Film Index
American cinema: Romance
The Vampire Lovers (1970)
Roy Ward Baker
In the mid-1800s, General von Spielsdorf is hosting a ball at his mansion in the small European country of Styria. When one of his guests, an unnamed countess, is called away, the General gladly agrees to take care of her daughter Marcilla...
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Roy Ward Baker
Vertigo (1958)
Alfred Hitchcock
When a rooftop chase ends in the death of one of his colleagues, San Francisco cop John Ferguson suddenly develops chronic acrophobia, an irrational fear of heights which forces him into early retirement...
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Alfred Hitchcock
Victory (1919)
Maurice Tourneur
For two years, Axel Heyst has lived the life of a total recluse on the small remote island of Samburan, a lonely outpost in the Dutch East Indies...
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Maurice Tourneur
The Virgin Queen (1955)
Henry Koster
England, 1583. Having distinguished himself as a solider in the Irish wars, Walter Raleigh contrives to win an audience with Queen Elizabeth so that he can win her patronage for his great ambition...
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Henry Koster
Vivacious Lady (1938)
George Stevens
At the request of his overbearing father, Peter Morgan, a university professor, is sent to Manhattan to bring back his playboy cousin Keith...
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George Stevens
War and Peace (1956)
King Vidor
Moscow, 1805. Pierre Bezukhov, a pacifist wastrel, is in love with Natasha, the daughter of the wealthy Count Rostov, but knows he cannot marry her since he is of illegitimate birth... [More...]
King Vidor
Moscow, 1805. Pierre Bezukhov, a pacifist wastrel, is in love with Natasha, the daughter of the wealthy Count Rostov, but knows he cannot marry her since he is of illegitimate birth... [More...]
West Side Story (1961)
Jerome Robbins
New York City in the late 1950s. Two rival gangs of youths, the Jets and the Sharks, fight an increasingly fierce turf war on the streets of Manhattan... [More...]
Jerome Robbins
New York City in the late 1950s. Two rival gangs of youths, the Jets and the Sharks, fight an increasingly fierce turf war on the streets of Manhattan... [More...]
White Cargo (1942)
Richard Thorpe
In 1910, Harry Witzel is the overseer of a rubber plantation in Africa. When his assistant is taken back to England, he gives his replacement, Longford, a cool reception... [More...]
Richard Thorpe
In 1910, Harry Witzel is the overseer of a rubber plantation in Africa. When his assistant is taken back to England, he gives his replacement, Longford, a cool reception... [More...]
White Christmas (1954)
Michael Curtiz
Christmas Eve, 1944 - somewhere in Europe. After staging a show in honour of their departing commanding officer, Major General Waverly, a platoon of U.S... [More...]
Michael Curtiz
Christmas Eve, 1944 - somewhere in Europe. After staging a show in honour of their departing commanding officer, Major General Waverly, a platoon of U.S... [More...]
Wild River (1960)
Elia Kazan
In the wake of devastating floods in the early 1930s, the Federal Government decides to embark on a programme of dam building on the Tennessee River that will not only preserve the region but will also generate huge quantities of electricity... [More...]
Elia Kazan
In the wake of devastating floods in the early 1930s, the Federal Government decides to embark on a programme of dam building on the Tennessee River that will not only preserve the region but will also generate huge quantities of electricity... [More...]
Woman of the Year (1942)
George Stevens
Sam Craig is a down-to-Earth sportswriter on a New York newspaper. Tess Harding may have a column on the same paper, but she appears to come from another world - a society girl who has become both a prominent political journalist and a torchbearer for feminism... [More...]
George Stevens
Sam Craig is a down-to-Earth sportswriter on a New York newspaper. Tess Harding may have a column on the same paper, but she appears to come from another world - a society girl who has become both a prominent political journalist and a torchbearer for feminism... [More...]
Written on the Wind (1956)
Douglas Sirk
Kyle Hadley, the son of one of America's wealthiest oil magnates, is used to getting what he wants. As soon as he meets Lucy Moore, the secretary of an advertising executive, he is determined to take her as his wife... [More...]
Douglas Sirk
Kyle Hadley, the son of one of America's wealthiest oil magnates, is used to getting what he wants. As soon as he meets Lucy Moore, the secretary of an advertising executive, he is determined to take her as his wife... [More...]
Wuthering Heights (1939)
William Wyler
Home to the Earnshaw family, Wuthering Heights sits proud and inviolable as a fortress on the wind-blasted Yorkshire Moors, oblivious to the tragedies that lie ahead... [More...]
