Film Index
American cinema: Thriller
Tales from the Crypt (1972)
Freddie Francis
Visiting some ancient catacombs, five strangers are taken to the Crypt Keeper, a hooded old man who recounts a story in which each of them meets a gruesome demise...
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Freddie Francis
The Talk of the Town (1942)
George Stevens
When a fabrics mill goes up in flames, one of its employees, Leopold Dilg, is arrested on a charge of arson. The jury at his trial are unlikely to show him any leniency, as the mill foreman died in the fire...
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George Stevens
Tarantula (1955)
Jack Arnold
When the body of a man is found on the outskirts of a desert town, the county sheriff calls in Dr Matt Hastings to ascertain the cause of death...
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Jack Arnold
Taxi Driver (1976)
Martin Scorsese
Travis Bickle is a Vietnam War veteran whose return to civilian life in New York City is proving to be an ordeal. In a bid to cure himself of his insomnia, he finds work as a night time taxi driver, indifferent to the risks he runs as he covers the seedier districts of the city...
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Martin Scorsese
Terror by Night (1946)
Roy William Neill
Roland Carstairs engages Sherlock Holmes to guard his mother's priceless diamond, the famed Star of Rhodesia, during a train journey from London to Edinburgh...
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Roy William Neill
The Terror (1963)
Roger Corman
Lieutenant André Duvalier is an officer in the French Foreign Legion. Having been separated from his regiment, he finds himself alone on a deserted beach... [More...]
Roger Corman
Lieutenant André Duvalier is an officer in the French Foreign Legion. Having been separated from his regiment, he finds himself alone on a deserted beach... [More...]
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Tobe Hooper
Worried that their grandfather's grave may have been desecrated by a maniac, Sally Hardesty and her wheelchair-bound brother Franklin visit the Texas cemetery where he is buried... [More...]
Tobe Hooper
Worried that their grandfather's grave may have been desecrated by a maniac, Sally Hardesty and her wheelchair-bound brother Franklin visit the Texas cemetery where he is buried... [More...]
Them! (1954)
Gordon Douglas
Patrolling the Alamogordo Desert in New Mexico, two police officers come across an abandoned trailer which has been inexplicably wrecked... [More...]
Gordon Douglas
Patrolling the Alamogordo Desert in New Mexico, two police officers come across an abandoned trailer which has been inexplicably wrecked... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]
The Thing (1982)
John Carpenter
In 1982, the staff of an American Antarctic research station are alerted by a Norwegian helicopter pursuing an Alaskan dog across the wintry terrain... [More...]
John Carpenter
In 1982, the staff of an American Antarctic research station are alerted by a Norwegian helicopter pursuing an Alaskan dog across the wintry terrain... [More...]
This Gun for Hire (1942)
Frank Tuttle
Raven is a man who kills for one motive. Money. When nightclub manager Will Gates hires him to kill a man and then pays him in stolen banknotes he isn't pleased... [More...]
Frank Tuttle
Raven is a man who kills for one motive. Money. When nightclub manager Will Gates hires him to kill a man and then pays him in stolen banknotes he isn't pleased... [More...]
This Island Earth (1955)
Joseph M. Newman
Dr Cal Meacham, an authority in electronics and nuclear physics, is surprised when he receives an unusual electronic component instead of the high voltage condenser he ordered... [More...]
Joseph M. Newman
Dr Cal Meacham, an authority in electronics and nuclear physics, is surprised when he receives an unusual electronic component instead of the high voltage condenser he ordered... [More...]
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...]
THX 1138 (1971)
George Lucas
The inhabitants of a futuristic underground city live a highly regimented existence, kept in a docile state by compulsory drug consumption... [More...]
George Lucas
The inhabitants of a futuristic underground city live a highly regimented existence, kept in a docile state by compulsory drug consumption... [More...]
To Catch a Thief (1955)
Alfred Hitchcock
The French Riviera is hit by a spate of jewel robberies and the local police immediately suspect John Robie, a once notorious cat burglar, now apparently a reformed character... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
The French Riviera is hit by a spate of jewel robberies and the local police immediately suspect John Robie, a once notorious cat burglar, now apparently a reformed character... [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 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...]
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Roger Spottiswoode
Media mogul Elliot Carver has big ambitions for his global media empire, the Carver Media Group Network, but unfortunately to achieve his aims he must risk provoking World War Three... [More...]
Roger Spottiswoode
Media mogul Elliot Carver has big ambitions for his global media empire, the Carver Media Group Network, but unfortunately to achieve his aims he must risk provoking World War Three... [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...]
Topkapi (1964)
Jules Dassin
Elizabeth Lipp and her lover Walter Harper plan to steal a priceless emerald-encrusted dagger from the Topkapi museum in Istabul... [More...]
Jules Dassin
Elizabeth Lipp and her lover Walter Harper plan to steal a priceless emerald-encrusted dagger from the Topkapi museum in Istabul... [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...]
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 Transporter (2002)
Louis Leterrier
Frank leads a comfortable life by the sea in Nice. He earns a decent wage as a courier, delivering anything, anywhere for anyone, but only if the price is right... [More...]
Louis Leterrier
Frank leads a comfortable life by the sea in Nice. He earns a decent wage as a courier, delivering anything, anywhere for anyone, but only if the price is right... [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...]
True Romance (1993)
Tony Scott
Clarence Worley is an Elvis Presley fan and film enthusiast who works in a comic book store in Detroit. To celebrate his birthday, he goes to watch a trio of martial arts films at his local cinema... [More...]
Tony Scott
Clarence Worley is an Elvis Presley fan and film enthusiast who works in a comic book store in Detroit. To celebrate his birthday, he goes to watch a trio of martial arts films at his local cinema... [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...]