Film Index
American cinema: Thriller
The Unknown (1927)
Tod Browning
Alonzo the Armless is the main attraction in a Spanish circus with his knife throwing act, which he performs with the use of his feet...
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Tod Browning
The Untouchables (1987)
Brian De Palma
In 1930s Chicago, the sale of alcohol is prohibited, allowing shady entrepreneurs like Al Capone to make a fortune by peddling illicit liquor at skyrocket prices...
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Brian De Palma
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
The Velvet Touch (1948)
Jack Gage
Not satisfied with her success as a popular Broadway actress, Valerie Stanton desperately wants to broaden her repertoire by appearing in serious plays like Ibsen's Hedda Gabler instead of the usual frothy nonsense she is known for...
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Jack Gage
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
Vespro d'un rinnegato (2012)
Carlo Fusco
A series of murders begins David's story - confused memories from when he lived in Sicily, when he wasn't yet blind and belonged to the Cortello clan which lorded over the territory... [More...]
Carlo Fusco
A series of murders begins David's story - confused memories from when he lived in Sicily, when he wasn't yet blind and belonged to the Cortello clan which lorded over the territory... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
Irwin Allen
Seaview is a revolutionary nuclear submarine designed by the renowned scientist Admiral Harriman Nelson. During trials of the submarine beneath the Arctic ice cap, the crew discover that the surface temperature of the Earth has risen dramatically, causing icebergs to melt... [More...]
Irwin Allen
Seaview is a revolutionary nuclear submarine designed by the renowned scientist Admiral Harriman Nelson. During trials of the submarine beneath the Arctic ice cap, the crew discover that the surface temperature of the Earth has risen dramatically, causing icebergs to melt... [More...]
Wait Until Dark (1967)
Terence Young
On his return to New York, photographer Sam Hendrix is met by a woman he has never met before who asks him to take care of an antique doll... [More...]
Terence Young
On his return to New York, photographer Sam Hendrix is met by a woman he has never met before who asks him to take care of an antique doll... [More...]
The War of the Worlds (1953)
Byron Haskin
The peace of a small Californian town is disturbed when a huge meteorite crashes into the ground. Dr Clayton Forrester, an eminent physicist, happens to be holidaying in the area and cannot resist examining the meteorite... [More...]
Byron Haskin
The peace of a small Californian town is disturbed when a huge meteorite crashes into the ground. Dr Clayton Forrester, an eminent physicist, happens to be holidaying in the area and cannot resist examining the meteorite... [More...]
The Web (1947)
Michael Gordon
When small time lawyer Bob Regan harangues him for a petty claim multi-millionaire businessman Andrew Colby is so impressed that he immediately offers him a job, as his personal bodyguard... [More...]
Michael Gordon
When small time lawyer Bob Regan harangues him for a petty claim multi-millionaire businessman Andrew Colby is so impressed that he immediately offers him a job, as his personal bodyguard... [More...]
West of Zanzibar (1928)
Tod Browning
Anna cannot bear to tell her devoted husband, the magician Phroso, of her intention to leave him for another man, Crane. It is the latter who breaks the news and, in the ensuing brawl, Phroso falls from a great height and breaks both his legs... [More...]
Tod Browning
Anna cannot bear to tell her devoted husband, the magician Phroso, of her intention to leave him for another man, Crane. It is the latter who breaks the news and, in the ensuing brawl, Phroso falls from a great height and breaks both his legs... [More...]
Westworld (1973)
Michael Crichton
In the throes of a messy divorce, Peter Martin agrees to accompany his friend John Blane on a visit to Delos, an adult amusement park where the guests can live out their wildest fantasies for a thousand dollars a day... [More...]
Michael Crichton
In the throes of a messy divorce, Peter Martin agrees to accompany his friend John Blane on a visit to Delos, an adult amusement park where the guests can live out their wildest fantasies for a thousand dollars a day... [More...]
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Robert Aldrich
In 1917, Baby Jane Hudson is a child star of the music hall, but her success is envied by her sister Blanche. By 1935, the tables have been turned: Blanche has found fame and fortune as a film star whilst her sister wallows in alcoholism as her own acting career flounders... [More...]
