In 1910s Paris, a sewer worker disillusioned with Christianity feels his prayers have been answered when he chances upon a street waif and they fall in love.

A Place in the Sun

1951

English

7.7

♡ 22

82%

based on novel or book

George Stevens Director

John Roy as Courtroom Spectator

Ian Wolfe as Dr. Wyeland

Robert J. Anderson as Eagle Scout

Kathryn Givney as Louise Eastman

A young social climber wins the heart of a beautiful heiress but his former girlfriend's pregnancy stands in the way of his ambition.

The Cat and the Canary

1927

English

7.1

♡ 7

93%

75%

based on play or musical

last will and testament

Mystery

old dark house

silent film

Paul Leni Director

Lucien Littlefield as Doctor Ira Lazar

Tully Marshall as Roger Crosby

Flora Finch as Susan Sillsby

George Siegmann as The Guard

Rich old Cyrus West's relatives are waiting for him to die so they can inherit. But he stipulates that his will be read 20 years after his death. On the appointed day his expectant heirs arrive at his brooding mansion. The will is read and it turns out that Annabelle West, the only heir with his name left, inherits, if she is deemed sane. If she isn't, the money and some diamonds go to someone else, whose name is in a sealed envelope. Before he can reveal the identity of her successor to Annabelle, Mr. Crosby, the lawyer, disappears. The first in a series of mysterious events, some of which point to Annabelle in fact being unstable.

Ecstasy

1933

Czech

6.6

♡ 11

54%

Gustav Machatý Director

Aribert Mog as Adam

Karel Macha-Kuca as Der Rechtsanwalt

Hedy Lamarr as Eva Hermann

André Nox as Le père

Eva has just gotten married to an older gentleman, but discovers that he is obsessed with order in his life and doesn't have much room for passion. She becomes despondent and leaves him, returning to her father's house. One day while bathing in the lake, she meets a young man and they fall in love. The husband has become grief stricken at the loss of his young bride, and fate brings him together with the young lover that has taken Eva from him.

Return of the Ape Man

1944

English

4.8

♡ 2

56%

Phil Rosen Director

Mary Currier as Mrs. Hilda Gilmore

Bela Lugosi as Prof. Dexter

John Carradine as Prof. John Gilmore

Tod Andrews as Steve Rogers

The discovery of a perfectly preserved caveman prompts a mad scientist to attempt a daring brain transplant.

Jailhouse Rock

1957

English

6.5

♡ 16

67%

Richard Thorpe Director

John Roy as Bailiff

John Indrisano as Convict

John Dennis as Mail Clerk #1

Judy Tyler as Peggy Van Alden

After serving time for manslaughter, young Vince Everett becomes a teenage rock star.

Shadow of the Thin Man

1941

English

7.2

♡ 6

88%

W.S. Van Dyke Director

Myrna Loy as Nora

Ava Gardner as Passerby at Racetrack

Barry Nelson as Paul

Edward Hearn as Policeman in Molly's Office

High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder.

Cavalcade

1933

English

5.8

♡ 11

64%

Frank Lloyd Director

Mary Stewart as Dancer / Singer

Margaret Lindsay as Edith Harris

Una O'Connor as Ellen Bridges

Eric Wilton as Robert - Marryot's Later Butler

A cavalcade of English life from New Year's Eve 1899 until 1933 is seen through the eyes of well-to-do Londoners Jane and Robert Marryot. Amongst events touching their family are the Boer War, the death of Queen Victoria, the sinking of the Titanic, and the Great War.

It Happened One Night

1934

English

8.1

♡ 60

98%

Frank Capra Director

Frank Capra as Bus Singer

Alan Hale as Danker

Irving Bacon as Gas Station Attendant

William A. Boardway as Wedding Guest

A runaway heiress makes a deal with the rogue reporter trailing her but the mismatched pair end up stuck with each other when their bus leaves them behind.

