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American cinema: All genres
The Sound of Music (1965)
Robert Wise
Salzburg, Austria, in the late 1930s. Maria is an idealistic young woman whose only goal in life is to become a nun. Unfortunately, the sisters at the convent where she is preparing to take her vows are unsure whether she is suited for this life and so she is sent away for a period of reflection...
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Robert Wise
South Pacific (1958)
Joshua Logan
During WWII, Emile de Becque, a Frenchman in exile, runs a plantation on a South Pacific island. The island is currently occupied by the US navy, who intend recruiting Emile for an important mission which involves spying on Japanese manoeuvres from a nearby island...
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Joshua Logan
The Southerner (1945)
Jean Renoir
Sam Tucker is a young migrant worker who scrapes a living toiling for others on the cotton fields of Texas. When his uncle, another cotton picker, dies from sunstroke, Sam decides to go it alone and invest his meagre savings in a smallholding, hoping to strike it rich with a bumper cotton harvest...
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Jean Renoir
Soylent Green (1973)
Richard Fleischer
It is 2022. Civilisation is falling apart and an over-crowded world faces imminent starvation. The Soylent Corporation offers hope, but it is struggling to keep up with the demand for its processed food tablets, the only source of nutrition available to most of the world's population...
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Richard Fleischer
Spaceballs (1987)
Mel Brooks
Long ago, in a galaxy far away, the inhabitants of the planet Spaceball have poisoned their atmosphere and plan to steal all of the air from the nearby world of Druidia...
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Mel Brooks
Spartacus (1960)
Stanley Kubrick
In 73 BC, Spartacus is an anonymous slave worker, toiling in the mines of Libya, when he is bought by Lentulus Batiatus, a man who trains and sells gladiators for profit... [More...]
Stanley Kubrick
In 73 BC, Spartacus is an anonymous slave worker, toiling in the mines of Libya, when he is bought by Lentulus Batiatus, a man who trains and sells gladiators for profit... [More...]
Spellbound (1945)
Alfred Hitchcock
When Dr Murchison retires from Green Manors psychiatric hospital, an eminent young expert in psychoanalysis, Dr Edwardes, is hired as his replacement... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
When Dr Murchison retires from Green Manors psychiatric hospital, an eminent young expert in psychoanalysis, Dr Edwardes, is hired as his replacement... [More...]
The Spider Woman (1944)
Roy William Neill
Just as London is being plagued by a series of pyjama suicides, Sherlock Holmes falls into a river and drowns whilst holidaying in Scotland... [More...]
Roy William Neill
Just as London is being plagued by a series of pyjama suicides, Sherlock Holmes falls into a river and drowns whilst holidaying in Scotland... [More...]
The Spiral Staircase (1945)
Robert Siodmak
In a New England town of the early 1900s, disabled young women are being murdered by an unknown killer. Mrs Warren, the bedridden owner of an old Gothic mansion, is convinced that her dumb servant girl Helen will be the next victim and urges her to go away... [More...]
Robert Siodmak
In a New England town of the early 1900s, disabled young women are being murdered by an unknown killer. Mrs Warren, the bedridden owner of an old Gothic mansion, is convinced that her dumb servant girl Helen will be the next victim and urges her to go away... [More...]
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Billy Wilder
One night in May 1927, an unknown airmail pilot named Charles Lindbergh tries in vain to get some sleep on the eve of what would be an historic transatlantic crossing... [More...]
Billy Wilder
One night in May 1927, an unknown airmail pilot named Charles Lindbergh tries in vain to get some sleep on the eve of what would be an historic transatlantic crossing... [More...]
Split Second (1953)
Dick Powell
Convicted murderer Sam Hurley escapes from prison with his partner Bart Moore and immediately sets about recovering his ill-gotten gains from his last criminal exploit... [More...]
Dick Powell
Convicted murderer Sam Hurley escapes from prison with his partner Bart Moore and immediately sets about recovering his ill-gotten gains from his last criminal exploit... [More...]
