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A phony psychic/con artist and her taxi driver/actor boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California. Family Plot is a 1976 American black comedy thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock in his final directing role. It was based on Victor Canning's 1972 novel The Rainbird Pattern, which Ernest Lehman adapted for the screen. The film stars Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris and William Devane.
Topics: Family Plot, Alfred Hitchcock, Victor Canning, The Rainbird Pattern, Ernest Lehman, Karen Black,...
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In 1939 when an English hunter takes aim at Adolf Hitler with a rifle, he is captured, tortured and left for dead. He escapes but his captors pursue him to England. Rogue Male is a 1976 British television film starring Peter O'Toole, based on Geoffrey Household's 1939 novel Rogue Male. Made by the BBC, it was adapted by Frederic Raphael, directed by Clive Donner and also stars Alastair Sim, John Standing and Harold Pinter.
Topics: Rogue Male, Peter O'Toole, Geoffrey Household, Frederic Raphael, Clive Donner, Alastair Sim, John...
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An upstate Michigan lawyer defends a soldier who claims he killed an innkeeper due to temporary insanity after the victim raped his wife. What is the truth, and will he win his case? Anatomy of a Murder is a 1959 American courtroom drama and crime film produced and directed by Otto Preminger. The screenplay by Wendell Mayes was based on the 1958 novel of the same name written by Michigan Supreme Court Justice John D. Voelker under the pen name Robert Traver. Voelker based the novel on a...
Topics: Anatomy of a Murder, Otto Preminger, Wendell Mayes, John D. Voelker, Robert Traver, James Stewart,...
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When the first manned flight to Mars is deemed unsafe and scrubbed on the launch pad, anxious authorities must scramble to save face and retain their funding - and so an unthinkable plot to fake the mission is hatched. Capricorn One is a 1978 American thriller in which a reporter discovers that a supposed Mars landing by a crewed mission to the planet has been faked via a conspiracy involving the government and—under duress—the crew themselves. It was written and directed by Peter Hyams...
Topics: Capricorn One, Peter Hyams, Elliott Gould, James Brolin, Sam Waterston, O. J. Simpson, Hal...
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A recently-released ex-con and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes awry. The Getaway is a 1972 American action thriller film based on the 1958 novel by Jim Thompson. The film was directed by Sam Peckinpah, written by Walter Hill, and stars Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson, Al Lettieri, and Sally Struthers.
Topics: The Getaway, Jim Thompson, Sam Peckinpah, Walter Hill, Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson, Al...
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In Paris, a Polish gigolo marries a rich Jewish doctor and stands to inherit her estate when she is deported to Dachau by the Nazis. Return from the Ashes is a 1965 British thriller directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Ingrid Thulin, Maximilian Schell, Samantha Eggar and Herbert Lom. It is based on a novel by French crime writer Hubert Monteilhet, adapted for film by prolific screenwriter Julius J. Epstein.
Topics: Return from the Ashes, J. Lee Thompson, Ingrid Thulin, Maximilian Schell, Samantha Eggar, Herbert...
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Wealthy Sunny von Bülow lies brain-dead, husband Claus guilty of attempted murder; but he says he's innocent and hires Alan Dershowitz for his appeal. Reversal of Fortune is a 1990 American drama film adapted from the 1985 book Reversal of Fortune: Inside the von Bülow Case, written by law professor Alan Dershowitz. It recounts the true story of the unexplained coma of socialite Sunny von Bülow, the subsequent attempted murder trial, and the eventual acquittal of her husband, Claus von...
Topics: Reversal of Fortune, Alan Dershowitz, Sunny von Bülow, Claus von Bülow, Barbet Schroeder, Jeremy...
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John Steinbeck introduces a quintet of five of O. Henry's most celebrated stories from his New York Period (1902-1910) in this anthology film. O. Henry's Full House is a 1952 American anthology film made by 20th Century Fox, consisting of five films, each based on a story by O. Henry. Directed by: Henry Koster Henry Hathaway Jean Negulesco Howard Hawks Henry King Screenplays by: Richard L. Breen Walter Bullock Ivan Goff Ben Hecht Nunnally Johnson Charles Lederer Ben Roberts Lamar Trotti...
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Topics: Henry Koster, Henry Hathaway, Jean Negulesco, Howard Hawks, Henry KingRichard L. Breen, Walter...
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In Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other, or can be made to have seemed to do so. The Wrong Box is a 1966 British comedy film produced and directed by Bryan Forbes from a screenplay by Larry Gelbart and Burt Shevelove, based on the 1889 novel The Wrong Box by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne. It was made by Salamander Film Productions and distributed by Columbia Pictures. The cast includes a number of Britain's leading actors and comic...
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Topics: The Wrong Box, Bryan Forbes, Larry Gelbart, Burt Shevelove, Robert Louis Stevenson, John Mills,...
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The life of a disc jockey is turned upside down after a romantic encounter with an obsessed fan. Play Misty for Me is a 1971 American psychological thriller directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, his directorial debut. Jessica Walter and Donna Mills co-star. The screenplay, written by regular Eastwood collaborators Jo Heims and Dean Riesner, follows a radio disc jockey (Eastwood) being stalked by an obsessed female fan (Walter).
Topics: Play Misty for Me, Clint Eastwood, Jessica Walter, Donna Mills, Jo Heims, Dean Riesner
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As a lawyer investigates the murder of a colleague, he finds himself more connected to the crime than anyone else. Presumed Innocent is a 1990 American legal thriller film based on the 1987 novel of the same name by Scott Turow. Directed by Alan J. Pakula, and written by Pakula and Frank Pierson, it stars Harrison Ford, Brian Dennehy, Raúl Juliá, Bonnie Bedelia, Paul Winfield and Greta Scacchi. The film follows Rusty Sabich (Ford), a prosecutor who is charged with the murder of his...
Topics: Presumed Innocent, Scott Turow, Alan J. Pakula, Frank Pierson, Harrison Ford, Brian Dennehy, Raúl...
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A New York cop is recruited to return to his hometown and infiltrate the mob ran by his best friend's brother. State of Grace is a 1990 American neo-noir crime film directed by Phil Joanou and starring Sean Penn, Ed Harris and Gary Oldman, also featuring Robin Wright, John Turturro, and John C. Reilly. Written by playwright Dennis McIntyre, the film was executive-produced by Ned Dowd, Randy Ostrow, and Ron Rotholz, with a musical score by Ennio Morricone.
