Released Date:
1943-04-08
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
82 min
Rated:
NOT RATED
IMDB Ratings:
7.4 (3917 Reviews)
Director:
David ButlerFrank Butler (original screenplay)
Don Hartman (original screenplay)
Jeff and Turkey, two wild and crazy guys adrift on a raft in the Mediterranean, are cast away on a desert shore and hop a convenient camel to an Arabian Nights city where Turkey soon finds himself sold as a slave...to luscious Princess Shalmar of Karameesh. Naturally, Jeff would like to rescue Turkey from this "dire" fate, even if it means taking his place! But they haven't figured on virile desert chieftain Mullay Kassim, who has designs on the princess himself...
Released Date:
1943-05-21
Languages:
English, Spanish
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
75 min
Rated:
NOT RATED
IMDB Ratings:
8.1 (14977 Reviews)
Director:
William A. WellmanLamar Trotti (written for the screen by)
Walter Van Tilburg Clark (from the novel by)
Two drifters are passing through a Western town, when news comes in that a local farmer has been murdered and his cattle stolen. The townspeople, joined by the drifters, form a posse to catch the perpetrators. They find three men in possession of the cattle, and are determined to see justice done on the spot.
Released Date:
1952-08-22
Languages:
English, Spanish
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
113 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.5 (6860 Reviews)
Director:
Elia KazanIn 1909, Emiliano Zapata, a well-born but penniless Mexican Mestizo from the southern state of Morelos, comes to Mexico City to complain that their arable land has been enclosed, leaving them only in the barren hills. His expressed dissatisfaction with the response of the President Diaz puts him in danger, and when he rashly rescues a prisoner from the local militia he becomes an outlaw. Urged on by a strolling intellectual, Fernando, he supports the exiled Don Francisco Madero against Diaz, and becomes the leader of his forces in the South as Francisco 'Pancho' Villa is in the North. Diaz flees, and Madero takes his place; but he is a puppet president, in the hands of the leader of the army, Huerta, who has him assassinated when he tries to express solidarity for the men who fought for him. Zapata and Villa return to arms, and, successful in victory, seek to find a leader for the country. Unwillingly, Zapata takes the job, but, a while later, he responds to some petitioners from his own village with no more reassurance than had Diaz years before. Realizing that with power his idealism has gone, he returns with them to Morelos - specifically to investigate their complaints against his brother Eufemio. New leaders take his place, and, egged on by the always surviving Fernando, they decide that Zapata is a threat to their regime.
Released Date:
1956-07-16
Languages:
Italian
Countries:
Italy
Runtime:
108 min
Rated:
NOT RATED
IMDB Ratings:
8.1 (42646 Reviews)
Director:
Federico FelliniGenres:
DramaFederico Fellini (story)
Tullio Pinelli (story)
Tullio Pinelli (dialogue)
Ennio Flaiano (screenplay)
Sad story of a waif, Gelsomina, who is sold by her mother to Zampano for 10,000 lire and a few kilos of food. Zampano is a traveling showman who exhibits feats of strength by breaking a chain wrapped around his chest. He performs in village squares and then passes the hat for whatever the normally small crowd is prepared to give. He teaches Gelsomina a drum roll as part of his introduction. He doesn't treat her well and when she tries to run away, he beats her. They eventually join a small traveling circus where they meet a tight-rope walker who convinces Gelsomina to question her choices.
Released Date:
1956-09-15
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
122 min
Rated:
APPROVED
IMDB Ratings:
7.4 (6768 Reviews)
Norman Corwin (screen play)
Irving Stone (based on the novel by)
Vincent Van Gogh is the archetypical tortured artistic genius. His obsession with painting, combined with mental illness, propels him through an unhappy life full of failures and unrewarding relationships. He fails at being a preacher to coal miners. He fails in his relationships with women. He earns some respect among his fellow painters, especially Paul Gauguin, but he does not get along with them. He only manages to sell one painting in his lifetime. The one constant good in his life is his brother Theo, who is unwavering in his moral and financial support.
Released Date:
1957-11-03
Languages:
French
Countries:
France, Italy
Runtime:
104 min
Rated:
PG
IMDB Ratings:
6.8 (1616 Reviews)
Director:
Jean DelannoyVictor Hugo (novel)
Jean Aurenche
Jacques Prèvert
Paris, 1482. Today is the festival of the fools, taking place like each year in the square outside Cathedral Notre Dame. Among jugglers and other entertainers, Esmeralda, a sensuous gypsy, performs a bewitching dance in front of delighted spectators. From up in a tower of the cathedral, Frollo, an alchemist, gazes at her lustfully. Later in the night, Frollo orders Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer and his faithful servant, to kidnap Esmeralda. But when the ugly freak comes close to her is touched by the young woman's beauty...
