A young boy has lost his mother and is losing touch with his father and the world around him. Then he meets Hesher who manages to make his life even more chaotic.

One, Two, Three

1961

English

7.8

♡ 15

88%

Billy Wilder Director

Liselotte Pulver as Fräulein Ingeborg

Horst Buchholz as Otto Ludwig Piffl

Leon Askin as Peripetchikoff

Pamela Tiffin as Scarlett Hazeltine

C.R. MacNamara is a managing director for Coca Cola in West Berlin during the Cold War, just before the Wall is put up. When Scarlett, the rebellious daughter of his boss, comes to West Berlin, MacNamara has to look after her, but this turns out to be a difficult task when she reveals to be married to a communist.

Three from the Filling Station

1930

German

6.5

♡ 6

Wilhelm Thiele Director

Olga Tschechowa as Edith von Turoff

Fritz Kampers as Konsul Cossmann

Oskar Karlweis as Kurt

Gertrud Wolle as Secretary

Die Drei von der Tankstelle, meaning The Three from the Gas Station, was advertised as a German operetta when release and with it’s star studded cast would become the forerunner of Musical films. Even today the soundtrack of the comic harmonists is popular in Germany.

A Christmas Carol

1938

English

7.5

♡ 22

100%

74%

Action

based on novel or book

Edwin L. Marin Director

June Lockhart as Belinda Cratchit

Gene Lockhart as Bob Cratchit

Kathleen Lockhart as Mrs. Cratchit

Forrester Harvey as Old Fezziwig

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.

The Devil and Miss Jones

1941

English

7.6

♡ 7

90%

Sam Wood Director

Regis Toomey as 1st Policeman

Edmund Gwenn as Hooper

Amzie Strickland as Shopper at Neeley's

Edwin Maxwell as Withers

The wealthiest man in the world, John P. Merrick, is a private person who likes to stay anonymous. One of his many assets is Neeley's Department Store. There is labor unrest at the store, and the employees' anger is directed at him, who they hang in effigy outside the store despite not knowing what he looks like. Merrick, not happy at what he sees going on, decides to mete out the rabble-rousers. So he goes undercover as a sales clerk in the shoe department.

Scrooge

1935

English

6.5

♡ 7

54%

Henry Edwards Director

Seymour Hicks as Ebenezer Scrooge

Claude Rains as Jacob Marley

Athene Seyler as Scrooge's Charwoman

Oscar Asche as Spirit of Christmas Present

Ebenezer Scrooge, the ultimate Victorian miser, hasn't a good word for Christmas, though his impoverished clerk Cratchit and nephew Fred are full of holiday spirit. In the night, Scrooge is visited by spirits of the past, present, and future.

Last Holiday

2006

English

6.6

♡ 27

56%

Wayne Wang Director

Gérard Depardieu as Chef Didier

Queen Latifah as Georgia Byrd

Alicia Witt as Ms. Burns

Giancarlo Esposito as Senator Dillings

The discovery that she has a terminal illness prompts introverted department store saleswoman Georgia Byrd to reflect on what she realizes has been an overly cautious life. With weeks to live, she withdraws her life savings, sells all her possessions and jets off to Europe where she lives it up at a posh hotel. Upbeat and passionate, Georgia charms everybody she meets, including renowned Chef Didier. The only one missing from her new life is her longtime crush Sean Matthews.

Confidentially Yours

1983

French

♡ 5

78%

François Truffaut Director

Fanny Ardant as Barbara Becker

Thi-Loan Nguyen as Chinese woman

Jean-Louis Trintignant as Julien Vercel

Jean-Pierre Kalfon as Massoulier

Claude Massoulier is murdered while hunting at the same place as Julien Vercel, an estate agent who knew him and whose fingerprints are found on Massoulier's car. As the police discover that Marie-Christine Vercel, Julien's wife, was Massoulier's mistress, Julien is the prime suspect. But his secretary, Barbara Becker, while not quite convinced he is innocent, defends him and leads her private investigations.

Downfall

2004

German

8.2

♡ 187

90%

94%

Action

based on novel or book

Oliver Hirschbiegel Director

André Hennicke as General Mohnke

Justus von Dohnányi as General Wilhelm Burgdorf

Ulrich Noethen as Heinrich Himmler

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer as Ritter Robert von Greim

In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his generals and advisers to fight to the last man. When the end finally does come, and Hitler lies dead by his own hand, what is left of his military must find a way to end the killing that is the Battle of Berlin, and lay down their arms in surrender.

The Apartment

1960

English

8.3

♡ 96

93%

94%

Action

christmas movie alternative

Billy Wilder Director

Ray Walston as Joe Dobisch

David Macklin as Messenger

Edie Adams as Miss Olsen

Joyce Jameson as The Blonde

Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he's left with a major problem to solve.

Working Girl

1988

English

6.8

♡ 47

83%

Mike Nichols Director

Joan Cusack as Cyn

Nora Dunn as Ginny

Harrison Ford as Jack Trainer

Sigourney Weaver as Katharine Parker

When a secretary's idea is stolen by her boss, she seizes an opportunity to steal it back by pretending she has her boss' job.

Secretary

2002

English

6.9

♡ 93

77%

Steven Shainberg Director

Sabrina Grdevich as Allison

James Spader as Mr. Grey

Jeremy Davies as Peter

Ezra Buzzington as Typing Teacher

A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one.

Psycho

1960

English

8.5

♡ 264

97%

Alfred Hitchcock Director

Martin Balsam as Det. Milton Arbogast

Vaughn Taylor as George Lowery

Vera Miles as Lila Crane

Frank Albertson as Tom Cassidy

When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.

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