List of United Artists films
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List of films originally created and/or distributed by United Artists
See also List of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
United Artists
United Artists Corporation is an American film studio. The original studio of that name was founded in 1919 by D. W. Griffith, Charles Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks....
See also List of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
1910s
| Film Title | Release Date |
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| Broken Blossoms Broken Blossoms Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl is a 1919 silent film directed by D.W. Griffith. It was distributed by United Artists and premiered on May 13, 1919... |
May 13, 1919 |
| His Majesty, the American His Majesty, the American His Majesty, the American is a 1919 comedy film directed by Joseph Henabery and starring Douglas Fairbanks. It was the first film released by United Artists.-Cast:* Douglas Fairbanks - William Brooks* Marjorie Daw - Felice, Countess of Montenac... |
September 1, 1919 |
| When the Clouds Roll by When the Clouds Roll by When the Clouds Roll by is a 1919 comedy film starring Douglas Fairbanks and directed by Victor Fleming and Theodore Reed. The plot involves a man following the advice of a psychiatrist as he romances a woman in Greenwich Village.-Cast:... |
December 28, 1919 |
1920s
| Film Title | Release Date |
|---|---|
| Polyanna Pollyanna (1920 film) Pollyanna is a 1920 American melodrama/comedy film starring Mary Pickford, directed by Paul Powell, and based upon an Eleanor H. Porter novel. It was Pickford's first motion picture for United Artists. It became a major success and would be regarded as one of Pickford's most defining pictures... |
January 18, 1920 |
| Suds Suds (film) Suds is a 1920 silent film directed by John Francis Dillon and starring Mary Pickford. The film is based upon the stage production Op o' me Thumb.-Plot:Amanda Afflick is a poor laundry woman working in London springtime... |
January 27, 1920 |
| Down on the Farm | April 25, 1920 |
| Romance Romance (1920 film) Romance is a 1920 American silent film directed by Chester Withey and released through United Artists. The film is based on the 1913 play Romance by Edward Sheldon and stars Doris Keane, the actress who created the role in the play. This was Miss Keane's only motion picture. D.W... |
May 16, 1920 |
| The Mollycoddle The Mollycoddle The Mollycoddle is a 1920 film starring Douglas Fairbanks and Wallace Beery, and directed by Victor Fleming.- Cast :*Douglas Fairbanks ... Richard Marshall III, IV and V*Ruth Renick ... Virginia Hale... |
June 13, 1920 |
| The Love Flower | August 22, 1920 |
| Way Down East Way Down East Way Down East is a silent film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish. It is the best known of four film adaptations of the melodramatic 19th century play Way Down East by Lottie Blair Parker... |
September 3, 1920 |
| The Mark of Zorro The Mark of Zorro (1920 film) The Mark of Zorro is a 1920 silent film starring Douglas Fairbanks and Noah Beery. This genre-defining swashbuckler adventure was the first movie version of The Mark of Zorro... |
December 5, 1920 |
| The Love Light The Love Light The Love Light is a 1921 silent drama film starring Mary Pickford. The film was written and directed by Frances Marion.-Cast:* Mary Pickford as Angela Carlotti* Evelyn Dumo as Maria* Raymond Bloomer as Giovanni* Fred Thomson as Joseph... |
January 9, 1921 |
| The Nut | March 6, 1921 |
| Dream Street Dream Street (film) Dream Street is a silent movie directed by D. W. Griffith, and starring Carol Dempster, Charles Emmett Mack, and Ralph Graves in a story about a love triangle set in London, and based on two short stories by Thomas Burke, "Gina of Chinatown" and "Song of the Lamp"... |
April 12, 1921 |
| Through the Back Door Through the Back Door Through the Back Door is a 1921 silent film directed by Alfred E. Green and Jack Pickford, and starring Mary Pickford.-Plot:The movie starts in Belgium in the early 1900s. Jeanne is the 10-year-old daughter of Louise . Troubles start when Louise remarries a selfish but rich man named Elton Reeves... |
May 5, 1921 |
| Disraeli Disraeli (1921 film) Disraeli is a 1921 silent historical drama directed by Henry Kolker and starring George Arliss. This movie was Arliss's second outing in film and first screen portrayal of Disraeli as he had made famous in the play in 1911. A British film of the play had been made in 1916 with the permission of... |
August 21, 1921 |
| The Three Musketeers The Three Musketeers (1921 film) __notoc__The Three Musketeers is an American silent film based on the novel The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, père. It was directed by Fred Niblo and starred Douglas Fairbanks as d'Artagnan. The film originally had scenes filmed in the Handschiegl Color Process... |
August 28, 1921 |
| Little Lord Fauntleroy Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921 film) Little Lord Fauntleroy is a 1921 American film directed by Alfred E. Green and Jack Pickford and starring Mary Pickford as both Cedric Errol and Widow Errol. The film is based on the novel Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett. A statue depicting Mary Pickford's role exists today... |
September 15, 1921 |
| J'accuse | October 9, 1921 |
| The Iron Trail | October 30, 1921 |
| Orphans of the Storm Orphans Of The Storm Orphans of the Storm is a drama film by D. W. Griffith set in late 18th century France, before and during the French Revolution.This was the last Griffith film to feature Lillian and Dorothy Gish, and is often considered Griffith's last major commercial success, after boxoffice hits such as Birth... |
December 28, 1921 |
| The Ruling Passion | January 22, 1922 |
| A Doll's House | February 12, 1922 |
| Fair Lady | March 19, 1922 |
| The Glorious Adventure The Glorious Adventure (1922 film) The Glorious Adventure is a US/UK feature film directed by J. Stuart Blackton, written by Felix Orman.-Production background:The film was made entirely in Prizmacolor, and starred Lady Diana Manners, Gerald Lawrence, Cecil Humphreys, and Victor McLaglen, and was released by United Artists.Neither... |
April 23, 1922 |
| A Tailor-Made Man | August 1922 |
| The Three Must-Get-Theres | August 27, 1922 |
| The Man Who Played God The Man Who Played God The Man Who Played God is a 1932 American drama film directed by John G. Adolfi. The screenplay by Julien Josephson and Maude T. Howell is based on the 1914 play The Silent Voice by Jules Eckert Goodman, who adapted it from a story by Gouverneur Morris.... |
October 1, 1922 |
| One Exciting Night One Exciting Night One Exciting Night is a 1922 American Gothic silent Mystery film directed by D. W. Griffith.The plot revolves around the murder of a bootlegger and the attempts of the cast to uncover the true murderer... |
October 2, 1922 |
| Robin Hood Robin Hood (1922 film) Robin Hood is the first motion picture ever to have a Hollywood premiere, held at Grauman's Egyptian Theatre on October 18, 1922. The movie's full title, under which it was copyrighted, is Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood, as shown in the illustration at right... |
October 18, 1922 |
| Tess of the Storm Country Tess of the Storm Country (1922 film) Tess of the Storm Country is a 1922 melodrama starring Mary Pickford, directed by John S. Robertson, and based upon a Grace Miller White novel. The movie was remade a decade later as a sound version starring Janet Gaynor.-Production:... |
November 12, 1922 |
| The Girl I Loved | February 15, 1923 |
| The Shriek of Araby | March 5, 1923 |
| The White Rose The White Rose (1923 film) The White Rose is a silent D. W. Griffith production from 1923. The film was written, produced and directed by Griffith, and starring Mae Marsh, Ivor Novello, Carol Dempster, and Neil Hamilton.... |
May 21, 1923 |
| Rosita Rosita (film) Rosita is a 1923 silent film directed by Ernst Lubitsch. The film is based upon a 1872 opera Don César de Bazan.-Synopsis:The film takes place in Seville, in a period where the city has sunk into the depths of depravity and sin... |
September 3, 1923 |
| A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate11 | October 1, 1923 |
| America | February 21, 1924 |
| The Thief of Bagdad The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film) The Thief of Bagdad is a 1924 American swashbuckler film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Douglas Fairbanks. Freely adapted from One Thousand and One Nights, it tells the story of a thief who falls in love with the daughter of the Caliph of Bagdad... |
March 23, 1924 |
| Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall (film) Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall is a 1924 silent historical drama directed by Marshall Neilan. The film is based upon the 1902 novel by the same name.-Production:... |
May 25, 1924 |
| Isn't Life Wonderful Isn't Life Wonderful Isn't Life Wonderful? is a film, directed by D. W. Griffith for his company D. W. Griffith Productions, and distributed by United Artists. It was based on the novel by Geoffrey Moss and it went under the alternative title Dawn. The title of the film was spoofed in the Charlie Chase comedy Isn't... |
December 5, 1924 |
| The Salvation Hunters The Salvation Hunters -Production background:The film stars George K. Arthur and Georgia Hale and was released by United Artists. This was the first film directed by Josef von Sternberg, and it is sometimes described as the first American independent film, shot on a small budget by a completely unknown director... |
February 15, 1925 |
| Waking Up the Town | April 14, 1925 |
| Don Q, Son of Zorro Don Q, Son of Zorro Don Q, Son of Zorro is the 1925 sequel to the 1920 silent film The Mark of Zorro. It was loosely based upon the 1909 novel Don Q.'s Love Story, written by the mother-and-son duo Kate and Hesketh Hesketh-Prichard. The story was reworked in 1925 into a vehicle for the Johnston McCulley character Zorro... |
June 15, 1925 |
| The Gold Rush The Gold Rush The Gold Rush is a 1925 silent film comedy written, produced, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin in his Little Tramp role. The film also stars Georgia Hale, Mack Swain, Tom Murray, Henry Bergman, Malcolm Waite.... *11 |
June 26, 1925 |
| Wild Justice | July 6, 1925 |
| Sally of the Sawdust Sally of the Sawdust Sally of the Sawdust is an American silent comedy film, directed by D. W. Griffith, starring W. C. Fields, and based on the 1923 stage musical Poppy.-Plot:... |
August 2, 1925 |
| Little Annie Rooney Little Annie Rooney Little Annie Rooney was a comic strip about a young orphaned girl who traveled about with her dog, Zero. King Features Syndicate launched the strip on January 10, 1927, not long after it was apparent that the Chicago Tribune Syndicate had scored a huge hit with Little Orphan Annie.Although the King... |
October 18, 1925 |
| The Eagle | November 8, 1925 |
| Stella Dallas Stella Dallas (1925 film) Stella Dallas is a 1925 film that was adapted by Frances Marion and directed by Henry King. It stars Ronald Colman, Belle Bennett, Lois Moran, Alice Joyce, Jean Hersholt, and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.-Cast:*Ronald Colman - Stephen Dallas... 10 |
November 16, 1925 |
| Tumbleweeds Tumbleweeds (1925 film) Tumbleweeds is a 1925 American Western film starring and produced by William S. Hart. It depicts the Cherokee Strip land rush of 1893. The film is said to have influenced the Oscar-winning 1931 Western Cimarron, which also depicts the land rush... |
December 27, 1925 |
| A Woman of the Sea A Woman of the Sea A Woman of the Sea, also known by its working title Sea Gulls, was an unreleased 1926 silent film produced by the Chaplin Film Company.... |
1926 |
| Partners Again | February 15, 1926 |
| The Black Pirate The Black Pirate The Black Pirate is a 1926 silent adventure film shot entirely in two-strip Technicolor about an adventurer and a "company" of pirates. It stars Douglas Fairbanks, Donald Crisp, Sam De Grasse, and Billie Dove.-Plot:... |
March 8, 1926 |
| The Bat The Bat (1926 film) The Bat is a silent film based on the 1920 hit Broadway play by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood, directed by Roland West and starring Jack Pickford and Louise Fazenda... |
March 14, 1926 |
| The Unknown Soldier | May 30, 1926 |
| The Son of the Sheik | September 5, 1926 |
| Sparrows | September 19, 1926 |
| The Winning of Barbara Worth The Winning of Barbara Worth The Winning of Barbara Worth is a silent western film, released by United Artists in 1926, and starring Ronald Colman, Vilma Bánky, and Gary Cooper . The film is based on the novel of the same name by Harold Bell Wright and was filmed in the Black Rock Desert, Nevada... |
October 14, 1926 |
| The Night of Love17 | January 22, 1927 |
| The General | February 5, 1927 |
| The Love of Sunya The Love of Sunya The Love of Sunya is a silent film directed by Albert Parker, and based on the play The Eyes of Youth by Max Marcin and Charles Guernon. Produced by and starring Gloria Swanson, it also stars John Boles and Pauline Garon. It premiered at the grand opening of the Roxy Theatre in New York City on... |
March 11, 1927 |
| The Beloved Rogue The Beloved Rogue The Beloved Rogue is a 1927 American silent film, loosely based on the life of the 15th century French poet, François Villon. The film was directed by Alan Crosland for United Artists.... |
March 12, 1927 |
| Resurrection Resurrection (1927 film) Resurrection is a 1927 Hollywood adaptation of the Leo Tolstoy novel Resurrection. Filmmaker Edwin Carewe adapted the book to a feature length silent production starring Dolores del Río and featuring an appearance by Ilya Tolstoy. In 1931, Edwin Carewe directed an all-talking remake of this film... |
March 19, 1927 |
| Topsy and Eva | July 24, 1927 |
| College College (1927 film) College is a 1927 comedy-drama silent film directed by James W. Horne and Buster Keaton, and starring Buster Keaton, Anne Cornwall, and Harold Goodwin.-Plot:... |
September 10, 1927 |
| The Magic Flame The Magic Flame The Magic Flame is a feature film directed by Henry King. It was based on the play Konig Harlekin by Rudolph Lothar. George Barnes was nominated at the 1st Academy Awards for Best Cinematography. The film promoted itself as the "Romeo and Juliet" of the circus upon its release... |
September 18, 1927 |
| Two Arabian Nights | September 23, 1927 |
| My Best Girl | October 31, 1927 |
| The Devil Dancer | November 3, 1927 |
| The Gaucho The Gaucho The Gaucho is a 1927 movie starring Douglas Fairbanks and Lupe Vélez set in Argentina. The lavish adventure extravaganza, filmed at the height of Fairbanks' box office clout, was directed by F... |
November 21, 1927 |
| Sorrell and Son Sorrell and Son Sorrell and Son is a silent film released on December 2, 1927 and nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director in the 1st Academy Awards the following year... |
December 2, 1927 |
| The Dove | December 31, 1927 |
| The Circus11 | January 6, 1928 |
| Sadie Thompson Sadie Thompson Sadie Thompson is an American silent film that tells the story of a "fallen woman" who comes to Pago Pago on the island of Tutuila to start a new life, but encounters a zealous missionary who wants to force her back to her former life in San Francisco. The film stars Gloria Swanson, Lionel... |
January 7, 1928 |
| Drums of Love Drums of Love Drums of Love is a silent romance film directed by D. W. Griffith.-Plot:After finding out her father and his estate is in danger, Princess Emanuella saves his life by marrying Duke Cathos de Alvia, a grotesque hunchback. She actually is in love with Leonardo, his attractive younger brother... |
January 24, 1928 |
| The Garden of Eden | February 4, 1928 |
| Two Lovers | March 23, 1928 |
| Ramona Ramona (1928 film) Ramona is a 1928 silent drama film directed by Edwin Carewe, based on Helen Hunt Jackson's 1884 novel Ramona. It starred Dolores del Rio and Warner Baxter.... |
May 14, 1928 |
| Steamboat Bill Jr. Steamboat Bill Jr. Steamboat Bill Jr. is a 1928 feature-length comedy silent film featuring Buster Keaton. Released by United Artists, the film is the last product of Keaton's independent production team and set of gag writers. It was not a box-office success and proved to be the last picture Keaton would make for... |
May 20, 1928 |
| Tempest | May 27, 1928 |
| The Woman Disputed | September 1928 |
| Revenge | October 1928 |
| The Battle of the Sexes The Battle of the Sexes (1928 film) The Battle of the Sexes is a film directed by D. W. Griffith, starring Jean Hersholt, Phyllis Haver, Belle Bennett, Don Alvarado and Sally O'Neil, and released by United Artists. The film was a remake by Griffith of an earlier film he directed in 1914, which starred Lillian Gish... |
October 12, 1928 |
| The Awakening The Awakening (1928 film) The Awakening is a feature film directed by Victor Fleming.-Cast:*Vilma Bánky as Marie Ducrot*Walter Byron as Count Karl von Hagen*Louis Wolheim as Le Bete*George Davis as The Orderly*William Orlamond as Grandfather Ducrot... |
November 17, 1928 |
| The Rescue The Rescue (1929 film) The Rescue is a 1929 romantic adventure film directed by Herbert Brenon, and produced by Samuel Goldwyn. The screenplay was written by Elizabeth Meehan, based on novel by Joseph Conrad. The music score is by Hugo Riesenfeld. The film stars Ronald Colman and Lili Damita.-Cast:*Ronald Colman as Tom... |
January 12, 1929 |
| Lady of the Pavements Lady of the Pavements Lady of the Pavements is a silent film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lupe Vélez, William Boyd, and Jetta Goudal. Griffith reshot the film to include a couple of musical numbers, making it a part-talkie.-Preservation:The Vitaphone sound-on-disc system was employed for sound sequences... |
January 22, 1929 |
| The Iron Mask The Iron Mask The Iron Mask is a part-talkie film adaptation of the last section of the novel The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas, père, which is itself based on the French legend of The Man in the Iron Mask... |
February 21, 1929 |
| Coquette Coquette (film) -Plot:Norma Besant, daughter of a Southern doctor, is an incorrigible flirt and has many suitors. Her father Dr. Besant favors Stanley , who is taken with Norma. However Norma has met a simple man named Michael Jeffrey who she has fallen madly in love with. Dr. Besant disapproves of Michael... |
April 6, 1929 |
| Alibi | April 20, 1929 |
| Bulldog Drummond Bulldog Drummond (1929 film) Bulldog Drummond is a detective film which tells the story of Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond, a British officer bored with civilian life, who investigates an extortion case for a beautiful girl. The film stars Ronald Colman, Claud Allister, Lawrence Grant, Montagu Love, Wilson Benge, Joan... 10 |
May 2, 1929 |
| Eternal Love Eternal Love (1929 film) Eternal Love is silent romantic adventure directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring John Barrymore. The film is known for being the last silent film of both Lubitsch and Barrymore... |
May 11, 1929 |
| The Three Passions | June 1, 1929 |
| She Goes to War | June 8, 1929 |
| This Is Heaven | June 22, 1929 |
| Evangeline | August 24, 1929 |
| Three Live Ghosts Three Live Ghosts (1929 film) Three Live Ghosts is a 1929 American comedy film directed by Thornton Freeland and starring Beryl Mercer, Hilda Vaughn, Harry Stubbs, Nancy Price, Robert Montgomery, and Tenen Holtz. Three veterans of World War I return home to London after the armistice, only to find they have been mistakenly... |
September 15, 1929 |
| Overture of 1812 | October 5, 1929 |
| Vénus | October 12, 1929 |
| Condemned | November 3, 1929 |
| The Trespasser The Trespasser The Trespasser is an American film directed and written by Edmund Goulding, starring Gloria Swanson, Robert Ames, Purnell Pratt, Henry B... |
November 11, 1929 |
| The Locked Door The Locked Door The Locked Door is an American drama film featuring Barbara Stanwyck in her second film appearance, first starring role, and first talking picture. The film is based on the play The Sign on the Door by Channing Pollock. A previous version was the silent film The Sign on the Door starring Norma... |
November 16, 1929 |
| The Taming of the Shrew | November 30, 1929 |
| Irish Fantasy | December 14, 1929 |
| New York Nights New York Nights New York Nights is a 1929 crime film directed by Lewis Milestone. It is based on the 1928 play Tin Pan Alley by Hugh Stanislaus Stange. The film is known for being leading actress Norma Talmadge's first sound film.-Plot:... |
December 28, 1929 |
1930s
| Film Title | Release Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Lummox | January 18, 1930 | |
| Be Yourself! | February 8, 1930 | |
| Puttin' on the Ritz Puttin' on the Ritz (film) Puttin' on the Ritz is a musical film, directed by Edward Sloman and starred Harry Richman, Joan Bennett, and James Gleason. The screenplay was written by James Gleason and William K. Wells, based on a story by John W... |
March 1, 1930 | |
| Hell Harbor | March 15, 1930 | |
| The Bad One The Bad One The Bad One is an American black-and-white musical film directed by George Fitzmaurice, starring Dolores del Río and featuring Boris Karloff and is a romantic prison drama film... |
May 3, 1930 | |
| One Romantic Night One Romantic Night One Romantic Night is the title given to the first sound film version of Ferenc Molnár's play The Swan, and was silent screen star Lillian Gish's talking film debut. She starred as Princess Alexandra, with Conrad Nagel as the tutor who falls in love with her, and Rod La Rocque as Crown Prince Albert... |
May 3, 1930 | |
| Raffles Raffles (1930 film) Raffles is a film starring Ronald Colman as the popular title character, a gentleman who is also secretly a notorious jewel thief. Kay Francis plays the woman who Raffles falls in love with. It is based on the 1906 play Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman by E. W... |
July 24, 1930 | |
| The Eyes of the World | August 30, 1930 | |
| What a Widow! | September 13, 1930 | |
| Whoopee! Whoopee! (film) Whoopee is a 1930 "All-Talking All-Color" musical comedy film photographed in two-color Technicolor. The plot of the film closely followed the stage show produced by Florenz Ziegfeld in 1928.-Production:... |
October 5, 1930 | |
| Du Barry, Woman of Passion | October 11, 1930 | |
| Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln (film) Abraham Lincoln, also released under the title D. W. Griffith's 'Abraham Lincoln', is a biographical film about American president Abraham Lincoln directed by D. W. Griffith. It stars Walter Huston as Lincoln and Una Merkel, in her first talking role, as Ann Rutledge... 10 |
November 8, 1930 | |
| The Bat Whispers The Bat Whispers The Bat Whispers is a mystery film directed by Roland West, produced by Joseph M. Schenck, and released by United Artists.-Plot:A mysterious criminal by the name of "The Bat" eludes police and then finally announces his retirement to the country, while a wealthy Cornelia Van Gorder takes up... |
November 13, 1930 | |
| Hell's Angels Hell's Angels (film) Hell's Angels is a 1930 American war film, directed by Howard Hughes and starring Jean Harlow, Ben Lyon, and James Hall. The film, which was produced by Hughes and written by Harry Behn and Howard Estabrook, centers on the combat pilots of World War I... 1 |
November 15, 1930 | |
| The Lottery Bride The Lottery Bride The Lottery Bride is a movie musical starring Jeanette MacDonald, John Garrick, Zasu Pitts, and Joe E. Brown. The film was produced by Arthur Hammerstein, based on the musical by Rudolf Friml, and released by United Artists.... |
November 28, 1930 | |
| The Devil to Pay! | December 20, 1930 | |
| Reaching for the Moon Reaching for the Moon (film) Reaching for the Moon is an American 1930 black and white musical film. Originally released at 91 minutes; surviving versions are usually cut to 62 minutes. A 74-minute version aired in 1998 on USA cable channel AMC. The DVD version runs just under 72 minutes. The film's workingtitle was Lucky... |
December 20, 1930 | |
| One Heavenly Night | January 14, 1931 | |
| City Lights City Lights City Lights is a 1931 American silent film and romantic comedy-drama written by, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin. It also has the leads Virginia Cherrill and Harry Myers. Although "talking" pictures were on the rise since 1928, City Lights was immediately popular. Today, it is thought of... 11 |
January 30, 1931 | |
| Kiki | March 14, 1931 | |
| The Front Page The Front Page (1931 film) The Front Page is a 1931 American comedy film, directed by Lewis Milestone and starring Adolphe Menjou and Pat O'Brien. Based on a Broadway play of the same name, the film was produced by Howard Hughes, written by Bartlett Cormack and Charles Lederer, and distributed by United Artists. The... |
April 4, 1931 | Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Picture The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to artists working in the motion picture industry. The Best Picture category is the only category in which every member of the Academy is eligible not only... . |
