Film Index
American cinema: Thriller
The Brain Eaters (1958)
Bruno VeSota
In the small Illinois town of Riverdale, a mysterious cone-like structure suddenly appears from nowhere. It is made of some kind of metal that appears to be uncuttable and the interior is empty, just a spiralling maze of narrow conduits that go on forever...
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Bruno VeSota
Brazil (1985)
Terry Gilliam
Somewhere in the 20th century, Sam Lowry dutifully carries out his duties as a low-ranking government employee in the Department of Records at the Ministry of Information...
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Terry Gilliam
Brute Force (1947)
Jules Dassin
The inmates of Westgate Prison, a United States penitentiary, are growing increasingly fractious as the prison authorities gradually erode their privileges and make life more unbearable...
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Jules Dassin
Bullets or Ballots (1936)
William Keighley
New York newspaper publisher Ward Bryant embarks on a one-man crusade against the racketeers who are, in his belief, wrecking the moral fabric of his country...
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William Keighley
Bullitt (1968)
Peter Yates
What starts out as a routine assignment for San Francisco police lieutenant Frank Bullitt soon turns into something far deadlier...
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Peter Yates
Call Northside 777 (1948)
Henry Hathaway
In 1932, in the era of prohibition, the police of Chicago are fighting a losing battle against the mobsters and the bootleggers... [More...]
Henry Hathaway
In 1932, in the era of prohibition, the police of Chicago are fighting a losing battle against the mobsters and the bootleggers... [More...]
Casino Royale (1967)
Val Guest
Against his will, the original James Bond is brought out of retirement to foil a dastardly plot by SMERSH, an enemy organisation run by the evil Dr Noah... [More...]
Val Guest
Against his will, the original James Bond is brought out of retirement to foil a dastardly plot by SMERSH, an enemy organisation run by the evil Dr Noah... [More...]
The Cat and the Canary (1927)
Paul Leni
As millionaire Cyrus West nears death, his relatives descend on his ancient mausoleum of a house like cats around a canary... [More...]
Paul Leni
As millionaire Cyrus West nears death, his relatives descend on his ancient mausoleum of a house like cats around a canary... [More...]
Cat People (1942)
Jacques Tourneur
During a visit to the zoo, Oliver Reed meets Irena Dubrovna, an East European immigrant who works as a fashion designer in New York... [More...]
Jacques Tourneur
During a visit to the zoo, Oliver Reed meets Irena Dubrovna, an East European immigrant who works as a fashion designer in New York... [More...]
Charade (1963)
Stanley Donen
Reggie Lambert returns from a holiday in the French Alps to learn that her husband has been murdered, thrown from a train in his pyjamas... [More...]
Stanley Donen
Reggie Lambert returns from a holiday in the French Alps to learn that her husband has been murdered, thrown from a train in his pyjamas... [More...]
Children of the Corn (1984)
Fritz Kiersch
Accompanied by his girlfriend Vicky, Burt is on his way to Seattle to take up his new post as a physician. Whilst driving down a deserted road bordered by cornfields, Burt knocks down a child who is standing motionless in the middle of the road... [More...]
Fritz Kiersch
Accompanied by his girlfriend Vicky, Burt is on his way to Seattle to take up his new post as a physician. Whilst driving down a deserted road bordered by cornfields, Burt knocks down a child who is standing motionless in the middle of the road... [More...]
Chinatown (1974)
Roman Polanski
Jake Gittes is a Los Angeles private investigator who specialises in adultery cases. He is hired by Mrs Mulwray to provide her with evidence that her husband, who happens to be the head of the city's water department, is having an affair with a young woman... [More...]
Roman Polanski
Jake Gittes is a Los Angeles private investigator who specialises in adultery cases. He is hired by Mrs Mulwray to provide her with evidence that her husband, who happens to be the head of the city's water department, is having an affair with a young woman... [More...]
Christine (1983)
John Carpenter
Arnie Cunningham is a 17-year-old high school geek whose life is made Hell at home by his straitlaced parents and at school by knife-wielding bullies... [More...]
John Carpenter
Arnie Cunningham is a 17-year-old high school geek whose life is made Hell at home by his straitlaced parents and at school by knife-wielding bullies... [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 Collector (1965)
William Wyler
Having won a fortune on the football pools, Freddie Clegg, a modest bank clerk, decides to buy a solitary house in the middle of the English countryside... [More...]
William Wyler
Having won a fortune on the football pools, Freddie Clegg, a modest bank clerk, decides to buy a solitary house in the middle of the English countryside... [More...]
Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)
Anatole Litvak
1938, a decisive year in the history of man. Under the leadership of Adolf Hitler, the Nazis have committed themselves to a fascist dream that will make Germany the centre of a new world empire... [More...]
Anatole Litvak
1938, a decisive year in the history of man. Under the leadership of Adolf Hitler, the Nazis have committed themselves to a fascist dream that will make Germany the centre of a new world empire... [More...]
Conflict (1945)
Curtis Bernhardt
To their friends, Richard and Kathryn Mason are the ideal married couple. In reality, their marriage is a sham, since Richard has fallen in love with his wife's younger sister, Evelyn... [More...]
Curtis Bernhardt
To their friends, Richard and Kathryn Mason are the ideal married couple. In reality, their marriage is a sham, since Richard has fallen in love with his wife's younger sister, Evelyn... [More...]
