Charters and Caldicott are touring the Middle East. After visiting Saudi Arabia they find themselves in Bagdad where they are mistaken by a group of German spies for the messengers who are to carry a song record by beautiful singer La Palermo which contains secret instructions of the German Intelligence. Realizing their error, the German spies follow Charters and Caldicott to Istanbul and Budapest, trying to eliminate them and retrieve the record.

Rock Island Trail

1950

English

6.1

♡ 3

Action

Adventure

based on novel or book

Joseph Kane Director

John Roy as Board Member

Pierre Watkin as Major

Forrest Tucker as Reed Loomis

Marshall Reed as Stagecoach Passenger

A greedy businessman tries to block the building of a new railroad in his area.

The Quiet American

1958

English

6.7

♡ 7

50%

52%

Action

based on novel or book

Joseph L. Mankiewicz Director

Fred Sadoff as Dominguez

Giorgia Moll as Phuong

Audie Murphy as The American

Michael Redgrave as Thomas Fowler

Cynical British journalist Fowler falls in love with a young Vietnamese woman but is dismayed when a naïve U.S. official also begins vying for her attention. In retaliation, Fowler informs the communists that the American is selling arms to their enemy.

O.S.S.

1946

English

6.6

♡ 3

33%

anti-nazi resistance

Drama

oss (office of strategic services)

Irving Pichel Director

Jean Del Val as Conductor

Geraldine Fitzgerald as Ellen Rogers / Elaine Duprez

Don Beddoe as Gates

Jack Lambert as German Lieutenant

The (O)ffice of (S)trategic (S)ervices' Cmdr. Brady (Patric Knowles) forms Operation "Applejack" (based on a composite of actual incidents during WWII) and sends Lt. (j.g.) Philip Masson, U.S.N.R. aka John Martin as spy Philippe Martine (Alan Ladd) along with Miss Ellen Rogers posing as her college roommate, Madame Elaine Duprez (Geraldine Fitzgerald) and Robert Bouchet, Tech Sgt., A.U.S. as Albert Bernardito (Richard Benedict) to acquire secret Nazi plans. After nearly getting caught they succeed and get new identities. However they discover a secret that could change the war and risk their lives to get the information back to London before it jeopardizes their lives.

The Wreck of the Mary Deare

1959

English

6.7

♡ 8

56%

Michael Anderson Director

Noel Drayton as Charlie Bell

Jean Del Val as Javot

John Le Mesurier as M.O.A. Lawyer

Ron Nyman as Seaman

A disgraced merchant marine officer elects to stay aboard his sinking cargo ship in order to prove the vessel was deliberately scuttled and, as a result, vindicate his good name.

The Heroes of Telemark

1965

English

6.5

♡ 17

67%

Anthony Mann Director

Geoffrey Keen as General Bolt

Patrick Jordan as Henrik

Richard Harris as Knut Strand

Ralph Michael as Nilssen

Set in German-occupied Norway, resistance fighter Knut Straud enlists the reluctant physicist Rolf Pedersen in an effort to destroy the German heavy water production plant in rural Telemark.

Timecode

2000

English

6.0

♡ 11

69%

Mike Figgis Director

Leslie Mann as Cherine

Laurie Metcalf as Dava Adair - Take 1

Golden Brooks as Onyx Richardson

Salma Hayek as Rose

A production company begins casting for its next feature, and an up-and-coming actress named Rose tries to manipulate her filmmaker boyfriend, Alex, into giving her a screen test. Alex's wife, Emma, knows about the affair and is considering divorce, while Rose's girlfriend secretly spies on her and attempts to sabotage the relationship. The four storylines in the film were each shot in one take and are shown simultaneously, each taking up a quarter of the screen.

The

5.5

based on graphic novel

countryside

Drama

franco regime (francoism)

guerrilla warfare

sabotage

Alfonso Cortés-Cavanillas Director

Aitor Luna as Capitán Bosch

Manuel de Blas as Coronel Cortés

Rocío Calvo as Josefa

Hugo Silva as Vicente Roig

Northern Spain, October 1944. Several groups of guerrilla fighters, former Republican soldiers exiled in France after the end of the Spanish Civil War, infiltrate the country in order to provoke a popular uprising against General Franco's dictatorship.

