The poor, downtrodden (beautiful, of course) “dutiful” daughter in a London society family falls for a barrister, disguises herself Read More »
The Vanishing Corporal (1962) Jean Renoir, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Claude Brasseur, O.E. Hasse
An upper-class corporal from Paris is captured by the Germans when they invade France in 1940. Read More »
Million Dollar Baby (1941) Curtis Bernhardt, Priscilla Lane, Jeffrey Lynn, Ronald Reagan
An older woman discovers that her multi-million dollar fortune was based on embezzlement, so she sets out to right the wrong. Read More »
Just Before Nightfall (1971) Claude Chabrol, Celia, Marina Ninchi, Michel Bouquet
Charles Masson, an advertising executive, is having an affair with Laura, the wife of his best friend, the architect François Tellier. Read More »
Castaway (1986) Nicolas Roeg, Oliver Reed, Amanda Donohoe, Georgina Hale
Middle-aged Gerald Kingsland advertises in a London paper for a female companion to spend a year with him on a desert island. Read More »
The Sentinel (1992) Arnaud Desplechin, Emmanuel Salinger, Thibault de Montalembert, Jean-Louis Richard
Mathias, whose dead father was a diplomat in Germany, decides to study the forensic medicine in Paris. Read More »
The Male Animal (1942) Elliott Nugent, Henry Fonda, Olivia de Havilland, Joan Leslie
The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being suspected communists. Read More »
Thunder Road (1958) Arthur Ripley, Robert Mitchum, Gene Barry, Jacques Aubuchon
A veteran comes home from the Korean War to the mountains and takes over the family moonshining business. Read More »
Mrs. Parkington (1944) Tay Garnett, Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Edward Arnold
In this family saga, Mrs. Parkington recounts the story of her life Read More »
Battle Hymn (1957) Douglas Sirk, Rock Hudson, Anna Kashfi, Dan Duryea
Dean Hess, who entered the ministry to atone for bombing a German orphanage, decides he’s a failure at preaching. Read More »