A Very Curious Girl

1969

French

6.9

♡ 3

67%

Nelly Kaplan Director

Jacques Marin as Félix Lechat

Louis Malle as Jésus

Micha Bayard as La Goulette

Bernadette Lafont as Marie

Treated as an outcast and exploited by the villagers of a small town, a young woman liberates herself through sex, which she uses as a tool of economic gain and an instrument of revenge against those who have wronged her.

Burn!

1969

Italian

7.1

♡ 6

80%

Gillo Pontecorvo Director

Dana Ghia as Francesca

Sam Gilman as Man on the ship

Marlon Brando as Sir William Walker

Herbert Jefferson Jr. as (uncredited)

The professional mercenary Sir William Walker instigates a slave revolt on the Caribbean island of Queimada in order to help improve the British sugar trade. Years later he is sent again to deal with the same rebels that he built up because they have seized too much power that now threatens British sugar interests.

The Wild Pussycat

1969

Greek

5.8

♡ 2

Dimis Dadiras Director

Tasos Ramsis as

Dimitris Kleris as

Marianna Tsiouma as (as Marianna Tzouma)

Nikos Dimitratos as (as Petros Dimitratos)

When good girl Nadia investigates her sisters death she finds out that sadistic pimp Nick is behind it all so she straps on the leather and whips and beats him at his own games.

The Love Factor

1969

English

3.9

♡ 11

Michael Cort Director

James Robertson Justice as Maj. Bourdon

Charles Hawtrey as Swyne

Carol Hawkins as Zara

Dawn Addams as Zeta

A race of sexy, other-dimensional specimens arrive to Earth to kidnap women to repopulate their planet.

The House That Screamed

1969

Spanish

6.8

♡ 16

mother son relationship

Mystery

southern france

teacher student relationship

Thriller

Narciso Ibáñez Serrador Director

Víctor Israel as Brechard

John Moulder-Brown as Luis

Luan Peters as Small role

Lilli Palmer as Sra. Fourneau

Southern France, 19th century. Teresa, a young girl, arrives at an isolated female boarding school that is tyrannically mastered by Mrs. Fourneau, the strict headmistress, whose protective shadow haunts Luis, her weak son.

Dillinger Is Dead

1969

Italian

6.9

♡ 4

75%

Marco Ferreri Director

Anita Pallenberg as Ginette

Michel Piccoli as Glauco

Annie Girardot as Sabine

Gerard Malanga as Young man in film

A man decides to cook for himself and finds a revolver (which may have belonged to John Dillinger) hidden in his kitchen.

Z

1969

French

8.1

♡ 52

94%

92%

Action

assassination

central intelligence agency (cia)

Costa-Gavras Director

Georges Rouquier as

Guy Mairesse as Dumas dit le Russe

Charles Denner as Manuel

Bernard Fresson as Matt

Amid a tense political climate, the opposition leader is killed in an apparent accident. When a prosecutor smells a cover-up, witnesses get targeted. A thinly veiled dramatization of the assassination of Greek politician Grigoris Lambrakis and its aftermath, “Z” captures the outrage at the US-backed junta that ruled Greece at the time of its release.

Blind Beast

1969

Japanese

7.0

♡ 9

100%

Yasuzô Masumura Director

Mako Midori as Aki / Model

Eiji Funakoshi as Michio / sculpter

Noriko Sengoku as Michio's Mother

A blind sculptor kidnaps an artists' model and imprisons her in his warehouse studio – a shadowland of perverse monuments to the female form. Here a deranged passion play of sensual and sexual obsession is acted out in world where sight is replaced by touch.

What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?

1969

English

6.8

♡ 7

64%

Lee H. Katzin Director Spike

Spike as Chloe

Valerie Allen as Dottie

Martin Garralaga as Juan

Jack Bannon as Olin

An aging widow hides a deadly secret which she will do anything to keep buried.

Le Grand Amour

7.5

dysfunctional marriage

Pierre Étaix Director

Annie Fratellini as Florence Girard

Alain Janey as Jacques

Micha Bayard as La secrétaire de Bourget

Pierre Étaix as Pierre

Pierre married Florence, the only daughter of a small industrialist. 15 years later, he is the boss, but his middle-class life worries him a lot. When a new young and lovely secretary comes, he starts dreaming.

Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts

1969

Japanese

6.3

♡ 5

Yoshiyuki Kuroda Director

Ryûtarô Gomi as

Kôichi Mizuhara as

Rokkô Toura as

Kôichi Uenoyama as Gorokichi

In feudal Japan, gangsters chase a young girl who might testify against their boss. When the gangsters murder the girl's grandfather on sacred ground, the door is opened for the Yokai Monsters to step in.

Naughty Nurse

1969

English

6.2

♡ 4

Action

Comedy

short film

Paul Bartel Director

Robert Downey Sr. as Desk Clerk

Christopher St. John as Naughty Cop

Valorie Armstrong as Naughty Nurse

Alix Elias as Nurse Dorothy

A doctor and nurse sneak away for a kinky encounter, only to be interrupted by a cop... with a secret of his own.

Mackenna's Gold

1969

English

6.7

♡ 18

20%

J. Lee Thompson Director

Trevor Bardette as Judge Bergerman

Keenan Wynn as Sanchez

Telly Savalas as Sergeant Tibbs

Victor Jory as The Narrator

A bandit kidnaps a Marshal who has seen a map showing a gold vein on Indian lands, but other groups are looking for it too, while the Apache try to keep the secret location undisturbed.

No Room to Die

1969

Italian

5.8

♡ 6

44%

Drama

spaghetti western

Western

Sergio Garrone Director

William Berger as Everett 'Bible' Murdock

Anthony Steffen as Johnny Brandon

Riccardo Garrone as Mr. Fargo

Angelo Boscariol as Soldier

Mexican's are being smuggled over the border to work as cheap labour for wealthy land baron Fargo. His gang is made up of known criminals with bounties on their heads, this greatly interests two bounty hunters who may have to team up to achieve their goals.

Macunaima

1969

Portuguese

6.8

♡ 12

Joaquim Pedro de Andrade Director

Grande Otelo as Black Macunaíma / Macunaíma's son

Milton Gonçalves as Jiguê

Hugo Carvana as Man with the duck

Paulo José as White Macunaíma / Macunaíma's mother

Born a fully grown black man in a village in the Brazilian jungle, Macunaíma later magically transforms into a white man before making an adventure-filled trip to the city of São Paulo. Once there, he becomes something of a dandy, falling in love with Ci, a revolutionary who dies in an accidental bombing. After robbing a ruthless industrialist, Macunaima returns to his village where he finds his newly acquired knowledge and possessions of little use.

The Devil by the Tail

1969

French

6.7

♡ 1

70%

Comedy

Crime

Philippe de Broca Director

Maria Schell as La comtesse Diane

Yves Montand as Le baron César Maricorne

Jean Rochefort as Le comte Georges

Jacques Balutin as Max, un gangster

In this comedy, a run-down hotel drums up customers by sabotaging passing cars. The stuck motorists are then obliged to stay. Unfortunately, one of the sabotaged cars belongs to a bank robber. The hotel staff wants the robber out, but they also want to keep his ill-gotten money.

I Am Sartana, Your Angel of Death

1969

Italian

6.4

♡ 11

Giuliano Carnimeo Director

Angelo Boscariol as Gusnlinger

Emilio Messina as Hitman

Vittorio Fanfoni as Man in the Casino

Tullio Altamura as Omero Crown

Sartana is falsely accused of robbing a bank, and must find the real robbers and clear his name.

The Learning Tree

1969

English

7.2

♡ 3

76%

84%

Action

based on novel or book

Drama

family relationships

kansas, usa

semi autobiographical

Gordon Parks Director

Dana Elcar as Kirky

Jon Lormer as McCormack

Peggy Rea as Miss McClintock

Hope Summers as Mrs. Kiner

The story, set in Kansas during the 1920's, covers less than a year in the life of a black teenager, and documents the veritable deluge of events which force him into sudden manhood. The family relationships and enmities, the fears, frustrations and ambitions of the black teenager in small-town America are explored with a strong statement about human values.

Zenabel

1969

Italian

4.8

♡ 13

Ruggero Deodato Director

Elisa Mainardi as Amica di Zenabel

John Ireland as Don Alonso Imolne

Carlo Pisacane as Mendicante

Lionel Stander as Pancrazio

Zenabel, a young woman from a humble background, discovers that she is actually the daughter of a Spanish nobleman who was killed by a ruthless don, Alonso, who took the title. So Zenable assembles a group of misfit friends to reclaim her title.