Film Index
American cinema: Romance
Christmas in July (1940)
Preston Sturges
Jimmy MacDonald is a low-paid clerk in the Baxter Coffee House Company. Desperately short of cash, he enters a rival company's slogan competition, and expects to win the $25,000 prize...
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Preston Sturges
Christopher Strong (1933)
Dorothy Arzner
For a bet, socialite Monica Strong brings together her father, the English Member of Parliament Christopher Strong, and committed aviatrix Lady Cynthia Darrington...
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Dorothy Arzner
El Cid (1961)
Anthony Mann
In the 11th century, Spain is a divided country. The wars between the Christians and the Moors have raged for many years but now Spain faces a greater threat, from the Muslim general Ibn Yusuf, who has amassed an army in readiness to invade the country...
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Anthony Mann
The Circus (1928)
Charles Chaplin
Mistaken for a pickpocket, a tramp is pursued by a policeman through a fairground and takes refuge in a circus big top. When he inadvertently makes the audience roar with laughter, the tramp is immediately engaged by the circus proprietor...
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Charles Chaplin
City Girl (1930)
F.W. Murnau
Tustine, a patriarchal Minnesota farmer, sends his son Lem to town to get the best price he can for the year's wheat crop...
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F.W. Murnau
City Lights (1931)
Charles Chaplin
One evening, a good natured tramp talks a depressed millionaire out of killing himself and, in his gratitude, the millionaire declares that they will be friends for life... [More...]
Charles Chaplin
One evening, a good natured tramp talks a depressed millionaire out of killing himself and, in his gratitude, the millionaire declares that they will be friends for life... [More...]
Cleopatra (1963)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
In 48 BC, Julius Caesar pursues his enemy Pompey to Egypt, where he hopes to forge an alliance with the Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII and his sister Cleopatra... [More...]
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
In 48 BC, Julius Caesar pursues his enemy Pompey to Egypt, where he hopes to forge an alliance with the Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII and his sister Cleopatra... [More...]
Cloak and Dagger (1946)
Fritz Lang
One day, in the latter years of WWII, Alvah Jesper, a physics professor at an American university, receives an unexpected visit from a secret services official... [More...]
Fritz Lang
One day, in the latter years of WWII, Alvah Jesper, a physics professor at an American university, receives an unexpected visit from a secret services official... [More...]
The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
H.C. Potter
When Mary Smith, the daughter of an aspiring Presidential candidate, is caught in a raid on a dance club, she is sent off to Palm Beach to avoid bringing her father into disrepute... [More...]
H.C. Potter
When Mary Smith, the daughter of an aspiring Presidential candidate, is caught in a raid on a dance club, she is sent off to Palm Beach to avoid bringing her father into disrepute... [More...]
The Crash (1932)
William Dieterle
To escape her poverty-ridden background, Linda Gault marries wealthy stockbroker Geoff Gault, but theirs is clearly a marriage of convenience, not of love... [More...]
William Dieterle
To escape her poverty-ridden background, Linda Gault marries wealthy stockbroker Geoff Gault, but theirs is clearly a marriage of convenience, not of love... [More...]
The Damned Don't Cry (1950)
Vincent Sherman
Investigating the murder of a notorious gangster, the police make a connection between the dead man and the wealthy socialite Lorna Hansen Forbes, a woman with an uncertain past... [More...]
Vincent Sherman
Investigating the murder of a notorious gangster, the police make a connection between the dead man and the wealthy socialite Lorna Hansen Forbes, a woman with an uncertain past... [More...]
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
Stephen Frears
France, circa 1760. Behind a façade of scrupulous respectability, the Marquise de Merteuil delights in inflicting cruelty on those who do her wrong through her meticulously calculated romantic intrigues... [More...]
Stephen Frears
France, circa 1760. Behind a façade of scrupulous respectability, the Marquise de Merteuil delights in inflicting cruelty on those who do her wrong through her meticulously calculated romantic intrigues... [More...]
Dark Victory (1939)
Edmund Goulding
Long Island society heiress Judith Traherne has an appetite for fast living - parties, horses and cars being just three of her interests... [More...]
Edmund Goulding
Long Island society heiress Judith Traherne has an appetite for fast living - parties, horses and cars being just three of her interests... [More...]
Days of Glory (1944)
Jacques Tourneur
In 1941, scattered bands of Soviet guerrillas wage a fierce battle against the advancing Nazi troops, hindering Germany's progress on the Eastern Front and buying the Red Army time to launch a counter-offensive... [More...]
Jacques Tourneur
In 1941, scattered bands of Soviet guerrillas wage a fierce battle against the advancing Nazi troops, hindering Germany's progress on the Eastern Front and buying the Red Army time to launch a counter-offensive... [More...]
Dead Reckoning (1947)
John Cromwell
After World War II, paratroopers Rip Murdock and Johnny Drake are on their way back to Washington, looking forward to their return to civilian life... [More...]
John Cromwell
After World War II, paratroopers Rip Murdock and Johnny Drake are on their way back to Washington, looking forward to their return to civilian life... [More...]
Deadline at Dawn (1946)
Harold Clurman
Alex Winkley, a sailor on leave in New York City, wakes up to find he has a large wad of cash on his person. He vaguely recalls that he visited a woman, Edna Bartelli, earlier that evening and concludes he must have taken the money from her... [More...]
Harold Clurman
Alex Winkley, a sailor on leave in New York City, wakes up to find he has a large wad of cash on his person. He vaguely recalls that he visited a woman, Edna Bartelli, earlier that evening and concludes he must have taken the money from her... [More...]