Kansas Pacific

1953

English

5.8

♡ 1

30%

Ray Nazarro Director

Barton MacLane as Cal Bruce

Irving Bacon as Casey

Douglas Fowley as Max Janus

Frank Hagney as Workman

Just before the Civil War (but after the South has seceded), Southern saboteurs try to prevent railroad construction from crossing Kansas to the frontier; army captain Nelson is sent out to oppose them. As the tracks push westward, Nelson must contend with increasingly violent sabotage, while trying to romance the foreman's pretty daughter Barbara.

I'll Be Home for Christmas

1998

English

5.6

♡ 11

23%

41%

Action

boyfriend girlfriend relationship

Arlene Sanford Director

Jessica Biel as Allie

Gary Cole as Jake's Dad

Andrew Lauer as Nolan

Cathy Weseluck as Wendy Richards

Estranged from his father, college student Jake is lured home to New York for Christmas with the promise of receiving a classic Porsche as a gift. When the bullying football team dumps him in the desert in a Santa suit, Jake is left without identification or money to help him make the journey. Meanwhile, his girlfriend, Allie, does not know where he is, and accepts a cross-country ride from Jake's rival, Eddie.

Major League

1989

English

7.2

♡ 30

83%

David S. Ward Director

James Gammon as Lou Brown

Rene Russo as Lynn Wells

Andy Romano as Pepper Leach

Wesley Snipes as Willie Mays Hayes

When Rachel Phelps inherits the Cleveland Indians from her deceased husband, she's determined to move the team to a warmer climate—but only a losing season will make that possible, which should be easy given the misfits she's hired. Rachel is sure her dream will come true, but she underestimates their will to succeed.

Captain Carey, U.S.A.

1949

English

6.4

♡ 3

Crime

Drama

oss (office of strategic services)

Mitchell Leisen Director

Thomas Browne Henry as Art Dealer

Wanda Hendrix as Baronessa Giulia de Greffi

Francis Lederer as Baron Rocco de Greffi

Russ Tamblyn as Pietro

Near the end of World War II, a secret American raid on an enemy transportation hub goes very wrong when a turncoat warns the enemy. Led by Capt. Webster Carey, the mission causes the deaths of many bystanders -- among them, Carey believes, his Italian girlfriend, Giulia de Graffi. Back home, Carey stumbles across evidence that might uncover the identity of the informant. But, when he returns to Italy to get even, Carey is stunned by what he finds.

Phantom of the Megaplex

2000

English

6.2

♡ 5

57%

Blair Treu Director

Joe Pingue as Merle

Taylor Handley as Pete Riley

Ricky Mabe as Ricky

Carlo Rota as Tyler Jesseman

Pete Riley is a 17-year-old who lands a part-time job at a multiplex in his neighbourhood. He and his friends are excited when it's announced that the theatre will play host to the premier of a major motion picture, with a number of Hollywood celebrities in attendance. However, when the big night comes, Pete has to contend with disappearing staff, malfunctioning equipment, and a broken popcorn machine.

Radar Men from the Moon

1952

English

4.5

♡ 3

82%

Action

alien invasion

extraterrestrial technology

Fred C. Brannon Director

Dale Van Sickel as Alon

Peter Brocco as Krog

Carey Loftin as Motorist Transporting Pursuit Cop [Ch. 4]

William Bakewell as Ted Richards

Commando Cody, 'Sky Marshal of the Universe', works with American scientists Joan Gilbert and Ted Richards in the development of a flying suit and a rocket to the Moon. When the nation's defences are being sabotaged and destroyed, Cody learns that an atomic-gun is being used and that the men on the moon are the culprits.

Revenge of the Bridesmaids

2010

English

5.9

♡ 11

56%

James Hayman Director

Raven-Symoné as Abigail Scanlon

Brittany Ishibashi as Bitsy

Virginia Williams as Caitlyn McNabb

Billy Slaughter as Gary

Two women plot revenge against the woman marrying their friend's ex-boyfriend.

Lost in Space

1998

English

5.2

♡ 73

27%

Stephen Hopkins Director

Heather Graham as Dr. Judy Robinson

Gary Oldman as Dr. Zachary Smith / Spider Smith

Jared Harris as Older Will Robinson

June Lockhart as Principal Cartwright

The prospects for continuing life on Earth in the year 2058 are grim. So the Robinsons are launched into space to colonize Alpha Prime, the only other inhabitable planet in the galaxy. But when a stowaway sabotages the mission, the Robinsons find themselves hurtling through uncharted space.

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Kansas Pacific

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Major League

Captain Carey, U.S.A.

Phantom of the Megaplex

Radar Men from the Moon

Revenge of the Bridesmaids

Lost in Space