Movies by Lists - Fims from Mervyn Cook - A History of Film Music (111 [137]) Title | Year | Director | Genre | Rating | Runtime | Added |
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Above the RimStory of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now employed as a security guard. | 1994 | Jeff Pollack | Crime, Drama, Sport, Thriller | 6.6 (16.8K votes) | 96 | 20231207 |
Adventures of Prince Achmed, The [Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed]A handsome prince rides a flying horse to faraway lands and embarks on magical adventures, which include befriending a witch, meeting Aladdin, battling demons and falling in love with a princess. | 1926 | Lotte Reiniger, Carl Koch | Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance | 7.8 (6K votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
Ae Fond Kiss...Sparks fly in Glasgow's south side when a young Asian man enters into a relationship with a Caucasian woman. | 2004 | Ken Loach (*) | Drama, Romance | 7.1 (7K votes) | 104 | 20221116 |
Air Force OneCommunist Radicals hijack Air Force One with The U.S. President and his family on board. The Vice President negotiates from Washington D.C., while the President, a Veteran, fights to rescue the hostages on board. | 1997 | Wolfgang Petersen (*) | Action, Drama, Thriller | 6.5 (190.2K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
AladdinA kindhearted street urchin and a power-hungry Grand Vizier vie for a magic lamp that has the power to make their deepest wishes come true. | 1992 | Ron Clements, John Musker | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance | 8.0 (393.7K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
AlexanderAlexander, the King of Macedonia and one of the greatest army leaders in the history of warfare, conquers much of the known world. | 2004 | Oliver Stone (*) | Action, Biography, Drama, History, War | 5.6 (170K votes) | 31 | 20220912 |
Alexander the GreatThe life and military conquests of Alexander III of Macedon (July 20/21, 356 - June 10/11, 323 B.C.), commonly known as Alexander the Great. | 1956 | Robert Rossen (*) | Biography, Drama, History, War | 5.8 (3.6K votes) | 141 | 20211228 |
Alice in WonderlandAlice stumbles into the world of Wonderland. Will she get home? Not if the Queen of Hearts has her way. | 1951 | Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Jack Kinney | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical | 7.4 (137K votes) | 75 | 20211228 |
AliensFifty-seven years after surviving an apocalyptic attack aboard her space vessel by merciless space creatures, Officer Ripley awakens from hyper-sleep and tries to warn anyone who will listen about the predators. | 1986 | James Cameron (*) | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 8.3 (691K votes) | 137 | 20211228 |
America as Seen by a FrenchmanSatirical documentary, shot in all parts of the US, showing various aspects of American behavior. | 1960 | François Reichenbach | Documentary | 6.9 (113 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
AmistadIn 1839, the revolt of Mende captives aboard a Spanish owned ship causes a major controversy in the United States when the ship is captured off the coast of Long Island. The courts must decide whether the Mende are slaves or legally | 1997 | Steven Spielberg (*) | Biography, Drama, History | 7.3 (75.2K votes) | 155 | 20211228 |
Angela's AshesBased on the best-selling autobiography by Irish expatriate Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes follows the experiences of young Frankie and his family as they try against all odds to escape the poverty endemic in the slums of pre-war Lime | 1999 | Alan Parker | Biography, Drama | 7.3 (21.6K votes) | 145 | 20211228 |
Anna and the King of SiamIn 1862, a young Englishwoman becomes royal tutor in Siam and befriends the King. | 1946 | John Cromwell | Biography, Drama, Romance | 7.0 (2.4K votes) | 128 | 20211228 |
Annie Get Your GunThe story of the great sharpshooter Annie Oakley, who rose to fame while dealing with her love/professional rival, Frank Butler. | 1950 | George Sidney, Busby Berkeley | Biography, Comedy, Musical, Romance, Western | 6.9 (4.8K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
AntzA rather neurotic ant tries to break from his totalitarian society while trying to win the affection of the princess he loves. | 1998 | Eric Darnell, Tim Johnson | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy | 6.5 (152.2K votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
