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493,633 | 342,623 | 116,265 | 7 | fun Lifetime movie | I admit an affection for this type of film , where the ugly duckling returns to seek revenge on those who wronged her . I caught " A Face To Die For " on Lifetime . I'm not sure of its pedigree , but it's typical for that network , although better than most of their productions . Yasmine Bleeth was such a gorgeous youn... |
495,084 | 342,623 | 28,665 | 7 | enjoyable musical which reunites the 1936 cast members | Eleanor Powell , Robert Taylor , Buddy Ebsen and Robert Wildhack reunite for " Broadway Melody of 1938 , " not to be confused with " Broadway Melody of 1936 " which is better . The 1938 film also stars Sophie Tucker , Judy Garland , Robert Benchley and Binnie Barnes . Taylor is now a producer named Steve instead of Rob... |
494,622 | 342,623 | 28,628 | 7 | Slight , well acted ' 30s melodrama | Luise Rainer and Spencer Tracy are an affectionate couple in " Big City , " a small film from MGM , which is surprising , since it has two big stars in it . The happy world of Joe and Anna is torn apart when her brother is killed as a result of a war between the independent cabbies in New York and a large cab company .... |
495,201 | 342,623 | 39,080 | 8 | Victorian mystery with one of the great screen pairs | When historians talk about the great screen pairings , one hears Tracy and Hepburn and Bogart and Bacall tossed around , as well as other male-female combinations . One of the truly great screen pairings of all time was Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre - the former a large , sinister-looking man , and the latter a sm... |
494,848 | 342,623 | 35,238 | 8 | Wonderfully old-fashioned love story | A woman and an amnesiac fall in love in " Random Harvest , " based on the novel by James Hilton . Hilton is also famous for his novel " Lost Horizon , " which was made into a very successful film - well , the first time around anyway . Greer Garson is a beautiful young music hall performer who saves an escapee from a m... |
493,776 | 342,623 | 39,066 | 8 | gripping | What a cast ! Hepburn , Robert Taylor and Robert Mitchum ! Hepburn here is paired with Robert Taylor , a scientist , who seems to have some very nervous employees and a some sensitive areas , one concerning an absent brother , Michael . When Hepburn meets one of Taylor's old girlfriends , a very well cast Jayne Meadows... |
493,840 | 342,623 | 39,041 | 8 | wonderfully acted and directed film | On the brink of World War II , a man believed killed in World War I returns in " Tomorrow is Forever , " directed by Irving Pichel and starring Claudette Colbert , Orson Welles , George Brent , Richard Long , and Natalie Wood . After her husband John's death in the first world war , Elizabeth ( Colbert ) finds out she'... |
493,869 | 342,623 | 26,262 | 8 | wild film | Spencer Tracy travels the seven rungs of hell in " Dante's Inferno , " a 1935 film costarring Claire Trevor and notable for a dance sequence featuring Rita Hayworth , still Rita Cansino . I actually hadn't realized Hayworth was in the film , but when I saw the dancer's smile , I recognized her immediately . Tracy plays... |
493,913 | 342,623 | 65,063 | 8 | Remember : You can't wear a beige shirt to rob a bank ! | Take the Money and Run is an absolutely hilarious Woody Allen film , done in a quasi-documentary style , about a career criminal , Virgil Starkwell , who has a very unsuccessful career . His prison breaks don't go as planned , his robberies are a disaster and usually coincide with someone else's robbery of the same p... |
493,725 | 342,623 | 382,625 | 8 | Tom Hanks and the Holy Grail | Right off , I admit to not having read the book " The Da Vinci Code " but I was familiar with the story before seeing the film . Due to the lackluster reviews this movie received , I decided to rent it rather than rush out and see it . I find sometimes that films not well received in the theater do better as rentals . ... |
493,659 | 342,623 | 365,076 | 8 | The more things change . . . | This is an excellent look at women in the pre-Code films . Narrated by Jane Fonda , it is extremely thought-provoking in this age of wardrobe malfunctions , hue and cry over a sexy Paris Hilton commercial , and Nicole Sheridan dropping a towel during a an ad on Super Bowl Sunday . I found this documentary comforting in... |
493,914 | 342,623 | 43,915 | 8 | Sweet film , with Cary at his handsomest and best | Cary Grant is Dr . Praetorius , an unconventional medical doctor / professor / part-time conductor of the student orchestra who marries a pregnant , unmarried student ( Jeanne Crain ) in " People Will Talk , " a 1951 film also starring Hume Cronyn , Sidney Blackmer , and Walter Slezak . Grant first encounters Crain whe... |
