Film Index
American cinema: Drama
Alias the Doctor (1932)
Michael Curtiz
Martha Brenner is filled with pride when her son Stefan and adopted son Karl leave their country home and go off to Munich to study medicine...
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Michael Curtiz
All About Eve (1950)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
The night Eve Harrington wins her award for the best stage actress of the year, the people who unwittingly brought about her success reflect on her meteoric rise to fame...
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Joseph L. Mankiewicz
All I Desire (1953)
Douglas Sirk
In 1910, Naomi Murdock is an itinerant actress who earns barely enough to live on, performing at rundown theatres in provincial towns across America...
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Douglas Sirk
All Is by My Side (2013)
John Ridley
Before he became a rock mega-legend Jimi Hendrix was just another young musician struggling to earn his keep in a highly competitive industry...
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John Ridley
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Lewis Milestone
At the outbreak of World War I in 1914, a German schoolmaster is urging his class of idealistic youths to enlist and do their bit to save the Fatherland...
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Lewis Milestone
All That Heaven Allows (1955)
Douglas Sirk
Cary Scott is a middle-aged New England widow. Well provided for by her late husband, she leads a comfortable life but is anxious over what the future may hold for her... [More...]
Douglas Sirk
Cary Scott is a middle-aged New England widow. Well provided for by her late husband, she leads a comfortable life but is anxious over what the future may hold for her... [More...]
All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
Anatole Litvak
In the 1840s, French teacher Henriette Deluzy arrives in America and finds work in a girls' school. When her pupils pick up on rumours of her recent past, she decides to tell them her story... [More...]
Anatole Litvak
In the 1840s, French teacher Henriette Deluzy arrives in America and finds work in a girls' school. When her pupils pick up on rumours of her recent past, she decides to tell them her story... [More...]
The Amazing Colossal Man (1957)
Bert I. Gordon
A plutonium bomb is to be detonated in the middle of the Nevada desert. For some reason, the bomb's explosion is delayed and when a light aircraft crashes in the vicinity of the bomb Colonel Glenn Manning feels impelled to leap out of the protective trench and go to the aid of the crash survivors... [More...]
Bert I. Gordon
A plutonium bomb is to be detonated in the middle of the Nevada desert. For some reason, the bomb's explosion is delayed and when a light aircraft crashes in the vicinity of the bomb Colonel Glenn Manning feels impelled to leap out of the protective trench and go to the aid of the crash survivors... [More...]
American Madness (1932)
Frank Capra
Senior banking official Thomas Dickson finds himself in a minority of one when his board of directors challenge him to agree to a merger with a New York trust... [More...]
Frank Capra
Senior banking official Thomas Dickson finds himself in a minority of one when his board of directors challenge him to agree to a merger with a New York trust... [More...]
An Affair to Remember (1957)
Leo McCarey
The world is stunned by the news that celebrity playboy Nickie Ferrante is about to marry a wealthy American heiress. Nickie is on his way back to New York by ocean liner when fate intervenes and derails his matrimonial plans, via a chance meeting with nightclub singer Terry McKay... [More...]
Leo McCarey
The world is stunned by the news that celebrity playboy Nickie Ferrante is about to marry a wealthy American heiress. Nickie is on his way back to New York by ocean liner when fate intervenes and derails his matrimonial plans, via a chance meeting with nightclub singer Terry McKay... [More...]
Anastasia (1956)
Anatole Litvak
Paris, 1928. A decade after Tsar Nicolas II and his family were executed by the Bolsheviks, rumours continue to circulate that the tsar's daughter, Anastasia, somehow survived... [More...]
Anatole Litvak
Paris, 1928. A decade after Tsar Nicolas II and his family were executed by the Bolsheviks, rumours continue to circulate that the tsar's daughter, Anastasia, somehow survived... [More...]
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Otto Preminger
Paul Biegler is a struggling lawyer in a small Michigan town. Prompted by his alcoholic friend Parnell McCarthy he agrees to take on the case for the defence in an impending murder trial... [More...]
Otto Preminger
Paul Biegler is a struggling lawyer in a small Michigan town. Prompted by his alcoholic friend Parnell McCarthy he agrees to take on the case for the defence in an impending murder trial... [More...]
And the Violins Stopped Playing (1988)
Alexander Ramati
Poland, 1942. Dymitr Mirga is a Romani gypsy whose skills as a violin player are very much appreciated by German officers... [More...]
Alexander Ramati
Poland, 1942. Dymitr Mirga is a Romani gypsy whose skills as a violin player are very much appreciated by German officers... [More...]
The Anderson Tapes (1971)
Sidney Lumet
Once he has completed a ten year stretch in prison for burglary, John Anderson returns to his girlfriend Ingrid, who now resides in an upmarket New York apartment block, at the expense of her latest admirer... [More...]
Sidney Lumet
Once he has completed a ten year stretch in prison for burglary, John Anderson returns to his girlfriend Ingrid, who now resides in an upmarket New York apartment block, at the expense of her latest admirer... [More...]
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
Robert Wise
Returning to Earth after probing the dark reaches of space, a satellite drifts off course and crashes into Piedmont, a small town in New Mexico... [More...]
Robert Wise
Returning to Earth after probing the dark reaches of space, a satellite drifts off course and crashes into Piedmont, a small town in New Mexico... [More...]
Angel Face (1952)
Otto Preminger
The Tremaynes, Charles and Catherine, are a wealthy couple who live with their daughter Diane at their hilltop estate in Beverley Hills... [More...]
Otto Preminger
The Tremaynes, Charles and Catherine, are a wealthy couple who live with their daughter Diane at their hilltop estate in Beverley Hills... [More...]
