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The Photographical Congress Arrives in Lyon
5.4

The Photographical Congress Arrives in Lyon

1895

Down the gangway, photographers leave the deck of a riverboat in large numbers.

The Haunted Castle
6.5

The Haunted Castle

1896

In a medieval castle, a dark magician thought to be Mephistopheles conjures up a series of bizarre creatures and events in order to torment a pair of interloping cavaliers.

Panorama du grand Canal pris d'un bateau
5.9

Panorama du grand Canal pris d'un bateau

1896

The first travelling shot.

The Sprinkler Sprinkled
6.9

The Sprinkler Sprinkled

1895

A gardener is watering his flowers, when a mischievous boy sneaks up behind his back, and puts a foot on the water hose. The gardener is surprised and looks into the nozzle to find out why the water has stopped coming. The boy then lifts his foot from the hose, whereby the water squirts up in the gardener's face. The gardener chases the boy, grips his ear and slaps him in his buttocks. The boy then runs away and the gardener continues his watering. Three separate versions of this film exist, this is the original, filmed by Louis Lumière.

A Nightmare
6.0

A Nightmare

1896

A man has a fantastical nightmare involving, among other things, a grinning malevolent moon.

Game of Cards
5.6

Game of Cards

1896

Three men are sitting around a table, two of them playing a game of Écarté. When the game is over, a domestic serves drinks.

Women Fighting
4.6

Women Fighting

1896

A quarrel between two women that a man attempts to separate.

Néron essayant des poisons sur des esclaves
4.5

Néron essayant des poisons sur des esclaves

1898

Nero, seated on a throne, has slaves summoned. Each drinks poison and dies, the second even though he can see the corpse of his predecessor.

The Calligrapher
6.4

The Calligrapher

1991

With harpsichord music in the background, a dandy, seated at a table, plucks a quill pen from a ceiling full of them above him, dips it in ink, thinks, then draws a straight line down the page in front of him, out of which sprout six more quill pens, each held by a hand. The calligrapher moves all the hands and pens in unison, drawing an elaborate feathered wing, which comes to live, peeling off the page, and, now a quill pen, slips in to his hand. He tucks it behind his left ear.

Panorama de l'arrivée en gare de Perrache pris du train
5.8

Panorama de l'arrivée en gare de Perrache pris du train

1896

A train arrives at Perrache station. We see the view from aboard the train.

Geri's Game
7.7

Geri's Game

1997

An aging codger named Geri plays a daylong game of chess in the park against himself. Somehow, he begins losing to his livelier opponent. But just when the game's nearly over, Geri manages to turn the tables.

The Breakfast Club
7.7

The Breakfast Club

1985

Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel John, princess Claire, outcast Allison, brainy Brian and Andrew, the jock. Each has a chance to tell his or her story, making the others see them a little differently -- and when the day ends, they question whether school will ever be the same.

Alien
8.2

Alien

1979

During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.

Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
7.8

Godzilla vs. Destoroyah

1995

A burning Godzilla, on the verge of meltdown, emerges to lay siege to Hong Kong. At the same time horrifying new organisms are discovered in Japan. These crustacean-like beings are seemingly born of the Oxygen Destroyer, the weapon that killed the original Godzilla.

I Give My First Love to You
7.4

I Give My First Love to You

2009

Takuma knows that his life is shorter than the others and he feels that his demise is getting near. He chose to stay away from the girl that he loves so that she can easily move on. What he didn't know is that he is under-estimating her.

Prince of Darkness
6.8

Prince of Darkness

1987

A group of graduate students and scientists uncover an ancient canister in an abandoned church, but when they open it, they inadvertently unleash a strange liquid and an evil force on all of humanity.

Woman of the Hour
6.5

Woman of the Hour

2024

An aspiring actress crosses paths with a prolific serial killer in '70s LA when they're cast on an episode of "The Dating Game."

In a Lonely Place
7.6

In a Lonely Place

1950

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

Honkytonk Man
6.4

Honkytonk Man

1982

During the Great Depression, a young boy leaves his family's Oklahoma farm to travel with his country musician uncle who is trying out for the Grand Ole Opry.

Le Cercle Rouge
7.6

Le Cercle Rouge

1970

When French criminal Corey gets released from prison, he resolves to never return. He is quickly pulled back into the underworld, however, after a chance encounter with escaped murderer Vogel. Along with former policeman and current alcoholic Jansen, they plot an intricate jewel heist. All the while, quirky Police Commissioner Mattei, who was the one to lose custody of Vogel, is determined to find him.