495,176 | 342,623 | 43,914 | 8 | Spencer Tracy uplifts a familiar plot | An excellent performance by Spencer Tracy in " The People Against O'Hara " lifts this all too familiar plot line to a different level . Tracy is an alcoholic who , for the sake of his health and sobriety , becomes a civil attorney , only to be drawn back into criminal work when neighborhood friends need him to defend t... |
493,987 | 342,623 | 38,975 | 8 | It was a dark and stormy night | Dorothy Mcguire is a mute young woman in " The Spiral Staircase , " a 1946 film also starring Ethel Barrymore , George Brent , Elsa Lanchester , Gordon Oliver , Rhonda Fleming , and Kent Smith . Helen ( Mcguire ) , whose job it is to help care for the bedridden Mrs . Warren , has mutism brought on by the trauma of seei... |
494,422 | 342,623 | 112,740 | 8 | Lots of action and good performances | Gene Hackman and Denzel Washington face off aboard a submarine in " Crimson Tide , " a 1995 film fearing George Dzunda , Viggo Mortensen , Matt Craven , James Gandolfini , and Rick Shroeder . It's obvious from this site that there are people who have a lot to say about Naval procedures as they were shown in this film .... |
494,551 | 342,623 | 26,144 | 8 | Great , great fun | Robert Taylor is a Broadway producer and Eleanor Powell is his ex-girlfriend from Albany who wants a chance in his Broadway show in " Broadway Melody of 1936 , " also starring Jack Benny , Sid Silvers , Buddy and Vilma Ebsen , June Keith , Frances Langford , and Una Merkel . The plot is thin , as it often is with a mus... |
493,493 | 342,623 | 43,873 | 8 | Nice film with a young Rock and James Dean | Charles Coburn gives the family of the woman who rejected him $100 , 000 in " Has Anybody Seen My Gal , " a delightful 1952 comedy set in the 1920s . It's directed by Douglas Sirk and also stars Piper Laurie , Gigi Perreau , Lynn Bari , William Reynolds and Skip Homeier . It seems that when Samuel Fulton was a young ma... |
493,971 | 342,623 | 369,053 | 8 | Excellent depiction of a relationship and its complexities | Another great Tom Wilkinson performance punctuates " Separate Lies , " a 2005 film also starring Emily Watson , Linda Bassett and Rupert Everett . Directed by Julian Fellowes , it's the story of a married couple , James and Ann Manning where the husband ( Wilkinson ) believes he and his wife ( Watson ) are happy togeth... |
493,498 | 342,623 | 56,541 | 8 | Newman and Page - yowza ! | Geraldine Page , Paul Newman , Madeline Sherwood and Rip Torn all recreate their Broadway roles for the film version of " Sweet Bird of Youth , " a 1962 film based on Tennessee Williams ' play and directed by Richard Brooks . Again and as usual , some bite has been taken out of the original story in order to get past t... |
494,764 | 342,623 | 217,869 | 8 | intriguing | Needless to say , after Sixth Sense , I watched this film with high expectations . Though it's no Sixth Sense , M . Night is one of the most interesting storytellers around . He manages to hold the audience's interest even with a rather slow pace which somehow didn't feel boring . This is a film about skewed perspectiv... |
494,307 | 342,623 | 70,591 | 8 | oh , this was absolutely wonderful | This episode of " The Men Who Made the Movies " is fantastic because it features Raoul Walsh telling stories to students and talking with Richard Schickel ( with questions edited out ) about his life and career . He had a wonderful sense of humor , a great memory , and the students enjoyed what he had to say immensely ... |
494,161 | 342,623 | 286,106 | 8 | not your typical sci-fi thriller | If you went to this movie expecting a typical sci-fi thriller , you doubtless left disappointed . If you went to this movie to see an M . Shamalayan Night film , you probably loved it , as I did . For me , the sci-fi aspects were a device to explore the lost faith of the Mel Gibson character , a man who had abandoned t... |
494,534 | 342,623 | 101,126 | 8 | a Dominick Dunne soap opera about the lives of the rich and powerful | Inconvenient Woman is a fabulous miniseries , based on the book by Dominick Dunne . Dunne took the plot partially from the Alfred Bloomingdale scandal . The movie is hot stuff , starring Rebecca de Mornay as Flo , the waitress who attracts the wealthy Jules , played by Jason Robards . Jules and his wife ( Jill Eikenber... |
494,099 | 342,623 | 43,827 | 8 | Bob Hope in a dual role | 1951's " My Favorite Spy " stars Bob Hope , Hedy Lamarr , Francis L . Sulllivan and Mike Mazurki . Hope plays Peanuts White , a burlesque comedian , who bears a strong resemblance to a spy , Eric Augustine . When Augustine is injured , the government gets Peanuts to go in his place to Tangier with $1 million to collect... |
494,083 | 342,623 | 26,184 | 8 | Forget that it's supposed to be Perry Mason and love it ! | The Case of the Curious Bride is one of the Perry Mason films of the 1930s that starred Warren William as Perry . Erle Stanley Gardner hated these films with a passion . His 1930s Perry in the books was a passionate young man given to intense speeches . He mellowed later on , of course , and it was Gardner himself wh... |
