Engineer Jake Holman arrives aboard the gunboat USS San Pablo, assigned to patrol a tributary of the Yangtze in the middle of exploited and revolution-torn 1926 China. His iconoclasm and cynical nature soon clash with the 'rice-bowl' system which runs the ship and the uneasy symbiosis between Chinese and foreigner on the river. Hostility towards the gunboat's presence reaches a climax when the boat must crash through a river-boom and rescue missionaries upriver at China Light Mission.

I Want to Live!

1958

English

7.5

♡ 5

94%

Robert Wise Director

John Roy as Attorney

Len Lesser as Charlie, Newspaperman

Gene Roth as Eric, Machinist

Lou Krugman as John R. 'Jack' Santo

Brazen perpetual offender Barbara Graham tries to go straight but she finds herself implicated in a murder and sent to death row.

Run Silent Run Deep

1958

English

7.3

♡ 12

100%

Robert Wise Director

Brad Dexter as Ens. Gerald Cartwright

Ken Lynch as Frank

Don Rickles as Quartermaster 1st Class Ruby

Rudy Bond as Sonarman 1st Class Cullen

The captain of a submarine sunk by the Japanese during WWII is finally given a chance to skipper another sub after a year of working a desk job. His singleminded determination for revenge against the destroyer that sunk his previous vessel puts his new crew in unneccessary danger.

The Set-Up

1949

English

7.8

♡ 8

85%

Robert Wise Director

Frank Richards as Bat - Program Vendor

John Indrisano as Corner Man

Darryl Hickman as Shanley

Phillip Pine as Souza

Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.

Rooftops

1989

English

4.7

♡ 5

10%

Robert Wise Director

Tisha Campbell-Martin as Amber

Lauren Tom as Audry

Luis Guzmán as Martinez

Jason Gedrick as T

T, as most of his friends, lives in a self-constructed 'house', built on top of an old building in the city. Their one passion is 'combat'. Combat is a dance/streetfight during which the contestants try to push each other out of the arena, while not allowed to actually touch each other. When drugdealers move into the neighbourhood and kill T's best friend he embarks on a mission to eradicate the drug-presence in the neigbourhood. His friends are reluctant to help though, knowing what happened to T's friend when he crossed them.

Born to Kill

1947

English

7.2

♡ 7

83%

75%

Action

based on novel or book

san francisco, california

Thriller

Robert Wise Director

Walter Slezak as Arnett

Jason Robards Sr. as Conductor

Harry Harvey as Divorce Lawyer

Martha Hyer as Maid

A calculating divorcée risks her chances at wealth and security with a man she doesn't love by getting involved with a hotheaded murderer.

The Hindenburg

1975

English

6.3

♡ 13

31%

Robert Wise Director

Norman Alden as Det. Baker, N.Y.P.D.

Joe Turkel as Detective Moore

Joanna Moore as Mrs. Channing

Vic Perrin as Travel Agency's Representative

Colonel Franz Ritter, a former hero pilot now working for military intelligence, is assigned to the great Hindenburg airship as its chief of security. As he races against the clock to uncover a possible saboteur aboard the doomed zeppelin he finds that any of the passengers and crew could be the culprit.

Blood on the Moon

1948

English

6.9

♡ 5

83%

Robert Wise Director

Robert Bray as Bart Daniels

Frank Faylen as Jake Pindalest

Robert Mitchum as Jim Garry

Walter Brennan as Kris Barden

Down-and-out cowhand Jim Garry is asked by his old friend Tate Riling to help mediate a cattle dispute. When Garry arrives, however, it soon becomes clear that Riling has not been entirely forthright. Garry uncovers Riling's plot to dupe local rancher John Lufton out of a fortune. When Lufton's firecracker of a daughter, Amy, gets involved, Garry must choose between his old loyalties and what he knows to be right.

Two for the Seesaw

1962

English

6.6

♡ 8

33%

Robert Wise Director

Robert Mitchum as Jerry Ryan

Ann Morgan Guilbert as Molly - Dance Student's Mother

Billy Gray as Mr. Jacoby

Eddie Firestone as Oscar

After leaving his wife, lawyer Jerry Ryan moves from Omaha, Nebraska to New York City to start a new life. While studying for the New York Bar Examination and working to finalize his divorce, Ryan meets dancer Gittel Mosca, and the two begin a cautious courtship. However, Ryan feels that he must come to terms with his failed marriage and overcome his lingering attachment to his ex-wife before he can redefine himself and embrace his budding romance.

The Captive City

1952

English

6.6

♡ 5

70%

Robert Wise Director

John Forsythe as Jim Austin

Paul Newlan as Krug

Paul Brinegar as Police Sergeant

Ian Wolfe as Rev. Nash

A small-town newspaper editor defies threats to expose the mob.