Cornered (1945)
Edward Dmytryk
Immediately after WWII, Laurence Gerard, a former Canadian fighter pilot, returns to France, eager to be reunited with the woman he married during his brief stay there in the war... [More...]
Edward Dmytryk
Immediately after WWII, Laurence Gerard, a former Canadian fighter pilot, returns to France, eager to be reunited with the woman he married during his brief stay there in the war... [More...]
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
Jack Arnold
A party of geologists is exploring a region of the Amazon when they make a remarkable discovery: the fossilised hand of a creature that appears to be half-fish, half-man... [More...]
Jack Arnold
A party of geologists is exploring a region of the Amazon when they make a remarkable discovery: the fossilised hand of a creature that appears to be half-fish, half-man... [More...]
Cry of the City (1948)
Robert Siodmak
After a shoot out with the police, hardened crook Martin Rome ends up in hospital having shot dead a cop. Whilst he is recovering he is visited by his fiancée Teena Ricante and is pressurised by a lawyer named Niles to confess to participating in a jewel robbery, a crime of which he is innocent... [More...]
Robert Siodmak
After a shoot out with the police, hardened crook Martin Rome ends up in hospital having shot dead a cop. Whilst he is recovering he is visited by his fiancée Teena Ricante and is pressurised by a lawyer named Niles to confess to participating in a jewel robbery, a crime of which he is innocent... [More...]
Cry Terror! (1958)
Andrew L. Stone
Electronics expert Jim Molner has his world turned upside down when he becomes unwittingly implicated in an extortion racket which might, literally, have explosive consequences... [More...]
Andrew L. Stone
Electronics expert Jim Molner has his world turned upside down when he becomes unwittingly implicated in an extortion racket which might, literally, have explosive consequences... [More...]
D.O.A. (1950)
Rudolph Maté
A man walks into an urban police station to report his own murder. He is Frank Bigelow, an accountant from a small Californian town who recently went missing after learning he had ingested a fatal dose of a luminous poison... [More...]
Rudolph Maté
A man walks into an urban police station to report his own murder. He is Frank Bigelow, an accountant from a small Californian town who recently went missing after learning he had ingested a fatal dose of a luminous poison... [More...]
Damien: Omen II (1978)
Don Taylor
After the brutal death of his parents, six-year-old Damien Thorn is adopted by his uncle, Richard Thorn, who sits at the head of a vast business empire... [More...]
Don Taylor
After the brutal death of his parents, six-year-old Damien Thorn is adopted by his uncle, Richard Thorn, who sits at the head of a vast business empire... [More...]
The Dark Corner (1946)
Henry Hathaway
Shortly after opening a private detective agency in New York, Bradford Galt's unlucky past begins to catch up with him. One evening, whilst dating his attractive secretary, Kathleen, he notices that he is being trailed by a strange man in a white suit... [More...]
Henry Hathaway
Shortly after opening a private detective agency in New York, Bradford Galt's unlucky past begins to catch up with him. One evening, whilst dating his attractive secretary, Kathleen, he notices that he is being trailed by a strange man in a white suit... [More...]
The Dark Mirror (1946)
Robert Siodmak
When a doctor is found dead, stabbed to death in his apartment, Lieutenant Stevenson soon assembles three witnesses who are willing to testify that the killer is the victim's girlfriend, Terry Collins... [More...]
Robert Siodmak
When a doctor is found dead, stabbed to death in his apartment, Lieutenant Stevenson soon assembles three witnesses who are willing to testify that the killer is the victim's girlfriend, Terry Collins... [More...]
Dark Passage (1947)
Delmer Daves
Wrongly convicted for the murder of his wife, Vincent Parry escapes from prison with the intention of bringing the real culprit to justice... [More...]
Delmer Daves
Wrongly convicted for the murder of his wife, Vincent Parry escapes from prison with the intention of bringing the real culprit to justice... [More...]
The Dark Past (1948)
Rudolph Maté
Psychiatrist Dr Andrew Collins is spending a peaceful weekend at his country house with his wife and a few friends when gangster Al Walker walks in, looking for a hideout for a few hours... [More...]
Rudolph Maté
Psychiatrist Dr Andrew Collins is spending a peaceful weekend at his country house with his wife and a few friends when gangster Al Walker walks in, looking for a hideout for a few hours... [More...]
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
George A. Romero
The world is in the grip of an unexplained pandemic. The bodies of the dead have become reanimated and are preying on the flesh of the living, creating worldwide pandemonium... [More...]
George A. Romero
The world is in the grip of an unexplained pandemic. The bodies of the dead have become reanimated and are preying on the flesh of the living, creating worldwide pandemonium... [More...]
Day of the Dead (1985)
George A. Romero
Human civilization is virtually at an end, obliterated by a mysterious plague that is animating the dead, turning them into flesh-eating zombies with disgusting table manners... [More...]
George A. Romero
Human civilization is virtually at an end, obliterated by a mysterious plague that is animating the dead, turning them into flesh-eating zombies with disgusting table manners... [More...]
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Robert Wise
The world falls under a spell of expectant dread when a flying saucer appears in orbit above the Earth before landing in Washington D.C... [More...]
Robert Wise
The world falls under a spell of expectant dread when a flying saucer appears in orbit above the Earth before landing in Washington D.C... [More...]