William Wyler
Home to the Earnshaw family, Wuthering Heights sits proud and inviolable as a fortress on the wind-blasted Yorkshire Moors, oblivious to the tragedies that lie ahead... [More...]
Wuthering Heights (1992)
Peter Kosminsky
The Earnshaws live at Wuthering Heights, a gothic mansion set on the bleak moors in the north of England. Young Cathy Earnshaw is given a playmate when her father adopts a gipsy boy Heathcliff... [More...]
Peter Kosminsky
The Earnshaws live at Wuthering Heights, a gothic mansion set on the bleak moors in the north of England. Young Cathy Earnshaw is given a playmate when her father adopts a gipsy boy Heathcliff... [More...]
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Michael Curtiz
In 1942, the veteran star of Broadway George Michael Cohan is appearing in a musical satire in which he plays the President of the United States... [More...]
Michael Curtiz
In 1942, the veteran star of Broadway George Michael Cohan is appearing in a musical satire in which he plays the President of the United States... [More...]
You Belong to Me (1941)
Wesley Ruggles
Whilst skiing in the Rockies, millionaire playboy Peter Kirk comes a cropper when doctor Helen Hunt, a less adept skier, crosses his path... [More...]
Wesley Ruggles
Whilst skiing in the Rockies, millionaire playboy Peter Kirk comes a cropper when doctor Helen Hunt, a less adept skier, crosses his path... [More...]
You Can't Take It with You (1938)
Frank Capra
Anthony Kirby is the president of a major US bank. The embodiment of soulless capitalism, he has resolved to buy up a block of houses to make way for a munitions factory that will make him even wealthier... [More...]
Frank Capra
Anthony Kirby is the president of a major US bank. The embodiment of soulless capitalism, he has resolved to buy up a block of houses to make way for a munitions factory that will make him even wealthier... [More...]
You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
William A. Seiter
Robert Davis, an American dancer stranded in Buenos Aires without a peso to his name, is desperate to find work. His friend, bandleader Xavier Cugat, suggests that he should try to impress hotel owner Eduardo Acuña by performing at his eldest daughter's wedding... [More...]
William A. Seiter
Robert Davis, an American dancer stranded in Buenos Aires without a peso to his name, is desperate to find work. His friend, bandleader Xavier Cugat, suggests that he should try to impress hotel owner Eduardo Acuña by performing at his eldest daughter's wedding... [More...]
You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
Sidney Lanfield
Martin Courtland is a womanising theatrical producer on Broadway whose latest fancy is one of the dancers in his company, Sheila Winthrop... [More...]
Sidney Lanfield
Martin Courtland is a womanising theatrical producer on Broadway whose latest fancy is one of the dancers in his company, Sheila Winthrop... [More...]
Young at Heart (1954)
Gordon Douglas
Laurie Tuttle and her two sisters, Fran and Amy, live an idyllic life with their composer father and spinster Aunt Jessie in Connecticut... [More...]
Gordon Douglas
Laurie Tuttle and her two sisters, Fran and Amy, live an idyllic life with their composer father and spinster Aunt Jessie in Connecticut... [More...]
Young Ideas (1943)
Jules Dassin
When best-selling author Josephine Evans mysteriously disappears, her agent Adam Trent appeals to her children, Jeff and Susan, to find her and bring her back to New York... [More...]
Jules Dassin
When best-selling author Josephine Evans mysteriously disappears, her agent Adam Trent appeals to her children, Jeff and Susan, to find her and bring her back to New York... [More...]
Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
Robert Z. Leonard
Lift operator Sheila Regan can hardly believe her good fortune when she is invited to attend an audition to become a Ziegfeld girl and appear in the hit show Ziegfeld Follies... [More...]
Robert Z. Leonard
Lift operator Sheila Regan can hardly believe her good fortune when she is invited to attend an audition to become a Ziegfeld girl and appear in the hit show Ziegfeld Follies... [More...]
Zoo in Budapest (1933)
Rowland V. Lee
The zoo in Budapest is a popular attraction but no one loves the zoo's animals more than Zani, the son of a former keeper who has a natural rapport with beasts of any kind... [More...]
Rowland V. Lee
The zoo in Budapest is a popular attraction but no one loves the zoo's animals more than Zani, the son of a former keeper who has a natural rapport with beasts of any kind... [More...]