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American cinema: All genres
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Michael Curtiz
England, 1191. With Richard the Lionheart, the rightful king, away fighting in the crusades, the country is governed by his younger brother, John...
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Michael Curtiz
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
Alfred L. Werker
When Professor Moriarty is acquitted of a murder charge, his arch-nemesis Sherlock Holmes vows to bring him to book. Moriarty rises to this challenge by concocting what he believes will be the crime of the century...
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Alfred L. Werker
Advise and Consent (1962)
Otto Preminger
Aware that his health and power are ebbing away, the President of the United States is determined that Robert A. Leffingwell, a liberally inclined academic, should be appointed Secretary of State...
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Otto Preminger
The African Queen (1951)
John Huston
In 1914, Rose Sayer assists her brother, the Reverend Samuel Sayer, in leading a missionary village in German East Africa...
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John Huston
The Age of Innocence (1993)
Martin Scorsese
New York in the 1870s. The forthcoming marriage of the successful lawyer Newland Archer to May Welland, the scion of a great American family, is sure to be a major society event, but Newland's commitment to May wavers when he takes an interest in her unconventional cousin, the Countess Ellen Olenska...
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Martin Scorsese
Aleksandr's Price (2013)
Pau Masó
When his mother commits suicide, Aleksandr, an illegal Russian immigrant, finds himself alone and friendless in New York... [More...]
Pau Masó
When his mother commits suicide, Aleksandr, an illegal Russian immigrant, finds himself alone and friendless in New York... [More...]
Alias Jimmy Valentine (1915)
Maurice Tourneur
Lee Randall leads a double life. By day, he is a respected, law-abiding citizen; by night he is Jimmy Valentine, an ace safecracker... [More...]
Maurice Tourneur
Lee Randall leads a double life. By day, he is a respected, law-abiding citizen; by night he is Jimmy Valentine, an ace safecracker... [More...]
Alien (1979)
Ridley Scott
Commercial space freighter Nostromo is on its way back to Earth with a cargo of precious mineral ore. When the ship receives a distress call from a nearby planet, the crew - consisting of five men and two women - is revived from stasis and makes ready to investigate, in accordance with company procedure... [More...]
Ridley Scott
Commercial space freighter Nostromo is on its way back to Earth with a cargo of precious mineral ore. When the ship receives a distress call from a nearby planet, the crew - consisting of five men and two women - is revived from stasis and makes ready to investigate, in accordance with company procedure... [More...]
Alien 3 (1992)
David Fincher
When a fire breaks out aboard the Colonial Marine spaceship Sulaco, an escape pod containing the surviving crew members is ejected into space... [More...]
David Fincher
When a fire breaks out aboard the Colonial Marine spaceship Sulaco, an escape pod containing the surviving crew members is ejected into space... [More...]
Aliens (1986)
James Cameron
57 years after her encounter with an alien being which wiped out her crew aboard the space freighter Nostromo, Ellen Ripley is picked up and taken back to Earth... [More...]
James Cameron
57 years after her encounter with an alien being which wiped out her crew aboard the space freighter Nostromo, Ellen Ripley is picked up and taken back to Earth... [More...]
All About Eve (1950)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
The night Eve Harrington wins her award for the best stage actress of the year, the people who unwittingly brought about her success reflect on her meteoric rise to fame... [More...]
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
The night Eve Harrington wins her award for the best stage actress of the year, the people who unwittingly brought about her success reflect on her meteoric rise to fame... [More...]
All I Desire (1953)
Douglas Sirk
In 1910, Naomi Murdock is an itinerant actress who earns barely enough to live on, performing at rundown theatres in provincial towns across America... [More...]
Douglas Sirk
In 1910, Naomi Murdock is an itinerant actress who earns barely enough to live on, performing at rundown theatres in provincial towns across America... [More...]
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Lewis Milestone
At the outbreak of World War I in 1914, a German schoolmaster is urging his class of idealistic youths to enlist and do their bit to save the Fatherland... [More...]
Lewis Milestone
At the outbreak of World War I in 1914, a German schoolmaster is urging his class of idealistic youths to enlist and do their bit to save the Fatherland... [More...]
All That Heaven Allows (1955)
Douglas Sirk
Cary Scott is a middle-aged New England widow. Well provided for by her late husband, she leads a comfortable life but is anxious over what the future may hold for her... [More...]
Douglas Sirk
Cary Scott is a middle-aged New England widow. Well provided for by her late husband, she leads a comfortable life but is anxious over what the future may hold for her... [More...]
All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
Anatole Litvak
In the 1840s, French teacher Henriette Deluzy arrives in America and finds work in a girls' school. When her pupils pick up on rumours of her recent past, she decides to tell them her story... [More...]
Anatole Litvak
In the 1840s, French teacher Henriette Deluzy arrives in America and finds work in a girls' school. When her pupils pick up on rumours of her recent past, she decides to tell them her story... [More...]
American Graffiti (1973)
George Lucas
Modesto, California, 1962. After a party to celebrate the end of term, a group of high school graduates go cruising about town, and end up having a far more eventful night than they planned... [More...]
George Lucas
Modesto, California, 1962. After a party to celebrate the end of term, a group of high school graduates go cruising about town, and end up having a far more eventful night than they planned... [More...]
An Affair to Remember (1957)
Leo McCarey
The world is stunned by the news that celebrity playboy Nickie Ferrante is about to marry a wealthy American heiress. Nickie is on his way back to New York by ocean liner when fate intervenes and derails his matrimonial plans, via a chance meeting with nightclub singer Terry McKay... [More...]
