
Grigori Rasputin becomes a fixture of Russia’s Imperial Court after saving the life of Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, the haemophiliac heir to the throne. Read More »
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Mister Roberts (1955) John Ford, Mervyn LeRoy, Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell, Comedy, Drama, War

Mister Roberts is aboard a US cargo ship, working in the Pacific during the Second World War. Read More »
Scarface (1932) Howard Hawks, Richard Rosson, Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, Karen Morley, Action, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller

Johnny Lovo rises to the head of the bootlegging crime syndicate on the south side of Chicago following the murder of former head, Big Louis Costillo. Read More »
Death of a Salesman (1966) Alex Segal, Stanley Adams, Edward Andrews, Lee J. Cobb, Drama

An abridged award-winning TV adaptation of a famous play about an aging traveling salesman who’s on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Read More »
Tell It to the Marines (1926) George W. Hill, Lon Chaney, William Haines, Eleanor Boardman, Comedy, Drama, Romance, War

U.S. Marine Sergeant O’Hara has his hands full training raw recruits, one of whom, ‘Skeets’ Burns, is a particular thorn in his side. Read More »
Lyrical Nitrate (1991) Peter Delpeut, Lyda Borelli, Henny Porten, Anni Timm, Documentary

This film is a compilation of scenes from silent films made between 1905 and 1915 that sat in storage in an Amsterdam cinema for many years. Read More »
Man Wanted (1932) William Dieterle, Kay Francis, David Manners, Una Merkel, Romance, Comedy, Drama

Lois is the editor of the 400 Magazine and is a work-a-holic. When Tom comes to her office to sell her a rowing machine, he leaves as her personal secretary. Read More »
Two on a Guillotine (1965) William Conrad, Connie Stevens, Dean Jones, Cesar Romero, Mystery, Horror

Duke Duquesne is a very eccentric magician, and owing to his lifestyle his two-year-old daughter, Cassie, is sent away to live with an aunt. Read More »
The Master Spearman (1960) Tomu Uchida, Chikage Awashima, Hiromi Hanazono, Kensaku Hara, Drama

Kurando is a retired samurai. Granted a last-second reprieve from the obligation to commit Harakiri Read More »
Welcome Home (1995) Makoto Shinozaki, Tomio Aoki, Ayaka Horie, Shoichi Komatsu, Drama

Yuriko works at home all day as a tape transcriber, while her husband, Takashi, works as a school teacher. Read More »