Number 17

1932

English

5.6

♡ 6

73%

Alfred Hitchcock Director

Barry Jones as Henry Doyle

Pearl Hay as Minor Role

Anne Grey as Nora Brant - the Girl

Herbert Langley as The Guard on Train

A gang of jewel thieves hides out in an abandoned London house after a robbery, unaware that a detective is among them in disguise.

Vivre sa vie

1962

French

7.8

♡ 37

91%

Jean-Luc Godard Director

Peter Kassovitz as Jeune homme

Marcel Charton as L'agent de police

Odile Geoffroy as La serveuse de café

Anna Karina as Nana Kleinfrankenheim

Twelve episodic tales in the life of a Parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution.

Sidewalk Stories

1989

English

7.2

♡ 3

79%

Charles Lane Director

Ellia English as Bag Lady

Luis Antonio Ramos as Kidnapper #1

Bill Sage as Man in Carriage

Edie Falco as Woman in Carriage

A New York City street artist rescues a baby girl after her father is murdered. He then sets off to find the mother, but has to first learn how to care for the child. Ultimately he ends up in a horse drawn chase for the murderers.

A Night in Casablanca

1946

English

6.9

♡ 14

63%

Archie Mayo Director

Kenneth Gibson as Hotel Guest

Arthur Tovey as Restaurant Patron

Ethelreda Leopold as Restaurant Patron

Harpo Marx as Rusty

The Marx Brothers are employed at a hotel in postwar Casablanca, where a ring of Nazis is trying to recover a cache of stolen treasure.

Stray Dog

1949

Japanese

7.8

♡ 31

100%

Akira Kurosawa Director

Kappei Matsumoto as Bar owner

Toshirô Mifune as Detective Murakami

Reikichi Kawamura as Officer Ichikawa

Eijirô Tôno as Old man of wooden tub shop

A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo’s sweltering streets for the stray dog whose desperation has led him to a life of crime. With each step, cop and criminal’s lives become more intertwined and the investigation becomes an examination of Murakami’s own dark side.

Kanal

1957

Polish

7.9

♡ 13

traveling through a sewer

War

warsaw uprising

Andrzej Wajda Director

Roman Polanski as Crawling Insurgent

Ewa Wisniewska as Girl giving water

Vladek Sheybal as Michal 'Ogromny', the composer

Wladyslaw Kowalski as Polish Soldier

In the last few days of the Warsaw Uprising during World War II, a modest group of Resistance members remains. The band must take refuge in the sewers under the orders of leader Zadra, but it's only a matter of time before they will have to emerge. However, when they try, they are met only with intense hostility from the Nazis. Despite their attempts stay resolute through immense mental strain, it becomes increasingly apparent that they may be doomed.

Gentleman's Agreement

1947

English

7.2

♡ 4

82%

78%

anti-semitism

antisemitism

based on novel or book

Elia Kazan Director

Celeste Holm as Anne Dettrey

John Newland as Bill

Amzie Strickland as Guest at Anne's Party

Sam Jaffe as Prof. Fred Lieberman

A magazine writer poses as a Jew to expose anti-Semitism.

Belfast

2021

English

7.2

♡ 76

86%

92%

1960s

Action

belfast, north ireland

the troubles (north ireland, 1966-98)

working class

Kenneth Branagh Director

Jude Hill as Buddy

John Sessions as Joseph Tomelty

Caitriona Balfe as Ma

Ciarán Hinds as Pop

Buddy is a young boy on the cusp of adolescence, whose life is filled with familial love, childhood hijinks, and a blossoming romance. Yet, with his beloved hometown caught up in increasing turmoil, his family faces a momentous choice: hope the conflict will pass or leave everything they know behind for a new life.

The Big Trail

1930

English

7.2

♡ 18

100%

Raoul Walsh Director

Chief John Big Tree as Indian

Frank McGrath as Pioneer

Jack Kenny as Pioneer

Ward Bond as Sid Bascom

Young scout Breck Coleman leads a wagon train along the dangerous trail to Oregon as he tries to get the affection of the beautiful pioneer Ruth Cameron and plans his revenge on the harsh scoundrels who murdered a friend of his in the past.