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Instead of coming in from the Cold War, British agent Alec Leamas chooses to face another mission. The Spy Who Came In from the Cold is a 1965 British Cold War spy film based on the 1963 novel of the same name by John le Carré. The film stars Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, and Oskar Werner. It was directed by Martin Ritt, and the screenplay was written by Paul Dehn and Guy Trosper.
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A married writer has an affair with his secretary. Charlie Bubbles is a 1968 British comedy-drama film directed by Albert Finney in his feature directorial debut. The film stars Finney alongside Billie Whitelaw and Liza Minnelli.
Topics: Charlie Bubbles, Albert Finney, Billie Whitelaw, Liza Minnelli
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Inspired by his love for Dashiell Hammett novels, nightclub comedian Eddie Ginley puts an ad in the paper as a private eye. The case he gets turns out to be a strange setup and as he digs to the bottom of it his life starts falling apart. Gumshoe is a 1971 British black comedy film that was the theatrical directorial debut of director Stephen Frears. Written by local author Neville Smith, who appears as Arthur, the film is set in Liverpool. Albert Finney plays the role of Eddie Ginley, a...
Topics: Gumshoe, Stephen Frears, Neville Smith, Albert Finney
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Reunited with his career criminal father, tough teen Brad thinks he's found his ticket to an exciting life of crime, only to find out he's wrong. At Close Range is a 1986 American neo-noir crime drama film directed by James Foley, based on the real life rural Pennsylvania crime family led by Bruce Johnston Sr. which operated during the 1960s and 1970s. It stars Sean Penn and Christopher Walken, with Mary Stuart Masterson, Sean's brother Chris Penn, David Strathairn, Crispin Glover, Kiefer...
Topics: At Close Range, James Foley, Bruce Johnston Sr., Sean Penn, Christopher Walken, Mary Stuart...
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In California, four couples who have bought homes and are neighbors face money problems, alcoholism, racism, promiscuity, and discrimination against lack of education, until a tragic event forces them to reassess their lives. No Down Payment is a 1957 drama film directed by Martin Ritt. It was written by Philip Yordan, who fronted for an uncredited and blacklisted Ben Maddow, and is based on the novel of the same name by John McPartland. The film stars Joanne Woodward, Sheree North, Tony...
Topics: No Down Payment, Martin Ritt, Philip Yordan, Ben Maddow, John McPartland, Joanne Woodward, Sheree...
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A dramatization of the Battle of Isandlwana, where the British Army met its match against the Zulu nation. Zulu Dawn is a 1979 American adventure war film about the historical Battle of Isandlwana between British and Zulu forces in 1879 in South Africa. The screenplay was by Cy Endfield, from his book, and Anthony Storey. The film was directed by Douglas Hickox and stars Peter O'Toole and Burt Lancaster. The score was composed by Elmer Bernstein. Zulu Dawn is a prequel to Zulu, released in...
Topics: Zulu Dawn, Battle of Isandlwana, Cy Endfield, Peter O'Toole, Burt Lancaster, Anthony Storey,...
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A Hollywood composer goes through a mid-life crisis and becomes infatuated with a sexy, newly married woman. 10 is a 1979 American romantic comedy film written, produced and directed by Blake Edwards and starring Dudley Moore, Julie Andrews, Robert Webber, Brian Dennehy and Bo Derek. It was considered a trendsetting film at the time of its release and became one of the year's biggest box-office hits. The film follows a middle-aged man who becomes infatuated with a young woman whom he has...
Topics: 10, Blake Edwards, Dudley Moore, Julie Andrews, Robert Webber, Brian Dennehy, Bo Derek
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After murdering his entire family, a man marries a widow with a teenage daughter in another town and prepares to do it all over again. The Stepfather is a 1987 American psychological horror thriller] directed by Joseph Ruben and starring Terry O'Quinn, Jill Schoelen, and Shelley Hack. O'Quinn stars as an identity-assuming serial killer who marries a widow with a teenage daughter. Having killed his previous family and changed his identity, his murderous tendencies continue after his...
Topics: The Stepfather, Joseph Ruben, Terry O'Quinn, Jill Schoelen, Shelley Hack, Donald E. Westlake,...
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A young man murders women, using a movie camera to film their dying expressions of terror. Peeping Tom is a 1960 British psychological horror-thriller film directed by Michael Powell, written by Leo Marks, and starring Carl Boehm, Anna Massey, and Moira Shearer. The film's controversial subject matter and its extremely harsh reception by critics had a severely negative impact on Powell's career as a director in the United Kingdom. However, it attracted a cult following, and in later years,...
Topics: Peeping Tom, Michael Powell, Leo Marks, Carl Boehm, Anna Massey, Moira Shearer
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An accountant suddenly suffers from amnesia. This appears related to the suicide of his boss. Now some violent thugs are out to get him. They work for a shadowy figure known simply as The Major. Mirage is a 1965 American neo noir thriller film directed by Edward Dmytryk from a screenplay by Peter Stone, based on the 1952 novel Fallen Angel, written by Howard Fast under the pseudonym Walter Ericson; the novel is not credited by title onscreen. The film stars Gregory Peck, Diane Baker,...
Topics: Mirage, Edward Dmytryk, Peter Stone, Fallen Angel, Howard Fast, Walter Ericson, Gregory Peck, Diane...
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Al Capone's Valentine's Day surprise for the rival Bugs Moran gang in 1929 Chicago. The St. Valentine's Day Massacre is a 1967 American gangster film based on the 1929 mass murder of seven members of the Northside Gang (led by George "Bugs" Moran) on orders from Al Capone. The picture was directed by Roger Corman, written by Howard Browne, and starring Jason Robards Jr. as a remarkably slender Capone, Ralph Meeker as Moran, George Segal as Peter Gusenberg, and David Canary as Frank...
Topics: The St. Valentine's Day Massacre, Al Capone, Roger Corman, Howard Browne, Jason Robards Jr., Ralph...
