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American cinema: All genres
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
Max Ophüls
Vienna, circa 1900. Renowned concert pianist Stefan Brand is about to leave town to avoid having to fight a duel when he receives a mysterious letter from an unknown woman...
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Max Ophüls
The Letter (1940)
William Wyler
Late one evening, whilst her husband is away working in his Malayan rubber plantation, Leslie Crosbie shoots a man dead in front of her house...
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William Wyler
Licence to Kill (1989)
John Glen
On his wedding day, CIA agent Felix Leiter assists British agent James Bond in capturing the notorious drugs baron Franz Sanchez...
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John Glen
Life Stinks (1991)
Mel Brooks
Goddard Bolt is an unscrupulous, insanely wealthy businessman who would not think twice about bulldozing the Brazilian rainforest to expand his business empire...
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Mel Brooks
Lifeboat (1944)
Alfred Hitchcock
During WWII, a freighter crossing the Atlantic Ocean is struck by a German U-boat. As the ship goes down, a handful of survivors reach the safety of a small lifeboat...
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Alfred Hitchcock
Limelight (1952)
Charles Chaplin
London, 1914. Calvero, a once famous comedian of the music hall, is unable to find work and drowns his sorrows in drink... [More...]
Charles Chaplin
London, 1914. Calvero, a once famous comedian of the music hall, is unable to find work and drowns his sorrows in drink... [More...]
Little Caesar (1931)
Mervyn LeRoy
Caesar Enrico Bandello - Rico to his friends - arrives in Chicago with his friend Joe Massara to make his fortune in the criminal underworld... [More...]
Mervyn LeRoy
Caesar Enrico Bandello - Rico to his friends - arrives in Chicago with his friend Joe Massara to make his fortune in the criminal underworld... [More...]
Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Frank Oz
Mr Mushnik is the owner of a far from thriving florist shop in Skid Row, a less than salubrious district of New York. He tyrannises his two employees, Seymour Krelborn and Audrey Fulquard, but knows he is heading for ruin... [More...]
Frank Oz
Mr Mushnik is the owner of a far from thriving florist shop in Skid Row, a less than salubrious district of New York. He tyrannises his two employees, Seymour Krelborn and Audrey Fulquard, but knows he is heading for ruin... [More...]
The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)
Roger Corman
Gravis Mushnick is the mean-spirited owner of a cheap florist's shop in Skid Row, New York. He has two assistants, the simple-minded Audrey and the inept Seymour, but even with their combined efforts he has difficulty attracting customers... [More...]
Roger Corman
Gravis Mushnick is the mean-spirited owner of a cheap florist's shop in Skid Row, New York. He has two assistants, the simple-minded Audrey and the inept Seymour, but even with their combined efforts he has difficulty attracting customers... [More...]
Little Women (1933)
George Cukor
During the American Civil War, the four March sisters anxiously await the return of their father in their small Massachusetts town... [More...]
George Cukor
During the American Civil War, the four March sisters anxiously await the return of their father in their small Massachusetts town... [More...]
The Locket (1946)
John Brahm
On the day of his marriage to his true love Nancy, John Willis receives an unexpected visit from a man who claims to be his future wife's former husband... [More...]
John Brahm
On the day of his marriage to his true love Nancy, John Willis receives an unexpected visit from a man who claims to be his future wife's former husband... [More...]
The Lodger (1944)
John Brahm
Whitechapel, London, in the 1880s. In desperate need of cash so that they can keep up appearances, Mr and Mrs Bonting are forced to rent out one of their rooms to a lodger... [More...]
John Brahm
Whitechapel, London, in the 1880s. In desperate need of cash so that they can keep up appearances, Mr and Mrs Bonting are forced to rent out one of their rooms to a lodger... [More...]
Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962)
Sidney Lumet
Outwardly, the Tyrones are a typical middle-class American family living in New London, Connecticut. The year is 1912 and the father, James, looks back on his long career as an actor with a mixture of pride and dismay... [More...]
Sidney Lumet
Outwardly, the Tyrones are a typical middle-class American family living in New London, Connecticut. The year is 1912 and the father, James, looks back on his long career as an actor with a mixture of pride and dismay... [More...]
The Longest Day (1962)
Ken Annakin
June, 1944. Thousands of Allied troops assembled in the south of England impatiently await the go-ahead for a full-scale invasion of France, the one military manoeuvre that will decisively crush the resolve of the Axis powers and hasten the end of the war... [More...]
Ken Annakin
June, 1944. Thousands of Allied troops assembled in the south of England impatiently await the go-ahead for a full-scale invasion of France, the one military manoeuvre that will decisively crush the resolve of the Axis powers and hasten the end of the war... [More...]
Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)
Richard Brooks
Theresa Dunn is a university student who is physically and emotionally scarred by surgery she underwent in childhood. As she battles against her poor self-esteem and the righteous tyranny of her Catholic father, she begins an illicit love affair with her teacher, a married man... [More...]
Richard Brooks
Theresa Dunn is a university student who is physically and emotionally scarred by surgery she underwent in childhood. As she battles against her poor self-esteem and the righteous tyranny of her Catholic father, she begins an illicit love affair with her teacher, a married man... [More...]
Lorna Doone (1922)
Maurice Tourneur
In the late 1600s, a region of rural Devonshire in England is menaced by a lawless gang of highwaymen and cut-throats, the Doones... [More...]
Maurice Tourneur
In the late 1600s, a region of rural Devonshire in England is menaced by a lawless gang of highwaymen and cut-throats, the Doones... [More...]
