Favourite Films

When the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt.

Rufus T. Firefly is named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale, contending with two inept spies who can"t seem to keep straight which side they"re on.

While travelling in continental Europe, a rich young playgirl realizes that an elderly lady seems to have disappeared from the train.

A newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter ex-wife from quitting and remarrying, using an exclusive interview with a death row convict as an enticement to buy himself some time to win her back.

Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: "Rosebud."

A group of nuns struggle to establish a convent in the Himalayas, while isolation, extreme weather, altitude, and culture clashes all conspire to drive the well-intentioned missionaries mad.

In post-war Italy, a working-class man"s bicycle is stolen, endangering his efforts to find work. He and his son set out to find it.

A young ballet dancer is torn between the man she loves and her pursuit to become a prima ballerina.

Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime.

A potentially violent screenwriter is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him. However, she soon starts to have her doubts.

The rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai"s ghost and a woodcutter.

A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.

A silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood.

An ex-prize fighter turned New Jersey longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses, including his older brother, as he starts to connect with the grieving sister of one of the syndicate"s victims.

Farmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, and he gathers six other samurai to join him.

A rebellious young man with a troubled past comes to a new town, finding friends and enemies.

The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.

A powerful Broadway columnist coerces an unscrupulous press agent into breaking up his sister"s romance with a jazz musician.

British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it.

A knight returning to Sweden after the Crusades seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague.

A self-assured businessman murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.

After two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.

A young boy, left without attention, delves into a life of petty crime.

A tiny, impoverished European nation declares war on the United States of America, planning to lose in order to collect post-war compensation, but things don"t go according to plan.

A small-time crook, hunted by the authorities for a car theft and the murder of a police officer, attempts to persuade a hip American journalism student to run away with him to Italy.