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A TVA bureaucrat comes to the river to do what none of his predecessors have been able to do - evict a stubborn octogenarian from her island before the rising waters engulf her. Wild River is a 1960 American drama film directed by Elia Kazan, and starring Montgomery Clift, Lee Remick, Jo Van Fleet, Albert Salmi and Jay C. Flippen. It was filmed in the Tennessee Valley, and was adapted by Paul Osborn from two novels: Borden Deal's Dunbar's Cove and William Bradford Huie's Mud on the Stars
Topics: Wild River, Elia Kazan, Montgomery Clift, Lee Remick, Jo Van Fleet, Albert Salmi, Jay C. Flippen,...
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When God appears to an assistant grocery manager as a good natured old man, the Almighty selects him as his messenger for the modern world. Oh, God! is a 1977 American comedy film starring George Burns and John Denver. Based on the 1971 novel of the same name by Avery Corman, the film was directed by Carl Reiner from a screenplay written by Larry Gelbart. The story centers on unassuming supermarket manager Jerry Landers (Denver), who is chosen by God (Burns) to spread his message, despite...
Topics: Oh, God!, George Burns, John Denver, Avery Corman, Carl Reiner, Larry Gelbart, Teri Garr
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In a Manhattan psychiatric hospital a man, convinced he is Sherlock Holmes, is treated by a female doctor who happens to be named Watson. They Might Be Giants is a 1971 American comedy mystery film based on the 1961 play of the same name (both written by James Goldman) starring George C. Scott, Joanne Woodward, Jack Gilford, Lester Rawlins, Al Lewis, Rue McClanahan Sometimes mistakenly described as a Broadway play, it never in fact opened in the United States. It was directed in London by...
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After being released on parole, a career burglar assaults his former probation officer, returns to a life of crime, and goes on the run. Straight Time is a 1978 American crime neo-noir film directed by Ulu Grosbard and starring Dustin Hoffman, Theresa Russell, Gary Busey, Harry Dean Stanton, M. Emmet Walsh, and Kathy Bates. Its plot follows a lifelong thief in Los Angeles who struggles to assimilate in society after serving a six-year prison sentence. The film is based on the novel No Beast...
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Topics: Straight Time, Ulu Grosbard, Dustin Hoffman, Theresa Russell, Gary Busey, Harry Dean Stanton, M....
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A rodeo star past his prime steals his company's horse and rides into the desert, with a feisty reporter accompanying him. The Electric Horseman is a 1979 American western comedy-drama film starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda and directed by Sydney Pollack. The film is about a former rodeo champion who is hired by a cereal company to become its spokesperson, and then runs away on a $12 million electric-lit horse and costume he is given to promote it in Las Vegas. With Valerie Perrine,...
Topics: The Electric Horseman, Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Sydney Pollack, Valerie Perrine, Willie Nelson,...
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The polarizing search for a new Secretary of State has far-reaching consequences. Advise & Consent is a 1962 American political drama film based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel Advise and Consent by Allen Drury, published in 1959. The film was adapted for the screen by Wendell Mayes and was directed by Otto Preminger. The ensemble cast features Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Don Murray, Walter Pidgeon, Peter Lawford, Gene Tierney, Franchot Tone, Lew Ayres, Burgess Meredith, Eddie...
Topics: Advise & Consent, Allen Drury, Wendell Mayes, Otto Preminger, Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton,...
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When a rancher's family is massacred by a gang of outlaws, he assembles a mean team of convicts as his posse to pursue the killers. The Revengers is a 1972 Western film written by Wendell Mayes based upon a story by Steven W. Carabatsos. The film was directed by Daniel Mann and stars William Holden and Ernest Borgnine, Woody Strode and Susan Hayward
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In this Americanization of the 1931 German thriller, both the police and the criminal underworld stalk a mysterious killer who preys on small children. M is a 1951 American film noir directed by Joseph Losey. It is a remake of Fritz Lang's 1931 German film of the same name about a child murderer. This version shifts the location of action from Berlin to Los Angeles and changes the killer's name from Hans Beckert to Martin W. Harrow. Both versions of M were produced by Seymour Nebenzal,...
Topics: M, film noir, Joseph Losey, Fritz Lang, Hans Beckert, Martin W. Harrow, Seymour Nebenzal, David...
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Bill McKay is a candidate for the U.S. Senate from California. He has no hope of winning, so he is willing to tweak the establishment. The Candidate is a 1972 American political comedy-drama film starring Robert Redford and Peter Boyle, and directed by Michael Ritchie. The Academy Award–winning screenplay, which examines the various facets and machinations involved in political campaigns, was written by Jeremy Larner, a speechwriter for Senator Eugene J. McCarthy during McCarthy's campaign...
Topics: The Candidate, Robert Redford, Peter Boyle, Michael Ritchie, Jeremy Larner, Eugene J. McCarthy,...
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A violent gangster seeks refuge from the mob in the Bohemian home of a former rock star. Performance is a 1970 British crime drama film directed by Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg, written by Cammell and photographed by Roeg. The film stars James Fox as a violent and ambitious London gangster who, after killing an old friend, goes into hiding at the home of a reclusive rock star (Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones, in his second film). Anita Pallenberg, Keith Richards' girlfriend at the ...
Topics: Performance, Donald Cammell, Nicolas Roeg, James Fox, Mick Jagger, The Rolling Stones, Anita...
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Starting with a violent prison break, clever, ruthless Ralph Cotter corrupts everyone around him. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye is a 1950 film noir starring James Cagney, directed by Gordon Douglas, produced by William Cagney and based on the novel by Horace McCoy. The film was banned in Ohio as "a sordid, sadistic presentation of brutality and an extreme presentation of crime with explicit steps in commission. Supporting Cagney are Luther Adler as a crooked lawyer, and Ward Bond and Barton...
Topics: Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye, film noir, James Cagney, Gordon Douglas, William Cagney, Horace McCoy,...
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USN nuclear sub USS Tigerfish must rush to the North Pole to rescue the staff of Drift Ice Station Zebra weather station. Ice Station Zebra is a 1968 espionage film directed by John Sturges and starring Rock Hudson, Patrick McGoohan, Ernest Borgnine, and Jim Brown. The screenplay is by Alistair MacLean, Douglas Heyes, Harry Julian Fink, and W. R. Burnett, loosely based on MacLean's 1963 novel. Both have parallels to real-life events that took place in 1959.
