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The Living Magoroku
7.0

The Living Magoroku

1943

A wealthy family will not allow the military to grow crops on their fields due to their superstitious beliefs about their son's illness.

The Courtship of Eddie's Father
5.9

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

1963

Although he's only seven, Eddie's got it all figured out. He wants his father, a widower, to get remarried — to the girl next door. Unfortunately, she's not one of the women that his dad's been dating.

Why We Fight: Prelude to War
6.4

Why We Fight: Prelude to War

1942

Prelude to War was the first film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series, commissioned by the Pentagon and George C. Marshall. It was made to convince American troops of the necessity of combating the Axis Powers during World War II. This film examines the differences between democratic and fascist states.

Narcos
7.7

Narcos

1992

Three drug traffickers become worried when the realize they may have outlived their usefulness to their boss.

Heartland
6.0

Heartland

2012

Commissioned by fashion label Vena Cava, Josh Safdie’s short replaces a runway show with an eerie, late-1970s Los Angeles-inspired tale about a women’s cult; it premiered online in November 2012.

A Song to Remember
6.3

A Song to Remember

1945

Prof. Joseph Elsner guides his protégé Frydryk Chopin through his formative years to early adulthood in Poland. The professor takes him to Paris, where he eventually comes under the wing and influence of novelist George Sand and rises to prominence in the music world, to the exclusion of his old friends and patriotic feelings towards Poland.

You Were Never Lovelier
7.0

You Were Never Lovelier

1942

An Argentine heiress thinks a penniless American dancer is her secret admirer.

My Blue Heaven
7.0

My Blue Heaven

1950

Radio star Kitty Moran, long married to partner Jack, finds she's pregnant, but miscarries. For a change, the couple turn their act into a series on early TV and try to adopt a baby. Finally they acquiring a girl in a somewhat back alley manner.

Zouzou
6.0

Zouzou

1934

Zou Zou tries to help her childhood friend prove his innocence after he's accused of murder.

Autumn Leaves
7.0

Autumn Leaves

1956

A woman falls for a younger man with severe mental problems.

A Stolen Life
6.3

A Stolen Life

1946

A twin takes her deceased sister's place as wife of the man they both love.

Cluny Brown
7.2

Cluny Brown

1946

Amateur plumber Cluny Brown gets sent off by her uncle to work as a servant at an English country estate.

Married Life
5.8

Married Life

2008

A very gentle middle-aged man is married, but when he falls in love with another woman, he decides that to divorce his wife would humiliate her too much – so instead he decides to kill her.

Monkey Business
6.7

Monkey Business

1952

Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixes chemicals, but then pours the mix into the water cooler. When trying one of his own samples, washed down with water from the cooler, Fulton begins to act just like a twenty-year-old and believes his potion is working. Soon his wife and boss are also behaving like children.

The Boston Strangler
6.7

The Boston Strangler

1968

Boston is being terrorized by a series of seemingly random murders of women. Based on the true story, the film follows the investigators path through several leads before introducing the Strangler as a character. It is seen almost exclusively from the point of view of the investigators who have very few clues to build a case upon.

Peter and the Wolf
6.8

Peter and the Wolf

1946

Disney's animated adaptation of Prokofiev's masterpiece, in which every character is represented musically by a different instrument. Young Peter decides to go hunting for the wolf that's been prowling around the village. Along the way, he is joined by his friends the bird, the duck and the cat. All the fun comes to end, however, when the wolf makes an appearance. Will Peter and his friends live to tell of their adventures?

The Stranger
7.2

The Stranger

1946

An investigator from the War Crimes Commission travels to Connecticut to find an infamous Nazi, who may be hiding out in a small town in the guise of a distinguished professor engaged to the Supreme Court Justice’s daughter.

Cover Girl
6.4

Cover Girl

1944

A nightclub dancer makes it big in modeling, leaving her dancer boyfriend behind.

The Lady from Shanghai
7.3

The Lady from Shanghai

1947

A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.

The Bitter Tea of General Yen
6.2

The Bitter Tea of General Yen

1932

An American missionary is gradually seduced by a courtly warlord holding her in Shanghai.