Timeless Romance

2019

Chinese

4.4

Tian Tian Director

Gemo Yang as

Menghan You as Di Yang

Di Yang as

Tian Jin as Yang Wentian

There are four ancient Beauties: a female warrior Liu Rusi, a sentimental winebibber Chen Zilian, a startling geisha Li Mengying and a prodigal daughter Susu. Their souls were carried to modern society by a mystery necklace, and entered a girl Qin Duyi's body who is ordinary and hapless. The only way to send the four ancient beauties back, is to get the real love of four heartless men.

El Cid

1961

English

7.2

♡ 21

93%

Anthony Mann Director

Raf Vallone as Count Ordóñez

Massimo Serato as Fanez

Sophia Loren as Jimena

Luis Fernández de Eribe as (uncredited)

Epic film of the legendary Spanish hero, Rodrigo Diaz ("El Cid" to his followers), who, without compromising his strict sense of honour, still succeeds in taking the initiative and driving the Moors from Spain.

Mahler

1974

English

7.0

♡ 5

75%

Ken Russell Director

Kenneth Colley as Krenek

Rosalie Crutchley as Marie Mahler

Richard Morant as Max

Ronald Pickup as Nick

Famed composer Gustav Mahler reflects on the tragedies of his life and failing marriage while traveling by train.

Comanche Territory

1950

English

5.6

♡ 4

71%

George Sherman Director

Guy Wilkerson as Barfly Talking to Katie

Maureen O'Hara as Katie Howard

Harry Harvey as Old Timer at Shindig

James Best as Sam

White settlers plan to defy the agreement between the government and the Comanche to mine for silver on Comanche lands, while scout Jim Bowie tries to keep the peace in the territory.

The Far Horizons

1955

English

6.1

♡ 9

42%

Action

based on a true story

based on novel or book

based on true story

Drama

historical figure

historically inaccurate

History

lewis and clark expedition

Romance

Western

Rudolph Maté Director

Lester Matthews as Mr. Hancock

Helen Wallace as Mrs. Marsha Hancock

Bill Walker as Tom

Larry Pennell as Wild Eagle

Virginia, 1803. After the United States of America acquires the inmense Louisiana territory from France, a great expedition, led by William Lewis and Meriwether Clark, is sent to survey the new lands and go where no white man has gone before.

The Twentieth Century

2019

English

6.9

♡ 8

95%

Matthew Rankin Director

Brent Skagford as Arthur Meighen

Dan Beirne as Mackenzie King

Louis Negin as Mother

Trevor Anderson as Mr. Justice Richardson

Toronto, Canada, 1899. William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874-1950) fervently believes that he is destined to become Prime Minister, but to do so he will first have to fight his personal obsessions and overcome the many obstacles he will encounter on his tortuous path to power.

Sitting Bull

1954

English

5.7

♡ 8

24%

Sidney Salkow Director

William Hopper as Charles Wentworth

Douglas Kennedy as Col. Custer

Thomas Browne Henry as Indian Agent Webber

Dale Robertson as Major Robert 'Bob' Parrish

Chief Sitting Bull of the Sioux tribe is forced by the Indian-hating General Custer to react with violence, resulting in the famous Last Stand at Little Bighorn. Parrish, a friend to the Sioux, tries to prevent the bloodshed, but is court- martialed for "collaborating" with the enemy. Sitting Bull, however, manages to intercede with President Grant on Parrish's behalf.

All Is True

2018

English

6.3

♡ 18

73%

husband wife relationship

london, england

united kingdom

Kenneth Branagh Director

Judi Dench as Anne Hathaway

Ian McKellen as Henry Wriothesley

Harry Lister Smith as Jack Cade

Kenneth Branagh as William Shakespeare

London, June 29th, 1613. The Globe Theater, ran by the famous playwright William Shakespeare, accidentally burns to ashes. Seriously affected, he stops writing and returns to his hometown, where his wife Anne and daughters Judith and Susanna get surprised to hear he intends to stay there definitively, after two decades working in the capital, neglecting his sincere affections for them.

Jane B. for Agnes V.

1988

French

7.2

♡ 6

Agnès Varda Director

Agnès Varda as Agnès Varda

Charlotte Gainsbourg as La fille de J.

Jean-Pierre Léaud as L'amoureux colérique

Serge Gainsbourg as Serge Gainsbourg

The interests, obsessions, and fantasies of two singular artists converge in this inspired collaboration between Agnès Varda and her longtime friend the actor Jane Birkin. Made over the course of a year and motivated by Birkin’s fortieth birthday—a milestone she admits to some anxiety over—Jane B. by Agnès V. contrasts the private, reflective Birkin with Birkin the icon.

Mobsters

1991

English

5.9

♡ 11

9%

Michael Karbelnikoff Director

Andy Romano as Antonio Luciano

Christian Slater as Charlie 'Lucky' Luciano

Seymour Cassel as Father Bonotto

Patrick Dempsey as Meyer Lansky

The story of a group of friends in turn of the century New York, from their early days as street hoods to their rise in the world of organized crime...

