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Masato Hara Director

Kimiko Yo as

Ryôko Hirosue as

Yôko Ohshima as

Yoshiaki Umegaki as Policeman

A young student believes that the spirit of an alien from another planet has gone back in time, taking over his body to infiltrate and study humanity in order to find the reasons why our civilization is doomed to future destruction. He replicates the spirit of another alien in a girl that he meets, and together they use their video cameras to document modern urban Japanese society.

Vampire's Breakfast

1987

Cn

5.8

♡ 5

Chung Wang Director

Emily Chu as Angie Lin

Kent Cheng as Liao Chi-Piao / Fat Piao

Yu-Shu Wu as Policeman Ma Wu

Ma Wu as The Editor

Story about a newspaper reporter who stumbles upon a nest of vampires living in contemporary hong kong.

The Man from the Diners' Club

1963

6.1

♡ 5

43%

Comedy

gangster

Frank Tashlin Director

Bernie Kopell as Comet Messenger

Telly Savalas as Foots Pulardos

Martha Hyer as Lucy

Henry Beckman as Policeman

Meek credit card company clerk Ernest Klenk is feeling the pressure of demanding coworkers, new computers, and an upcoming wedding. This stress leads to a big mistake -- the accidental approval of a credit card for mobster Foots Pulardos, who is planning to flee to Mexico with his girlfriend, Sugar Pye, to avoid criminal charges. When Klenk tries to fix his mix-up, he gets dangerously involved in Foots' scheme.

No Man of Her Own

1950

7.4

♡ 4

71%

Mitchell Leisen Director

Thomas Browne Henry as Doctor at Hospital

Helen Mowery as Harriet Olsen

William Haade as Policeman

Forbes Murray as Train Passenger

A penniless pregnant woman adopts the identity of a rich woman killed in a train crash.

Annie's Point

2005

6.8

♡ 4

66%

elderly

heartwarming

Michael Switzer Director

Robert F. Lyons as Jack Backis

Frances Bay as Older Woman

Jay Underwood as Policeman

Richard Thomas as Richard Eason

A recently widowed grandmother is determined to grant her husband's last wish of setting his ashes free over the idyllic bluff they called Annie's Point. The charm of this tale lies in her journey.

Salt and Pepper

1968

5.1

♡ 5

32%

Richard Donner Director

Sammy Davis Jr. as Charles Salt

John Le Mesurier as Col. Woodstock

Harry Fielder as Policeman

Oliver MacGreevy as Rack

After discovering the body of a murdered female agent in their trendy Soho, London nightclub, groovy owners Charles Salt and Christopher Pepper partake in a fumbling investigation and uncover an evil plot to overthrow the government. Can our cool, yet inept duo stop the bad guys in time?

Burning an Illusion

1981

6.9

♡ 1

Menelik Shabazz Director

Andy de la Tour as Foreman

Brian Bovell as Nat West

Trevor Laird as Pest

Gary McDonald as Policeman

A young black woman in England becomes increasingly frustrated with her life with her lazy, demanding boyfriend, and with the help of friends seeks something better.

The Great Moment

1944

6.2

♡ 2

67%

boston, massachusetts

Comedy

dentist

Preston Sturges Director

Louis Jean Heydt as Dr. Horace Wells

Hank Worden as Morton's Sign Painter - replaced Roscoe Ates

Paul Newlan as Policeman

Edwin Maxwell as Vice-President of Medical Society

The biography of Dr. W.T. Morgan, a 19th century Boston dentist, during his quest to have anesthesia, in the form of ether, accepted by the public and the medical and dental establishment.

Set Off

2008

Chinese

6.3

♡ 3

73%

Jiang Liu Director

Xiaoxiao Guo as Cui's ex-wife

Yong Wei as Lao Wei Jun Du

Jun Du as Policeman

Xuan Yin as Qun Ye's girlfriend

Lao Cui, a good-for-nothing but kind-hearted man running a Chinese restaurant in Cyprus. He comes home to Beijing only to find his wife cheated on him, pregnant with his best friend's baby. Devastated, Cui's misfortune is further compounded by the news that his business partner is going to sell his restaurant. Before he flies back to Cyprus, Cui bumps into a sassy girl named Xiao Xia, and his real nightmare has only just begun ...

Head

1968

6.4

♡ 13

71%

Bob Rafelson Director

Timothy Carey as Lord High 'n Low

John Dennis as Policeman

Abraham Sofaer as Swami

Jo Anne Worley as Woman in Playtex Bra Ad

In this surrealistic and free-form follow-up to the Monkees' television show, the band frolic their way through a series of musical set pieces and vignettes containing humor and anti-establishment social commentary.

Take One False Step

1949

6.4

♡ 5

29%

Chester Erskine Director

Minerva Urecal as Gas Station Attendant

George Lynn as Policeman

Paul Brinegar as Reporter

Marjorie Bennett as Waitress

Catherine Sykes disappears after a midnight drive with Professor Andrew Gentling . When she's presumed murdered, his friend Martha convinces him that he's a prime suspect and should investigate before he's arrested.

Three Resurrected Drunkards

1968

Japanese

6.4

♡ 1

63%

alternative reality

Comedy

Nagisa Ôshima Director

Nagisa Ôshima as Interviewee

Mako Midori as Nee-chan - young woman

Takashi Ueno as Policeman

Kei Satô as Y Chong-iru - I Chong-il

Three students spend their holidays at the seaside where they are mistaken for Koreans, a minority which is looked down on in Japan. The action develops into a crime story.

Easter Parade

1948

7.3

♡ 9

91%

86%

easter

man woman relationship

Charles Walters Director

Margaret Bert as Florist

Frank Mayo as Headwaiter

Jules Munshin as Headwaiter François

Robert Emmett O'Connor as Policeman

On the day before Easter in 1911, Don Hewes is crushed when his dancing partner (and object of affection) Nadine Hale refuses to start a new contract with him. To prove Nadine's not important to him, Don acquires innocent new protege Hannah Brown, vowing to make her a star in time for next year's Easter parade.

The Drayton Case

1953

6.7

♡ 3

Ken Hughes Director

John Le Mesurier as Divisional Superintendent Henley

Bruce Beeby as Policeman

Edgar Lustgarten as Self - Narrative by

Richard Shaw as Workman

During the early years of World War II, a bomb from a German airplane uncovers the corpse of a strangled woman.

A Thrill for Thelma

1935