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The Condemned of Altona 1962 A maddened German war criminal lives in a secluded house owned by his rich father who lets him think the war is still on 20 years after the fact

Design for Living 1933 Two Americans sharing a flat in Paris, playwright Tom Chambers and painter George Curtis, fall for free spirited Gilda Farrell When she cant make up her mind which one of them she prefers, she proposes a gentlemans agreement She will move in with them as a friend and critic of

Honor Among Lovers 1931 Jerry Stafford, a businessman, is in love with his secretary but she deserts him for another man When she realizes her mistake, she goes back to him Doris Brown is her girlfriend who is in love with a man named Monty Dunn

Man on a Tightrope 1953 In 1950s Czechoslovakia circus manager Karel Cernik is planning an escape from Communism to freedom His idea is to force his way across the guarded border using his entire circus Three years in the making his idea is ready to be tested when hes suddenly summoned to a Secret P

The Iceman Cometh 1973 In 1912, the patrons of The Last Chance Saloon have gathered for their evening of whiskey to contemplate their lost faith and dreams, when Hickey Lee Marvin arrives Hickey is out to convince everyone that he can help them all find peace of mind by ridding them of their foolish

Nothing Sacred 1937 Hazel Flagg of Warsaw, Vermont receives the news that her terminal case of radium poisoning from a workplace incident was a complete misdiagnosis with mixed emotions She is happy not to be dying, but she, who has never traveled the world, was going to use the money paid to her by

The Buccaneer 1938 In the War of 1812, the British have sacked Washington and hope to capture New Orleans, where pirate Jean Lafitte romances blueblooded Annette de Remy and openly sells his loot in a pirates market But he never attacks American ships Can the British bribe Lafitte to help them Can L

The Eagle and the Hawk (1933) The pilots of a Royal Air Force squadron in World War I face not only physical but mental dangers in their struggle to survive while fighting the enemy.

Merrily We Go to Hell (1932) Nere-do-well Jerry Corbett finally meets and marries the right girl, Joan Prentiss. Unfortunately their wedded bliss is interrupted when Jerry's play becomes a hit and he hooks up with the wrong woman from his past. Joan decides that turn-about is fair play and she picks

The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944) He was a riverboat pilot, newspaper reporter, penniless prospector, would-be entrepreneur, loving family man, world traveler, pomposity burster and raconteur. Then he passed away on April 21, 1910 at age 75 shorty after Halley's Comet returned as he predicted. Thi

A Star Is Born (1937) Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of alcoholic star Norman Maine, is given a test, and is caught up in the Hollywood glamor machine (ruthlessly satirized). She and her idol

...tick... tick... tick... (1970) This is the story of a black man who has been elected sheriff in a U.S. southern county, due to the vote of blacks. He receives a huge amount of hostility from the non-tolerant white establishment, making his job very hard. The white former sheriff has his own strug

Seven Days in May (1964) An unpopular U.S. President manages to get a nuclear disarmament treaty through the Senate, but finds that the nation is turning against him. Jiggs Casey, a Marine Colonel, finds evidence that General Scott, the wildly popular head of the Joint Chiefs and certain Presidentia

An Act of Murder (1948) Judge Cooke, good husband and father, is known in court as Old Man Maximum. Cooke's daughter loves defender Dave Douglas, who hates Cooke's attitude toward defendants. Cooke's life shatters when he learns his wife has terminal brain cancer; as her pain worsens, he begins to c

The Bridges at TokoRi (1954) Set during the Korean War, a Navy fighter pilot must come to terms with with his own ambivalence towards the war and the fear of having to bomb a set of highly defended bridges. The ending of this grim war drama is all tension.

Anna Karenina (1935) This version of the Tolstoy classic lingers longer in Moscow during the weeks that follow the initial meeting of the starstruck lovers-to-be Vronsky and Anna Karenina. The story -- as it unfolds -- also focuses on Kitty, a young woman who is related to Anna's sister-in-law whose

The Sign of the Cross (1932) A Roman soldier becomes torn between his love for a Christian woman and his loyalty to Emperor Nero.

Alexander the Great (1956) An epic film that follows the life of Alexander the Great, the macedonian king that conquered all ancient greek tribes and led macedonian army against the vast Persian Empire. Alexander conquered most of the then known world and created a greek empire that spanned all the

Smilin Through (1932) John has led a solitary life for thirty years since the death of Moonyeen Clare. But now Owens, a close friend, insists that he care for his niece, Kathleen, orphaned when her parents were lost at sea. Kathleen is five, but the years pass and now she is a young woman who is the

One Foot in Heaven (1941) Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.

Death Takes a Holiday (1934) Death decides to take a holiday from his usual business to see what it is like to be a mortal. Posing as Prince Sirki, he spends 3 days with Duke Lambert and his guests at his dukal estate. Several of the women are attracted to the mysterious prince, but shy away from hi

I Married a Witch (1942) In 1672, two witches (Jennifer and her father Daniel) were burned by puritan Jonathan Wooley. In revenge, Jennifer cursed all future generations of the Wooley family, that the sons will always marry the wrong woman and be miserable. In the 20th century, a bolt of lightning f

The Desperate Hours (1955) After escaping from prison, Glenn Griffin, his brother Hal and a third inmate Sam Kobish randomly select a house in a well-to-do suburb of Indianapolis in which to hide out. The home belongs to the Hilliard family, Dan and Ellie who live there with their 19-year old daught

Hombre (1967) John 'Hombre' Russell is a white man raised by the Apaches on an Indian reservation and later by a white man in town. As an adult he prefers to live on the reservation. He is informed that he has inherited a lodging-house in the town. He goes to the town and decides to trade the place

Inherit the Wind (1960) Teacher B.T. Cates is arrested for teaching Darwin's theories. Famous lawyer Henry Drummond defends him; fundamentalist politician Matthew Brady prosecutes. This is a very thinly disguised rendition of the 1925 "Scopes monkey trial" with debates between Clarence Dar

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956) Tom Rath lives in Connecticut and commutes to work every day in Manhattan. He's happily married and has a loving wife and three children. Money is a bit tight and when the opportunity arises, he applies for a public relations job with a major television networ

Three WWII veterans return home to small-town America to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed.

Dr. Jekyll faces horrible consequences when he lets his dark side run wild with a potion that changes him into the animalistic Mr. Hyde.