494,351 | 342,623 | 122,541 | 8 | Truly excellent filming of a classic | Jeremy Northam is " An Ideal Husband " who's about to get his clock cleaned by Julianne Moore in this gorgeous rendition of Oscar Wilde's play , also starring Rupert Everett , Cate Blanchett , and Minnie Driver . Northam is Sir Robert Chiltern , happily married to his lovely and adoring wife , Lady Gertrude ( Blanchett... |
494,404 | 342,623 | 35,169 | 8 | Funny , wacky comedy of the ' 40s | Claudette Colbert is a knockout who knows it . She wants the good life , which her inventor husband can't give her . So she leaves him , intending on marrying someone who can support her and finance his invention . Things don't quite work out . The opening of " Palm Beach Story " is a bizarre scene that only makes some... |
494,689 | 342,623 | 38,984 | 8 | A sudser with two Bettes and one Glenn | Bette Davis is Kate and her twin Pat in " A Stolen Life , " a 1946 film which also stars Glenn Ford , Walter Brennan , Charles Ruggles , and Dane Clark . We first see Davis as the artist Kate visiting the family's New England cottage ( these people have homes everywhere ) . There she meets the drop-dead gorgeous lighth... |
493,479 | 342,623 | 43,792 | 8 | Delightful light comedy | The Mating Season is a 1951 film that stars Gene Tierney , Thelma Ritter , John Lund , Jan Sterling , Miriam Hopkins and Larry Keating . Tierney and Lund play newlyweds Maggie and Val McNulty - she's a blue blood but broke , and he's up and coming in the corporate world . Val's mom Ellen ( Ritter ) owns a hamburger p... |
493,484 | 342,623 | 34,965 | 8 | very funny , with Edward G . Robinson heading a great cast | Larceny , Inc . is a 1942 film starring Edward G . Robinson , Broderick Crawford , Jane Wyman , Anthony Quinn , Jack Carson , Ed Brophy , Jackie Gleason and Henry Davenport . The idea behind this film consciously or subconsciously may have inspired Woody Allen's " Small Time Crooks . " Gangsters buy a luggage shop si... |
495,050 | 342,623 | 91,541 | 8 | The home version of " The Poseidon Adventure " | Tom Hanks and Shelley Long star in this hilarious film about a couple who buy a million dollar home for $200 , 000 - only to find out it's going to cost close to a million to repair it ! Wood rot , raccoons in the dumbwaiter , a bad roof , bad plumbing , bad electricity - you name it , this house has it . Hard to choos... |
494,396 | 342,623 | 39,302 | 8 | stylish noir with Bogie and Bacall | Set in San Francisco , " Dark Passage " stars Humphrey Bogart as an escaped convict who was found guilty of killing his wife , and Lauren Bacall , as the woman who helps him . The Bogart character knows someone framed him for the murder and is desperate to get away from the police . To accomplish this , with the help o... |
493,784 | 342,623 | 240,772 | 8 | Just great | George Clooney , Brad Pitt , Matt Damon , Bernie Mac , Elliot Gould , Carl Reiner , Casey Affleck , Scott Caan , Shaobo Qin , Miguel Perez , and Livingston Dell make up " Ocean's Eleven , " a 2001 film directed by Steven Soderbergh . The film also stars Andy Garcia and Julia Roberts . This is a remake of the rat pack "... |
493,577 | 342,623 | 893,148 | 8 | Fascinating show on Lifetime | There are more things in heaven and earth , Horatio , Than are dreamt of in your philosophy . You have to approach " Lisa Williams : Life Among the Dead " with that attitude , or you'll hate it . Lisa , like Allison Dubois in Medium , sees and hears dead people . She's a real person ( as is Allison ) with a British a... |
493,836 | 342,623 | 105,435 | 8 | Entertaining film with a top cast | Robert Redford , Sidney Poitier , Dan Ackroyd , Ben Kingsley , River Phoenix , David Strathairn , and Mary McDonnell star in " Sneakers , " a film about security guys who get involved in a scheme to steal for the government . Or so they think . Redford plays Martin Bishop , who has been on the run from the law since 19... |
495,184 | 342,623 | 87,688 | 8 | Tremendous acting in a though-provoking story | Jack Lemmon and Zeljko Ivanek star in " Mass Appeal , " a 1984 film based on the Broadway play . It concerns a popular priest who is assigned a young , intense seminarian , Mark Dolson ( Ivanek ) . Dolson makes Father Farley question his values , his beliefs , and ultimately his courage to rock the boat . The conflict ... |
494,364 | 342,623 | 35,016 | 8 | Delightful Henry Fonda with a new philosophy | A refreshing , funny film about a different kind of American dream - laziness . Dwight Dawson ( Don Ameche ) , peddling his success classes , launches a contest to find the laziest man in America . The plan is to turn the winner into an aggressive , driven success through his class and draw thousands of enrollees . The... |
