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American cinema: All genres
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Vincente Minnelli
In 1903, St Louis is home to the Smith family, a typical middle-class American household which comprises successful business man Alonzo Smith, his wife Anna, their grown-up son Lon and four daughters, Rose, Esther, Agnes and Tootie...
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Vincente Minnelli
The Men (1950)
Fred Zinnemann
Shot by a German sniper in WWII, a young American soldier, Ken Wilcheck, suffers a spinal injury that will prevent him from ever walking again...
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Fred Zinnemann
The Merry Widow (1925)
Erich von Stroheim
Dancer Sally O'Hara has barely set foot in Monteblanco before she is swept off her feet by the dashing Prince Danilo. On the day of their wedding, Danilo is persuaded by his uncle, King Nikita I, that he cannot marry a commoner, and so Sally ends up marrying Baron Sadoja, whose wealth is bankrolling the country...
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Erich von Stroheim
The Merry Widow (1934)
Ernst Lubitsch
Madame Sonia is not only the wealthiest person in the remote East European country of Marshovia, she is also the most beautiful...
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Ernst Lubitsch
Midnight Run (1988)
Martin Brest
One-time cop Jack Walsh has turned bounty hunter after a run-in with Los Angeles mobster Jimmy Serrano, which robbed him of his career and his family...
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Martin Brest
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Michael Curtiz
When her husband is shot dead, Mildred Pierce Beragon breaks down under police questioning and confesses that she is the murderer... [More...]
Michael Curtiz
When her husband is shot dead, Mildred Pierce Beragon breaks down under police questioning and confesses that she is the murderer... [More...]
The Milky Way (1936)
Leo McCarey
Burleigh Sullivan is a timid, inoffensive milkman who wouldn't harm a fly, yet one evening he somehow manages to knock out a man who had been antagonising his sister... [More...]
Leo McCarey
Burleigh Sullivan is a timid, inoffensive milkman who wouldn't harm a fly, yet one evening he somehow manages to knock out a man who had been antagonising his sister... [More...]
Ministry of Fear (1944)
Fritz Lang
England, 1940. Leaving an asylum where he has spent the last two years, Stephen Neale decides to return to London, even though the capital is under attack from German bombers... [More...]
Fritz Lang
England, 1940. Leaving an asylum where he has spent the last two years, Stephen Neale decides to return to London, even though the capital is under attack from German bombers... [More...]
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
George Seaton
When he complains about a drunken Santa at a Thanksgiving Day parade, Kris Kringle quickly finds himself cast as his replacement... [More...]
George Seaton
When he complains about a drunken Santa at a Thanksgiving Day parade, Kris Kringle quickly finds himself cast as his replacement... [More...]
The Miracle Woman (1931)
Frank Capra
When her father, a church minister, dies from a broken heart after having been dismissed by his parish, Florence Fallon turns on his congregation, bitterly charging them with ingratitude and hypocrisy... [More...]
Frank Capra
When her father, a church minister, dies from a broken heart after having been dismissed by his parish, Florence Fallon turns on his congregation, bitterly charging them with ingratitude and hypocrisy... [More...]
Missing (1982)
Costa-Gavras
An American free-lance journalist, Charles Hormann, is living in a South American state with his wife Beth when a military coup erupts... [More...]
Costa-Gavras
An American free-lance journalist, Charles Hormann, is living in a South American state with his wife Beth when a military coup erupts... [More...]
Mission: Impossible (1996)
Brian De Palma
Led by Jim Phelps, a crack team of the Impossible Missions Force (IMF), a covert branch of the CIA, assembles in Prague. Their mission: to prevent an American diplomat from stealing a list identifying all western intelligence agents operating in Eastern Europe... [More...]
Brian De Palma
Led by Jim Phelps, a crack team of the Impossible Missions Force (IMF), a covert branch of the CIA, assembles in Prague. Their mission: to prevent an American diplomat from stealing a list identifying all western intelligence agents operating in Eastern Europe... [More...]
Modern Times (1936)
Charles Chaplin
Unable to cope with the interminable monotony of work on the assembly line, a factory worker has a nervous breakdown and begins wrecking the machinery... [More...]
Charles Chaplin
Unable to cope with the interminable monotony of work on the assembly line, a factory worker has a nervous breakdown and begins wrecking the machinery... [More...]
Monkey Business (1931)
Norman Z. McLeod
Four brothers, Groucho, Chico, Harpo and Zeppo, stowaway on a ship bound for New York. As they try to elude the ship's First Mate, the brothers find themselves embroiled in the machinations of two rival gangs... [More...]
Norman Z. McLeod
Four brothers, Groucho, Chico, Harpo and Zeppo, stowaway on a ship bound for New York. As they try to elude the ship's First Mate, the brothers find themselves embroiled in the machinations of two rival gangs... [More...]
Monkey Business (1952)
Howard Hawks
Dr Barnaby Fulton is a brilliant research chemist who, to his wife's dismay, has become obsessed with developing a drug that will throw the ageing process back into reverse... [More...]
Howard Hawks
Dr Barnaby Fulton is a brilliant research chemist who, to his wife's dismay, has become obsessed with developing a drug that will throw the ageing process back into reverse... [More...]
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Charles Chaplin
For thirty years, Frenchman Henri Verdoux has endured the monotonous life of a bank clerk so that he can provide for the wife and child he adores... [More...]
Charles Chaplin
For thirty years, Frenchman Henri Verdoux has endured the monotonous life of a bank clerk so that he can provide for the wife and child he adores... [More...]
The Moon and Sixpence (1942)
Albert Lewin
London, in the late 19th century. Geoffrey Wolfe, a writer of some renown, recalls the fantastic life of the painter Charles Strickland... [More...]
