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American cinema: All genres
My Fair Lady (1964)
George Cukor
London in the late 1800s. One evening, phonetics professor Henry Higgins encounters a flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, and is amused by her strong cockney accent...
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George Cukor
My Favorite Wife (1940)
Garson Kanin
Ellen Arden returns to her family home to find that her husband Nick has just married another woman, Bianca. Nick is under the misapprehension that Ellen is dead, having drowned seven years ago during a nature expedition...
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Garson Kanin
Mysterious Island (1961)
Cy Endfield
During the American Civil War, a party of Union soldiers manage to escape from a Confederate prison via a hot air balloon...
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Cy Endfield
The Naked City (1948)
Jules Dassin
One hot summer evening in New York City, playgirl Jean Dexter, is murdered, downed in her bathtub by two assailants. Detective Lieutenant Dan Muldoon is assigned to investigate the killing, assisted by his less experienced colleague Jimmy Halloran...
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Jules Dassin
Nanook of the North (1922)
Robert J. Flaherty
Nanook is a fearless Inuk Eskimo who ekes out a harsh existence in the desert icy wastelands of the Canadian Artic circle with his family...
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Robert J. Flaherty
National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
John Landis
Faber College, 1962. Two freshman, Larry Kroger and Kent Dorfman, roam their campus in search of a fraternity that will accept them... [More...]
John Landis
Faber College, 1962. Two freshman, Larry Kroger and Kent Dorfman, roam their campus in search of a fraternity that will accept them... [More...]
New Nightmare (1994)
Wes Craven
Heather Langenkamp, the actress who played Nancy in the horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street, is disturbed when she has a dream in which her husband Chase, a special effects designer, is attacked by a mechanical claw that he has created... [More...]
Wes Craven
Heather Langenkamp, the actress who played Nancy in the horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street, is disturbed when she has a dream in which her husband Chase, a special effects designer, is attacked by a mechanical claw that he has created... [More...]
New York, New York (1977)
Martin Scorsese
V-J Day, 1945. At a wild party in New York City to celebrate the end of the war, saxophone player Jimmy Doyle tries and fails to talk Francine Evans, a small-time singer, into spending the night with him... [More...]
Martin Scorsese
V-J Day, 1945. At a wild party in New York City to celebrate the end of the war, saxophone player Jimmy Doyle tries and fails to talk Francine Evans, a small-time singer, into spending the night with him... [More...]
Niagara (1953)
Henry Hathaway
Ray and Polly Cutler arrive at Niagara Falls, where they hope to spend their belated honeymoon in peace. The holiday gets off to a bad start when they learn that their cottage is occupied by another couple, George and Rose Loomis... [More...]
Henry Hathaway
Ray and Polly Cutler arrive at Niagara Falls, where they hope to spend their belated honeymoon in peace. The holiday gets off to a bad start when they learn that their cottage is occupied by another couple, George and Rose Loomis... [More...]
Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
Franklin J. Schaffner
In 1904 Tsar Nicholas II of Russia ignores the advice of his closest allies and launches a war against Japan to protect his nation's interest in Korea... [More...]
Franklin J. Schaffner
In 1904 Tsar Nicholas II of Russia ignores the advice of his closest allies and launches a war against Japan to protect his nation's interest in Korea... [More...]
The Nickel Ride (1974)
Robert Mulligan
Cooper is a middle-aged crime boss who successfully manages a number of warehouses in Los Angeles which store stolen goods... [More...]
Robert Mulligan
Cooper is a middle-aged crime boss who successfully manages a number of warehouses in Los Angeles which store stolen goods... [More...]
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Charles Laughton
It is the Great Depression and for most ordinary Americans life is unbearably hard. Desperation drives Ben Harper, a young father, to rob a bank, but in the attempt he kills two men... [More...]
Charles Laughton
It is the Great Depression and for most ordinary Americans life is unbearably hard. Desperation drives Ben Harper, a young father, to rob a bank, but in the attempt he kills two men... [More...]
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
George A. Romero
Barbara and her brother Johnny drive out to a rural cemetery in Pennsylvania to put flowers on their father's grave. Barbara is not amused when her brother does his zombie act in a childish attempt to scare her... [More...]
George A. Romero
Barbara and her brother Johnny drive out to a rural cemetery in Pennsylvania to put flowers on their father's grave. Barbara is not amused when her brother does his zombie act in a childish attempt to scare her... [More...]
Nightfall (1957)
Jacques Tourneur
One evening, commercial artist James Vanning makes the acquaintance of Marie Gardner in a cheap bar. She claims to be a model and offers to pose for him, but on leaving the bar Vanning is seized by two thugs and bundled into a car... [More...]
Jacques Tourneur
One evening, commercial artist James Vanning makes the acquaintance of Marie Gardner in a cheap bar. She claims to be a model and offers to pose for him, but on leaving the bar Vanning is seized by two thugs and bundled into a car... [More...]
Nightmare Alley (1947)
Edmund Goulding
Stanton Carlisle is a drifter who gets a job with a travelling carnival, the main attractions of which include “the Geek”, a rundown wreck of a man who bites the heads off live chickens, and Zeena, a mind-reader and fortune teller... [More...]
Edmund Goulding
Stanton Carlisle is a drifter who gets a job with a travelling carnival, the main attractions of which include “the Geek”, a rundown wreck of a man who bites the heads off live chickens, and Zeena, a mind-reader and fortune teller... [More...]
Ninotchka (1939)
Ernst Lubitsch
The Soviet Union is in desperate need of hard cash to buy tractors and other farm equipment from the West. For that reason, three loyal communists, Iranoff, Buljanoff and Kopalski, are sent to Paris to sell a collection of jewels that were seized during the Russian Revolution... [More...]
