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Johnny Guitar (1954)
Nicholas Ray
A lone guitar player named Johnny Guitar arrives at a saloon located on the outskirts of a dusty Arizona cattle town. The saloon belongs to a headstrong woman, Vienna, who was once a lover of his...
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Nicholas Ray
The Jolson Story (1946)
Alfred E. Green
The son of an immigrant Jewish cantor, Asa Yoelson would rather spend his hours in burlesque theatres than at the synagogue learning to be a good Jew...
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Alfred E. Green
Journey Into Fear (1943)
Norman Foster
During WWII, American armaments engineer Howard Graham travels to Istanbul with his wife to attend a conference. One evening, he meets up with a business associate who persuades him to visit a nightclub...
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Norman Foster
Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
Henry Levin
On the day the eminent Edinburgh geologist Professor Oliver Lindenbrook receives his knighthood, his favourite student Alex McEwen gives him a lump of volcanic rock as a present...
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Henry Levin
Juarez (1939)
William Dieterle
1864. When Mexico reneges on its debt payments, the Emperor Napoleon III of France sends an army to depose the Mexican president Benito Juarez and take control of the country...
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William Dieterle
Jungle Book (1942)
Zoltan Korda
In India, a party of British tourists listen in rapture as an old local storyteller recounts a tale from his youth. Years ago, he lived in a village that was attacked by the tiger Shere Khan... [More...]
Zoltan Korda
In India, a party of British tourists listen in rapture as an old local storyteller recounts a tale from his youth. Years ago, he lived in a village that was attacked by the tiger Shere Khan... [More...]
Keeper of the Flame (1942)
George Cukor
After a traumatic stint in Europe, war correspondent Stephen O'Malley returns to the United States to write the biography of Robert Forrest, a renowned public figure who recently died in a tragic accident... [More...]
George Cukor
After a traumatic stint in Europe, war correspondent Stephen O'Malley returns to the United States to write the biography of Robert Forrest, a renowned public figure who recently died in a tragic accident... [More...]
Key Largo (1948)
John Huston
With time on his hands, World War II veteran Frank McCloud decides to pay a visit to James Temple, the wheelchair bound father of a friend of his who was killed in the war... [More...]
John Huston
With time on his hands, World War II veteran Frank McCloud decides to pay a visit to James Temple, the wheelchair bound father of a friend of his who was killed in the war... [More...]
The Kid (1921)
Charles Chaplin
Extreme personal circumstances drive a young woman to abandon her newborn baby. The infant is discovered by a solitary tramp who decides to adopt it... [More...]
Charles Chaplin
Extreme personal circumstances drive a young woman to abandon her newborn baby. The infant is discovered by a solitary tramp who decides to adopt it... [More...]
The Killers (1946)
Robert Siodmak
Late one evening, two strangers arrive in a small New Jersey town. They stop at a roadside café where they intend to kill a man named Ole Anderson, also known as "the Swede"... [More...]
Robert Siodmak
Late one evening, two strangers arrive in a small New Jersey town. They stop at a roadside café where they intend to kill a man named Ole Anderson, also known as "the Swede"... [More...]
The Killing of Sister George (1968)
Robert Aldrich
London, 1968. June Buckridge is a dowdy actress in her early fifties who has become a household name, thanks to her prominent role as Sister George in the popular BBC television soap opera Applehurst... [More...]
Robert Aldrich
London, 1968. June Buckridge is a dowdy actress in her early fifties who has become a household name, thanks to her prominent role as Sister George in the popular BBC television soap opera Applehurst... [More...]
The King and I (1956)
Walter Lang
In 1862, a young English widow, Anna Leonowens, arrives in Bangkok with her infant son to take up the post of private tutor to the numerous offspring of the King of Siam... [More...]
Walter Lang
In 1862, a young English widow, Anna Leonowens, arrives in Bangkok with her infant son to take up the post of private tutor to the numerous offspring of the King of Siam... [More...]
King Kong (1933)
Merian C. Cooper
The illustrious filmmaker Carl Denham is preparing an expedition to a remote island where he intends to shoot his next film... [More...]
Merian C. Cooper
The illustrious filmmaker Carl Denham is preparing an expedition to a remote island where he intends to shoot his next film... [More...]
The King of Comedy (1982)
Martin Scorsese
Rupert Pupkin will do anything to be famous. Convinced that he is destined to be the next king of comedy, he foists himself on America's premier chat show host, Jerry Langford, urging him to give him a spot on his evening show... [More...]
Martin Scorsese
Rupert Pupkin will do anything to be famous. Convinced that he is destined to be the next king of comedy, he foists himself on America's premier chat show host, Jerry Langford, urging him to give him a spot on his evening show... [More...]
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Robert Aldrich
In the dead of night, a young woman clad only in a trench coat runs for her life along a deserted stretch of highway. Suddenly, she sees a flashy sports car racing towards her and desperately signals to the driver to stop... [More...]
Robert Aldrich
In the dead of night, a young woman clad only in a trench coat runs for her life along a deserted stretch of highway. Suddenly, she sees a flashy sports car racing towards her and desperately signals to the driver to stop... [More...]
Kiss Me Kate (1953)
George Sidney
Fred Graham and Cole Porter are discussing their new show, a musical version of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, and agree that Fred's ex-wife Lilli Vanessi would be perfect for the part of Katharine... [More...]
George Sidney
Fred Graham and Cole Porter are discussing their new show, a musical version of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, and agree that Fred's ex-wife Lilli Vanessi would be perfect for the part of Katharine... [More...]
Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)
Billy Wilder
Once his tour of Las Vagas is over, star singer Dino takes to the road and heads for Hollywood, where a film crew anxiously awaits his arrival... [More...]
Billy Wilder
Once his tour of Las Vagas is over, star singer Dino takes to the road and heads for Hollywood, where a film crew anxiously awaits his arrival... [More...]
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)
Gordon Douglas
Ralph Cotter, a notorious gangster, escapes from a prison farm with a fellow convict, Carleton. Pursued by police, Cotter kills Carleton to facilitate his own escape and hooks up with Carleton's sister, Holiday... [More...]
Gordon Douglas
Ralph Cotter, a notorious gangster, escapes from a prison farm with a fellow convict, Carleton. Pursued by police, Cotter kills Carleton to facilitate his own escape and hooks up with Carleton's sister, Holiday... [More...]
The Kiss (1929)
Jacques Feyder
Irène is a young French woman who is trapped in a loveless marriage with an older man, businessman Charles Guarry... [More...]
Jacques Feyder
Irène is a young French woman who is trapped in a loveless marriage with an older man, businessman Charles Guarry... [More...]
Kitty Foyle (1940)
Sam Wood
On the day she is to get married, Kitty Foyle receives an unexpected visit from a former lover Wyn Strafford, whom she hasn't seen for years... [More...]
Sam Wood
On the day she is to get married, Kitty Foyle receives an unexpected visit from a former lover Wyn Strafford, whom she hasn't seen for years... [More...]
Klute (1971)
Alan J. Pakula
When Tom Gruneman, an important research engineer, goes missing his friend John Klute agrees to go looking for him, at the behest of Peter Cable, a senior executive in Gruneman's company... [More...]
Alan J. Pakula
When Tom Gruneman, an important research engineer, goes missing his friend John Klute agrees to go looking for him, at the behest of Peter Cable, a senior executive in Gruneman's company... [More...]
The Lady Eve (1941)
Preston Sturges
After a year looking for rare species of snakes in the forests of South America, Charles Pike, son of a ludicrously wealthy ale magnate, returns home by cruise ship... [More...]
Preston Sturges
After a year looking for rare species of snakes in the forests of South America, Charles Pike, son of a ludicrously wealthy ale magnate, returns home by cruise ship... [More...]
The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
Orson Welles
In San Francisco, drifter Michael O'Hara falls under the spell of Elsa Bannister, a beautiful young blonde who is grateful when he saves her from some marauding thugs... [More...]
Orson Welles
In San Francisco, drifter Michael O'Hara falls under the spell of Elsa Bannister, a beautiful young blonde who is grateful when he saves her from some marauding thugs... [More...]
Lady Windermere's Fan (1925)
Ernst Lubitsch
Unaware that his wife is being courted behind his back by the eligible bachelor Lord Darlington, Lord Windermere is disturbed when he receives a letter from a woman, Mrs Erlynne, he has never met before, offering him information of some importance... [More...]
Ernst Lubitsch
Unaware that his wife is being courted behind his back by the eligible bachelor Lord Darlington, Lord Windermere is disturbed when he receives a letter from a woman, Mrs Erlynne, he has never met before, offering him information of some importance... [More...]
The Last Flight (1931)
William Dieterle
France, 1919. After the First World War, two American aviators, Cary Lockwood and Shep Lambert, are released from hospital, still emotionally and physically scarred by their experience of airborne combat... [More...]
William Dieterle
France, 1919. After the First World War, two American aviators, Cary Lockwood and Shep Lambert, are released from hospital, still emotionally and physically scarred by their experience of airborne combat... [More...]
The Last of the Mohicans (1920)
Maurice Tourneur
By 1757, the Seven Years' War that is ravaging the continent of Europe has reached the colonies in the Americas. A British stronghold in New York, Fort William Henry, is threatened by French armies and their Huron Indian allies... [More...]
Maurice Tourneur
By 1757, the Seven Years' War that is ravaging the continent of Europe has reached the colonies in the Americas. A British stronghold in New York, Fort William Henry, is threatened by French armies and their Huron Indian allies... [More...]
Laura (1944)
Otto Preminger
Inspector Mark McPherson investigates the killing of Laura Hunt. The prime suspect is Waldo Lydecker, a renowned writer with a high opinion of himself and a low opinion of everyone else - except Laura... [More...]
Otto Preminger
Inspector Mark McPherson investigates the killing of Laura Hunt. The prime suspect is Waldo Lydecker, a renowned writer with a high opinion of himself and a low opinion of everyone else - except Laura... [More...]
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
David Lean
In the early years of the First World War, Oxford-educated archaeologist T.E. Lawrence finds himself in Cairo, a deskbound lieutenant in the British Army... [More...]
David Lean
In the early years of the First World War, Oxford-educated archaeologist T.E. Lawrence finds himself in Cairo, a deskbound lieutenant in the British Army... [More...]
Lazybones (1925)
Frank Borzage
It is not without reason that Steve Tuttle is known to everyone as Lazybones. He is a young man who is never in a hurry to do anything, even if his life depended on it... [More...]
Frank Borzage
It is not without reason that Steve Tuttle is known to everyone as Lazybones. He is a young man who is never in a hurry to do anything, even if his life depended on it... [More...]
The Leopard Man (1943)
Jacques Tourneur
In New Mexico, Jerry Manning hires a trained leopard as a gimmick for his girlfriend Kiki, a nightclub performer. On its first night, the leopard takes fright and runs off into the night... [More...]
Jacques Tourneur
In New Mexico, Jerry Manning hires a trained leopard as a gimmick for his girlfriend Kiki, a nightclub performer. On its first night, the leopard takes fright and runs off into the night... [More...]