Leo McCarey
The world is stunned by the news that celebrity playboy Nickie Ferrante is about to marry a wealthy American heiress. Nickie is on his way back to New York by ocean liner when fate intervenes and derails his matrimonial plans, via a chance meeting with nightclub singer Terry McKay... [More...]
An American in Paris (1951)
Vincente Minnelli
After WWII, ex-serviceman Jerry Mulligan decides to stay on in Paris and pursue a career as an artist, seeking inspiration from the city he has fallen in love with... [More...]
Vincente Minnelli
After WWII, ex-serviceman Jerry Mulligan decides to stay on in Paris and pursue a career as an artist, seeking inspiration from the city he has fallen in love with... [More...]
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
John Landis
David Kessler and Jack Goodman are two American college backpackers who decide to make a tour of Europe. Where better to begin than the bleak, soggy Yorkshire moors... [More...]
John Landis
David Kessler and Jack Goodman are two American college backpackers who decide to make a tour of Europe. Where better to begin than the bleak, soggy Yorkshire moors... [More...]
Anastasia (1956)
Anatole Litvak
Paris, 1928. A decade after Tsar Nicolas II and his family were executed by the Bolsheviks, rumours continue to circulate that the tsar's daughter, Anastasia, somehow survived... [More...]
Anatole Litvak
Paris, 1928. A decade after Tsar Nicolas II and his family were executed by the Bolsheviks, rumours continue to circulate that the tsar's daughter, Anastasia, somehow survived... [More...]
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Otto Preminger
Paul Biegler is a struggling lawyer in a small Michigan town. Prompted by his alcoholic friend Parnell McCarthy he agrees to take on the case for the defence in an impending murder trial... [More...]
Otto Preminger
Paul Biegler is a struggling lawyer in a small Michigan town. Prompted by his alcoholic friend Parnell McCarthy he agrees to take on the case for the defence in an impending murder trial... [More...]
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
George Sidney
Returning home to a hero's welcome after WWII, navy personnel Clarence Doolittle and Joe Brady can hardly wait to get ashore and extract every last morsel of pleasure from their leave... [More...]
George Sidney
Returning home to a hero's welcome after WWII, navy personnel Clarence Doolittle and Joe Brady can hardly wait to get ashore and extract every last morsel of pleasure from their leave... [More...]
And the Violins Stopped Playing (1988)
Alexander Ramati
Poland, 1942. Dymitr Mirga is a Romani gypsy whose skills as a violin player are very much appreciated by German officers... [More...]
Alexander Ramati
Poland, 1942. Dymitr Mirga is a Romani gypsy whose skills as a violin player are very much appreciated by German officers... [More...]
And Then There Were None (1945)
René Clair
Eight men and women, all unknown to each other, accept a mysterious invitation to an island estate. They are welcomed by two domestic servants, Mr and Mrs Rogers, who appear to be as ignorant of the reason for the meeting as the guests are... [More...]
René Clair
Eight men and women, all unknown to each other, accept a mysterious invitation to an island estate. They are welcomed by two domestic servants, Mr and Mrs Rogers, who appear to be as ignorant of the reason for the meeting as the guests are... [More...]
The Anderson Tapes (1971)
Sidney Lumet
Once he has completed a ten year stretch in prison for burglary, John Anderson returns to his girlfriend Ingrid, who now resides in an upmarket New York apartment block, at the expense of her latest admirer... [More...]
Sidney Lumet
Once he has completed a ten year stretch in prison for burglary, John Anderson returns to his girlfriend Ingrid, who now resides in an upmarket New York apartment block, at the expense of her latest admirer... [More...]
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
Robert Wise
Returning to Earth after probing the dark reaches of space, a satellite drifts off course and crashes into Piedmont, a small town in New Mexico... [More...]
Robert Wise
Returning to Earth after probing the dark reaches of space, a satellite drifts off course and crashes into Piedmont, a small town in New Mexico... [More...]
Angel Face (1952)
Otto Preminger
The Tremaynes, Charles and Catherine, are a wealthy couple who live with their daughter Diane at their hilltop estate in Beverley Hills... [More...]
Otto Preminger
The Tremaynes, Charles and Catherine, are a wealthy couple who live with their daughter Diane at their hilltop estate in Beverley Hills... [More...]
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Michael Curtiz
Jerry Connolly and Rocky Sullivan are two kids growing up in a poor area of New York. Their first attempt at robbery ends in failure - Jerry escapes but Rocky is caught and sent to a reform school... [More...]
Michael Curtiz
Jerry Connolly and Rocky Sullivan are two kids growing up in a poor area of New York. Their first attempt at robbery ends in failure - Jerry escapes but Rocky is caught and sent to a reform school... [More...]
Animal Crackers (1930)
Victor Heerman
Society dowager Mrs Rittenhouse is hosting an extravagant party at her Long Island mansion. The purpose of the party is to welcome back the famous explorer, Captain Spaulding, after his expedition to Africa, but the hostess cannot resist using the occasion to show off a priceless Beaugard painting, which has been given to her by her most fervent admirer, Roscoe W... [More...]
Victor Heerman
Society dowager Mrs Rittenhouse is hosting an extravagant party at her Long Island mansion. The purpose of the party is to welcome back the famous explorer, Captain Spaulding, after his expedition to Africa, but the hostess cannot resist using the occasion to show off a priceless Beaugard painting, which has been given to her by her most fervent admirer, Roscoe W... [More...]
Anna Karenina (1935)
Clarence Brown
During the 19th century, Anna Arkadyevna Karenina undertakes a trip to Moscow in the hope of saving her brother Stiva's marriage... [More...]
Clarence Brown
During the 19th century, Anna Arkadyevna Karenina undertakes a trip to Moscow in the hope of saving her brother Stiva's marriage... [More...]