Film Index
American cinema: Drama
There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)
Walter Lang
In the 1920s, Molly and Terry Donahue begin their musical vaudeville act. They are a hit and play to packed houses. Some years later, they are joined by their three children, Tim, Katy and Steve, and The Five Donahues becomes one of the biggest acts in America...
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Walter Lang
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
This Land Is Mine (1943)
Jean Renoir
During WWII, the inhabitants of a small town somewhere in Europe are accustoming themselves to life under Nazi occupation...
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Jean Renoir
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
Norman Jewison
Millionaire financier Thomas Crown is bored with his life and so decides to mastermind the perfect bank robbery. Hiring a team of complete strangers to help him in his heist, he succeeds in stealing $2.6 million from an American bank... [More...]
Norman Jewison
Millionaire financier Thomas Crown is bored with his life and so decides to mastermind the perfect bank robbery. Hiring a team of complete strangers to help him in his heist, he succeeds in stealing $2.6 million from an American bank... [More...]
The Three Musketeers (1935)
Rowland V. Lee
France, 1625. The young D'Artagnan leaves his home in Gascony and sets out for Paris, hoping to serve under King Louis XIII as a musketeer... [More...]
Rowland V. Lee
France, 1625. The young D'Artagnan leaves his home in Gascony and sets out for Paris, hoping to serve under King Louis XIII as a musketeer... [More...]
Three Strangers (1946)
Jean Negulesco
London, 1938. Crystal Shackleford, a mysterious young woman, lures two complete strangers - solicitor Jerome K. Arbutny and small-time crook Johnny West - back to her apartment so that she can offer them a fantastic proposal... [More...]
Jean Negulesco
London, 1938. Crystal Shackleford, a mysterious young woman, lures two complete strangers - solicitor Jerome K. Arbutny and small-time crook Johnny West - back to her apartment so that she can offer them a fantastic proposal... [More...]
Thunderbolt (1929)
Josef von Sternberg
Nicknamed Thunderbolt, Jim Lang is a hardened gangster who is hotly pursued by the police for a series of crimes that include robbery and murder... [More...]
Josef von Sternberg
Nicknamed Thunderbolt, Jim Lang is a hardened gangster who is hotly pursued by the police for a series of crimes that include robbery and murder... [More...]
Titanic (1953)
Jean Negulesco
Richard Sturges, a wealthy American living in Europe, is so desperate to find his runaway wife Julia that he buys a steerage-class ticket on the RMS Titanic for its maiden voyage across the Atlantic... [More...]
Jean Negulesco
Richard Sturges, a wealthy American living in Europe, is so desperate to find his runaway wife Julia that he buys a steerage-class ticket on the RMS Titanic for its maiden voyage across the Atlantic... [More...]
To Be or Not to Be (1983)
Alan Johnson
Frederick and Anna Bronski are two of Poland's leading theatrical artistes and their latest show, a revue poking fun at Adolf Hitler, is likely to be a sell-out... [More...]
Alan Johnson
Frederick and Anna Bronski are two of Poland's leading theatrical artistes and their latest show, a revue poking fun at Adolf Hitler, is likely to be a sell-out... [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...]
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Robert Mulligan
Atticus Finch is a widowed lawyer living in the small town of Macomb, Alabama, with his two children, ten-year-old Jem and six-year-old Scout... [More...]
Robert Mulligan
Atticus Finch is a widowed lawyer living in the small town of Macomb, Alabama, with his two children, ten-year-old Jem and six-year-old Scout... [More...]
To Kill a Priest (1988)
Agnieszka Holland
Poland, 1981. A Catholic priest, Father Alek, rallies behind the cause of the Solidarity movement, making himself popular with his congregation but hated by both the Church leaders and the Soviet-controlled Polish government... [More...]
Agnieszka Holland
Poland, 1981. A Catholic priest, Father Alek, rallies behind the cause of the Solidarity movement, making himself popular with his congregation but hated by both the Church leaders and the Soviet-controlled Polish government... [More...]
Tokyo Joe (1949)
Stuart Heisler
War veteran Joe Barrett returns to Japan after WWII hoping to pick up the pieces of his shattered life. To his surprise, his gambling joint is still intact, being run by his old friend and business partner... [More...]
Stuart Heisler
War veteran Joe Barrett returns to Japan after WWII hoping to pick up the pieces of his shattered life. To his surprise, his gambling joint is still intact, being run by his old friend and business partner... [More...]