Albert Lewin
London, in the late 19th century. Geoffrey Wolfe, a writer of some renown, recalls the fantastic life of the painter Charles Strickland... [More...]
Moontide (1942)
Archie Mayo
Bobo, a drifter of French origin, arrives in San Pablo, California looking for work. After a night of heavy drinking, he wakes up to find himself on a barge belonging to a Japanese fish bait merchant, Hirota... [More...]
Archie Mayo
Bobo, a drifter of French origin, arrives in San Pablo, California looking for work. After a night of heavy drinking, he wakes up to find himself on a barge belonging to a Japanese fish bait merchant, Hirota... [More...]
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
H.C. Potter
Tired of living in his cramped Manhattan apartment with his wife and two teenage daughters, advertising executive Jim Blandings is smitten by the dream of owning a house in the country... [More...]
H.C. Potter
Tired of living in his cramped Manhattan apartment with his wife and two teenage daughters, advertising executive Jim Blandings is smitten by the dream of owning a house in the country... [More...]
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Frank Capra
Longfellow Deeds is unsure how to react when he learns that he has inherited 20 million dollars from his uncle, the magnate Martin Semple... [More...]
Frank Capra
Longfellow Deeds is unsure how to react when he learns that he has inherited 20 million dollars from his uncle, the magnate Martin Semple... [More...]
Mr. Lucky (1943)
H.C. Potter
Small-time swindler Joe Adams avoids being called up to join the army in WWII by taking the identity of one of his henchmen, Joe Bascopolous, who is unfit for active service... [More...]
H.C. Potter
Small-time swindler Joe Adams avoids being called up to join the army in WWII by taking the identity of one of his henchmen, Joe Bascopolous, who is unfit for active service... [More...]
Mr. Skeffington (1944)
Vincent Sherman
With a host of eligible young bachelors throwing themselves at her feet, socialite beauty Fanny Trellis surprises everyone by marrying a middle-aged Jewish stockbroker named Job Skeffington... [More...]
Vincent Sherman
With a host of eligible young bachelors throwing themselves at her feet, socialite beauty Fanny Trellis surprises everyone by marrying a middle-aged Jewish stockbroker named Job Skeffington... [More...]
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Frank Capra
After the demise of a US senator, Jefferson Smith, the head of the Boy Rangers, is chosen as his successor. The appointment was made by a coterie of corrupt politicians and businessmen who believe that Smith, a young idealist with no political experience, will be easily duped into doing their bidding... [More...]
Frank Capra
After the demise of a US senator, Jefferson Smith, the head of the Boy Rangers, is chosen as his successor. The appointment was made by a coterie of corrupt politicians and businessmen who believe that Smith, a young idealist with no political experience, will be easily duped into doing their bidding... [More...]
Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
Kenneth Branagh
In Sicily, the nobleman Don Pedro receives a hero's welcome from Leonardo, the Governor of Messina, having thwarted an uprising led by Don John, his bastard half-brother... [More...]
Kenneth Branagh
In Sicily, the nobleman Don Pedro receives a hero's welcome from Leonardo, the Governor of Messina, having thwarted an uprising led by Don John, his bastard half-brother... [More...]
The Mummy (1932)
Karl Freund
In 1921, a team of British archaeologists led by Joseph Whemple unearth an ancient Egyptian tomb. Inside, they find a burial casket containing a well-preserved mummified corpse... [More...]
Karl Freund
In 1921, a team of British archaeologists led by Joseph Whemple unearth an ancient Egyptian tomb. Inside, they find a burial casket containing a well-preserved mummified corpse... [More...]
Murder, My Sweet (1944)
Edward Dmytryk
Private detective Philip Marlowe has his work cut out when two cases fall into his lap at the same time. First, ex-convict Moose Malloy hires him to find his missing girlfriend, Velma... [More...]
Edward Dmytryk
Private detective Philip Marlowe has his work cut out when two cases fall into his lap at the same time. First, ex-convict Moose Malloy hires him to find his missing girlfriend, Velma... [More...]
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
Robert Florey
Paris, 1845. One day, medical student Pierre Dupin takes his girlfriend Camille to a street carnival where the main attraction is Dr Mirakle and his giant ape Erik... [More...]
Robert Florey
Paris, 1845. One day, medical student Pierre Dupin takes his girlfriend Camille to a street carnival where the main attraction is Dr Mirakle and his giant ape Erik... [More...]
The Music Box (1932)
James Parrott
With their combined savings of three dollars and eighty cents Stan and Ollie set themselves up in business as removal men... [More...]
James Parrott
With their combined savings of three dollars and eighty cents Stan and Ollie set themselves up in business as removal men... [More...]
My Cousin Rachel (1952)
Henry Koster
Southern England in the 1830s. In his early twenties, Philip Ashley lives on the large Cornish estate of his cousin Ambrose whilst the latter, his guardian since childhood, resides in Florence for health reasons... [More...]
Henry Koster
Southern England in the 1830s. In his early twenties, Philip Ashley lives on the large Cornish estate of his cousin Ambrose whilst the latter, his guardian since childhood, resides in Florence for health reasons... [More...]
My Darling Clementine (1946)
John Ford
The Earp brothers - Wyatt, Morgan, Virgil and James - are driving their cattle across open country towards California. Whilst crossing Arizona, they run into Old Man Clanton, a local farmer, who offers to buy their cattle at a derisory price which they turn down... [More...]
John Ford
The Earp brothers - Wyatt, Morgan, Virgil and James - are driving their cattle across open country towards California. Whilst crossing Arizona, they run into Old Man Clanton, a local farmer, who offers to buy their cattle at a derisory price which they turn down... [More...]