Nate and Hayes

1983

English

6.1

♡ 5

Ferdinand Fairfax Director

Roy Billing as Auctioneer

Max Phipps as Ben Pease

Peter Diamond as Ben Pease Crew #4

Tommy Lee Jones as Captain Bully Hayes

Nathaniel Williamsen is taken to an island mission with his fiancee Sophie. Their ship, the Rona, is captained by the roguish Bully Hayes, who also takes a liking to Sophie. When Sophie is kidnapped by slave trader Ben Pease "Nate" teams with Hayes in order to find her.

The Skin Game

1931

English

5.7

♡ 9

38%

Alfred Hitchcock Director

Ronald Frankau as Auctioneer

Rodney Ackland as Man at Auction

C.V. France as Mr. Hillcrist

Edmund Gwenn as Mr. Hornblower

An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village.

Dulcima

1971

English

6.5

♡ 2

Frank Nesbitt Director

Neil Wilson as Auctioneer

Carol White as Dulcima Gaskain

Stuart Wilson as Gamekeeper

John Mills as Mr. Parker

Dulcima, treated as a drudge by her family, becomes a housekeeper to Parker, a curmudgeonly widower living in drunken disarray on a neighbouring farm. When she sees the amount of money he has stashed around the place, Dulcima is happy enough to indulge his growing desire for her, and a strange, yet mutually beneficial, relationship develops. But a handsome young gamekeeper, newly arrived on a nearby estate, also catches Dulcima's eye...

The Band Wagon

1953

English

7.4

♡ 15

95%

grand central station

Vincente Minnelli Director

Douglas Fowley as Auctioneer

Robert Gist as Hal

Ava Gardner as Herself

Don Beddoe as Producer

A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.

The Last Cowboy

2003

English

6.2

♡ 1

64%

Joyce Chopra Director

Eugene Osment as Alex Kerwin

M.C. Gainey as Amos Russell

Dennis Cockrum as Auctioneer

Bradley Cooper as Morgan Murphy

John William 'Will' Cooper is a modern-day rancher, maintaining his ranch in hard times along with his friend and foreman Amos Russell. When Will's estranged daughter Jake returns to the ranch for her grandfather's funeral, father and daughter clash over how to run the ranch and over the death years before of Jake's mother, which she blames on Will. Crisis comes in the form of insurmountable debt, and it is only by working together that Will and Jake have any chance of saving their home and their family.

I Roslagens famn

1945

Swedish

5.0

♡ 1

Action

Musical

Schamyl Bauman Director

Siegfried Fischer as Auctioneer

Arne Lindblad as Don Mauricio

Carl von Scheven as Mr. von Scheven

Axel Högel as Norman

Based on Evert Taube songs about the sailor and womanizer Fritiof Andersson. Midsummer in the archipelago of Roslagen. Andersson has returned home to settle down with his fiancee Linnea. On the dance floor he meets Rosa.

Color Me You

5.4

Marco Bottiglieri Director

Cody Daniel as Auctioneer

Donny Boaz as James Zorn

Glenn Morshower as Professor Douglas

Buck Taylor as Richard Donnegan

Kat Abernathy must live up to her family name by attending law school and working for her family practice, until she is challenged to create a second identity for herself in order to pursue, defend and protect her passion as a painter.

Lalka

1968

Polish

6.9

♡ 5

83%

Action

Drama

Romance

Wojciech Has Director

Jan Kociniak as Auctioneer

Beata Tyszkiewicz as Izabela Lecka

Zdzislaw Karczewski as Lecki's Lawyer

Anna Seniuk as Magdalenka

Set in the 19th century Warsaw. The indolence of aristocrats who, secure with their pensions, are too lazy to undertake new business risks, frustrates Wokulski. His ability to make money is respected but his lack of family and social rank is condescended to. Because of his "help" (in secret) to "the doll's" impecunious but influential father, the girl becomes aware of his affection.

An American Christmas Carol

1979

English

6.8

♡ 4

61%

Eric Till Director

Cec Linder as Auctioneer

Henry Winkler as Benedict Slade

Michael Wincott as Choir Leader

Mary Pirie as Mrs. Brewster

In Depression-era New England, a miserly businessman named Benedict Slade receives a long-overdue attitude adjustment one Christmas Eve when he is visited by three ghostly figures who resemble three of the people whose possessions Slade had seized to collect on unpaid loans. Assuming the roles of the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future from Charles Dickens' classic story, the three apparitions force Slade to face the consequences of his skinflint ways, and he becomes a caring, generous, amiable man.