Aranyer DinratriA group of Calcutta city slickers, including the well-off Asim (Soumitra Chatterjee), the meek Sanjoy (Subhendu Chatterjee) and the brutish Hari (Samit Bhanja), head out for a weekend in the wilderness. | 1970 | Satyajit Ray (*) | Drama | 8.2 (2.6K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
Aria10 short films by 10 different directors, set to arias by different composers. | 1987 | Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, Bill Bryden, Jean-Luc Godard, Derek Jarman | Comedy, Drama, Music | 5.7 (2.8K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
As You Like itA Duke usurps his brother's land and power, banishing him and his entourage into the forest of Arden. The banished Duke's daughter, Rosalind, remains with her cousin Celia. She has fallen in love with Orlando, but he has his own tyra | 1936 | Paul Czinner | Drama, Comedy, Romance | 5.9 (761 votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
AsokaThe epic tale of King Asoka's life is recounted. | 2001 | Santosh Sivan | Action, Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War | 6.4 (15.2K votes) | 180 | 20240419 |
Asterix and CleopatraOrdered by Cleopatra to build a palace in Alexandria within three months as part of a bet with Caesar, an architect enlists the help of Asterix, Obelix and Getafix. | 1968 | René Goscinny, Albert Uderzo | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, History | 7.2 (12.7K votes) | 72 | 20211228 |
AuditionA widower takes an offer to screen girls at a special audition, arranged for him by a friend to find him a new wife. The one he fancies is not who she appears to be after all. | 1999 | Takashi Miike (*) | Drama, Horror, Mystery | 7.2 (78.6K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
BackbeatA dramatization of the Hamburg, Germany phase of The Beatles' early history. | 1994 | Iain Softley | Biography, Drama, Music, Romance | 6.6 (6.5K votes) | 100 | 20231001 |
BackdraftTwo Chicago firefighter brothers, who don't get along, have to work together while a dangerous arsonist is on the loose. | 1991 | Ron Howard | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.7 (77.8K votes) | 137 | 20211228 |
Baise MoiTwo young women, marginalised by society, go on a destructive tour of sex and violence. Breaking norms and killing men - and shattering the complacency of polite cinema audiences. | 2000 | Virginie Despentes, Coralie | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 4.5 (17.5K votes) | 77 | 20211228 |
Bandit of Sherwood Forest, TheThe adventures of Robert of Nottingham, the son of Robin Hood. | 1946 | Henry Levin, George Sherman | Action, Adventure, Family, History, Romance | 5.8 (471 votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
Bandolero!Mace Bishop (James Stewart) masquerades as a hangman in order to save his outlaw brother, Dee (Dean Martin), from the gallows, runs to Mexico chased by Sheriff July Johnson's (George Kennedy's) posse and fights against Mexican ban... | 1968 | Andrew V. McLaglen | Drama, Western | 6.5 (5.7K votes) | 106 | 20240319 |
Bartered Bride, The [Die verkaufte Braut]Bohemia in the 19th century, stage-coach driver Hans, loves the mayor's daughter Marie, but she is promised Wenzel, the son of another wealthy farmer. Marie refuses to marry Wenzel because of Hans, but the marriage arranger tries to | 1932 | Max Ophüls (*) | Comedy, Music | 6.4 (179 votes) | 77 | 20211228 |
Batman - Mask of The PhantasmBatman is wrongly implicated in a series of murders of mob bosses actually done by a new vigilante assassin. | 1993 | Kevin Altieri, Boyd Kirkland, Frank Paur, Dan Riba, Eric Radomski | Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Family, Mystery, Sci-Fi | 7.8 (49.6K votes) | 76 | 20220423 |
Battle of BritainIn 1940, the British Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle to prevent the Luftwaffe from gaining air superiority over the English Channel as a prelude to a possible Axis invasion of the U.K. | 1969 | Guy Hamilton (*) | Action, Drama, History, War | 7.0 (22.1K votes) | 132 | 20211228 |
Battle of Russia, TheDocumentary revealing the nature and process of the fight between the Soviet Union and Germany in the Second World War. | 1943 | Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak | Documentary, History, War | 7.1 (1.4K votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
