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American cinema: Drama
Son of Frankenstein (1939)
Rowland V. Lee
After many years, Baron Wolf von Frankenstein returns to his family estate, accompanied by his wife Elsa and young son Peter, to claim his father's inheritance...
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Rowland V. Lee
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
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...
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Stanley Kubrick
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...
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Alfred Hitchcock
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
The Stranger (1946)
Orson Welles
Immediately after WWII, a war crimes investigator named Wilson is assigned to track down the notorious Nazi war criminal Franz Kindler... [More...]
Orson Welles
Immediately after WWII, a war crimes investigator named Wilson is assigned to track down the notorious Nazi war criminal Franz Kindler... [More...]
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Alfred Hitchcock
Professional tennis player Guy Haines is on a train bound for Metcalf, to arrange a divorce with his estranged wife Miriam, when a stranger starts up a conversation with him... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
Professional tennis player Guy Haines is on a train bound for Metcalf, to arrange a divorce with his estranged wife Miriam, when a stranger starts up a conversation with him... [More...]
Street Angel (1928)
Frank Borzage
In Naples, a young woman named Angela wonders how she will find the money to buy medicine for her dying mother. When an attempt to sell herself to a passer-by in the street fails, she tries to steal money from a sausage seller, but is caught in the act... [More...]
Frank Borzage
In Naples, a young woman named Angela wonders how she will find the money to buy medicine for her dying mother. When an attempt to sell herself to a passer-by in the street fails, she tries to steal money from a sausage seller, but is caught in the act... [More...]
Stromboli (1950)
Roberto Rossellini
In the immediate aftermath of World War II, a young Lithuanian refugee, Karin, meets an Italian fisherman, Antonio, in a camp for displaced persons... [More...]
Roberto Rossellini
In the immediate aftermath of World War II, a young Lithuanian refugee, Karin, meets an Italian fisherman, Antonio, in a camp for displaced persons... [More...]
Suddenly (1954)
Lewis Allen
Suddenly is a small American town which was once a hive of activity but has become a place where nothing ever happens. It looks as if it may again live up to its name when the President of the United States is scheduled to pass through the town... [More...]
Lewis Allen
Suddenly is a small American town which was once a hive of activity but has become a place where nothing ever happens. It looks as if it may again live up to its name when the President of the United States is scheduled to pass through the town... [More...]
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
New Orleans, 1937. Dr John Cukrowicz is an enthusiastic young neurosurgeon whose professional ambitions are frustrated by a lack of resources at the state hospital where he works... [More...]
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
New Orleans, 1937. Dr John Cukrowicz is an enthusiastic young neurosurgeon whose professional ambitions are frustrated by a lack of resources at the state hospital where he works... [More...]
Summertime (1955)
David Lean
Jane Hudson, a middle-aged spinster from Ohio, finally gets to realise her lifelong dream, a holiday in Venice, where she hopes to find love and romance amidst the golden waterways and ancient monuments... [More...]
David Lean
Jane Hudson, a middle-aged spinster from Ohio, finally gets to realise her lifelong dream, a holiday in Venice, where she hopes to find love and romance amidst the golden waterways and ancient monuments... [More...]
Sunrise (1927)
F.W. Murnau
A young woman from the city finds refuge in an isolated rural community, where she immediately starts to have an affair with a married farmer... [More...]
F.W. Murnau
A young woman from the city finds refuge in an isolated rural community, where she immediately starts to have an affair with a married farmer... [More...]
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Billy Wilder
A man's dead body is found floating in the swimming pool of a lavish private residence. As the police and journalists hasten to the scene, the story of what took place is revealed… Hollywood screenwriter Joe Gillis has neither work nor money... [More...]
Billy Wilder
A man's dead body is found floating in the swimming pool of a lavish private residence. As the police and journalists hasten to the scene, the story of what took place is revealed… Hollywood screenwriter Joe Gillis has neither work nor money... [More...]
Swamp Water (1941)
Jean Renoir
Ben Ragan is a trapper who, along with his authoritarian father Thursday, belongs to a small community living beside the feared Okefenokee Swamp... [More...]
Jean Renoir
Ben Ragan is a trapper who, along with his authoritarian father Thursday, belongs to a small community living beside the feared Okefenokee Swamp... [More...]
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
Alexander Mackendrick
Sidney Falco is a hard-nosed press agent who scrapes a meagre living by garnering publicity for second rate showbiz acts... [More...]
Alexander Mackendrick
Sidney Falco is a hard-nosed press agent who scrapes a meagre living by garnering publicity for second rate showbiz acts... [More...]
Tabu: A Story of the South Seas (1931)
F.W. Murnau
The island of Bora Bora is a South Pacific paradise, where the local population live an idyllic and peaceful existence in a landscape of untainted beauty... [More...]
F.W. Murnau
The island of Bora Bora is a South Pacific paradise, where the local population live an idyllic and peaceful existence in a landscape of untainted beauty... [More...]
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
Joseph Sargent
Lieutenant Zachary Garber, a New York transit cop, is giving a guided tour of the New York subway control centre to a party of directors of the equivalent Tokyo rail system... [More...]
Joseph Sargent
Lieutenant Zachary Garber, a New York transit cop, is giving a guided tour of the New York subway control centre to a party of directors of the equivalent Tokyo rail system... [More...]
The Tarnished Angels (1958)
Douglas Sirk
During the Great Depression, Roger Shumann earns a modest living as a barnstorming flier at provincial air shows across America, with his wife Laverne performing daring parachute stunts... [More...]
Douglas Sirk
During the Great Depression, Roger Shumann earns a modest living as a barnstorming flier at provincial air shows across America, with his wife Laverne performing daring parachute stunts... [More...]
Taxi Driver (1976)
Martin Scorsese
Travis Bickle is a Vietnam War veteran whose return to civilian life in New York City is proving to be an ordeal. In a bid to cure himself of his insomnia, he finds work as a night time taxi driver, indifferent to the risks he runs as he covers the seedier districts of the city... [More...]
Martin Scorsese
Travis Bickle is a Vietnam War veteran whose return to civilian life in New York City is proving to be an ordeal. In a bid to cure himself of his insomnia, he finds work as a night time taxi driver, indifferent to the risks he runs as he covers the seedier districts of the city... [More...]
Tea and Sympathy (1956)
Vincente Minnelli
A school reunion provides Tom Lee with the pretext for revisiting the New England prep school which had had such a marked effect on his life... [More...]
Vincente Minnelli
A school reunion provides Tom Lee with the pretext for revisiting the New England prep school which had had such a marked effect on his life... [More...]