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Michael Curtiz
Jerry Connolly and Rocky Sullivan are two kids growing up in a poor area of New York. Their first attempt at robbery ends in failure - Jerry escapes but Rocky is caught and sent to a reform school... [More...]
Michael Curtiz
Jerry Connolly and Rocky Sullivan are two kids growing up in a poor area of New York. Their first attempt at robbery ends in failure - Jerry escapes but Rocky is caught and sent to a reform school... [More...]
Anna Christie (1930)
Clarence Brown
For years, the old coal barge captain Chris Christopherson has led a free and solitary life. Then, one evening, his daughter, Anna, decides to re-enter his life... [More...]
Clarence Brown
For years, the old coal barge captain Chris Christopherson has led a free and solitary life. Then, one evening, his daughter, Anna, decides to re-enter his life... [More...]
Anna Karenina (1935)
Clarence Brown
During the 19th century, Anna Arkadyevna Karenina undertakes a trip to Moscow in the hope of saving her brother Stiva's marriage... [More...]
Clarence Brown
During the 19th century, Anna Arkadyevna Karenina undertakes a trip to Moscow in the hope of saving her brother Stiva's marriage... [More...]
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Francis Ford Coppola
Vietnam, 1969. Captain Willard, an American special operations agent, is in Saigon recuperating after a successful mission when intelligence officers approach him with a new assignment... [More...]
Francis Ford Coppola
Vietnam, 1969. Captain Willard, an American special operations agent, is in Saigon recuperating after a successful mission when intelligence officers approach him with a new assignment... [More...]
Arch of Triumph (1948)
Lewis Milestone
Paris, 1938. As Europe rushes towards war, the French capital is flooded with illegal immigrants hoping to escape persecution and imprisonment in their own countries... [More...]
Lewis Milestone
Paris, 1938. As Europe rushes towards war, the French capital is flooded with illegal immigrants hoping to escape persecution and imprisonment in their own countries... [More...]
Armored Car Robbery (1950)
Richard Fleischer
Dave Purvis leads a gang of hardened criminals who plan to ambush an armoured car when it makes a collection outside a baseball station in Los Angeles... [More...]
Richard Fleischer
Dave Purvis leads a gang of hardened criminals who plan to ambush an armoured car when it makes a collection outside a baseball station in Los Angeles... [More...]
The Artist (2011)
Michel Hazanavicius
Hollywood, 1927. George Valentin is a star of silent cinema on whom the sun has never ceased to shine. But the arrival of sound looks set to send him into obscurity... [More...]
Michel Hazanavicius
Hollywood, 1927. George Valentin is a star of silent cinema on whom the sun has never ceased to shine. But the arrival of sound looks set to send him into obscurity... [More...]
As I Lay Dying (2013)
James Franco
The Bundrens are a poor but proud family. When the mother, Addie, dies, her husband, Anse, is determined to honour her last wish, to be buried in her home town... [More...]
James Franco
The Bundrens are a poor but proud family. When the mother, Addie, dies, her husband, Anse, is determined to honour her last wish, to be buried in her home town... [More...]
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
John Huston
Within hours of leaving prison, criminal mastermind Doc Riedenschneider is preparing his next robbery. To clean up on a million dollars' worth of jewels, he recruits a safecracker, Louis Ciavelli, getaway-driver Gus Minissi and hoodlum Dix Handley... [More...]
John Huston
Within hours of leaving prison, criminal mastermind Doc Riedenschneider is preparing his next robbery. To clean up on a million dollars' worth of jewels, he recruits a safecracker, Louis Ciavelli, getaway-driver Gus Minissi and hoodlum Dix Handley... [More...]
Atonement (2007)
Joe Wright
England, in the summer of 1935. Briony Tallis is a 13-year-old girl with an overactive imagination who lives in a large country house with her older sister Cecilia... [More...]
Joe Wright
England, in the summer of 1935. Briony Tallis is a 13-year-old girl with an overactive imagination who lives in a large country house with her older sister Cecilia... [More...]
The Bachelor Party (1957)
Delbert Mann
Charlie is a New York bookkeeper who seeks to better himself by attending night school to earn a degree, but his plans are threatened when he discovers that his wife Helen is pregnant... [More...]
Delbert Mann
Charlie is a New York bookkeeper who seeks to better himself by attending night school to earn a degree, but his plans are threatened when he discovers that his wife Helen is pregnant... [More...]
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Vincente Minnelli
Film producer Harry Pebbel rounds up three people who owe their success to his associate Jonathan Shields, on the pretext of persuading them to work with Shields on his next film... [More...]
Vincente Minnelli
Film producer Harry Pebbel rounds up three people who owe their success to his associate Jonathan Shields, on the pretext of persuading them to work with Shields on his next film... [More...]
Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
John Sturges
Shortly after WWII, a one-armed stranger arrives in the sleepy desert town of Black Rock. The locals do not take kindly to this newcomer and react in a hostile manner when he begins to ask seemingly innocent questions... [More...]
John Sturges
Shortly after WWII, a one-armed stranger arrives in the sleepy desert town of Black Rock. The locals do not take kindly to this newcomer and react in a hostile manner when he begins to ask seemingly innocent questions... [More...]
Badlands (1973)
Terrence Malick
Some time in the 1950s... In a small South Dakota town, 15-year-old Holly lives a dull but contented life with her father, a sign painter... [More...]
Terrence Malick
Some time in the 1950s... In a small South Dakota town, 15-year-old Holly lives a dull but contented life with her father, a sign painter... [More...]