Cashier Maurice Legrand is married to Adele, a terror. By chance, he meets Lucienne, "Lulu", and make her his mistress. He thinks he finally met love, but Lulu is nothing but a streetwalker, in love with Dede, her pimp. She only accepts Legrand to satisfy Dede's needs of money.

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

1942

English

6.5

♡ 11

52%

Roy William Neill Director

Nigel Bruce as Doctor Watson

Harry Cording as Jack Brady

Colin Kenny as Scotland Yard Detective

Paul Bryar as Swiss Waiter

In the midst of World War II, Sherlock Holmes rescues the Swiss inventor of a new bomb-sight from the Gestapo and brings him to England, where he quickly falls into the clutches of the evil Professor Moriarty.

Beauty and the Beast

1946

French

7.9

♡ 28

96%

Jean Cocteau Director

Josette Day as Belle

Ana María Martinez as Félicie

Gilles Watteaux as Footman

Noël Blin as Footman

The story of a gentle-hearted beast in love with a simple and beautiful girl. She is drawn to the repellent but strangely fascinating Beast, who tests her fidelity by giving her a key, telling her that if she doesn't return it to him by a specific time, he will die of grief. She is unable to return the key on time, but it is revealed that the Beast is the genuinely handsome one. A simple tale of tragic love that turns into a surreal vision of death, desire, and beauty.

Werewolf by Night

2022

English

7.1

♡ 158

90%

Michael Giacchino Director

Eugenie Bondurant as Linda

Leonardo Nam as Simon

Richard Dixon as Ulysses Bloodstone

Harriet Sansom Harris as Verusa

On a dark and somber night, a secret cabal of monster hunters emerge from the shadows and gather at the foreboding Bloodstone Temple following the death of their leader. In a strange and macabre memorial to the leader’s life, the attendees are thrust into a mysterious and deadly competition for a powerful relic—a hunt that will ultimately bring them face to face with a dangerous monster.

The Black Cat

1934

English

6.9

♡ 12

89%

Edgar G. Ulmer Director

John Carradine as Cult Organist

Bela Lugosi as Dr. Vitus Werdegast

Boris Karloff as Hjalmar Poelzig

Harry Cording as Thamal

After a road accident in Hungary, the American honeymooners Joan and Peter and the enigmatic Dr. Werdegast find refuge in the house of the famed architect Hjalmar Poelzig, who shares a dark past with the doctor.

The Swindle

1955

Italian

7.5

♡ 6

100%

Federico Fellini Director

Giulietta Masina as Iris

Amedeo Trilli as Piccola parte

Richard Basehart as Raul detto Picasso

Riccardo Garrone as Riccardo

Aging small-time conman Augusto works with two younger men: Roberto, who desires to become the Italian Johnny Ray, and Carlo, nicknamed Picasso. Through a series of mishaps and personal entanglements, things go badly for Augusto.

Swoon

1992

English

6.6

♡ 3

73%

Tom Kalin Director

Todd Haynes as Phrenology Head

Pamela Koffler as Phrenology Head

John Ventimiglia as Prison Guard

Adina Porter as Stenographer

Teenagers Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb share a dangerous sexual bond and an amoral outlook on life. They spend afternoons breaking into storefronts and engaging in petty crimes, until the calculating Nathan ups the ante by kidnapping, and murdering, a young boy.

I Vitelloni

1953

Italian

7.8

♡ 30

100%

Federico Fellini Director

Silvio Bagolini as Giudizio

Guido Martufi as Guido

Lilia Landi as Herself

Leopoldo Trieste as Leopoldo Vannucci

Five young men dream of success as they drift lazily through life in a small Italian village. Fausto, the group's leader, is a womanizer; Riccardo craves fame; Alberto is a hopeless dreamer; Moraldo fantasizes about life in the city; and Leopoldo is an aspiring playwright. As Fausto chases a string of women, to the horror of his pregnant wife, the other four blunder their way from one uneventful experience to the next.

The Mother and the Whore

1973

French

7.7

♡ 17

94%

Jean Eustache Director

Isabelle Weingarten as Gilberte

Berthe Granval as L'amie de Marie

Bernadette Lafont as Marie

Bernard Eisenschitz as Maurice

Aimless young Alexandre juggles his relationships with his girlfriend, Marie, and a casual lover named Veronika. Marie becomes increasingly jealous of Alexandre's fling with Veronika and as the trio continues their unsustainable affair, the emotional stakes get higher, leading to conflict and unhappiness.

Magnificent Doll

1946

English

6.1

♡ 6

8%

black and white

Drama

History

Frank Borzage Director

Pierre Watkin as Harper

Ruth Lee as Mrs. Gallentine

Peggy Wood as Mrs. Payne

Grandon Rhodes as Thomas Jefferson

While packing her belongings in preparation of evacuating the White House because of the impending British invasion of Washington D.C., Dolly Payne Madison thinks back on her childhood, her first marriage, and later romances with two very different politicians, Aaron Burr and his good friend James Madison. She plays each against the other, not only for romantic reasons, but also to influence the shaping of the young country. By manipulating Burr's affections, she helps Thomas Jefferson win the presidency, and eventually she becomes First Lady of the land herself.

