A famed jewel thief named Rochard is slashed to death on a train. His daughter Nicole, a famous nightclub performer in Paris Read More »
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Under Suspicion (1981) Claude Miller, Lino Ventura, Michel Serrault, Romy Schneider, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Inspector Gallien is investigating the rape and murder of two little girls. The only suspect is attorney Jerome Martinaud, but the evidence against him is circumstantial. Read More »
The Liar (1981) Mika Kaurismäki, Aki Kaurismäki, Pirkko Hämäläinen, Juuso Hirvikangas, Comedy, Drama
Talkative, hyperactive young drifter Ville Alfa goes around Helsinki, basically trying to borrow money from friends Read More »
Stukas (1941) Karl Ritter, Carl Raddatz, Hannes Stelzer, Ernst von Klipstein, Drama, War
This Nazi propaganda film details the exploits of a group of German Luftwaffe pilots flying Stukas–fighter-bombers–in the Battle of France in the early days of World War II. Read More »
The Sparrow (1972) Youssef Chahine, Salah Kabil, Ali El Scherif, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Drama
Set shortly before and during the Six Day War in June of 1967, The Sparrow follows a young police officer stationed in a small village in Upper Egypt Read More »
Duck Soup (1933) Leo McCarey, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Comedy, Musical, War
The country of Freedonia is in the middle of a financial crisis and on the brink of revolution. Read More »
Mauro (2014) Hernán Rosselli, Victoria Bustamante, Mauro Martínez, Pablo Ramos, Juliana Simoes Risso, Arthouse, Crime
Mauro walks through the city buying stuff. Anything, it doesn’t matter what. Because Mauro is a passador, as in the streets they call a man who trade fake bills. Read More »
A Fugitive from the Past (1965) Tomu Uchida, Rentarô Mikuni, Sachiko Hidari, Kôji Mitsui, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Three robbers escape with loot from a heist before one of them shoots them; their corpses wash up near the aftermath of a maritime calamity, provoking a policeman’s interest. Read More »
The Quiet Duel (1949) Akira Kurosawa, Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Miki Sanjô, Drama
In 1944, in WWII, Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki cuts his finger with the scalpel during a surgery in a field hospital and is infected by spirochete from his patient Susumu Nakada. Read More »
The Scarlet and the Black (1983) Jerry London, Gregory Peck, Christopher Plummer, John Gielgud, Drama, History, War
Fr. Hugh O’Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian Resistance families. Read More »
Talking Head (1992) Mamoru Oshii, Shigeru Chiba, Yoshikazu Fujiki, Keishi Hunt, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Talking Head (1992) is a live action film written and directed by Mamoru Oshii. Its a surreal meta-film mystery involving the production of an anime called Talking Head. Read More »
Earthquake (1974) Mark Robson, Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy, Action, Drama, Thriller
Construction Engineer Stuart Graff is estranged from his jealously possessive wife, Remy, and has an affair with Denise Marshall, the widow of a co-worker. Read More »
Barren Illusion (1999) Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Shinji Aoyama, Shirô Atami, Shingo Ichizawa, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
The female lead, a postal worker, is shown involved in activities (in two different scenes) which surely would result in her death–jumping off a building and being severely beaten by a gang of thugs. Read More »
Sweets (2013) Joseph Pitchhadze, Sarah Adler, Ayal Beeri, Dvir Benedek, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Salah, an Israeli-Arab enterpriser, strives to bring happiness for the children of the Arab sector in Israel by opening a new chain of candy stores. Read More »
A Free Woman (1954) Vittorio Cottafavi, Françoise Christophe, Pierre Cressoy, Gino Cervi, Drama
Liana, a girl with a good family, is about to marry an engineer, but the meeting with the musician Gerardo makes her change her mind. Read More »