Battle of the BulgeA dramatization of Nazi Germany's final Western Front counterattack of World War II. | 1965 | Ken Annakin | Drama, History, War | 6.8 (17.7K votes) | 167 | 20240222 |
Battle Royale [Batoru rowaiaru]In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act. | 2000 | Kinji Fukasaku | Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller | 7.6 (178.9K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
Battle Royale 2 [Batoru rowaiaru II - Chinkonka]Three years after the failure of the last BR program, a second act is forged and a class of students are sent to an island with one objective: kill international terrorist Shuya Nanahara. | 2003 | Kenta Fukasaku, Kinji Fukasaku | Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller | 4.7 (20.2K votes) | 155 | 20211228 |
Beautiful CreaturesTwo girls thrown together by their boyfriends' violence accidentally kill one of them. | 2000 | Bill Eagles | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 5.8 (3.9K votes) | 86 | 20240313 |
BeetlejuiceThe spirits of a deceased couple are harassed by an unbearable family that has moved into their home, and hire a malicious spirit to drive them out. | 1988 | Tim Burton (*) | Comedy, Fantasy | 7.5 (286.2K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
Beneath the Planet of the Apes The sole survivor of an interplanetary rescue mission searches for the only survivor of the previous expedition. He discovers a planet ruled by apes and an underground city run by telepathic humans. | 1970 | Ted Post | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | 6.1 (45.8K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
Benny Goodman Story, TheThe young Benny Goodman is taught clarinet by a Chicago music professor. He is advised by bandleader Kid Ory to play whichever kind of music he likes best, but to make a living, Benny begins by joining the Ben Pollack traveling band. | 1956 | Valentine Davies | Biography, Drama, Music | 6.7 (1.2K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
Berlin - Symphony of a Metropolis [Berlin - Die Sinfonie der Grosstadt]This movie shows us one day in Berlin, the rhythm of that time, starting at the earliest morning and ends in the deepest night. | 1927 | Walter Ruttmann | Documentary | 7.6 (4.3K votes) | 65 | 20211228 |
Big Blue, TheThe rivalry between Enzo and Jacques, two childhood friends and now world-renowned free divers, becomes a beautiful and perilous journey into oneself and the unknown. | 1988 | Luc Besson (*) | Adventure, Drama, Sport | 7.6 (50.6K votes) | 168 | 20211228 |
Big Trouble in Little ChinaA rough-and-tumble trucker and his side kick face off with an ancient sorcerer in a supernatural battle beneath Chinatown. | 1986 | John Carpenter (*) | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy | 7.3 (134.7K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
BilitisA coming of age story centering on the exploits of a young girl during summer vacation. | 1977 | David Hamilton | Drama, Romance | 5.4 (1.9K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
Billion Dollar BrainA former British spy stumbles onto a plot to overthrow Communism with the help of a supercomputer. But who is working for whom? | 1967 | Ken Russell (*) | Crime, Thriller | 6.0 (5.2K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
BirdThe troubled life and career of jazz musician Charlie "Bird" Parker. | 1988 | Clint Eastwood (*) | Biography, Drama, Music | 7.2 (12.3K votes) | 161 | 20211228 |
Bird of ParadiseA native girl falls for a visitor to her island, but she's chosen to be sacrificed to the volcano god. | 1932 | King Vidor (*) | Adventure, Drama, Romance | 6.0 (1.3K votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
Birdcage, TheA gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancée's right-wing moralistic parents. | 1996 | Mike Nichols (*) | Comedy | 7.2 (86.6K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
Bitch, TheThe owner of a trendy disco starts having problems with the men in her life and the Mafia, which is trying to move in on her place. | 1979 | Gerry O'Hara | Drama, Romance, Thriller | 3.7 (1.1K votes) | 89 | 20221116 |
Black Cauldron, TheA young boy and a group of misfit friends embark on a quest to find a dark magic item of ultimate power before a diabolical tyrant can. | 1985 | Ted Berman, Richard Rich | Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy | 6.4 (34.9K votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