| Indiscreet Indiscreet (1931 film) Indiscreet is an American comedy film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Gloria Swanson and Ben Lyon. The screenplay by Buddy G. DeSylva, Lew Brown, and Ray Henderson, based on their story Obey That Impulse, originally was written as a full-fledged musical, but only two songs - "If You Haven't... |
May 16, 1931 | |
| Street Scene Street Scene (1931 film) Street Scene is a 1931 black-and-white drama film produced by Samuel Goldwyn and directed by King Vidor. With a screenplay by Elmer Rice adapted from his Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Street Scene takes place on a New York City street from one evening until the following afternoon... |
September 5, 1931 | |
| Palmy Days Palmy Days Palmy Days is a 1931 musical comedy written by Eddie Cantor, Morrie Ryskind, and David Freedman, directed by A. Edward Sutherland, and choreographed by Busby Berkeley... |
October 3, 1931 | |
| The Age for Love | October 17, 1931 | |
| The Unholy Garden The Unholy Garden (1931 film) The Unholy Garden is a 1931 drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Ronald Colman. It was based on a story by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. -Plot:... |
October 28, 1931 | |
| Corsair Corsair (film) Corsair is a 1931 American film directed by Roland West. The film is based on the novel Corsair by Walton Green.-Cast:*Chester Morris as John Hawks*Thelma Todd as Alison Corning*Fred Kohler as Big John*Ned Sparks as Slim... |
November 28, 1931 | |
| The Struggle The Struggle (film) The Struggle is a sound feature film directed by D. W. Griffith, and was his only other full-sound film besides Abraham Lincoln . After several films directed by Griffith failed at the box office, this was Griffith's last film... |
December 10, 1931 | |
| Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks | December 12, 1931 | |
| Tonight or Never Tonight or Never Tonight or Never is a comedy film directed by Mervyn LeRoy, starring Gloria Swanson and featuring Boris Karloff.-Plot:Nella Vargo is a Hungarian prima donna whose latest performances include singing Tosca in Venice... |
December 17, 1931 | |
| Arrowsmith Arrowsmith (film) Arrowsmith is a 1931 film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. It was written by Sidney Howard from the Sinclair Lewis novel Arrowsmith, and directed by John Ford.-Plot:... |
December 26, 1931 | Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture. |
| Cock of the Air | January 23, 1932 | |
| The Greeks Had a Word for Them The Greeks Had a Word for Them The Greeks Had a Word for Them , also known as Three Broadway Girls, is a Pre-Code comedy film directed by Lowell Sherman, produced by Samuel Goldwyn, and released by United Artists. It stars Joan Blondell, Madge Evans, and Ina Claire and is based on the play The Greeks Had a Word for It by Zoe Akins... |
February 13, 1932 | |
| Sky Devils | March 12, 1932 | |
| Scarface Scarface (1932 film) Scarface is a 1932 American gangster film starring Paul Muni and George Raft, produced by Howard Hughes, directed by Howard Hawks and Richard Rosson, and written by Ben Hecht based on the 1929 novel of the same name by Armitage Trail... 1 |
April 9, 1932 | |
| The Silver Lining | April 16, 1932 | |
| Der Kongress tanzt | April 25, 1932 | |
| The Congress Dances | May 11, 1932 | |
| White Zombie White Zombie (film) White Zombie is a 1932 American independent Pre-Code horror film directed and produced by brothers Victor Halperin and Edward Halperin, respectively. The screenplay by Garnett Weston tells the story of a young woman's transformation into a zombie at the hands of an evil voodoo master. Béla Lugosi... |
August 4, 1932 | |
| Mr. Robinson Crusoe Mr. Robinson Crusoe Mr. Robinson Crusoe is a 1932 American film. It is one of the few "talkie" films starring Douglas Fairbanks in his penultimate film role, who also produced the film and provided the story. The film was directed by A. Edward Sutherland, a veteran silent film director, for Fairbanks's Elton... |
August 19, 1932 | |
| Rain Rain (1932 film) Rain is a 1932 South Seas drama film directed by Lewis Milestone with portions filmed at Santa Catalina Island, California. The film stars Joan Crawford as prostitute Sadie Thompson and Walter Huston as a conflicted missionary who wants to reform Sadie, but whose own morals start decaying... * |
October 12, 1932 | |
| Magic Night | November 2, 1932 | |
| The Kid from Spain The Kid from Spain The Kid from Spain is a 1932 comedy film directed by Leo McCarey starring Eddie Cantor involving bullfighting. Songs were composed by Harry Ruby and Bert Kalmar. Noteworthy are the musical scenes, directed and choreographed by Busby Berkeley.... |
November 17, 1932 | |
| Cynara Cynara (film) Cynara is a 1932 romantic drama film about a British lawyer who pays a heavy price for an affair. It stars Ronald Colman, Kay Francis, and Phyllis Barry and is based on the novel An Imperfect Lover by Robert Gore-Browne.-Cast :... |
December 24, 1932 | |
| Matinee Idol | 1933 | |
| Hallelujah, I'm a Bum Hallelujah, I'm a Bum (film) Hallelujah, I'm a Bum is a 1933 American musical comedy film directed by Lewis Milestone in the Depression.The film stars Al Jolson as Bumper, a popular New York tramp, and both romanticizes and satirizes the hobo lifestyle that many people were forced into by the economic conditions of the time.... |
February 3, 1933 | |
| Perfect Understanding Perfect Understanding Perfect Understanding is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Cyril Gardner and starring Laurence Olivier, Gloria Swanson and John Halliday.-Plot:... |
March 11, 1933 | |
| Secrets Secrets (film) Secrets is a 1933 Western film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Mary Pickford in her last film role. The film is a remake of Secrets , a silent film starring Norma Talmadge.... |
March 16, 1933 | |
| I Cover the Waterfront I Cover the Waterfront I Cover the Waterfront is a 1933 film, based on the book of the same name by Max Miller. The film was directed by James Cruze and stars Ben Lyon, Claudette Colbert, Ernest Torrance, and Hobart Cavanaugh.-Synopsis:... |
May 19, 1933 | |
| Samarang | June 28, 1933 | |
| Bitter Sweet Bitter Sweet (1933 film) Bitter Sweet is a musical romance film directed by Herbert Wilcox and released by United Artists in 1933. It was the first film adaptation of Noel Coward's 1929 operetta Bitter Sweet. It starred Anna Neagle and Fernand Gravey, with Ivy St. Helier reviving her stage role as Manon.It tells the story... |
August 25, 1933 | |
| The Masquerade | September 3, 1933 | |
| The Private Life of Henry VIII The Private Life of Henry VIII The Private Life of Henry VIII is a 1933 film about Henry VIII, King of England. It was written by Lajos Biró and Arthur Wimperis, and directed by Sir Alexander Korda.Charles Laughton won the 1933 Academy Award as Best Actor for his performance as Henry... |
September 21, 1933 | Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture. |
| The Emperor Jones The Emperor Jones (1933 film) The Emperor Jones is a 1933 film adaptation of the Eugene O'Neill play of the same title, directed by Dudley Murphy, featuring Paul Robeson, Dudley Digges, Frank H. Wilson, and Fredi Washington. The screenplay was written by DuBose Heyward and filmed at Kaufman Astoria Studios with the beach scene... |
September 29, 1933 | |
| The Bowery The Bowery (1933 film) The Bowery is a 1933 historical film about the Lower East Side of Manhattan at the turn of the century. The movie was directed by Raoul Walsh and features Wallace Beery as saloon owner Chuck Connors, George Raft as Steve Brodie, the first man to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge and live, Jackie Cooper... 19 |
October 7, 1933 | distribution only; produced by 20th Century Pictures 20th Century Fox Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios... |
| Broadway Through a Keyhole19 | November 2, 1933 | distribution only; produced by 20th Century Pictures 20th Century Fox Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios... |
| Blood Money Blood Money (1933 film) Blood Money is a 1933 crime film about a crooked bail bondsman played by George Bancroft, with Judith Anderson as his longtime lover and Frances Dee as the thrill-seeking socialite who catches his eye. This marked the film debut of Anderson... 19 |
November 17, 1933 | distribution only; produced by 20th Century Pictures 20th Century Fox Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios... |
| Advice to the Lovelorn19 | December 1, 1933 | distribution only; produced by 20th Century Pictures 20th Century Fox Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios... |
| Roman Scandals Roman Scandals Roman Scandals is a 1933 black-and-white American musical film starring Eddie Cantor, Ruth Etting, Gloria Stuart, Edward Arnold and David Manners. It was directed by Frank Tuttle.... |
December 29, 1933 | |
| Gallant Lady | January 5, 1934 | |
| Moulin Rouge Moulin Rouge (1934 film) Moulin Rouge is a 1934 film starring actress Constance Bennett. It contained the songs Coffee in the Morning and Kisses in the Night and Boulevard of Broken Dreams with music by Harry Warren and lyrics by Al Dubin. Lucille Ball is an uncredited show girl in the film... |
January 19, 1934 | |
| Palooka Palooka (film) Palooka is a 1934 comedy film directed by Benjamin Stoloff starring Jimmy Durante. It is based on the comic strip by Ham Fisher. The movie was adapted by Jack Jevne, Arthur Kober, Gertrude Purcell, Murray Roth and Ben Ryan from the comic strip... |
January 26, 1934 | |
| Nana | February 1, 1934 | |
| The Rise of Catherine the Great | February 9, 1934 | |
| Looking for Trouble Looking for Trouble Looking for Trouble is a 1934 American crime film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Spencer Tracy, Jack Oakie and Constance Cummings. After he is rejected by a woman, a man leaves his safe job and joins a gang that robs banks.-Cast:... 19 |
March 29, 1934 | distribution only; produced by 20th Century Pictures 20th Century Fox Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios... |
| The House of Rothschild19 | April 7, 1934 | Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture. distribution only; produced by 20th Century Pictures 20th Century Fox Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios... |
| The Last Gentleman19 | April 28, 1934 | distribution only; produced by 20th Century Pictures 20th Century Fox Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios... |
| Born to Be Bad Born to Be Bad (1934 film) Born to Be Bad is a 1934 Drama directed by Lowell Sherman, starring Loretta Young and Cary Grant. This film was rejected by the Hays Office twice before it was finally approved... 19 |
May 18, 1934 | distribution only; produced by 20th Century Pictures 20th Century Fox Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios... |
| Sorrell and Son Sorrell and Son Sorrell and Son is a silent film released on December 2, 1927 and nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director in the 1st Academy Awards the following year... |
May 29, 1934 | |
| Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back is a 1934 American comedy-mystery-adventure film directed by Roy Del Ruth. The film stars Ronald Colman and Loretta Young.-Plot:... 19 |
August 15, 1934 | distribution only; produced by 20th Century Pictures 20th Century Fox Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios... |
| The Affairs of Cellini The Affairs of Cellini The Affairs of Cellini is a comedy film set in Florence over 400 years ago. This 1934 movie was adapted by Bess Meredyth from the play The Firebrand of Florence by Edwin Justus Mayer. It was directed by Gregory La Cava.-Plot:... 19 |
August 24, 1934 | distribution only; produced by 20th Century Pictures 20th Century Fox Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios... |
| The Count of Monte Cristo The Count of Monte Cristo (1934 film) The Count of Monte Cristo is a film adaptation of Alexandre Dumas, père's novel of the same name, directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring Robert Donat, Elissa Landi, and Louis Calhern... |
September 7, 1934 | |
| Our Daily Bread Our Daily Bread (1934 film) Our Daily Bread is a 1934 film directed by King Vidor and starring Karen Morley, Tom Keene, and John Qualen. Vidor tried to interest Irving Thalberg of MGM in the project, but Thalberg rejected the idea... |
October 2, 1934 | |
| We Live Again We Live Again We Live Again is a 1934 film adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's 1899 novel Resurrection , starring Anna Sten and Frederic March... |
November 1, 1934 | |
| Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round | November 2, 1934 | |
| Kid Millions Kid Millions Kid Millions is an American film directed by Roy Del Ruth, produced by Samuel Goldwyn, and starring Eddie Cantor.-Plot:The story features Eddie, a kid from Brooklyn, New York,... |
November 10, 1934 | |
| The Private Life of Don Juan The Private Life of Don Juan The Private Life of Don Juan is a 1934 British comedy-drama film about the life of an aging Don Juan, based on the 1920 play L'homme à la Rose by Henry Bataille. The movie stars Douglas Fairbanks and Merle Oberon.-Plot:... |
November 30, 1934 | |
| The Queen's Affair The Queen's Affair The Queen's Affair is a 1934 British musical film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, Fernand Gravey, Muriel Aked and Edward Chapman. An Eastern European President falls in love with the Queen whom he had previously deposed. It was also released as Queen's Affair.... |
December 21, 1934 | |
| Adventures of Don Quixote Adventures of Don Quixote (film) Adventures of Don Quixote is the English title of a film adaptation of the classic Miguel de Cervantes novel, directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst, starring the famous operatic bass Feodor Chaliapin. Although the film stars Chaliapin, it is not an opera; however, he does sing three songs in it. It is... |
December 23, 1934 | |
| The Mighty Barnum The Mighty Barnum The Mighty Barnum is a 1934 film starring Wallace Beery as P.T. Barnum. The movie was written by Gene Fowler and Bess Meredyth, and directed by Walter Lang. Beery had played Barnum four years earlier in A Lady's Morals, a highly fictionalized biography of singer Jenny Lind.-Cast:*Wallace Beery as... 19 |
December 23, 1934 | distribution only; produced by 20th Century Pictures 20th Century Fox Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios... |
| Clive of India Clive of India (film) Clive of India is a 1935 drama film based on Robert, Lord Clive's historical biography. It was written by R.J. Minney and W.P. Lipscomb and directed by Richard Boleslawski.-Cast:* Ronald Colman as Baron Robert Clive* shahrukh khan as devdas... 19 |
January 25, 1935 | distribution only; produced by 20th Century Pictures 20th Century Fox Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios... |
| Folies Bergere de Paris19 | February 22, 1935 | distribution only; produced by 20th Century Pictures 20th Century Fox Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios... |
| The Scarlet Pimpernel The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934 film) The Scarlet Pimpernel is a 1934 adaptation of The Scarlet Pimpernel, the classic adventure novel by Baroness Orczy. It was produced by Alexander Korda, directed by Harold Young and stars Leslie Howard and Merle Oberon, along with Raymond Massey.-Plot:... |
February 7, 1935 | |
| The Wedding Night The Wedding Night The Wedding Night is a 1935 American romantic drama film directed by King Vidor, and starring Gary Cooper, Anna Sten, and Ralph Bellamy. Vidor won the Best Director Award at the Venice Film Festival.-Plot:... |
March 8, 1935 | |
| Les Misérables Les Misérables (1935 film) Les Misérables is a 1935 American drama film based upon the famous Victor Hugo novel of the same name. It was adapted by W. P. Lipscomb and directed by Richard Boleslawski... 19 |
April 20, 1935 | Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture. distribution only, produced by 20th Century Pictures 20th Century Fox Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios... |
| Cardinal Richelieu Cardinal Richelieu (film) Cardinal Richelieu is a 1935 American historical film directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring George Arliss, Maureen O'Sullivan, Edward Arnold and Cesar Romero... 19 |
April 28, 1935 | distribution only; produced by 20th Century Pictures 20th Century Fox Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios... |
| Let 'em Have It | May 17, 1935 | |
| Escape Me Never | May 24, 1935 | |
| Nell Gwyn | June 19, 1935 | |
| Sanders of the River Sanders of the River Sanders of the River is a 1935 film directed by Zoltán Korda, based on the stories of Edgar Wallace. It was later spoofed in the 1938 Will Hay film Old Bones of the River, which also featured the characters of Commissioner Sanders, Captain Hamilton and Bosambo seen in this film, but played by... |
June 26, 1935 | |
| The Call of the Wild The Call of the Wild (1935 film) The Call of the Wild is a 1935 American adventure film adaptation of Jack London's novel of the same name. A prospector heading for the Alaska gold rush rescues a sled dog from its cruel master. Stars Clark Gable and Loretta Young had an affair during the film's production, resulting in Young's... 19 |
August 9, 1935 | distribution only; produced by 20th Century Pictures 20th Century Fox Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios... |
| The Dark Angel | September 8, 1935 | |
| Red Salute Red Salute Red Salute is a 1935 American film directed by Sidney Lanfield.The film is also known as Her Enlisted Man and Her Uncle Sam .- Cast :*Barbara Stanwyck as Drue Van Allen*Robert Young as Jeff... |
September 12, 1935 | |
| Barbary Coast Barbary Coast (film) Barbary Coast is a period film directed by Howard Hawks. Shot in black-and-white and set in San Francisco during the Gold Rush era, the film combines elements of crime, Western, melodrama and adventure genres, features a wide range of actors, from good-guy Joel McCrea to bad-boy Edward G... |
October 13, 1935 | |
| The Melody Lingers On | November 7, 1935 | |
| Splendor | November 22, 1935 | |
| Mimi | January 9, 1936 | |
| Strike Me Pink | January 24, 1936 | |
| The Ghost Goes West The Ghost Goes West The Ghost Goes West is a British romantic comedy/fantasy film starring Robert Donat, Jean Parker, and Eugene Pallette, and directed by René Clair, his first English-language film... |
February 7, 1936 | |
| Modern Times Modern Times (film) Modern Times is a 1936 comedy film by Charlie Chaplin that has his iconic Little Tramp character struggling to survive in the modern, industrialized world. The film is a comment on the desperate employment and fiscal conditions many people faced during the Great Depression, conditions created, in... 11 |
February 25, 1936 | |
| These Three These Three These Three is a 1936 American drama film directed by William Wyler. The screenplay by Lillian Hellman is based on her 1934 play The Children's Hour.... |
March 18, 1936 | |
| Little Lord Fauntleroy Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936 film) Little Lord Fauntleroy is a 1936 drama film based on the 1886 novel of the same name by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The film stars Freddie Bartholomew, Dolores Costello, , and C. Aubrey Smith... * |
April 2, 1936 | distribution only; produced by Selznick International Pictures Selznick International Pictures -Origin:It was founded in 1935 by producer David O. Selznick and investor John Hay "Jock" Whitney after Selznick left Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and leased a section of the RKO Pictures lot in Culver City, California... |
| Things to Come Things to Come Things to Come is a British science fiction film produced by Alexander Korda and directed by William Cameron Menzies. The screenplay was written by H. G. Wells and is a loose adaptation of his own 1933 novel The Shape of Things to Come and his 1931 non-fiction work, The Work, Wealth and Happiness... |
April 17, 1936 | |
| Folies-Bergere19 | April 17, 1936 | distribution only; produced by 20th Century Pictures 20th Century Fox Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios... |
| The Amateur Gentleman The Amateur Gentleman (1936 film) The Amateur Gentleman is a 1936 British drama film directed by Thornton Freeland and starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Elissa Landi, Gordon Harker and Margaret Lockwood, with music by Richard Addinsell. It is based on the 1913 novel The Amateur Gentleman by Jeffrey Farnol... |
April 27, 1936 | |
| One Rainy Afternoon One Rainy Afternoon One Rainy Afternoon is a 1936 romantic comedy film directed by Rowland V. Lee, starring Francis Lederer and Ida Lupino and featuring Hugh Herbert, Roland Young and Erik Rhodes... |
May 13, 1936 | |
| Moscow Nights Moscow Nights (film) Moscow Nights is a 1935 British drama film directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Laurence Olivier, Penelope Dudley-Ward and Harry Baur. During the First World War a wounded Russian officer Captain Ignatoff falls in love with his nurse... |
July 1, 1936 | |
| The Last of the Mohicans The Last of the Mohicans (1936 film) The Last of the Mohicans is a 1936 adventure film adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper's novel of the same name starring Randolph Scott, Binnie Barnes, Henry Wilcoxon and Bruce Cabot.... |
September 2, 1936 | |
| Dodsworth Dodsworth (film) Dodsworth is a 1936 American drama film directed by William Wyler. Sidney Howard based the screenplay on his 1934 stage adaptation of the 1929 novel of the same name by Sinclair Lewis... 10 |
September 23, 1936 | Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture. |
| The Gay Desperado The Gay Desperado The Gay Desperado is a comedy film starring Ida Lupino, Leo Carrillo, and Nino Martini and directed by Rouben Mamoulian, produced by Mary Pickford, and originally released by United Artists... |
October 2, 1936 | |
| Come and Get It Come and Get It (film) Come and Get It is a 1936 American drama film directed by Howard Hawks and William Wyler. The screenplay by Jane Murfin and Jules Furthman is based on the 1935 novel of the same title by Edna Ferber.-Plot:... |
November 6, 1936 | |
| The Garden of Allah | November 19, 1936 | distribution only; produced by Selznick International Pictures Selznick International Pictures -Origin:It was founded in 1935 by producer David O. Selznick and investor John Hay "Jock" Whitney after Selznick left Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and leased a section of the RKO Pictures lot in Culver City, California... |
| Accused Accused (film) Accused is a 1936 British mystery film directed by Thornton Freeland.-Plot:Two dance partners become embroiled in a murder mystery when one of the dancers is accused of murder.-Cast:*Douglas Fairbanks, Jr......Tony Seymour... |
December 17, 1936 | |
| Rembrandt | December 25, 1936 | |
| Beloved Enemy Beloved Enemy Beloved Enemy is a 1936 American drama film directed by H.C. Potter and starring Merle Oberon, Brian Aherne, and David Niven. It was loosely based on the life of Michael Collins.-Plot:... |
December 25, 1936 | |
| As You Like It As You Like It (1936 film) As You Like It is a 1936 film, directed by Paul Czinner and starring Laurence Olivier as Orlando and Elisabeth Bergner as Rosalind. It is based on William Shakespeare's play of the same name... |
January 8, 1937 | |
| Men Are Not Gods Men Are Not Gods Men Are Not Gods is a 1936 British film starring Miriam Hopkins and co-starring Gertrude Lawrence, Sebastian Shaw and Rex Harrison. It was a success in the UK when released largely due to the popularity of the two female stars Hopkins and Lawrence. This also brought to attention the talents of Rex... |
January 18, 1937 | |
| You Only Live Once | January 29, 1937 | |
| The Man Who Could Work Miracles The Man Who Could Work Miracles The Man Who Could Work Miracles is a 1936 British fantasy-comedy film. It is a greatly expanded version of H.G. Wells’s story of the same name. It was the final adaptation of one of Wells' works to be produced during his lifetime.-Plot outline:... |
February 19, 1937 | |
| Storm in a Teacup Storm in a Teacup (film) Storm in a Teacup is a 1937 British romantic comedy film starring Vivien Leigh, Rex Harrison, Cecil Parker, and Sara Allgood. It is based on the German play Sturm im Wasserglas by Bruno Frank. A reporter writes an article that embarrasses a politician... |
February 25, 1937 | |
| Fire Over England Fire Over England Fire Over England is a 1937 London Film Productions film drama, notable for providing the first pairing of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. It was directed by William K. Howard and written by Clemence Dane from the novel Fire Over England by A. E. W. Mason. Leigh's performance in the movie... |
March 5, 1937 | |
| History Is Made at Night History Is Made at Night (1937 film) History Is Made at Night is a 1937 romantic drama with elements of comedy and spectacle.It deals with a love triangle among a possessive shipping magnate, his beautiful wife, and a French headwaiter, with a spectacular ocean liner as a backdrop.... |