Sunrise at Campobello

1960

English

6.8

88%

61%

1920s

Action

based on play or musical

Biography

Drama

franklin delano roosevelt

historical figure

paralysis

usa president

Vincent J. Donehue Director

John Roy as Convention Delegate

Kenneth Gibson as Convention Delegate

William F. Haddock as Mr. Owens

Chuck Hicks as Policeman

The story of Franklin Roosevelt's bout with polio at age 40 in 1921 and how his family (and especially his wife Eleanor) cope with his illness. From being stricken while vacationing at Campobello to his triumphant nominating speech for Al Smith's presidency in 1924, the story follows the various influences on his life and his determination to recover.

Race

2016

English

7.1

♡ 80

64%

Stephen Hopkins Director

Jonathan Aris as Alfred J. Lill

Jeremy Irons as Avery Brundage

Nicholas Woodeson as Fred Rubien

Jason Sudeikis as Larry Snyder

Based on the story of Jesse Owens, the athlete whose quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler's vision of Aryan supremacy.

The Miracle Worker

1962

English

8.1

♡ 35

96%

blindness and impaired vision

Arthur Penn Director

William F. Haddock as 2nd Crone

Victor Jory as Captain Arthur Keller

Patty Duke as Helen Keller

Beah Richards as Viney - Keller Maid

The true story of the frightening, lonely world of silence and darkness of 7-year-old Helen Keller who, since infancy, has never seen the sky, heard her mother's voice or expressed her innermost feelings. Then Annie Sullivan, a 20-year-old teacher from Boston, arrives. Having just recently regained her own sight, the no-nonsense Annie reaches out to Helen through the power of touch, the only tool they have in common, and leads her bold pupil on a miraculous journey from fear and isolation to happiness and light.

Geronimo: An American Legend

1993

English

6.6

♡ 25

52%

Walter Hill Director

Robert Duvall as Al Sieber

Matt Damon as Lt. Britton Davis

Walter Robles as Schoonover Gang

M.C. Gainey as Unafraid Miner

The Apache Indians have reluctantly agreed to settle on a US Government approved reservation. Not all the Apaches are able to adapt to the life of corn farmers. One in particular, Geronimo, is restless. Pushed over the edge by broken promises and necessary actions by the government, Geronimo and thirty or so other warriors form an attack team which humiliates the government by evading capture, while reclaiming what is rightfully theirs.

The Glenn Miller Story

1954

English

7.3

♡ 13

89%

Anthony Mann Director

Harry Harvey as Doctor

Barton MacLane as General Arnold

June Allyson as Helen Burger

Irving Bacon as Mr. Miller

A vibrant tribute to one of America's legendary bandleaders, charting Glenn Miller's rise from obscurity and poverty to fame and wealth in the early 1940s.

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

1940

English

7.3

♡ 2

86%

John Cromwell Director

Ian Wolfe as Horace Greeley

Trevor Bardette as John Hanks

Louis Jean Heydt as Mentor Graham

George Chandler as Minor Role

Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham Lincoln from his departure from Kentucky until his election as President of the United States.

The Outrageous Sophie Tucker

2014

English

7.3

♡ 2

74%

William Gazecki Director

Tony Bennett as Self

Mickey Rooney as Self

Paul Anka as Self

Barbara Walters as Self

The rags to riches story of Sophie Tucker, an iconic superstar who ruled the worlds of vaudeville, Broadway, radio, television, and Hollywood throughout the 20th century. Before Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Madonna, Bette Midler, Marilyn Monroe, and Mae West, Sophie Tucker was the first woman to infatuate her audiences with a bold, bawdy and brassy style unlike any other. Using all of "The Last of the Red Hot Mamas" 400-plus recently rediscovered personal scrapbooks, authors Susan and Lloyd Ecker take you on their seven-year journey retracing Tucker's sixty-year career in show business.`

The Méliès Mystery

2021

French

7.5

♡ 6

Eric Lange Director

Leonard Maltin as Narrator

Michel Gondry as Self

Costa-Gavras as Self

Heather Linville as Self

A documentary that details the process of restoring 270 of the 520 lost films of pioneering director Georges Méliès, all orchestrated by a Franco-American collaboration between Lobster Films, the National Film Center, and the Library of Congress.

Friedkin Uncut

2018

English

7.1

♡ 6

85%

documentary filmmaking

historical figure

History

semi autobiographical

semi-biographical

Francesco Zippel Director

Matthew McConaughey as Self

Gina Gershon as Self

Juno Temple as Self

Willem Dafoe as Self

An introspective insight into the life and artistic journey of William Friedkin, an extraordinary and offbeat director of cult films such as The French Connection, The Exorcist, Sorcerer, Cruising, To Live and Die in L.A. and Killer Joe. For the first time Friedkin opens up, guiding the audience on a fascinating journey through the themes and the stories that have influenced his life and his artistic career.

Jane by Charlotte

2021

French

6.6

♡ 1

62%

mother daughter reunion

Music

woman director

Charlotte Gainsbourg Director

Serge Gainsbourg as Self

Charlotte Gainsbourg as Self

Jane Birkin as Self

Jo Attal as Self

Charlotte Gainsbourg looks at her mother Jane Birkin in a way she never did, overcoming a sense of reserve. Using a camera lens, they expose themselves to each other, begin to step back, leaving space for a mother-daughter relationship.

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Sunrise at Campobello

Race

The Miracle Worker

Geronimo: An American Legend

The Glenn Miller Story

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

The Outrageous Sophie Tucker

The Méliès Mystery

Friedkin Uncut

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