493,690 | 342,623 | 52,278 | 8 | Late Gable comedy | Clark Gable quickly becomes " Teacher's Pet " in this 1958 film also starring Doris Day , Gig Young and Mamie van Doren . Gable plays gruff , self-educated reporter Jim Gannon who , after writing an insulting letter to a journalism teacher , is forced to go to the class by his boss . The teacher is Erica Stone ( Doris ... |
493,615 | 342,623 | 43,664 | 8 | Slice of American life at the start of the Korean war | I Want You is a 1951 film starring Dana Andrews , Dorothy McGuire , Farley Granger , Peggy Dow , Mildred Dunnock , and Martin Milner . The character that Dana Andrews plays , Martin Greer , is perhaps an extension of his character in " The Best Years of Our Lives " four years later . It's post-World War II , the men ... |
494,597 | 342,623 | 65,377 | 8 | Before the sequels , before the parodies . . . | . . . there was 1970's Airport , an all-star soap opera in the sky that started a franchise of campy films and send-ups . It would be hard to say that " Airport " is the best of the series of " Airport " movies because in fact , it's the only good one . Based on Arthur Hailey's novel , it's led by a cast that starts wi... |
494,624 | 342,623 | 268,443 | 8 | Falling in love again | This documentary , made by her grandson , focuses on the fabulous Marlene Dietrich's contributions during World War II and the way she was viewed by Germans and the rest of the world due to her activities during that time . These include her becoming an American citizen and entertaining American soldiers despite German... |
493,674 | 342,623 | 30,442 | 8 | Under-appreciated comedy | Brian Aherne is a hobo taken in by Billie Burke to be a family chauffeur in " Merrily We Live , " also starring Constance Bennett , Alan Mowbray , Bonita Granville , Tom Brown , and Clarence Kolb . The film is basically the same story as " My Man Godfrey " but I'm going to go out on a limb here and say it's funnier , t... |
494,093 | 342,623 | 43,663 | 8 | Strange title , good movie | Susan Hayward is a determined , talented and ambitious woman in " I Can Get it for You Wholesale , " a 1951 film which also stars George Sanders , Dan Dailey and Sam Jaffe . The title comes from the novel but the actual plot is only very loosely taken from the book . The beautiful Hayward plays Harriet Boyd , a dress m... |
494,155 | 342,623 | 39,224 | 8 | Great performances and direction highlight this prison film | Brute Force is a 1947 film directed by Jules Dassin with a wonderful cast that includes Burt Lancaster , Hume Cronyn , Charles Bickford , Whit Bissell , Richard Hoyt , Howard Duff , Jeff Corey , Ann Blyth , Yvonne Decarlo , and Ella Raines . Lancaster et al . are in a prison overseen by a humanitarian warden , but hi... |
493,959 | 342,623 | 43,625 | 8 | A bad dream leads to a nightmare for a family . | John Garfield's last film was " He Ran All the Way , " about a payroll robber who hides out at a young woman's apartment , frightening and intimidating her family . Shelley Winters , Gladys George , Norman Lloyd , and Wallace Ford also star . This looks to be a small film , written by blacklisted Dalton Trumbo under an... |
494,204 | 342,623 | 285,861 | 8 | Truly excellent | In " Owning Mahowny , " Philip Seymour Hoffman proved before his Oscar win that he is one of the great actors of his generation , playing a compulsive gambler who embezzles millions from the bank where he works . Mahowny is a fascinating character . He's a slob who drives an old car and is obviously cheap . He has a gi... |
494,702 | 342,623 | 95,270 | 8 | Baltimore teens dance and battle segregation in the ' 60s | Ricki Lake plays Tracy Turnblad , a short , chubby teen with big hair who loves to dance in " Hairspray , " a 1988 John Waters film starring Divine , Deborah Harry , Sonny Bono , Ruth Brown , Jerry Stiller , and Mink Stole . " Hairspray " has now been immortalized on Broadway as an enormous , energetic , fabulously ent... |
494,630 | 342,623 | 30,241 | 8 | lovely film with a great cast | Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant on paper , I suppose , look like an odd pairing , but they were absolutely marvelous together , and " Holiday , " directed by George Cukor , is no exception . Hepburn plays the unhappy , bored , but bright Linda in a dysfunctional , upper crust New York family . Her brother , Ned ( Lew ... |
493,673 | 342,623 | 39,169 | 8 | Whodo ? You do ! | Myrna Loy is a judge who sentences Cary Grant to Shirley Temple in " The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer , " also starring Rudy Vallee , Johnny Sands , Ray Collins , and Veda Ann Borg . Grant is Richard Nugent , an artist who gets into some trouble and comes before Judge Turner ( Loy ) . He leaves court and heads for a hi... |
494,904 | 342,623 | 30,265 | 8 | Entertaining story of Francois Villon and Louis XI | Ronald Colman gets his wish in " If I Were King , " a 1938 film also starring Basil Rathbone and Francis Dee . Colman plays the vagabond poet Francois Villon , who is overheard by the disguised King ( Basil Rathbone ) criticizing His Highness and talking about what he would do if given the chance . He and his entire pa... |
