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Orpheus (1950) Jean Cocteau, Jean Marais, François Périer, María Casares
Orphee is a poet who becomes obsessed with Death (the Princess). Read More »
The Wages Of Fear / Le salaire de la peur (1953) Henri-Georges Clouzot, Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter van Eyck
In a squalid South American oil town, four desperate men sign on for a suicide mission Read More »
She-Devils on Wheels (1968) Herschell Gordon Lewis, Betty Connell, Nancy Lee Noble, Christie Wagner
A female motorcycle gang busies itself creating a ruckus. Read More »
Unfaithfully Yours (1948) Preston Sturges, Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell, Rudy Vallee
Sir Alfred De Carter suspects his wife of adultery. While running a symphony orchestra Read More »
Sweetie (1989) Jane Campion, Geneviève Lemon, Karen Colston, Tom Lycos
Based solely on a tea leaf reading, superstitious and introspective Kay believes she Read More »
Peeping Tom (1960) Michael Powell, Karlheinz Böhm, Anna Massey, Moira Shearer
Mark Lewis, works as a focus puller in a British film studio. On his off hours, he supplies Read More »
American Graffiti (1973) George Lucas, Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat
On the last day of summer vacation in 1962, friends Curt (Richard Dreyfuss), Steve (Ronny Howard) Read More »
Incendies (2010) Denis Villeneuve, Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette
A mother’s last wishes send twins Jeanne and Simon on a journey to the Middle East Read More »
Rio Bravo (1959) Howard Hawks, John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson
A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a cripple, a drunk Read More »