Black Knight, TheDuring King Arthur's time, a sword maker wishes to win Lady Linet's heart but first he must become a noble knight. | 1954 | Tay Garnett | Adventure, History | 5.2 (766 votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
Black Tent, TheIn the African desert, a British soldier romances a native chief's daughter and helps the tribe fight off a German attack. | 1956 | Brian Desmond Hurst | Drama, Romance, War | 5.5 (483 votes) | 83 | 20240609 |
Blind ChanceWitek runs after a train. Three variations follow on how such a seemingly banal incident could influence the rest of Witek's life. | 1987 | Krzysztof Kieslowski (*) | Drama | 7.8 (9.6K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
Blow-UpA fashion photographer unknowingly captures a death on film after following two lovers in a park. | 1966 | Michelangelo Antonioni (*) | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.6 (60.3K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
Blue ScarA Welsh villager (Gwyneth Vaughan) dreams of London and wants her miner boyfriend (Emrys Jones) to get another job. | 1949 | Jill Craigie | Drama | 7.3 (50 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
Blues Brothers, TheJake Blues rejoins with his brother Elwood after being released from prison, but the duo has just days to reunite their old R&B band and save the Catholic home where the two were raised, outrunning the police as they tear through Chi | 1980 | John Landis (*) | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Music, Musical | 7.9 (193.6K votes) | 133 | 20211228 |
Body of EvidenceA lawyer defends a woman accused of killing her older lover by having sex with him. | 1992 | Uli Edel | Drama, Thriller | 4.5 (15K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
Body Snatcher, TheA ruthless doctor and his young prize student find themselves continually harassed by their murderous supplier of illegal cadavers. | 1945 | Robert Wise (*) | Horror, Thriller | 7.3 (9K votes) | 78 | 20211228 |
BodyGuard, TheA former Secret Service agent takes on the job of bodyguard to an R&B singer, whose lifestyle is most unlike a President's. | 1992 | Mick Jackson | Action, Drama, Music, Romance, Thriller | 6.3 (129.6K votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
Bombay TalkieLucia Lane, an English writer by way of the US, arrives in Bombay to watch the filming of one of her novels. She's nearing middle age, she's had several husbands, she's lonely and self absorbed. Hari, a screenwriter, offers to sho... | 1970 | James Ivory (*) | Drama, Musical, Romance | 5.6 (495 votes) | 112 | 20240303 |
Bounty, TheFed up with their Captain's harsh discipline, a sailing ship's crew decides to take action. | 1984 | Roger Donaldson | Adventure, Drama, History, Romance | 7.1 (26.5K votes) | 132 | 20211228 |
Boy Friend, TheWhen the leading lady of a low-budget musical revue sprains her ankle, the assistant stage manager is forced to understudy and perform in her place, becoming a star and finding love in the process. | 1971 | Ken Russell (*) | Comedy, Musical, Romance | 6.9 (3.2K votes) | 137 | 20211228 |
Bread and RosesTwo Latina sisters work as cleaners in a downtown office building, and fight for the right to unionize. | 2000 | Ken Loach (*) | Drama | 7.0 (5.6K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
Breakin' [Breakdance]A struggling young jazz dancer meets up with two break-dancers. Together they become the sensation of the street crowds. | 1984 | Joel Silberg | Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance | 5.8 (6.3K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
Bride of FrankensteinMary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Dr. Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate. | 1935 | James Whale (*) | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi | 7.8 (46.9K votes) | 75 | 20211228 |
Bride Wore Black, The [La mariée était en noir]Julie Kohler is prevented from suicide by her mother. She leaves the town. She will track down, charm and kill five men who do not know her. What is her goal? What is her purpose? | 1968 | François Truffaut (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 7.3 (9.2K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
Bridge Too Far, AOperation Market Garden, September 1944: The Allies attempt to capture several strategically important bridges in the Netherlands in the hope of breaking the German lines. | 1977 | Richard Attenborough (*) | Drama, History, War | 7.4 (60.1K votes) | 175 | 20231101 |
