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American cinema: All genres
Il Casanova di Federico Fellini (1976)
Federico Fellini
The debauched life of Giacomo Casanova is legendary, a succession of erotic adventures with women who are no more to him than instruments of pleasure...
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Federico Fellini
Imitation of Life (1959)
Douglas Sirk
When she loses her 6-year-old daughter Suzie on a crowded beach, Lora Meredith is relieved to find her in the care of a friendly black woman, Annie Johnson...
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Douglas Sirk
Impact (1949)
Arthur Lubin
One of America's top industrialists, Walter Williams is blissfully unaware that his wife Irene has been carrying on an affair with a younger man, Jim Torrence...
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Arthur Lubin
In a Lonely Place (1950)
Nicholas Ray
Dixon Steele is a jaded Hollywood screenwriter who hasn't had a success for years. At a nightclub, his agent Mel Lippman tries to persuade him to adapt a popular romantic novel for a film...
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Nicholas Ray
In the Electric Mist (2009)
Bertrand Tavernier
In the Louisiana town of New Iberia, maverick cop Dave Robicheaux is on the trail of a serial killer whose victims are all vulnerable young women...
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Bertrand Tavernier
In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
Robert Z. Leonard
Andrew Larkin is a diligent employee at Oberkugen's music shop in circa 1900 Chicago. He hopes that soon he will be able to earn enough so that he can marry the female pen-friend he writes to almost every day... [More...]
Robert Z. Leonard
Andrew Larkin is a diligent employee at Oberkugen's music shop in circa 1900 Chicago. He hopes that soon he will be able to earn enough so that he can marry the female pen-friend he writes to almost every day... [More...]
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Norman Jewison
Sparta, Mississippi. Late one evening, police officer Sam Wood finds a dead body in the street. The murder victim is Mr Colbert, a prominent businessman who was about to open a factory which would provide jobs that are badly needed in the town... [More...]
Norman Jewison
Sparta, Mississippi. Late one evening, police officer Sam Wood finds a dead body in the street. The murder victim is Mr Colbert, a prominent businessman who was about to open a factory which would provide jobs that are badly needed in the town... [More...]
In This Our Life (1942)
John Huston
Stanley and Roy are two sisters, the grown-up daughters of unsuccessful entrepreneur Asa Timberlake. In temperament and behaviour the two women could not be more dissimilar... [More...]
John Huston
Stanley and Roy are two sisters, the grown-up daughters of unsuccessful entrepreneur Asa Timberlake. In temperament and behaviour the two women could not be more dissimilar... [More...]
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Jack Arnold
During a boating holiday with his wife Louise, Scott Carey is enveloped in a strange mist which causes his body to glisten mysteriously... [More...]
Jack Arnold
During a boating holiday with his wife Louise, Scott Carey is enveloped in a strange mist which causes his body to glisten mysteriously... [More...]
Indiscreet (1958)
Stanley Donen
On her return to London, the world-renowned actress Anna Kalman appears disillusioned with love, certain that she will never find a man who will engage both her heart and her intellect... [More...]
Stanley Donen
On her return to London, the world-renowned actress Anna Kalman appears disillusioned with love, certain that she will never find a man who will engage both her heart and her intellect... [More...]
The Informer (1935)
John Ford
Dublin, 1922. During the Irish Civil War, a poor unemployed man, Gypo Nolan, dreams of starting a new life in America. If only he had £20, he could take his girlfriend, Katie, with him on a steamboat crossing to the land of opportunity... [More...]
John Ford
Dublin, 1922. During the Irish Civil War, a poor unemployed man, Gypo Nolan, dreams of starting a new life in America. If only he had £20, he could take his girlfriend, Katie, with him on a steamboat crossing to the land of opportunity... [More...]
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Stanley Kramer
In Hillsboro, a small town in Tennessee, schoolteacher Bertram Cates is arrested for teaching Darwin's Theory of Evolution to a class of high school students... [More...]
Stanley Kramer
In Hillsboro, a small town in Tennessee, schoolteacher Bertram Cates is arrested for teaching Darwin's Theory of Evolution to a class of high school students... [More...]
The Innocents (1961)
Jack Clayton
In Victorian England, Miss Giddens accepts the position of a governess to two young children living in a luxurious country estate... [More...]
Jack Clayton
In Victorian England, Miss Giddens accepts the position of a governess to two young children living in a luxurious country estate... [More...]
Interiors (1978)
Woody Allen
Arthur, a wealthy corporate lawyer, and Eve, an interior designer, have three grown-up daughters who are all obsessed with making a success of their lives... [More...]
Woody Allen
Arthur, a wealthy corporate lawyer, and Eve, an interior designer, have three grown-up daughters who are all obsessed with making a success of their lives... [More...]
Intermezzo (1939)
Gregory Ratoff
Holger Brandt is a world-renowned concert violinist, comfortably settled into middle age with a loving wife and two adoring young children... [More...]
Gregory Ratoff
Holger Brandt is a world-renowned concert violinist, comfortably settled into middle age with a loving wife and two adoring young children... [More...]
Intolerance (1916)
D.W. Griffith
Four interwoven stories spanning mankind's turbulent history show how hatred and intolerance have battled against love and charity across the ages... [More...]
D.W. Griffith
Four interwoven stories spanning mankind's turbulent history show how hatred and intolerance have battled against love and charity across the ages... [More...]