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A simple self-destructive drifter and tough small-time boxer with a brain injury that could kill him meets and falls for a cute beach carnival owner, Ruby, but also befriends a sleazy friendly criminal, Wesley, who's planning a big score. Homeboy is a 1988 drama film, directed by Michael Seresin. It was written by and stars Mickey Rourke in the role of self-destructive cowboy/boxer Johnny Walker. Christopher Walken also stars as Walker's slightly corrupt promoter who encourages him to fight...
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Topics: Homeboy, Michael Seresin, Mickey Rourke, Christopher Walken, Debra Feuer
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Two friends living in a small town during the 1960s, run away to enjoy their freedom during the Vietnam War, thus disappointing the father of one of them. When they return to town, they realize the importance of family unity. 1969 is a 1988 American drama film written and directed by Ernest Thompson and starring Robert Downey Jr., Kiefer Sutherland, Bruce Dern and Winona Ryder.
Topics: 1969, Ernest Thompson, Robert Downey Jr., Kiefer Sutherland, Bruce Dern, Winona Ryder
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A cinematic adaption of Arlo Guthrie's classic song story. Alice's Restaurant is a 1969 American comedy film directed by Arthur Penn. It is an adaptation of the 1967 folk song "Alice's Restaurant Massacree", originally written and sung by Arlo Guthrie. The film stars Guthrie as himself, with Pat Quinn as Alice Brock and James Broderick as Ray Brock. Penn, who resided in the story's setting of Stockbridge, Massachusetts, co-wrote the screenplay in 1967 with Venable Herndon after...
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A new English teacher at a violent, unruly inner-city school is determined to do his job, despite resistance from both students and faculty. Blackboard Jungle is a 1955 American social drama film about teachers in an interracial inner-city school, based on the 1954 novel The Blackboard Jungle by Evan Hunter and adapted for the screen and directed by Richard Brooks. It stars Glenn Ford and Sydney Poitier. It is remembered for its innovative use of rock and roll in its soundtrack, for casting...
Topics: Blackboard Jungle, Evan Hunter, Richard Brooks, Sidney Poitier, Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, Louis...
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An idealistic rookie cop joins the L.A.P.D. to make ends meet while finishing law school, and is indoctrinated by a seasoned veteran. As time goes on, he loses his ambitions and family as police work becomes his entire life. The New Centurions is a 1972 American Panavision action crime neo noir film based on the 1971 novel of the same name by policeman turned author Joseph Wambaugh. It stars George C. Scott, Stacy Keach, Scott Wilson, Jane Alexander, Rosalind Cash, Erik Estrada, and James...
Topics: The New Centurions, Joseph Wambaugh, George C. Scott, Stacy Keach, Scott Wilson, Jane Alexander,...
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What happened to the women at 10 Rillington Place? The story of British serial killer John Christie, who committed most or all of his crimes in the titular terraced house, and the miscarriage of justice involving Timothy Evans. 10 Rillington Place is a 1971 British crime thriller. The film stars Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson, John Hurt and Pat Heywood and was directed by Richard Fleischer, produced by Leslie Linder and Martin Ransohoff. It was adapted by Clive Exton from the book Ten...
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Fresh out of the army, Hazel Motes attempts to open the first Church Without Christ in the small town of Taulkinham. Wise Blood is a 1979 black-comedy drama film directed by John Huston and starring Brad Dourif, Dan Shor, Amy Wright, Harry Dean Stanton, and Ned Beatty. It is based on the 1952 novel Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor. As a co-production with Germany the film was titled Der Ketzer or Die Weisheit des Blutes when released in Germany, and Le Malin when released in France.
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13-year-old Rynn Jacobs lives alone in a high-class Quebec small town, but unknown to the neighbors, she is leading a secret and dangerous life. The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane is a 1976 cross-genre film directed by Nicolas Gessner and starring Jodie Foster, Martin Sheen, Alexis Smith, Mort Shuman, and Scott Jacoby. It was a co-production of Canada and France and written by Laird Koenig, based on his 1974 novel of the same title.
Topics: The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane, Nicolas Gessner, Jodie Foster, Martin Sheen, Alexis Smith,...
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Robert Wise directs Robert Mitchum and Shirley MacLaine in this spicy and poignant love story about a free-spirited Greenwich Village girl who hooks up with a brooding Nebraska lawyer.
Topics: Two for the Seesaw, Robert Wise, Robert Mitchum, Shirley MacLaine
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An ex-soldier faces ethical questions as he tries to earn enough to support his wife and children well. The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit is a 1956 American drama film based on the 1955 novel The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit by Sloan Wilson. Directed and screenplay by Nunnally Johnson. The film focuses on Tom Rath, a young World War II veteran trying to balance his marriage and family life with the demands of a career while dealing with the after-effects of his war service and a new...
Topics: The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, Sloan Wilson, Gregory Peck, Jennifer Jones, Fredric March, Lee J....
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During WWII an American destroyer discovers a German U-boat, and in the ensuing duel the American captain must draw upon all his experience to defeat the equally experienced German commander. The Enemy Below is a 1957 DeLuxe Color war film in CinemaScope about a battle between an American destroyer escort and a German U-boat during World War II. Produced and directed by Dick Powell, the movie stars Robert Mitchum and Curt Jürgens as the American and German commanding officers. The film was...
Topics: The Enemy Below, Dick Powell, Robert Mitchum, Curt Jürgens, Denys Rayner
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A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipment of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country as miniature Eiffel Towers. The Lavender Hill Mob is a 1951 comedy film from Ealing Studios, written by T. E. B. Clarke, directed by Charles Crichton, starring Alec Guinness and Stanley Holloway and featuring Sid James and Alfie Bass. The title refers to Lavender Hill, a street in Battersea, a district of South London, in the postcode district SW11,...
Topics: The Lavender Hill Mob, T. E. B. Clarke, Charles Crichton, Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sid...
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An impressionable teenage girl from a dead-end town and her older greaser boyfriend embark on a killing spree in the South Dakota badlands. Badlands is a 1973 American neo-noir period crime drama film written, produced and directed by Terrence Malick, in his directorial debut. The film stars Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek, and follows Holly Sargis (Spacek), a 15-year old who goes on a killing spree with her lover, Kit Carruther (Sheen); the film also stars Warren Oates and Ramon Bieri. While...
Topics: Badlands, Terrence Malick, Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates, Ramon Bieri, Charles...