Broken Blossoms or the Yellow Man And GirlA frail waif, abused by her brutal boxer father in London's seedy Limehouse District, is befriended by a sensitive Chinese immigrant with tragic consequences. | 1919 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Drama, Romance | 7.3 (10.1K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family, The [Todake no kyôdai]When the patriarch of the Toda family suddenly dies, his widow discovers that he has left her with nothing but debt and married children who are unwilling to support her--except for her most thoughtful son, just returned from China. | 1941 | Yasujirô Ozu (*) | Drama | 7.3 (1.2K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
Buffet Froid [Cold Cuts]Bizarre, unreal black comedy about solitude and the dehumanization of the modern world, through the adventures of three men. First introduced is Alphonse Tram, an unemployed young man. His only neighbour is the police chief-inspector | 1979 | Bertrand Blier | Comedy, Crime | 7.4 (5.5K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
Bug's Life, AA misfit ant, looking for "warriors" to save his colony from greedy grasshoppers, recruits a group of bugs that turn out to be an inept circus troupe. | 1998 | John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy | 7.2 (282.5K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
Burlesque On Carmen, AA gypsy seductress is sent to sway a goofy officer to allow a smuggling run. | 1915 | Charles Chaplin, Leo White | Short, Comedy | 6.0 (1.7K votes) | 31 | 20211228 |
Cabin in the SkyA compulsive gambler dies during a shooting, but he'll receive a second chance to reform himself and to make up with his worried wife. | 1943 | Vincente Minnelli, Busby Berkeley | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Musical | 7.1 (3K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
Caesar and CleopatraAt the height of the Roman Civil War, a young Cleopatra (Vivien Leigh) meets a middle-aged Julius Caesar (Claude Rains), who teaches her how to rule Egypt. | 1945 | Gabriel Pascal | Biography, Comedy, Drama, History, Romance, War | 6.3 (2.8K votes) | 123 | 20211228 |
CamelotThe story of the marriage of England's King Arthur to Guinevere. The plot of illegitimate Mordred to gain the throne and Guinevere's growing attachment to Sir Lancelot, threaten to topple Arthur and destroy his "round table" of knigh | 1967 | Joshua Logan | Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Romance | 6.7 (6.6K votes) | 179 | 20211228 |
Camera Buff [Amator]An ordinary factory worker buys a camera on the occasion of the birth of his child. The authorities order him to make documentaries about the factory's success. But his endeavor to be truthful leads him to opposition against censorsh | 1979 | Krzysztof Kieslowski (*) | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.8 (7.2K votes) | 112 | 20220414 |
Canterbury Tale, AThree modern day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town on the way to Canterbury. | 1944 | Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Comedy, Drama, Mystery, War | 7.5 (5.7K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
Cape FearA convicted rapist, released from prison after serving a fourteen-year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him. | 1991 | Martin Scorsese (*) | Crime, Thriller | 7.3 (187.1K votes) | 128 | 20211228 |
Capricorn OneWhen the first manned flight to Mars is deemed unsafe and scrubbed on the launch pad, anxious authorities must scramble to save face and retain their funding - and so an unthinkable plot to fake the mission is hatched. | 1977 | Peter Hyams | Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller | 6.9 (22.1K votes) | 123 | 20211228 |
Captain BloodAfter treating a Monmouth rebel against King James II in 1680s England, a young Irish doctor is exiled as a slave to Jamaica where he captures a Spanish galleon and becomes the most feared pirate of the Caribbean. | 1935 | Michael Curtiz (*) | Action, Adventure, History, Romance | 7.7 (14K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
Captain BoycottIn 1880 Ireland, poor farmers rebel against the abuses of their British landlords. | 1947 | Frank Launder | Drama, History | 6.5 (378 votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
