Dr. Henryk Savaard is a scientist working on experiments to restore life to the dead. When he is unjustly hanged for murder, he is brought back to life by his trusted assistant. Re-animated he turns decidedly nasty and sets about murdering the jury that convicted him.

Love Affair

1939

English

7.3

♡ 6

92%

Leo McCarey Director

Joan Leslie as Autograph Seeker

Scotty Beckett as Boy on Ship

Lloyd Ingraham as Doctor

George Ford as Ship Passenger

A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship. They arrange to reunite six months later, if neither has changed their mind.

The Miracle Woman

1931

English

7.2

♡ 3

100%

Frank Capra Director

June Lang as Church Choir Singer

Barbara Stanwyck as Florence 'Faith' Fallon

Robert Bolder as Man in Audience

Dennis O'Keefe as Man in Audience

After an unappreciated minister dies, his daughter loses her faith in God, prompting her to open a phony temple with a con man. Can the love of a blind former aviator restore her faith and happiness?

Forbidden

1932

English

6.9

♡ 5

63%

Frank Capra Director

Adolphe Menjou as Bob

Barbara Stanwyck as Lulu

Matty Roubert as Newsboy

Bill Elliott as Reporter

On a cruise to Cuba, Lulu Smith falls in love with Bob Grover. Back home, she breaks off the romance when he tells her he is married. Lulu has a baby but doesn't tell Bob, who turns out to be a rising politician. She passes herself off as the baby's nanny. When Bob learns what is going on, he adopts the little girl, not telling his wife or anyone else where she came from. Lulu gets a job at a newspaper. Things get complicated when the editor gets the dirt on Bob, but also wants to marry Lulu.

Bird of Paradise

1932

English

6.0

♡ 3

50%

King Vidor Director

Joel McCrea as Johnny Baker

Dolores del Rio as Luana

Sofia Ortega as Mahumahu

Lon Chaney Jr. as Thornton

When a young South Seas sailor falls overboard, the beautiful daughter of a Polynesian king dives in and saves his life. Thus begins the romance of Johnny and Luana. Though Luana is promised to another man, Johnny whisks her away, and for a brief time the lovers live very happily together. But, when a local volcano threatens their lives, Luana knows that she must sacrifice herself to the volcanic gods in order to save her island.

The Pay-Off

1930

English

5.5

♡ 7

25%

Action

based on play or musical

Lowell Sherman Director

Lowell Sherman as Gene Fenmore

George F. Marion as Mouse

Marian Nixon as Nancy Porter

William Janney as Tommy Brown

A thug robs a young engaged couple of their last few dollars. When the thug's gang boss hears of the robbery, he gives them back their money and takes them under his wing. The thug, resentful of the couple, plans to organize a mutiny against the gang's boss, but when he is killed in a botched robbery, the police focus their attention on the young couple.

Saved by the Belle

1939

English

6.7

♡ 5

Charley Chase Director

Gino Corrado as General Casino

Manuel París as General LeGrande

Larry Fine as Larry

Moe Howard as Moe

The stooges are traveling salesmen stranded in Valeska, a tropical country prone to earthquakes. Having no luck selling fur coats to the natives they are arrested when they receive a telegram instructing them to "get rid of present wardrobe" and an official thinks they are planning to assassinate president Ward Robey. With the help of Rita, a beautiful revolutionary, the boys escape a firing squad, and are sent on a mission to deliver important plans to the revolutionary leader. When they deliver a rolled up calendar by mistake, they are once again heading for a firing squad but are spared when Rita arrives with the real plans.

Platinum Blonde

1931

English

6.7

♡ 3

78%

Frank Capra Director

Bill Elliott as Ann's Beau - The Round-the-World Flyer

Walter Catlett as Bingy

Edmund Breese as Conroy - The Editor

Tom London as Reporter

Ann Schuyler is an upper-crust socialite who bullies her reporter husband into conforming to her highfalutin ways. The husband chafes at the confinement of high society, though, and yearns for a creative outlet. He decides to write a play and collaborates with a fellow reporter.

The Woman Between

1931

English

5.4

♡ 2

Victor Schertzinger Director

Rolfe Sedan as Headwaiter

Blanche Friderici as Mrs. Weston

Bill Elliott as Party Guest

George Chandler as Sweet - A Waiter

Returning after a long absence, a man learns the woman he fell in love with on the ship going home is his stepmother.

Sabotage

1936

English

7.0

♡ 25

Action

based on novel or book

black and white

bomb

Crime

husband wife relationship

london, england

pre-code

Thriller

Alfred Hitchcock Director

Oskar Homolka as Her Husband

Alfred Hitchcock as Man Walking Past The Cinema

Sylvia Sidney as Mrs. Verloc

Austin Trevor as Vladimir - Paymaster at Aquarium

Karl Anton Verloc and his wife own a small cinema in a quiet London suburb where they live seemingly happily. But Mrs. Verloc does not know that her husband has a secret that will affect their relationship and threaten her teenage brother's life.