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An uncompromising story of life in a British juvenile offender institution in the 70's. Scum is a 1979 British drama film directed by Alan Clarke and starring Ray Winstone, Mick Ford, Julian Firth and John Blundell. The film portrays the brutality of life inside a British borstal. The script was originally filmed as a television play for the BBC's Play for Today series in 1977. However, due to the violence depicted, it was withdrawn from broadcast. Two years later, director Alan Clarke...
Topics: Scum, Alan Clarke, Ray Winstone, Mick Ford, Julian Firth, John Blundell, borstal, Roy Minton
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In 1948, an American court in occupied Germany tries four Nazis judged for war crimes. Judgment at Nuremberg is a 1961 American epic courtroom drama film directed and produced by Stanley Kramer, written by Abby Mann and starring Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Maximilian Schell, Werner Klemperer, Marlene Dietrich, Judy Garland, William Shatner, and Montgomery Clift. Set in Nuremberg, Germany, in 1948, the film depicts a fictionalized version of the Judges' Trial of 1947, one...
Topics: Judgment at Nuremberg, Stanley Kramer, Abby Mann, Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark,...
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A grumpy semi-retired private investigator partners with a quirky female client to catch the people who murdered his partner. The Late Show is a 1977 American neo-noir mystery film written and directed by Robert Benton and produced by Robert Altman. It stars Art Carney, Lily Tomlin, Bill Macy, Eugene Roche, and Joanna Cassidy. A drama with a few comic moments, the story follows an aging detective trying to solve the case of his partner’s murder while dealing with a flamboyant new client....
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A World War II vet is pushed to the limit when gang members and drug dealers take over his neighborhood. Stand Alone is a 1985 American action drama film directed by Alan Beattie and starring Charles Durning and Pam Grier
Topics: Stand Alone, Alan Beattie, Charles Durning, Pam Grier
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During World War II, a commander finds himself stuck with a decrepit (and pink) submarine, a con man executive officer, and a group of army nurses. Operation Petticoat is a 1959 American World War II submarine comedy film in Eastmancolor from Universal-International, produced by Robert Arthur, directed by Blake Edwards, that stars Cary Grant and Tony Curtis. The film tells in flashback the misadventures of a fictional U.S. Navy submarine, USS Sea Tiger, during the Battle of the Philippines in...
Topics: Operation Petticoat, Robert Arthur, Blake Edwards, Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Gavin MacLeod, Marion...
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In 17th-century France, Father Urbain Grandier seeks to protect the city of Loudun from the corrupt establishment of Cardinal Richelieu. Hysteria occurs within the city when he is accused of witchcraft by a sexually-repressed nun. The Devils (Un Cut) is a 1971 British historical drama horror film written and directed by Ken Russell and starring Oliver Reed and Vanessa Redgrave. The film is a dramatised historical account of the fall of Urbain Grandier, a 17th-century Roman Catholic priest...
Topics: The Devils, Un Cut, Ken Russell, Oliver Reed, Vanessa Redgrave, Urbain Grandie
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Chicago crime kid Mick O'Brien is sent to reform school after accidentally killing a rival's kid brother. Bad Boys is a 1983 American coming-of-age crime drama film set in a juvenile detention center, starring Sean Penn, Esai Morales, and Clancy Brown, Alan Ruck and Ally Sheedy in their film debuts. The film is directed by Rick Rosenthal. The original music score was composed by Bill Conti.
Topics: Bad Boys, Sean Penn, Esai Morales, and Clancy Brown, Alan Ruck, Ally Sheedy, Rick Rosenthal, Bill...
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A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's play. Deathtrap is a 1982 American black comedy mystery film based on the 1978 play of the same name by Ira Levin. It was directed by Sidney Lumet from a screenplay by Levin and Jay Presson Allen, and stars Michael Caine, Dyan Cannon and Christopher Reeve.
Topics: Deathtrap, Ira Levin, Sidney Lumet, Jay Presson Allen, Michael Caine, Dyan Cannon, Christopher Reeve
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A doctor treats a woman suffering from Multiple Personality Disorder. The Three Faces of Eve is a 1957 American mystery drama film presented in CinemaScope, based on the book of the same name about the life of Chris Costner Sizemore, which was written by psychiatrists Corbett H. Thigpen and Hervey M. Cleckley, who also helped write the screenplay. Sizemore, also known as Eve White, was a woman they suggested might have dissociative identity disorder (then known as multiple personality...
Topics: The Three Faces of Eve, Chris Costner Sizemore, Corbett H. Thigpen, Hervey M. Cleckley, Nunnally...
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Late one night, two young toughs hold hostage the passengers in one car of a New York subway train. The Incident is a 1967 American drama film written by Nicholas E. Baehr, based on his teleplay Ride with Terror (which had been previously adapted as a 1963 television film) and directed by Larry Peerce. The film stars Tony Musante and Martin Sheen (in his first film role) as two street hoods who terrorize 14 passengers sharing a New York City Subway car, played by an ensemble cast that...
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An outcast, alcoholic Boston lawyer sees the chance to salvage his career and self-respect by taking a medical malpractice case to trial rather than settling. The Verdict is a 1982 American legal drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and written by David Mamet. It is an adaptation of Barry Reed's 1980 novel of the same name. It stars Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, Jack Warden, James Mason, Milo O'Shea, and Lindsay Crouse. In the story, a down-on-his-luck alcoholic lawyer accepts a medical...
Topics: The Verdict, Sidney Lumet, David Mamet, Barry Reed, Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, Jack Warden,...
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An all-guts, no-glory San Francisco cop becomes determined to find the underworld kingpin that killed the witness in his protection. Bullitt is a 1968 American neo-noir action thriller film directed by Peter Yates and produced by Philip D'Antoni. The picture stars Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, and Jacqueline Bisset. The screenplay by Alan R. Trustman and Harry Kleiner was based on the 1963 novel Mute Witness, by Robert L. Fish, writing under the pseudonym Robert L. Pike. Lalo Schifrin wrote...
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A misfit bunch of friends comes together to right the injustices which exist in a small town. Silverado is a 1985 American Western film produced and directed by Lawrence Kasdan, and written by Kasdan and his brother Mark. It stars Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Danny Glover and Kevin Costner. The supporting cast features Brian Dennehy, Rosanna Arquette, John Cleese, Jeff Goldblum, Lynne Whitfield, and Linda Hunt.