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Don Siegel
Dr Miles Bennell is attending a conference when anxious calls from his patients compel him to return to his home town of Santa Mira in California... [More...]
Don Siegel
Dr Miles Bennell is attending a conference when anxious calls from his patients compel him to return to his home town of Santa Mira in California... [More...]
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Philip Kaufman
Government scientist Elizabeth Driscoll becomes concerned when her partner starts to behave strangely, doing odd things like getting up early and emptying the dustbins... [More...]
Philip Kaufman
Government scientist Elizabeth Driscoll becomes concerned when her partner starts to behave strangely, doing odd things like getting up early and emptying the dustbins... [More...]
The Invisible Man (1933)
James Whale
One winter's day, a stranger arrives at a small village inn and demands a room. His appearance causes consternation amongst the locals... [More...]
James Whale
One winter's day, a stranger arrives at a small village inn and demands a room. His appearance causes consternation amongst the locals... [More...]
Island of Lost Souls (1932)
Erle C. Kenton
When the liner he is travelling on is wrecked in the South Pacific, Edward Parker is picked up by a cargo vessel laden with wild animals... [More...]
Erle C. Kenton
When the liner he is travelling on is wrecked in the South Pacific, Edward Parker is picked up by a cargo vessel laden with wild animals... [More...]
It Came from Outer Space (1953)
Jack Arnold
Amateur astronomer John Putnam is spending a pleasant evening stargazing with his girlfriend Ellen Fields when a ball of fire appears in the night sky and crashlands into the desert ground, not far from the town of Sand Rock... [More...]
Jack Arnold
Amateur astronomer John Putnam is spending a pleasant evening stargazing with his girlfriend Ellen Fields when a ball of fire appears in the night sky and crashlands into the desert ground, not far from the town of Sand Rock... [More...]
It Happened One Night (1934)
Frank Capra
Wealthy financier Alexander Andrews is so offended by his daughter Ellie's decision to marry the playboy King Westley that he holds her prisoner on his yacht whilst he arranges an annulment... [More...]
Frank Capra
Wealthy financier Alexander Andrews is so offended by his daughter Ellie's decision to marry the playboy King Westley that he holds her prisoner on his yacht whilst he arranges an annulment... [More...]
It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
René Clair
In America in the 1940s, Larry and Sylvia Stevens are preparing to celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary when Larry insists on letting the world know of the bizarre turn of events that led to their happy union... [More...]
René Clair
In America in the 1940s, Larry and Sylvia Stevens are preparing to celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary when Larry insists on letting the world know of the bizarre turn of events that led to their happy union... [More...]
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Frank Capra
On the death of his father, George Bailey has no choice but to take over the management of the family's loan and savings business... [More...]
Frank Capra
On the death of his father, George Bailey has no choice but to take over the management of the family's loan and savings business... [More...]
Jane Eyre (1944)
Robert Stevenson
Weary of the ill-treatment she has received at the hands of her bullying Aunt Sarah, 10-year-old Jane Eyre is grateful when she learns she is to be sent to Lowood Institution, a charity school for poor orphaned girls such as she... [More...]
Robert Stevenson
Weary of the ill-treatment she has received at the hands of her bullying Aunt Sarah, 10-year-old Jane Eyre is grateful when she learns she is to be sent to Lowood Institution, a charity school for poor orphaned girls such as she... [More...]
Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
Don Chaffey
In ancient Greece, Aristo, the benevolent King of Thessaly, is overthrown by his rival, Pelias, but a prophesy foretells that one day Aristo's son Jason will return to reclaim the throne... [More...]
Don Chaffey
In ancient Greece, Aristo, the benevolent King of Thessaly, is overthrown by his rival, Pelias, but a prophesy foretells that one day Aristo's son Jason will return to reclaim the throne... [More...]
Jaws (1975)
Steven Spielberg
When the mutilated body of a young woman is washed up on the shore of Amity Island, police chief Martin Brody fears that a killer shark may be stalking the coastline... [More...]
Steven Spielberg
When the mutilated body of a young woman is washed up on the shore of Amity Island, police chief Martin Brody fears that a killer shark may be stalking the coastline... [More...]
The Jazz Singer (1927)
Alan Crosland
In Manhattan, New York, Rabinowitz is the Cantor at the Russian Jewish synagogue and is adamant that his young son Jakie will carry on the tradition which goes back five generations... [More...]
Alan Crosland
In Manhattan, New York, Rabinowitz is the Cantor at the Russian Jewish synagogue and is adamant that his young son Jakie will carry on the tradition which goes back five generations... [More...]
Jesse James (1939)
Henry King
In the aftermath of the American Civil War, the St Louis Midland railroad company goes from strength to strength, buying up land as cheaply as possible by threatening and cajoling gullible landowners... [More...]
Henry King
In the aftermath of the American Civil War, the St Louis Midland railroad company goes from strength to strength, buying up land as cheaply as possible by threatening and cajoling gullible landowners... [More...]
Johnny Eager (1942)
Mervyn LeRoy
Recently released from prison, former gangster Johnny Eager convinces his parole officer he has gone straight by masquerading as a taxi cab driver... [More...]
Mervyn LeRoy
Recently released from prison, former gangster Johnny Eager convinces his parole officer he has gone straight by masquerading as a taxi cab driver... [More...]