Deception (1946)
Irving Rapper
It has been many years since Christine Radcliffe last saw her lover Karel Novak, in Europe during WWII. Convinced that Karel is dead, Christine has attempted to build a new life for herself as a musician in New York, supported by her wealthy new lover, the world famous composer Alexander Hollenius... [More...]
Irving Rapper
It has been many years since Christine Radcliffe last saw her lover Karel Novak, in Europe during WWII. Convinced that Karel is dead, Christine has attempted to build a new life for herself as a musician in New York, supported by her wealthy new lover, the world famous composer Alexander Hollenius... [More...]
Desk Set (1957)
Walter Lang
Bunny Watson runs the reference department of the Federal Broadcasting Network, leading a team that provides answers swiftly and accurately on a whole range of topics to anyone else in the company... [More...]
Walter Lang
Bunny Watson runs the reference department of the Federal Broadcasting Network, leading a team that provides answers swiftly and accurately on a whole range of topics to anyone else in the company... [More...]
The Devil Is a Woman (1935)
Josef von Sternberg
In the midst of a busy carnival in Spain, a young revolutionary named Antonio is attracted to Concha, a beautiful and elusive woman... [More...]
Josef von Sternberg
In the midst of a busy carnival in Spain, a young revolutionary named Antonio is attracted to Concha, a beautiful and elusive woman... [More...]
Divergent (2014)
Neil Burger
In the not too distant future, Béatrice is a 16-year-old girl who is confronted with a decision that will determine the future course of her life... [More...]
Neil Burger
In the not too distant future, Béatrice is a 16-year-old girl who is confronted with a decision that will determine the future course of her life... [More...]
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
David Lean
After the death of his mother, 8-year-old Yuri Zhivago is adopted by the bourgeois Gromekos and taken to their home in Moscow... [More...]
David Lean
After the death of his mother, 8-year-old Yuri Zhivago is adopted by the bourgeois Gromekos and taken to their home in Moscow... [More...]
Dracula (1992)
Francis Ford Coppola
In 1462, Vlad Dracula survives a bloody war against Turkish invaders only to find that his wife Elisabeta has killed herself upon receiving a false report that he was slain in battle... [More...]
Francis Ford Coppola
In 1462, Vlad Dracula survives a bloody war against Turkish invaders only to find that his wife Elisabeta has killed herself upon receiving a false report that he was slain in battle... [More...]
Dragonwyck (1946)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
In 1844, Connecticut farm girl Miranda Wells goes against the wishes of her puritanical father by accepting an invitation to live in the house of her aristocratic cousin Nicholas Van Ryn... [More...]
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
In 1844, Connecticut farm girl Miranda Wells goes against the wishes of her puritanical father by accepting an invitation to live in the house of her aristocratic cousin Nicholas Van Ryn... [More...]
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Tim Burton
On a hill overlooking a typical American suburban town there is an old Gothic mansion, which is home to Edward, an artificial teenage boy who has scissors for hands and whose one talent is topiary... [More...]
Tim Burton
On a hill overlooking a typical American suburban town there is an old Gothic mansion, which is home to Edward, an artificial teenage boy who has scissors for hands and whose one talent is topiary... [More...]
The English Patient (1996)
Anthony Minghella
In Italy towards the end of the World War Two, a Canadian nurse Hana is tending to a disfigured pilot whose aircraft was shot down in North Africa... [More...]
Anthony Minghella
In Italy towards the end of the World War Two, a Canadian nurse Hana is tending to a disfigured pilot whose aircraft was shot down in North Africa... [More...]
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex - But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)
Woody Allen
This helpful guide to sex will address some of the burning questions you have long pondered but have been too nervous to seek answers to... [More...]
Woody Allen
This helpful guide to sex will address some of the burning questions you have long pondered but have been too nervous to seek answers to... [More...]
Experiment Perilous (1944)
Jacques Tourneur
Dr Huntington Bailey is on his way to New York by train when he is accosted by an old woman who introduces herself as Cissie Bederaux... [More...]
Jacques Tourneur
Dr Huntington Bailey is on his way to New York by train when he is accosted by an old woman who introduces herself as Cissie Bederaux... [More...]
The Fabulous Dorseys (1947)
Alfred E. Green
In 1916, Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey are two boys growing up in Pennsylvania who are reluctant music students, despite the best efforts of their father, a miner who is determined they will not follow in his footsteps... [More...]
Alfred E. Green
In 1916, Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey are two boys growing up in Pennsylvania who are reluctant music students, despite the best efforts of their father, a miner who is determined they will not follow in his footsteps... [More...]
Fallen Angel (1945)
Otto Preminger
Unable to pay the bus fare to complete his journey to San Francisco, down-at-heel press agent Eric Stanton ends up in a small coastal town with barely enough money to pay for his next meal... [More...]
Otto Preminger
Unable to pay the bus fare to complete his journey to San Francisco, down-at-heel press agent Eric Stanton ends up in a small coastal town with barely enough money to pay for his next meal... [More...]
Father Goose (1964)
Ralph Nelson
Walter Eckland has turned his back on the world and plans to sit out WWII in peace in the South Pacific. Unfortunately, Fate has other ideas... [More...]
Ralph Nelson
Walter Eckland has turned his back on the world and plans to sit out WWII in peace in the South Pacific. Unfortunately, Fate has other ideas... [More...]