic and peaceful existence in a landscape of untainted beauty... [More...]
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
Joseph Sargent
Lieutenant Zachary Garber, a New York transit cop, is giving a guided tour of the New York subway control centre to a party of directors of the equivalent Tokyo rail system... [More...]
Joseph Sargent
Lieutenant Zachary Garber, a New York transit cop, is giving a guided tour of the New York subway control centre to a party of directors of the equivalent Tokyo rail system... [More...]
The Tarnished Angels (1958)
Douglas Sirk
During the Great Depression, Roger Shumann earns a modest living as a barnstorming flier at provincial air shows across America, with his wife Laverne performing daring parachute stunts... [More...]
Douglas Sirk
During the Great Depression, Roger Shumann earns a modest living as a barnstorming flier at provincial air shows across America, with his wife Laverne performing daring parachute stunts... [More...]
Taxi Driver (1976)
Martin Scorsese
Travis Bickle is a Vietnam War veteran whose return to civilian life in New York City is proving to be an ordeal. In a bid to cure himself of his insomnia, he finds work as a night time taxi driver, indifferent to the risks he runs as he covers the seedier districts of the city... [More...]
Martin Scorsese
Travis Bickle is a Vietnam War veteran whose return to civilian life in New York City is proving to be an ordeal. In a bid to cure himself of his insomnia, he finds work as a night time taxi driver, indifferent to the risks he runs as he covers the seedier districts of the city... [More...]
Tea and Sympathy (1956)
Vincente Minnelli
A school reunion provides Tom Lee with the pretext for revisiting the New England prep school which had had such a marked effect on his life... [More...]
Vincente Minnelli
A school reunion provides Tom Lee with the pretext for revisiting the New England prep school which had had such a marked effect on his life... [More...]
Terror by Night (1946)
Roy William Neill
Roland Carstairs engages Sherlock Holmes to guard his mother's priceless diamond, the famed Star of Rhodesia, during a train journey from London to Edinburgh... [More...]
Roy William Neill
Roland Carstairs engages Sherlock Holmes to guard his mother's priceless diamond, the famed Star of Rhodesia, during a train journey from London to Edinburgh... [More...]
The Terror (1963)
Roger Corman
Lieutenant André Duvalier is an officer in the French Foreign Legion. Having been separated from his regiment, he finds himself alone on a deserted beach... [More...]
Roger Corman
Lieutenant André Duvalier is an officer in the French Foreign Legion. Having been separated from his regiment, he finds himself alone on a deserted beach... [More...]
Them! (1954)
Gordon Douglas
Patrolling the Alamogordo Desert in New Mexico, two police officers come across an abandoned trailer which has been inexplicably wrecked... [More...]
Gordon Douglas
Patrolling the Alamogordo Desert in New Mexico, two police officers come across an abandoned trailer which has been inexplicably wrecked... [More...]