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A four-time widow discusses her four marriages, in which all of her husbands became incredibly rich and died prematurely because of their drive to be rich. What a Way to Go! is a 1964 American black comedy film directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Shirley MacLaine, Paul Newman, Robert Mitchum, Dean Martin, Gene Kelly, Bob Cummings and Dick Van Dyke.
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A TV news reporter finds himself becoming personally involved in the violence that erupts around the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Medium Cool is a 1969 American drama film written and directed by Haskell Wexler and starring Robert Forster, Verna Bloom, Peter Bonerz, Marianna Hill and Harold Blankenship. It takes place in Chicago in the summer of 1968. It was notable for Wexler's use of cinéma vérité-style documentary filmmaking techniques, as well as for combining fictional and...
Topics: Medium Cool, Haskell Wexler, Robert Forster, Verna Bloom, Peter Bonerz, Marianna Hill, Harold...
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Jealous piano teacher Orville Spooner sends his beautiful wife, Zelda, away for the night while he tries to sell a song to famous nightclub singer Dino, who is stranded in town. Kiss Me, Stupid is a 1964 American sex comedy film produced and directed by Billy Wilder and starring Dean Martin, Kim Novak, and Ray Walston. The screenplay by Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond is based on the play L'ora della fantasia (The Dazzling Hour) by Anna Bonacci, which had inspired Wife for a Night (Moglie per una...
Topics: Kiss Me, Stupid, Billy Wilder, Dean Martin, Kim Novak, Ray Walston, I.A.L. Diamond, L'ora della...
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A recently widowed woman is on the road with her precocious young son, determined to make a new life for herself as a singer. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore is a 1974 American comedy drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Robert Getchell. It stars Ellen Burstyn as a widow who travels with her preteen son across the Southwestern United States in search of a better life. Kris Kristofferson, Billy "Green" Bush, Diane Ladd, Valerie Curtin, Lelia Goldoni, Vic Tayback,...
Topics: Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Martin Scorsese, Robert Getchell, Ellen Burstyn, Kris...
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A closeted lawyer risks his career to bring a blackmailer to justice. Victim is a 1961 British neo noir suspense film directed by Basil Dearden and starring Dirk Bogarde and Sylvia Syms. It was the first English-language film to use the word "homosexual". It premiered in the UK on 31 August 1961 and in the US the following February. On its release in the United Kingdom, it proved highly controversial to the British Board of Film Censors, and in the U.S. it was refused a seal of...
Topics: Victim, Basil Dearden, Dirk Bogarde, Sylvia Syms
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A sex-repulsed woman who disapproves of her sister's boyfriend sinks into depression and has horrific visions of rape and violence. Repulsion is a 1965 British psychological horror film directed by Roman Polanski, and starring Catherine Deneuve. Based on a story written by Polanski and Gérard Brach, the plot follows Carol, a withdrawn, disturbed young woman who, when left alone in the apartment she shares with her sister, is subject to a number of nightmarish experiences. The film focuses...
Topics: Repulsion, Roman Polanski, Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Brach, Ian Hendry, John Fraser, Patrick...
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The story of the friendship between a worldly-wise star pitcher and a half-wit catcher as they cope with the catcher's terminal illness through a baseball season. Bang the Drum Slowly is a 1973 American sports drama film directed by John D. Hancock, about a baseball player of limited intellect who has a terminal illness, and his brainier, more skilled teammate. It is a film adaptation of the 1956 baseball novel of the same name by American author Mark Harris. It was previously dramatized in...
Topics: Bang the Drum Slowly, John D. Hancock, Mark Harris, Michael Moriarty, Robert De Niro, Vincent...
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A day in the life of a self-destructive British consul in Mexico on the eve of World War II. Under the Volcano is a 1984 American drama film directed by John Huston and starring Albert Finney, Jacqueline Bisset, and Anthony Andrews, based on Malcolm Lowry's semi-autobiographical 1947 novel. The film follows the last 24 hours in the life of Geoffrey Firmin (Finney), an alcoholic British former consul in the small Mexican town of Quauhnahuac on the Day of the Dead in 1938.
Topics: Under the Volcano, John Huston, Albert Finney, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Andrews
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After a cavalry patrol is ambushed by the Cheyenne, the two survivors, a soldier and a woman, must reach the safety of the nearest fort. Soldier Blue is a 1970 American Revisionist Western film directed by Ralph Nelson and starring Candice Bergen, Peter Strauss, and Donald Pleasence. Adapted by John Gay from the novel Arrow in the Sun by T.V. Olsen, it is inspired by events of the 1864 Sand Creek massacre in the Colorado Territory. Nelson and Gay intended to utilize the narrative...
Topics: Soldier Blue, Ralph Nelson, Candice Bergen, Peter Strauss, Donald Pleasence, Arrow in the Sun, T.V....
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An American barroom pianist and his prostitute girlfriend go on a trip through the Mexican underworld to collect the bounty on the head of a dead gigolo. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (Spanish: Tráiganme la cabeza de Alfredo García) is a 1974 Mexican-American neo-Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah, co-written by Peckinpah and Gordon Dawson from a story by Peckinpah and Frank Kowalski, and starring Warren Oates and Isela Vega, with Robert Webber, Gig Young, Helmut Dantine, Emilio...
Topics: Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, Tráiganme la cabeza de Alfredo García, Sam Peckinpah, Gordon...
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The lives of two struggling musicians, who happen to be brothers, inevitably change when they team up with a beautiful, up-and-coming singer. The Fabulous Baker Boys is a 1989 American romantic comedy-drama musical film written and directed by Steve Kloves. The film follows a piano duo consisting of brothers, who hire an attractive singer to revive their waning career. After a period of success, complications ensue when the younger brother develops a romantic interest in the singer. ...
Topics: The Fabulous Baker Boys, Steve Kloves, Jeff Bridges, Beau Bridges, Michelle Pfeiffer
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A fiercely independent cowboy gets himself locked up in prison to escape with an old friend. Lonely Are the Brave is a 1962 American Western film adaptation of the Edward Abbey novel The Brave Cowboy. The film was directed by David Miller from a screenplay by Dalton Trumbo. It stars Kirk Douglas as cowboy Jack Burns, Gena Rowlands as his best friend's wife and Walter Matthau as a sheriff who sympathizes with Burns but must do his job and chase him down. It also featured an early score by...