Lost Horizon (1937)
Frank Capra
1935. As bloody revolution sweeps across China, British diplomat Robert Conway is charged with evacuating Westerners from the city of Baskul... [More...]
Frank Capra
1935. As bloody revolution sweeps across China, British diplomat Robert Conway is charged with evacuating Westerners from the city of Baskul... [More...]
The Lost Moment (1947)
Martin Gabel
New York publisher Lewis Venable travels to Venice in the hope of acquiring a set of priceless love letters written by the 19th century poet Jeffrey Ashton to his devoted paramour Juliana Bordereau... [More...]
Martin Gabel
New York publisher Lewis Venable travels to Venice in the hope of acquiring a set of priceless love letters written by the 19th century poet Jeffrey Ashton to his devoted paramour Juliana Bordereau... [More...]
The Lost Squadron (1932)
George Archainbaud
Three young aviators, the sole survivors of a squadron that fought with distinction in the First World War, return to America with their faithful mechanic, hoping to pick up where they left off... [More...]
George Archainbaud
Three young aviators, the sole survivors of a squadron that fought with distinction in the First World War, return to America with their faithful mechanic, hoping to pick up where they left off... [More...]
The Lost World (1925)
Harry O. Hoyt
No one believes Professor Challenger's claims that living dinosaurs have been discovered in South America. Eager to make a name for himself, a young journalist named Edward Malone persuades his newspaper to back a mission to the Amazon to rescue Maple White, the leader of a previous expedition, whose journal contains sketches of the dinosaurs he has apparently encountered... [More...]
Harry O. Hoyt
No one believes Professor Challenger's claims that living dinosaurs have been discovered in South America. Eager to make a name for himself, a young journalist named Edward Malone persuades his newspaper to back a mission to the Amazon to rescue Maple White, the leader of a previous expedition, whose journal contains sketches of the dinosaurs he has apparently encountered... [More...]
Love Affair (1939)
Leo McCarey
Michel Marnet, France's most eligible playboy bachelor, is on his way to America by liner so that he can marry the fabulously wealthy heiress Lois Clarke... [More...]
Leo McCarey
Michel Marnet, France's most eligible playboy bachelor, is on his way to America by liner so that he can marry the fabulously wealthy heiress Lois Clarke... [More...]
Love and Death (1975)
Woody Allen
A condemned man, about to be executed for a crime he did not commit, Boris Grushenko looks back on his short life, conscious that Death is even now beating a path in his direction... [More...]
Woody Allen
A condemned man, about to be executed for a crime he did not commit, Boris Grushenko looks back on his short life, conscious that Death is even now beating a path in his direction... [More...]
Love Me or Leave Me (1955)
Charles Vidor
In 1920s Chicago, Ruth Etting scrapes a living by dancing with patrons at an exclusive nightclub. When she loses her job, racketeer Marty Snyder takes her under his wing and offers her an opportunity to achieve her ambition to become a singer... [More...]
Charles Vidor
In 1920s Chicago, Ruth Etting scrapes a living by dancing with patrons at an exclusive nightclub. When she loses her job, racketeer Marty Snyder takes her under his wing and offers her an opportunity to achieve her ambition to become a singer... [More...]
Lover Come Back (1961)
Delbert Mann
Carol Templeton works for a New York advertising agency and prides herself on the honesty and professionalism with which she conducts her business... [More...]
Delbert Mann
Carol Templeton works for a New York advertising agency and prides herself on the honesty and professionalism with which she conducts her business... [More...]
Lucky Star (1929)
Frank Borzage
When she sees a team of electrical line repairmen at work, Mary Tucker, the eldest of widow Tucker's bedraggled offspring, brings them some watered down milk... [More...]
Frank Borzage
When she sees a team of electrical line repairmen at work, Mary Tucker, the eldest of widow Tucker's bedraggled offspring, brings them some watered down milk... [More...]
Lust for Life (1956)
Vincente Minnelli
Driven by an overwhelming urge to achieve something worthwhile in his life, Vincent Van Gogh takes up the position of a preacher in a small mining town in the Borinage district of Belgium... [More...]
Vincente Minnelli
Driven by an overwhelming urge to achieve something worthwhile in his life, Vincent Van Gogh takes up the position of a preacher in a small mining town in the Borinage district of Belgium... [More...]
Lydia (1941)
Julien Duvivier
In old age, the American benefactress Lydia Macmillan is visited by one of her former suitors Dr Michael Fitzpatrick and invited to take tea with him... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
In old age, the American benefactress Lydia Macmillan is visited by one of her former suitors Dr Michael Fitzpatrick and invited to take tea with him... [More...]
M.A.S.H. (1970)
Robert Altman
During the Korean War (1950-53), Captains Hawkeye Pierce and Duke Forrest create a stir the moment they arrive at the American Mobile Army Surgical Hospital to which they have been assigned... [More...]
Robert Altman
During the Korean War (1950-53), Captains Hawkeye Pierce and Duke Forrest create a stir the moment they arrive at the American Mobile Army Surgical Hospital to which they have been assigned... [More...]
Macbeth (1948)
Orson Welles
Triumphant in battle, warriors Macbeth and Banquo return to their home in Scotland and are greeted by three strange hags who offer them prophecies of future glory... [More...]
Orson Welles
Triumphant in battle, warriors Macbeth and Banquo return to their home in Scotland and are greeted by three strange hags who offer them prophecies of future glory... [More...]