Stage Door (1937)
Gregory La Cava
Against the wishes of her incredibly wealthy family, society gal Terry Randall is determined to make her way as an actress... [More...]
Gregory La Cava
Against the wishes of her incredibly wealthy family, society gal Terry Randall is determined to make her way as an actress... [More...]
Stagecoach (1939)
John Ford
One day in 1880, a stagecoach leaves a town in Arizona, heading for Lordsburg, New Mexico. The passengers include alcoholic doctor Doc Boone, disreputable prostitute Dallas, gambler Hatfield, crooked banker Henry Gatewood, whiskey salesman Mr Peacock and a pregnant young wife Lucy Mallory, who is hoping to be reunited with her husband, a cavalryman... [More...]
John Ford
One day in 1880, a stagecoach leaves a town in Arizona, heading for Lordsburg, New Mexico. The passengers include alcoholic doctor Doc Boone, disreputable prostitute Dallas, gambler Hatfield, crooked banker Henry Gatewood, whiskey salesman Mr Peacock and a pregnant young wife Lucy Mallory, who is hoping to be reunited with her husband, a cavalryman... [More...]
Stalag 17 (1953)
Billy Wilder
Stalag 17 is a German prisoner of war camp located somewhere on the Danube. In late December 1944, the American airmen housed in barracks four have formed an escape committee but on the night of the escape the two would-be fugitives are shot dead as soon as they cross the perimeter fence... [More...]
Billy Wilder
Stalag 17 is a German prisoner of war camp located somewhere on the Danube. In late December 1944, the American airmen housed in barracks four have formed an escape committee but on the night of the escape the two would-be fugitives are shot dead as soon as they cross the perimeter fence... [More...]
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Nicholas Meyer
In the 23rd century, Ceti Alpha VI is selected by the Federation as a planet suitable for testing the Genesis Device, a scientific marvel that can restructure matter so as to transform a lifeless space rock into a new world teeming with life... [More...]
Nicholas Meyer
In the 23rd century, Ceti Alpha VI is selected by the Federation as a planet suitable for testing the Genesis Device, a scientific marvel that can restructure matter so as to transform a lifeless space rock into a new world teeming with life... [More...]
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Leonard Nimoy
In the 23rd century, Earth is threatened by a mysterious space probe which has begun to ionise the atmosphere, causing devastating storms whilst disabling all power and communications systems... [More...]
Leonard Nimoy
In the 23rd century, Earth is threatened by a mysterious space probe which has begun to ionise the atmosphere, causing devastating storms whilst disabling all power and communications systems... [More...]
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
Nicholas Meyer
With their home world threatened by environmental catastrophe, the Klingons have no option but to make peace with their long-term enemies, the United Federation of Planets... [More...]
Nicholas Meyer
With their home world threatened by environmental catastrophe, the Klingons have no option but to make peace with their long-term enemies, the United Federation of Planets... [More...]
Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
Jonathan Frakes
As the Earth comes under attack from the Borg, a semi-organic, semi-machine collective intent on assimilating all life, Captain Jean-Luc Picard is instructed by the Federation to patrol the Neutral Zone in the newly built Enterprise-E... [More...]
Jonathan Frakes
As the Earth comes under attack from the Borg, a semi-organic, semi-machine collective intent on assimilating all life, Captain Jean-Luc Picard is instructed by the Federation to patrol the Neutral Zone in the newly built Enterprise-E... [More...]
Star Wars (1977)
George Lucas
In a distant galaxy, the Rebel Alliance has stolen the plans to the Galactic Empire's secret weapon, a space station named the Death Star that can destroy entire worlds... [More...]
George Lucas
In a distant galaxy, the Rebel Alliance has stolen the plans to the Galactic Empire's secret weapon, a space station named the Death Star that can destroy entire worlds... [More...]
Stardust Memories (1980)
Woody Allen
Sandy Bates is a middle-aged comedy film director whose attempt to make a more serious movie is jeopardised by his producers... [More...]
Woody Allen
Sandy Bates is a middle-aged comedy film director whose attempt to make a more serious movie is jeopardised by his producers... [More...]
Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
Charles Reisner
For years, Bill Canfield has made a successful living ferrying passengers up and down river in his old steamboat. But now he faces ruin when the town's banker, James King, starts up a rival business with a brand new steamer... [More...]
Charles Reisner
For years, Bill Canfield has made a successful living ferrying passengers up and down river in his old steamboat. But now he faces ruin when the town's banker, James King, starts up a rival business with a brand new steamer... [More...]
Stella Dallas (1937)
King Vidor
Stella Martin is a modest working girl who lives with her parents and brother in a small Massachusetts mill town. She has fanciful notions of marriage and falls instantly in love when she meets Stephen Dallas, a handsome ex-millionaire who now has to earn his living after his father's suicide... [More...]
King Vidor
Stella Martin is a modest working girl who lives with her parents and brother in a small Massachusetts mill town. She has fanciful notions of marriage and falls instantly in love when she meets Stephen Dallas, a handsome ex-millionaire who now has to earn his living after his father's suicide... [More...]
The Stepford Wives (1975)
Bryan Forbes
Walter and Joanna Eberhart are a typical middleclass American couple. He is a successful lawyer, she is an aspiring photographer... [More...]
Bryan Forbes
Walter and Joanna Eberhart are a typical middleclass American couple. He is a successful lawyer, she is an aspiring photographer... [More...]
The Sting (1973)
George Roy Hill
Illinois, 1936. Johnny Hooker, a small time con artist, finds himself out of his league when he pilfers a wad of cash belonging to one of Chicago's biggest racketeers, Doyle Lonnegan... [More...]
George Roy Hill
Illinois, 1936. Johnny Hooker, a small time con artist, finds himself out of his league when he pilfers a wad of cash belonging to one of Chicago's biggest racketeers, Doyle Lonnegan... [More...]
Stolen Holiday (1937)
Michael Curtiz
In the early 1930s, Nicole Picot works as a model for a Paris fashion house. One day, she is selected by Stefan Orloff to pose as his wife at a dinner date so that he can persuade a wealthy investor that he is well up in French society... [More...]
Michael Curtiz
In the early 1930s, Nicole Picot works as a model for a Paris fashion house. One day, she is selected by Stefan Orloff to pose as his wife at a dinner date so that he can persuade a wealthy investor that he is well up in French society... [More...]
Stormy Weather (1943)
Andrew L. Stone
On his return to America after serving in the First World War, Bill Williamson sets his sights on becoming a dancer but has difficulty finding work of any kind... [More...]
Andrew L. Stone
On his return to America after serving in the First World War, Bill Williamson sets his sights on becoming a dancer but has difficulty finding work of any kind... [More...]
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
H.C. Potter
Vernon Castle is a vaudeville comic who makes a big impression on Irene Foote when he saves her dog from drowning in the sea one day... [More...]
H.C. Potter
Vernon Castle is a vaudeville comic who makes a big impression on Irene Foote when he saves her dog from drowning in the sea one day... [More...]
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
Lewis Milestone
In 1928, Martha Ivers is a young orphan girl who longs to escape from the domineering control of her cold-hearted aunt in Iverstown... [More...]
Lewis Milestone
In 1928, Martha Ivers is a young orphan girl who longs to escape from the domineering control of her cold-hearted aunt in Iverstown... [More...]
The Strange Woman (1946)
Edgar G. Ulmer
Bangor, Maine, in the early 19th Century. When her drunken father takes to beating her, Jenny Hager turns to her neighbours for help... [More...]
Edgar G. Ulmer
Bangor, Maine, in the early 19th Century. When her drunken father takes to beating her, Jenny Hager turns to her neighbours for help... [More...]
Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)
Boris Ingster
Reporter Michael Ward is the key witness in a murder trial. At first, he has no qualms about testifying against the man who is accused of murdering a popular café owner... [More...]
Boris Ingster
Reporter Michael Ward is the key witness in a murder trial. At first, he has no qualms about testifying against the man who is accused of murdering a popular café owner... [More...]