494,696 | 342,623 | 47,985 | 8 | Excellent film from William Wyler | Frederic March , Martha Scott , Humphrey Bogart and Arthur Kennedy are just a few of the people who endure " The Desperate Hours , " a 1955 film , based on the stage play and directed by William Wyler . On Broadway , the play was directed by Robert Montgomery and starred Karl Malden in the Bogart role and Paul Newman p... |
494,729 | 342,623 | 39,190 | 8 | a Christmas classic | I watch this movie every Christmas with my sisters , and have for about 30 years . I absolutely love it . Obviously . It's a beautiful story with the gorgeous Loretta Young , Cary Grant , and David Niven - what more could you want ? The only giggle nowadays is all the stand-ins required for ice-skating and harp playing... |
493,781 | 342,623 | 30,287 | 8 | Warner's answer to GWTW | Bette Davis is a southern belle whose aunt ( Fay Bainter ) calls her Jezebel in a moment of supreme disappointment . This is a 1938 film also starring Henry Fonda , George Brent , and Donald Crisp . Bette is Julie Marsden , a brat engaged to Preston Dillard ( Fonda ) . She soon loses him for what appears to be the seco... |
494,920 | 342,623 | 47,885 | 8 | The more things change , the more they remain the same | Glenn Ford enters the " Blackboard Jungle " in this 1955 film about high school youths . It also stars Vic Morrow , Sidney Poitier , Louis Calhern , Margaret Hayes , Richard Kiley , Anne Francis , Paul Mazursky and Jamie Farr . Ford is a young teacher who starts work at an urban school , only to learn that there is no ... |
493,584 | 342,623 | 34,891 | 8 | The effect of war | Naval men watch their ship sink as they cling to a raft and remember the lives they left in " In Which We Serve , " a 1942 film starring Noel Coward , John Mills , Celia Johnson , and Bernard Miles . The story takes place in World War II and shows how the war affected the British soldiers and their loved ones . Noel Co... |
494,582 | 342,623 | 39,286 | 8 | Important film , important message | Crossfire is a justifiably famous 1947 noir that's a murder mystery with a strong message . It stars Robert Young , Robert Mitchum , Robert Ryan , Sam Levene , and Gloria Grahame , and is strongly directed by Edward Dmytryk . We witness the murder in shadow at the beginning , and for the rest of the film , Young , as... |
494,483 | 342,623 | 264,472 | 8 | Two men out to destroy one another | Ben Affleck is a lawyer and Samuel L . Jackson is a man trying to do the right thing in " Changing Lanes , " a 2002 film also starring Toni Collette , Sydney Pollak and Kim Staunton . Affleck is attorney Gavin Banek , late for court , when he has a car accident involving Doyle Gipson ( Jackson ) , who is also on his wa... |
494,069 | 342,623 | 30,317 | 8 | If you love horses , this is the film for you | Loretta Young , Richard Greene and Walter Brennan star in " Kentucky , " a 1938 film about a longstanding dispute between two families , horses and the Kentucky Derby . Well directed by David Butler , the film was made in beautiful color . The film begins during the Civil War , when young Peter watches as the Yankees t... |
493,657 | 342,623 | 39,243 | 8 | Technicolor adventure starring Tyrone Power | Tyrone Power is one hot Castilian as the " Captain from Castile " which costars Jean Peters , John Sutton , Cesar Romero , Thomas Gomez , Jay Silverheels , and Lee J . Cobb . Power is at his swashbuckling , heroic best as a man who flees with his family during the Spanish Inquisition to the new land , Mexico , along wi... |
493,483 | 342,623 | 34,919 | 8 | World War II film set in Paris | Paul Henried and Michele Morgan star in " Joan of Paris , " a 1942 film also starring Laird Cregar , Thomas Mitchell and May Robson . Henried is a Frenchman wanted by the Gestapo who escapes to England and joins some British pilots . Flying into France , they are all shot down and separate . Henried , who plays Paul La... |
493,747 | 342,623 | 43,456 | 8 | All hail Klaatu ! | The Day the Earth Stood Still is a timely , fun science fiction film from 1951 directed by Robert Wise . It has a great cast : Michael Rennie , Patricia Neal , Hugh Marlowe , Billy Gray , Sam Jaffe , Lock Martin , and Frances Bavier . It concerns the aliens Klaatu and Gort ( a 7'7 " actor discovered working as a door... |
494,443 | 342,623 | 69,906 | 8 | great early Columbo | Laurence Harvey stars as a win at all costs chess champion in " The Most Dangerous Match , " one of the original Columbo episodes . Harvey , number one at the game only because of the illness of the Russian champion ( Jack Kruschen ) the year before , panics when he plays a practice match with Kruschen and realizes tha... |
493,554 | 342,623 | 35,742 | 8 | lovely movie | I saw this film many years ago and remembered nearly all of it . It was a real treat to see it again . Dorothy McGuire recreates her stage role in a wonderful screen debut as Claudia , the guileless child bride of Robert Young . Her naiveté gets her into some difficulty with an amorous neighbor ( Reginald Gardiner ) an... |