Straight Shooting

1917

English

6.3

♡ 3

43%

John Ford Director

Harry Carey as Cheyenne Harry

Molly Malone as Joan Sims

George Berrell as Sweet Water Sims

Ted Brooks as Ted Sims

Cattleman Flint cuts off farmer Sims' water supply. When Sims' son Ted goes for water, one of Flint's men kills him. Cheyenne is sent to finish off Sims, but finding the family at the newly dug grave, he changes sides.

The Lady Refuses

1931

English

5.9

♡ 7

George Archainbaud Director

Reginald Sharland as Freddy

Betty Compson as June

Daphne Pollard as Millie - Apartment House Maid

Ivan Lebedeff as Nikolai Rabinoff

A wealthy London nobleman hires a pretty but poor young woman to distract his playboy son from marrying a golddigger. Complications ensue when the girl and the father begin to fall for each other, and things get even more complicated when the son declares his love for her, too.

Sherlock Jr.

1924

English

8.1

♡ 53

86%

Buster Keaton Director

Christine Francis as Candy Store Girl

Betsy Ann Hisle as Little Girl

Buster Keaton as Projectionist / Sherlock, Jr.

Joe Keaton as The Girl's Father / Man on Film Screen

A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meagre skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.

Contempt

1963

French

7.4

♡ 27

92%

85%

Action

based on novel or book

Jean-Luc Godard Director

Brigitte Bardot as Camille Javal

Jack Palance as Jeremy Prokosch

Jean-Luc Godard as Lang's Assistant Director

Michel Piccoli as Paul Javal

A philistine in the art film business, Jeremy Prokosch is a producer unhappy with the work of his director. Prokosch has hired Fritz Lang to direct an adaptation of "The Odyssey," but when it seems that the legendary filmmaker is making a picture destined to bomb at the box office, he brings in a screenwriter to energize the script. The professional intersects with the personal when a rift develops between the writer and his wife.

Ladies of Leisure

1930

English

6.7

♡ 5

58%

based on play or musical

Frank Capra Director

Willie Best as George - The Elevator Operator

George Fawcett as John Strong

Barbara Stanwyck as Kay Arnold

Nance O'Neil as Mrs. John Strong

Kay Arnold is a gold digger who wanders from party to party with the intention of catching a rich suitor. Jerry Strong is a young man from a wealthy family who strives to succeed as an artist. What begins as a relationship of mutual convenience soon turns into something else.

Glorifying the American Girl

1929

English

5.7

♡ 2

36%

Millard Webb Director

Adolph Zukor as Adolph Zukor

Nancy Kelly as Child

Sarah Edwards as Mrs. Hughes

Texas Guinan as Texas Guinan

A young woman, who wants to be in the Follies, is making ends meet by working at a department store's sheet music department, where she sings the latest hits. She is accompanied on piano by her childhood boyfriend, who is in love with her, despite her single-minded interest in her career. When a vaudeville performer asks her to join him as his new partner, she sees it as an opportunity to make her dream come true. Upon arriving in New York City, our heroine finds out that her new partner is only interested in sleeping with her and makes this a condition of making her a star. Soon, however, she is discovered by a representative of Ziegfeld.

The Bat Whispers

1930

English

6.3

♡ 9

67%

Roland West Director

William Bakewell as Brook

Chester Morris as Detective Anderson

Sidney D'Albrook as Police Sergeant

Spencer Charters as The Caretaker

Infamous burglar "The Bat" commits a daring jewelry theft despite heavy police presence. Soon after, a bank theft occurs, which may be the work of the criminal as well. Meanwhile, Cornelia Van Gorder has various people arrive at her old mansion, including her niece, Dale, a bank employee, and police detective Anderson. When guests start turning up dead, Cornelia begins to suspect that The Bat may be lurking around the estate.

The Vampire Bat

1933

English

5.8

♡ 11

67%

Frank R. Strayer Director

Melvyn Douglas as Karl Brettschneider

George E. Stone as Kringen

Fay Wray as Ruth Bertin

Harrison Greene as Weingarten

A German village is stricken by a series of murders that appear to be the work of vampires.

Pather Panchali

1955

Bangla

8.2

♡ 47

98%

Satyajit Ray Director

Binoy Mukherjee as Baidyanath Majumdar

Kanu Bannerjee as Harihar Ray

Tulsi Chakraborty as Prasanna, school teacher

Roma Ganguli as Roma

Impoverished priest Harihar Ray leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work. His wife, Sarbojaya, looks after their rebellious daughter, Durga, and young son, Apu. The children enjoy the small pleasures of their difficult life.

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Bird of Paradise

The Pay-Off

Saved by the Belle

Platinum Blonde

The Woman Between

Sabotage

Straight Shooting

The Lady Refuses

Sherlock Jr.

Contempt

Ladies of Leisure

Glorifying the American Girl

The Bat Whispers

The Vampire Bat

Pather Panchali