
A well educated and humble teacher arrives in a new city and at a new job in the pre-revolutionary Iran. Read More »
Comedy
Second Thoughts (1983) Lawrence Turman, Lucie Arnaz, Craig Wasson, Ken Howard

Lawyer Amy finds herself courted by two very different men: her client, a roguish street musician named Will, and her old boyfriend John Michael. Read More »
Clean Slate (1994) Mick Jackson, Dana Carvey, Valeria Golino, James Earl Jones

After receiving a head injury on a case, private eye Maurice Pogue (Dana Carvey) suffers from a form of amnesia Read More »
Without a Clue (1988) Thom Eberhardt, Michael Caine, Ben Kingsley, Jeffrey Jones

This is a Sherlock Holmes story with a difference. Here, Dr. Watson is the ace detective Read More »
The Man with Bogart’s Face (1980) Robert Day, Robert Sacchi, Franco Nero, Michelle Phillips

A man with a fixation on Humphrey Bogart gets plastic surgery to make him look exactly like Bogart. Read More »
Nice Girl? (1941) William A. Seiter, Deanna Durbin, Franchot Tone, Walter Brennan

A young girl finds herself attracted to one of her father’s business partners. Read More »
Love and Larceny AKA Il mattatore (1960) Dino Risi, Vittorio Gassman, Dorian Gray, Anna Maria Ferrero

Gerardo, an aspiring actor, trying unsuccessfully to cross over from comedy to tragedy Read More »
Whoopee! (1930) Thornton Freeland, Eddie Cantor, Ethel Shutta, Paul Gregory

Western sheriff Bob Wells is preparing to marry Sally Morgan; she loves part-Indian Wanenis, whose race is an obstacle. Read More »
Don’t Ever Leave Me (1949) Arthur Crabtree, Jimmy Hanley, Petula Clark, Linden Travers

In a pleasant variation on “The Ransom of Red Chief,” elderly crook Harry Denton Read More »
Secluded, Near Woods AKA Na samote u lesa (1976) Jirí Menzel, Josef Kemr, Zdenek Sverák, Daniela Kolárová

The Lavicka’s, a Czech family from the city, rents a house in the country with the option to buy. Read More »