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Short.
A feminist manifesto set in Puerto Rico, in which a peasant woman rebels against her husband's authoritarianism. »
Exploitation.
The film is a docudrama about cross-dressing and transvestism, and is semi-autobiographical in nature. Wood himself was a cross-dresser, and the film is a plea for tolerance. It was widely considered one of the worst films ever made upon release. However, it has since been reevaluated and has become a cult film due to its low-budget production values, idiosyncratic style, and early cinematic themes of transgender acceptance. »
Comedy, Drama.
The Animal Kingdom is based upon a comedy of manners play of the same name by Philip Barry. »
Film-Noir, Thriller.
The Amazing Mr. X, also known as The Spiritualist, tells the story of a phony spiritualist racket. »
Drama.
The film is about a notorious French jewel thief hiding in the labyrinthine native quarter of Algiers known as the Casbah. »
Comedy, Romance.
Three Guys Named Mike chronicles the story of an airline stewardess and her three suitors. »
Science fiction.
The film tells the story of three survivors of a mysterious apocalypse, which appears to have wiped out all human life on earth. »
Spy, Thriller.
Reign of Terror (reissued as The Black Book) is a film set during the French Revolution. »
Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller.
The film is based on short story "Man on the Run" by Sylvia Tate and filmed on location in San Francisco »
Short, Drama, Music.
The House I Live In is a ten-minute short film made to oppose anti-Semitism at the end of World War II. It received an Honorary Academy Award and a special Golden Globe Award in 1946. »
Film-noir, Thriller.
The film is about two friends taken hostage by a hitchhiker during an automobile trip to Mexico. »
Film-Noir.
The Chase stars Robert Cummings as Chuck Scott, a veteran who suffers from hallucinations. When he returns a lost wallet to violent mobster Eddie Roman, Eddie offers to hire him as a chauffeur. Chuck becomes mixed up in a plot to help Eddie's wife Lorna run off to Havana to escape her cruel husband. »
Silent, Comedy.
For this film, Chaplin drew inspiration from photographs of the Klondike Gold Rush as well as from the story of the Donner Party who, when snowbound in the Sierra Nevada, were driven to cannibalism or eating leather from their shoes. »
Comedy.
It tells the true story of Clarence Day, a stockbroker who wants to be master of his house, but finds his wife and his children ignoring him, until they start making demands for him to change his own life. »
Crime, Drama, Film-Noir.
Piano player Al is bitter about having to work in a New York nightclub. After his girlfriend Sue leaves to seek fame in Hollywood, he decides to join her. With little money, he has to hitchhike his way across the country. »
Anti-war.
Fear and Desire is a anti-war film by Stanley Kubrick. Though the film is not about any specific war, it was produced and released during the height of the Korean War. »
Western, Comedy.
Starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara, the film is loosely based on William Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew". »
Silent, Romantic, Drama, War.
7th Heaven was one of the first of three films to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Janet Gaynor won the first Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film. »
Science-fiction, Horror.
The Wasp Woman (also known as The Bee Girl and Insect Woman) is a 1959 American independent science-fiction horror film produced and directed by Roger Corman. »
Comedy, Horror.
The film is a farce about an inadequate florist's assistant who cultivates a plant that feeds on human blood. »
Drama, Mystery, Romance.
Thirteen years ago, a mysterious murder took place at a dinner party. The guests from that event reunite to figure out who inherited the victim's estate. »
Science fiction, Horror.
When a scientist finds himself the only survivor of an epidemic, he manages to overcome his fears in order to save humanity. »
Drama, Romance.
While visiting a small town, a supreme court judge discovers abuse of power by public servants. »
Crime, Drama, Film-Noir.
Police Lt. Leonard Diamond is on a personal crusade to bring down the sadistic gangster Mr. Brown. »
Horror, Sci-Fi.
The film's storyline concerns extraterrestrials who seek to stop humanity from creating a doomsday weapon. »