Robert Aldrich
In 1917, Baby Jane Hudson is a child star of the music hall, but her success is envied by her sister Blanche. By 1935, the tables have been turned: Blanche has found fame and fortune as a film star whilst her sister wallows in alcoholism as her own acting career flounders... [More...]
The Whip Hand (1951)
William Cameron Menzies
Whilst on a fishing holiday at Lake Winnoga, Wisconsin, reporter Matt Corbin stumbles across a town with a mysterious secret... [More...]
William Cameron Menzies
Whilst on a fishing holiday at Lake Winnoga, Wisconsin, reporter Matt Corbin stumbles across a town with a mysterious secret... [More...]
Whirlpool (1949)
Otto Preminger
Ann Sutton, the wife of the renowned psychoanalyst Dr Bill Sutton, is out shopping one day when she is caught shoplifting in a Los Angeles department store... [More...]
Otto Preminger
Ann Sutton, the wife of the renowned psychoanalyst Dr Bill Sutton, is out shopping one day when she is caught shoplifting in a Los Angeles department store... [More...]
White Heat (1949)
Raoul Walsh
Cody Jarett is the psychotic leader of a gang of crooks which the FBI has been trying to round up for some time. The only person Jarett trusts is his mother, who is every bit as tough and resourceful as he is, and far more reliable than his egoistical wife... [More...]
Raoul Walsh
Cody Jarett is the psychotic leader of a gang of crooks which the FBI has been trying to round up for some time. The only person Jarett trusts is his mother, who is every bit as tough and resourceful as he is, and far more reliable than his egoistical wife... [More...]
White Zombie (1932)
Victor Halperin
On the eve of their wedding in Haiti, Madeleine Short and Neil Parker stay at the home of a wealthy plantation owner, Charles Beaumont... [More...]
Victor Halperin
On the eve of their wedding in Haiti, Madeleine Short and Neil Parker stay at the home of a wealthy plantation owner, Charles Beaumont... [More...]
The Whole Town's Talking (1935)
John Ford
Arthur Ferguson Jones is a mild-mannered office clerk whose closest companions are his cat and his canary. For months, he has had a secret crush on one of his colleagues, Miss Clark, but he is too shy to speak to her... [More...]
John Ford
Arthur Ferguson Jones is a mild-mannered office clerk whose closest companions are his cat and his canary. For months, he has had a secret crush on one of his colleagues, Miss Clark, but he is too shy to speak to her... [More...]
The Woman in Green (1945)
Roy William Neill
London is terrorised by a serial killer who preys on young women, cutting off their right forefingers after slaying them in the most brutal manner... [More...]
Roy William Neill
London is terrorised by a serial killer who preys on young women, cutting off their right forefingers after slaying them in the most brutal manner... [More...]
The Woman in the Window (1944)
Fritz Lang
Richard Wanley is a humdrum college professor who is looking forward to an uneventful few weeks of bachelor living while his wife takes their children away for the annual holiday... [More...]
Fritz Lang
Richard Wanley is a humdrum college professor who is looking forward to an uneventful few weeks of bachelor living while his wife takes their children away for the annual holiday... [More...]
The World Is Not Enough (1999)
Michael Apted
A mission goes horribly wrong when MI6 agent James Bond is unwittingly used in an assassination plot to kill the British oil tycoon Sir Robert King... [More...]
Michael Apted
A mission goes horribly wrong when MI6 agent James Bond is unwittingly used in an assassination plot to kill the British oil tycoon Sir Robert King... [More...]
The Wrong Man (1956)
Alfred Hitchcock
Working as a bass player in an exclusive New York nightclub, Manny Balestrero earns just enough to keep himself, his wife Rose and his two young sons... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
Working as a bass player in an exclusive New York nightclub, Manny Balestrero earns just enough to keep himself, his wife Rose and his two young sons... [More...]
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Mel Brooks
Dr Frederick Frankenstein is a medical school lecturer who just happens to be the grandson of the mad scientist Baron von Frankenstein, whose monster-making exploits have been widely reported in books, films and comic books by irresponsible sensationalists... [More...]
Mel Brooks
Dr Frederick Frankenstein is a medical school lecturer who just happens to be the grandson of the mad scientist Baron von Frankenstein, whose monster-making exploits have been widely reported in books, films and comic books by irresponsible sensationalists... [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...]