The Island of the Fishmen

1979

Italian

5.3

♡ 4

Sergio Martino Director

Barbara Bach as Amanda Marvin

Cameron Mitchell as Decker

Joseph Cotten as Prof. Ernest Marvin

Giuseppe Castellano as Skip

After their prison ship sinks in the Caribbean, a group of prisoners and a doctor wash ashore on a seemingly deserted island. They soon discover a strange couple, who invite them to stay at their house. While the prisoners plan an escape, the doctor does some investigating, and soon finds out just what the pair are really doing, and why the prisoners keep disappearing mysteriously.

Portrait of Jennie

1948

English

7.6

♡ 8

93%

William Dieterle Director

Joseph Cotten as Eben Adams

Brian Keith as Ice-Skating Extra

Amzie Strickland as Ice-Skating Extra

Lillian Gish as Mother Mary of Mercy

A mysterious girl inspires a struggling artist.

Baron Blood

1972

Italian

5.9

♡ 11

14%

Mario Bava Director

Joseph Cotten as Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker

Rada Rassimov as Christina Hoffmann / Elizabeth Hölle

Elke Sommer as Eva Arnold

Nicoletta Elmi as Gretchen Hummel

A young man, Peter, returns to Austria in search of his heritage. There he visits the castle of an ancestor, a sadistic Baron who was cursed to a violent death by a witch whom the Baron had burned at the stake. Peter reads aloud the incantation that causes Baron Blood to return and continue his murderous tortures.

Delusion

1981

English

4.8

♡ 4

12%

Alan Beattie Director

Abraham Alvarez as Alex

James Purcell as Detective

Joseph Cotten as Ivar Langrock

Simone Griffeth as Pamela Barton

Meredith Stone, a home care nurse, has been assigned the duty of looking after a wealthy invalid named Ivar Langrock. Cooped up in Langrock's stately country mansion, Meredith quickly suspects that someone sinister is lurking in the manor's dark halls only to discover that Ivar's demented and violent son has been locked away in a hidden room. Shortly thereafter, Ivar's grandson Gabriel also moves into the house and with his arrival a mysterious killer soon begins murdering members of the Langrock family along with their live-in staff.

Two Flags West

1950

English

6.7

♡ 3

30%

transport of prisoners

War

Western

Robert Wise Director

Joseph Cotten as Col. Clay Tucker

Robert Adler as Hank

Dale Robertson as Lem

Marjorie Bennett as Mrs. Simpkins

A group of confedarate prisoners is sent to a unionist fort in the west to help the local garrison to fight the indians.

The Magnificent Ambersons

1942

English

7.6

♡ 20

89%

Orson Welles Director

Joseph Cotten as Eugene Morgan

Agnes Moorehead as Fanny Minafer

Tim Holt as George Minafer

Dolores Costello as Isabel Amberson Minafer

The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.

Duel in the Sun

1946

English

6.7

♡ 15

79%

woman between two men

King Vidor Director

Joseph Cotten as Jesse McCanles

Lillian Gish as Laura Belle McCanles

Gregory Peck as Lewton 'Lewt' McCanles

Sidney Blackmer as The Lover

Beautiful half-breed Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between her sons, one good and the other bad.

The Third Man

1949

English

8.1

♡ 90

99%

Carol Reed Director

Geoffrey Keen as British Military Policeman

Joseph Cotten as Holly Martins

Trevor Howard as Maj. Calloway

Harold Ayer as Soldier

In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a "third man" present at the time of Harry's death, running into interference from British officer Major Calloway, and falling head-over-heels for Harry's grief-stricken lover, Anna.

Shadow of a Doubt

1943

English

7.8

♡ 40

100%

Alfred Hitchcock Director

Joseph Cotten as Charlie Oakley

Grandon Rhodes as Rev. MacCurdy

Robert Quarry as Santa Rosa Teenager

Irving Bacon as Station Master

In sleepy Santa Rosa, restless young Charlie’s world brightens when her sophisticated Uncle Charlie arrives for a long visit. But as his behavior grows increasingly strange, she begins to suspect that her beloved uncle may be hiding a terrible secret—and that danger has quietly entered her home.

The Abominable Dr. Phibes

1971

English

7.0

♡ 24

88%

Robert Fuest Director

Vincent Price as Dr. Anton Phibes

Joseph Cotten as Dr. Vesalius

Peter Jeffrey as Inspector Trout

James Grout as Sergeant

After a team of surgeons botches his beloved wife's operation, the distraught Dr. Phibes unleashes a score of Old-Testament atrocities on his enemies.

Journey Into Fear

1943

English

6.5

♡ 5

Orson Welles Director

Irene Tedrow as Greek Woman

Joseph Cotten as Howard Graham

Everett Sloane as Kopeikin

Agnes Moorehead as Mrs. Mathews

An American ballistics expert in Turkey finds himself targeted by Nazi agents. Safe passage home by ship is arranged for him, but he soon discovers that his pursuers are also on board.

Just Henry

2011

English

6.3

♡ 1

57%

Drama

family relationships

murder

David Moore Director

John Henshaw as Charlie

Orson Welles as Harry Lime

Joseph Cotten as Holly Martins

Stephen Campbell Moore as Joey Dodge

Pooky Quesnel as Mrs Jeffries

Prompted by horrific nightmares, Henry delves into the mystery of his past and begins to uncover the truth about his father's death, triggering a series of revelations that will change his family forever.

Soylent Green

1973

English

7.0

♡ 44

70%

Action

based on novel or book

Richard Fleischer Director

Roy Jenson as Donovan

Edward G. Robinson as Sol Roth

John Dennis as Wagner

Joseph Cotten as William R. Simonson

In the year 2022, overcrowding, pollution, and resource depletion have reduced society’s leaders to finding food for the teeming masses. The answer is Soylent Green.

Niagara

1953

English

7.0

♡ 19

78%

husband wife relationship

Henry Hathaway Director

Joseph Cotten as George Loomis

John Brascia as Lodge Guest

Henry Beckman as Motorcycle Cop

Sean McClory as Sam

Rose Loomis and her older, gloomier husband, George, are vacationing at a cabin in Niagara Falls, N.Y. The couple befriend Polly and Ray Cutler, who are honeymooning in the area. Polly begins to suspect that something is amiss between Rose and George, and her suspicions grow when she sees Rose in the arms of another man. While Ray initially thinks Polly is overreacting, things between George and Rose soon take a shockingly dark turn.

Touch of Evil

1958

English

7.9

♡ 51

96%

Orson Welles Director

Keenan Wynn as Bartender

Joseph Cotten as Coroner

Joanna Moore as Marcia Linnekar

Valentin de Vargas as Pancho

When a car bomb explodes on the American side of the U.S./Mexico border, Mexican drug enforcement agent Miguel Vargas begins his investigation, along with American police captain Hank Quinlan. When Vargas begins to suspect that Quinlan and his shady partner, Menzies, are planting evidence to frame an innocent man, his investigations into their possible corruption quickly put himself and his new bride, Susie, in jeopardy.