494,258 | 342,623 | 53,084 | 8 | A duchy wages war on the U . S . | The Mouse that Roared is a very funny 1959 film starring Peter Sellers in three different roles , and he's brilliant in all of them . The supporting cast includes Jean Seberg and Leo McKern . A tiny , backward duchy's sole support is wine imported to the U . S . When a copycat comes in and destroys their income , the... |
494,867 | 342,623 | 454,848 | 8 | Excellent and absorbing | Inside Man is a wonderful Spike Lee film starring Denzel Washington , Clive Owen , Willem Dafoe , Jodie Foster and Christopher Plummer . It's about a bank robbery planned by Owen that turns out to be something very clever and very different . Washington plays a police detective under investigation for missing money w... |
494,658 | 342,623 | 30,149 | 8 | Very good ' 40s film overshadowed by a shot to stardom | Four Daughters introduced John Garfield to audiences , and that is what is remembered most about this film today . Unlike some actors who appear in several films before their screen image gels , Garfield established his immediately , with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth and talk of the fates being against him . ... |
494,325 | 342,623 | 104,493 | 8 | emotional film | Yeah , I think I went through a box of tissues on this one . This is a beautiful film about a family ruled by the mother's ( Lesley Ann Warren ) MS . Her husband ( Tom Skerritt ) and daughter are devoted to her , but the daughter is growing up and aching to have a life of her own , including college . The daughter has ... |
494,588 | 342,623 | 53,226 | 8 | A man's ambition , and the women who love him | Laurence Harvey wants " Room at the Top " in this 1959 film also starring Simone Signoret and Heather Sears . Directed by Jack Clayton , the story concerns a young man , Joe Lampton ( Harvey ) , sensitive about being from a low British class , who wants to marry the boss ' daughter ( Sears ) for her money and position ... |
494,837 | 342,623 | 39,437 | 8 | Two sisters and their saga get the MGM treatment | Lana Turner as Marianne marries her sister Marguerite's beau in " Green Dolphin Street , " an MGM extravaganza ( but in black and white ) that probably was meant to equal Gone With the Wind . The story concerns a family , the Patourels , living on the Channel Islands . Their mother ( Gladys Cooper ) was forbidden to ma... |
494,919 | 342,623 | 109,417 | 8 | Nice noir | Ed Harris and Madeleine Stowe are underneath the temperamental " China Moon " in this 1994 film also starring Benicio del Toro . Harris and del Toro are Kyle Bodine and Lamar Dickey partner detectives with a Florida police department . One night at a bar , Kyle meets Rachel Munro ( Stowe ) and falls for her immediately... |
494,508 | 342,623 | 39,431 | 8 | It's good news | Peter Lawford , June Allyson , Joan McCracken , Ray McDonald , and Patricia Marshall star in " Good News , " a 1947 MGM musical about life at Tait University . Allyson is Connie Lane , working her way through college and living in a sorority house when she meets the big man on campus and star football player , Tommy Ma... |
494,448 | 342,623 | 338,434 | 8 | True-life story expanded | Die-hard " Unsolved Mysteries " fans will remember the wonderful story told by a man named Fritz about a Christmas eve in the German woods when he and his mother were visited by American soldiers seeking to get out of the cold . It was a lovely story if you just stopped there , but German soldiers soon arrived and want... |
494,498 | 342,623 | 43,361 | 8 | A blind man has his eyes opened | Arthur Kennedy is Larry , a man blinded in WW II battle in " Bright Victory , " a 1951 film that also stars Peggy Dow , Julia Adams , James Edwards , Will Geer , Jim Backus , and Larry Keating . Kennedy plays a southern racist whose life plan of marrying his high school sweetheart ( Adams ) and joining her wealthy fath... |
495,204 | 342,623 | 35,612 | 8 | very good wartime spy film | A good-sized budget , wonderful stars , a good script and excellent direction by Harold Bucquet make for a top-notch British film , " Sabotage Agent , " made in 1943 and starring Robert Donat , Valerie Hobson , and Glynis Johns . Donat plays a British soldier sent to destroy a poison gas the Nazis are making in Czechos... |
494,116 | 342,623 | 43,278 | 8 | Beautiful musical fantasy about Paris and love | Gene Kelly is Jerry , an " American in Paris " in this 1951 film directed by Vincente Minnelli and also starring Leslie Caron , Oscar Levant , Nina Foch and Georges Guetary . Jerry is one of Paris ' many starving artists though he's a happy one , in a neighborhood where he knows everyone and has formed many friendships... |