Captive Heart, TheIn 1940, a concentration-camp escapee assumes the identity of a dead British officer, only to become a prisoner of war. | 1946 | Basil Dearden | Drama, War | 7.0 (1.1K votes) | 86 | 20220723 |
Carla's Song1987, love in time of war. A bus driver George Lennox meets Carla, a Nicaraguan exile living a precarious, profoundly sad life in Glasgow. Her back is scarred, her boyfriend missing, her family dispersed; she's suicidal. George takes | 1996 | Ken Loach (*) | Drama, Romance, War | 6.8 (3.2K votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
CarouselFifteen years after his death, a carousel barker is granted permission to return to Earth for one day to make amends to his widow and their daughter. | 1956 | Henry King | Drama, Fantasy, Musical | 6.6 (6.3K votes) | 128 | 20220423 |
Carry On CleoTwo Britons, Hengist and Horsa, are captured and enslaved by invading Romans and taken to Rome. One of their first encounters in Rome leaves Hengist being mistaken for a fighter, and gets drafted into the Royal Guard to protect Caesa | 1964 | Gerald Thomas (*) | Adventure, Comedy, History, Romance | 6.7 (4.4K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
Carry On DoctorDr Kilmore is sacked after being discovered in a compromising position on the roof of the nurses' home. The patients are determined not to lose him, and so take on the might of the "cutting" Dr Tinkle and the overpowering Matron. | 1967 | Gerald Thomas (*) | Comedy | 6.5 (3.7K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
Carry On HenryAfter having just wed Marie of Normandy, Henry VIII's eager to consummate their marriage. Unfortunately, she's always eating garlic, and refuses to stop. Deciding to get rid of her - in his usual manner, Henry must find some way of d | 1971 | Gerald Thomas (*) | Comedy, Romance | 6.2 (2.7K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
Carry On ScreamingThe sinister Dr Watt has an evil scheme going. He's kidnapping beautiful young women and turning them into mannequins to sell to local stores. | 1966 | Gerald Thomas (*) | Comedy, Horror | 6.8 (4.9K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
Carry On Up The KhyberSir Sidney Ruff-Diamond looks after the British outpost near the Khyber Pass. Protected by the kilted Third Foot and Mouth regiment, you would think they were safe but the Khazi of Kalabar has other ideas. | 1968 | Gerald Thomas (*) | Adventure, Comedy | 6.8 (4.9K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
Carve Her Name with PrideDuring World War II, a recently widowed young woman is recruited to work as a spy in France. | 1958 | Lewis Gilbert | Biography, Drama, War | 7.2 (1.7K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
CasanovaThe fabled romantic Giacomo Casanova, after failing to win the affection of the Venetian woman Francesca Bruni, strives to discover the real meaning of love. | 2005 | Lasse Hallström | Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance | 6.5 (53.6K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
Casino RoyaleAfter earning 00 status and a licence to kill, secret agent James Bond sets out on his first mission as 007. Bond must defeat a private banker funding terrorists in a high-stakes game of poker at Casino Royale, Montenegro. | 2006 | Martin Campbell | Action, Adventure, Thriller | 8.0 (636.8K votes) | 144 | 20211228 |
Cat o' Nine Tails [Il Gatto A Nove Code], TheA newspaper reporter and a retired, blind journalist try to solve a series of killings connected to a pharmaceutical company's top-secret experimental research projects; in doing so they become targets of the killer. | 1971 | Dario Argento (*) | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 6.7 (11.2K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
Cat PeopleA young woman's sexual awakening brings horror when she discovers her urges transform her into a monstrous black leopard. | 1982 | Paul Schrader (*) | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller | 6.2 (20.7K votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
Cell, TheAn F.B.I. Agent persuades a social worker, who is adept with a new experimental technology, to enter the mind of a comatose serial killer in order to learn where he has hidden his latest kidnap victim. | 2000 | Tarsem Singh | Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.4 (100.5K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
