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American cinema: Drama
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Steven Spielberg
The scattered inhabitants of Muncie, a small rural community in Indiana, are visited by strange lights in the night sky. One evening, a mother watches in horror as her small child is abducted by a flying saucer...
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Steven Spielberg
The Collector (1965)
William Wyler
Having won a fortune on the football pools, Freddie Clegg, a modest bank clerk, decides to buy a solitary house in the middle of the English countryside...
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William Wyler
Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)
Anatole Litvak
1938, a decisive year in the history of man. Under the leadership of Adolf Hitler, the Nazis have committed themselves to a fascist dream that will make Germany the centre of a new world empire...
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Anatole Litvak
Cornered (1945)
Edward Dmytryk
Immediately after WWII, Laurence Gerard, a former Canadian fighter pilot, returns to France, eager to be reunited with the woman he married during his brief stay there in the war...
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Edward Dmytryk
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
Woody Allen
Judah Rosenthal is a successful ophthalmologist who, despite being a happily married man, has begun an affair with an air stewardess, Dolores Paley...
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Woody Allen
Crossfire (1947)
Edward Dmytryk
One evening, Samuels, a recently discharged US marine, is brutally killed. Captain Finlay takes charge of the murder investigation and quickly homes in on three suspects - the three soldiers who were in Samuels's company shortly before he died: Montgomery, Keeley and Mitchell... [More...]
Edward Dmytryk
One evening, Samuels, a recently discharged US marine, is brutally killed. Captain Finlay takes charge of the murder investigation and quickly homes in on three suspects - the three soldiers who were in Samuels's company shortly before he died: Montgomery, Keeley and Mitchell... [More...]
Cry of the City (1948)
Robert Siodmak
After a shoot out with the police, hardened crook Martin Rome ends up in hospital having shot dead a cop. Whilst he is recovering he is visited by his fiancée Teena Ricante and is pressurised by a lawyer named Niles to confess to participating in a jewel robbery, a crime of which he is innocent... [More...]
Robert Siodmak
After a shoot out with the police, hardened crook Martin Rome ends up in hospital having shot dead a cop. Whilst he is recovering he is visited by his fiancée Teena Ricante and is pressurised by a lawyer named Niles to confess to participating in a jewel robbery, a crime of which he is innocent... [More...]
The Curse of the Cat People (1944)
Gunther von Fritsch
Concerned that his daughter Amy is living in a world of her own, Oliver Reed tries to persuade the six-year-old girl to make some new friends... [More...]
Gunther von Fritsch
Concerned that his daughter Amy is living in a world of her own, Oliver Reed tries to persuade the six-year-old girl to make some new friends... [More...]
Cymbeline [TV] (1982)
Elijah Moshinsky
In Ancient Britain, King Cymbeline reigns at a time of fragile peace with the Roman Empire. Since his two sons were stolen from him in childhood, Cymbeline has but one surviving heir, his daughter Imogen... [More...]
Elijah Moshinsky
In Ancient Britain, King Cymbeline reigns at a time of fragile peace with the Roman Empire. Since his two sons were stolen from him in childhood, Cymbeline has but one surviving heir, his daughter Imogen... [More...]
D.O.A. (1950)
Rudolph Maté
A man walks into an urban police station to report his own murder. He is Frank Bigelow, an accountant from a small Californian town who recently went missing after learning he had ingested a fatal dose of a luminous poison... [More...]
Rudolph Maté
A man walks into an urban police station to report his own murder. He is Frank Bigelow, an accountant from a small Californian town who recently went missing after learning he had ingested a fatal dose of a luminous poison... [More...]
The Damned Don't Cry (1950)
Vincent Sherman
Investigating the murder of a notorious gangster, the police make a connection between the dead man and the wealthy socialite Lorna Hansen Forbes, a woman with an uncertain past... [More...]
Vincent Sherman
Investigating the murder of a notorious gangster, the police make a connection between the dead man and the wealthy socialite Lorna Hansen Forbes, a woman with an uncertain past... [More...]
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
Stephen Frears
France, circa 1760. Behind a façade of scrupulous respectability, the Marquise de Merteuil delights in inflicting cruelty on those who do her wrong through her meticulously calculated romantic intrigues... [More...]
Stephen Frears
France, circa 1760. Behind a façade of scrupulous respectability, the Marquise de Merteuil delights in inflicting cruelty on those who do her wrong through her meticulously calculated romantic intrigues... [More...]
The Dark Corner (1946)
Henry Hathaway
Shortly after opening a private detective agency in New York, Bradford Galt's unlucky past begins to catch up with him. One evening, whilst dating his attractive secretary, Kathleen, he notices that he is being trailed by a strange man in a white suit... [More...]
Henry Hathaway
Shortly after opening a private detective agency in New York, Bradford Galt's unlucky past begins to catch up with him. One evening, whilst dating his attractive secretary, Kathleen, he notices that he is being trailed by a strange man in a white suit... [More...]
The Dark Mirror (1946)
Robert Siodmak
When a doctor is found dead, stabbed to death in his apartment, Lieutenant Stevenson soon assembles three witnesses who are willing to testify that the killer is the victim's girlfriend, Terry Collins... [More...]
Robert Siodmak
When a doctor is found dead, stabbed to death in his apartment, Lieutenant Stevenson soon assembles three witnesses who are willing to testify that the killer is the victim's girlfriend, Terry Collins... [More...]
Dark Passage (1947)
Delmer Daves
Wrongly convicted for the murder of his wife, Vincent Parry escapes from prison with the intention of bringing the real culprit to justice... [More...]
Delmer Daves
Wrongly convicted for the murder of his wife, Vincent Parry escapes from prison with the intention of bringing the real culprit to justice... [More...]