494,402 | 342,623 | 22,279 | 8 | very good adaptation | I had the pleasure several years ago of seeing Lindsay Duncan and Alan Rickman on Broadway in Noel Coward's durable comedy , " Private Lives , " and they were magnificent . I admit I had low expectations for a film version . I was pleasantly surprised that , though scenes were added and changed , the film keeps the ton... |
495,062 | 342,623 | 53,143 | 8 | hilarious | Operation Petticoat brings Tony Curtis and his idol , Cary Grant , together for a very funny film directed by Blake Edwards . Curtis , of course , does a great Cary Grant impression in " Some Like it Hot , " and working with Grant was a dream come true for the 34-year-old actor . And nothing about the experience disa... |
493,603 | 342,623 | 454,769 | 8 | Good documentary on a colorful actor | Errol Flynn has always been grist for story mills - his off-screen life was as outrageous as his on-screen antics , so it's no surprise that a documentary about him appears from time to time on Turner Classic Movies , which owns the Warner Brothers Library . What made this Flynn story particularly interesting was the i... |
494,306 | 342,623 | 69,686 | 8 | Hitchcock on Hitchcock | One of the segments of " The Men Who Made the Movies " is on Alfred Hitchcock , concentrating mainly on his sound films . It would be impossible in the time allotted to give appropriate time to all of his great films , but there is some impressive footage to be had from " Saboteur , " " North by Northwest , " " Notorio... |
494,137 | 342,623 | 408,790 | 8 | Smoke and mirrors | Jodie Foster searches for her missing daughter on board a flight from Berlin to America in " Flightplan , " a 2005 film also starring Sean Bean , Peter Sarsgaard and Greta Scacchi . Foster plays Kyle Pratt ( the name kept though the character in the original script was a man ) , an aviation engineer who is bringing her... |
493,892 | 342,623 | 60,424 | 8 | Matthau and Lemmon directed by Wilder in a Wilder script - who can ask for anything more ? | When a cameraman is knocked over during a Cleveland Browns game , the sharks move in - or should I say shark - in the form of " Whiplash Willie , " his brother-in-law , in " The Fortune Cookie , " a 1966 film written and directed by Billy Wilder . Lemmon plays Harry Hinkle , a television cameraman , who is involved in ... |
494,899 | 342,623 | 39,850 | 8 | Takes up where " Fruhlingssinfonie " left off | Katharine Hepburn is Clara Wieck , Paul Henried is Robert Schumann , and Robert Walker is Brahms in " Song of Love , " a 1947 film directed by Clarence Brown and also starring Henry Daniell and Leo G . Carroll . " Song of Love " covers the marriage of Wieck and Schumann , while " Fruhlingssinfonie " ( Spring Symphony )... |
493,915 | 342,623 | 26,029 | 8 | What are the 39 steps ? | The 39 Steps is the film that set Hitchock on his road to international stardom . Starring Robert Donat and Madeline Carroll , the movie is suspenseful as well as charming and filled with all those marvelous Hitchcock touches . The film begins in a music hall - the Hitchcock " ordinary " i . e . safe place . We are t... |
494,679 | 342,623 | 29,852 | 8 | classic entertainment | The last time I saw this movie was probably the late ' 60s , when I watched it on television with a group of friends . I just saw it again on DVD , and it's as much fun as I remember it . In 108 minutes , I wouldn't be surprised if 90 minutes was music , and what music ! One Irving Berlin song after another , sung by e... |
494,613 | 342,623 | 35,583 | 8 | Just when you think Rita Hayworth couldn't be more gorgeous . . . | she is - this time in " You Were Never Lovelier , " a 1942 film starring Fred Astaire , Adolphe Menjou , and Xavier Cugat along with Hayworth . Menjou plays Eduardo Acuna , the father of four daughters in Argentina , and according to tradition , the girls must marry in order . Second to be married is Maria ( Hayworth )... |
494,301 | 342,623 | 39,896 | 8 | Very good noir that probably fell victim to the code | Robert Young as a philanderer - that should tip you off that " They Won't Believe Me " is going to be unusual . Before finding success as a warm dad and a kind doctor on television , Young often played romantic roles , earnest roles , or the uptight boss . Occasionally , though , the role of someone with a criminal min... |
495,092 | 342,623 | 74,554 | 8 | A bookie / cashier becomes involved in the ' 50s Red Scare | Woody Allen is " The Front " for blacklisted television writers in the 1950s in a film also starring Zero Mostel , Herschel Bernardi , Andrea Marcovicci , and Michael Murphy . Several of the film's participants - director Ritt , writer Bernstein , actors Bernardi and Mostel , were themselves blacklisted . Woody's chara... |
493,751 | 342,623 | 60,522 | 8 | Pure delight | Peter O'Toole shows Audrey Hepburn " How to Steal a Million " in this 1966 caper film directed by William Wyler . The film also stars Eli Wallach , Hugh Griffith , Charles Boyer , and Fernand Gravey . Hepburn plays Nicole , the daughter of a renowned art collector , Bonnet ( Griffith ) , who in fact is not a collector ... |
