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American cinema: All genres
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
George Cukor
Philadelphia socialite Tracy Lord is about to marry humdrum businessman George Kittredge. Publisher Sidney Kidd sees this as the ideal opportunity to run an exposé that will boost his magazine sales...
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George Cukor
Pickup on South Street (1953)
Samuel Fuller
Pickpocket Skip McCoy finds himself in greater trouble than he could ever have imagined when he steals a woman's purse containing microfilm of government secrets...
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Samuel Fuller
Pillow Talk (1959)
Michael Gordon
The only thing that Jan Morrow and Brad Allen have in common is that they share a telephone line. This is a constant source of annoyance to Jan who, trying to make a living as an interior designer, is tired of overhearing Brad's attempts to seduce every eligible young woman in New York over the phone...
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Michael Gordon
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Blake Edwards
Charles Dreyfus, formerly Chief Inspector Dreyfus of the French National Police, is a changed man. He no longer harbours any homicidal feelings for Inspector Jacques Clouseau, the man who drove him insane and robbed him of his position...
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Blake Edwards
The Pink Panther (1963)
Blake Edwards
For the past 15 years, Inspector Jacques Clouseau of the Sûreté has been on the trail of a notorious jewel thief, The Phantom, and is blissfully unaware that the man he is after is the elegant British playboy Sir Charles Lytton...
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Blake Edwards
Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
Roger Corman
16th Century Spain. When he learns of the death of his beloved sister Elizabeth, Francis Barnard travels to the remote castle where she lived with her husband, Nicholas Medina, hoping to discover how she died... [More...]
Roger Corman
16th Century Spain. When he learns of the death of his beloved sister Elizabeth, Francis Barnard travels to the remote castle where she lived with her husband, Nicholas Medina, hoping to discover how she died... [More...]
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Franklin J. Schaffner
Towards the end of the 20th Century, a party of astronauts, led by George Taylor, is sent into space to test Einstein's theory of time dilation... [More...]
Franklin J. Schaffner
Towards the end of the 20th Century, a party of astronauts, led by George Taylor, is sent into space to test Einstein's theory of time dilation... [More...]
Platinum Blonde (1931)
Frank Capra
When a chorus girl threatens to sue playboy Michael Schuyler for breach of promise of marriage, the newspaper hacks soon scent a scoop... [More...]
Frank Capra
When a chorus girl threatens to sue playboy Michael Schuyler for breach of promise of marriage, the newspaper hacks soon scent a scoop... [More...]
The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917)
Maurice Tourneur
10-year-old Gwendolyn is miserable beyond belief, despite the fact that her parents are filthy rich and she lives in a palatial mansion waited on night and day by an army of servants... [More...]
Maurice Tourneur
10-year-old Gwendolyn is miserable beyond belief, despite the fact that her parents are filthy rich and she lives in a palatial mansion waited on night and day by an army of servants... [More...]
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
Ronald Neame
The ocean liner SS Poseidon is making her way across the Atlantic Ocean from New York to Athens, her final journey before being retired and sold for scrap... [More...]
Ronald Neame
The ocean liner SS Poseidon is making her way across the Atlantic Ocean from New York to Athens, her final journey before being retired and sold for scrap... [More...]
Possessed (1947)
Curtis Bernhardt
A woman wanders the streets of Los Angeles as if in a daze, calling out the name David to everyone she sees. When she collapses, she is taken to a psychiatric clinic where she is diagnosed as having a schizoid disorder... [More...]
Curtis Bernhardt
A woman wanders the streets of Los Angeles as if in a daze, calling out the name David to everyone she sees. When she collapses, she is taken to a psychiatric clinic where she is diagnosed as having a schizoid disorder... [More...]
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
Tay Garnett
Frank Chambers, an unemployed drifter, is touring the backwaters of California when he comes across a roadside café which has a vacancy for a handyman... [More...]
Tay Garnett
Frank Chambers, an unemployed drifter, is touring the backwaters of California when he comes across a roadside café which has a vacancy for a handyman... [More...]
Pride and Prejudice (1940)
Robert Z. Leonard
In England of the early 1800s, Mrs Bennet's constant worry is the fate of her five daughters, each of whom has yet to acquire a suitable husband... [More...]
Robert Z. Leonard
In England of the early 1800s, Mrs Bennet's constant worry is the fate of her five daughters, each of whom has yet to acquire a suitable husband... [More...]
The Pride of the Clan (1917)
Maurice Tourneur
The fisherfolk of Killean, a small island off the Scottish coast, lead a primitive but contented life, ruled by their clan chieftain, MacTavish... [More...]
Maurice Tourneur
The fisherfolk of Killean, a small island off the Scottish coast, lead a primitive but contented life, ruled by their clan chieftain, MacTavish... [More...]
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947)
Albert Lewin
Paris, 1880. After seeing military action in Africa, Georges Duroy finds himself virtually penniless, barely existing on the money he earns from his low-paid job... [More...]
Albert Lewin
Paris, 1880. After seeing military action in Africa, Georges Duroy finds himself virtually penniless, barely existing on the money he earns from his low-paid job... [More...]
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
Michael Curtiz
Content in having dealt the Spanish a resounding naval defeat at Cadiz, Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex, returns to England, expecting a hero's welcome... [More...]
Michael Curtiz
Content in having dealt the Spanish a resounding naval defeat at Cadiz, Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex, returns to England, expecting a hero's welcome... [More...]
The Prodigal (1955)
Richard Thorpe
Micah, a devout servant of the Hebrew tradition, wins his father Eli's disapproval when, on a visit to Damascus, he falls in love with the beautiful priestess of Astarte, Samarra... [More...]
