After the American Civil War, mercenaries travel to Mexico to fight in their revolution for money. The former soldier and gentleman Benjamin Trane meets the gunman and killer Joe Erin and his men, and together they are hired by the Emperor Maximillian and the Marquis Henri de Labordere to escort the Countess Marie Duvarre to the harbor of Vera Cruz.

The Barefoot Contessa

1954

English

6.9

♡ 18

100%

Joseph L. Mankiewicz Director

Gertrude Flynn as Lulu McGee

Ava Gardner as Maria Vargas

Bessie Love as Mrs. Eubanks

Edmond O'Brien as Oscar Muldoon

Has-been director Harry Dawes gets a new lease on his career when the independently wealthy tycoon Kirk Edwards hires him to write and direct a film. They go to Madrid to find Maria Vargas, a dancer who will star in the film.

Children of Paradise

1945

French

8.3

♡ 26

98%

Marcel Carné Director

Jean-Louis Barrault as Baptiste Debureau Arletty

Arletty as Claire Reine, dite Garance

Lucienne Legrand as La première jolie théâtreuse

Jean Carmet as Un spectateur au paradis des Funambules

In a chaotic 19th-century Paris teeming with aristocrats, thieves, psychics, and courtesans, theater mime Baptiste is in love with the mysterious actress Garance. But Garance, in turn, is loved by three other men: pretentious actor Frederick, conniving thief Lacenaire, and Count Edouard of Montray.

Lady for a Day

1933

English

7.4

♡ 3

100%

parent child relationship

superstition

transformation

Frank Capra Director

Sidney D'Albrook as Louis the Lug - Reception Guest

Forrester Harvey as Oscar - Hotel Employee with Letter

Irving Bacon as Pool Hall Dupe

Tom London as Reception Guest

Apple Annie is an aging New York City fruit seller whose daughter Louise has been raised in a Spanish convent since she was an infant. As she grows up, Louise is led to believe that her mother is a society matron called Mrs. E. Worthington Manville. Annie worries that her lie is in danger of being uncovered when she learns that Louise is sailing to New York with her new fiancé and his nobleman father.

The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism

1967

German

5.8

♡ 12

Harald Reinl Director

Karin Dor as Baroness Lilian von Brabant

Christopher Lee as Count Frederic Regula / Graf von Andomai

Vladimir Medar as Pater Fabian

Lex Barker as Roger Mont Elise / Roger von Marienberg

In the Olden Tymes, Count Regula is drawn and quartered for killing twelve virgins in his dungeon torture chamber. Thirty-five years later, he comes back to seek revenge on the daughter of his intended thirteenth victim and the son of his prosecutor in order to attain immortal life.

The Count of Monte-Cristo

2024

French

7.6

♡ 86

97%

based on novel or book

Alexandre de La Patellière Director

Pierre Niney as Edmond Dantès

Laurent Lafitte as Gérard de Villefort

Anamaria Vartolomei as Haydée

Maxime Durand as Marin

Edmond Dantes becomes the target of a sinister plot and is arrested on his wedding day for a crime he did not commit. After 14 years in the island prison of Château d’If, he manages a daring escape. Now rich beyond his dreams, he assumes the identity of the Count of Monte-Cristo and exacts his revenge on the three men who betrayed him.

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