March 5, 1937 | |
| Elephant Boy Elephant Boy (film) Elephant Boy is a 1937 British adventure film starring Sabu in his film debut. Documentary filmmaker Robert J. Flaherty and Zoltan Korda won the Best Director Award at the Venice Film Festival... |
April 5, 1937 | |
| A Night of Terror | April 18, 1937 | |
| A Star Is Born A Star Is Born (1937 film) A Star Is Born is a 1937 Technicolor romantic drama film produced by David O. Selznick and directed by William A. Wellman, with a script by Wellman, Robert Carson, Dorothy Parker and Alan Campbell. It stars Janet Gaynor as an aspiring Hollywood actress, and Fredric March as an aging movie star who... * |
April 27, 1937 | Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture. distribution only; produced by Selznick International Pictures Selznick International Pictures -Origin:It was founded in 1935 by producer David O. Selznick and investor John Hay "Jock" Whitney after Selznick left Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and leased a section of the RKO Pictures lot in Culver City, California... |
| Woman Chases Man Woman Chases Man Woman Chases Man is a 1937 romantic comedy film starring Miriam Hopkins and Joel McCrea. The plot concerns a former millionaire and his wealthy son Kenneth. The millionaire enlists the help of a young female architect named Virginia to con money out of his son in order to start up a housing project... |
May 7, 1937 | |
| Dreaming Lips | May 19, 1937 | |
| When Thief Meets Thief | June 14, 1937 | |
| Dark Journey Dark Journey (film) Dark Journey is a 1937 British spy film directed by Victor Saville set in the First World War. Its plot concerns two secret agents on opposite sides, played by Conrad Veidt and Vivien Leigh, who fall in love.-Cast:* Conrad Veidt as Baron Karl von Marwitz... |
July 2, 1937 | |
| Knight Without Armor | July 23, 1937 | |
| Stella Dallas Stella Dallas (1937 film) Stella Dallas is a 1937 film based on the Olive Higgins Prouty novel of the same name. It was directed by King Vidor, and stars Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, and Anne Shirley. Stanwyck was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role, and Shirley for Best Actress in a Supporting Role... 10 |
August 6, 1937 | |
| Dead End Dead End Dead End is a 1937 crime drama film. It is an adaptation of the Sidney Kingsley 1935 Broadway play of the same name. It stars Humphrey Bogart, Joel McCrea, and Sylvia Sidney... |
August 27, 1937 | Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture. |
| The Prisoner of Zenda The Prisoner of Zenda (1937 film) The Prisoner of Zenda is a 1937 black-and-white adventure film based on the Anthony Hope 1894 novel of the same name and the 1896 play. Of the many film adaptations, this is considered by many to be the definitive version.... 2 |
September 3, 1937 | distribution only; produced by Selznick International Pictures Selznick International Pictures -Origin:It was founded in 1935 by producer David O. Selznick and investor John Hay "Jock" Whitney after Selznick left Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and leased a section of the RKO Pictures lot in Culver City, California... |
| Stand-In Stand-In Stand-In is a movie about Hollywood and the film industry starring Leslie Howard, Joan Blondell, and Humphrey Bogart. It was directed by Tay Garnett, produced by Walter Wanger, and released by United Artists.- Plot :... |
October 29, 1937 | |
| The Hurricane The Hurricane (1937 film) The Hurricane is a 1937 film set in the South Seas, directed by John Ford and produced by Samuel Goldwyn, about a Polynesian who is unjustly imprisoned. The climax features a special effects hurricane. It stars Dorothy Lamour and Jon Hall, with Mary Astor, C. Aubrey Smith, Thomas Mitchell, Raymond... |
November 9, 1937 | |
| Murder on Diamond Row | November 11, 1937 | |
| 52nd Street | November 19, 1937 | |
| Nothing Sacred Nothing Sacred (film) Nothing Sacred is a 1937 Technicolor screwball comedy film made by Selznick International Pictures and distributed by United Artists. It was directed by William A. Wellman and produced by David O. Selznick, from a screenplay credited to Ben Hecht, based on a story by James H. Street... |
November 25, 1937 | distribution only; produced by Selznick International Pictures Selznick International Pictures -Origin:It was founded in 1935 by producer David O. Selznick and investor John Hay "Jock" Whitney after Selznick left Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and leased a section of the RKO Pictures lot in Culver City, California... |
| Action for Slander Action for Slander Action for Slander is a 1937 British drama film directed by Tim Whelan and starring Clive Brook, Ann Todd and Googie Withers. An army officer is falsely accused at cheating at cards by a man whose wife he had an affair with and struggles to clear his name... |
January 14, 1938 | |
| I Met My Love Again I Met My Love Again I Met My Love Again is a 1938 romantic drama film distributed by United Artists, directed by Joshua Logan, Arthur Ripley and George Cukor. The screenplay was written by David Hertz, based on the novel Summer Lightning by Allene Corliss. The film stars Joan Bennett and Henry Fonda.-Synopsis:Two... |
January 14, 1938 | |
| The Divorce of Lady X The Divorce of Lady X The Divorce of Lady X is a 1938 British romantic comedy film made by London Films and distributed by United Artists. It was directed by Tim Whelan and produced by Alexander Korda from a screenplay by Ian Dalrymple and Arthur Wimperis, adapted by Lajos Biró from the play Counsel's Opinion by Gilbert... |
January 15, 1938 | |
| The Goldwyn Follies The Goldwyn Follies The Goldwyn Follies is a 1938 Technicolor film written by Ben Hecht, Sid Kuller, Sam Perrin and Arthur Phillips, with music by George Gershwin, Vernon Duke, and Ray Golden, and lyrics by Ira Gershwin. Some sources credit Kurt Weill as one of the composers, but this is apparently incorrect... 10 |
February 4, 1938 | |
| The Adventures of Tom Sawyer The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938 film) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a 1938 American drama film directed by Norman Taurog. The screenplay by John V.A. Weaver was based on the classic 1876 novel by Mark Twain.-Plot:... |
February 11, 1938 | distribution only; produced by Selznick International Pictures Selznick International Pictures -Origin:It was founded in 1935 by producer David O. Selznick and investor John Hay "Jock" Whitney after Selznick left Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and leased a section of the RKO Pictures lot in Culver City, California... |
| Gaiety Girls | March 18, 1938 | |
| Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel is a 1937 British thriller film directed by Hanns Schwarz and starring Barry K. Barnes, Sophie Stewart, Margaretta Scott and James Mason. It is a sequel to the 1934 film The Scarlet Pimpernel based on the stories by Baroness Emmuska Orczy.France, 1794. Citizen... |
April 10, 1938 | |
| The Adventures of Marco Polo The Adventures of Marco Polo The Adventures of Marco Polo is a 1938 drama-adventure genre film, and one of the most elaborate and costly of Samuel Goldwyn's productions.-Plot:... |
April 15, 1938 | |
| Troopship | April 25, 1938 | |
| Moonlight Sonata | May 9, 1938 | |
| Blockade | June 17, 1938 | |
| South Riding South Riding (film) South Riding is a 1938 British drama film directed by Victor Saville and produced by Alexander Korda, starring Edna Best, Ralph Richardson, Edmund Gwenn and Ann Todd. A squire becomes involved in local politics. It is based on the novel South Riding by Winifred Holtby... |
August 1, 1938 | |
| Algiers Algiers (film) Algiers is a 1938 American drama film directed by John Cromwell and starring Charles Boyer, Sigrid Gurie, and Hedy Lamarr. The Walter Wanger production was a remake of the successful 1937 French film Pépé le Moko, which derived its plot from the Henri La Barthe novel of the same name... |
August 5, 1938 | |
| Vogues of 1938 Vogues of 1938 Vogues of 1938 is a 1937 musical film distributed by United Artists, directed by Irving Cummings, written by Bella Spewack and Sam Spewack, and starring by Warner Baxter and Joan Bennett... |
August 7, 1938 | |
| Dreamers of Glory | September 9, 1938 | |
| The Drum The Drum (1938 film) The Drum is a 1938 British Technicolor film from the book by A. E. W. Mason. The film was directed by Zoltan Korda and produced by Alexander Korda... |
September 29, 1938 | |
| There Goes My Heart There Goes My Heart There Goes My Heart is a 1938 romantic comedy film starring Virginia Bruce as a wealthy heiress who goes to work under an alias at a department store owned by her grandfather. Fredric March plays the reporter who tracks her down. The film is based on a story by Ed Sullivan, better known for his... |
October 14, 1938 | |
| The Lady Vanishes The Lady Vanishes (1938 film) The Lady Vanishes is a 1938 British thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and adapted by Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder from the 1936 novel The Wheel Spins by Ethel Lina White... |
November 1, 1938 | |
| The Young in Heart The Young in Heart The Young in Heart is a film comedy starring Janet Gaynor, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Paulette Goddard, Roland Young, and Billie Burke.... |
November 3, 1938 | distribution only; produced by Selznick International Pictures Selznick International Pictures -Origin:It was founded in 1935 by producer David O. Selznick and investor John Hay "Jock" Whitney after Selznick left Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and leased a section of the RKO Pictures lot in Culver City, California... |
| The Cowboy and the Lady The Cowboy and the Lady (1938 film) The Cowboy and the Lady is a 1938 American western romantic comedy film directed by H.C. Potter, and starring Gary Cooper and Merle Oberon. The film was written by S.N. Behrman and Sonya Levien, based on a story by Frank R. Adams and veteran film director Leo McCarey... |
November 17, 1938 | |
| Trade Winds Trade Winds (1938 film) Trade Winds is a 1938 comedy film distributed by United Artist. It was directed by Tay Garnett, and starred Fredric March and Joan Bennett. The screenplay was written by Dorothy Parker, Alan Campbell and Frank R... |
December 28, 1938 | |
| The Duke of West Point | December 29, 1938 | |
| World Windows | 1939 | |
| Topper Takes a Trip Topper Takes a Trip Topper Takes a Trip is a 1938 film sequel of Topper . Constance Bennett, Roland Young, Billie Burke and Alan Mowbray reprised their roles from the earlier movie; only Cary Grant was missing . A ghost tries to reunite a couple who she had a hand in splitting up in the prior film... |
January 12, 1939 | |
| Made for Each Other Made for Each Other (1939 film) Made for Each Other is a 1939 drama film directed by John Cromwell and produced by David O. Selznick. It stars Carole Lombard and James Stewart as a couple who get married after only knowing each other very briefly.-Plot:... |
February 10, 1939 | distribution only; produced by Selznick International Pictures Selznick International Pictures -Origin:It was founded in 1935 by producer David O. Selznick and investor John Hay "Jock" Whitney after Selznick left Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and leased a section of the RKO Pictures lot in Culver City, California... |
| King of the Turf | February 17, 1939 | |
| Stagecoach | March 2, 1939 | |
| Wuthering Heights Wuthering Heights (1939 film) Wuthering Heights is a 1939 American black-and-white film directed by William Wyler and produced by Samuel Goldwyn. It is based on the novel, Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. The film depicts only sixteen of the novel's thirty-four chapters, eliminating the second generation of characters. The... 10 |
April 7, 1939 | Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture. |
| Prison Without Bars | April 9, 1939 | |
| Zenobia Zenobia (film) Zenobia is a 1939 comedy film starring Oliver Hardy, Harry Langdon, Billie Burke, Alice Brady, James Ellison, Jean Parker, June Lang, Stepin Fetchit, and Hattie McDaniel... |
April 21, 1939 | |
| Captain Fury Captain Fury Captain Fury is a 1939 adventure film directed by Hal Roach. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction by Charles D. Hall.-Cast:* Brian Aherne - Captain Michael Fury* Victor McLaglen - Blackie* Paul Lukas - Francois Dupre... |
May 26, 1939 | |
| The Man in the Iron Mask The Man in the Iron Mask (1939 film) The Man in the Iron Mask is a 1939 American film very loosely adapted from the last section of the novel The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas, père, which is itself based on the French legend of the Man in the Iron Mask.... |
July 13, 1939 | |
| Winter Carnival | July 28, 1939 | |
| The Four Feathers The Four Feathers (1939 film) The Four Feathers is a 1939 adventure film directed by Zoltan Korda, starring John Clements, Ralph Richardson, June Duprez, C. Aubrey Smith. Set in the 1890s during the reign of Queen Victoria, it tells the story of a man accused of cowardice. It is one of a number of adaptations of the 1902 novel... |
August 3, 1939 | |
| They Shall Have Music They Shall Have Music They Shall Have Music is a 1939 musical film starring famed violinist Jascha Heifetz , Joel McCrea, Andrea Leeds, and Gene Reynolds... |
August 18, 1939 | |
| Intermezzo | September 22, 1939 | distribution only; produced by Selznick International Pictures Selznick International Pictures -Origin:It was founded in 1935 by producer David O. Selznick and investor John Hay "Jock" Whitney after Selznick left Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and leased a section of the RKO Pictures lot in Culver City, California... |
| The Real Glory The Real Glory The Real Glory is a 1939 Samuel Goldwyn Company action film starring Gary Cooper, David Niven, and Broderick Crawford released by United Artists in the weeks immediately following Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland. Based on a 1937 novel of the same name by Charles L... |
September 29, 1939 | |
| Eternally Yours Eternally Yours (film) Eternally Yours is a 1939 American comedy film made by Walter Wanger and released by United Artists. The film was produced and directed by Tay Garnett with Walter Wanger as executive producer, from a screenplay by C. Graham Baker and Gene Towne.... |
October 7, 1939 | |
| The Housekeeper's Daughter The Housekeeper's Daughter The Housekeeper's Daughter is a 1939 comedy film directed and produced by Hal Roach. The film stars by Joan Bennett, Adolphe Menjou and John Hubbard... |
October 26, 1939 | |
| Slightly Honorable Slightly Honorable - Cast :*Pat O'Brien as John Webb*Edward Arnold as Vincent Cushing*Broderick Crawford as Russ Sampson*Ruth Terry as Nightclub singer*Alan Dinehart as District Attorney Joyce*Claire Dodd as Alma Brehmer*Phyllis Brooks as Sarilla Cushing*Eve Arden as Miss Ater... |
December 22, 1939 | |
| Raffles Raffles (1939 film) Raffles is a 1939 film starring David Niven and Olivia de Havilland. It is one of several film adaptations of an 1899 novel by E. W. Hornung, Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman. Sidney Howard wrote the screenplay for the 1930 version, died in 1939, and was given credit as co-author of the screenplay... |
December 29, 1939 | |
| Of Mice and Men Of Mice and Men (1939 film) Of Mice and Men is a 1939 film based on the novella of the same title by American author John Steinbeck. It stars Burgess Meredith, Betty Field, Lon Chaney, Jr., Charles Bickford, Roman Bohnen, Bob Steele and Noah Beery, Jr... |
December 30, 1939 | Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture. |
1940s
| Film Title | Release Date | Notes |
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| The Lion Has Wings The Lion Has Wings The Lion Has Wings is a 1939 British, black-and-white, documentary-style, propaganda, war film. The film was directed by Adrian Brunel, Brian Desmond Hurst, Alexander Korda and Michael Powell... |
January 19, 1940 | |
| A Chump at Oxford A Chump at Oxford A Chump at Oxford, directed by Alfred J. Goulding and released in 1940 by United Artists, was the penultimate Laurel and Hardy film made at the Hal Roach studios. Originally released as a streamliner featurette at forty minutes long, twenty minutes of footage largely unrelated to the main plot... |
February 16, 1940 | |
| The House Across the Bay The House Across the Bay The House Across the Bay is a 1940 film directed by Archie Mayo, produced by Walter Wanger, written by Myles Connolly and Kathryn Scola, and released by United Artists. The picture involves a singer who waits for an imprisoned gangster to be released from Alcatraz, and also features Lloyd Nolan... |
March 1, 1940 | |
| My Son, My Son! My Son, My Son! My Son, My Son! is a 1940 drama film based on a novel by the same name written by Howard Spring and directed by Charles Vidor. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction by John DuCasse Schulze.-Cast:* Madeleine Carroll - Livia Vaynol... |
March 22, 1940 | |
| Over the Moon Over the Moon (film) Over the Moon is a 1939 British comedy film directed by Thornton Freeland and starring Merle Oberon, Rex Harrison, Ursula Jeans and Herbert Lomas. A wealthy heiress becomes involved with a penniless doctor.... |
March 29, 1940 | |
| One Million B.C. One Million B.C. One Million B.C. is a 1940 American fantasy film produced by Hal Roach Studios and released by United Artists. It is also known by the titles Cave Man, Man and His Mate, and Tumak.... |
April 5, 1940 | |
| Saps at Sea Saps at Sea Saps at Sea is a 1940 American film directed by Gordon Douglas, distributed by United Artists, and Laurel and Hardy's last film produced by Hal Roach Studio.- Plot :... |
May 3, 1940 | |
| Turnabout Turnabout (film) Turnabout is a 1940 comedy film directed by Hal Roach and starring Adolphe Menjou, Carole Landis and John Hubbard. Based on the 1931 novel of the same name by Thorne Smith, the screenplay was written by Mickell Novack, Bernie Giler and John McClain with additional dialogue by Rian James.-Plot:Tim... |
May 17, 1940 | |
| Conquest of the Air Conquest of the Air Conquest of the Air was a 1936 documentary film on the evolution of aviation, up until the early stages of World War Two. It features historical footage of the developments of commercial and military aviation; including the early stages of technology developments in design, propulsion, and air... |
May 20, 1940 | |
| Our Town | May 24, 1940 | Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture. |
| Rebecca9 | April 12, 1940 | Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Picture The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to artists working in the motion picture industry. The Best Picture category is the only category in which every member of the Academy is eligible not only... . distribution only; produced by Selznick International Pictures Selznick International Pictures -Origin:It was founded in 1935 by producer David O. Selznick and investor John Hay "Jock" Whitney after Selznick left Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and leased a section of the RKO Pictures lot in Culver City, California... |
| South of Pago Pago | July 19, 1940 | |
| Captain Caution | August 9, 1940 | |
| Foreign Correspondent Foreign Correspondent (film) Foreign Correspondent is a 1940 American spy thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock which tells the story of an American reporter who tries to expose enemy spies in Britain, a series of events involving a continent-wide conspiracy that eventually leads to the events of a fictionalized World War... |
August 16, 1940 | Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture. |
| Kit Carson | August 30, 1940 | |
| Pastor Hall Pastor Hall Pastor Hall is a 1940 British drama film directed by Ray Boulting and starring Wilfrid Lawson, Nova Pilbeam, Seymour Hicks, among others. The film is based on the play of the same title by German author Ernst Toller who had lived as an emigrant in the United States until his suicide in... |
September 13, 1940 | |
| The Westerner | September 20, 1940 | |
| The Long Voyage Home The Long Voyage Home The Long Voyage Home is an American drama film and directed by John Ford. It features John Wayne, Thomas Mitchell, Ian Hunter, Barry Fitzgerald, Wilfrid Lawson, John Qualen, Mildred Natwick, Ward Bond, among others.... |
November 11, 1940 | |
| Contraband | November 29, 1940 | |
| The Thief of Bagdad The Thief of Bagdad (1940 film) The Thief of Bagdad is a 1940 British fantasy film produced by Alexander Korda, and directed by Michael Powell, Ludwig Berger, and Tim Whelan, with contributions by Korda's brothers Vincent and Zoltán, and William Cameron Menzies... |
December 25, 1940 | distributor |
| The Son of Monte Cristo The Son of Monte Cristo The Son of Monte Cristo is a 1940 black-and-white film directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring Louis Hayward, Joan Bennett, and George Sanders.... |
January 10, 1941 | |
| Road Show Road Show (film) - Cast :*Adolphe Menjou*Carole Landis*John Hubbard*Charles Butterworth*Patsy Kelly*Shemp Howard*George E. Stone*Margaret Roach*Polly Ann Young*Edward Norris*Marjorie Woodworth*Florence Bates*Willie Best*The Charioteers- Soundtrack :... |
February 18, 1941 | |
| Cheers for Miss Bishop Cheers for Miss Bishop Cheers for Miss Bishop is a film based on the novel Miss Bishop by Bess Streeter Aldrich. It was directed by Tay Garnett and stars Martha Scott in the title role. The other cast members include William Gargan, Edmund Gwenn, Sterling Holloway, Dorothy Peterson, Marsha Hunt, Don Douglas, and Sidney... |
February 21, 1941 | |
| So Ends Our Night | February 27, 1941 | |
| The Great Dictator The Great Dictator The Great Dictator is a comedy film by Charlie Chaplin released in October 1940. Like most Chaplin films, he wrote, produced, and directed, in addition to starring as the lead. Having been the only Hollywood film maker to continue to make silent films well into the period of sound films, this was... 11 |
March 7, 1941 | |
| Topper Returns Topper Returns Topper Returns is the third and final entry in the initial series of films inspired by the novels of Thorne Smith. It followed Topper and Topper Takes a Trip... |
March 21, 1941 | |
| Pot o' Gold | April 3, 1941 | |
| That Uncertain Feeling That Uncertain Feeling (film) That Uncertain Feeling is a 1941 comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Merle Oberon, Melvyn Douglas and Burgess Meredith. The film is about the bored wife of an insurance salesman who meets an eccentric pianist and seeks a divorce. The screenplay by Walter Reisch and Donald Ogden... |
April 20, 1941 | |
| That Hamilton Woman That Hamilton Woman That Hamilton Woman, originally titled Lady Hamilton, is a 1941 black-and-white British historical film drama which takes place during the Napoleonic wars, produced and directed by Alexander Korda for Alexander Korda Films.-Production:... |
April 30, 1941 | |
| Major Barbara | May 14, 1941 | |
| Broadway Limited Broadway Limited (1941 film) Broadway Limited is a 1941 American film directed by Gordon Douglas. The film takes its name from the Broadway Limited train that the Pennsylvania Railroad used to run between New York and Chicago.-Plot:... |
June 13, 1941 | |
| Kukan Kukan Kukan is a documentary film by Rey Scott about the Chinese resistance to Japanese aggression during the early part of World War II . The film, subtitled The Battle Cry of China, was given an Honorary Academy Award... |
June 23, 1941 | |
| Sailors Three Sailors Three Sailors Three is a 1940 British war comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Tommy Trinder, Claude Hulbert and Carla Lehmann. Thre British sailors accidentally find themselves aboard a German ship during the Second World War.... |
July 4, 1941 | |
| New Wine | September 10, 1941 | |
| Tanks a Million Tanks a Million Tanks a Million is a 1941 American film directed by Fred Guiol. It was the first of Hal Roach's Streamliners, short films under an hour designed for the lower half of a double feature. The film was also the first pairing of William Tracy and Joe Sawyer in a series of films of the two in the... |
September 12, 1941 | |
| Lydia Lydia (film) Lydia is a 1941 drama film, directed by Julien Duvivier. It stars Merle Oberon as Lydia MacMillan, a woman whose life is seen from her spoiled, immature youth through bitter and resentful middle years, until at last she is old and accepting... |
September 25, 1941 | |
| International Lady | October 16, 1941 | |
| Niagara Falls Niagara Falls (1941 film) Niagara Falls is a 1941 American comedy of errors film directed by Gordon Douglas that was one of Hal Roach's Streamliners.- Plot summary :A peanut vendor sights a man named Sam Sawyer attempting suicide by jumping off a cliff into the waters below... |
October 17, 1941 | |
| Sundown Sundown (film) Sundown is a 1941 war film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Bruce Cabot and Gene Tierney. The film's adventure story, set against a war backdrop was well received by critics, earning three Academy Award nominations and was a box office success.... |
October 31, 1941 | |