493,466 | 342,623 | 39,689 | 8 | Excellent example of film noir at its best | Full of atmosphere and heat , " Out of the Past " is a classic film noir , directed by a master , Jacques Tourneur . Although considered only an above-average B movie at the time of release , it's doubtful anyone thinks of it that way today , as it is superior to many " A " films . With a top-notch cast and a deceptive... |
495,163 | 342,623 | 25,878 | 8 | The first of the series , and one of the best | The Thin Man introduces film audiences to the Dashiell Hammett characters Nick and Nora Charles , portrayed by one of the great screen couples , William Powell and Myrna Loy . MGM was very surprised when the film , for which they had no ambitious plans , became a huge hit and even garnered four Oscar nominations . Th... |
494,447 | 342,623 | 39,725 | 8 | Joan at Warner's - she ROCKS | For the young Joan Crawford , MGM was the perfect studio . All that gloss , rags to riches , Gable , and gowns . But MGM had a hard time with actresses as they aged and the old formulas weren't working anymore - Shearer , Garbo , and Crawford being three such examples . The other two quit , but Joan went over to Warner... |
494,774 | 342,623 | 47,437 | 8 | Delicious Audrey | Audrey Hepburn is a chauffeur's daughter who sets her sets her sights on the playboy of the manor ( William Holden ) in " Sabrina , " a 1954 comedy directed and written by Billy Wilder and starring the above plus Humphrey Bogart as Linus , Holden's brother . Holden plays David - and he's the man Sabrina has loved from ... |
494,215 | 342,623 | 43,132 | 8 | Another great 20th Century Fox noir | Dana Andrews stands " Where the Sidewalk Ends " in this 1950 film that also stars Gene Tierney , Gary Merrill , Karl Malden and Neville Brand . Andrews plays New York City Detective Sgt . Mark Dixon , a cop with a bad temper who has gotten into trouble in the past for beating suspects . When a man is murdered at a gamb... |
494,849 | 342,623 | 397,101 | 8 | Do do that hoodoo that you do so well ! | Kate Hudson is a home care worker helping out an elderly couple in " The Skeleton Key , " an intriguing horror film also starring John Hurt and Peter Sarsgaard . Not being a horror fan myself , I was fascinated , scared , and intrigued by this movie . Under the direction of Ian Softley , the story moves fast and keeps ... |
493,511 | 342,623 | 52,950 | 8 | Excellent film , excellent direction by Litvak | Anatole Litvak directed the 1959 film , " The Journey , " starring Yul Brynner , Deborah Kerr , Robert Morley , E . G . Marshall , Anne Jackson , and Jason Robards . The film takes place during the 1956 Hungarian uprising and concerns a group of travelers having problems getting out of Budapest because of political pro... |
494,057 | 342,623 | 772,200 | 8 | excellent independent film | Robert Desiderio wrote a wonderful role for his wife , Judith Light , in " Save Me , " a 2007 film about a religious group , Genesis . At Genesis , the idea is to make gay men straight . One of the heads of Genesis , played by Light , blames her son's suicide on the fact that he was gay , unable to face up to the fact ... |
495,039 | 342,623 | 52,911 | 8 | Great send-up of manager versus labor union relations | A young man ( Ian Carmichael ) works too fast and causes problems with the labor union in " I'm All Right Jack , " a 1959 British film directed by John Boulting . Boulting actually lost a suit against a labor union . This is his revenge . Stanley Windrush ( Carmichael ) is from a wealthy family and , after returning fr... |
494,346 | 342,623 | 35,431 | 8 | Good performances heighten World War II romance | Tyrone Power is a man with a secret when he falls in love with upper class Joan Fontaine in " This Above All , " a 1942 film that also stars Thomas Mitchell and Gladys Cooper . Fontaine plays Prudence , a young woman from a wealthy British family who joins the WAFs . One night , a fellow WAF asks her to double date wit... |
493,888 | 342,623 | 35,417 | 8 | Colman , Grant and Arthur - how can it miss ? It doesn't . | Cary Grant is Leopold Dilg , " The Talk of the Town , " in this 1942 film also starring Ronald Colman and Jean Arthur . The outspoken Digl is framed for arson and murder and escapes from prison . He ends up in the home of a schoolteacher he's known since childhood , Nora Shelley . She's preparing her home to be rented ... |
494,747 | 342,623 | 386,588 | 8 | A date movie that's lots of fun | Will Smith is " Hitch , " a love doctor of sorts who counsels men on how to get the woman of their dreams . He's very successful but stays out of relationships himself . Then he meets the beautiful Sara ( Eva Mendes ) , a gossip columnist , and starts to fall in love himself . This is a very well done movie . Smith is ... |
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