Tonight and Every Night (1945)
Victor Saville
During WWII, Rosalind Bruce and her friend Judy Kane work as showgirls at a popular London theatre. Despite the frequent aerial bombardments from German aircraft, the theatre's owner and her employees are determined to keep the theatre open... [More...]
Victor Saville
During WWII, Rosalind Bruce and her friend Judy Kane work as showgirls at a popular London theatre. Despite the frequent aerial bombardments from German aircraft, the theatre's owner and her employees are determined to keep the theatre open... [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...]
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Richard Fleischer
1941. In an attempt to weaken Japan after its seizure of Indochina, the United States imposes an embargo that will deprive the country of essential raw materials... [More...]
Richard Fleischer
1941. In an attempt to weaken Japan after its seizure of Indochina, the United States imposes an embargo that will deprive the country of essential raw materials... [More...]
Torn Curtain (1966)
Alfred Hitchcock
On his arrival in East Berlin, American physicist Michael Armstrong announces his decision to defect, offering his scientific expertise to the Soviet Bloc... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
On his arrival in East Berlin, American physicist Michael Armstrong announces his decision to defect, offering his scientific expertise to the Soviet Bloc... [More...]
Torrent (1926)
Monta Bell
Under the warm skies of Valencia, Leonora Moreno enjoys an idyllic existence on her father's orange plantation. She is in love with Don Rafael, the only son of the rich matriarch Dona Bernarda Brull... [More...]
Monta Bell
Under the warm skies of Valencia, Leonora Moreno enjoys an idyllic existence on her father's orange plantation. She is in love with Don Rafael, the only son of the rich matriarch Dona Bernarda Brull... [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...]
The Tragedy of Macbeth (1971)
Roman Polanski
Victorious in battle, the warriors Macbeth and Banquo are returning to their home in Scotland when they are met by three strange hags who greet them with fantastic prophesies... [More...]
Roman Polanski
Victorious in battle, the warriors Macbeth and Banquo are returning to their home in Scotland when they are met by three strange hags who greet them with fantastic prophesies... [More...]
The Train (1964)
John Frankenheimer
May, 1944. Just as the Allies are beginning their offensive to liberate France from the Germans, the Nazi general Colonel Franz von Waldheim receives orders to transport a large collection of priceless French paintings from a Paris museum to Germany... [More...]
John Frankenheimer
May, 1944. Just as the Allies are beginning their offensive to liberate France from the Germans, the Nazi general Colonel Franz von Waldheim receives orders to transport a large collection of priceless French paintings from a Paris museum to Germany... [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...]
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
John Huston
In a small Mexican town in 1925, three down-at-heel gringos meet up and agree to work together to prospect for gold in the Sierra Madre mountains... [More...]
John Huston
In a small Mexican town in 1925, three down-at-heel gringos meet up and agree to work together to prospect for gold in the Sierra Madre mountains... [More...]
Twice-Told Tales (1963)
Sidney Salkow
Three tales of terror. In Dr Heidegger's Experiment, an elderly scientist named Carl Heidegger discovers that his fiancée, who died 38 years previously on the eve of her wedding, is perfectly preserved in her vault... [More...]
Sidney Salkow
Three tales of terror. In Dr Heidegger's Experiment, an elderly scientist named Carl Heidegger discovers that his fiancée, who died 38 years previously on the eve of her wedding, is perfectly preserved in her vault... [More...]
The Ugly American (1963)
George Englund
When he is appointed United States Ambassador to Sarkan, a small country in Southeast Asia, Harrison Carter MacWhite is confident that he can dampen political tensions in the region and strengthen ties between Sarkan and America... [More...]
George Englund
When he is appointed United States Ambassador to Sarkan, a small country in Southeast Asia, Harrison Carter MacWhite is confident that he can dampen political tensions in the region and strengthen ties between Sarkan and America... [More...]
Un acte d'amour (1953)
Anatole Litvak
Some years after the war, an American, Robert Teller, pays a visit to a seaside town in the South of France. He casts his mind back to 1944, recalling his time in Paris immediately after the Liberation... [More...]
Anatole Litvak
Some years after the war, an American, Robert Teller, pays a visit to a seaside town in the South of France. He casts his mind back to 1944, recalling his time in Paris immediately after the Liberation... [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...]