| All-American Co-Ed All-American Co-Ed - Plot summary :Mar Brynn college is failing, as a scheme to perk-up attendance a newspaper reporter stages a show featuring "Odd girls" from all over the country. For publicity Mar Brynn's President Aunt Matilda Collinge begins poking fun of the Quincton college Zeta frat. For revenge the... |
October 31, 1941 | |
| Miss Polly | November 14, 1941 | |
| The Corsican Brothers The Corsican Brothers (1941 film) The Corsican Brothers is a 1941 swashbuckler film starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. in a dual role as the title Siamese twins, separated at birth and raised in completely different circumstances. Both thirst for revenge against the man who killed their parents, both fall in love with the same woman,... |
November 28, 1941 | |
| Fiesta Fiesta (1941 film) Fiesta is a 1941 American Technicolor film directed by LeRoy Prinz that was one of Hal Roach's Streamliners. The film was the motion picture debut of the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera star Anne Ayars.... |
November 28, 1941 | |
| The Shanghai Gesture The Shanghai Gesture The Shanghai Gesture is a 1941 American United Artists film noir motion picture starring Gene Tierney and Walter Huston, with Victor Mature and Ona Munson.... |
December 25, 1941 | |
| Hay Foot Hay Foot - Cast :*William Tracy as Sergeant "Dodo" Doubleday*Joe Sawyer as Sergeant Ames*James Gleason as Colonel J. A. Barkley*Noah Beery Jr. as Sgt. Charlie Cobb*Elyse Knox as Betty Barkley*Douglas Fowley as Captain Rossmead*Harold Goodwin as Lieutenant Caldwell... |
January 2, 1942 | |
| Brooklyn Orchid | January 31, 1942 | |
| Pimpernel Smith | February 12, 1942 | |
| To Be or Not to Be To Be or Not to Be (1942 film) To Be or Not to Be is a 1942 American comedy directed by Ernst Lubitsch, about a troupe of actors in Nazi-occupied Warsaw who use their abilities at disguise and acting to fool the occupying troops. It was adapted by Lubitsch and Edwin Justus Mayer from the story by Melchior Lengyel... |
March 6, 1942 | distribution only; produced by London Films London Films London Films is a British film production company founded in 1932 by Alexander Korda originally based at London Film Studios in Denham, Buckinghamshire, England. The company's productions included The Private Life of Henry VIII , Things to Come , Rembrandt , The Four Feathers , The Thief of Bagdad ... |
| Jungle Book Jungle Book (1942 film) Jungle Book is a 1942 American color action-adventure film based on the Rudyard Kipling book, The Jungle Book. The film was directed by Zoltán Korda based on a screenplay adaptation by Laurence Stallings. The cinematography was by Lee Garmes and W. Howard Greene and music by Miklós Rózsa... |
April 3, 1942 | |
| A Gentleman After Dark A Gentleman After Dark A Gentleman After Dark is a 1942 crime/drama film starring Brian Donlevy and Miriam Hopkins.-Plot:A greedy woman betrays her jewel thief husband to the police, for the reward. Her husband's friend, a detective, adopts the couple's child and raises her as his own. Eighteen years later the husband,... |
April 16, 1942 | |
| Twin Beds | April 30, 1942 | |
| Flying with Music | May 22, 1942 | |
| Ships with Wings | May 23, 1942 | |
| Miss Annie Rooney Miss Annie Rooney Miss Annie Rooney is a 1942 American drama film directed by Edwin L. Marin. The screenplay by George Bruce was based on the silent film, Little Annie Rooney starring Mary Pickford. Miss Annie Rooney is about a teenager from a humble background who falls in love with a rich classmate... |
May 29, 1942 | |
| Friendly Enemies Friendly Enemies Friendly Enemies is a 1942 American drama film starring Charles Winninger, Charles Ruggles, James Craig, and Nancy Kelly. The film was directed by Allan Dwan, adapted from a play by Aaron Hoffman and Samuel Shipman... |
June 21, 1942 | |
| One of Our Aircraft Is Missing One of Our Aircraft is Missing One of Our Aircraft is Missing is a 1942 British war film, the fourth collaboration between the British writer-director-producer team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger and the first film they made under the banner of The Archers... |
October 16, 1942 | |
| Undercover Man | October 23, 1942 | |
| The Moon and Sixpence The Moon and Sixpence (film) The Moon and Sixpence is a 1942 film adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's novel of the same name. George Sanders stars as a London stockbroker who gives up his career, wife and children to become a painter... |
October 27, 1942 | |
| I Married a Witch I Married a Witch I Married a Witch is a 1942 fantasy romantic comedy film, directed by René Clair, and starring Veronica Lake as a witch whose plan for revenge goes comically awry, with Fredric March as her foil. The film also features Robert Benchley, Susan Hayward and Cecil Kellaway... |
October 30, 1942 | |
| Silver Queen Silver Queen Silver Queen is a 1942 Western film directed by Lloyd Bacon.-Cast:* George Brent - James Kincaid* Priscilla Lane - Coralie Adams* Bruce Cabot - Gerald Forsythe* Lynne Overman - Hector Bailey* Eugene Pallette - Steve Adams... |
November 13, 1942 | |
| Fall In | November 20, 1942 | |
| Jacare Jacare (film) Jacaré was a film made in 1942 of James Dannaldson’s expedition to the Amazon.Clyde E. Elliott, Charles E. Ford and James Dannaldson led the film crew, which shot some 260,000 feet of film on the lower reaches of the Amazon River in Spring 1942... |
November 27, 1942 | |
| American Empire | December 11, 1942 | |
| Lost Canyon | December 18, 1942 | |
| In Which We Serve In Which We Serve In Which We Serve is a 1942 British patriotic war film directed by David Lean and Noël Coward. It was made during the Second World War with the assistance of the Ministry of Information .... |
December 23, 1942 | Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture. |
| Two Mugs from Brooklyn | December 31, 1942 | |
| The Powers Girl | January 15, 1943 | |
| The Crystal Ball | January 22, 1943 | |
| Calaboose | January 29, 1943 | |
| Young and Willing Young and Willing Young and Willing is a 1943 American comedy film made by Paramount Pictures and distributed by United Artists. It was produced and directed by Edward H... |
February 5, 1943 | |
| The Outlaw The Outlaw The Outlaw is a 1943 American Western film, directed by Howard Hughes and starring Jane Russell. The supporting cast includes Jack Buetel, Thomas Mitchell, and Walter Huston. Hughes also produced the film, while Howard Hawks served as an uncredited co-director... |
February 5, 1943 | |
| Hoppy Serves a Writ | March 12, 1943 | |
| Border Patrol Border Patrol (1943 film) Border Patrol is a 1943 Western film starring Hopalong Cassidy . Released on April 2, 1943, it was produced by Harry Sherman and directed by Lesley Selander. Hopalong's trusty sidekicks appear: California Carlson and the young cowpoke Johnny, this time played by Jay Kirby. Other players destined... |
April 2, 1943 | |
| Hangmen Also Die! | April 15, 1943 | |
| Taxi, Mister | April 16, 1943 | |
| Lady of Burlesque Lady of Burlesque Lady of Burlesque is a 1943 American mystery film starring Barbara Stanwyck and Michael O'Shea, based on the novel The G-String Murders written by famous strip tease artist Gypsy Rose Lee... |
May 1, 1943 | |
| Buckskin Frontier | May 14, 1943 | |
| Prairie Chickens | May 21, 1943 | |
| Leather Burners | May 28, 1943 | |
| Colt Comrades | June 18, 1943 | |
| Stage Door Canteen Stage Door Canteen Stage Door Canteen is a musical film produced by Sol Lesser Productions and distributed by United Artists. It was directed by Frank Borzage and features many cameo appearances by celebrities, and the majority of the film is essentially a filmed concert although there is also a storyline to the... |
June 24, 1943 | |
| Yanks Ahoy | June 29, 1943 | |
| The Foreman Went to France The Foreman Went to France The Foreman Went to France, also known as Somewhere in France, is a 1942 British World War II war film starring Clifford Evans, Tommy Trinder, Constance Cummings and Gordon Jackson... |
July 11, 1943 | |
| Victory Through Air Power Victory Through Air Power (film) Victory Through Air Power is a 1943 Walt Disney Technicolor animated feature film based on the 1942 book by Alexander P. de Seversky. De Seversky appeared in the film, an unusual departure from the Disney animated feature films of the time.... |
July 17, 1943 | distribution only; produced by Walt Disney Productions The Walt Disney Company The Walt Disney Company is the largest media conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by Walt and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into... |
| Hi Diddle Diddle Hi Diddle Diddle Hi Diddle Diddle is a black-and-white American comedy film made in 1943 directed by Andrew L. Stone and starring Adolphe Menjou, Martha Scott, Dennis O'Keefe, June Havoc, Billie Burke, and Pola Negri.... |
August 2, 1943 | |
| Johnny Come Lately Johnny Come Lately Johnny Come Lately is a 1943 film starring James Cagney, Grace George and Edward McNamara. It was the first film produced by Cagney Productions in March 1943 .-Plot:... |
September 3, 1943 | |
| The Kansan The Kansan (film) The Kansan is a 1943 American film directed by George Archainbaud. The film is also known as Wagon Wheels in the United Kingdom.- Cast :*Richard Dix as John Bonniwell*Jane Wyatt as Eleanor Sager*Albert Dekker as Steve Barat... |
September 10, 1943 | |
| Bar 20 | October 1, 1943 | |
| False Colors | November 5, 1943 | |
| Riders of the Deadline | December 3, 1943 | |
| Jack London | December 24, 1943 | |
| Three Russian Girls Three Russian Girls Three Russian Girls is a 1943 American World War II pro-Soviet propaganda film produced by R-F Productions and distributed by United Artists. It followed in the footsteps of Mission to Moscow . It was nominated for an Oscar in 1945 for best musical score. It starred Anna Sten.-External links:*... |
December 30, 1943 | |
| The Woman of the Town | December 31, 1943 | |
| Texas Masquerade | February 8, 1944 | |
| The Bridge of San Luis Rey The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944 film) The Bridge of San Luis Rey is a 1944 drama film made by Benedict Bogeaus Productions and released by United Artists. It was produced and directed by Rowland V. Lee with Benedict Bogeaus as co-producer. The screenplay by Howard Estabrook and Herman Weissman was adapted from the novel The Bridge of... |
February 11, 1944 | |
| Voice in the Wind Voice in the Wind Voice in the Wind is a 1944 American film noir directed by Arthur Ripley and written by Friedrich Torberg, based on a story written by Arthur Ripley. The drama features Francis Lederer, Sigrid Gurie, J... |
March 3, 1944 | |
| Knickerbocker Holiday Knickerbocker Holiday Knickerbocker Holiday is a musical written by Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson ; it was directed by Joshua Logan. Among the songs introduced was the "September Song", now considered a pop standard.- History :... |
March 17, 1944 | |
| Up in Mabel's Room | April 7, 1944 | |
| Lumberjack Lumberjack (film) - Cast :*William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy*Andy Clyde as 'California' Carlson*Jimmy Rogers as Jimmy Rogers*Douglass Dumbrille as Daniel J. Keefer*Ellen Hall as Julie Peters Jordan*Francis McDonald as Clyde Fenwick*Ethel Wales as Aunt Abbey Peters... |
April 28, 1944 | |
| It Happened Tomorrow It Happened Tomorrow It Happened Tomorrow is a 1944 fantasy film starring Dick Powell, Linda Darnell and Jack Oakie, and featuring Edgar Kennedy and Sig Ruman. It was directed by René Clair.-Plot:... |
May 28, 1944 | |
| Mystery Man | May 31, 1944 | |
| Song of the Open Road Song of the Open Road Song of the Open Road is a 1944 musical comedy film directed by S. Sylvan Simon, from a screenplay by Irving Phillips and Edward Verdier.-Overview:... |
June 21, 1944 | |
| Forty Thieves | June 23, 1944 | |
| Sensations of 1945 Sensations of 1945 Sensations of 1945 is a 1944 American musical-comedy film which was released by United Artists.This film was an attempt to recapture the ensemble style of films such as Broadway Melody of 1936 by showcasing a number of top musical and comedy acts of the day, in a film linked together by a loose... |
June 30, 1944 | |
| The Hairy Ape The Hairy Ape -Plot :The play tells the story of a brutish, unthinking laborer known as Yank, as he searches for a sense of belonging in a world controlled by the rich... |
July 2, 1944 | |
| Summer Storm | July 14, 1944 | |
| Since You Went Away Since You Went Away Since You Went Away is a 1944 film distributed by United Artists, a big-budget epic about the American home front during World War II. It was directed by John Cromwell and adapted and produced by David O. Selznick from the novel Since You Went Away: Letters to a Soldier from His Wife by Margaret... |
July 20, 1944 | Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture. distribution only; produced by Selznick International Pictures Selznick International Pictures -Origin:It was founded in 1935 by producer David O. Selznick and investor John Hay "Jock" Whitney after Selznick left Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and leased a section of the RKO Pictures lot in Culver City, California... |
| Abroad with Two Yanks | August 4, 1944 | |
| Dark Waters Dark Waters (1944 film) Dark Waters is a 1944 Gothic horror film based on the novel of the same name by Francis and Marian Cockrell. It was directed by André De Toth and starred Merle Oberon, Franchot Tone and Thomas Mitchell.-Plot:... |
November 21, 1944 | |
| Three Is a Family | November 23, 1944 | |
| Guest in the House Guest in the House Guest in the House is an American film noir directed by John Brahm. The drama features Anne Baxter, Ralph Bellamy, Aline MacMahon, among others.-Cast:* Anne Baxter as Evelyn Heath* Ralph Bellamy as Douglas Proctor* Aline MacMahon as Aunt Martha... |
December 8, 1944 | |
| Tomorrow, the World Tomorrow, the World Tomorrow, the World is a 1944 black-and-white motion picture starring Fredric March, Betty Field, and Agnes Moorehead, about a young German boy who had been active in the Hitler youth who comes to live with his uncle in the United States, who tries to teach him to reject Naziism... |
December 29, 1944 | |
| I'll Be Seeing You | January 5, 1945 | distribution only; produced by Selznick International Pictures Selznick International Pictures -Origin:It was founded in 1935 by producer David O. Selznick and investor John Hay "Jock" Whitney after Selznick left Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and leased a section of the RKO Pictures lot in Culver City, California... |
| Mr. Emmanuel Mr. Emmanuel Mr Emmanuel is a British film directed by Harold French, based on a 1938 novel by Louis Golding, who adapted the novel for the screen.-Plot synopsis:... |
January 6, 1945 | |
| Delightfully Dangerous Delightfully Dangerous -Cast:*Jane Powell as Sherry Williams*Ralph Bellamy as Arthur Hale*Constance Moore as Josephine 'Jo' Williams / Bubbles Barton*Morton Gould as Himself - Bandleader*Arthur Treacher as Jeffers, Hale's Butler*Louise Beavers as Hannah, Jo's Maid... |
March 31, 1945 | |
| Brewster's Millions Brewster's Millions (1945 film) Brewster's Millions is one of a number of adaptations of the novel of the same name by George Barr McCutcheon. An ex-serviceman, played by Dennis O'Keefe, receives an unusual inheritance.... |
April 7, 1945 | |
| It's in the Bag! It's in the Bag! It's in the Bag! is a 1945 comedy film featuring Fred Allen in his only starring film role. The film was released by United Artists at a time when Allen was at the peak of his fame as one of the most popular radio comedians.-Characters and story:... |
April 21, 1945 | |
| Blood on the Sun Blood on the Sun Blood on the Sun is a film starring James Cagney and Sylvia Sidney. The film is based on the history behind the Tanaka Memorial document.... |
April 26, 1945 | |
| The Southerner The Southerner (1945 film) The Southerner is a 1945 American film directed by Jean Renoir, based on the novel Hold Autumn in Your Hand by George Sessions Perry. The film received Oscar nominations for Best Director, Original Music Score and Sound. Renoir was named Best Director by the National Board of Review, which also... |
April 30, 1945 | |
| The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp is a 1943 film by the British film making team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger under the production banner of The Archers. It stars Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr and Anton Walbrook. The title derives from the satirical Colonel Blimp comic strip by David... |
May 4, 1945 | |
| The Great John L. | May 25, 1945 | |
| Bedside Manner | June 22, 1945 | |
| The Story of G.I. Joe The Story of G.I. Joe The Story of G.I. Joe, also credited in prints as Ernie Pyle's Story of G.I. Joe, is a 1945 American war film directed by William Wellman, starring Burgess Meredith and Robert Mitchum. The film was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Mitchum's only nomination for Best Supporting Actor.The... |
July 13, 1945 | |
| Guest Wife Guest Wife Guest Wife is a 1945 American comedy film directed by Sam Wood, written by Bruce Manning and John Klorer, and starring Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche and Dick Foran.... |
July 27, 1945 | |
| Blithe Spirit Blithe Spirit (film) Blithe Spirit is a British fantasy comedy film directed by David Lean. The screenplay by Lean, Anthony Havelock-Allan, Ronald Neame, and Noël Coward is based on Coward's 1941 play of the same name... |
October 3, 1945 | |
| Love on the Dole Love on the Dole (film) Love on the Dole is a 1941 British drama film starring Deborah Kerr and Clifford Evans. It was adapted from the novel of the same name by Walter Greenwood.- Plot summary :... |
October 12, 1945 | |
| Paris Underground Paris Underground (film) Paris Underground is a 1945 film directed by Gregory Ratoff and based on the book by Etta Shiber.It starred Constance Bennett and Gracie Fields as an American and an Englishwoman trapped in Paris when Nazi Germany invades in 1940, who rescue British airmen shot down in France and help them escape... |
October 17, 1945 | |
| Spellbound Spellbound (1945 film) Spellbound is a psychological mystery thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1945. It tells the story of the new head of a mental asylum who turns out not to be what he claims. The film stars Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Michael Chekhov and Leo G. Carroll. It is an adaptation by Angus... 9 |
October 31, 1945 | Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture. distribution only; produced by Selznick International Pictures Selznick International Pictures -Origin:It was founded in 1935 by producer David O. Selznick and investor John Hay "Jock" Whitney after Selznick left Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and leased a section of the RKO Pictures lot in Culver City, California... |
| The Way to the Stars The Way to the Stars The Way to the Stars, also known as Johnny in the Clouds, is a 1945 British war drama film made by Two Cities Films and released by United Artists. It was produced by Anatole de Grunwald and directed by Anthony Asquith... |
November 15, 1945 | |
| Captain Kidd | November 22, 1945 | |
| Abilene Town Abilene Town Abilene Town was a 1946 western film directed by Edwin L. Marin. The film starred Randolph Scott, Ann Dvorak, Lloyd Bridges, Rhonda Fleming, and Edgar Buchanan.... |
January 11, 1946 | |
| Whistle Stop | January 25, 1946 | |
| The Diary of a Chambermaid The Diary of a Chambermaid (1946 film) The Diary of a Chambermaid is a drama film about a newly-hired servant who severely disrupts a wealthy family. The film was based on the novel of the same name by Octave Mirbeau and the play Le journal d'une femme de Chambre by André Heuse, André de Lorde, and Thielly Nores, was directed by Jean... |
February 15, 1946 | |
| Breakfast in Hollywood Breakfast in Hollywood Breakfast in Hollywood was a popular morning radio show created and hosted by Tom Breneman who broadcast from 1941 to 1948 on three different radio networks: NBC, ABC and Mutual. These unscripted shows were spontaneous and involved much audience participation... |
February 26, 1946 | |
| Young Widow Young Widow Young Widow is a 1946 drama film directed by Edwin L. Marin, starring Jane Russell and Louis Hayward. It focuses on Joan Kenwood, a young journalist who can't get over her husband's death in World War II... |
March 4, 1946 | |
| A Night in Casablanca A Night in Casablanca A Night in Casablanca was the twelfth Marx Brothers movie, starring Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, and Harpo Marx. The picture was directed by Archie Mayo and written by Joseph Fields and Roland Kibbee, and is generally considered one of the better of the Marx Brothers' later films.-Plot:Set in... 3 |
May 10, 1946 | |
| Henry V Henry V (1944 film) Henry V is a 1944 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play of the same name. The on-screen title is The Cronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France . It stars Laurence Olivier, who also directed. The play was adapted for the screen by Olivier, Dallas... |
June 17, 1946 | distributor |
| A Scandal in Paris A Scandal in Paris A Scandal in Paris is a fictionalized 1946 biographical film, directed by Douglas Sirk and starring George Sanders. It depicts the life of Eugène François Vidocq, a French criminal who reformed and became a famous French prefect of police during the Napoleonic era.-Plot:The rogue who would later... |
July 19, 1946 | |
| Mr. Ace Mr. Ace Mr. Ace is a 1946 film about a society woman who taps a gangster for his political support. The movie was written by Fred F. Finkelhoffe and directed by Edwin L... |
August 2, 1946 | |
| The Bachelor's Daughters | September 6, 1946 | |
| Caesar and Cleopatra | September 6, 1946 | |
| Angel on My Shoulder Angel on My Shoulder (film) Angel on My Shoulder is a 1946 American fantasy film about a deal between the Devil and a dead man. It was an independent production, produced by Charles R. Rogers and David W. Siegel, directed by Archie Mayo, written by Harry Segall and Roland Kibbee, and released by United Artists... |
September 20, 1946 | |
| Little Iodine Little Iodine Little Iodine was a popular Sunday comic strip, created by Jimmy Hatlo, which was syndicated by King Features and had a long run from 1943 until 1985... |
October 20, 1946 | |
| The Strange Woman The Strange Woman The Strange Woman is an American film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer, starring Hedy Lamarr, and released by United Artists. The film is now in the public domain.- Cast :*Hedy Lamarr as Jenny Hager*George Sanders as John Evered... |
October 25, 1946 | |
| The Devil's Playground | November 15, 1946 | |
| The Chase The Chase (1946 film) The Chase is an American film noir, shot in black and white, directed by Arthur Ripley. The screenplay is based on the Cornell Woolrich novel The Black Path of Fear... |
November 16, 1946 | |
| Susie Steps Out | December 13, 1946 | |
| Abie's Irish Rose | December 27, 1946 | |
| Fool's Gold | January 31, 1947 | |
| The Fabulous Dorseys The Fabulous Dorseys The Fabulous Dorseys is a 1947 fictionalized biographical film which tells the story of Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, from their boyhood in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania through their rise, their breakup, and their personal reunion.... |
February 21, 1947 | |
| Carnegie Hall | February 28, 1947 | |
| The Red House | March 16, 1947 | |
| Unexpected Guest | March 28, 1947 | |
| The Sin of Harold Diddlebock The Sin of Harold Diddlebock The Sin of Harold Diddlebock is a 1947 comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges, starring the silent film comic icon Harold Lloyd, and featuring Jimmy Conlin, Raymond Walburn, Rudy Vallee, Arline Judge, Edgar Kennedy, Franklin Pangborn and Lionel Stander... |
April 4, 1947 | |
| Monsieur Verdoux Monsieur Verdoux Monsieur Verdoux is a 1947 black comedy film directed by and starring Charles Chaplin. The supporting cast includes Martha Raye, William Frawley, and Marilyn Nash.-Plot:... 11 |
April 11, 1947 | |
| New Orleans New Orleans (1947 film) New Orleans is a 1947 musical drama featuring Billie Holiday as a singing maid and Louis Armstrong as a bandleader; supporting players Holiday and Armstrong perform together and portray a couple becoming romantically involved... |
April 18, 1947 | |
| The Macomber Affair The Macomber Affair The Macomber Affair is a 1947 in filmZ1947 psychological drama set in British East Africa concerning a fatal triangle of a frustrated wife, a weak husband, and the professional hunter who comes between them. The film was distributed by United Artists, directed by Zoltan Korda, and starring by... |
April 20, 1947 | |
| The Private Affairs of Bel Ami The Private Affairs of Bel Ami The Private Affairs of Bel Ami is a 1947 drama film which stars George Sanders as a ruthless cad who uses women to rise in Parisian society... |
April 25, 1947 | |
| Ramrod Ramrod (film) Ramrod is a 1947 Western film directed by André De Toth.This cowboy drama from Hungarian director De Toth was the first of several films based on the stories of Western author Luke Short. De Toth's first Western is often compared to films noir movies released around the same time... |
