Like Night of the Demon (1957), this adaptation is only very loosely based on the original ghost story by M.R. James. Read More »
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Life at the Top (1965) Ted Kotcheff, Laurence Harvey, Jean Simmons, Honor Blackman
Joe Lampton thought he had really made it by marrying the boss’s daughter in his northern mill town. Read More »
Outland (1981) Peter Hyams, Sean Connery, Frances Sternhagen, Peter Boyle
Marshal O’Niel’s assigned to a mining colony on Io, one of Jupiter’s moons. Read More »
Johnny on the Run (1953) Lewis Gilbert, Eugeniusz Chylek, Sydney Tafler, Michael Balfour
A superb early work by illustrious British director Lewis Gilbert (Alfie, You Only Live Twice) Read More »
Scott of the Antarctic (1948) Charles Frend, John Mills, Derek Bond, Diana Churchill
The true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try to be the first man Read More »
Wuthering Heights (1992) Peter Kosminsky, Juliette Binoche, Ralph Fiennes, Janet McTeer
Heathcliff is Cathy Earnshaw’s foster brother; more than that, he is her other half. Read More »
Crimes at the Dark House (1940) George King, Tod Slaughter, Sylvia Marriott, Hilary Eaves
A madman murders Sir Percival Glyde. Taking on his victim’s identity, the man returns to the Glyde ancestral home Read More »
Paradise Found (2003) Mario Andreacchio, Kiefer Sutherland, Nastassja Kinski, Alun Armstrong
Paris, 1880. Paul Gauguin is a successful financier. He lives in Paris with his wife Mette and their four children. Read More »
The Buttercup Chain (1970) Robert Ellis Miller, Hywel Bennett, Leigh Taylor-Young, Jane Asher
The Buttercup Chain, based on Janice Elliot’s novel, details the intense friendship among four people Read More »
The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963) Cliff Owen, Peter Sellers, Lionel Jeffries, Bernard Cribbins
The crooks in London know how it works. No one carries guns and no one resists the police. Read More »