Film Index
American cinema: Drama
The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
Robert Aldrich
Frank Towns is piloting a small plane laden with passengers and cargo across the Sahara Desert when a sandstorm brews up, knocking the aircraft off course by several hundred miles and bringing it down...
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Robert Aldrich
The Fly (1958)
Kurt Neumann
One evening, François Delambre receives a telephone call from his sister-in-law, Hélène, who confesses to having just killed her husband, André...
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Kurt Neumann
Foolish Wives (1922)
Erich von Stroheim
In Monte Carlo of the early 1920s, Wladislaw Sergius Karamzin is a con artist who makes a dishonest living by posing as a member of the Russian nobility, along with his beautiful cousins Olga and Vera...
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Erich von Stroheim
For Me and My Gal (1942)
Busby Berkeley
In 1916, Jo Hayden and Jimmy Metcalf scrape a living, touring American towns with their second rate vaudeville act. Jo earns just enough to support her brother Danny as he studies to be a doctor...
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Busby Berkeley
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
Sam Wood
Robert Jordan is an idealistic young American who decides to lend his support and demolition expertise to the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War...
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Sam Wood
Forbidden (1932)
Frank Capra
Tired of her life as a dowdy spinster librarian in a dull provincial town, Lulu Smith withdraws all her savings from her bank and books a luxury cruise to Havana... [More...]
Frank Capra
Tired of her life as a dowdy spinster librarian in a dull provincial town, Lulu Smith withdraws all her savings from her bank and books a luxury cruise to Havana... [More...]
Force of Evil (1948)
Abraham Polonsky
Joe Morse is a young Wall Street lawyer who isn't going to allow his conscience to get in the way of his making his first million... [More...]
Abraham Polonsky
Joe Morse is a young Wall Street lawyer who isn't going to allow his conscience to get in the way of his making his first million... [More...]
Forever Amber (1947)
Otto Preminger
17th Century England. The Civil War has come and gone, Cromwell has had his day and the monarchy has been restored. Amber St... [More...]
Otto Preminger
17th Century England. The Civil War has come and gone, Cromwell has had his day and the monarchy has been restored. Amber St... [More...]
Frankenstein (1931)
James Whale
For years, the scientist Dr Henry Frankenstein has devoted himself to the creation of artificial life. With the help of his hunchback assistant Fritz, he has assembled a man-like creature from the body parts of corpses stolen from graveyards... [More...]
James Whale
For years, the scientist Dr Henry Frankenstein has devoted himself to the creation of artificial life. With the help of his hunchback assistant Fritz, he has assembled a man-like creature from the body parts of corpses stolen from graveyards... [More...]
Frankenstein (1994)
Kenneth Branagh
In 1794, Captain Robert Walton is leading an expedition to the North Pole when his ship becomes trapped in the ice. As Walton and his crew attempt to free their craft, they are met by a stranger, who entreats them to help him... [More...]
Kenneth Branagh
In 1794, Captain Robert Walton is leading an expedition to the North Pole when his ship becomes trapped in the ice. As Walton and his crew attempt to free their craft, they are met by a stranger, who entreats them to help him... [More...]
Frankenstein Unbound (1990)
Roger Corman
Dr Joseph Buchanan is developing a weapon which he hopes will put an end to war. Unfortunately, a test run with his atomic disintegration beam has some unexpected side effects, such as the creation of time rifts all over the planet... [More...]
Roger Corman
Dr Joseph Buchanan is developing a weapon which he hopes will put an end to war. Unfortunately, a test run with his atomic disintegration beam has some unexpected side effects, such as the creation of time rifts all over the planet... [More...]
Frantic (1988)
Roman Polanski
Dr Richard Walker and his wife Sondra, an American couple, arrive in Paris ahead of a medical conference at which Dr Walker is to give a paper... [More...]
Roman Polanski
Dr Richard Walker and his wife Sondra, an American couple, arrive in Paris ahead of a medical conference at which Dr Walker is to give a paper... [More...]
Freaks (1932)
Tod Browning
The main attraction of a travelling circus is a collection of deformed human beings, which includes dwarves, pinheads, Siamese twins, a hermaphrodite, a bearded lady and several unfortunates without arms and legs... [More...]
Tod Browning
The main attraction of a travelling circus is a collection of deformed human beings, which includes dwarves, pinheads, Siamese twins, a hermaphrodite, a bearded lady and several unfortunates without arms and legs... [More...]
Frisco Jenny (1932)
William A. Wellman
San Francisco, 1906. Jenny Sandoval is in love with pianist Dan McAllister but her father, the owner of one of the town's most disreputable saloons, is against their marriage... [More...]
William A. Wellman
San Francisco, 1906. Jenny Sandoval is in love with pianist Dan McAllister but her father, the owner of one of the town's most disreputable saloons, is against their marriage... [More...]
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Fred Zinnemann
December, 1941. Whilst a fierce war is being waged in Europe, North Africa and the Far East, the United States waits on the sidelines... [More...]
Fred Zinnemann
December, 1941. Whilst a fierce war is being waged in Europe, North Africa and the Far East, the United States waits on the sidelines... [More...]
From This Day Forward (1946)
John Berry
On his return to the United States after active service in WWII, Bill Cummings struggles to find work to support himself and his young wife Susan... [More...]
John Berry
On his return to the United States after active service in WWII, Bill Cummings struggles to find work to support himself and his young wife Susan... [More...]