May 2, 1947 | |
| The Adventures of Don Coyote | May 9, 1947 | |
| The Other Love | May 14, 1947 | |
| Fun on a Week-End | May 15, 1947 | |
| Dishonored Lady Dishonored Lady Dishonored Lady is a film starring Hedy Lamarr, Dennis O'Keefe, John Loder, William Lundigan, and Natalie Schafer, directed by Robert Stevenson, and released by United Artists... |
May 16, 1947 | |
| Dangerous Venture | May 23, 1947 | |
| Copacabana4 | May 30, 1947 | |
| Stork Bites Man | June 21, 1947 | |
| The Marauders | July 1, 1947 | |
| Hoppy's Holiday | July 18, 1947 | |
| Curley Curley (1947 film) Curley is a 1947 film produced by Hal Roach and Robert F. McGowan as a re-imagining of their Our Gang series. The film was one of Roach's "streamlined" features of the 1940s, running 53 minutes and was designed as a b-movie... |
August 23, 1947 | |
| The Hal Roach Comedy Carnival | August 29, 1947 | |
| The Fabulous Joe | August 29, 1947 | |
| The Roosevelt Story | August 30, 1947 | |
| Lured | September 5, 1947 | |
| Heaven Only Knows | September 12, 1947 | |
| Christmas Eve Christmas Eve (film) Christmas Eve is a 1947 United Artists comedy film directed by Edwin L. Marin. The movie is based on the story by Richard H. Landau and stars George Raft, George Brent and Randolph Scott... |
October 31, 1947 | |
| Body and Soul Body and Soul (1947 film) Body and Soul is a 1947 film noir which tells the story of a boxer who becomes involved with crooked promoters. It stars John Garfield, Lilli Palmer, Hazel Brooks, Anne Revere and William Conrad.... 4 |
November 9, 1947 | |
| Intrigue | December 6, 1947 | |
| The Paradine Case The Paradine Case The Paradine Case is a 1947 American courtroom drama film, set in England, directed by Alfred Hitchcock and produced by David O. Selznick. The screenplay was written by Selznick and an uncredited Ben Hecht, from an adaptation by Alma Reville and James Bridie of the novel by Robert Smythe Hichens... |
December 31, 1947 | |
| Fanny by Gaslight Fanny by Gaslight (film) Fanny by Gaslight was a 1944 British drama film, produced by Gainsborough Pictures, set in the 1870s and adapted from a novel by Michael Sadleir . It was one of its famous period-set "Gainsborough melodramas"... |
January 1948 | |
| High Fury | November 19, 1948 | |
| Fanny by Gaslight Fanny by Gaslight (film) Fanny by Gaslight was a 1944 British drama film, produced by Gainsborough Pictures, set in the 1870s and adapted from a novel by Michael Sadleir . It was one of its famous period-set "Gainsborough melodramas"... |
January 1948 | |
| On Our Merry Way On Our Merry Way On Our Merry Way is an American comedy film, produced by Benedict Bogeaus and Burgess Meredith, and released by United Artists. At the time of its release, King Vidor and Leslie Fenton were credited with its direction, although the DVD lists John Huston and George Stevens, who assisted with one of... |
February 3, 1948 | |
| Arch of Triumph Arch of Triumph (1948 film) Arch of Triumph is a 1948 American war romance film made by Enterprise Productions. The film was directed by Lewis Milestone and adapted from the 1945 Erich Maria Remarque novel Arch of Triumph.... |
February 17, 1948 | |
| Sleep, My Love Sleep, My Love Sleep, My Love is a feature film directed by Douglas Sirk, and starring Claudette Colbert, Robert Cummings and Don Ameche.-Plot:Alison Courtland, a wealthy New Yorker, hasn't a clue how she ended up on a train bound for Boston... |
February 18, 1948 | |
| The Angry God | March 14, 1948 | |
| Here Comes Trouble | March 15, 1948 | |
| Silent Conflict | March 19, 1948 | |
| Who Killed Doc Robbin Who Killed Doc Robbin Who Killed Doc Robbin is a film produced by Hal Roach and Robert F. McGowan as a reimagining of their Our Gang series.The film was one of "Hal Roach's Streamliners" features of the 1940s, running only 55 minutes, and was designed as a B-movie. Like most of Roach's latter-day output, Who Killed Doc... |
April 9, 1948 | |
| The Dead Don't Dream | April 30, 1948 | |
| Sinister Journey | June 11, 1948 | |
| So This Is New York | June 1948 | |
| Texas, Brooklyn and Heaven Texas, Brooklyn and Heaven Texas, Brooklyn and Heaven is a 1948 American romantic comedy film directed by William Castle and starring Guy Madison and Diana Lynn.- Plot :... |
July 16, 1948 | |
| The Vicious Circle The Vicious Circle (1948 film) The Vicious Circle is a 1948 American drama film directed by W. Lee Wilder and based on the play The Burning Bush by Heinz Herald and Geza Herczeg.The film is also known as Woman in Brown.- Cast :*Conrad Nagel*Fritz Kortner... |
July 21, 1948 | |
| Borrowed Trouble | July 23, 1948 | |
| Four Faces West Four Faces West Four Faces West is a 1948 Western film starring Joel McCrea, his real-life wife Frances Dee, and Charles Bickford. It is based on the novel Pasó por aquí by Eugene Manlove Rhodes... |
August 3, 1948 | |
| Pitfall Pitfall (1948 film) Pitfall is a black-and-white 1948 film noir drama directed by André De Toth. The film was based on a novel of the same name by Jay Dratler, and was titled Tragedia a Santa Monica for its Italian release... |
August 24, 1948 | |
| The Time of Your Life The Time of Your Life (film) The Time of Your Life is a 1948 film starring James Cagney adapted from the 1939 William Saroyan play of the same title. The movie was adapted by Nathaniel Curtis, directed by H. C. Potter, and featured William Bendix as Nick, Wayne Morris as Tom, Broderick Crawford as Krupp, and Ward Bond as... |
September 3, 1948 | |
| False Paradise | September 10, 1948 | |
| Red River | September 17, 1948 | |
| Urubu | September 24, 1948 | |
| Strangle Gamble | October 8, 1948 | |
| An Innocent Affair | October 15, 1948 | |
| My Dear Secretary My Dear Secretary My Dear Secretary is a 1949 American film directed by Charles Martin, starring Laraine Day and Kirk Douglas.- Plot summary :Writer and playboy Owen Waterbury hires aspiring writer Stephanie 'Steve' Gaylord as his secretary.- Cast :... |
November 5, 1948 | |
| High Fury | November 19, 1948 | |
| The Valiant Hombre | December 15, 1948 | |
| Siren of Atlantis | January 1949 | |
| Cover Up Cover Up (film) Cover Up is a 1949 black-and-white mystery film written by and starring Dennis O'Keefe. O'Keefe is credited as screenwriter Jonathan Rix. The murder mystery takes place during the Christmas season.-Plot:... |
February 25, 1949 | |
| Jigsaw | March 11, 1949 | |
| Impact | March 20, 1949 | |
| Champion Champion (1949 film) Champion is an American film noir drama based on a short story by Ring Lardner. Filmed in black-and-white, it recounts the struggles of boxer "Midge" Kelly fighting his own demons while working to achieve success in the boxing ring. The drama was directed by Mark Robson, with cinematography by... |
April 9, 1949 | |
| The Crooked Way The Crooked Way The Crooked Way is a black-and-white film noir directed by Robert Florey. The film was based on a radio play No Blade Too Sharp and features John Payne, Sonny Tufts, Ellen Drew, and others... |
April 22, 1949 | |
| Outpost in Morocco Outpost in Morocco Outpost in Morocco is a 1949 Drama directed by Robert Florey, starring George Raft and Marie Windsor. Paul Gerard , a Moroccan Spahi officer and his French Foreign Legion garrison, holds off attacks from the native tribes of the Emir of Bel-Rashad , the father of Cara , the woman he loves.As a... |
May 2, 1949 | |
| Home of the Brave Home of the Brave (1949 film) Home of the Brave is a 1949 film based on a 1946 play by Arthur Laurents. It was directed by Mark Robson and stars Douglas Dick, Jeff Corey, Lloyd Bridges, Frank Lovejoy, James Edwards, and Steve Brodie... |
May 12, 1949 | |
| The Gay Amigo | May 13, 1949 | |
| The Lucky Stiff | May 26, 1949 | |
| Africa Screams Africa Screams Africa Screams is a 1949 comedy film starring Abbott and Costello and directed by Charles Barton.-Plot:Diana Emerson is in the book department of Klopper's Department store looking for a copy of the book Dark Safari, written by the famed explorer Cuddleford... * |
May 27, 1949 | |
| The Daring Caballero | June 14, 1949 | |
| Too Late for Tears Too Late for Tears Too Late for Tears is a 1949 black-and-white film noir directed by Byron Haskin and starring Lizabeth Scott and Dan Duryea. The screenplay was written by Roy Huggins, drawn from a serial he wrote for the Saturday Evening Post. The film was reissued as Killer Bait in 1955... |
August 13, 1949 | |
| Black Magic Black Magic (1949 film) Black Magic is a 1949 film adaptation of Alexandre Dumas, père's novel. It was directed by the Russian-born Gregory Ratoff and stars Orson Welles in the lead role as Joseph Balsamo and Nancy Guild as Lorenza/Marie Antoinette... |
August 19, 1949 | |
| Red Light Red Light Red Light is a 1949 film noir, directed and produced by Roy Del Ruth. It is based on the story "This Guy Gideon" by Don "Red" Barry, and features strong religious overtones.-Plot:... |
September 30, 1949 | |
| Under the Sun of Rome Under the Sun of Rome Under the Sun of Rome or Sotto il sole di Roma is a 1948 Italian drama film directed by Renato Castellani. It was the first film of Castellani's Italian neorealism trilogy about poor people, followed by È primavera... in 1949 and Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or winner Two Cents Worth of Hope in... |
October 5, 1949 | |
| Satan's Cradle | October 7, 1949 | |
| Love Happy Love Happy Love Happy was the 14th and last starring feature for the Marx Brothers. The film stars Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, and, in a smaller role than usual, Groucho Marx, plus Ilona Massey, Vera-Ellen, Paul Valentine, Marion Hutton, Raymond Burr, Bruce Gordon , and Eric Blore, with a walk-on by Marilyn Monroe... |
October 12, 1949 | |
| Without Honor | October 26, 1949 | |
| Just a Big Simple Life | October 26, 1949 | |
| The Big Wheel The Big Wheel (film) The Big Wheel is a 1949 film starring Mickey Rooney and Thomas Mitchell.-Plot:Rooney plays Billy Coy, a young man determined to follow in his father's footsteps as a race car driver. Despite the fact that his father, "Cannonball" Coy, was killed in a fiery crash during the Indianapolis 500, Billy... |
November 4, 1949 | |
| The Great Dan Patch The Great Dan Patch The Great Dan Patch is a 1949 American film directed by Joseph M. Newman about the trotting horse Dan Patch. The film is also known as Ride a Reckless Mile .- Cast :*Dennis O'Keefe as David Palmer... |
November 8, 1949 | |
| Johnny Holiday Johnny Holiday Johnny Holiday was an American actor who entered the field of acting at the age of 87.-Biography:... |
November 18, 1949 | |
| A Kiss for Corliss | November 25, 1949 | |
| Mrs. Mike | December 23, 1949 |
1950s
| Film Title | Release Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Davy Crockett, Indian Scout | January 6, 1950 | |
| Gun Crazy Gun Crazy Gun Crazy is a 1950 film noir feature film starring Peggy Cummins and John Dall in a story about the crime-spree of a gun-toting husband and wife. The film was directed by Joseph H. Lewis, and produced by Frank King and Maurice King... 6 |
January 20, 1950 | |
| The Girl from San Lorenzo | February 24, 1950 | |
| Love Happy Love Happy Love Happy was the 14th and last starring feature for the Marx Brothers. The film stars Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, and, in a smaller role than usual, Groucho Marx, plus Ilona Massey, Vera-Ellen, Paul Valentine, Marion Hutton, Raymond Burr, Bruce Gordon , and Eric Blore, with a walk-on by Marilyn Monroe... 4 |
March 3, 1950 | |
| Tehran Tehran (film) Tehran is a 1946 British-Italian thriller film co-directed by Giacomo Gentilomo and William Freshman. It stars Derek Farr as Pemberton Grant, a British intelligence officer who discovers a plot to assassinate the President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt at the Tehran Conference during... |
March 10, 1950 | |
| The Great Plane Robbery | March 10, 1950 | |
| Quicksand Quicksand (1950 film) Quicksand is a United Artists film noir starring Mickey Rooney and Peter Lorre in a story about a garage mechanic's descent into crime. The film has been described as "film noir in a teacup..... |
March 24, 1950 | |
| D.O.A. D.O.A. (1950 film) D.O.A. , a film noir drama film directed by Rudolph Maté, is considered a classic of the genre. The frantically paced plot revolves around a doomed man's quest to find out who has poisoned him – and why – before he dies.Leo C... * |
April 30, 1950 | |
| Johnny One-Eye | May 5, 1950 | |
| Champagne for Caesar Champagne for Caesar Champagne for Caesar is a 1950 American comedy film about a radio quiz show, directed by Richard Whorf and written by Fred Brady and Hans Jacoby. The movie stars Ronald Colman, Celeste Holm, Vincent Price, Barbara Britton and Art Linkletter. The film was produced by Harry M... |
May 11, 1950 | |
| So Young, So Bad So Young, So Bad So Young, So Bad is a black-and-white 1950 American film. Bernard Vorhaus directed the film.The film is about a psychiatrist's efforts to help girls at a reform school.-Cast:*Paul Henreid as Dr. John H. Jason*Catherine McLeod as Ruth Levering... |
May 20, 1950 | |
| The Iroquois Trail | June 16, 1950 | |
| If This Be Sin | June 30, 1950 | |
| The Second Woman The Second Woman The Second Woman is a black-and-white film noir melodrama directed by James V. Kern-Plot:This psychological thriller tells the story of Jeff Cohalan . He's a successful architect who is tormented by the fact that his fiancée was killed in a mysterious car accident on the night before their wedding... |
July 7, 1950 | |
| Once a Thief | July 7, 1950 | |
| The Men | July 20, 1950 | |
| The Underworld Story The Underworld Story The Underworld Story is a 1950 American film noir starring Dan Duryea, Herbert Marshall, and Gale Storm. Howard Da Silva plays the loud-mouthed gangster Carl Durham, one of his last roles before becoming blacklisted.... |
July 26, 1950 | |
| The Admiral Was a Lady The Admiral Was a Lady - Plot summary :After an odd prologue through American history, the film begins in 1945 where the events in the film concern recently discharged veterans of World War II... |
August 4, 1950 | |
| The Kangaroo Kid | October 22, 1950 | |
| Cyrano de Bergerac Cyrano de Bergerac (1950 film) Cyrano de Bergerac is a 1950 black-and-white feature film based on the 1897 French Alexandrine verse drama Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand. It uses poet Brian Hooker's 1923 English blank verse translation as the basis for its screenplay... |
November 16, 1950 | |
| The Sound of Fury | December 12, 1950 | |
| Cloudburst | 1951 | |
| They Were Not Divided They Were Not Divided They Were Not Divided is a 1950 British war film, which depicted the Guards Armoured Division in Second World War Europe. It was written and directed by Terence Young, a former Guards officer who served in the campaigns depicted in the film.... |
February 8, 1951 | |
| Three Husbands | March 8, 1951 | |
| So Long at the Fair So Long at the Fair So Long at the Fair is a 1950 British thriller film directed by Terence Fisher and Anthony Darnborough, and starring Jean Simmons and Dirk Bogarde. It was adapted from the 1947 novel of the same name by Anthony Thorne... |
March 29, 1951 | |
| The Scarf | April 6, 1951 | |
| Circle of Danger Circle of Danger Circle of Danger is a 1951 British thriller film directed by Jacques Tourneur and starring Ray Milland, Patricia Roc and Naunton Wayne. An American travels to England to discover the truth behind his brother's death during the Second World War... |
April 17, 1951 | |
| When I Grow Up | April 20, 1951 | |
| The First Legion | April 27, 1951 | |
| The Man from Planet X The Man from Planet X The Man From Planet X is a 1951 science fiction film.It was directed by Edgar G. Ulmer who had directed the very first Bela Lugosi/Boris Karloff teamup picture The Black Cat in 1934.-Plot:... |
April 27, 1951 | |
| Skipalong Rosenbloom | April 30, 1951 | |
| The Long Dark Hall The Long Dark Hall The Long Dark Hall is a 1951 British crime film directed by Reginald Beck and Anthony Bushell and starring Rex Harrison, Lilli Palmer and Raymond Huntley. After a showgirl is found murdered shortly after she begins an affair with Arthur Groome, he becomes the prime suspect for the murder... |
May 9, 1951 | |
| New Mexico | May 18, 1951 | |
| Four in a Jeep Four in a Jeep Four in a Jeep is a 1951 Swiss drama film directed by Leopold Lindtberg.-Cast:* Ralph Meeker - Sergeant William Long* Viveca Lindfors - Franziska Idinger* Yossi Yadin - Sergeant Vassilij Voroshenko... |
June 11, 1951 | |
| The Man with My Face The Man with My Face (film) The Man with My Face is a 1951 American United Artists film noir crime/thriller motion picture starring Barry Nelson, Carole Mathews, Lynn Ainley, John Harvey, Jim Boles, and Jack Warden. The film marks Jack Warden's movie debut.... |
June 14, 1951 | |
| He Ran All the Way He Ran All the Way He Ran All the Way is a 1951 crime drama, considered a film noir, starring John Garfield and Shelley Winters. The film was Garfield's last, as accusations of his involvement with the Communist Party and a refusal to name names while testifying before the HUAC led to his blacklisting in Hollywood... |
June 19, 1951 | |
| Three Steps North Three Steps North Three Steps North is a 1951 Italian–American film directed by W. Lee Wilder. The film is also known as Tre passi a nord in Italy.-Plot:... |
June 28, 1951 | |
| The Prowler The Prowler (1951 film) The Prowler is a 1951 black-and-white thriller film directed by Joseph Losey. It stars Van Heflin and Evelyn Keyes. Considered film noir, it was produced by Sam Spiegel .- Plot :... |
July 1, 1951 | |
| The Hoodlum The Hoodlum The Hoodlum is a 1951 American film directed by Max Nosseck.- Cast :*Lawrence Tierney*Allene Roberts*Marjorie Riordan*Lisa Golm*Edward Tierney*Stuart Randall*Angela Stevens*John De Simone*Tom Hubbard*Eddie Foster*O.Z. Whitehead*Richard Barron... |
July 5, 1951 | |
| Queen for a Day | July 7, 1951 | |
| Oliver Twist Oliver Twist (1948 film) Oliver Twist is the second of David Lean's two film adaptations of Charles Dickens novels. Following the success of his 1946 version of Great Expectations, Lean re-assembled much of the same team for his adaptation of Dicken's 1838 novel, including producers Ronald Neame and Anthony... |
July 30, 1951 | |
| Two Guys and a Gal | July 1951 | |
| Pardon My French | August 10, 1951 | |
| St. Benny the Dip St. Benny the Dip St. Benny the Dip is a 1951 American film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer.The film is also known as Escape If You Can in the United Kingdom.... |
August 24, 1951 | |
| Wicked City | September 5, 1951 | |
| Gold Raiders Gold Raiders Gold Raiders is a comedy Western film, directed by Edward Bernds with a script by B-movie writer William Lively and veteran comedy writer Elwood Ullman. The film was an attempt by independent producer Bernard Glasser to inaugurate a new western series starring George O'Brien, the lead in F. W.... |
September 9, 1951 | |
| The Well The Well (1951 film) The Well is a 1951 American film noir which tackled the issue of racial tensions and collective behavior. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards, including Best Original Screenplay and Best Film Editing.- Plot :... |
September 10, 1951 | |
| The River The River (1951 film) The River is a 1951 film directed by Jean Renoir. It was filmed in India and was seminal to the launching of the careers of Satyajit Ray , who assisted on the film, and Subrata Mitra, Ray's cinematographer whom he met during the filming of The River.A fairly faithful dramatization of an earlier... |
September 10, 1951 | |
| Mr. Peek-a-Boo Mr. Peek-a-Boo Mr. Peek-a-Boo or Le Passe-muraille is a 1951 French comedy farce film, directed by Jean Boyer. The film is based on the novel by Marcel Aymé about a "man who could walk through walls". The film premiered on April 6, 1951.-Plot:... |
September 18, 1951 | |
| Mister Drake's Duck Mister Drake's Duck Mister Drake's Duck is a 1951 British science fiction comedy film directed by Val Guest and starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Yolande Donlan, Jon Pertwee, Wilfrid Hyde-White and Reginald Beckwith. Mr Drake, a farmer, discovers that his hens have started laying radioactive eggs.-Cast:* Douglas... |
September 21, 1951 | |
| Fort Defiance | October 9, 1951 | |
| Tom Brown's Schooldays Tom Brown's Schooldays (1951 film) Tom Brown's Schooldays is a 1951 British drama film directed by Gordon Parry and starring John Howard Davies, Robert Newton and James Hayter. It is based on the novel of the same name by Thomas Hughes. The screenplay was written by Noel Langley.... |
November 2, 1951 | |
| The Big Night The Big Night The Big Night is a 1951 black-and-white film drama starring John Drew Barrymore . The film, directed by Joseph Losey, is considered to be film noir.- Reception :... |
November 13, 1951 | |
| Scrooge Scrooge (1951 film) Scrooge, released as A Christmas Carol in the United States, is a 1951 film adaptation of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol. It starred Alastair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge and was directed by Brian Desmond Hurst, with a screenplay by Noel Langley.The film also features Kathleen Harrison in an... |
December 2, 1951 | |
| Hotel Sahara Hotel Sahara Hotel Sahara is a 1951 British comedy film directed by Ken Annakin and starring Yvonne De Carlo, Peter Ustinov and David Tomlinson.-Cast:* Yvonne De Carlo as Yasmin Pallas* Peter Ustinov as Emad* David Tomlinson as Captain Puffin Cheyne... |
December 31, 1951 | |
| Chicago Calling | 1952 | |
| Another Man's Poison Another Man's Poison Another Man's Poison is a 1951 British drama film directed by Irving Rapper. The screenplay by Val Guest is based on the play Intent to Murder by Leslie Sands.-Plot:... |
January 6, 1952 | |
| The Lady Says No The Lady Says No The Lady Says No is a 1952 American film directed by Frank Ross.- Plot summary :Suave bachelor globe-trotting photographer David Niven is assigned to shoot best-selling feminist author Joan Caulfield, who turns out to be virginal, cool, blonde and smart.... |
January 6, 1952 | |
| A Tale of Five Cities A Tale of Five Cities A Tale of Five Cities is a 1951 British-Italian drama film directed by Romolo Marcellini and five other directors.-Cast:* Bonar Colleano - Bob Mitchell* Barbara Kelly - Lesley - American Magazine Editor* Anne Vernon - Jeannine Meunier... |
January 15, 1952 | |
| The Green Glove The Green Glove The Green Glove is an action adventure film starring Glenn Ford, directed by Rudolph Maté and released by United Artists.Glenn Ford stars as an American paratrooper who travels to France after the end of World War II to try to recover a jewel-encrusted glove that had been stolen from a country... |
January 31, 1952 | |
| The Late Edwina Black The Late Edwina Black The Late Edwina Black is a 1951 British drama film, directed by Maurice Elvey and starring David Farrar, Geraldine Fitzgerald and Roland Culver... |
February 5, 1952 | |
| Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory is a 1952 Western starring Clayton Moore.Buffalo Bill is sent by the government to stop the caravans of the Indian Chief White Cloud.- Cast :* Clayton Moore as Buffalo Bill Cody* Slim Andrews as Cactus... |
February 8, 1952 | |
| The African Queen5 | February 20, 1952 | distributor |
| One Big Affair | February 22, 1952 | |
| Royal Journey Royal Journey Royal Journey is a National Film Board of Canada documentary film chronicling a five-week Royal visit by then-Princess Elizabeth and the Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh to Canada and the United States in the fall of 1951... |
February 28, 1952 | |
| Mutiny Mutiny (1952 film) - Plot summary :During the War of 1812, Captain James Marshall has to run the blockade enforced by the British in order to collect a war loan obtained from France. His first mate is Ben Waldridge, who is a former Royal Navy captain cashiered by the navy. Waldridge brings his former gun crew along... |
March 19, 1952 | |
| The Captive City The Captive City The Captive City is a 1952 film, considered film noir, directed by Robert Wise.John Forsythe plays a crusading small city newspaper editor in a semidocumentary depiction of corruption and vice in paranoid post-World War II America. This is one of several 1950s films to have storylines influenced by... |
March 26, 1952 | |
| Strange World | March 28, 1952 | |
| Without Warning! | May 8, 1952 | |
| Red Planet Mars Red Planet Mars Red Planet Mars is a 1952 science fiction film released by United Artists based on a 1932 play Red Planet written by John L. Balderston and John Hoare... |
May 15, 1952 | |
| The Fighter The Fighter (1952 film) The Fighter is a 1952 American boxing film based on the short story "The Mexican" by Jack London. The film is directed by Herbert Kline and produced by Alex Gottlieb. Kline and Aben Kandel wrote the adapted screenplay. The film was released by United Artists in the United States on , 1952.- Cast... |
May 23, 1952 | |
| Confidence Girl | June 20, 1952 | |
| Actor's and Sin | July 18, 1952 | |
