The wife of a psychoanalyst falls prey to a devious quack hypnotist when he discovers she is an habitual shoplifter. Then one of his previous patients now being treated by the real doctor is found murdered, with her still at the scene, and suspicion points only one way.

Hurry Sundown

1967

English

5.8

♡ 6

22%

Otto Preminger Director

Madeleine Sherwood as Eula Purcell

Michael Caine as Henry Warren

Faye Dunaway as Lou McDowell

Robert Hooks as Reeve Scott

A ruthless Southern opportunist tries to buy his cousin's land, and when thwarted, brings several tragedies to the lives of his loved ones.

Forever Amber

1947

English

6.5

♡ 4

18%

Otto Preminger Director

Robert Adler as Cavalier

Patrick Whyte as Courtier

Vincent Price as Lord Harry Almsbury

Norma Varden as Mrs. Abbott

Amber St Clair, orphaned during the English Civil War and raised by a family of farmers, aspires to be a lady of high society; when a group of cavaliers ride into town, she sneaks away with them to London to achieve her dreams.

Carmen Jones

1954

English

6.7

♡ 9

72%

Otto Preminger Director

Carmen De Lavallade as Dance Soloist

Bernie Hamilton as Reporter

Brock Peters as Sergeant Brown

DeForest Covan as Trainer

In this musical set in an all-Black army camp, civilian parachute maker and "hot bundle" Carmen Jones is desired by many of the men. Naturally, she wants Joe, who's engaged to sweet Cindy Lou and about to go into pilot training for the Korean War.

Exodus

1960

English

6.7

♡ 13

65%

israeli–palestinian conflict

jewry

palestinian-israeli conflict

War

Otto Preminger Director

Paul Newman as Ari Ben Canaan

Lee J. Cobb as Barak Ben Canaan

Jill Haworth as Karen

Paul Stevens as Reuben

Ari Ben Canaan, a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to transport 600 Jewish refugees on a dangerous voyage from Cyprus to Palestine on a ship named the Exodus. He faces obstruction from British forces, who will not grant the ship passage to its destination.

The Cardinal

1963

English

6.7

♡ 5

47%

Otto Preminger Director

Ossie Davis as Father Gillis

Murray Hamilton as Lafe

Jill Haworth as Lalage Menton

Tom Tryon as Stephen Fermoyle

A young Catholic priest from Boston confronts bigotry, Nazism, and his own personal conflicts as he rises to the office of cardinal.

Skidoo

1968

English

4.7

♡ 7

42%

Otto Preminger Director

Austin Pendleton as Fred

Sammy Davis Jr. as Sammy Davis Jr. in Trailer

George Raft as The Skipper

Charles Evans as Whitey Farrell - Crime Committee Witness

Ex-gangster Tony Banks is called out of retirement by mob kingpin God to carry out a hit on fellow mobster "Blue Chips" Packard. When Banks demurs, God kidnaps his daughter Darlene on his luxury yacht.

Such Good Friends

1971

English

6.0

♡ 17

35%

Otto Preminger Director

William Redfield as Barney

Salome Jens as Blood Donor at Hospital Ed Koch

Ed Koch as First Taxi Driver

Laurence Luckinbill as Richard

Julie Messinger, a repressed woman, grapples with her hidden passions when a routine hospital visit for her husband, Richard, spirals into chaos. As secrets unravel, her quest for authenticity clashes with societal expectations.

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell

1955

English

6.8

♡ 4

100%

Otto Preminger Director

Darren McGavin as Capt. Russ Peters

Gregory Walcott as Howard Millikan

Carleton Young as Pershing's Aide

Ian Wolfe as President Calvin Coolidge

A dramatization of the American general and his court martial for publically complaining about High Command's dismissal and neglect of the aerial fighting forces.

Rosebud

1975

English

5.2

♡ 1

44%

israeli–palestinian conflict

mediterranean

palestinian-israeli conflict

Otto Preminger Director

Richard Attenborough as Edward Sloat

Raf Vallone as George Nikolaos

Kim Cattrall as Joyce Donnovan

Peter O'Toole as Larry Martin

In a bold coup a Palestinian terrorist group captures the yacht Rosebud and kidnaps the millionaires five daughters on it. At first they demand film clips to be shown on major European TV stations. Undercover agent Martin is hired to hunt the terrorists down.

Daisy Kenyon

1947

English

6.8

♡ 4

86%

Otto Preminger Director

Norman Leavitt as Fourth Cab Driver

Connie Marshall as Marie O'Mara

Henry Fonda as Peter Lapham

George E. Stone as Waiter

Daisy Kenyon is a Manhattan commercial artist having an affair with an arrogant and overbearing but successful lawyer and family man named Dan O'Mara. Daisy meets a single man, a war veteran named Peter Lapham, and after a brief and hesitant courtship decides to marry him, although she is still in love with Dan.

Angel Face

1952

English

7.2

♡ 13

77%

Otto Preminger Director

Robert Gist as Miller

Chuck Hicks as Nightclub Patron

Grandon Rhodes as Prison Chaplain

Amzie Strickland as Woman

Ambulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayne.

The Human Factor

1979

English

6.1

♡ 1

33%

29%

based on novel or book

Otto Preminger Director

Derek Jacobi as Arthur Davis

Tony Haygarth as Buffy

Fiona Fullerton as Elizabeth

Sean Caffrey as Policeman

When a leak of information in the African section of British Intelligence is discovered, a security man is brought in to investigate.

The Man with the Golden Arm

1955

English

7.3

♡ 7

81%

Otto Preminger Director

Frank Richards as Blind Barfly

Darren McGavin as Louie

Frank Mills as Street Vagrant

Eleanor Parker as Zosh Machine

When illegal card dealer and recovering heroin addict Frankie Machine gets out of prison, he decides to straighten up. Armed with nothing but an old drum set, Frankie tries to get honest work as a drummer. But when his former employer and his old drug dealer re-enter his life, Frankie finds it hard to stay clean and eventually finds himself succumbing to his old habits.

Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon

1970

English

6.1

♡ 4

22%

Otto Preminger Director

Ben Piazza as Jesse

Liza Minnelli as Junie Moon

Nancy Marchand as Nurse Oxford

Julie Bovasso as Ramona

The story of three wildly neurotic characters: a facially disfigured girl, a homosexual paraplegic, and an introvert epileptic who, after leaving the hospital, set up housekeeping together in a cottage where they support each other.

Fallen Angel

1945

English

7.0

♡ 9

85%

Otto Preminger Director

William Haade as 1st Bus Driver

Robert Adler as Coroner at Murder Scene

Hal Taggart as Man at Madley's Show

John Carradine as Professor Madley

An unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around the local diner. While Eric falls for the lovely waitress Stella, he also begins romancing a quiet and well-to-do woman named June Mills. Since Stella isn't interested in Eric unless he has money, the lovelorn guy comes up with a scheme to win her over, and it involves June. Before long, murder works its way into this passionate love triangle.