Released Date:
1958-02-05
Languages:
English, Italian
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
114 min
Rated:
NOT RATED
IMDB Ratings:
7.2 (627 Reviews)
Director:
George CukorGenres:
DramaVittorio Nino Novarese (novel)
Arnold Schulman
An immigrant Nevada rancher brings a woman from Italy to be his second wife but when he neglects her, she becomes involved with his trusted assistant. Nominated for 3 Academy Awards including Best Actor.
Released Date:
1959-02-19
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
96 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.7 (566 Reviews)
Director:
Martin RittAfter mobsters murder her husband, Rose Bianco works long hours making artificial flowers, to support herself and her son. Some suspect that Rose's demand for a lavish lifestyle pushed her husband to a life of crime, and they blame her for his death. Widower Frank Valente is attracted to Rose, and must convince her that real love exists. He must also deal with his own daughter, who has her own reasons for opposing his marriage to Rose.
Released Date:
1959-11-03
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
95 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.4 (4188 Reviews)
Director:
John SturgesLes Crutchfield (story)
James Poe (screenplay)
The wife of marshal Matt Morgan is raped and murdered. The killers leave behind a distinctive saddle, that Morgan recognises as belonging to his old friend Craig Belden, now cattle baron in the town of Gun Hill. Belden is sympathetic, until it transpires that one of the murderers is his own son Rick, whom he refuses to hand over. Morgan is determined to capture Rick and take him away by the 9.00 train; but he is trapped in the town alone, with Belden and all his men now looking to kill him.
Released Date:
1961-02-15
Languages:
English
Countries:
France, Italy, UK
Runtime:
110 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.2 (1092 Reviews)
Director:
Nicholas RayHans Ruesch (adaptation)
Franco Solinas (adaptation)
Baccio Bandini (adaptation)
Hans Ruesch (novel)
Nicholas Ray (screenplay)
An Eskimo who has had little contact with white men goes to a trading post where he accidentally kills a missionary and finds himself being pursued by the police.
Released Date:
1959-04-01
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
122 min
Rated:
APPROVED
IMDB Ratings:
7.3 (3369 Reviews)
Director:
Edward DmytrykRobert Alan Aurthur (screenplay)
Oakley Hall (novel)
The town of Warlock is plagued by a gang of thugs, leading the inhabitants to hire Clay Blaisdell, a famous gunman, to act as marshal. When Blaisdell appears, he is accompanied by his friend Tom Morgan, a club-footed gambler who is unusually protective of Blaisdell's life and reputation. However, Johnny Gannon, one of the thugs who has reformed, volunteered to accept the post of official deputy sheriff in rivalry to Blaisdell; and a woman arrives in town accusing Blaisdell and Morgan of having murdered her fiancè. The stage is set for a complex set of moral and personal conflicts.
Released Date:
1961-06-22
Languages:
English, Greek, German
Countries:
UK, USA
Runtime:
158 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.6 (33609 Reviews)
Director:
J. Lee ThompsonAlistair MacLean (novel)
Carl Foreman (written for the screen by)
Two powerful German guns control the seas past the Greek island of Navarone making the evacuation of endangered British troops on a neighboring island impossible. Air attack is useless so a team of six Allied and Greek soldiers is put ashore to meet up with partisans to try and dynamite the guns. The mission is perilous enough anyway but are the Germans on the island getting further help too?.
Released Date:
1962-10-10
Languages:
English
Countries:
Italy, USA
Runtime:
137 min
Rated:
NOT RATED
IMDB Ratings:
(3529 Reviews)
Director:
Richard FleischerChristopher Fry (screenplay)
Pèr Lagerkvist (novel)
Epic account of the thief Barabbas, who was spared crucifixion when Pilate manipulated the crowd into to pardoning him, rather than Jesus. Struggling with his spirituality, Barabbas goes through many ordeals leading him to the gladiatorial arena, where he tries to win his freedom and confront his inner demons, ultimately becoming a follower of the man who was crucified in his place.