| High Noon High Noon High Noon is a 1952 American Western film directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly. The film tells in real time the story of a town marshal forced to face a gang of killers by himself... 4 |
July 30, 1952 | Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture. |
| Saturday Island Saturday Island Saturday Island is a 1952 British romantic war film directed by Stuart Heisler and starring Linda Darnell, Tab Hunter, Donald Gray and John Laurie, Lloyd Lamble and Peter Butterworth.... |
August 4, 1952 | |
| Park Row Park Row (film) Park Row is a 1952 drama film directed by Samuel Fuller. It stars Gene Evans and Mary Welch.-Cast:*Gene Evans as Phinneas Mitchell*Mary Welch as Charity Hackett*Bela Kovacs as Ottmar Mergenthaler*Herbert Heyes as Josiah Davenport... |
August 12, 1952 | |
| Untamed Women Untamed Women Untamed Women is a 1952 United States science fiction film written by George Wallace Sayre and directed by W. Merle Connell. An American bomber pilot is rescued after drifting at sea during World War II... |
September 12, 1952 | |
| The Ring | September 26, 1952 | |
| The Thief The Thief (1952 film) The Thief is a 1952 American black-and white Cold War spy film directed by Russell Rouse. The film is unusual because there is no dialog spoken throughout the film.-Plot:... |
October 15, 1952 | |
| Limelight11 | October 23, 1952 | |
| Kansas City Confidential | November 11, 1952 | |
| Bwana Devil Bwana Devil Bwana Devil is a 1952 drama based on the true story of the Tsavo maneaters. It was written, directed, and produced by Arch Oboler, and is considered the first color, American 3-D feature. It started the 3-D boom in the U.S. film making industry from 1952 to 1954... |
November 30, 1952 | |
| Monsoon | November 1952 | |
| Outpost in Malaya | December 4, 1952 | |
| Babes in Bagdad | December 7, 1952 | |
| Moulin Rouge Moulin Rouge (1952 film) Moulin Rouge is a 1952 film directed by John Huston, produced by Sir John Woolf and James Woolf of Romulus Films and released by United Artists. The film is set in Paris in the late 19th century, following artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in the city's bohemian sub-culture in and around the... |
December 23, 1952 | Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture. |
| Genghis Khan | 1953 | |
| The Twonky The Twonky The Twonky is a 1953 comedy-science fiction film, written and directed by Arch Oboler and starring Hans Conried. The script was based on the short story "The Twonky", written by Henry Kuttner and C.L... |
1953 | |
| The Gay Adventure | January 1, 1953 | |
| Guerilla Girl | January 23, 1953 | |
| Fanciulle di lusso | January 30, 1953 | |
| The Magnetic Monster The Magnetic Monster The Magnetic Monster is a 1953 independent science fiction film, directed by Curt Siodmak, and starring Richard Carlson and King Donovan.-Plot:... |
February 18, 1953 | |
| The Bandits of Corsica | February 27, 1953 | |
| Son of the Renegade Son of the Renegade - Cast :*Johnny Carpenter as Red River Johnny *Lori Irving as Lori Masters*Joan McKellen as Valley, the vamp*Valley Keene as Dusty, Indian girl*Jack Ingram as Three-Finger Jack*Vern Teters as Sheriff Bat Masters Jr.... |
March 27, 1953 | |
| Venetian Bird Venetian Bird Venetian Bird is a 1952 British thriller film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring Richard Todd, Eva Bartok and John Gregson.-Synopsis:... |
April 22, 1953 | |
| Mahatma Gandhi: 20th Century Prophet | April 28, 1953 | |
| That Man from Tangier | May 8, 1953 | |
| Rough Shoot Rough Shoot Rough Shoot is a 1953 British thriller film directed by Robert Parrish and starring Joel McCrea, Evelyn Keyes and Herbert Lom. A retired American army officer living in the English countryside shoots at a man he takes to be a poacher. Believing he has killed him he goes on the run from the British... |
May 15, 1953 | |
| Phantom from Space Phantom from Space Phantom from Space is a United States science fiction film produced in 1953. The film was produced and directed by W. Lee Wilder from an original screenplay written by William Raynor and Myles Wilder... |
May 15, 1953 | |
| Raiders from the Seven Seas | May 27, 1953 | |
| The Neanderthal Man The Neanderthal Man The Neanderthal Man is a 78-minute, 1953, United States black-and-white science fiction film produced independently by Aubrey Wisberg and Jack Pollexfen, as Global Productions Inc., from their own original screenplay.... |
June 19, 1953 | |
| The Marshal's Daughter | June 26, 1953 | |
| The Moon Is Blue The Moon Is Blue The Moon Is Blue is a 1953 American comedy film produced and directed by Otto Preminger. The screenplay by F. Hugh Herbert, based on his 1951 play of the same title, focuses on a young woman who meets an architect on the observation deck of the Empire State Building and quickly turns his life... |
July 8, 1953 | |
| Return to Paradise Return to Paradise (1953 film) Return to Paradise is a South Seas drama film released by United Artists in 1953. The film was directed by Mark Robson and starred Gary Cooper, Barry Jones, and Roberta Haynes. It was based on a short story Mr. Morgan by James Michener in his short story collection Return to Paradise, his sequel to... |
July 10, 1953 | |
| Fort Algiers | July 15, 1953 | |
| Volcano | July 20, 1953 | |
| London Town | July 22, 1953 | |
| Gun Belt | July 24, 1953 | |
| No Escape | July 31, 1953 | |
| Vice Squad Vice Squad (1953 film) Vice Squad is a 1953 police procedural film starring Edward G. Robinson as a police captain with the Los Angeles Police Department and Paulette Goddard as one of his informants. The movie was directed by Arnold Laven.... |
July 31, 1953 | |
| Melba | August 7, 1953 | |
| I, the Jury I, the Jury (1953 film) I, the Jury is a mystery-thriller film from 1953, based on the novel I, the Jury by Mickey Spillane. It was directed by Harry Essex, produced by Victor Saville's company, Parklane Pictures and released through United Artists.... |
August 14, 1953 | |
| War Paint War Paint (1953 film) War Paint is a 1953 Western directed by Lesley Selander, starring Robert Stack and Joan Taylor. A U.S. Cavalry lieutenant is assigned to deliver a peace treaty to a powerful Indian chief, but a band of renegades have vowed to kill the officer before he completes his mission.The film was shot in... |
August 28, 1953 | |
| Sabre Jet | September 4, 1953 | |
| Captain Scarlett Captain Scarlett (1953 film) Captain Scarlett is a 1953 American film directed by Thomas Carr.-Plot:Captain Scarlett rescues Princess Maria from being abducted while travelling. She's not exactly grateful. He finds out that she is to be married to a man she doesn't like, so Captain Scarlet attempts to help her but winds up... |
September 12, 1953 | |
| The Joe Louis Story The Joe Louis Story The Joe Louis Story is a 1953 American film directed by Robert Gordon.- Cast :*Coley Wallace as Joe Louis*Hilda Simms as Marva Trotter Louis*Paul Stewart as Tad McGeehan*James Edwards as Jack "Chappie" Blackburn*John Marley as Mannie Seamon... |
September 18, 1953 | |
| The Fake | September 25, 1953 | |
| Donovan's Brain Donovan's Brain (film) Donovan's Brain is a 1953 film, starring Lew Ayres, Gene Evans, and Nancy Reagan , based on the 1942 horror novel Donovan's Brain by Curt Siodmak.-Plot:... |
September 30, 1953 | |
| Mantrap Mantrap (1953 film) Mantrap is a 1953 drama film directed by Terence Fisher. It stars Paul Henreid and Lois Maxwell.-Cast:*Paul Henreid as Hugo Bishop*Lois Maxwell as Thelma Speight*Kieron Moore as Speight*Hugh Sinclair as Maurice Jerrard... |
October 2, 1953 | |
| 99 River Street 99 River Street 99 River Street is a 1953 film noir, starring John Payne, Evelyn Keyes, Brad Dexter, Frank Faylen, and Peggie Castle.The film was directed by Phil Karlson, produced by Edward Small, with cinematography by Franz Planer.-Plot:... |
October 3, 1953 | |
| The Steel Lady | October 9, 1953 | |
| The Village The Village (1953 film) The Village is a 1953 Swiss drama film directed by Leopold Lindtberg.-Cast:* John Justin - Alan Manning* Eva Dahlbeck - Wanda Piwonska* Sigfrit Steiner - Heinrich Meile* Mary Hinton - Miss Worthington* W. Woytecki - Dr. Stefan Zielinski... |
October 23, 1953 | |
| The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan is a 1953 British technicolor film that dramatises the story of the collaboration between W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. Gilbert and Sullivan authored 14 comic operas, later referred to as the Savoy Operas, which became the most popular series of musical... |
October 27, 1953 | |
| Stranger on the Prowl | November 9, 1953 | |
| Shark River | November 13, 1953 | |
| The Man Between The Man Between The Man Between is a 1953 British thriller film directed by Carol Reed and starring James Mason, Claire Bloom, Hildegard Knef and Geoffrey Toone... |
November 18, 1953 | |
| Captain John Smith and Pocahontas | November 20, 1953 | |
| Song of the Land | November 27, 1953 | |
| Yesterday and Today | December 2, 1953 | |
| The Conquest of Everest The Conquest of Everest The Conquest of Everest is a 1953 British documentary film directed by George Lowe about various expeditions to the summit of Mount Everest. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.... |
December 9, 1953 | |
| Wicked Woman | December 9, 1953 | |
| Die Jungfrau auf dem Dach Die Jungfrau auf dem Dach Die Jungfrau auf dem Dach is a 1954 American comedy film produced and directed by Otto Preminger. The screenplay by Carl Zuckmayer is a German language translation of the script for The Moon is Blue by F... |
December 16, 1953 | |
| Act of Love Act of Love (1953 film) Act of Love is a 1953 romantic drama film directed by Anatole Litvak, starring Kirk Douglas and Dany Robin. It is based on the novel The Girl on the Via Flaminia by Alfred Hayes. A Parisian falls in love with an American soldier near the end of World War II.-Plot:Robert Teller visits a seaport in... |
December 17, 1953 | |
| The White Orchid | 1954 | |
| Before I Wake Before I Wake (film) Before I Wake is a 1954 British mystery film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Mona Freeman, Jean Kent and Maxwell Reed. A stepmother attempts to murder her adopted daughter in order to get her inheritance.-Cast:* Mona Freeman ... April Haddon... |
1954 | |
| Riders to the Stars Riders to the Stars Riders to the Stars is an American science fiction film that was released in 1954 by Ivan Tors Productions and directed by Richard Carlson. It stars William Lundigan, Martha Hyer, Herbert Marshall, and Richard Carlson.- Plot :... |
January 14, 1954 | |
| Personal Affair Personal Affair Personal Affair is a 1953 British drama film directed by Anthony Pelissier and starring Gene Tierney, Leo Genn, and Glynis Johns.-Plot summary:... |
January 15, 1954 | |
| Go, Man, Go! Go, Man, Go! Go, Man, Go! is a 1954 sports film starring Dane Clark, Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Patricia Breslin and The Harlem Globetrotters. Clark plays Abe Saperstein, the organizer of the Globetrotters. Poitier's character is Inman Jackson, the team's showboating center... |
January 27, 1954 | |
| Beachhead Beachhead (film) Beachhead is a 1954 Technicolor war film based on Captain Richard G. Hubler USMCR's 1945 novel I've Got Mine. It was filmed in Kauai by Aubrey Schenck Productions, released through United Artists and directed by Stuart Heisler.-Plot:... |
February 5, 1954 | |
| Dragon's Gold | February 10, 1954 | |
| Top Banana Top Banana (film) Top Banana is a movie musical based on the musical of the same name starring Phil Silvers, and released by United Artists. It stars most of the original cast... |
February 22, 1954 | |
| Overland Pacific | February 27, 1954 | |
| The Scarlet Spear The Scarlet Spear The Scarlet Spear is a 1954 British drama film directed by George P. Breakston and starring John Bentley and Martha Hyer. The cast consisted mostly of Kenyan actors. In the colonial era, a young British official tries to persuade the new chief of a tribe not to commit a ritual killing.-Cast:* John... |
March 1, 1954 | |
| South of Algiers South of Algiers South of Algiers is a 1953 British adventure film, directed by Jack Lee and starring Van Heflin, Wanda Hendrix and Eric Portman... |
March 1, 1954 | |
| A Queen's World Tour | March 2, 1954 | |
| A Queen's Royal Your | March 2, 1954 | |
| Heidi | March 3, 1954 | |
| Beat the Devil* | March 12, 1954 | |
| Southwest Passage Southwest Passage Southwest Passage is a 1954 Pathécolor Western film directed by Ray Nazarro and starring Joanne Dru and John Ireland, who are determined to make a unique trek across the west, using camels as his beasts of burden... |
April 1, 1954 | |
| Witness to Murder Witness to Murder Witness to Murder is a 1954 suspense film starring Barbara Stanwyck.-Plot:A woman, while looking out her bedroom window, witnesses a young woman being strangled to death. The woman reports the killing to the police, but no one believes her. In fact, the body can't even be found... |
April 15, 1954 | |
| The Lone Gun | April 25, 1954 | |
| Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl is a 1954 Action-adventure film about a woman who disguises herself as a slave girl in order to try to gain information from Captain Kidd about his hidden treasure. The film was directed by Lew Landers, and stars Anthony Dexter, Eva Gabor, and Alan Hale Jr..... |
May 20, 1954 | |
| The Long Wait The Long Wait -Plot:Johnny McBride is badly hurt while hitch hiking and loses his memory when the car he is riding in crashes. Two years later, a clue leads him to his old home town, where he finds he is a murder suspect. Johnny tries to clear his name of the presumed murder charges... |
May 26, 1954 | |
| The Yellow Tomahawk | May 1954 | |
| Challenge the Wild | June 4, 1954 | |
| Gog Gog (film) Gog is a 1954 science fiction film directed by Herbert L. Strock and released in 1954 by United Artists. It is notable for having been shot in color, widescreen and 3-D... |
June 5, 1954 | |
| Hobson's Choice | June 14, 1954 | |
| The Million Pound Note The Million Pound Note The Million Pound Note is a 1954 British comedy, directed by Ronald Neame and starring Gregory Peck... |
June 18, 1954 | |
| Return to Treasure Island Return to Treasure Island (1954 film) - Cast :*Tab Hunter as Clive Stone*Dawn Addams as Jamesina "Jamie" Hawkins*Porter Hall as Maximillian "Maxie" Harris*James Seay as Felix Newman*Harry Lauter as Parker*William Cottrell as Cookie*Lane Chandler as Capt. Cardigan*Henry Rowland as Williams... |
June 30, 1954 | |
| The Lawless Riders | July 1, 1954 | |
| Apache Apache (film) -Plot:Following the surrender of Geronimo, Massai, the last Apache warrior is captured and scheduled for transportation to a Florida reservation. On the way he manages to escape and heads for his homeland to win back his girl and settle down to grow crops... |
July 9, 1954 | |
| The Diamond Wizard | July 28, 1954 | |
| Crossed Swords | July 28, 1954 | |
| Victory at Sea Victory at Sea Victory at Sea is a documentary television series about naval warfare during World War II that was originally broadcast by NBC in the USA in 1952–1953. It was condensed into a film in 1954. The music soundtrack, by Richard Rodgers and Robert Russell Bennett, was re-recorded and sold as record albums... |
August 2, 1954 | |
| Adventures of Robinson Crusoe | August 5, 1954 | |
| Malta Story Malta Story Malta Story is a 1953 British war film based on the heroic defence of Malta, the island itself, its people and the RAF aviators who fought to defend it... |
August 5, 1954 | |
| Shield for Murder | August 27, 1954 | |
| The Little Kidnappers The Little Kidnappers (1953 film) The Little Kidnappers, billed as The Kidnappers in the UK, is a 1953 British film, directed by Philip Leacock and written by Neil Paterson. It was remade as a TV movie in 1990.-Plot:... |
September 1, 1954 | |
| Down Three Dark Streets Down Three Dark Streets Down Three Dark Streets is a 1954 documentary-style film noir, starring Broderick Crawford and directed by Arnold Laven. The screenplay was written by Gordon and Mildred Gordon, based on their novel Case File FBI.-Plot:... |
September 2, 1954 | |
| Khyber Patrol | September 4, 1954 | |
| Jesse James' Women Jesse James' Women Jesse James' Women is a 1954 American film directed by, and starring, Don "Red" Barry.- Cast :*Don "Red" Barry as Jesse James*Peggie Castle as Waco Gans*Jack Buetel as Frank James*Lita Baron as Delta*Joyce Barrett as Caprice Clark... |
September 4, 1954 | |
| The Barefoot Contessa The Barefoot Contessa The Barefoot Contessa is a 1954 film about the life and loves of fictional Spanish sex symbol Maria Vargas. It was written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and stars Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner and Edmond O'Brien.... |
September 29, 1954 | |
| Operation Manhunt | October 4, 1954 | |
| Sitting Bull Sitting Bull (film) Sitting Bull is a 1954 Western film directed by Sidney Salkow and René Cardona that was filmed in Mexico in CinemaScope. In a greatly fictionalised form, it depicts the war between Chief Sitting Bull and the American forces, leading up to the Battle of the Little Bighorn and Custer's Last Stand. It... |
October 6, 1954 | |
| Suddenly Suddenly (1954 film) Suddenly is an American film noir directed by Lewis Allen with a screenplay written by Richard Sale. The drama features Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, James Gleason and Nancy Gates, among others.... * |
October 7, 1954 | |
| The Golden Mistress The Golden Mistress The Golden Mistress is a 1954 adventure film directed by Abner Biberman. It is set in Haiti, and deals with the search for a voodoo treasure.-Cast:*John Agar as Bill Buchanan*Rosemarie Stack as Ann Dexter *Jacques Molant as Ti Flute... |
October 29, 1954 | |
| You Know What Sailors Are | November 4, 1954 | |
| Beautiful Stranger Beautiful Stranger (film) Beautiful Stranger is a 1954 British and American mystery film directed by David Miller.-Plot:Johnny is living with Louis Galt , her rich English lover. Galt has promised Johnny that once he manages to divorce his present wife, the two will marry... |
November 5, 1954 | |
| The Snow Creature The Snow Creature The Snow Creature is a 1954 black-and-white sci-fi monster movie produced and directed by W. Lee Wilder, and written by Myles Wilder. It stars Paul Langton and Leslie Denison as members of a scientific expedition to the Himalayas who encounter and capture a Yeti... |
November 1954 | |
| Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet (1954 film) - External links :... |
December 21, 1954 | |
| Vera Cruz Vera Cruz (film) Vera Cruz is a 1954 American Technicolor Western starring Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster, and featuring Denise Darcel, Sara Montiel, and Cesar Romero. The movie was directed by Robert Aldrich from a story by Borden Chase... |
December 25, 1954 | |
| Black Tuesday | December 31, 1954 | |
| The Steel Cage | December 1954 | |
| Man in Demand | 1955 | |
| Battle Taxi | January 1955 | |
| The Beachcomber The Beachcomber (film) The Beachcomber is a 1954 British comedy-drama film directed by Muriel Box starring Donald Sinden, Glynis Johns, Robert Newton, Paul Rogers, Donald Pleasence and Michael Hordern. The film is based on the story The Vessel of Wrath by W. Somerset Maugham and was adapted by Sydney Box. It was the... |
January 15, 1955 | |
| Sabaka Sabaka - Cast :*Nino Marcel as Gunga Ram*Boris Karloff as Gen. Pollegar*Lou Krugman as Maharajah of Bakore*Reginald Denny as Sir Cedric*June Foray as Marku Ponjoy, High Priestess of Sabaka*Victor Jory as Ashok*Jay Novello as Damji*Lisa Howard as Indria... |
February 2, 1955 | |
| Big House, U.S.A. | March 3, 1955 | |
| Stranger on Horseback | March 23, 1955 | |
| The Purple Plain The Purple Plain The Purple Plain is a 1954 British war film, directed by Robert Parrish, with Gregory Peck playing a Canadian pilot serving in the Royal Air Force in Burma in the closing months of the World War II, who is battling with depression after having lost his wife... |
April 10, 1955 | |
| Marty Marty (film) Marty is a 1955 American film directed by Delbert Mann. The screenplay was written by Paddy Chayefsky, expanding upon his 1953 teleplay of the same name. The film stars Ernest Borgnine and Betsy Blair. The film enjoyed international success, winning the 1955 Academy Award for Best Picture and... |
April 11, 1955 | Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture. |
| A Bullet for Joey A Bullet for Joey A Bullet for Joey is a 1955 film noir starring Edward G. Robinson and George Raft-Critical Response:In his book, Film Noir, Detective and Mystery Movies on DVD, John Howard Reid considered the movie dull. Slow pace, one-dimensional characters, and an unconvincing climax plague the film.... |
April 15, 1955 | |
| Kiss Me Deadly Kiss Me Deadly Kiss Me Deadly is a 1955 film noir drama produced and directed by Robert Aldrich starring Ralph Meeker. The screenplay was written by A.I. Bezzerides, based on the Mickey Spillane Mike Hammer mystery novel Kiss Me, Deadly. Kiss Me Deadly is often considered a classic of the noir genre. The film... |
May 18, 1955 | |
| Robbers' Roost | May 30, 1955 | |
| Top of the World | May 1955 | |
| The Big Bluff The Big Bluff -Plot:Suave Don Juan Rick De Villa and his married lover Fritzi Darvel would like to take off together, but his lack of money prevents them from doing so. A chance encounter introduces Rick to the young, but terminally ill socialite Valerie Bancroft , in whom Rick sees the solution to his... |
June 5, 1955 | |
| Summertime | June 21, 1955 | distributor |
| Not as a Stranger Not as a Stranger Not as a Stranger was a 1954 novel written by Morton Thompson. The romantic melodrama became widely popular, topping that year's list of bestselling novels in the United States. The novel was adapted into a 1955 film of the same name by United Artists Pictures... |
June 28, 1955 | |
| The Sea Shall Not Have Them The Sea Shall Not Have Them The Sea Shall Not Have Them is a 1954 British war film starring Michael Redgrave, Dirk Bogarde and Anthony Steel. It was directed by Lewis Gilbert and is based on the 1953 novel by John Harris, set during the Second World War. Musical soundtrack by composer Malcolm Arnold.A British aircraft is... |
June 1955 | |
| Albert R.N. | June 1955 | |
| The Kentuckian The Kentuckian The Kentuckian is a 1955 adventure film directed by Burt Lancaster, who also starred. It also marked the feature film debut of Walter Matthau. The picture is an adaptation of the novel The Gabriel Horn by Felix Holt... |
July 22, 1955 | |
| The Man Who Loved Redheads The Man Who Loved Redheads The Man Who Loved Redheads is a 1955 British comedy film directed by Harold French and starring Moira Shearer, John Justin and Roland Culver. The film is based on the play Who is Sylvia? by Terence Rattigan.-Cast:... |
July 25, 1955 | |
| Othello Othello (1952 film) Othello is a 1952 drama film based on the Shakespearean play, made by Mercury Productions Inc. and Les Films Marceau and distributed by United Artists . It was directed and produced by Orson Welles, who also played the title role . The screenplay was adapted by Welles and an uncredited Jean Sacha... 3 |
September 12, 1955 | distributor |
| The Night of the Hunter The Night of the Hunter (film) The Night of the Hunter is a 1955 American thriller film directed by Charles Laughton and starring Robert Mitchum and Shelley Winters. The film is based on the 1953 novel of the same name by Davis Grubb, adapted for the screen by James Agee and Laughton... |
September 29, 1955 | |
| The Naked Street The Naked Street The Naked Street is an American crime film noir directed by Maxwell Shane. The drama features Farley Granger, Anthony Quinn and Anne Bancroft.-Plot:Tough racketeer pulls strings to get his sister's punk boyfriend out of the death house.... |
September 30, 1955 | |
| Killer's Kiss Killer's Kiss Killer's Kiss is a 1955 film noir directed by Stanley Kubrick and written by Kubrick and Howard Sackler. It is the second feature film directed by Kubrick... |
October 1, 1955 | |
| Fort Yuma Fort Yuma film Fort Yuma is a 1955 Classic Western Films starring Peter Graves.-Plot:Peter Graves is a lieutenant Ben Keegan in the U.S. cavalry, which has enfrentarce Apaches Indians.- Starring :*Peter Graves as the Lt. Ben Keegan*Joan Vohs as Melanie Crown... |
October 4, 1955 | |
| The Big Knife The Big Knife The Big Knife is a film noir directed and produced by Robert Aldrich from a screenplay by James Poe based on the play by Clifford Odets. The film stars Jack Palance, Ida Lupino, Wendell Corey, Jean Hagen, Rod Steiger, Shelley Winters, Ilka Chase, and Everett Sloane.-Plot:Charlie Castle, a very... |
October 25, 1955 | |
| King's Rhapsody King's Rhapsody (film) King's Rhapsody is a 1955 British musical film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, Errol Flynn and Patrice Wymore. It was based on the musical King's Rhapsody by Ivor Novello.-Cast:* Anna Neagle - Marta Karillos... |
October 26, 1955 | |
| Gentlemen Marry Brunettes Gentlemen Marry Brunettes Gentlemen Marry Brunettes is a 1955 musical film produced by Russ-Field productions, starring Jane Russell and Jeanne Crain, and released by United Artists... |
October 29, 1955 | |