Topics: Lonely Are the Brave, Edward Abbey, The Brave Cowboy, David Miller, Dalton Trumbo, Kirk Douglas,...
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Refusing to let himself be re-settled on a Florida reservation, Massai, an Apache warrior, escapes his captors and returns to his homeland to become a peaceful farmer. Apache is a 1954 American Western film directed by Robert Aldrich and starring Burt Lancaster. The film was based on the novel Broncho Apache by Paul Wellman, which was published in 1936.
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The story of Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, an extremely determined man who intends to build an opera house in the middle of a jungle. Fitzcarraldo is a 1982 West German epic adventure-drama film written and directed by Werner Herzog and starring Klaus Kinski as the title character and with Claudia Cardinale and José Lewgoy in supporting roles. It portrays would-be rubber baron Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, an Irishman known in Peru as Fitzcarraldo, who is determined to transport a steamship over a...
Topics: Fitzcarraldo, Werner Herzog, Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale, José Lewgoy
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An ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated with another woman. Crimes and Misdemeanors is a 1989 American existential comedy-drama film written and directed by Woody Allen, who stars alongside Martin Landau, Mia Farrow, Anjelica Huston, Jerry Orbach, Alan Alda, Sam Waterston and Joanna Gleason.
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After robbing a Mexican bank, Dad Longworth takes the loot and leaves his partner Rio to be captured, but Rio escapes and searches for Dad in California. One of the all time greatest westerns. One-Eyed Jacks is a 1961 American Western film directed by and starring Marlon Brando, his only directorial credit. Brando portrays the lead character Rio, and Karl Malden plays his partner, "Dad" Longworth. The supporting cast features Pina Pellicer, Katy Jurado, Ben Johnson and Slim...
Topics: One-Eyed Jacks, Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Pina Pellicer, Katy Jurado, Ben Johnson, Slim Pickens
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After two Americans are killed while escaping from a German P.O.W. camp in World War II, the barracks black marketeer, J.J. Sefton, is suspected of being an informer. Stalag 17 is a 1953 American drama war film which tells the story of a group of American airmen confined with 40,000 prisoners in a World War II German prisoner of war camp “somewhere on the Danube”. The film was directed and produced by Billy Wilder The film stars William Holden in an Oscar-winning performance, along with...
Topics: Stalag 17, Billy Wilder, William Holden, Don Taylor, Robert Strauss, Harvey Lembeck, Peter Graves,...
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A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed. Bunny Lake Is Missing is a 1965 British psychological thriller, directed and produced by Otto Preminger. Filmed in black-and-white widescreen format in London, it was based on the 1957 novel Bunny Lake Is Missing by Merriam Modell. It stars Carol Lynley as a mother searching for her missing daughter, Keir Dullea as her brother, and Laurence Olivier as the police officer investigating...
Topics: Bunny Lake Is Missing, Otto Preminger, Merriam Modell, Carol Lynley, Keir Dullea, Laurence Olivier,...
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Four American soldiers stationed near a German village face the death penalty because of the brutal gang rape of a local German girl. Kirk Douglas plays Major Steve Garrett, who is tasked with defending the four in this riveting court room drama. Town Without Pity (German: Stadt ohne Mitleid) is a 1961 American/Swiss/West German international co-production drama film directed by Gottfried Reinhardt. Produced by The Mirisch Corporation, the film stars Kirk Douglas, Barbara Rütting, Christine...
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Upper-class Tony hires servant Hugo Barrett, who turns out to have a hidden agenda. The Servant is a 1963 British drama film directed by Joseph Losey. It was written by Harold Pinter, who adapted Robin Maugham's 1948 novella. The Servant stars Dirk Bogarde, Sarah Miles, Wendy Craig and James Fox.
Topics: The Servant, Joseph Losey, Harold Pinter, Robin Maugham, Dirk Bogarde, Sarah Miles, Wendy Craig,...
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Fast Eddie Felson teaches a cocky but immensely talented protégé the ropes of pool hustling, which in turn inspires him to make an unlikely comeback. The Color of Money is a 1986 American sports drama film directed by Martin Scorsese. The film was created from a screenplay by Richard Price, based on the 1984 novel of the same name by Walter Tevis. The film stars Paul Newman and Tom Cruise, with Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Helen Shaver, and John Turturro in supporting roles. It features...
Topics: The Color of Money, Martin Scorsese, Richard Price, Walter Tevis, Paul Newman, Tom Cruise, Mary...
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An up-and-coming pool player plays a long-time champion in a single high-stakes match. The Hustler is a 1961 American CinemaScope drama film directed by Robert Rossen from Walter Tevis's 1959 novel of the same name, adapted by Rossen and Sidney Carroll. It tells the story of small-time pool hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson and his desire to break into the "major league" of professional hustling and high-stakes wagering that follows it. He throws his raw talent and ambition up...
Topics: The Hustler, Robert Rossen, Walter Tevis, Sidney Carroll, Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper...
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In the western frontier town of Cross Creek storekeeper George Temple is a polite and soft spoken man with a secret past. When three bank robbers on the lam stop in town to change horses George Temple's past comes back to haunt him. The Fastest Gun Alive is a 1956 MGM Western film starring Glenn Ford, Jeanne Crain, and Broderick Crawford directed by Russell Rouse.
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Topics: The Fastest Gun Alive, Glenn Ford, Jeanne Crain, Broderick Crawford, Russell Rouse.
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A new foreman rejects the sexual advances of a frustrated rancher's wife, which leads to conflicts that could get him killed. Jubal is a 1956 American Western noir film directed by Delmer Daves and starring Glenn Ford, Ernest Borgnine, Rod Steiger, Valerie French, and Felicia Farr. Shot in CinemaScope, it was one of the few adult westerns in the 1950s and is described as Othello on the Range. The supporting cast features Noah Beery Jr., Charles Bronson and Jack Elam.
Topics: Jubal, Delmer Daves, Glenn Ford, Ernest Borgnine, Rod Steiger, Valerie French, Felicia Farr, Noah...
