A young Army nurse, Lt Ruth McGara, newly assigned to the 8666th MASH during the Korean War, attracts the sexual attention of the unit's commander Dr. Jed Webbe. Major Webbe, who has a drinking problem, at first wants a "no strings" relationship. McGara is warned by the other nurses of Webbe's womanizing ways. Despite these initial handicaps, their love flourishes against a background of war, enemy attacks, death and injury. The relationship deepens and uplifts both characters.

Bite the Bullet

1975

English

6.6

♡ 11

71%

Richard Brooks Director

John McLiam as Gebhardt

Sally Kirkland as Honey

Ian Bannen as Sir Harry Norfolk

Jerry Gatlin as The Wood Cutter

At the beginning of the 20th century, a newspaper organizes an endurance horse race : 700 miles to run in a few days. 9 adventurers are competing, among them a woman, Miss Jones, a Mexican, an Englishman, a young cow-boy, an old one and two friends, Sam Clayton and Luke Matthews. All those individualists will learn to respect each other.

Something of Value

1957

English

6.5

♡ 7

50%

Richard Brooks Director

Michael Pate as A Farmer - Joe Matson

Angela Cartwright as Caroline

Dana Wynter as Peter's Betrothed - Holly

Juanita Moore as Tribal Woman

As Kenya's Mau Mau uprising tears the country apart, former childhood friends Kimani (Sidney Poitier), a native, and Peter (Rock Hudson), a British colonist, find themselves on opposite sides of the struggle in this provocative drama. Though each is devoted to his cause, both wish for a more moderate path -- but their hopes for a peaceful resolution are thwarted by rage, colonial arrogance and escalating violence on both sides.

The Happy Ending

1969

English

6.3

♡ 3

33%

dysfunctional marriage

husband wife relationship

sexual revolution

Richard Brooks Director

Eve Brent as Ethel

Tina Louise as Helen Bricker

William O'Connell as Minister

Ingrid Bergman as Self - Actress in 'Casablanca'

When Fred asked for Mary's hand in marriage, she thought she had the happy ending she only read about in fairy tales. Now it's 16 years later; Fred has had an affair, and Mary drowns her sorrows in pills and booze, a dangerous combination that nearly resulted in her death the year before. As Mary rushes off to the Bahamas for a relaxing escape from her crumbling marriage, she reflects on the past and wonders just where it all went wrong.

Blackboard Jungle

1955

English

7.4

♡ 6

74%

Richard Brooks Director

Chuck Hicks as Applicant

Horace McMahon as Detective

Robert Foulk as George Katz

Margaret Hayes as Lois Judby Hammond

Richard Dadier is a teacher at North Manual High School, an inner-city school where many of the pupils frequently engage in anti-social behavior. Dadier makes various attempts to engage the students' interest in education, challenging both the school staff and the pupils. He is subjected to violence as well as duplicitous schemes.

In Cold Blood

1967

English

7.9

♡ 29

75%

Richard Brooks Director

Ruth Storey as Bonnie Clutter

Raymond Hatton as Elderly Hitchhiker

John McLiam as Herbert Clutter

Robert Blake as Perry

After a botched robbery results in the brutal murder of a rural family, two drifters elude police, in the end coming to terms with their own mortality and the repercussions of their vile atrocity.

Lord Jim

1965

English

6.7

♡ 7

57%

based on novel or book

Richard Brooks Director

Walter Gotell as Captain of Patna

Curd Jürgens as Cornelius

Ric Young as Malay

Aileen Lewis as Marine Court of Enquiry Observer

After being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman lives for only one purpose: to redeem himself. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2000.

The Last Time I Saw Paris

1954

English

6.1

♡ 4

70%

Richard Brooks Director

Jean Del Val as Doctor

Thomas Browne Henry as Editor

Elizabeth Taylor as Helen Ellswirth

Angela Stevens as Pert Young Girl

Reporter Charles Wills, in Paris to cover the end of World War II, falls for the beautiful Helen Ellswirth following a brief flirtation with her sister, Marion. After he and Helen marry, Charles pursues his novelistic ambition while supporting his new bride with a deadening job at a newspaper wire service. But when an old investment suddenly makes the family wealthy, their marriage begins to unravel — until a sudden tragedy changes everything.