The Dark Past (1948)
Rudolph Maté
Psychiatrist Dr Andrew Collins is spending a peaceful weekend at his country house with his wife and a few friends when gangster Al Walker walks in, looking for a hideout for a few hours... [More...]
Rudolph Maté
Psychiatrist Dr Andrew Collins is spending a peaceful weekend at his country house with his wife and a few friends when gangster Al Walker walks in, looking for a hideout for a few hours... [More...]
Dark Victory (1939)
Edmund Goulding
Long Island society heiress Judith Traherne has an appetite for fast living - parties, horses and cars being just three of her interests... [More...]
Edmund Goulding
Long Island society heiress Judith Traherne has an appetite for fast living - parties, horses and cars being just three of her interests... [More...]
Day of the Dead (1985)
George A. Romero
Human civilization is virtually at an end, obliterated by a mysterious plague that is animating the dead, turning them into flesh-eating zombies with disgusting table manners... [More...]
George A. Romero
Human civilization is virtually at an end, obliterated by a mysterious plague that is animating the dead, turning them into flesh-eating zombies with disgusting table manners... [More...]
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Robert Wise
The world falls under a spell of expectant dread when a flying saucer appears in orbit above the Earth before landing in Washington D.C... [More...]
Robert Wise
The world falls under a spell of expectant dread when a flying saucer appears in orbit above the Earth before landing in Washington D.C... [More...]
Dead Reckoning (1947)
John Cromwell
After World War II, paratroopers Rip Murdock and Johnny Drake are on their way back to Washington, looking forward to their return to civilian life... [More...]
John Cromwell
After World War II, paratroopers Rip Murdock and Johnny Drake are on their way back to Washington, looking forward to their return to civilian life... [More...]
Death of a Salesman (1951)
Laslo Benedek
Willy Loman is a 63-year-old travelling salesman who can no longer cope with the physical demands of his job. As he reflects on his life in his darker moments he struggles to comprehend where it all went wrong... [More...]
Laslo Benedek
Willy Loman is a 63-year-old travelling salesman who can no longer cope with the physical demands of his job. As he reflects on his life in his darker moments he struggles to comprehend where it all went wrong... [More...]
Death of a Salesman (1985)
Volker Schlöndorff
Travelling salesman Willy Loman has lived his life convinced that he and his family are destined for success. Now aged 63 he realises the hollowness of his dreams... [More...]
Volker Schlöndorff
Travelling salesman Willy Loman has lived his life convinced that he and his family are destined for success. Now aged 63 he realises the hollowness of his dreams... [More...]
Deception (1946)
Irving Rapper
It has been many years since Christine Radcliffe last saw her lover Karel Novak, in Europe during WWII. Convinced that Karel is dead, Christine has attempted to build a new life for herself as a musician in New York, supported by her wealthy new lover, the world famous composer Alexander Hollenius... [More...]
Irving Rapper
It has been many years since Christine Radcliffe last saw her lover Karel Novak, in Europe during WWII. Convinced that Karel is dead, Christine has attempted to build a new life for herself as a musician in New York, supported by her wealthy new lover, the world famous composer Alexander Hollenius... [More...]
The Deer Hunter (1978)
Michael Cimino
A small working class town in Western Pennsylvania in the late 1960s. Michael, Nick and Steven are three close friends, in their late twenties, early thirties, who work at a steel mill... [More...]
Michael Cimino
A small working class town in Western Pennsylvania in the late 1960s. Michael, Nick and Steven are three close friends, in their late twenties, early thirties, who work at a steel mill... [More...]
The Defiant Ones (1958)
Stanley Kramer
A party of convicts in a chain-gang are being transported under armed guard when their van falls over the edge of a ravine... [More...]
Stanley Kramer
A party of convicts in a chain-gang are being transported under armed guard when their van falls over the edge of a ravine... [More...]
Detective Story (1951)
William Wyler
Jim McLeod is a hard-nosed career detective who carries out his duties with a cold, steely professionalism that might almost be mistaken for zeal... [More...]
William Wyler
Jim McLeod is a hard-nosed career detective who carries out his duties with a cold, steely professionalism that might almost be mistaken for zeal... [More...]
Detour (1945)
Edgar G. Ulmer
Al Roberts works as a piano player in a two-bit New York nightclub with his girlfriend Sue, an aspiring singer. The two plan to marry but Sue, confident she is star material, leaves Al to try to make a name for herself in Hollywood... [More...]
Edgar G. Ulmer
Al Roberts works as a piano player in a two-bit New York nightclub with his girlfriend Sue, an aspiring singer. The two plan to marry but Sue, confident she is star material, leaves Al to try to make a name for herself in Hollywood... [More...]
Dial M for Murder (1954)
Alfred Hitchcock
When former tennis champion Tony Wendice discovers that his wife Margot has been having an affair with writer Mark Halliday he concocts what he believes to be the perfect crime... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
When former tennis champion Tony Wendice discovers that his wife Margot has been having an affair with writer Mark Halliday he concocts what he believes to be the perfect crime... [More...]
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
George Stevens
In July 1945, Otto Frank, a man in his mid-fifties, arrives at a disused spice factory in Amsterdam and climbs a staircase to a concealed annex on the top floor of the building... [More...]
George Stevens
In July 1945, Otto Frank, a man in his mid-fifties, arrives at a disused spice factory in Amsterdam and climbs a staircase to a concealed annex on the top floor of the building... [More...]
Donnie Brasco (1997)
Mike Newell
In 1978, FBI agent Joseph D. Pistone is assigned his most dangerous mission: to infiltrate the Bonanno family, one of New York's most feared gangster clans... [More...]
Mike Newell
In 1978, FBI agent Joseph D. Pistone is assigned his most dangerous mission: to infiltrate the Bonanno family, one of New York's most feared gangster clans... [More...]