| Man with the Gun Man with the Gun Man with the Gun is a 1955 Western film starring Robert Mitchum. The film was released in the United Kingdom as The Trouble Shooter and is also sometimes entitled Deadly Peacemaker. The supporting cast includes Jan Sterling, Henry Hull, Barbara Lawrence, Leo Gordon, and Claude Akins... |
November 5, 1955 | |
| Desert Sands | November 18, 1955 | |
| The Good Die Young The Good Die Young The Good Die Young is a crime thriller made in the United Kingdom by Remus Productions, featuring a number of American characters. It was directed by Lewis Gilbert. The screenplay was based on the book of the same name written by Richard Macaulay.... |
November 29, 1955 | |
| Heidi and Peter | December 12, 1955 | |
| The Man with the Golden Arm The Man with the Golden Arm The Man with the Golden Arm is a 1955 American drama film, based on the novel of the same name by Nelson Algren, which tells the story of a heroin addict who gets clean while in prison, but struggles to stay that way in the outside world. It stars Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker, Kim Novak, Arnold... * |
December 14, 1955 | |
| Storm Fear | December 16, 1955 | |
| The Indian Fighter The Indian Fighter The Indian Fighter is a 1956 Western movie. It is from an original story by Robert L. Richards.-Plot:Johnny Hawks is a man who made his name fighting Indians... |
December 21, 1955 | |
| Top Gun | December 1955 | |
| Aan Aan Aan , also known as The Savage Princess in the U.S.A, is a 1952 technicolor Hindi musical produced and directed by the legendary Mehboob Khan, it is said to be India's first technicolour film. It stars Dilip Kumar, Premnath, Nimmi and marked the debut of Nadira who replaced the original choice... |
1956 | |
| The Tiger and the Flame | 1956 | |
| Let's Make Up | 1956 | |
| The Extra Day The Extra Day The Extra Day is a 1956 British comedy film starring Richard Basehart, Simone Simon, George Baker and Sid James. After the final scene of a film is lost by the producers, the cast and extras have to be rounded up for it to be re-shot... |
1956 | |
| Three Bad Sisters | January 1956 | |
| Time Table | February 8, 1956 | |
| Manfish Manfish Manfish is an adventure film, released by United Artists in 1956. Filmed in Jamaica, it was released in Great Britain as Calypso. It was based on the stories "The Gold-Bug" and "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe. Actor John Bromfield starred as Captain Brannigan and Lon Chaney Jr. played the... |
February 1956 | |
| The Killer Is Loose The Killer Is Loose The Killer Is Loose is a 1956 crime film noir directed by Budd Boetticher and starring Joseph Cotten, Rhonda Fleming and Wendell Corey.-Plot:An employee for a savings and loan desperate for cash plans and successfully robs a bank as an inside job... |
March 2, 1956 | |
| Crime Against Joe | March 21, 1956 | |
| Patterns Patterns (film) Patterns is a feature film starring Van Heflin, Everett Sloane, and Ed Begley. Directed by Fielder Cook, it was released March 27, 1956. The screenplay by Rod Serling was an adaptation of his teleplay Patterns originally telecast January 12, 1955 on the Kraft Television Theatre, which starred... |
March 27, 1956 | |
| Alexander the Great Alexander the Great (1956 film) Alexander the Great is a 1956 America sword and sandal epic film written, directed and produced by Robert Rossen with Gordon S. Griffith as executive producer... |
March 28, 1956 | |
| Ghost Town | March 1956 | |
| Comanche Comanche (1956 film) Comanche is a 1956 western film directed by George Sherman and starring Dana Andrews. The film has a theme song "A Man Is As Good As His Word" sung by The Lancers.-Plot synopsis:... |
March 1956 | |
| Star of India Star of India (film) Star of India is a 1954 British adventure film directed by Arthur Lubin and starring Cornel Wilde, Jean Wallace, Herbert Lom and Walter Rilla. Its Italian title was Stella Dell'India.-Cast:* Cornel Wilde - Pierre St... |
April 27, 1956 | |
| The Broken Star | April 1956 | |
| Unidentified Flying Objects: The True Story of Flying Saucers | May 3, 1956 | |
| Nightmare Nightmare (1956 film) Nightmare is a 1956 psychological thriller starring Edward G. Robinson. The story is based on a novel by William Irish . The novel was also made into a film in 1947 titled Fear in the Night. The film was directed by long-time movie writer Maxwell Shane, later the producer of the classic horror... |
May 11, 1956 | |
| Trapeze Trapeze (film) Trapeze is a 1956 circus film directed by Carol Reed and starring Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis and Gina Lollobrigida, making her debut in American films.... |
May 30, 1956 | |
| Quincannon, Frontier Scout | May 1956 | |
| The Killing | June 6, 1956 | |
| A Kiss Before Dying A Kiss Before Dying (1956 film) A Kiss Before Dying is a 1956 American color film noir, directed by Gerd Oswald. The screenplay was written by Lawrence Roman, based on Ira Levin's 1953 novel of the same name, which won the 1954 Edgar Award for "Best First Novel." The drama stars Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Virginia Leith,... |
June 12, 1956 | |
| The Black Sleep | June 1956 | |
| The Quatermass Xperiment The Quatermass Xperiment The Quatermass Xperiment is a 1955 British science fiction horror film. Made by Hammer Film Productions, it was based on the 1953 BBC Television serial The Quatermass Experiment written by Nigel Kneale. It was directed by Val Guest and stars Brian Donlevy as the eponymous Professor Bernard... |
June 1956 | |
| Foreign Intrigue Foreign Intrigue (film) Foreign Intrigue is a 1956 film starring Robert Mitchum and directed by Sheldon Reynolds, who had produced a television series called Foreign Intrigue in 1951.-Cast:* Robert Mitchum ... Dave Bishop* Geneviève Page ... Dominique Danemore... |
July 12, 1956 | |
| The Ambassador's Daughter | July 26, 1956 | |
| Run for the Sun Run for the Sun Run for the Sun is a 1956 film released by United Artists, the third film to officially be based on Richard Connell's classic suspense story, "The Most Dangerous Game", after RKO's The Most Dangerous Game , which starred Joel McCrea and Fay Wray, and their remake, A Game of Death, which was... |
July 30, 1956 | |
| Rebel in Town | July 30, 1956 | |
| Johnny Concho Johnny Concho (1956 film) Johnny Concho is a 1956 film starring Frank Sinatra, Phyllis Kirk and Keenan Wynn and directed by Don McGuire. Sinatra's role allowed him to play against type in his portrayal of the film's villain.-Plot:... |
July 1956 | |
| Huk! | August 9, 1956 | |
| The Boss | August 22, 1956 | |
| The Beast of Hollow Mountain The Beast of Hollow Mountain The Beast of Hollow Mountain is a 1956 scifi/horror western about an American cowboy living in Mexico who discovers his missing cattle are being preyed upon by an Allosaurus... |
August 1956 | |
| Gun Brothers | September 15, 1956 | |
| Bandido | September 1956 | |
| Flight to Hong Kong | October 8, 1956 | |
| Attack Attack (1956 film) Attack, also known as Attack!, is a 1956 American war film. It was directed by Robert Aldrich and starred Jack Palance, Eddie Albert, Lee Marvin, William Smithers, Robert Strauss, Richard Jaeckel, Buddy Ebsen and Peter van Eyck... |
October 17, 1956 | |
| Around the World in 80 Days6 | October 17, 1956 | Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture. |
| Man from Del Rio | October 30, 1956 | |
| Running Target | November 1, 1956 | |
| Hot Cars | November 2, 1956 | |
| Emergency Hospital | November 2, 1956 | |
| Gun the Man Down Gun the Man Down Gun the Man Down is a 1956 western film distributed through United Artists and starring James Arness and Angie Dickinson in her first leading role. The movie was produced by John Wayne and his brother Robert E. Morrison for Wayne's company Batjac Productions and was also the first theatrical... |
November 15, 1956 | |
| The Sharkfighters The Sharkfighters The Sharkfighters is a 1956 American film about U.S. Navy scientists working to invent a shark repellent to help protect military personnel at sea. Directed by Jerry Hopper, it starred Victor Mature, James Olson, and Claude Akins-Plot:In 1943, U.S... |
November 1956 | |
| The Peacemaker The Peacemaker (1956 film) The Peacemaker is a western film directed by Ted Post and starring James Mitchell, Rosemarie Bowe, and Jan Merlin. Hal Richards based the script on the novel of the same name by Richard Poole.... |
November 1956 | |
| The Wild Party | December 21, 1956 | |
| The King and Four Queens The King and Four Queens The King and Four Queens , a western movie, involves a middle-aged cowboy adventurer who learns that a stolen fortune remains buried on a ranch that serves as home to four gorgeous young widows and their battle-axe mother-in-law: the drifter turns on the charm. Directed by Raoul Walsh, the film... |
December 21, 1956 | |
| Dance With Me, Henry Dance with Me, Henry Dance with Me, Henry is a 1956 film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello. It is the final film that they starred in together, although Costello went on to star in one more film before his death, The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock.-Plot:... |
December 22, 1956 | |
| The Brass Legend | December 1956 | |
| Son of a Stranger | 1957 | |
| Drango Drango Drango is a 1957 American motion picture produced by Jeff Chandler's own production company Earlmar Productions, written and directed by Hall Bartlett, and released by United Artists. Starring Chandler in the title role, the film also features Ronald Howard, Joanne Dru, Julie London and Donald Crisp... |
January 1957 | |
| Four Boys and a Gun | January 1957 | |
| The Halliday Brand The Halliday Brand The Halliday Brand is a 1957 Western film directed by Joseph H. Lewis and starring Joseph Cotten.-Cast:* Joseph Cotten - Daniel Halliday* Viveca Lindfors - Aleta Burris* Betsy Blair - Martha Halliday* Ward Bond - Big Dan Halliday... |
January 1957 | |
| Crime of Passion Crime of Passion (1957 film) Crime of Passion is a 1957 American crime film noir directed by Gerd Oswald and written by Jo Eisinger. The drama features Barbara Stanwyck, Sterling Hayden, Raymond Burr and Fay Wray, among others.-Plot:... |
January 9, 1957 | |
| 5 Steps to Danger 5 Steps to Danger 5 Steps to Danger is a 1957 American Cold War spy film. It was directed by Henry S. Kesler, and starred Ruth Roman and Sterling Hayden as traveling companions ensnared by secrets and enemy agents. Werner Klemperer, Richard Gaines, Charles Davis, and Jeanne Cooper co-starred. It was based on the... |
January 30, 1957 | |
| Tomahawk Trail Tomahawk Trail - Plot :Chuck Connors as Sgt. Wade McCoy to be followed by Apache territory, and dealing with the Indians.- Starring :* Chuck Connors as Sgt. Wade McCoy* John Smith as Pvt. Reynolds* Susan Cummings as Ellen Carter* Lisa Montell as Tula... |
February 1, 1957 | |
| Voodoo Island Voodoo Island Voodoo Island is a 1957 horror film featuring the popular horror icon Boris Karloff. The film is set in the South Pacific and was filmed on Kauai, Hawaii.-History:... |
February 1957 | |
| Pharaoh's Curse | February 1957 | |
| The Delinquents | March 1, 1957 | |
| The Big Boodle | March 11, 1957 | |
| Hit and Run | March 15, 1957 | |
| Men in War Men in War Men in War is a war film about the Korean War directed by Anthony Mann. It stars Robert Ryan and Aldo Ray as the leaders of a small detachment of American soldiers cut off and desperately trying to rejoin their division. The events of the film take place on one day; 6 September 1950... |
March 19, 1957 | |
| War Drums | March 21, 1957 | |
| The Big Caper The Big Caper The Big Caper is a 1957 film directed by Robert Stevens. It stars Rory Calhoun and Mary Costa.-Cast:*Rory Calhoun as Frank Harper*Mary Costa as Kay*James Gregory as Flood*Robert H. Harris as Zimmer*Roxanne Arlen as Doll... |
March 28, 1957 | |
| Revolt at Fort Laramie | March 1957 | |
| The Bachelor Party The Bachelor Party The Bachelor Party is a 1953 teleplay by Paddy Chayefsky which was adapted by Chayefsky for a 1957 film.-Television:Chayefsky's teleplay was produced by Fred Coe for The Philco Television Playhouse on October 11, 1953... |
April 10, 1957 | |
| 12 Angry Men | April 13, 1957 | Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture. |
| Fury at Showdown | April 19, 1957 | |
| The Ride Back | April 29, 1957 | |
| The Iron Sheriff | April 1957 | |
| The Crooked Sky | April 1957 | |
| Gun Duel in Durango | May 1, 1957 | |
| Spring Reunion | May 4, 1957 | |
| Saint Joan | May 8, 1957 | |
| Monkey on My Back Monkey on My Back (film) Monkey on My Back is a 1957 biographical film starring Cameron Mitchell as Barney Ross, a world champion boxer and war hero who became addicted to morphine and overcame it.-Cast:*Cameron Mitchell as Barney Ross*Dianne Foster as Cathy Holland... |
May 29, 1957 | |
| Bailout at 43,000 | May 1957 | |
| Sweet Smell of Success Sweet Smell of Success Sweet Smell of Success is a 1957 American film noir made by Hill-Hecht-Lancaster Productions and released by United Artists. It was directed by Alexander Mackendrick and stars Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison and Martin Milner. The screenplay was written by Clifford Odets, Ernest Lehman... |
June 27, 1957 | |
| The Vampire | June 1957 | |
| The Monster That Challenged the World The Monster That Challenged the World The Monster That Challenged the World is a science-fiction monster movie, about an army of giant mollusks that emerge from the Salton Sea, California. Directed by Arnold Laven, the film starred Tim Holt and Audrey Dalton.... |
June 1957 | |
| Bayou | June 1957 | |
| The Pride and the Passion The Pride and the Passion The Pride and the Passion is a historical film drama starring Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra and Sophia Loren made by Stanley Kramer Productions. Set in the Napoleonic era, it is the story of a British officer who has orders to retrieve a huge cannon from Spain and take it to the British forces by ship... |
July 10, 1957 | |
| Trooper Hook | July 12, 1957 | |
| Jungle Heat | July 22, 1957 | |
| The Buckskin Lady The Buckskin Lady -Cast:*Patricia Medina as Angela Medley*Richard Denning as Dr. Bruce Merritt*Gerald Mohr as Slinger*Henry Hull as Dr. James Goldsboro Medley*Hank Worden as Lon*Robin Short as Nevada*Richard Reeves as Potter*Dorothy Adams as Mrs... |
July 1957 | |
| Outlaw's Son | July 1957 | |
| Hidden Fear | July 1957 | |
| Bop Girl Goes Calypso | July 1957 | |
| Valerie | August 1, 1957 | |
| Chicago Confidential | August 30, 1957 | |
| The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown is an American comedy film made by Russ-Field Productions and released by United Artists. It was directed by Norman Taurog from a screenplay by Richard Alan Simmons, based on a novel by Sylvia Tate.... |
August 1957 | |
| My Gun Is Quick | August 1957 | |
| Lady of Vengeance | August 1957 | |
| The Careless Years The Careless Years The Careless Years is a 1957 film from United Artists directed by Arthur Hiller and produced by Edward Lewis. The film was the directorial debut for Hiller.-Plot:... |
September 2, 1957 | |
| Satchmo the Great | September 8, 1957 | |
| The Girl in Black Stockings The Girl in Black Stockings The Girl in Black Stockings is a 1957 B-movie mystery film starring Lex Barker, Anne Bancroft and Mamie Van Doren-Plot:A girl is murdered and several people staying in a motel are suspected... |
September 24, 1957 | |
| Street of Sinners | September 1957 | |
| Gunsight Ridge | September 1957 | |
| Quatermass 2 Quatermass 2 Quatermass 2 is a 1957 British science fiction horror film. Made by Hammer Film Productions, it is a sequel to an earlier Hammer film The Quatermass Xperiment. Like its predecessor, it is based on a BBC Television serial – Quatermass II – written by Nigel Kneale... |
September 1957 | |
| The Monte Carlo Story The Monte Carlo Story The Monte Carlo Story is a 1957, Italian comedy-drama film production made by Titanus and distributed by United Artists. Samuel A. Taylor directed, and also wrote the screenplay based on a story by Marcello Girosi and Dino Risi. Marcello Girosi produced the film, which was the first shot in the... |
October 9, 1957 | |
| Time Limit Time Limit (film) Time Limit is a 1957 legal drama film directed by Karl Malden, his only directing credit. In his autobiography, Malden stated that "he preferred being a good actor to being a fairly good director."-Plot:... |
October 23, 1957 | |
| Hell Bound | October 1957 | |
| Ride Out for Revenge | November 1, 1957 | |
| Baby Face Nelson Baby Face Nelson (film) Baby Face Nelson is a 1957 film directed by Don Siegel, starring Mickey Rooney as Baby Face Nelson, and featuring Leo Gordon as John Dillinger.-Cast:Mickey Rooney ... Lester M. 'Baby Face Nelson' Gillis Carolyn Jones ... Sue... |
December 11, 1957 | |
| Legend of the Lost Legend of the Lost Legend of the Lost is a 1957 Italy/U.S. adventure film starring John Wayne, Sophia Loren, and Rossano Brazzi. The location shooting for the film took place near Tripoli, Libya.-Plot:... |
December 17, 1957 | |
| Paths of Glory Paths of Glory Paths of Glory is a 1957 American anti-war film by Stanley Kubrick based on the novel of the same name by Humphrey Cobb. Set during World War I, the film stars Kirk Douglas as Colonel Dax, the commanding officer of French soldiers who refused to continue a suicidal attack... |
December 25, 1957 | |
| The Dalton Girls | December 1957 | |
| Man on the Prowl | December 1957 | |
| Lonelyhearts Lonelyhearts Lonelyhearts is a 1958 film noir drama film directed by Vincent J. Donehue. It is based on the play by Howard Teichmann and the 1933 novel Miss Lonelyhearts by Nathanael West.... |
1958 | |
| The Betrayal | 1958 | |
| Cross-Up | January 1958 | |
| Gun Fever | January 1958 | |
| Fort Bowie | February 1, 1958 | |
| Witness for the Prosecution | February 6, 1958 | Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture. |
| The Quiet American | February 8, 1958 | |
| Lost Lagoon | February 1958 | |
| The Steel Bayonet The Steel Bayonet The Steel Bayonet is a 1957 British war film directed by Michael Carreras and starring Leo Genn, Kieron Moore and Michael Medwin. Michael Caine also had a small role in the film, early in his career. It is set during the Second World War, in the Tunisian desert when a small British observation... |
February 1958 | |
| Run Silent, Run Deep Run Silent, Run Deep Run Silent, Run Deep is a novel published first in 1955 by then-Commander Edward L. Beach, Jr.. The name refers to "silent running", a submarine stealth tactic. It is also the name of a 1958 movie based on the same novel... |
March 27, 1958 | |
| The Flame Barrier | April 2, 1958 | |
| The Return of Dracula The Return of Dracula The Return of Dracula is a 1958 horror film starring Francis Lederer as Dracula. The female lead, Rachel, is played by Norma Eberhardt. It is filmed in black and white and directed by Paul Landres.... |
April 1958 | |
| Paris Holiday Paris Holiday Paris Holiday is a 1958 comedy film starring Bob Hope, which was directed by Gerd Oswald, and written by Edmund Beloin, who was Hope's attorney, and Dean Riesner from a story by Hope. The film also features French comedian Fernandel, Anita Ekberg and Martha Hyer, and a rare appearance by... |
May 9, 1958 | |
| Thunder Road Thunder Road Thunder Road is the title of a 1958 drama–crime film about running moonshine in the mountains of Kentucky and Tennessee in the early 1950s. It was directed by Arthur Ripley and starred Robert Mitchum, who also produced the film, co-wrote the screenplay, and is rumored to have directed much of the... |
May 10, 1958 | |
| The Toughest Gun in Tombstone | May 14, 1958 | |
| Fort Massacre Fort Massacre Fort Massacre is a 1959 Western directed by Joseph M. Newman, starring Joel McCrea, Forrest Tucker and Susan Cabot. A possibly mad cavalry commander leads his troops through dangerous Indian territory.-Plot summary:... |
May 14, 1958 | |
| Island Women | May 1958 | |
| Edge of Fury | May 1958 | |
| The Vikings | June 28, 1958 | |
| Kings Go Forth Kings Go Forth Kings Go Forth is a 1958 black-and-white World War II film starring Frank Sinatra, Tony Curtis, and Natalie Wood. The screenplay was written by Merle Miller from the novel of the same name by Joe David Brown, and the film was directed by Delmer Daves... |
June 28, 1958 | |
| The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold is a Western film based on the TV show The Lone Ranger, starring Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels.... |
June 1958 | |
| Wink of an Eye | June 1958 | |
| La Parisienne | July 30, 1958 | |
| I Bury the Living I Bury the Living I Bury the Living is a horror film directed by famed B-movie director Albert Band, father of Charles Band, and starring Richard Boone and Theodore Bikel.-Plot summary:... |
July 1958 | |
| God's Little Acre God's Little Acre (film) God's Little Acre is a 1958 American film of Erskine Caldwell's 1933 novel. It was directed by Anthony Mann and shot in black and white by master cinematographer Ernest Haller.... |
August 13, 1958 | |
| It! The Terror from Beyond Space It! The Terror from Beyond Space It! The Terror from Beyond Space is a 1958 black and white science fiction film directed by Edward L. Cahn.-Plot:The film opens with a nuclear-powered spaceship perched on the cratered surface of an alien world. A voice-over tells us that the year is 1973 and that this is the planet, Mars. This... |
August 1958 | |
| Curse of the Faceless Man | August 1958 | |
| The Defiant Ones The Defiant Ones The Defiant Ones is a 1958 drama film which tells the story of two escaped prisoners, one white and one black, who are shackled together and who must co-operate in order to survive. It stars Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier, Theodore Bikel, Cara Williams, Charles McGraw, and Lon Chaney, Jr... |
September 27, 1958 | Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture. |
| The Gun Runners The Gun Runners The Gun Runners, a 1958 film directed by Don Siegel, is the third adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's novel To Have and Have Not, starring Audie Murphy and Patricia Owens. Everett Sloane essays the part of the alcoholic sidekick originally played by Walter Brennan in the film's first adaptation,... |
September 1958 | |
| Terror in a Texas Town Terror in a Texas Town Terror in a Texas Town is a 1958 American Western film, directed by Joseph Lewis. The script was written by Dalton Trumbo, but due to Trumbo's status on the Hollywood Blacklist, Ben Perry initially received screenwriting credit.... |
September 1958 | |
| Man of the West Man of the West Man of the West is a 1958 western film starring Gary Cooper and directed by Anthony Mann in his last film in the genre. The screenplay, written by Reginald Rose, is based on the novel The Border Jumpers by Will C... |
October 1, 1958 | |
| Cop Hater Cop Hater (film) Cop Hater is a 1958 American police procedural film, based on the 1956 novel Cop Hater by Ed McBain, the first in a series of books about the 87th Precinct in New York City. The film was produced and directed by William Berke, written by Henry Kane, and stars Robert Loggia and Gerald S... |
October 1, 1958 | |
| The Big Country The Big Country Meanwhile, Terrill insists on riding into the canyon. Initially, Leech refuses to accompany him, and the other men follow his lead. However, after Terrill rides out alone, Leech catches up with him. The remaining hands again align themselves with Leech by following. The group soon rides into a trap... |
October 1, 1958 | |
| Ten Days to Tulara | October 29, 1958 | |
| The Fearmakers | October 1958 | |
| Hong Kong Confidential | October 1958 | |
| Face in the Night Face in the Night Face in the Night is a 1957 British crime film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Griffith Jones, Lisa Gastoni and Vincent Ball. A young woman witnesses a mailbag robbery that ends with a dead postman, but she is intimidated into not coming forwards.... |
October 1958 | |
| The Horse's Mouth The Horse's Mouth (film) The Horse's Mouth is a 1958 film directed by Ronald Neame and filmed in Technicolor. Alec Guinness wrote the screenplay from the 1944 novel The Horse's Mouth by Joyce Cary, and also played the lead role of Gulley Jimson, a London artist.-Synopsis:... |
November 11, 1958 | |
| I Want to Live! I Want to Live! I Want to Live! is a 1958 film noir produced by Walter Wanger and directed by Robert Wise which tells the heavily fictionalized story of a woman, Barbara Graham, convicted of murder and facing execution. It stars Susan Hayward as Graham, and also features Simon Oakland, Stafford Repp, and Theodore... |
November 18, 1958 | |
| The Mugger The Mugger The Mugger is a 1958 American film about a police psychiatrist, Dr. Pete Graham, who is attempting to catch a mysterious mugger that has been attacking women in his city. The film's screenplay, written by Henry Kane, is based on the novel of the same name by Evan Hunter. William Berke directed the... |
November 1958 | |
| China Doll | December 3, 1958 | |
| Separate Tables Separate Tables (film) Separate Tables is a 1958 American drama film based on two one-act plays by Terence Rattigan that were collectively known by this name. It was directed by Delbert Mann, and adapted by Rattigan, John Gay and an uncredited John Michael Hayes. Mary Grant designed the film's costumes.The film took the... |
