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American cinema: Romance
Carousel (1956)
Henry King
In a New England fishing village, Billy Bigelow is a fairground barker who has a tendency to be distracted by attractive young ladies...
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Henry King
Casablanca (1942)
Michael Curtiz
In December 1941, the Moroccan town of Casablanca is under French control and serves as a vital transit point for fugitives of Nazi aggression desperate to get to America...
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Michael Curtiz
Charade (1963)
Stanley Donen
Reggie Lambert returns from a holiday in the French Alps to learn that her husband has been murdered, thrown from a train in his pyjamas...
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Stanley Donen
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
Michael Curtiz
In the early 1850s, Geoffrey Vickers and his brother Perry are British officers in the 27th Lancers, a regiment stationed in the Indian city of Chukoti...
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Michael Curtiz
Christmas in July (1940)
Preston Sturges
Jimmy MacDonald is a low-paid clerk in the Baxter Coffee House Company. Desperately short of cash, he enters a rival company's slogan competition, and expects to win the $25,000 prize...
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Preston Sturges
El Cid (1961)
Anthony Mann
In the 11th century, Spain is a divided country. The wars between the Christians and the Moors have raged for many years but now Spain faces a greater threat, from the Muslim general Ibn Yusuf, who has amassed an army in readiness to invade the country... [More...]
Anthony Mann
In the 11th century, Spain is a divided country. The wars between the Christians and the Moors have raged for many years but now Spain faces a greater threat, from the Muslim general Ibn Yusuf, who has amassed an army in readiness to invade the country... [More...]
The Circus (1928)
Charles Chaplin
Mistaken for a pickpocket, a tramp is pursued by a policeman through a fairground and takes refuge in a circus big top. When he inadvertently makes the audience roar with laughter, the tramp is immediately engaged by the circus proprietor... [More...]
Charles Chaplin
Mistaken for a pickpocket, a tramp is pursued by a policeman through a fairground and takes refuge in a circus big top. When he inadvertently makes the audience roar with laughter, the tramp is immediately engaged by the circus proprietor... [More...]
City Girl (1930)
F.W. Murnau
Tustine, a patriarchal Minnesota farmer, sends his son Lem to town to get the best price he can for the year's wheat crop... [More...]
F.W. Murnau
Tustine, a patriarchal Minnesota farmer, sends his son Lem to town to get the best price he can for the year's wheat crop... [More...]
City Lights (1931)
Charles Chaplin
One evening, a good natured tramp talks a depressed millionaire out of killing himself and, in his gratitude, the millionaire declares that they will be friends for life... [More...]
Charles Chaplin
One evening, a good natured tramp talks a depressed millionaire out of killing himself and, in his gratitude, the millionaire declares that they will be friends for life... [More...]
Cloak and Dagger (1946)
Fritz Lang
One day, in the latter years of WWII, Alvah Jesper, a physics professor at an American university, receives an unexpected visit from a secret services official... [More...]
Fritz Lang
One day, in the latter years of WWII, Alvah Jesper, a physics professor at an American university, receives an unexpected visit from a secret services official... [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...]
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...]
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...]
Deadline at Dawn (1946)
Harold Clurman
Alex Winkley, a sailor on leave in New York City, wakes up to find he has a large wad of cash on his person. He vaguely recalls that he visited a woman, Edna Bartelli, earlier that evening and concludes he must have taken the money from her... [More...]
Harold Clurman
Alex Winkley, a sailor on leave in New York City, wakes up to find he has a large wad of cash on his person. He vaguely recalls that he visited a woman, Edna Bartelli, earlier that evening and concludes he must have taken the money from her... [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...]
Desk Set (1957)
Walter Lang
Bunny Watson runs the reference department of the Federal Broadcasting Network, leading a team that provides answers swiftly and accurately on a whole range of topics to anyone else in the company... [More...]
Walter Lang
Bunny Watson runs the reference department of the Federal Broadcasting Network, leading a team that provides answers swiftly and accurately on a whole range of topics to anyone else in the company... [More...]
The Devil Is a Woman (1935)
Josef von Sternberg
In the midst of a busy carnival in Spain, a young revolutionary named Antonio is attracted to Concha, a beautiful and elusive woman... [More...]
Josef von Sternberg
In the midst of a busy carnival in Spain, a young revolutionary named Antonio is attracted to Concha, a beautiful and elusive woman... [More...]
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Tim Burton
On a hill overlooking a typical American suburban town there is an old Gothic mansion, which is home to Edward, an artificial teenage boy who has scissors for hands and whose one talent is topiary... [More...]
Tim Burton
On a hill overlooking a typical American suburban town there is an old Gothic mansion, which is home to Edward, an artificial teenage boy who has scissors for hands and whose one talent is topiary... [More...]