Polycarp

2015

English

5.9

♡ 1

Drama

History

Joe Henline Director

Rich Swingle as Auctioneer

Rusty Martin as Germanicus

Ryan-Iver Klann as Maximus

John Risner as Pagan

Anna, a young slave girl, is rescued and adopted by Christians in 2ND Century Smyrna, and befriended by their aged bishop, Polycarp. As Anna is taught by Polycarp and her new family, she struggles to reconcile her beliefs with those of the Christians. When the Roman proconsul demands that all citizens worship Caesar to show their allegiance to Rome, Polycarp and the Christians must find courage to stand for their faith against the growing threat of persecution. Anna is forced to come to grips with the truth and choose whom she is willing to live, and die for.

Twist

2021

English

♡ 16

9%

Martin Owen Director

Rick Warden as Auctioneer

Jon Wennington as Auction Member

Michael Caine as Fagin

Lena Headey as Sikes

A Dickens classic brought thrillingly up to date in the teeming heartland of modern London, where a group of street smart young hustlers plan the heist of the century for the ultimate payday.

The Star

1952

English

6.9

♡ 5

25%

Stuart Heisler Director

Frank J. Scannell as Auctioneer

James Anderson as Bailey - Actor playing Jed Garfield in The Fatal Winter

Bette Davis as Margaret Elliot

John Indrisano as Projectionist

Actress Margaret Elliot is well past her prime but refuses to retire from the acting business. Despite entreaties from both her daughter, Gretchen, and one-time professional colleague Jim Johannsen, Margaret remains convinced that she can regain her former glory. As she sets her sights on a coveted Hollywood role, Johannsen tries doggedly to get his unrequited love to see the folly of her ways.

The Portrait

2023

English

4.4

♡ 12

86%

Simon Ross Director

Barry Ratcliffe as Auctioneer

Mark-Paul Gosselaar as Brookes

Sharon Gardner as Collector

Virginia Madsen as Mags

After her husband is devastated by a tragic accident, a devoted wife obsesses over a mysterious portrait that resembles him as he was; but when it starts to terrorize her, she must decide if it's possessed or if she's losing her mind.

The Red Violin

1998

French

7.6

♡ 36

73%

François Girard Director

Colm Feore as Auctioneer

Wolfgang Böck as Brother Michael

Samuel L. Jackson as Charles Morritz

Jason Flemyng as Frederick Pope

300 years of a remarkable musical instrument. Crafted by the Italian master Bussotti (Cecchi) in 1681, the red violin has traveled through Austria, England, China, and Canada, leaving both beauty and tragedy in its wake. In Montreal, Samuel L Jackson plays an appraiser going over its complex history.

Horse Sense

1999

English

6.2

♡ 9

58%

los angeles, california

Greg Beeman Director

Ben Livingston as Auctioneer

Ian Ogilvy as Miles

Dan Martin as Officer

M.C. Gainey as Twister

After treating his rancher cousin shoddily in L.A. Michael Woods is sentenced by his parents to spending a month on the ranch with his cousin and aunt.

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

1963

Italian

7.2

♡ 19

78%

Vittorio De Sica Director

Sophia Loren as Adelina Sbaratti / Anna Molteni / Mara

Carlo Croccolo as Auctioneer

Marcello Mastroianni as Carmine Sbaratti / Renzo / Augusto Rusconi

Aldo Giuffrè as Pasquale Nardella

Three tales of very different women using their sexuality as a means to getting what they want.

El Greco

2007

English

6.5

♡ 4

55%

Biography

Drama

Yannis Smaragdis Director

Renos Haralambidis as Auctioneer

Albert Pérez as Inquisitor #2

Yannis Smaragdis as Nobleman Of Orgaz

Yorgos Karamihos as Titian's Assistant

The story of the uncompromising artist and fighter for freedom, Domenicos Theotokopoulos, known to the world as "El Greco".

The Trials of Oscar Wilde

1960

English

7.1

♡ 6

100%

52%

Action

based on novel or book

husband wife relationship

london, england

male friendship

sex scandal

Ken Hughes Director

Meredith Edwards as Auctioneer

David Langton as Frank

Michael Brennan as Queensbury's Friend at Auction

Nigel Patrick as Sir Edward Clarke

England, 1890s. The brutal and embittered Marquis of Queensberry, who believes that his youngest son, Bosie, has an inappropriate relationship with the famous Irish writer Oscar Wilde, maintains an ongoing feud with the latter in order to ruin his reputation and cause his fall from grace.

Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland

2016

English

5.7

♡ 20

46%

Lev L. Spiro Director

Barry Ratcliffe as Auctioneer

Robert Fortunato as Goat House Buyer

Frankie Shaw as Mary Jo Cacciatore

Alan Ritchson as Thad Castle

With Blue Mountain State football star Thad Castle recently signing a multi-million dollar NFL contract, his teammates and college life seem like a distant memory. However, when a new school dean threatens to clean up the BMS image by auctioning off the infamous Goat House, Alex, Sammy and the boys must find a way to convince him to get involved. Despite his new fortune and fame, there is one small favor that Thad needs done before he saves the day: the biggest booze-and-sloot fest in BMS history. Welcome to Thadland!