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Despite success on the field, a rising rugby star senses the emerging emptiness of his life as his inner angst begins to materialize through aggression and brutality, so he attempts to woo his landlady in hopes of finding reason to live. This Sporting Life is a 1963 British kitchen sink drama film directed by Lindsay Anderson. Based on the 1960 novel of the same name by David Storey, which won the 1960 Macmillan Fiction Award. Storey, a former professional rugby league footballer, also...
Topics: This Sporting Life, Lindsay Anderson, David Storey, Macmillan Fiction Award, Richard Harris, Rachel...
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Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in Turkey during World War I. Gallipoli is a 1981 Australian war drama film directed by Peter Weir and produced by Patricia Lovell and Robert Stigwood, starring Mel Gibson and Mark Lee.
Topics: Gallipoli, Peter Weir, Patricia Lovell, Robert Stigwood, Mel Gibson, Mark Lee
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The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds is a 1972 American drama film produced and directed by Paul Newman. The screenplay by Alvin Sargent is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1964 play of the same title by Paul Zindel. Newman cast his wife, Joanne Woodward, and one of their daughters, Nell Potts, in two of the lead roles. Roberta Wallach, daughter of Eli Wallach, played the third lead.
Topics: The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, Paul Newman, Alvin Sargent, Paul Zindel,...
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During World War II, an American pilot and a marooned Japanese navy captain are deserted on a small uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean. There, they must cease their hostility and cooperate if they want to survive, but will they? Hell in the Pacific is a 1968 World War II film directed by John Boorman and starring Lee Marvin and Toshirō Mifune, the only two actors in the film. It is based on the importance of human contact and the bond that can form between enemies if lacking other contact.
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Emperor of the North Pole is a 1973 American action adventure film directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Keith Carradine, and Charles Tyner. It was later re-released on home media (and is more widely known) under the shorter title Emperor of the North, ostensibly chosen by studio executives to avoid being mistaken for a heartwarming holiday story. This original title is a homage to the historic joke among Great Depression-era hobos that the world's best hobo was...
Topics: Emperor of the North Pole, Robert Aldrich, Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Keith Carradine, Charles...
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Borneo, 1942: An American soldier escapes WWII and becomes the king of the headhunters in the jungle. Two British soldiers are parachuted into the area to find local support for the battle against the Japanese. Farewell to the King is a 1989 American action adventure drama film written and directed by John Milius. It stars Nick Nolte, Nigel Havers, Frank McRae, and Gerry Lopez and is loosely based on the 1969 novel L'Adieu au Roi by Pierre Schoendoerffer. Longtime Milius collaborator...
Topics: Farewell to the King, John Milius, Nick Nolte, Nigel Havers, Frank McRae, Gerry Lopez, L'Adieu au...
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Farewell, My Lovely is a 1975 American neo-noir crime thriller film directed by Dick Richards and featuring Robert Mitchum as private detective Philip Marlowe. The picture is based on Raymond Chandler's novel Farewell, My Lovely (1940), which had previously been adapted for film as Murder, My Sweet in 1944. The supporting cast features Charlotte Rampling, John Ireland, Jack O'Halloran, Sylvia Miles and Harry Dean Stanton, with a colorful early screen appearance by Sylvester Stallone, and...
Topics: Farewell, My Lovely, Dick Richards, Robert Mitchum, Philip Marlowe, Raymond Chandler, Charlotte...
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The Mechanic is a 1972 American action thriller film which was directed by Michael Winner, produced by Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff, and written by Lewis John Carlino. The film stars Charles Bronson, Jan-Michael Vincent, Keenan Wynn, and Jill Ireland.
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An ex-'60s radical now working as a private eye is hired by an old flame to investigate a political smear campaign. The case becomes more dangerous as it unfolds. The Big Fix is a 1978 American political comedy thriller film directed by Jeremy Kagan and based on the novel by Roger L. Simon, who dramatized his own novel for the screen. It stars Richard Dreyfuss as private detective Moses Wine and co-stars Susan Anspach, Bonnie Bedelia, John Lithgow, and F. Murray Abraham.
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At the riverside of Rio Tiete, in São Paulo, prostitutes, a pimp, a retarded man, a handicap, people in the margin of the society live their ordinary hopeless lives without any expectation and waiting to die and join themselves in the boat of hell. Independent Brazilian film with amateur actors (acting in a theatrical style), astonishing cinematography and edition, very little dialog, and a symbolic (and somewhat hermetic) story about the life of people living in the margin, portraying the...
Topics: A Margem, The Margin, Ozualdo Ribeiro Candeias, Mário Benvenutti, Valeria Vidal, Bentinho
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The Midnight Man is a 1974 American neo noir thriller starring and co-directed by Burt Lancaster. The film also stars Susan Clark, Cameron Mitchell, Morgan Woodward, Harris Yulin, Robert Quarry, Joan Lorring, Lawrence Dobkin, Ed Lauter, Mills Watson, Charles Tyner and Catherine Bach. David Anthony's 1969 novel, The Midnight Lady and the Mourning Man, is the basis for the screenplay.
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Breaker Morant is a 1980 Australian war drama film directed by Bruce Beresford. Edward Woodward, Bryan brown and Jack Thompson star.
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Paper Moon is a 1973 American road comedy-drama film directed by Peter Bogdanovich and released by Paramount Pictures. Screenwriter Alvin Sargent adapted the script from the 1971 novel Addie Pray by Joe David Brown. The film, shot in black-and-white, is set in Kansas and Missouri during the Great Depression. It stars the real-life father and daughter pairing of Ryan and Tatum O'Neal as protagonists Moze and Addie.
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Topics: Paper Moon, Peter Bogdanovich, Alvin Sargent, Addie Pray, Joe David Brown, Ryan O'Neal, Tatum O'Neal
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Decision Before Dawn is a 1951 American war film directed by Anatole Litvak, starring Richard Basehart, Oskar Werner, and Hans Christian Blech. It tells the story of the American Army's using potentially unreliable German prisoners of war to gather intelligence in the closing days of World War II. The film was adapted by Peter Viertel and Jack Rollens (uncredited) from the novel Call It Treason by George Howe.
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Yesterday's Enemy is a 1959 Hammer Films British war film in MegaScope directed by Val Guest and starring Stanley Baker, Guy Rolfe, Leo McKern and Gordon Jackson set in the Burma Campaign during World War II.
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