In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman, the American daughter of a convicted German war criminal, as a spy. As they begin to fall for one another, Alicia is instructed to win the affections of Alexander Sebastian, a Nazi hiding out in Brazil. When Sebastian becomes serious about his relationship with Alicia, the stakes get higher, and Devlin must watch her slip further undercover.

The Best Years of Our Lives

1946

English

8.1

♡ 30

98%

93%

Action

bodily disabled person

Drama

post traumatic stress disorder

post-traumatic stress disorder

post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)

William Wyler Director

Joyce Compton as Hat Check Girl

Don Beddoe as Mr. Cameron

Walter Baldwin as Mr. Parrish

Ethelreda Leopold as Nightclub Patron

It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare.

My Reputation

1946

English

6.9

♡ 6

57%

domineering mother

Drama

gossip

parent child relationship

Curtis Bernhardt Director

Bess Flowers as Guest at Van Ormans' New Years Eve Party

Barbara Stanwyck as Jessica Drummond

Scotty Beckett as Kim Drummond

Fred Kelsey as Train Conductor

Tongues begin to wag when a lonely widow becomes romantically involved with a military man. Problems arise when the gossip is filtered down to her own children.

So Dark the Night

1946

English

6.3

♡ 10

100%

Joseph H. Lewis Director

Jean Del Val as Dr. Manet

Brother Theodore as Georges

Steven Geray as Henri Cassin

Helen Freeman as Widow Bridelle

Inspector Cassin, a renowned Paris detective, departs to the country for a much-needed break. There he falls in love with the innkeeper’s daughter, Nanette, who is already betrothed to a local farmer. On the evening of their engagement party, Nanette and the farmer both disappear. Cassin takes up the case immediately to discover what happened to them and who is responsible.

The Spiral Staircase

1946

English

7.3

♡ 13

86%

78%

Action

based on novel or book

violence against women

Robert Siodmak Director

Rhonda Fleming as Blanche

Kent Smith as Dr. Parry

Elsa Lanchester as Mrs. Oates

Ellen Corby as Neighbour

On a stormy night, the mute servant to an ailing matriarch is stalked by a serial killer.

The Big Sleep

1946

English

7.9

♡ 51

96%

91%

Action

based on novel or book

Howard Hawks Director

Trevor Bardette as Art Huck

Regis Toomey as Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls

Louis Jean Heydt as Joe Brody

Ben Welden as Pete

Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees murder, blackmail, deception, and what might be love.

The Killers

1946

English

7.7

♡ 24

100%

Robert Siodmak Director

Jack Lambert as 'Dum-Dum' Clarke

Edmond O'Brien as Jim Reardon

Ava Gardner as Kitty Collins

Bill Walker as Sam

Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the Swede, he's expecting them and doesn't put up a fight. Since the Swede had a life insurance policy, an investigator, on a hunch, decides to look into the murder. As the Swede's past is laid bare, it comes to light that he was in love with a beautiful woman who may have lured him into pulling off a bank robbery overseen by another man.

Smooth as Silk

1946

English

6.2

♡ 4

Charles Barton Director

Milburn Stone as John Kimble

Virginia Grey as Paula Marlowe

John Litel as Stephen Elliott

Jane Adams as Susan Marlowe

An attorney enraged over the prosecution of two innocent people goes on a killing spree.

Till the Clouds Roll By

1946

English

6.3

♡ 2

100%

George Sidney Director

June Allyson as Jane (segment "Leave It to Jane")

Robert Walker as Jerome Kern

Dinah Shore as Julia Sanderson

Margaret Bert as Maid

Light bio-pic of American Broadway pioneer Jerome Kern, featuring renditions of the famous songs from his musical plays by contemporary stage artists, including a condensed production of his most famous: 'Showboat'.

Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot

1946

Russian

7.7

♡ 17

Sergei M. Eisenstein Director

Mikhail Zharov as Czar's Guard Malyuta Skuratov

Semyon Timoshenko as Kaspar von Oldenbock, Livonian ambassador

Aleksandr Rumnyov as The Stranger

Sergey Stolyarov as (uncredited)

This is the second part of a projected three-part epic biopic of Russian Czar Ivan Grozny, undertaken by Soviet film-maker Sergei Eisenstein at the behest of Josef Stalin. Production of the epic was stopped before the third part could be filmed, due to producer dissatisfaction with Eisenstein's introducing forbidden experimental filming techniques into the material, more evident in this part than the first part. As it was, this second part was banned from showings until after the deaths of both Eisenstein and Stalin, and a change of attitude by the subsequent heads of the Soviet government. In this part, as Ivan the Terrible attempts to consolidate his power by establishing a personal army, his political rivals, the Russian boyars, plot to assassinate him.