Centennial SummerIn 1876 Philadelphia, two sisters vie for the affections of a Frenchman who's come to town to prepare the French pavilion for the Centennial exposition. | 1946 | Otto Preminger (*) | History, Music, Romance | 6.2 (375 votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
Chance Meeting [Blind Date]In 1950s London, Dutch painter Jan Van Rooyen has an affair with a rich married Frenchwoman who is supposedly murdered, resulting in Van Rooyen becoming Scotland Yard's prime suspect. | 1959 | Joseph Losey (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 6.7 (878 votes) | 95 | 20231129 |
ChapaevThis film is based on the book about Vasili Ivanovich Chapaev (1887 - 1919) who was in real life the Commander of the 25th Division of the Red Army. Chapaev is an uneducated peasant and a decorated hero in the World War I and late... | 1934 | Sergey Vasilev, Georgi Vasilyev | Biography, Drama, History, War | 7.1 (1.4K votes) | 93 | 20231109 |
ChappaquaSemi-autobiographical story of Conrad Rooks, who travels to France to undergo a drug-withdrawal cure. Flashbacks to the beginings of psychedelia in San Fran. | 1966 | Conrad Rooks | Drama | 6.5 (592 votes) | 82 | 20211228 |
Charge of the Light Brigade, TheA major countermands orders and attacks to avenge a previous massacre of men, women, and children. | 1936 | Michael Curtiz (*) | Action, Adventure, Romance, War | 7.1 (4.8K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
CharlyAn intellectually disabled man undergoes an experiment that gives him the intelligence of a genius. | 1968 | Ralph Nelson | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi | 7.0 (6.7K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
Chelsea GirlsLacking a formal narrative, Warhol's art house classic follows various residents of the Chelsea Hotel in 1966 New York City, presented in a split screen with a single audio track in conjunction with one side of screen. | 1966 | Paul Morrissey, Andy Warhol | Drama | 5.9 (1.3K votes) | 210 | 20211228 |
Chicken RunWhen a cockerel apparently flies into a chicken farm, the chickens see him as an opportunity to escape their evil owners. | 2000 | Peter Lord, Nick Park | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family | 7.0 (186.3K votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
Distant Thunder [Ashani Sanket]As food shortages reach catastrophic proportions, Gangacharan attempts to preserve his privileged situation, while his generous wife, Ananga, conversely tries to help and support the community. | 1973 | Satyajit Ray (*) | Drama | 8.1 (1.5K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
Empire of PassionA married woman and her lover murder her husband and dump his body into a well. After a while, his ghost comes to haunt them while the local gossip grows stronger. | 1978 | Nagisa Ôshima | Drama, Horror, Romance | 7.0 (4.3K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
Garce, La [The Bitch]The owner of a trendy disco starts having problems with the men in her life and the Mafia, which is trying to move in on her place. | 1979 | Gerry O'Hara | Drama, Romance, Thriller | 3.8 (1.2K votes) | 89 | 20231013 |
Good Time Girls [Les Bonnes Femmes], TheFour Parisian women navigate the world of romance and daily life looking to fulfill their dreams but often find real-life to be inescapable. | 1960 | Claude Chabrol (*) | Drama, Mystery, Romance | 7.3 (2.8K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
Green Room, The [La chambre verte]A French little town, at the end of the twenties. Julien Davenne is a journalist whose wife Julie died a decade ago. He gathered in the green room all Julie's objects. When a fire destroys the room, he renovates a little chapel an... | 1978 | François Truffaut (*) | Drama | 6.9 (3.1K votes) | 94 | 20220723 |
Leda - Web of Passion [A Double tour]A wealthy wine grower has trouble with his wife, his children, his best friend, and his mistress across the way, who is murdered. | 1959 | Claude Chabrol (*) | Crime, Drama | 6.6 (1.3K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
Love of a Woman, The [L'amour d'une femme]Marie Prieur, a young doctor, decides to settle down on Ushant, a remote island belonging to Brittany. Little by little she manages to be accepted by the population. One day she meets André Lorenzi, a handsome engineer, and it is lov | 1953 | Jean Grémillon | Drama | 7.0 (237 votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
