It’s part of the long running Dr. Mabuse franchise and a remake of the 1933 movie with the same title, directed by Fritz Lang. Read More »
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Man of the World (1931) Richard Wallace, Edward Goodman, William Powell, Carole Lombard, Wynne Gibson
A young American girl visits Paris accompanied by her fiancee and her wealthy uncle. Read More »
Straight Time (1978) Ulu Grosbard, Dustin Hoffman, Theresa Russell, Gary Busey
After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules. Read More »
Compulsion (1959) Richard Fleischer, Orson Welles, Dean Stockwell, Diane Varsi
In 1924 Chicago, two rich college students, Judd Steiner and Arthur Strauss, decide they can commit Read More »
Dark Victory (1939) Edmund Goulding, Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart
Judith Traherne is at the height of young society when Dr. Frederick Steele diagnoses a brain tumor. Read More »
L’atalante (1934) Jean Vigo, Dita Parlo, Jean Dasté, Michel Simon
When Juliette marries Jean, she comes to live with him as he captains a river barge. Read More »
And God Said to Cain (1970) Antonio Margheriti, Klaus Kinski, Peter Carsten, Marcella Michelangeli
After 10 years in prison, a man who was betrayed by his ex-lover Read More »
Flying Elephants (1928) Frank Butler, Hal Roach, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Dorothy Coburn
Laurel & Hardy, in pre-historic times, vie for the hand of the same Stone Age beauty. Read More »
French Connection II (1975) John Frankenheimer, Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Bernard Fresson
New York narcotics detective Popeye Doyle follows the trail of the French connection smuggling ring Read More »
T2 Trainspotting (2017) Danny Boyle, Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller
After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud, and Begbie. Read More »