Ernst Lubitsch
The Soviet Union is in desperate need of hard cash to buy tractors and other farm equipment from the West. For that reason, three loyal communists, Iranoff, Buljanoff and Kopalski, are sent to Paris to sell a collection of jewels that were seized during the Russian Revolution... [More...]
None But the Lonely Heart (1944)
Clifford Odets
On the eve of WWII, Ernie Mott returns to his home in the East End of London, but he has no intention of staying. He seeks a better life, and hopes that one day, by travelling around, he may find it... [More...]
Clifford Odets
On the eve of WWII, Ernie Mott returns to his home in the East End of London, but he has no intention of staying. He seeks a better life, and hopes that one day, by travelling around, he may find it... [More...]
North by Northwest (1959)
Alfred Hitchcock
Life for advertising executive Roger Thornhill suddenly gets a little complicated on the day he is mistaken for a Federal agent named George Kaplan... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
Life for advertising executive Roger Thornhill suddenly gets a little complicated on the day he is mistaken for a Federal agent named George Kaplan... [More...]
Notorious (1946)
Alfred Hitchcock
Shortly after her father is arrested on a charge of treason, Alicia Huberman is recruited by an American government agent, Devlin, to infiltrate a Nazi spy ring in Rio de Janeiro... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
Shortly after her father is arrested on a charge of treason, Alicia Huberman is recruited by an American government agent, Devlin, to infiltrate a Nazi spy ring in Rio de Janeiro... [More...]
Now, Voyager (1942)
Irving Rapper
As a direct result of her mother's domineering treatment of her, Charlotte Vale, the youngest child of a wealthy Boston family, has grown up to be a repressed old maid... [More...]
Irving Rapper
As a direct result of her mother's domineering treatment of her, Charlotte Vale, the youngest child of a wealthy Boston family, has grown up to be a repressed old maid... [More...]
The Nun's Story (1959)
Fred Zinnemann
In the late 1920s, Gabby Van Der Mal persuades her loving father to allow her to fulfil what she believes is her mission in life, to enter a convent where she can devote herself to God... [More...]
Fred Zinnemann
In the late 1920s, Gabby Van Der Mal persuades her loving father to allow her to fulfil what she believes is her mission in life, to enter a convent where she can devote herself to God... [More...]
The Nutty Professor (1963)
Jerry Lewis
Professor Julius Kelp is an accident-prone and socially inept chemistry professor at an American university. When he is picked upon by one of his more muscular students, Kelp makes up his mind to build himself up, but his visits to the gym prove disastrous... [More...]
Jerry Lewis
Professor Julius Kelp is an accident-prone and socially inept chemistry professor at an American university. When he is picked upon by one of his more muscular students, Kelp makes up his mind to build himself up, but his visits to the gym prove disastrous... [More...]
The Odd Couple (1968)
Gene Saks
Felix Ungar is a New York newswriter who decides that life is no longer worth living after his wife tells him she wants a divorce... [More...]
Gene Saks
Felix Ungar is a New York newswriter who decides that life is no longer worth living after his wife tells him she wants a divorce... [More...]
Of Human Bondage (1934)
John Cromwell
For the past four years, clubfooted Englishman Philip Carey has been studying art in Paris. When he realises that his work will never amount to anything more than second rate, he returns to England to study medicine... [More...]
John Cromwell
For the past four years, clubfooted Englishman Philip Carey has been studying art in Paris. When he realises that his work will never amount to anything more than second rate, he returns to England to study medicine... [More...]
Oklahoma! (1955)
Fred Zinnemann
Oklahoma, in the early 1900s. Curly, a cowboy who lives with his aunt Eller, is in love with Laurey, and has offered to take her to the Skidmore dance... [More...]
Fred Zinnemann
Oklahoma, in the early 1900s. Curly, a cowboy who lives with his aunt Eller, is in love with Laurey, and has offered to take her to the Skidmore dance... [More...]
The Old Dark House (1932)
James Whale
Philip and Margaret Waverton are on their way to Shrewsbury by car with war veteran Roger Penderel when they are caught in a violent rainstorm... [More...]
James Whale
Philip and Margaret Waverton are on their way to Shrewsbury by car with war veteran Roger Penderel when they are caught in a violent rainstorm... [More...]
The Old Maid (1939)
Edmund Goulding
America, 1861. Delia Lovell is about to marry the wealthy Jim Ralston when her former fiancé Clem Spender appears unexpectedly... [More...]
Edmund Goulding
America, 1861. Delia Lovell is about to marry the wealthy Jim Ralston when her former fiancé Clem Spender appears unexpectedly... [More...]
The Old Man and the Sea (1958)
John Sturges
Each morning, an old Cuban fisherman sets out to sea in his battered skiff and returns empty handed at the end of each day, to be met by the only friend he has, a kind little boy... [More...]
John Sturges
Each morning, an old Cuban fisherman sets out to sea in his battered skiff and returns empty handed at the end of each day, to be met by the only friend he has, a kind little boy... [More...]
The Omen (1976)
Richard Donner
When his son dies in childbirth, the wealthy American politician Robert Thorn agrees to adopt another child in its place, to spare his wife Katherine grief... [More...]
Richard Donner
When his son dies in childbirth, the wealthy American politician Robert Thorn agrees to adopt another child in its place, to spare his wife Katherine grief... [More...]
On Dangerous Ground (1952)
Nicholas Ray
Jim Wilson is a hard-bitten detective who has no qualms about using violence and underhand methods when it comes to dealing with the city's lowlife... [More...]
Nicholas Ray
Jim Wilson is a hard-bitten detective who has no qualms about using violence and underhand methods when it comes to dealing with the city's lowlife... [More...]