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American cinema: All genres
The Graduate (1967)
Mike Nichols
20 year old Ben returns to his parents' home after graduating and wonders what to do with his life. Before he realises what is happening, he is seduced by Mrs Robinson, the middle-aged wife of his father's business partner and is drawn into a compulsive but passionless love affair...
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Mike Nichols
Le Grand bleu (1988)
Luc Besson
Jacques Mayol and and Enzo Molinari are two men who have shared an intense passion for the sea since their childhood. Molinari, the current world free diving champion, coerces Mayol into competing against him in the next tournament...
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Luc Besson
Grand Hotel (1932)
Edmund Goulding
Nothing ever happens at the Grand Hotel in Berlin - so says the disfigured, world-weary Dr Otternschlag. How wrong he is...
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Edmund Goulding
Grandma's Boy (1922)
Fred C. Newmeyer
In the sleepy rural town Blossom Bend, a grandmother lives with her beloved grandson, whom she has nurtured and taught since he was a baby...
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Fred C. Newmeyer
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
John Ford
After serving a four-year stretch in prison for manslaughter, Tom Joad hitchhikes his way back to his home in Oklahoma. To his surprise, the Joad farm is deserted - the family has decamped to Uncle John's place nearby...
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John Ford
The Great Dictator (1940)
Charles Chaplin
During World War I, a humble Jewish barber saves the life of an officer, but injures himself in an aeroplane crash. Having spent 20 years in hospital recovering from memory loss, the barber returns to his home in the Jewish ghetto to find his people tormented by vicious soldiers... [More...]
Charles Chaplin
During World War I, a humble Jewish barber saves the life of an officer, but injures himself in an aeroplane crash. Having spent 20 years in hospital recovering from memory loss, the barber returns to his home in the Jewish ghetto to find his people tormented by vicious soldiers... [More...]
The Great Escape (1963)
John Sturges
During the Second World War, German High Command decides to place all of the most troublesome Allied prisoners of war in a single camp managed by Luftwaffe Colonel von Luger... [More...]
John Sturges
During the Second World War, German High Command decides to place all of the most troublesome Allied prisoners of war in a single camp managed by Luftwaffe Colonel von Luger... [More...]
The Great Lie (1941)
Edmund Goulding
Peter Van Allen has been married to Sandra Kovak, a renowned concert pianist, for only a few days when he learns that the union is not legal... [More...]
Edmund Goulding
Peter Van Allen has been married to Sandra Kovak, a renowned concert pianist, for only a few days when he learns that the union is not legal... [More...]
The Great McGinty (1940)
Preston Sturges
Weary of his exile in a seedy banana republic, a crooked banker is about to kill himself when a friendly barman intervenes and begins to recount his own sad story... [More...]
Preston Sturges
Weary of his exile in a seedy banana republic, a crooked banker is about to kill himself when a friendly barman intervenes and begins to recount his own sad story... [More...]
The Great Sinner (1949)
Robert Siodmak
In 1860, during a long train journey to Paris, a Russian writer named Fedja gets to know an attractive young woman, Pauline... [More...]
Robert Siodmak
In 1860, during a long train journey to Paris, a Russian writer named Fedja gets to know an attractive young woman, Pauline... [More...]
Groundhog Day (1993)
Harold Ramis
Phil Connors, an arrogant, self-absorbed weather forecast presenter, is far from happy about being forced to report on the annual Groundhog Day in the small town of Punxsutawney... [More...]
Harold Ramis
Phil Connors, an arrogant, self-absorbed weather forecast presenter, is far from happy about being forced to report on the annual Groundhog Day in the small town of Punxsutawney... [More...]
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
Stanley Kramer
Whilst holidaying in Hawaii, Joanna Drayton, a young middleclass Caucasian, meets and falls in love with Dr John Prentice, an Afro-American... [More...]
Stanley Kramer
Whilst holidaying in Hawaii, Joanna Drayton, a young middleclass Caucasian, meets and falls in love with Dr John Prentice, an Afro-American... [More...]
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
John Sturges
Arizona, 1881. Wyatt Earp is a lawman who is renowned for his sense of fair play and decency. So, when a lynch mob comes after Doc Holliday, a gambler with a history of killing, Earp intervenes to save his life, despite his personal loathing for him... [More...]
John Sturges
Arizona, 1881. Wyatt Earp is a lawman who is renowned for his sense of fair play and decency. So, when a lynch mob comes after Doc Holliday, a gambler with a history of killing, Earp intervenes to save his life, despite his personal loathing for him... [More...]
Gunga Din (1939)
George Stevens
The Northwest Frontier of India, 1880. When contact is lost with a colonial outpost at Tandipur, three sergeants in the British Army are sent to investigate... [More...]
George Stevens
The Northwest Frontier of India, 1880. When contact is lost with a colonial outpost at Tandipur, three sergeants in the British Army are sent to investigate... [More...]
The Guns of Navarone (1961)
J. Lee Thompson
It is 1943. Two thousand British soldiers are stranded on the island of Keros in the Aegean Sea and face certain death when the Germans launch an all-out assault on the region in a bid to draw neutral Turkey into the war... [More...]
J. Lee Thompson
It is 1943. Two thousand British soldiers are stranded on the island of Keros in the Aegean Sea and face certain death when the Germans launch an all-out assault on the region in a bid to draw neutral Turkey into the war... [More...]
Guys and Dolls (1955)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
New Yorker Nathan Detroit is struggling to make a dishonest living organising crap games for his gambling-addicted buddies... [More...]