The English Patient (1996)
Anthony Minghella
In Italy towards the end of the World War Two, a Canadian nurse Hana is tending to a disfigured pilot whose aircraft was shot down in North Africa... [More...]
Anthony Minghella
In Italy towards the end of the World War Two, a Canadian nurse Hana is tending to a disfigured pilot whose aircraft was shot down in North Africa... [More...]
Fallen Angel (1945)
Otto Preminger
Unable to pay the bus fare to complete his journey to San Francisco, down-at-heel press agent Eric Stanton ends up in a small coastal town with barely enough money to pay for his next meal... [More...]
Otto Preminger
Unable to pay the bus fare to complete his journey to San Francisco, down-at-heel press agent Eric Stanton ends up in a small coastal town with barely enough money to pay for his next meal... [More...]
Father of the Bride (1950)
Vincente Minnelli
Stanley and Ellie Banks are an ordinary middle-class American couple who have lived a well-ordered, trouble-free life - until that awful Earth-shattering day when their daughter Kay announces that she intends to get married... [More...]
Vincente Minnelli
Stanley and Ellie Banks are an ordinary middle-class American couple who have lived a well-ordered, trouble-free life - until that awful Earth-shattering day when their daughter Kay announces that she intends to get married... [More...]
Father's Little Dividend (1951)
Vincente Minnelli
With his daughter Kay now happily married, Stanley Banks thinks that his worries are over. How wrong he is. Just when everything appears to be going swimmingly, Kay drops her bombshell - she is expecting a baby... [More...]
Vincente Minnelli
With his daughter Kay now happily married, Stanley Banks thinks that his worries are over. How wrong he is. Just when everything appears to be going swimmingly, Kay drops her bombshell - she is expecting a baby... [More...]
Fazil (1928)
Howard Hawks
Although faithful to the traditions of his race the Arabian prince Fazil is reluctant to take wives so that he may produce an heir... [More...]
Howard Hawks
Although faithful to the traditions of his race the Arabian prince Fazil is reluctant to take wives so that he may produce an heir... [More...]
Female (1933)
Michael Curtiz
Alison Drake has inherited a large car factory from her father and runs it with ruthless efficiency. She has no time for sentiment in either her personal or professional life... [More...]
Michael Curtiz
Alison Drake has inherited a large car factory from her father and runs it with ruthless efficiency. She has no time for sentiment in either her personal or professional life... [More...]
Finian's Rainbow (1968)
Francis Ford Coppola
Finian McLonergan absconds from his native Ireland with a stolen crock of gold, accompanied by his daughter Sharon. He arrives in Rainbow Valley, USA, believing that if he buries the crock near to Fort Knox he will become a wealthy man... [More...]
Francis Ford Coppola
Finian McLonergan absconds from his native Ireland with a stolen crock of gold, accompanied by his daughter Sharon. He arrives in Rainbow Valley, USA, believing that if he buries the crock near to Fort Knox he will become a wealthy man... [More...]
Follow the Fleet (1936)
Mark Sandrich
When his dancing partner, Sherry Martin, declines to marry him, Bake Baker decides to join the navy. Bake soon grows disillusioned with the life of a sailor and, as soon as his ship docks at San Francisco, he heads straight for the nearest nightclub... [More...]
Mark Sandrich
When his dancing partner, Sherry Martin, declines to marry him, Bake Baker decides to join the navy. Bake soon grows disillusioned with the life of a sailor and, as soon as his ship docks at San Francisco, he heads straight for the nearest nightclub... [More...]
For Me and My Gal (1942)
Busby Berkeley
In 1916, Jo Hayden and Jimmy Metcalf scrape a living, touring American towns with their second rate vaudeville act. Jo earns just enough to support her brother Danny as he studies to be a doctor... [More...]
Busby Berkeley
In 1916, Jo Hayden and Jimmy Metcalf scrape a living, touring American towns with their second rate vaudeville act. Jo earns just enough to support her brother Danny as he studies to be a doctor... [More...]
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Fred Zinnemann
December, 1941. Whilst a fierce war is being waged in Europe, North Africa and the Far East, the United States waits on the sidelines... [More...]
Fred Zinnemann
December, 1941. Whilst a fierce war is being waged in Europe, North Africa and the Far East, the United States waits on the sidelines... [More...]
From This Day Forward (1946)
John Berry
On his return to the United States after active service in WWII, Bill Cummings struggles to find work to support himself and his young wife Susan... [More...]
John Berry
On his return to the United States after active service in WWII, Bill Cummings struggles to find work to support himself and his young wife Susan... [More...]