Richard Thorpe
Micah, a devout servant of the Hebrew tradition, wins his father Eli's disapproval when, on a visit to Damascus, he falls in love with the beautiful priestess of Astarte, Samarra... [More...]
The Producers (1968)
Mel Brooks
Theatre producer Max Bialystock was once the King of Broadway, but now he is reduced to catering to the whims of over-sexed little old ladies to finance his stage plays... [More...]
Mel Brooks
Theatre producer Max Bialystock was once the King of Broadway, but now he is reduced to catering to the whims of over-sexed little old ladies to finance his stage plays... [More...]
Psycho (1960)
Alfred Hitchcock
Arizona secretary Marion Crane is desperate to marry her lover Sam Loomis but the latter's debts and hefty alimony payments to his ex-wife make this impossible... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
Arizona secretary Marion Crane is desperate to marry her lover Sam Loomis but the latter's debts and hefty alimony payments to his ex-wife make this impossible... [More...]
The Public Enemy (1931)
William A. Wellman
Growing up in Chicago in the early 1900s, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle take to crime at an early age. Coerced by Putty Nose, their piano-playing fence, they start by stealing from department stores, and then move on to robbing warehouses... [More...]
William A. Wellman
Growing up in Chicago in the early 1900s, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle take to crime at an early age. Coerced by Putty Nose, their piano-playing fence, they start by stealing from department stores, and then move on to robbing warehouses... [More...]
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Quentin Tarantino
When a group of drugs dealing college kids attempt to double cross him, Los Angeles gangster boss Marsellus Wallace sends two of his henchmen, Jules and Vincent, to pay them a house call and collect a mysterious briefcase... [More...]
Quentin Tarantino
When a group of drugs dealing college kids attempt to double cross him, Los Angeles gangster boss Marsellus Wallace sends two of his henchmen, Jules and Vincent, to pay them a house call and collect a mysterious briefcase... [More...]
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
Woody Allen
New Jersey, at the height of the Great Depression. Cecilia's life is one of unending misery. Abused by her thug of a husband, barely scraping by on what she earns as a waitress, her only refuge is the movies... [More...]
Woody Allen
New Jersey, at the height of the Great Depression. Cecilia's life is one of unending misery. Abused by her thug of a husband, barely scraping by on what she earns as a waitress, her only refuge is the movies... [More...]
Pushover (1954)
Richard Quine
When hoodlum Harry Wheeler pulls off a bank robbery, detective Paul Sheridan is tasked with maintaining a 24 hour surveillance on his girlfriend, Lona McLane... [More...]
Richard Quine
When hoodlum Harry Wheeler pulls off a bank robbery, detective Paul Sheridan is tasked with maintaining a 24 hour surveillance on his girlfriend, Lona McLane... [More...]
Queen Christina (1933)
Rouben Mamoulian
During the Thirty Years' War, Sweden becomes the pre-eminent power in Europe, under the reign of the warrior king Gustavus Adolphus... [More...]
Rouben Mamoulian
During the Thirty Years' War, Sweden becomes the pre-eminent power in Europe, under the reign of the warrior king Gustavus Adolphus... [More...]
Quentin Durward (1955)
Richard Thorpe
In 1465, the impecunious Scottish knight Quentin Durward travels to France to determine whether the Countess Isabelle of Marcroy will make a suitable bride for his aged uncle... [More...]
Richard Thorpe
In 1465, the impecunious Scottish knight Quentin Durward travels to France to determine whether the Countess Isabelle of Marcroy will make a suitable bride for his aged uncle... [More...]
Radio Days (1987)
Woody Allen
Joe looks back with nostalgia to his days as a pre-adolescent living with his parents in the Rockaway district of the Queens area of New York City... [More...]
Woody Allen
Joe looks back with nostalgia to his days as a pre-adolescent living with his parents in the Rockaway district of the Queens area of New York City... [More...]
Rage in Heaven (1941)
W.S. Van Dyke
England, 1936. After a chance meeting, Phillip Monrell invites his old college friend Ward Andrews to his grand family home... [More...]
W.S. Van Dyke
England, 1936. After a chance meeting, Phillip Monrell invites his old college friend Ward Andrews to his grand family home... [More...]
Raging Bull (1980)
Martin Scorsese
In 1964, Jake La Motta ekes out a living as a third rate stand-up comedian and raconteur. Overweight, prematurely aged and physically drained, he is a shadow of the man he once was... [More...]
Martin Scorsese
In 1964, Jake La Motta ekes out a living as a third rate stand-up comedian and raconteur. Overweight, prematurely aged and physically drained, he is a shadow of the man he once was... [More...]
Rain (1932)
Lewis Milestone
Owing to a cholera outbreak, the passengers and crew of a ship bound for Apia, Samoa are forced to stop over at Pago Pago... [More...]
Lewis Milestone
Owing to a cholera outbreak, the passengers and crew of a ship bound for Apia, Samoa are forced to stop over at Pago Pago... [More...]
Rain Man (1988)
Barry Levinson
Charlie Babbitt, a brash, twenty-something car dealer, sheds no tears when he learns that his estranged father has died, but he is outraged when he discovers that Babbitt Senior has bequeathed his entire three million dollar estate to an unknown beneficiary... [More...]
Barry Levinson
Charlie Babbitt, a brash, twenty-something car dealer, sheds no tears when he learns that his estranged father has died, but he is outraged when he discovers that Babbitt Senior has bequeathed his entire three million dollar estate to an unknown beneficiary... [More...]