The Thin Man

1934

English

7.9

♡ 21

98%

husband wife relationship

W.S. Van Dyke Director

Kenneth Gibson as Apartment Clerk

Ward Bond as Detective? Gill

Myrna Loy as Nora Charles

Douglas Fowley as Taxi Driver

A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.

Les vieux de la vieille

1960

French

6.6

♡ 4

56%

Action

alcohol abuse

based on novel or book

Gilles Grangier Director

Jacques Marin as Le gendarme au saut de chaîne de vélo

Paul Faivre as Léon

Yane Barry as Mariette

Nicole Desailly as Une villageoise

Three friends leave their village for a retirement home travelling the countryside

The Book of Fish

2021

Korean

7.5

♡ 2

Joon-ik Lee Director

Woo-jin Jo as

Pang Eun-jin as

Lee Seung-Joon as Bul Chul

Kyung-gu Sol as Yag jeon Jeong

When the scholar Jeong Yak-jeon is exiled to Heuksando Island during the Catholic Persecution of 1801, he decides to write a fish-based encyclopaedia.

Putting Pants on Philip

1927

English

6.5

♡ 5

31%

Clyde Bruckman Director

Jack Hill as Extra

Bob O'Connor as Extra

Oliver Hardy as J. Piedmont Mumblethunder

Stan Laurel as Philip

Pompous J. Piedmont Mumblethunder greets his nephew from Scotland who arrives in kilts. He is immediately taken to a tailor for a pair of proper pants.

Why Girls Love Sailors

1927

English

6.0

♡ 4

50%

Fred Guiol Director

Edgar Dearing as Amorous Sailor

Anita Garvin as Captain's Wife

Anna May Wong as Delamar

Malcolm Waite as Sea Captain

Stan is a sailor whose girl gets kidnapped by a rough sea captain. Stan dresses in drag and seduces the captain but the captain's wife catches him. Stan and his girl beat a hasty retreat as the captain's wife fires off a parting shot.

Duck Soup

1927

English

6.5

♡ 5

50%

Fred Guiol Director

Stuart Holmes as

Charlie Hall as Moving man

Oliver Hardy as Oliver Hardy aka Colonel Buckshot

Stan Laurel as Stan Laurel aka Agnes

Fleeing a group of forest rangers, who are rounding up tramps to serve as firefighters, they take refuge in a mansion. The owner has gone on vacation and the servants are away, so Hardy pretends to be the owner and offers to rent the house to an English couple. Hardy gets Laurel to pose as the maid. Unfortunately, the owner returns and tells the would-be renters that he owns the house; Laurel and Hardy then flee again and are caught by the rangers and forced to fight wildfires.

Blonde on a Bum Trip

1968

English

5.5

♡ 5

Raf Mauro Director

Basil Hoffman as

Martha Rubell as

Raf Mauro as Hotel Desk Clerk Xanthe

Xanthe as (uncredited)

A naive young college student, who is majoring in chemistry, is persuaded by her roommates and a would-be drug dealer to make LSD for them, and she winds up getting caught up in the "acid" lifestyle.

Variety Lights

1950

Italian

7.1

♡ 6

100%

Federico Fellini Director

Silvio Bagolini as Bruno Antonini

Giulietta Masina as Melina Amour

Vittorio Caprioli as Night Club Comic

Italo Dragosei as Night guard

In Italy, Checco Dal Monte manages a troupe of traveling performers with plenty of heart but minimal talent. At a small town engagement, he encounters the starry-eyed, gorgeous Lily Antonelli, and hires her as a dancer on the show. Vivacious Lily quickly sells out crowds and earns the resentment of Checco's mistress, Melina Amour, but the fledgling performer has far bigger ambitions and soon sets her sights on a higher-profile role.

Bullet Ballet

1998

Japanese

7.0

♡ 7

74%

Shin'ya Tsukamoto Director

Kazuyuki Izutsu as

Masato Tsujioka as

Kirina Mano as Chisato

Kyôka Suzuki as Kiriko

After his girlfriend commits suicide, a man becomes embroiled in gang warfare attempting to obtain a gun in hopes to kill himself.

Sabotage

1936

English

7.0

♡ 25

Action

based on novel or book

black and white

bomb

Crime

husband wife relationship

london, england

pre-code

Thriller

Alfred Hitchcock Director

Oskar Homolka as Her Husband

Alfred Hitchcock as Man Walking Past The Cinema

Sylvia Sidney as Mrs. Verloc

Austin Trevor as Vladimir - Paymaster at Aquarium

Karl Anton Verloc and his wife own a small cinema in a quiet London suburb where they live seemingly happily. But Mrs. Verloc does not know that her husband has a secret that will affect their relationship and threaten her teenage brother's life.

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Magnificent Doll

The Thin Man

Les vieux de la vieille

The Book of Fish

Putting Pants on Philip

Why Girls Love Sailors

Duck Soup

Blonde on a Bum Trip

Variety Lights

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