Released Date:
1962-12-10
Languages:
English, Arabic, Turkish
Countries:
UK
Runtime:
216 min
Rated:
PG
IMDB Ratings:
8.4 (172014 Reviews)
Director:
David LeanT.E. Lawrence (writings)
Robert Bolt (screenplay)
Michael Wilson (screenplay)
An inordinately complex man who has been labeled everything from hero, to charlatan, to sadist, Thomas Edward Lawrence blazed his way to glory in the Arabian desert, then sought anonymity as a common soldier under an assumed name. The story opens with the death of Lawrence in a motorcycle accident in Dorset at the age of 46, then flashbacks to recount his adventures: as a young intelligence officer in Cairo in 1916, he is given leave to investigate the progress of the Arab revolt against the Turks in World War I. In the desert, he organizes a guerrilla army and--for two years--leads the Arabs in harassing the Turks with desert raids, train-wrecking and camel attacks. Eventually, he leads his army northward and helps a British General destroy the power of the Ottoman Empire.
Released Date:
1962-11-16
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
95 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.9 (2838 Reviews)
Director:
Ralph NelsonRod Serling (teleplay)
Rod Serling
Mountain Rivera, a punchy has-been managed by the unprincipled Maish, is mauled in a fight and forced to quit boxing. Can his devoted cutman and a sympathetic social worker help him find a life outside the ring, or will Maish find a way to exploit him one more time?
Released Date:
1964-12-14
Languages:
English, Greek
Countries:
Greece, USA
Runtime:
142 min
Rated:
UNRATED
IMDB Ratings:
7.8 (14384 Reviews)
Director:
Mihalis KakogiannisNikos Kazantzakis (from the novel by)
Mihalis Kakogiannis (screenplay)
An aimless Englishman finds he has a small inheritance on a Greek island. His joyless existence is disturbed when he meets Zorba, a middle aged Greek with a real lust for life. As he discovers the earthy pleasures of Greece, the Englishman finds his view on life changing.
Released Date:
1964-09-11
Languages:
English, French
Countries:
USA, West Germany, France, Italy
Runtime:
100 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.6 (913 Reviews)
Director:
Bernhard WickiGenres:
DramaBen Barzman (screenplay)
Friedrich Dèrrenmatt (play)
Maurice Valency (adaptation)
Carla Zachanassian had a child by Serge Miller as a teenager. When Serge refused to marry her, she was driven out of town. By her own wit and cunning, she has returned as a multi-millionaire for a visit. The town lays out the red carpet expecting big things from Carla, only to learn that her sole purpose is to see Serge Miller killed...
Released Date:
1968-11-14
Languages:
English, Latin, Hebrew
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
162 min
Rated:
G
IMDB Ratings:
7.2 (2433 Reviews)
Director:
Michael AndersonGenres:
DramaJohn Patrick (screenplay)
James Kennaway (screenplay)
Morris L. West (novel)
Ukrainian Archbishop Kiril Lakota is set free after two decades as a political prisoner in Siberia. He is brought to Rome by Fr. David Telemond, a troubled young priest who befriends him. Once at the Vatican, he is immediately given an audience with the Pope, who elevates him to Cardinal Priest. The world is on the brink of war due to a Chinese-Soviet feud made worse by a famine caused by trade restrictions brought against China by the U.S. When the Pontiff suddenly dies, Lakota's genuine character and unique life experience move the College of Cardinals to elect him as the new Pope. But Pope Kiril I must now deal with his own self-doubt, the struggle of his friend Fr. Telemond who is under scrutiny for his beliefs, and find a solution to the crisis in China.
Released Date:
1970-02-21
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
107 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
7.2 (281 Reviews)
Director:
Daniel MannGenres:
DramaIan McLellan Hunter
Harry Mark Petrakis (novel)
A Greek American father of a dying boy decides to take his son to Greece to breathe the clean air of his ancestors, in an attempt to save the boy's life. However, money is a problem.
Released Date:
1970-02-27
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
139 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
7.5 (2011 Reviews)
Director:
Stanley KramerRobert Crichton (novel)
Ben Maddow
William Rose
Bombolini is a fairly worthless drunk in the small Italian town of Santa Vittoria in the closing days of World War II. When word comes that the Fascist government has surrendered, he climbs a water tower to tear down the flag. He can't get down and someone gets the crowd to chant his name to give him confidence. The Fascist town council hears this and believes that he is the town's new leader. They surrender to him and make him the new mayor. He rises to the occasion and when he finds that the Germans plan to occupy his town and take their wine (over a million bottles) he works out a plan to hide it.
