Film Index
American cinema: Drama
12 Angry Men (1957)
Sidney Lumet
In a New York court room, a lengthy murder trial is nearing its conclusion. Once the judge has delivered his closing statements, the twelve members of the jury are led away to the jury room...
[More...]
Sidney Lumet
13 Rue Madeleine (1947)
Henry Hathaway
During the later years of WWII, Bob Sharkey has the job of training spies in the American Strategic Services. His boss informs him that one of his latest recruits, Bill O'Connell, is a Nazi agent...
[More...]
Henry Hathaway
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Stanley Kubrick
Millions of years ago, a tribe of herbivorous apelike hominids discover a mysterious black monolith which immediately exerts a strange influence over them...
[More...]
Stanley Kubrick
23 Paces to Baker Street (1956)
Henry Hathaway
Philip Hannon is a successful American playwright who is settling into a humdrum bachelor life in London when his former fiancée Jean Lennox decides to walk back into his life...
[More...]
Henry Hathaway
7th Heaven (1927)
Frank Borzage
Paris, 1914. Chico, an atheistic loner, has grown tired of toiling in the sewers and hopes that one day he will become a street washer like his neighbour Gobin...
[More...]
Frank Borzage
84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
David Hugh Jones
In 1949, Helene Hanff is an aspiring writer who scrapes by as a script reader in New York City. Her main passion in life is old books, preferably out of print volumes of obscure work by English writers... [More...]
David Hugh Jones
In 1949, Helene Hanff is an aspiring writer who scrapes by as a script reader in New York City. Her main passion in life is old books, preferably out of print volumes of obscure work by English writers... [More...]
A Bill of Divorcement (1932)
George Cukor
With her husband Hilary committed to an asylum for the insane, Meg Fairfield decides to divorce him so that she can marry another man, Gray Meredith... [More...]
George Cukor
With her husband Hilary committed to an asylum for the insane, Meg Fairfield decides to divorce him so that she can marry another man, Gray Meredith... [More...]
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Richard Attenborough
September, 1944. D-Day has come and gone but the allied advance has slowed to a crawl owing to over-extended supply lines... [More...]
Richard Attenborough
September, 1944. D-Day has come and gone but the allied advance has slowed to a crawl owing to over-extended supply lines... [More...]
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Stanley Kubrick
Alex DeLarge is a Beethoven-loving juvenile delinquent who spends his evenings indulging in orgies of violence with his droogies... [More...]
Stanley Kubrick
Alex DeLarge is a Beethoven-loving juvenile delinquent who spends his evenings indulging in orgies of violence with his droogies... [More...]
A Double Life (1947)
George Cukor
Anthony John is a renowned stage actor who, against his better judgement, allows himself to be coaxed into playing the lead role in Shakespeare's Othello... [More...]
George Cukor
Anthony John is a renowned stage actor who, against his better judgement, allows himself to be coaxed into playing the lead role in Shakespeare's Othello... [More...]
A Farewell to Arms (1932)
Frank Borzage
During World War I, a young American, Frederick Henry, enlists as an ambulance driver in the Italian army. He meets and falls in love with a young English nurse, Catherine Barkley... [More...]
Frank Borzage
During World War I, a young American, Frederick Henry, enlists as an ambulance driver in the Italian army. He meets and falls in love with a young English nurse, Catherine Barkley... [More...]
A Passage to India (1984)
David Lean
In the 1920s, Adela Quested makes the journey from England to India, where she intends to marry her fiancé, Ronny Heaslop, the magistrate of a provincial town named Chandrapore... [More...]
David Lean
In the 1920s, Adela Quested makes the journey from England to India, where she intends to marry her fiancé, Ronny Heaslop, the magistrate of a provincial town named Chandrapore... [More...]
A Place in the Sun (1951)
George Stevens
George Eastman, the son of poor missionary workers, is surprised when his uncle, the successful businessman Charles Eastman, offers him a job at one of his factories... [More...]
George Stevens
George Eastman, the son of poor missionary workers, is surprised when his uncle, the successful businessman Charles Eastman, offers him a job at one of his factories... [More...]
A Star Is Born (1954)
George Cukor
One-time matinee idol Norman Maine has lost both his public and the confidence of the studio bosses who employ him, and he hastens his decline by drowning his sorrows in alcohol... [More...]
George Cukor
One-time matinee idol Norman Maine has lost both his public and the confidence of the studio bosses who employ him, and he hastens his decline by drowning his sorrows in alcohol... [More...]
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Elia Kazan
Blanche DuBois is a prim, middle-aged school teacher who, after losing her job and her old Mississippi home, makes her way to New Orleans to stay with her younger sister, Stella... [More...]
Elia Kazan
Blanche DuBois is a prim, middle-aged school teacher who, after losing her job and her old Mississippi home, makes her way to New Orleans to stay with her younger sister, Stella... [More...]
A Woman of Affairs (1928)
Clarence Brown
English aristocrat Diana Merrick has been in love with Neville Holderness since they were children but the latter's father forbids their marriage and insists that Neville gives her up so that he can make his fortune in Egypt... [More...]
Clarence Brown
English aristocrat Diana Merrick has been in love with Neville Holderness since they were children but the latter's father forbids their marriage and insists that Neville gives her up so that he can make his fortune in Egypt... [More...]
A Woman of Paris (1923)
Charles Chaplin
Marie St Clair and her lover Jean Millet plan to leave their French village and start a new life in Paris as man and wife... [More...]
Charles Chaplin
Marie St Clair and her lover Jean Millet plan to leave their French village and start a new life in Paris as man and wife... [More...]
