A group of adventurers head deep into a South American jungle in search of ancient Incan treasure. Read More »
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The Merry Widow (1925) Erich von Stroheim, Mae Murray, John Gilbert, Roy D’Arcy, Drama, Romance
Prince Danilo falls in love with dancer Sally O’Hara. His uncle, King Nikita I of Monteblanco forbids the marriage because she is a commoner. Read More »
Queen Kelly (1929) Erich von Stroheim, Richard Boleslawski, Gloria Swanson, Walter Byron, Seena Owen, Drama
Prince Wolfram is the betrothed of mad Queen Regina V of Kronberg. Supreme ruler, her word is law and he is a playboy. Read More »
The Beginning and the End (1993) Arturo Ripstein, Ernesto Laguardia, Julieta Egurrola, Blanca Guerra, Drama
The film tells the story of the Boteros, a middle-class Mexican family struggling against poverty after their father’s death. Read More »
Oklahoma! (1955) Fred Zinnemann, Gordon MacRae, Gloria Grahame, Gene Nelson, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance, Western
In the Oklahoma territory at the turn of the twentieth century, two young cowboys vie with an evil ranch hand and a traveling peddler for the hearts of the women they love. Read More »
The Field (1990) Jim Sheridan, Richard Harris, John Hurt, Sean Bean, Drama, Thriller
“Bull” McCabe’s family has farmed a field for generations, sacrificing endlessly for the sake of the land. Read More »
Three Cases of Murder (1955) David Eady, George More O’Ferrall, Orson Welles, John Gregson, Elizabeth Sellars, Crime, Mystery, Drama, Horror, Fantasy
Three stories of murder and the supernatural. In the first, a museum worker is introduced to a world behind the pictures he sees every day. Read More »
Marnie (1964) Alfred Hitchcock, Tippi Hedren, Sean Connery, Martin Gabel, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Marnie Edgar is a habitual liar and a thief who gets jobs as a secretary and after a few months robs the firms in question, usually of several thousand dollars. Read More »
L.627 (1992) Bertrand Tavernier, Avec Didier Bezace, Jean-Paul Comart, Charlotte Kady, Philippe Torreton, Crime, Drama, Thriller
A police inspector more because he loves it than because it’s his job, Lucien Marquet, 35, nicknamed Lulu, spends his nights and days sniffing out clues that might lead to solving cases. Read More »
Give Us Tomorrow (1978) Donovan Winter, Sylvia Syms, Derren Nesbitt, James Kerry, Crime, Drama
Masked intruders take the family of a bank manager hostage in order to rob his bank. Read More »
Adventure in the Hopfields (1954) John Guillermin, Mandy Miller, Hilda Fenemore, Russell Waters, Adventure, Family
A little girl accidentally breaks her mother’s favourite ornament and goes hop-picking to replace it. Read More »
Summer of 42 (1971) Robert Mulligan, Jennifer O’Neill, Gary Grimes, Jerry Houser, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Silent as a painting, the movie shows us day-dreamer Hermie and his friends Oscy and Benjie spending the summer of ’42 on an US island with their parents – rather unaffected by WWII. Read More »
Pollyanna (1960) David Swift, Jane Wyman, Hayley Mills, Richard Egan, Drama, Family
A little girl comes to a town that is embattled by feuds and intimidated by her aunt. Read More »
The Missing Scientists (1955) Steve Sekely, Paul Campbell, Irene Papas, Kurt Kreuger, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Two international atomic scientists working in London go missing in mysterious circumstances. Read More »
Gun for a Coward (1957) Abner Biberman, Fred MacMurray, Jeffrey Hunter, Janice Rule, Western
A young cowboy, whose dedication to the principles of peace and reason has earned him a reputation for cowardice Read More »