On Christmas Eve, Jean Martens, a Swiss minister, takes in a blind half-crippled orphan and brings her up with his four children. Read More »
Drama
Désirée (1954) Henry Koster, Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Merle Oberon, Biography, Drama, History, Romance
In Marseilles, France in 1794, Desiree Clary, a young millinery clerk, becomes infatuated with Napoleon Bonaparte, but winds up wedding Genaral Jean-Baptiste Berandotte Read More »
Gaolbreak (1962) Francis Searle, Peter Reynolds, Avice Landone, David Kernan, Crime, Drama
A family of burglars and safecrackers plan a heist at a jewelry store. When one of the family–who is the safecracking expert–gets arrested and jailed, they hatch a plan to break him out so he can take part in the robbery.
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Lee Jae-sueui nan / The Uprising (1999) Kwang-su Park, Eun-ha Shim, Jung-jae Lee, Gye-nam Myeong, Drama
In the late 19th century Catholicism was gaining a foothold on Jeju island, much to the horror of the Confucian community, who were seeing their influence diminishing as well as getting increased taxes from Catholic-friendly government officers. Read More »
The Delay / La demora (2012) Rodrigo Plá, Néstor Guzzini, Fernando Amaral, Andrea Fantoni, Drama
It’s the sort of everyday personal tragedy that would hardly even merit inclusion in a short news column – overworked and underpaid, a forty-something mother of three is driven to abandon her senile father so she can take better care of her children. Read More »
Golgo 13 Queen Bee (1998) Osamu Dezaki, John DiMaggio, Denise Poirier, Carlos Ferro, Animation, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Golgo 13 is hired to assassinate Queen Bee, the second-in-command of a South American rebel army, to prevent her from killing the United States democratic presidential nominee.
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The Lusty Men (1952) Nicholas Ray, Robert Parrish, Susan Hayward, Robert Mitchum, Arthur Kennedy, Action, Drama, Sport, Western
When he sustains a rodeo injury, star rider Jeff McCloud returns to his hometown after many years of absence. Read More »
The Girl with the Red Scarf (1977) Atif Yilmaz, Türkan Soray, Kadir Inanir, Ahmet Mekin, Drama, Romance
Story of a dilemma between a woman’s love and her logic. Asya, a young girl with a strict mother, meets Ilyas who is a womanizer city man, and they quickly fall in love. Read More »
Ride the Wild Surf (1964) Don Taylor, Phil Karlson, Fabian, Shelley Fabares, Peter Brown, Comedy, Drama, Sport
A group of friends go to Hawaii in order to practice surfing, their favorite sport. But this is not all they do there – they also find love… Read More »
Over the Hill (1931) Henry King, Mae Marsh, James Dunn, Sally Eilers, Drama
In their farm house in a New York village, Ma Shelby prepares breakfast for her four children, Isaac, Tommy, Johnny and Susan, and then awakens them. Read More »
Il muro di gomma (1991) Marco Risi, Corso Salani, Angela Finocchiaro, Antonello Fassari, Drama, Thriller
June 27, 1980, an Italian DC 9 flying from Bologna to Palermo falls in the sea close to the Ustica island. 81 people die. Read More »
Time Out of Mind (1947) Robert Siodmak, Phyllis Calvert, Robert Hutton, Ella Raines, Drama
The son of a wealthy Maine shipping magnate causes a crisis in the family when he announces that he wants a career in music rather than in the family business. Read More »
A Man for All Seasons (1966) Fred Zinnemann, Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Robert Shaw, Biography, Drama, History
The story takes place in 16th century England. But men like Sir Thomas More, who love life yet have the moral fiber to lay down their lives for their principles, are found in every century. Read More »
Seven Hours to Judgment (1988) Beau Bridges, Ron Leibman, Julianne Phillips, Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
A street gang raids David Reardon’s wife and leaves her half-dead. When the gang is brought to court, she still lies down in coma, so judge Eden has to let them go on lack of evidence. Read More »
The Blonde Bandit (1950) Harry Keller, Gerald Mohr, Dorothy Patrick, Robert Rockwell, Crime, Drama, Romance
Involved in a holdup masterminded by bookie Joe Sapelli, Gloria is given a chance for redemption, if only she’ll act as an undercover agent for the cops. Read More »