The Fugitive Kind (1960)
Sidney Lumet
Having run into trouble with the law in New Orleans, a 30-year-old drifter named Val Xavier leaves town determined to turn over a new leaf... [More...]
Sidney Lumet
Having run into trouble with the law in New Orleans, a 30-year-old drifter named Val Xavier leaves town determined to turn over a new leaf... [More...]
The Fugitive (1947)
John Ford
In a Latin American republic, a young priest is on the run. He is fleeing from militant revolutionaries whose aim is to eradicate every last trace of the Catholic religion in their country... [More...]
John Ford
In a Latin American republic, a young priest is on the run. He is fleeing from militant revolutionaries whose aim is to eradicate every last trace of the Catholic religion in their country... [More...]
Funny Girl (1968)
William Wyler
New York City, circa 1910. Fanny Brice, a girl from the slums, has ambitions to be a star of vaudeville, and it is her wild enthusiasm that lands her her first stage job with a theatre company... [More...]
William Wyler
New York City, circa 1910. Fanny Brice, a girl from the slums, has ambitions to be a star of vaudeville, and it is her wild enthusiasm that lands her her first stage job with a theatre company... [More...]
Gabriel Over the White House (1933)
Gregory La Cava
The American people expect great things from Judson Hammond when he is inaugurated President of the United States, having promised radical action to lift the country out of the depths of the worst depression it has ever known... [More...]
Gregory La Cava
The American people expect great things from Judson Hammond when he is inaugurated President of the United States, having promised radical action to lift the country out of the depths of the worst depression it has ever known... [More...]
Gaslight (1944)
George Cukor
Shortly after their marriage, Gregory Anton persuades his wife Paula that he has a burning desire to live in the centre of London... [More...]
George Cukor
Shortly after their marriage, Gregory Anton persuades his wife Paula that he has a burning desire to live in the centre of London... [More...]
The Gay Diplomat (1931)
Richard Boleslawski
Captain Orloff, a young officer in the Russian infantry, is sent to Bucherest on a vital mission: to uncover an enemy agent who is believed to be a woman... [More...]
Richard Boleslawski
Captain Orloff, a young officer in the Russian infantry, is sent to Bucherest on a vital mission: to uncover an enemy agent who is believed to be a woman... [More...]
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
Elia Kazan
Shortly after moving to New York City with his ten-year-old son and mother, journalist Phil Green accepts a commission from magazine proprietor John Minify to write a series of articles on anti-Semitism in the United States... [More...]
Elia Kazan
Shortly after moving to New York City with his ten-year-old son and mother, journalist Phil Green accepts a commission from magazine proprietor John Minify to write a series of articles on anti-Semitism in the United States... [More...]
The Getaway (1972)
Sam Peckinpah
Carter McCoy is serving a ten-year stretch in prison. After he is refused parole, he sends his wife Carol to make a deal with crooked businessman Jack Benyon... [More...]
Sam Peckinpah
Carter McCoy is serving a ten-year stretch in prison. After he is refused parole, he sends his wife Carol to make a deal with crooked businessman Jack Benyon... [More...]
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Recently widowed, Mrs Lucy Muir decides to leave her in-laws in London and start a new life, with her young daughter, by the seaside... [More...]
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Recently widowed, Mrs Lucy Muir decides to leave her in-laws in London and start a new life, with her young daughter, by the seaside... [More...]
Giant (1956)
George Stevens
In the 1930s, Bick Benedict is the owner of a mammoth Texan cattle ranch which has made him one of the wealthiest men in the state... [More...]
George Stevens
In the 1930s, Bick Benedict is the owner of a mammoth Texan cattle ranch which has made him one of the wealthiest men in the state... [More...]
Gilda (1946)
Charles Vidor
Not long after his arrival in Buenos Aires, crooked gambler Johnny Farrell is hired by the wealthy entrepreneur Ballin Mundson to work in his illicit casino... [More...]
Charles Vidor
Not long after his arrival in Buenos Aires, crooked gambler Johnny Farrell is hired by the wealthy entrepreneur Ballin Mundson to work in his illicit casino... [More...]
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955)
Richard Fleischer
New York in the early 1900s. As soon as he catches his first glimpse of Evelyn Nesbit, a dazzling young actress, Stanford White finds he is irresistibly drawn to her... [More...]
Richard Fleischer
New York in the early 1900s. As soon as he catches his first glimpse of Evelyn Nesbit, a dazzling young actress, Stanford White finds he is irresistibly drawn to her... [More...]
The Glass Key (1942)
Stuart Heisler
Former crook Paul Madvig offers his services as the electoral agent for the scrupulously honest Ralph Henry in the coming mayoral elections - partly to show he is a reformed character, but also so that he can win the girl he loves, Henry's daughter Janet... [More...]
Stuart Heisler
Former crook Paul Madvig offers his services as the electoral agent for the scrupulously honest Ralph Henry in the coming mayoral elections - partly to show he is a reformed character, but also so that he can win the girl he loves, Henry's daughter Janet... [More...]
The Glass Web (1953)
Jack Arnold
Don Newell is the lead writer on a popular television show Crime of the Week, which reconstructs recent criminal incidents as authentically as possible... [More...]
Jack Arnold
Don Newell is the lead writer on a popular television show Crime of the Week, which reconstructs recent criminal incidents as authentically as possible... [More...]