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
New Yorker Nathan Detroit is struggling to make a dishonest living organising crap games for his gambling-addicted buddies... [More...]
Halloween (1978)
John Carpenter
On Halloween night 1963, six-year-old Michael Myers stabs his older sister to death at their home in Haddonfield, Illinois... [More...]
John Carpenter
On Halloween night 1963, six-year-old Michael Myers stabs his older sister to death at their home in Haddonfield, Illinois... [More...]
Hamlet (1996)
Kenneth Branagh
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. Amid the festivities of a royal wedding and coronation, the Prince Hamlet mourns the death of his father, the former king... [More...]
Kenneth Branagh
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. Amid the festivities of a royal wedding and coronation, the Prince Hamlet mourns the death of his father, the former king... [More...]
Hangover Square (1945)
John Brahm
In the early 1900s, the well-known English composer George Harvey Bone is working hard to complete his magnum opus, a piano concerto dedicated to his fiancée... [More...]
John Brahm
In the early 1900s, the well-known English composer George Harvey Bone is working hard to complete his magnum opus, a piano concerto dedicated to his fiancée... [More...]
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Woody Allen
Hannah is a successful stage actress who has recently taken an extended career break so that she can raise a family with her second husband, Elliot, a financial adviser... [More...]
Woody Allen
Hannah is a successful stage actress who has recently taken an extended career break so that she can raise a family with her second husband, Elliot, a financial adviser... [More...]
Hans Christian Andersen (1952)
Charles Vidor
Hans Christian Andersen earns his living making shoes, but his real talent is telling stories, something which makes him a magnet for all the children of his town... [More...]
Charles Vidor
Hans Christian Andersen earns his living making shoes, but his real talent is telling stories, something which makes him a magnet for all the children of his town... [More...]
The Harder They Fall (1956)
Mark Robson
Down-at-heel sportswriter Eddie Willis accepts a commission from crooked boxing promoter Nick Benko to publicise an unknown heavyweight boxer Toro Moreno... [More...]
Mark Robson
Down-at-heel sportswriter Eddie Willis accepts a commission from crooked boxing promoter Nick Benko to publicise an unknown heavyweight boxer Toro Moreno... [More...]
Harriet Craig (1950)
Vincent Sherman
Harriet Craig runs her household with an iron grip. Every last thing must go as she plans it, her authority is absolute, and she makes sure that her servants know it... [More...]
Vincent Sherman
Harriet Craig runs her household with an iron grip. Every last thing must go as she plans it, her authority is absolute, and she makes sure that her servants know it... [More...]
Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (1952)
Douglas Sirk
With no living relatives of his own, ageing multi-millionaire Samuel Fulton decides to bestow his entire fortune on the Blaisdell family, the descendents of the only woman he loved... [More...]
Douglas Sirk
With no living relatives of his own, ageing multi-millionaire Samuel Fulton decides to bestow his entire fortune on the Blaisdell family, the descendents of the only woman he loved... [More...]
The Haunting (1963)
Robert Wise
Dr John Markway is a professor of anthropology with a keen interest in the paranormal. For years he has been looking for proof that will convince a sceptical scientific community of the existence of supernatural phenomena... [More...]
Robert Wise
Dr John Markway is a professor of anthropology with a keen interest in the paranormal. For years he has been looking for proof that will convince a sceptical scientific community of the existence of supernatural phenomena... [More...]
Heaven Can Wait (1943)
Ernst Lubitsch
After a life of dissolute pleasure-seeking, Henry Van Cleve considers he has earned his place in Hell. But when he arrives in the entrance hall to Satan's fiery domain, he encounters an imposing figure who is less certain of his credentials... [More...]
Ernst Lubitsch
After a life of dissolute pleasure-seeking, Henry Van Cleve considers he has earned his place in Hell. But when he arrives in the entrance hall to Satan's fiery domain, he encounters an imposing figure who is less certain of his credentials... [More...]
The Heiress (1949)
William Wyler
In the 1840s, Dr Austin Sloper, a successful medical practitioner, lives with his daughter Catherine in New York's affluent Washington Square... [More...]
William Wyler
In the 1840s, Dr Austin Sloper, a successful medical practitioner, lives with his daughter Catherine in New York's affluent Washington Square... [More...]
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
Gene Kelly
In the 1890s, Dolly Levi is the talk of New York, a merry widow who is all too willing to lend her services as a marriage broker, for a modest fee... [More...]
Gene Kelly
In the 1890s, Dolly Levi is the talk of New York, a merry widow who is all too willing to lend her services as a marriage broker, for a modest fee... [More...]
Helpmates (1932)
James Parrott
With his wife away from home, Ollie makes the most of his new-found freedom by hosting a riotous dinner party. This next morning, his house looks like it has been simultaneously struck by an earthquake and a meteor... [More...]
James Parrott
With his wife away from home, Ollie makes the most of his new-found freedom by hosting a riotous dinner party. This next morning, his house looks like it has been simultaneously struck by an earthquake and a meteor... [More...]
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
Alexander Hall
Prize fighter Joe Pendleton is fooling about in his private aeroplane when he loses control and crashes into the ground. Just before impact, his soul is snatched from his body by an overly enthusiastic angel, Messenger 7013, and taken to the transit point to the next world... [More...]
Alexander Hall
Prize fighter Joe Pendleton is fooling about in his private aeroplane when he loses control and crashes into the ground. Just before impact, his soul is snatched from his body by an overly enthusiastic angel, Messenger 7013, and taken to the transit point to the next world... [More...]