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Turkish Delight
6.8

Turkish Delight

1973

Gifted but hot-headed sculptor Ericvhas a stormy, erotic, and star-crossed romance with a beautiful young woman named Olga.

The Flying Deuces
6.4

The Flying Deuces

1939

Ollie falls in love with a woman. When he discovers she's already married, he unsuccessfully attempts suicide but he and Stan then decide to join the Foreign Legion to get away from their troubles. When they’re arrested for soon trying to desert the Legion—they escape a firing squad by stealing an aircraft.

The Music Box
7.5

The Music Box

1932

The Laurel & Hardy Moving Co. have a challenging job on their hands (and backs): hauling a player piano up a monumental flight of stairs to Prof. von Schwarzenhoffen's house. Their task is complicated by a sassy nursemaid and, unbeknownst to them, the impatient Prof. von Schwarzenhoffen himself. But the biggest problem is the force of gravity, which repeatedly pulls the piano back down to the bottom of the stairs.

Way Out West
7.1

Way Out West

1937

Stan and Ollie try to deliver the deed to a valuable gold mine to the daughter of a dead prospector. Unfortunately, the daughter's evil guardian is determined to have the gold mine for himself and his saloon-singer wife.

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
7.4

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

2001

With commentary from Hollywood stars, outtakes from his movies and footage from his youth, this documentary looks at Stanley Kubrick's life and films. Director Jan Harlan, Kubrick's brother-in-law and sometime collaborator, interviews heavyweights like Jack Nicholson, Woody Allen and Sydney Pollack, who explain the influence of Kubrick classics like "Dr. Strangelove" and "2001: A Space Odyssey," and how he absorbed visual clues from disposable culture such as television commercials.

Babes in Toyland
6.3

Babes in Toyland

1934

Ollie Dee and Stannie Dum try to borrow money from their employer, the toymaker, to pay off the mortgage on Mother Peep's shoe and keep it and Little Bo Peep from the clutches of the evil Barnaby. When that fails, they trick Barnaby, enraging him.

Pardon Us
6.4

Pardon Us

1931

It's Prohibition, and the boys wind up behind bars after Stan sells some of their home-brew beer to a policeman.

Beau Hunks
6.8

Beau Hunks

1931

Stan and Ollie join the French Foreign Legion after Ollie's sweetheart rejects him.

The Bohemian Girl
6.2

The Bohemian Girl

1936

Stan and Ollie travel with a band of 18th-century Gypsies holding a nobleman's daughter.

The Bullfighters
5.8

The Bullfighters

1945

Bumbling detective Stan Laurel disguises himself as a famous matador in order to hide from the vengeful Richard K. Muldoon, who spent time in prison on Stan's bogus testimony.

Oliver the Eighth
7.1

Oliver the Eighth

1934

Barbershop owners Stan and Ollie answer an ad in the newspaper from a wealthy widow looking for a husband. Ollie only mails in his response and is invited to the widow's mansion. Stan discovers his unmailed letter and insists on tagging along. At the mansion, the widow's creepy butler informs them that the woman is crazy. She was once jilted by an Oliver and now her hobby is marrying Olivers and then slitting their throats. Now the boys must figure out how to escape.

Them Thar Hills
7.5

Them Thar Hills

1934

Stan and Ollie travel to the mountains for Ollie's health, and park their caravan near a well into which a gang of moonshiners have earlier dumped their moonshine; and the boys proceed to quench their thirst thinking that it is iron-rich mountain water. The real trouble doesn't begin, though, until a married motoring couple stop by to borrow some gasoline, and the already-cranky husband leaves his thirsty wife with the boys while he goes off to refill his car's empty gas-tank. A sequel was made to this film: TIT FOR TAT, q.v.

Portrait of Alison
6.2

Portrait of Alison

1955

An actress and an artist are linked by his brother to deadly smugglers sought by Scotland Yard.

The Battle
4.8

The Battle

1911

Union soldiers march off to battle amid cheering crowds. After the battle turns against the Union Army, one soldier runs away, hiding in his girlfriend's house. Ashamed of his cowardice, he finds his courage and crosses enemy lines to bring help to his trapped comrades.

Mutiny on the Bounty
7.4

Mutiny on the Bounty

1935

Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on revenge.

A Night at the Opera
7.4

A Night at the Opera

1935

The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.

To Have and Have Not
7.5

To Have and Have Not

1945

A Martinique charter boat skipper gets mixed up with the underground French resistance operatives during WWII.

Red Sonja
5.4

Red Sonja

1985

The tyrant Gedren seeks the total power in a world of barbarism. She raids the city Hablac and kills the keeper of a talisman that gives her great power. Red Sonja, sister of the keeper, sets out with her magic sword to overthrow Gedren.

It Happened One Night
7.8

It Happened One Night

1934

A runaway heiress makes a deal with the rogue reporter trailing her but the mismatched pair end up stuck with each other when their bus leaves them behind.