After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meet the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Mr. Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Mr. Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?

Madame Bovary

1949

English

♡ 5

69%

Vincente Minnelli Director

Ellen Corby as Félicité

Gene Lockhart as J. Homais

John Abbott as Mayor Tuvache

Gladys Cooper as Mme. Dupuis

A frivolous country girl married to a naïve small-town doctor goes down the path of destruction when she grows tired of her limited social status.

Deception

1946

English

7.1

♡ 4

70%

Irving Rapper Director

John Abbott as Bertram Gribble

Richard Erdman as Jerry Spencer

Russell Arms as Music Student

Theodore Lorch as Well-wisher at Concert

After marrying her long lost love, a pianist finds the relationship threatened by a wealthy composer who is besotted with her.

Quest

1984

English

6.7

♡ 6

Saul Bass Director

Noah Hathaway as

Bill Erwin as

Les Tremayne as

John Abbott as

On a distant planet, descendants of a crashed spaceship are subjected to mysterious forces that cause them to age and die in just eight days. They must also live in caves to escape the bitter cold of night and the killing heat of day. One young boy is determined to find his way back to the ship that brought them there. But how will he accomplish this in the short time left to him?

The Vampire's Ghost

1945

English

5.9

♡ 3

40%

Lesley Selander Director

Peg Stewart as Julie Vance

Adele Mara as Lisa

Martin Wilkins as Simon Peter

John Abbott as Webb Fallon

In a small African port, a tawdry bar is run by a old man named Webb Fallon. Fallon is actually a vampire, but he is becoming weary of his "life" of the past few hundred years.

Thunder on the Hill

1951

English

6.8

♡ 7

83%

Douglas Sirk Director

John Abbott as Abel Harmer

Gladys Cooper as Mother Superior

Norma Varden as Pierce

Michael Pate as Willie

Sister Mary presides over a convent where a convicted murderess, who is being escorted to Death Row, is stranded by bad weather. She is slowly becoming convinced that Valerie is innocent so Sister Mary sets about to clear the girl and bring the real killer to justice.

Hangmen Also Die!

1943

English

7.4

♡ 10

Fritz Lang Director

Gene Lockhart as Emil Czaka

John Abbott as Hostage

Margaret Bert as Market Woman

Edward Earle as Professor

During the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, surgeon Dr. Franticek Svoboda, a Czech patriot, assassinates the brutal "Hangman of Europe", Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich, and is wounded in the process. In his attempt to escape, he is helped by history professor Stephen Novotny and his daughter Mascha.

Slapstick of Another Kind

1982

English

2.5

♡ 2

15%

Steven Paul Director

Merv Griffin as Anchorman

John Abbott as Dr. Frankenstein

Patrick Wright as Drill Instructor

Ben Frank as Quentin - the Handyman

A rich, beautiful couple give birth to deformed alien twins who, when their heads are together, are the smartest kids on the planet.

Gigi

1958

English

6.6

♡ 15

90%

74%

Action

based on novel or book

Vincente Minnelli Director

Dorothy Neumann as Designer

Maurice Chevalier as Honoré Lachaille

John Abbott as Manuel

Jacques Bergerac as Sandomir

A home, a motorcar, servants, the latest fashions: the most eligible and most finicky bachelor in Paris offers them all to Gigi. But she, who's gone from girlish gawkishness to cultured glamour before our eyes, yearns for that wonderful something money can't buy.

A Thousand and One Nights

1945

English

6.0

♡ 8

43%

Alfred E. Green Director

John Abbott as Ali

Trevor Bardette as Hasson

Nestor Paiva as Kahim

Richard Hale as Kofir

On the run after being found sweet-talking the Sultan's daughter, Aladdin comes upon a lamp which, when rubbed, summons up Babs the genie. He uses it to return as a visiting prince asking for the princess's hand. Unfortunately for him, the sultan's wicked twin brother has secretly usurped the throne, someone else is after the lamp for his own ends, and Babs has taken a shine to Aladdin herself and is bent on wrecking his endeavours.