A Woman's Secret (1949)
Nicholas Ray
After a radio recording, the famous singer Susan Caldwell, known to all as Estrellita, returns to her apartment to tell her manager Marion Washbourn that she intends to end her career... [More...]
Nicholas Ray
After a radio recording, the famous singer Susan Caldwell, known to all as Estrellita, returns to her apartment to tell her manager Marion Washbourn that she intends to end her career... [More...]
Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
John Cromwell
In the 1830s, a modest woodsman named Abe Lincoln leaves his home and his mother in Kentucky to settle in New Salem, where he finds popularity as a store owner... [More...]
John Cromwell
In the 1830s, a modest woodsman named Abe Lincoln leaves his home and his mother in Kentucky to settle in New Salem, where he finds popularity as a store owner... [More...]
Abraham Lincoln (1930)
D.W. Griffith
In 1809, a child was born in a humble log cabin who would grow up to become one of the greatest political leaders in history... [More...]
D.W. Griffith
In 1809, a child was born in a humble log cabin who would grow up to become one of the greatest political leaders in history... [More...]
The Ace of Hearts (1921)
Wallace Worsley
The members of a secret society meet and agree to execute a man who has become a danger to the civilised world. A pack of playing cards is dealt, the member who draws the ace of hearts being the one who will carry out the assassination with a bomb disguised as a cigar case... [More...]
Wallace Worsley
The members of a secret society meet and agree to execute a man who has become a danger to the civilised world. A pack of playing cards is dealt, the member who draws the ace of hearts being the one who will carry out the assassination with a bomb disguised as a cigar case... [More...]
Adventures of Captain Fabian (1951)
William Marshall
Léa Mariotte is resentful of her lowly position as housemaid to a wealthy New Orleans family. She despises them for the part they played in her father's downfall and burns with the desire for revenge... [More...]
William Marshall
Léa Mariotte is resentful of her lowly position as housemaid to a wealthy New Orleans family. She despises them for the part they played in her father's downfall and burns with the desire for revenge... [More...]
Advise and Consent (1962)
Otto Preminger
Aware that his health and power are ebbing away, the President of the United States is determined that Robert A. Leffingwell, a liberally inclined academic, should be appointed Secretary of State... [More...]
Otto Preminger
Aware that his health and power are ebbing away, the President of the United States is determined that Robert A. Leffingwell, a liberally inclined academic, should be appointed Secretary of State... [More...]
Affair in Trinidad (1952)
Vincent Sherman
Chris Emery is a nightclub dancer and singer in Trinidad. When she learns that her husband has been murdered, she agrees to act as an agent of the British secret service, who believe the culprit to be Max Fabian, a wealthy man with a criminal past... [More...]
Vincent Sherman
Chris Emery is a nightclub dancer and singer in Trinidad. When she learns that her husband has been murdered, she agrees to act as an agent of the British secret service, who believe the culprit to be Max Fabian, a wealthy man with a criminal past... [More...]
The African Queen (1951)
John Huston
In 1914, Rose Sayer assists her brother, the Reverend Samuel Sayer, in leading a missionary village in German East Africa... [More...]
John Huston
In 1914, Rose Sayer assists her brother, the Reverend Samuel Sayer, in leading a missionary village in German East Africa... [More...]
The Age of Innocence (1993)
Martin Scorsese
New York in the 1870s. The forthcoming marriage of the successful lawyer Newland Archer to May Welland, the scion of a great American family, is sure to be a major society event, but Newland's commitment to May wavers when he takes an interest in her unconventional cousin, the Countess Ellen Olenska... [More...]
Martin Scorsese
New York in the 1870s. The forthcoming marriage of the successful lawyer Newland Archer to May Welland, the scion of a great American family, is sure to be a major society event, but Newland's commitment to May wavers when he takes an interest in her unconventional cousin, the Countess Ellen Olenska... [More...]
Airport (1970)
George Seaton
Airport manager Mel Bakersfeld has his work cut out when a snow blizzard threatens to close his airport. As he deals with the small problem of an airliner stuck in a snowdrift, blocking a runaway, his wife threatens to divorce him, but that's fine because he's had enough of her social ambitions and he'd rather be with his public relations officer, Tanya Livingston... [More...]
George Seaton
Airport manager Mel Bakersfeld has his work cut out when a snow blizzard threatens to close his airport. As he deals with the small problem of an airliner stuck in a snowdrift, blocking a runaway, his wife threatens to divorce him, but that's fine because he's had enough of her social ambitions and he'd rather be with his public relations officer, Tanya Livingston... [More...]
Aleksandr's Price (2013)
Pau Masó
When his mother commits suicide, Aleksandr, an illegal Russian immigrant, finds himself alone and friendless in New York... [More...]
Pau Masó
When his mother commits suicide, Aleksandr, an illegal Russian immigrant, finds himself alone and friendless in New York... [More...]
Alexander the Great (1956)
Robert Rossen
In 356 BC, King Philip II of Macedonia is leading a campaign against Olynthus when his wife Olympias bears him a son, Alexander... [More...]
Robert Rossen
In 356 BC, King Philip II of Macedonia is leading a campaign against Olynthus when his wife Olympias bears him a son, Alexander... [More...]
Alias Jimmy Valentine (1915)
Maurice Tourneur
Lee Randall leads a double life. By day, he is a respected, law-abiding citizen; by night he is Jimmy Valentine, an ace safecracker... [More...]
Maurice Tourneur
Lee Randall leads a double life. By day, he is a respected, law-abiding citizen; by night he is Jimmy Valentine, an ace safecracker... [More...]