Released Date:
1977-11-17
Languages:
Italian
Countries:
Italy
Runtime:
124 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
7.3 (410 Reviews)
Director:
Mauro BologniniGenres:
DramaSergio Bazzini
Roberto Bigazzi
Gaetano Carlo Chelli (novel)
Ugo Pirro
Quinn plays a retired bakery tycoon, alienated from his two sons and jealously guarding his vast wealth... until a cunning young beauty (Sanda) enters the picture, marries one son, seduces the other, then carefully moves in to capture both father and fortune.
Released Date:
1981-04-01
Languages:
Italian
Countries:
Italy
Runtime:
105 min
Rated:
PG
IMDB Ratings:
7.6 (1679 Reviews)
Director:
Sergio CorbucciMassimo De Rita (screenplay)
Sergio Corbucci (screenplay)
Mickey Knox (dialogue)
Arduino Maiuri (screenplay)
Belle Duke, in order to get revenge on her former lover Philip Bang, organize his jail break. But instead of Philip is the Italian Felice Brianza, AKAS Felix, to escape. Now Felix is obliged to help Philip to escape. He will succeeded and from that moment on the two will join to defraud Belle. The swindle plot become more complicate when Felix falls in love for Philip's daughter.
Released Date:
1979-04-12
Languages:
English
Countries:
Mexico, USA
Runtime:
126 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
7.2 (428 Reviews)
Director:
Hall BartlettGenres:
DramaHall Bartlett
Oscar Lewis (book)
Cesare Zavattini
Released Date:
1990-06-01
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
90 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
2.2 (1848 Reviews)
Director:
John DerekScott and Kate are married and very much in love with each other. Scott is more than 60 years old, while Kate is at least thirty years younger. When Scott dies, his soul cannot get peace and he becomes a ghost only Kate can see and speak with. Scott wants to return to life, and him and Kate hatch a plan to let a young man drown so that Scott can take over his body. Also, Kate must handle Scott's company's business deal that involves Donald Trump as well as the mob.
Released Date:
1990-03-25
Languages:
English
Countries:
UK
Runtime:
93 min
Rated:
NOT RATED
IMDB Ratings:
6.9 (891 Reviews)
Director:
Jud TaylorGenres:
DramaErnest Hemingway (novel)
Roger O. Hirson
Based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway. Santiago goes out on his usual fishing trip and makes a huge catch, the biggest of his life. Then a shark attacks and tries to steal his catch. Santiago battles with the shark for days. He returns to the shore beaten, tattered and torn, and his catch consisting now of mostly bones.
Released Date:
1994-10-31
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA, New Zealand
IMDB Ratings:
6.4 (1064 Reviews)
Director:
Doug LeflerChristian Williams (creator)
Barry Pullman
Andrew Dettmann
Daniel Truly
Hercules and Deianeira go in search of fire to save the world from cold. All the world's fire are fast going out. Hercules' father, Zeus, is on hand to help (and sometime hinder) the two.
Released Date:
1996-09-27
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
102 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
5.2 (553 Reviews)
Director:
Alexandre RockwellSergey Bodrov
Alexandre Rockwell
Mercedes is a taxi dancer who wants to be an actress. She's involved with the married Harry, who considers himself a respected actor. Ernesto is in love with Mercedes, but he doesn't dance or have money.
Released Date:
1995-08-11
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA, Mexico
Runtime:
102 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
6.6 (23069 Reviews)
Director:
Alfonso ArauRobert Mark Kamen (screenplay)
Mark Miller (screenplay)
Harvey Weitzman (screenplay)
Piero Tellini (story)
Cesare Zavattini (story)
Vittorio de Benedetti (story)
A Walk in the Clouds depicted a story about a young-married US military soldier, named Paul, who returned home after the World War II. In the middle of the way back home, he accidentally met a girl named Victoria who finished her master's degree. She has not married yet but got pregnant by accident. During the journey they talked a lot. Due to her pregnancy, Victoria was afraid of her father who respected old Mexican tradition. Thus, Paul proposed to pose as her husband to help her face her dad. Paul was not intended to cheat on his wife by pretending to be Victoria's husband. However, when Paul decided to come back to his home and left Victoria, he found his wife cheating on him. Paul then headed back to Victoria's house "Las Nubes" and confessed his true love to Victoria.
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