My Mother's Castle [Le Chateau De Ma Mere]Every holiday Marcel and his family go to their cottage near Marseilles. During one of these holidays he meets Isabelle, a pretty but conceited girl... Adapted from the cult classic novel from Marcel Pagnol. | 1990 | Yves Robert | Adventure, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.6 (5.2K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
On GuardThe Comte de Gonzague schemes against his cousin, the Duc de Nevers, even though he is the Duke's heir and will inherit his estates. The Count has kept secret the existence of the Duke's bastard, recently born. When the Duke learns o | 1997 | Philippe de Broca | Drama, Adventure | 7.0 (3.5K votes) | 128 | 20211228 |
Season's Beatings [La Bûche]Christmas, family, and infidelity. Yvette's husband has died, and her grown daughters join her at the grave: Sonia, wealthy, bourgeois, and generous; Louba, living with their dad Stanislas, singing at a Russian restaurant, penniless, | 1999 | Danièle Thompson | Comedy, Drama | 6.3 (1.8K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
Triplets of Belleville, TheWhen her grandson is kidnapped during the Tour de France, Madame Souza and her beloved pooch Bruno team up with the Belleville Sisters--an aged song-and-dance team from the days of Fred Astaire--to rescue him. | 2003 | Sylvain Chomet | Animation, Comedy, Drama | 7.8 (53.7K votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
A quoi rêvent les jeunes filles? | 2015 | Ovidie | Documentary | 6.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Alam Ara | 1931 | Ardeshir Irani | Drama, Fantasy | 7.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Aleko | 1953 | Sergei Sidelyov | Drama, Musical, Romance | 6.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Odna | 1931 | Leonid Trauberg, Grigoriy Kozintsev | Drama | 6.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Anmol Ghadi | 1946 | Mehboob Khan | Drama, Musical, Romance | 7.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Arrah-Na-Pogue | 1911 | Sidney Olcott | Drama, Romance | 3.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Atlantis | 1991 | Luc Besson | Documentary, Music | 6.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Ballot Box Bunny | 1951 | Friz Freleng | Family, Animation, Short, Comedy | 7.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
The Barber of Seville | 1944 | Shamus Culhane | Animation, Short, Comedy, Family, Music | 6.3 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Bear Country | 1953 | James Algar | Short, Documentary, Family | 7.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Big Top Bunny | 1951 | Robert McKimson | Animation, Family, Short, Comedy | 6.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
The Birth of a Race | 1918 | John W. Noble | Drama | 5.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Black and Tan | 1929 | Dudley Murphy | Short, Drama, Music | 6.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Blinkity Blank | 1955 | Norman McLaren | Animation, Short | 6.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Blue Cat Blues | 1956 | William Hanna, Joseph Barbera | Animation, Short, Comedy, Drama, Family | 7.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Goluboy ekspress | 1929 | Ilya Trauberg | Drama | 6.3 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
The Blue Planet | 2001 | nan | Documentary | 9.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Boogie-Doodle | 1941 | Norman McLaren | Animation, Short | 6.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Buddies Thicker Than Water | 1962 | Gene Deitch | Animation, Short, Comedy, Drama, Family | 5.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Bully for Bugs | 1953 | Chuck Jones | Animation, Short, Adventure, Comedy, Family | 8.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Bye-Bye | 1995 | Karim Dridi | Drama | 7.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Calypso Cat | 1962 | Gene Deitch | Animation, Short, Comedy, Family, Romance | 4.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness | 1927 | Ernest B. Schoedsack, Merian C. Cooper | Documentary, Adventure, Drama | 6.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Un chapeau de paille d'Italie | 1941 | Maurice Cammage | Comedy | 5.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
A Child Went Forth | 1942 | Joseph Losey | Documentary, Short | 5.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |