An old sea captain has lived on his own as long as he has been able to. Between his pension and the portraits he paints for a little spending money, he has done all right. However, the day finally comes when he must enter an old age home. Nothing daunted, his high spirits and zest for living infect the whole home with enthusiasm as they prepare a New Year’s Eve party for visiting relatives. Even the captain’s withdrawn and sour old roommate at the home eventually joins in.
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Ugetsu monogatari / Ugetsu (1953) Kenji Mizoguchi, Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyô, Kinuyo Tanaka, Drama, Fantasy, War
In the beginning of the springtime in the period of the Japanese Civil Wars of the Sixteenth Century in Lake Biwa in the Province of Omi, the family man farmer and craftsman Genjurô travels to Nagahama to sell his wares and makes a small fortune.
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Teen-Age Crime Wave (1955) Fred F. Sears, Tommy Cook, Molly McCart, Sue England, Crime, Drama
A propaganda film intended to highlight the growing problem of juvenile crime. Jane Koberly, present during a robbery, is falsely convicted of being an accessory.
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Night Must Fall (1964) Karel Reisz, Albert Finney, Susan Hampshire, Mona Washbourne, Crime, Thriller
Albert Finney stars in this second film version of Emlyn Williams thriller about an innocent looking but psychopathic killer named Danny. Danny is a Welsh hotel bellboy who commits an axe murder near the home of Mrs. Bramson (Mona Washbourne), a well-to-do widow.
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Last Train from Bombay (1952) Fred F. Sears, Jon Hall, Christine Larsen, Lisa Ferraday, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Martin Viking, an American diplomat in India, is falsely accused on the killing of an Indian dignitary and sets out to prove his innocence while trying to find the location of explosions planed on a Bombay train by a group of terrorists.
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Indivisibili / Indivisible (2016) Edoardo De Angelis, Angela Fontana, Marianna Fontana, Antonia Truppo, Drama
Daisy and Violet are twin sisters on the verge of turning 18. They are blessed with beautiful voices and are sought after to sing at weddings, communions and baptisms.
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Eight Iron Men (1952) Edward Dmytryk, Bonar Colleano, Arthur Franz, Lee Marvin, Drama, War
Stanley Kramer’s WW-II character study has Lee Marvin as the Sergeant of a small squad laid over during fighting in Italy.
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Children of Divorce (1927) Frank Lloyd, Josef von Sternberg, Clara Bow, Esther Ralston, Gary Cooper, Drama, Romance
A young flapper tricks her childhood sweetheart into marrying her. He really loves another woman, but didn’t marry her for fear the marriage would end in divorce, like his parents’. Complications ensue.
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Boli zhi cheng / City of Glass (1998) Mabel Cheung, Leon Lai, Qi Shu, Nicola Cheung, History, Romance
While attending their respective parent’s funeral in London, two strangers discover their parent’s secret love affair spanning across three decades and two continents.
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Always Leave Them Laughing (1949) Roy Del Ruth, Milton Berle, Virginia Mayo, Ruth Roman, Comedy, Drama
Kip Cooper, a successful comedy star, is the hit of the nation starring on his own television show. His agent, in flashback, tells a young, inexperienced comedian how Cooper rose to the top, mostly running over others on the way.
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