Two Flags West

1950

English

6.7

♡ 3

30%

transport of prisoners

War

Western

Robert Wise Director

Joseph Cotten as Col. Clay Tucker

Robert Adler as Hank

Dale Robertson as Lem

Marjorie Bennett as Mrs. Simpkins

A group of confedarate prisoners is sent to a unionist fort in the west to help the local garrison to fight the indians.

A Game of Death

1945

English

6.0

♡ 6

95%

Robert Wise Director

Jason Robards Sr. as Captain

Audrey Long as Ellen Trowbridge

Edgar Barrier as Erich Kreiger

Gene Roth as Pleshke

A shipwrecked Don Rainsford washes up on a homicidal big-game hunter's Caribbean island where the madman hunts human prey for his personal island habitat.

The Haunting

1963

English

7.4

♡ 33

87%

82%

Action

alcohol

based on novel or book

Robert Wise Director

Julie Harris as Eleanor Lance

Lois Maxwell as Grace Markway

Russ Tamblyn as Luke Sanderson

Rosalie Crutchley as Mrs. Dudley

Dr. John Markway invites three distinct individuals to the eerie and isolated Hill House to be subjects for a sleep disorder study. The unfortunate guests discover that Markway is far more interested in the sinister mansion itself — and they soon see the true nature of its horror.

The House on Telegraph Hill

1951

English

6.9

♡ 5

62%

san francisco, california

Thriller

Robert Wise Director

Richard Basehart as Alan Spender

Glen Walters as Bit Role

Harry Carter as Detective Ellis

Valentina Cortese as Victoria Kowelska

Concentration camp survivor Victoria Kowelska finds herself involved in mystery, greed, and murder when she assumes the identity of a dead friend in order to gain passage to America.

Three Secrets

1950

English

6.9

♡ 6

Robert Wise Director

Margaret Bert as Maid

Paul Picerni as Sergeant

Peter Brocco as Stephani

Eleanor Parker as Susan Adele Connors Chase

A five-year-old boy is the sole survivor of a devastating plane crash in the mountains of California. When the newspapers reveal the boy was adopted and that the crash occurred on his birthday, three women begin to ponder if it's the son each gave up for adoption. As the three await news of his rescue at a mountain cabin, they recall incidents from five years earlier and why they were forced to give up their son.

The Body Snatcher

1945

English

7.3

♡ 13

86%

Robert Wise Director

Henry Daniell as Dr. Wolfe 'Toddy' MacFarlane

Sharyn Moffett as Georgina Marsh

Bela Lugosi as Joseph

Rita Corday as Mrs. Marsh

Edinburgh, 1831. Among those who undertake the illegal trade of grave robbery is Gray, ostensibly a cab driver. Formerly a medical student convicted of grave robbery, Gray holds a grudge against Dr. MacFarlane who had escaped detection and punishment.

The Andromeda Strain

1971

English

7.2

♡ 35

68%

72%

Action

based on novel or book

Robert Wise Director

Don Messick as Alarm Voice

Michael Pataki as Operator of 'The Hands'

Eric Christmas as Senator from Vermont

Garry Walberg as Technician

When virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico, are found dead after the return to Earth of a space satellite, the head of the US Air Force's Project Scoop declares an emergency. A group of eminent scientists led by Dr. Jeremy Stone scramble to a secure laboratory and try to first isolate the life form while determining why two people from Piedmont - an old alcoholic and a six-month-old baby - survived. The scientists methodically study the alien life form unaware that it has already mutated and presents a far greater danger in the lab, which is equipped with a nuclear self-destruct device designed to prevent the escape of dangerous biological agents.

The Day the Earth Stood Still

1951

English

7.7

♡ 36

95%

Robert Wise Director

Louis Jean Heydt as Airforce Captain looking perplexed

Carleton Young as Colonel in Jeep

Sam Jaffe as Professor Jacob Barnhardt

Harry Harvey as Taxi Driver

An alien and a robot land on Earth after World War II and tell mankind to be peaceful or face destruction.

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

1979

English

6.4

♡ 74

51%

42%

Action

Adventure

artificial intelligence

artificial intelligence (a.i.)

Robert Wise Director

John Gowans as Assistant to Rand

David Armstrong as Enterprise Crewmember

Roger Aaron Brown as Epsilon Technician

Sheb Wooley as Screaming Crewmember

When an unidentified alien destroys three powerful Klingon cruisers, Captain James T. Kirk returns to the newly transformed U.S.S. Enterprise to take command.

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Odds Against Tomorrow

The Sand Pebbles

I Want to Live!

Run Silent Run Deep

The Set-Up

Rooftops

Born to Kill

The Hindenburg

Blood on the Moon

Two for the Seesaw

The Captive City

Two Flags West

A Game of Death

The Haunting

The House on Telegraph Hill

Three Secrets

The Body Snatcher

The Andromeda Strain

The Day the Earth Stood Still

Star Trek: The Motion Picture