Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer, Jonathan Shields, as seen through the eyes of various acquaintances, including a writer, James Lee Bartlow; a star, Georgia Lorrison; and a director, Fred Amiel. He is a hard-driving, ambitious man who ruthlessly uses everyone on the way to becoming one of Hollywood's top movie makers.

Figaros Wolves

2017

German

4.0

♡ 2

Dominik Galizia Director

Saralisa Volm as Colette

Aciel Martinez Pol as Edgar

Tom Semmler as Figaro

Franz Rogowski as Gilbert

The suffering of a beautiful woman changes a lonely outsiders life forever.

I'm Sorry If I Took a Toll on You

2021

English

4.4

♡ 1

Jake Burgess Director

Tsipporah Shendroff as Cath

Mellanie Hubert as Missy

Isaac Brown as Ryan

After her parents death, newly orphaned Cath travels up north to her recently inherited lake house where she meets Ryan, a likeable man happy to fill the void her parents left.

Night Owls

1930

English

7.5

♡ 9

67%

James Parrott Director

James Finlayson as Meadows

Oliver Hardy as Mr. Hardy

Stan Laurel as Mr. Laurel

Baldwin Cooke as Policeman

Policeman Edgar Kennedy is told by his chief he better stop a string of burglaries that have been happening on his watch or else he will get the sack. He persuades vagrants Stan and Ollie to rob the chief's house so he can regain his reputation by catching them. The policeman promises to later get the boys off. Things do not go as planned.

I Know Where I'm Going!

1945

English

7.4

♡ 16

100%

Michael Powell Director

Petula Clark as Cheril

Arthur Chesney as Harmonica Player

Anthony Eustrel as Hooper

Roger Livesey as Torquil MacNeil

Plucky Englishwoman Joan Webster travels to the remote islands of the Scottish Hebrides in order to marry a wealthy industrialist. Trapped by inclement weather on the Isle of Mull and unable to continue to her destination, Joan finds herself charmed by the straightforward, no-nonsense islanders around her, and becomes increasingly attracted to naval officer Torquil MacNeil, who holds a secret that may change her life forever.

Running Time

1997

English

6.8

♡ 11

72%

Josh Becker Director

William Stanford Davis as Buzz

Anita Barone as Janie

Bridget Hoffman as Receptionist

Art LaFleur as Warden

Carl, a career criminal, receives an early release from prison and immediately begins preparations for his next big heist.

The Earrings of Madame De...

1953

French

7.9

♡ 9

97%

Max Ophüls Director

Charles Boyer as Général André de...

Hubert Noël as Henri de Maleville

Paul Azaïs as Le premier cocher

Daniel Mendaille as Un passant

In late 19th century France, the Countess Louise, wife of a wealthy general, sells the earrings her husband gave her on their wedding day to pay off her secret debts, then claims to have lost them. Her husband quickly learns of the deceit, which is the beginning of many tragic misunderstandings, all involving the earrings, the general, the countess, and her new lover, the Italian Baron Donati.

Lady of the Train

1952

Arabic

5.5

♡ 17

Youssef Chahine Director

Yehia Chahine as

Betty Francine as

Imad Hamdi as

Laila Mourad as

Fikria is a singer who's married to Farid ,the gambling addict. When she's traveling by train, she gets in an accident and a peasant treats her. After she returns home,her husband asks her to stay hidden to get the insurance money to pay for his gambling debts.

Spellbound

1945

English

7.5

♡ 28

86%

Alfred Hitchcock Director

Regis Toomey as Det. Sgt. Gillespie

Ingrid Bergman as Dr. Constance Petersen

Addison Richards as Police Captain

Irving Bacon as Railway Gateman

When Dr. Anthony Edwardes arrives at a Vermont mental hospital to replace the outgoing hospital director, Dr. Constance Peterson, a psychoanalyst, discovers Edwardes is actually an impostor. The man confesses that the real Dr. Edwardes is dead and fears he may have killed him, but cannot recall anything. Dr. Peterson, however is convinced his impostor is innocent of the man's murder, and joins him on a quest to unravel his amnesia through psychoanalysis.