The Professionals

1966

English

7.3

♡ 27

89%

Richard Brooks Director

Vaughn Taylor as Banker

Marie Gomez as Chiquita

Jorge Martínez de Hoyos as Eduardo Padilla - Goatkeeper

Lee Marvin as Fardan

An arrogant Texas millionaire hires four adventurers to rescue his kidnapped wife from a notorious Mexican bandit.

The Catered Affair

1956

English

7.4

♡ 8

17%

71%

Action

based on play or musical

parent child relationship

Romance

taxi driver

wedding

Richard Brooks Director

Ray Stricklyn as Eddie Hurley

Robert F. Simon as Mr. Joe Halloran

Rod Taylor as Ralph Halloran

Barry Fitzgerald as Uncle Jack Conlon

An Irish cabby in the Bronx watches his wife go overboard planning their daughter's wedding.

Looking for Mr. Goodbar

1977

English

6.7

♡ 16

61%

Richard Brooks Director

Richard Venture as Doctor

Tom Berenger as Gary

Diane Keaton as Theresa

Richard Gere as Tony

A short, unhappy affair with a married man leads a dedicated schoolteacher into the alcohol-and-drug fueled underworld of singles’ bars, where she begins to engage in a pattern of dangerous sexual activity.

Elmer Gantry

1960

English

7.7

♡ 5

94%

87%

Action

based on novel or book

Richard Brooks Director

Peter Brocco as Benny - Photographer

John Roy as Choir Member

Ed Nelson as Man on Phone at Sister Sharon Headquarters

Norman Leavitt as Salesman in Saloon

A charismatic charlatan begins a business — and eventually romantic — relationship with a roadside evangelist to sell religion to 1920s America. Based on Sinclair Lewis' novel of the same name.

Sweet Bird of Youth

1962

English

7.1

♡ 16

74%

72%

Action

based on play or musical

Richard Brooks Director

Paul Newman as Chance Wayne

Madeleine Sherwood as Miss Lucy

Dorothy Konrad as Mrs. Maribelle Norris

Corey Allen as Scotty

Gigolo and drifter Chance Wayne returns to his hometown as the companion of a faded movie star, Alexandra Del Lago, whom he hopes to use to help him break into the movies. Chance runs into trouble when he finds his ex-girlfriend, the daughter of the local politician Tom "Boss" Finley, who more or less forced him to leave his daughter and the town many years ago.

Wrong Is Right

1982

English

5.6

♡ 19

27%

Richard Brooks Director

Tom McFadden as Billy Bob Harper

Leslie Nielsen as Mallory

Sean Connery as Patrick Hale

Jennifer Jason Leigh as Young Girl

Political double-talk, dirty tricks, hidden microphones, spy satellites, bugging the Oval Office and a nuclear bomb for sale are all ingredients in this swift, funny and frightening look at the possibilities in today's political arenas. Sean Connery stars as TV Newsman Patrick Hale on an international chase to track two suitcase sized nuclear weapons and to uncover the twisting maze of apparent involvement of US Government agencies.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

1958

English

7.9

♡ 43

97%

Richard Brooks Director

Paul Newman as Brick Pollitt

Vaughn Taylor as Deacon Davis

Jack Carson as Gooper Pollitt

Madeleine Sherwood as Mae Pollitt

An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy who died after an ambiguous accident. His wife is crucified by her desperation to make him desire her: but he resists the affections of his wife. His reunion with his father—who is dying of cancer—jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.

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The Last Hunt

Battle Circus

Bite the Bullet

Something of Value

The Happy Ending

Blackboard Jungle

In Cold Blood

Lord Jim

The Last Time I Saw Paris

The Professionals

The Catered Affair

Looking for Mr. Goodbar

Elmer Gantry

Sweet Bird of Youth

Wrong Is Right

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof