1962 in Tras-os-Montes, a miners’ strike begins to be repressed by the National Guard. Read More »
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Black Legion (1937) Archie Mayo, Michael Curtiz, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, Dick Foran
A hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker Read More »
The Dragon from Russia / Hong Chang Fei Long (1990) Clarence Fok, Samuel Hui, Maggie Cheung, Nina Li Chi
May Yip and Yao are both orphans and have been friends since youth Read More »
Cinderella Liberty (1973) Mark Rydell, James Caan, Marsha Mason, Kirk Calloway
A lonely Navy sailor falls in love with a hooker Read More »
Mystery Street (1950) John Sturges, Ricardo Montalban, Sally Forrest, Bruce Bennett
A small-town policeman is assisted by a Harvard professor after Read More »
Tenderness of the Wolves / Die Zärtlichkeit der Wölfe (1973) Ulli Lommel, Kurt Raab, Jeff Roden, Margit Carstensen, Ingrid Caven
In 1925, in Germany, Fritz Haarmann is a homosexual, thief and sneak, having a special license from the police. Read More »
The Killer Elite (1975) Sam Peckinpah, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Arthur Hill
Mike Locken is one of the principal members of a group of freelance spies. Read More »
Chisum (1970) Andrew V. McLaglen, John Wayne, Forrest Tucker, Christopher George
As one of the founders of the town of Lincoln, John Chisum is increasingly worried Read More »
Dead Ringers (1988) David Cronenberg, Jeremy Irons, Geneviève Bujold, Heidi von Palleske
Twin gynecologists take full advantage of the fact that nobody Read More »
Some Call It Loving (1973) James B. Harris, Zalman King, Carol White, Tisa Farrow
A woman who’s been asleep for years is part of a carnival that sells her kisses for a buck. Read More »