They Live by Night

1948

English

7.4

♡ 13

96%

Nicholas Ray Director

Frank Ferguson as Bum

Harry Harvey as Hagenheimer

Ian Wolfe as Hawkins

Mickey Simpson as Shadow

An escaped convict, injured during a robbery, falls in love with the woman who nurses him back to health, but their relationship seems doomed from the beginning.

The Last Command

1928

English

7.9

♡ 5

95%

russian revolution (1917)

silent film

War

Josef von Sternberg Director

Jack Raymond as Assistant Director

William Powell as Lev Andreyev

Evelyn Brent as Natalie Dabrova

Harry Cording as Revolutionist

A former Imperial Russian general and cousin of the Czar ends up in Hollywood as an extra in a movie directed by a former revolutionary.

The Fighting Kentuckian

1949

English

6.4

♡ 11

63%

George Waggner Director

Hank Worden as Abner Todd

Marie Windsor as Ann Logan

Dale Van Sickel as Brawler

Herman Hack as Militiaman

John Breen (John Wayne), a Kentucky militiaman falls in love with French exile Fleurette De Marchand (Vera Ralston). He discovers a plot to steal the land that Fleurette's exiles plan to settle on and aims to foil it.

The Chimp

1932

English

6.8

♡ 5

55%

James Parrott Director

Baldwin Cooke as Bit Part

Bess Flowers as Circus audience Member

Jack Hill as Circus Audience Member

Harry Harvey as Circus Worker

Stan and Ollie play bumbling circus performers who inadvertently drive the circus into bankruptcy. The circus can't pay them their wages so they are given a gorilla and a flea circus as payment. Bedlam ensues.

Their First Mistake

1932

English

7.2

♡ 9

67%

George Marshall Director

Mae Busch as Mrs. Arabella Hardy

Oliver Hardy as Ollie

Billy Gilbert as Process Server

Stan Laurel as Stan

Mrs Hardy is annoyed that her husband Oliver seems to spend more time with his friend Stanley than with her. After a furious argument, Mrs Hardy says that she is through if Ollie goes out with Stan again. Stan suggests that Ollie adopts a baby, which he does. Unfortunately, his wife has left their apartment on returning, and a process server delivers a paper informing Ollie that she is suing him for divorce, naming Stan as correspondent. The boys are now left to look after the infant on their own.

Scram!

1932

English

7.3

♡ 7

57%

Lloyd French Director

Baldwin Cooke as Court Recorder

Arthur Housman as Drunk

Oliver Hardy as Mr. Hardy

Vivien Oakland as Mrs. Beaumont

Ordered out of town by angry Judge Beaumont, vagrants Stanley and Oliver meet a congenial drunk who invites them to stay at his luxurious mansion. The drunk can't find his key, but the boys find a way in, sending the surprised woman inside into a faint.

Busy Bodies

1933

English

7.6

♡ 17

73%

Lloyd French Director

Oliver Hardy as Ollie

Charlie Hall as Shop Worker

Jack Hill as Shop Worker

Stan Laurel as Stan

In this short film, Laurel and Hardy wage battle with inanimate objects, their co-workers, and the laws of physics during a routine work day at a sawmill.

The Ground We Won

2015

English

7.9

♡ 1

96%

Christopher Pryor Director

With great bawdiness and backbone, a rugby team made up of farmers strive to redeem themselves from a long run of bitter losses. In the face of the hefty demands of farming and fatherhood, the Saturday game becomes the focus of the men’s passions and the ground on which their worth is proved. ‘The Ground We Won’ is a highly authentic, slice of life film about the challenges and joys of manhood, as seen through the rites and rituals of a rural New Zealand rugby club.

Come Clean

1931

English

7.2

♡ 7

33%

James W. Horne Director

Gordon Douglas as Hotel desk clerk

Charlie Hall as Ice Cream Attendant

Mae Busch as Kate

Oliver Hardy as Ollie

The Hardys wish to have a quiet evening in their apartment, but are interrupted when the Laurels pay a visit. Stan and Ollie go out for ice cream, and manage to prevent a shrewish woman from committing suicide on the way back home. The woman is ungrateful and makes threats against the them unless they look after her. They spend a chaotic evening trying to keep her hidden from their wives.