Anna and the King of Siam

1946

English

7.0

♡ 5

89%

John Cromwell Director

Addison Richards as Capt. Orton

Lee J. Cobb as Kralahome

John Abbott as Phya Phrom

Ben Welden as Third Judge

In 1862, a young Englishwoman becomes royal tutor in Siam and befriends the King.

Thunder in the East

1952

English

6.3

♡ 5

Charles Vidor Director

Jill St. John as English Girl

John Williams as General Sir Henry Harrison

Queenie Leonard as Miss Huggins

John Abbott as Nitra Puta

During India's first years of independence from Britain, Steve Gibbs lands his armaments loaded plane in Ghandahar province hoping to get rich. Pacifist Prime Minister Singh hopes to reach an agreement with guerilla leader Khan, the maharajah is a fool, and the British residents are living in the past. Steve's love interest is Joan Willoughby, the blind daughter of a parson.

The Power of the Whistler

1945

English

6.3

♡ 8

45%

Lew Landers Director

Nina Mae McKinney as Flotilda, Constantina's Maid

John Abbott as Kasper Andropolos, Bookshop Owner

Frank Hagney as Man Delivering Cake

Walter Baldwin as Western Union agent

A woman uses a deck of cards to predict death within 24 hours for a stranger sitting at a bar, then tries to help him remember who he is based on items in his pockets.

The Mask of Dimitrios

1944

English

7.2

♡ 9

83%

Jean Negulesco Director

Peter Lorre as Cornelius Leyden

Faye Emerson as Irana Preveza

Eduardo Ciannelli as Marukakis

John Abbott as Mr. Pappas

A mystery writer is intrigued by the tale of notorious criminal Dimitrios Makropolous, whose dead body was found washed up on the shore in Istanbul. He decides to follow the career of Dimitrios around Europe, in order to learn more about the man. Along the way he is joined by the mysterious Mr. Peters, who has his own motivation.

Cry of the Werewolf

1944

English

5.3

♡ 4

24%

Henry Levin Director

John Abbott as Peter Althius

Barton MacLane as Police Lt. Barry Lane

Ray Teal as Policeman Ed

Nina Foch as Princess Celeste LaTour

A young gypsy girl turns into a wolf to destroy her enemies.

The Jungle Book

1967

English

7.6

♡ 95

88%

based on novel or book

human animal relationship

James Algar Director

Phil Harris as 'Baloo' the Bear

Verna Felton as Elephant

Darleen Carr as The Girl

John Abbott as Wolf

The boy Mowgli makes his way to the man-village with Bagheera, the wise panther. Along the way he meets jazzy King Louie, the hypnotic snake Kaa and the lovable, happy-go-lucky bear Baloo, who teaches Mowgli "The Bare Necessities" of life and the true meaning of friendship.

Gambit

1966

English

7.0

♡ 14

100%

Ronald Neame Director

Than Wyenn as Airport Official

John Abbott as Emile

Michael Caine as Harry

Vic Tayback as Plainclothes Officer at TWA Counter

Harry Dean is a career burglar set on stealing a piece of priceless art from the world's wealthiest man, Mr. Shahbandar. With the help of exotic showgirl Nicole Chang, he concocts the perfect scheme for how the robbery should go and lays it out point by point. However, when the team tries to execute the plan, perfection and reality don't quite match up, and Harry's vision begins to unravel in this twisty tale of a heist gone wrong.

Pursuit to Algiers

1945

English

6.7

♡ 8

60%

Roy William Neill Director

Nigel Bruce as Dr. John H. Watson

John Abbott as Jodri

Martin Kosleck as Mirko

Gordon Jackson as Steward

After the King of Rovenia has been assassinated, Holmes and Watson are engaged to escort his son to Europe via Algiers, aboard a transatlantic ocean liner which also carries a number of suspicious persons, any of whom may be involved in a plot to also assassinate him.

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Jane Eyre

Madame Bovary

Deception

Quest

The Vampire's Ghost

Thunder on the Hill

Hangmen Also Die!

Slapstick of Another Kind

Gigi

A Thousand and One Nights

Anna and the King of Siam

Thunder in the East

The Power of the Whistler

The Mask of Dimitrios

Cry of the Werewolf

The Jungle Book

Gambit

Pursuit to Algiers