December 18, 1958 | Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture. |
| The Lost Missile The Lost Missile The Lost Missile is a 1958 science fiction film which was originally slated to be directed by William A. Berke, who also executive produced the film. The screenplay was co-written by John McPartland and the longtime science-fiction writer Jerome Bixby, and starred a young Robert Loggia. When... |
December 1958 | |
| Machete | December 1958 | |
| Crash Drive | 1959 | |
| Mark of the Phoenix Mark of the Phoenix Mark of the Phoenix is a 1958 British drama film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Julia Arnall, Sheldon Lawrence and Anton Diffring. A newly developed and valuable metal is stolen and formed into a cigarette case for transportation to the Far East, but an American jewel thief comes into... |
1959 | |
| Anna Lucasta Anna Lucasta (1959 film) Anna Lucasta is a 1959 film directed by Arnold Laven. It stars Eartha Kitt and Sammy Davis Jr.. “Anna Lucasta” was written by Chicago born Philip Yordan son of Polish immigrants; a versatile and successful Oscar winning film writer, whom wrote westerns, historical epics, thrillers, and sci-fi... |
January 14, 1959 | |
| Escort West | January 23, 1959 | |
| Guns, Girls, and Gangsters Guns, Girls, and Gangsters Guns, Girls and Gangsters is a 1959 B-movie crime/drama starring Mamie Van Doren.-Plot:Chuck Wheeler is released from prison and begins to set up an elaborate heist of an armored truck carrying money from a Las Vegas casino. Chuck enlists the help of nightclub owner Joe Darren as well as Vi Victor,... |
January 1959 | |
| Operation Murder | January 1959 | |
| The Last Mile | February 18, 1959 | |
| Mustang! Mustang! (film) Mustang! is a 1959 western film directed by Tom Gries. It stars Jack Buetel and Madalyn Trahey.-Cast:*Jack Buetel as Gable*Madalyn Trahey as Nancy*Stephen Keyes as Lou, Ranch Hand*Milt Swift as Ranch Hand*Bob Gilbert as Cowhand... |
March 15, 1959 | |
| Alias Jesse James Alias Jesse James Alias Jesse James is a Bob Hope western comedy movie. A highlight for fans of Westerns of that era happens during the gun fight climax at the end of the movie that features a number of cameos by movie and television personalities Alias Jesse James (1959) is a Bob Hope western comedy movie. A... |
March 20, 1959 | |
| Some Like It Hot Some Like It Hot Some Like It Hot is an American comedy film, made in 1958 and released in 1959, which was directed by Billy Wilder and starred Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon and George Raft. The supporting cast includes Joe E. Brown, Pat O'Brien and Nehemiah Persoff. The film is a remake by Wilder and I.... |
March 29, 1959 | |
| Riot in Juvenile Prison | April 1959 | |
| Invisible Invaders | May 15, 1959 | |
| Pork Chop Hill Pork Chop Hill Pork Chop Hill , directed by Lewis Milestone, is a Korean War war film based upon the eponymous book by military historian S. L. A. Marshall, depicting the bitterly fierce first Battle of Pork Chop Hill between the U.S. Army's 7th Infantry Division, and Chinese and Korean Communist forces at the... |
May 29, 1959 | |
| The Gunfight at Dodge City The Gunfight at Dodge City The Gunfight at Dodge City is a 1959 color western film, set in the Kansas cattle town of Hays City.-Cast:* Joel McCrea as Bat Masterson* Julie Adams as Pauline Howard* John McIntire as Doc Sam Tremaine* Nancy Gates as Lily, Lady Gay Saloon Owner... |
May 1959 | |
| The Man in the Net The Man in the Net The Man in the Net is an American film noir starring Alan Ladd and Carolyn Jones. The taut drama was directed by Michael Curtiz.-Plot:... |
June 10, 1959 | |
| The Naked Maja The Naked Maja The Naked Maja is an Italian-French-American co-production made by S.G.C., Titanus Films and United Artists. This historical film recounting of the romance between the painter Francisco Goya and the Duchess of Alba was directed by Henry Koster, and produced by Silvio Clementelli and Goffredo... |
June 10, 1959 | |
| The Horse Soldiers The Horse Soldiers The Horse Soldiers is a 1959 DeLuxe Color war film, set in the American Civil War, directed by John Ford, starring John Wayne, William Holden and Constance Towers... |
June 12, 1959 | |
| The Vikings | June 28, 1959 | |
| The Hound of the Baskervilles The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959 film) The Hound of the Baskervilles is a 1959 British detective film produced by Hammer Films and directed by Terence Fisher.The film is the first adaptation from the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle novel of the same name to be filmed in colour and stars Peter Cushing as Sherlock Holmes, Sir Christopher Lee as... |
July 3, 1959 | |
| A Hole in the Head A Hole in the Head A Hole in the Head is a comedy film released by United Artists. It was directed by Frank Capra and featured Frank Sinatra, Edward G. Robinson, Eleanor Parker, Keenan Wynn, Carolyn Jones, Thelma Ritter, Dub Taylor and Joi Lansing. The film introduced the song "High Hopes", a Sinatra standard used... |
July 15, 1959 | |
| Ten Seconds to Hell Ten Seconds to Hell Ten Seconds To Hell is a 1959 British, American and German film directed by Robert Aldrich and based upon Lawrence P. Bachmann's novel, The Phoenix... |
July 17, 1959 | |
| Shake Hands with the Devil Shake Hands with the Devil (1959 film) Shake Hands with the Devil is a 1959 film directed by the English director Michael Anderson.It is set in 1921 Dublin, where the Irish Republican Army battles the "Black and Tans," the ex-British soldiers sent to suppress the IRA with excessively harsh measures.The film stars James Cagney as Sean... |
June 24, 1959 | |
| The Rabbit Trap | June 1959 | |
| Day of the Outlaw Day of the Outlaw Day of the Outlaw is a 1959 film starring Robert Ryan and Burl Ives. It was directed by André De Toth; this film being his last Western feature film. Parts of it were filmed on location in snowy Bend, Oregon.-Plot:... |
July 1959 | |
| The Devil's Disciple | August 20, 1959 | |
| Cry Tough | August 1959 | |
| The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery is a 1959 heist film shot in black and white. The noir film stars Steve McQueen as a college dropout hired to be the getaway driver in a bank robbery. The film is based on a 1953 bank robbery attempt of Southwest Bank in St. Louis. The film was shot on location in... * |
September 10, 1959 | |
| Cast a Long Shadow | September 1959 | |
| Inside the Mafia | September 1959 | |
| Odds Against Tomorrow Odds Against Tomorrow Odds Against Tomorrow is a 1959 film noir produced and directed by Robert Wise for HarBel Productions, a company founded by the film's star, Harry Belafonte. Belafonte selected Abraham Polonsky to write the script, which is based on a novel by William P. McGivern. As a blacklisted writer Polonsky... |
October 15, 1959 | |
| The Wonderful Country The Wonderful Country (film) The Wonderful Country is a 1959 Technicolor Western film based on Tom Lea's novel of the same name that was produced by Robert Mitchum's DRM Production company in Mexico. Tom Lea has a cameo as a barber.-Plot:... |
October 21, 1959 | |
| Pier 5, Havana | October 1959 | |
| Counterplot | October 1959 | |
| Happy Anniversary Happy Anniversary (film) Happy Anniversary is a 1959 comedy film starring David Niven and Mitzi Gaynor.Directed by David Miller, the movie's cast also included Carl Reiner and a young Patty Duke. Duke's next film, The Miracle Worker, would earn her an Academy Award.-Plot:... |
November 10, 1959 | |
| The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake is a 1959 USA black-and-white horror film written by Orville H. Hampton and directed by Edward L. Cahn, one of a series of films they made in the late 1950s for producer Robert E... |
November 13, 1959 | |
| Timbuktu Timbuktu (film) Timbuktu is a 1959 black-and-white adventure film set in the city of the same name but filmed in the Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park in Kanab, Utah... |
November 22, 1959 | |
| Subway in the Sky Subway in the Sky Subway in the Sky is a 1959 British crime film directed by Muriel Box and starring Van Johnson, Hildegard Knef and Albert Lieven. An American soldier in West Berlin deserts and goes on the run when he is faced with a false murder charge eventually taking shelter with a cabaret singer.-Cast:* Van... |
November 1959 | |
| Take a Giant Step Take a Giant Step Take a Giant Step is a coming-of-age drama film, directed by Philip Leacock about a black teenager living in a predominantly white environment and having trouble coping as he reaches an age at which the realities of racism are beginning to affect his life more directly and pointedly than they had... |
December 1, 1959 | |
| On The Beach On the Beach (1959 film) On the Beach is a post-apocalyptic drama film based on Nevil Shute's 1957 novel of the same name. The film features Gregory Peck , Ava Gardner , Fred Astaire and Anthony Perkins... |
December 17, 1959 | |
| A Dog's Best Friend | December 20, 1959 | |
| Solomon and Sheba Solomon and Sheba Solomon and Sheba is a 1959 Biblical epic film made by Edward Small Productions and distributed by United Artists. The film stars Yul Brynner, Gina Lollobrigida, George Sanders and Marisa Pavan, with David Farrar, Harry Andrews, Jack Gwillim, Laurence Naismith, William Devlin, Jean Anderson and... |
December 25, 1959 |
1960s
- And Quiet Flows the DonAnd Quiet Flows the Don (1958 film)And Quiet Flows the Don is a three-part epic 1958 Soviet film directed by Sergei Gerasimov based on the novel of the same title by Mikhail Sholokhov. The first two parts of the film were released in October 1957 and the final third part in 1958...
(1960) - The Fugitive KindThe Fugitive KindThe Fugitive Kind is a 1959 American drama film directed by Sidney Lumet. The screenplay by Meade Roberts and Tennessee Williams was based on the latter's 1957 play Orpheus Descending, itself a revision of his unproduced 1939 work Battle of Angels....
(1960) - The Last Days of PompeiiThe Last Days of PompeiiThe Last Days of Pompeii is a novel written by the baron Edward Bulwer-Lytton in 1834. Once a very widely read book and now relatively neglected, it culminates in the cataclysmic destruction of the city of Pompeii by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79.The novel uses its characters to contrast...
(1960) - Elmer GantryElmer Gantry (film)Elmer Gantry is a 1960 drama film about a con man and a female evangelist selling religion to small town America. Adapted by director Richard Brooks, the film is based on the 1927 novel of the same name by Sinclair Lewis and stars Burt Lancaster and Jean Simmons.Lancaster won an Academy Award for...
(1960) - Inherit the WindInherit the Wind (1960 film)Inherit the Wind is a 1960 Hollywood film adaptation of the play of the same name, written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee, directed by Stanley Kramer....
(1960) - The AlamoThe Alamo (1960 film)The Alamo is a 1960 American historical epic released by United Artists. The film was directed by John Wayne, who also starred as Davy Crockett. The cast also includes Richard Widmark as Jim Bowie and Laurence Harvey as William B...
(1960) - The ApartmentThe ApartmentThe Apartment is a 1960 American comedy-drama film produced and directed by Billy Wilder, and starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, and Fred MacMurray. It was Wilder's follow-up to the enormously popular Some Like It Hot and, like its predecessor, was a commercial and critical hit, grossing $25...
(1960) - The Magnificent SevenThe Magnificent SevenThe Magnificent Seven is an American Western film directed by John Sturges, and released in 1960. It is a fictional tale of a group of seven American gunmen who are hired to protect a small agricultural village in Mexico from a group of marauding Mexican bandits...
(1960) - Fate of a Man (1961)
- Judgment at NurembergJudgment at NurembergJudgment at Nuremberg is a 1961 American drama film dealing with the Holocaust and the Post-World War II Nuremberg Trials. It was written by Abby Mann, directed by Stanley Kramer, and starred Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Maximilian Schell, Werner Klemperer, Marlene Dietrich, Judy...
(1961) - The MisfitsThe Misfits (film)The Misfits is a 1961 American drama film written by Arthur Miller, directed by John Huston, and starring Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift, Thelma Ritter, and Eli Wallach. It was the final film appearance for both Gable and Monroe...
(1961) - West Side StoryWest Side Story (film)West Side Story is a 1961 musical film directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins. The film is an adaptation of the 1957 Broadway musical of the same name, which in turn was adapted from William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. It stars Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno,...
(1961) - One, Two, ThreeOne, Two, ThreeOne, Two, Three is a 1961 American comedy film directed by Billy Wilder and written by him and I.A.L. Diamond. It is based on the 1929 Hungarian one-act play Egy, kettö, három by Ferenc Molnár, with a "plot borrowed partly from" Ninotchka, a 1939 film co-written by Wilder...
(1961) - Pocketful of MiraclesPocketful of MiraclesPocketful of Miracles is a 1961 American comedy film that stars Bette Davis and Glenn Ford, directed by Frank Capra. The screenplay by Hal Kanter and Harry Tugend is based on the screenplay Lady for a Day by Robert Riskin, which was adapted from the Damon Runyon short story "Madame La Gimp".The...
(1961) - The Magic SwordThe Magic Sword (film)The Magic Sword is a 1962 live action fantasy film, mainly aimed at children, based loosely on the medieval legend of St. George and the Dragon.The film appeared on a 1992 episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000...
* (1961) - Court MartialCourt Martial (1959 film)Court Martial is a 1959 German drama film directed by Kurt Meisel. It was entered into the 1959 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Karlheinz Böhm - Oberleutnant Düren* Christian Wolff - Fähnrich Stahmer* Klaus Kammer - Maat Klaus Hinze* Hans Nielsen - Dr...
(1962) - Dr. NoDr. No (film)Dr. No is a 1962 spy film, starring Sean Connery; it is the first James Bond film. Based on the 1958 Ian Fleming novel of the same name, it was adapted by Richard Maibaum, Johanna Harwood, and Berkely Mather and was directed by Terence Young. The film was produced by Harry Saltzman and Albert R...
(1962) (distributor) - Birdman of AlcatrazBirdman of Alcatraz (film)Birdman of Alcatraz is a 1962 film starring Burt Lancaster and directed by John Frankenheimer. It is a fictionalized version of the life of Robert Stroud, a federal prison inmate known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz" because of his life with birds. In spite of the title, much of the action is set at...
(1962) - The Manchurian CandidateThe Manchurian Candidate (1962 film)The Manchurian Candidate is a 1962 American Cold War political thriller film starring Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh and Angela Lansbury, and featuring Henry Silva, James Gregory, Leslie Parrish and John McGiver...
(1962) - The Miracle WorkerThe Miracle Worker (1962 film)The Miracle Worker is a 1962 American biographical film directed by Arthur Penn. The screenplay by William Gibson is based on his 1959 play of the same title, which originated as a 1957 broadcast of the television anthology series Playhouse 90...
(1962) - Great Van Robbery (1963)
- From Russia with LoveFrom Russia with Love (film)From Russia with Love is the second in the James Bond spy film series, and the second to star Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Released in 1963, the film was produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, and directed by Terence Young. It is based on the 1957 novel of the...
(1963) (distributor) - The Great EscapeThe Great Escape (film)The Great Escape is a 1963 American film about an escape by Allied prisoners of war from a German POW camp during World War II, starring Steve McQueen, James Garner, and Richard Attenborough...
(1963) - A Child is WaitingA Child Is WaitingA Child Is Waiting is a 1963 American drama film written by Abby Mann and directed by John Cassavetes. Burt Lancaster portrays the director of a state institution for mentally handicapped and emotionally disturbed children, and Judy Garland is a new teacher who challenges his methods.-Plot:Jean...
(1963) - Tom JonesTom Jones (film)Tom Jones is a 1963 British adventure comedy film, an adaptation of Henry Fielding's classic novel The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling , starring Albert Finney as the titular hero. It was one of the most critically acclaimed and popular comedies of its time, winning four Academy Awards...
(1963) - McLintock!McLintock!McLintock! is a 1963 comedy Western starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara, and loosely based on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. The film is notable, perhaps even infamous, for its two spanking scenes, in which mother and daughter are each paddled with coal shovels: the daughter by her...
* (1963) - The Pink PantherThe Pink Panther (1963 film)The Pink Panther is a 1963 American comedy film directed by Blake Edwards and co-written by Edwards and Maurice Richlin, starring David Niven, Peter Sellers, Robert Wagner, Capucine, and Claudia Cardinale...
(1963) - Ladybug LadybugLadybug Ladybug (film)Ladybug Ladybug is a 1963 American motion picture, directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Frank Perry. The film is a commentary about the psychological effects of the Cold War, the title deriving from the classic nursery rhyme...
(1963) - It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldIt's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldIt's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is a 1963 American comedy film produced and directed by Stanley Kramer about the madcap pursuit of $350,000 in stolen cash by a diverse and colorful group of strangers...
(1963, in Ultra Panavision) - A Hard Day's NightA Hard Day's Night (film)A Hard Day's Night is a 1964 British black-and-white comedy film directed by Richard Lester and starring The Beatles—John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr—during the height of Beatlemania. It was written by Alun Owen and originally released by United Artists...
7 (1964) (distributor) - A Fistful of DollarsA Fistful of DollarsA Fistful of Dollars is a 1964 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood alongside Gian Maria Volonté, Marianne Koch, Wolfgang Lukschy, Sieghardt Rupp, José Calvo, Antonio Prieto, and Joseph Egger. Released in Italy in 1964 then in the United States in...
(1964) (distributor) - A Shot in the DarkA Shot in the Dark (1964 film)A Shot in the Dark is a 1964 comedy film directed by Blake Edwards and is the second installment in the Pink Panther series. Peter Sellers is featured again as Inspector Jacques Clouseau of the French Sûreté...
(1964) - GoldfingerGoldfinger (film)Goldfinger is the third spy film in the James Bond series and the third to star Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Released in 1964, it is based on the novel of the same name by Ian Fleming. The film also stars Honor Blackman as Bond girl Pussy Galore and Gert Fröbe as the title...
(1964) (distributor) - TopkapiTopkapi (film)Topkapi is a heist film made by Filmways Pictures and distributed by United Artists. It was produced and directed by the emigre American film director, Jules Dassin...
(1964) - The Greatest Story Ever ToldThe Greatest Story Ever ToldThe Greatest Story Ever Told is a 1965 American epic film produced and directed by George Stevens and distributed by United Artists. It is a retelling of the story of Jesus Christ, from the Nativity through the Resurrection. This film is notable for its large ensemble cast and for being the last...
(1965) - Help!Help! (film)Help! is a 1965 film directed by Richard Lester, starring The Beatles—John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr—and featuring Leo McKern, Eleanor Bron, Victor Spinetti, John Bluthal, Roy Kinnear and Patrick Cargill. Help! was the second feature film made by the Beatles and is a...
8 (1965) - For a Few Dollars MoreFor a Few Dollars MoreFor a Few Dollars More is a 1965 Italian spaghetti western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef and Gian Maria Volonté. German actor Klaus Kinski also plays a supporting role as a secondary villain...
(1965) (distributor) - Viva Maria!Viva Maria!Viva Maria! is a 1965 comedy-adventure film starring Brigitte Bardot and Jeanne Moreau as two women named Maria who meet and become revolutionaries in the early 20th century. It also starred George Hamilton as Florès, a revolutionary leader. It was co-written and directed by Louis Malle, and...
(1965) (distributor) - ThunderballThunderball (film)Thunderball is the fourth spy film in the James Bond series starring Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Ian Fleming, which in turn was based on an original screenplay by Jack Whittingham...
(1965) (distributor) - After the FoxAfter the FoxAfter the Fox is a 1966 British-Italian comedy film starring Peter Sellers and directed by Vittorio De Sica. The screenplay is in English, by Neil Simon and De Sica's longtime collaborator Cesare Zavattini....
(1966) - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the ForumA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the ForumA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart....
(1966) - A Man and a WomanA Man and a WomanA Man and a Woman is a 1966 French film, written by Claude Lelouch and Pierre Uytterhoeven, and directed by Lelouch. It is notable for its lush photography , which features frequent segues between full color, black-and-white, and sepia-toned shots, and for its memorable musical score by Francis Lai...
(1966) (distributor) - Frankie and JohnnyFrankie and Johnny (1966 film)Frankie and Johnny is a 1966 musical film starring Elvis Presley as a riverboat gambler. The role of "Frankie" was played by Donna Douglas from The Beverly Hillbillies TV series. The film reached #40 on the Variety weekly national box office list for 1966. The budget of the film was estimated at...
(1966) - PersonaPersona (film)Persona is a film by Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, released in 1966, and starring Bibi Andersson and Liv Ullmann. Bergman held this film to be one of his most important; in his book Images, he writes: "Today I feel that in Persona—and later in Cries and Whispers—I had gone as far as I could go...
(1966) - The Fortune CookieThe Fortune CookieThe Fortune Cookie is a 1966 film starring Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon in their first on-screen collaboration, and directed by Billy Wilder.- Plot :...
(1966) - The Good, the Bad and the UglyThe Good, the Bad and the UglyThe Good, the Bad and the Ugly is a 1966 Italian epic spaghetti western film directed by Sergio Leone, starring Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, and Eli Wallach in the title roles. The screenplay was written by Age & Scarpelli, Luciano Vincenzoni and Leone, based on a story by Vincenzoni and Leone...
(1966) (distributor) - How to Succeed in Business Without Really TryingHow to Succeed in Business Without Really TryingHow to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying is a musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock, and Willie Gilbert, based on Shepherd Mead's 1952 book of the same name....
(1967) - In the Heat of the Night (1967)
- You Only Live TwiceYou Only Live Twice (film)You Only Live Twice is the fifth spy film in the James Bond series, and the fifth to star Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film's screenplay was written by Roald Dahl, and loosely based on Ian Fleming's 1964 novel of the same name...
(1967) (distributor) - Live for LifeLive for LifeLive for Life is a 1967 French film directed by Claude Lelouch and starred by Yves Montand, Candice Bergen and Annie Girardot. The film won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film...
(1967) (distributor) - The GraduateThe GraduateThe Graduate is a 1967 American comedy-drama motion picture directed by Mike Nichols. It is based on the 1963 novel The Graduate by Charles Webb, who wrote it shortly after graduating from Williams College. The screenplay was by Buck Henry, who makes a cameo appearance as a hotel clerk, and Calder...
18 (1967, distribution in international countries; Embassy PicturesEmbassy PicturesEmbassy Pictures Corporation was an independent studio and distributor responsible for such films as The Graduate, The Lion in Winter, This Is Spinal Tap and Escape from New York.-Founding:The company was founded in 1942 by producer Joseph E...
distributed the film in the US) - Billion-Dollar BrainBillion-Dollar BrainBillion-Dollar Brain is a Cold War spy novel by Len Deighton, and the fourth protagonised by an anonymous secret agent working for the British WOOC intelligence agency. It follows The IPCRESS File , Horse Under Water , and Funeral in Berlin...
(1967) - Yours, Mine and OursYours, Mine and Ours (1968 film)For the remake of this film starring Dennis Quaid and Rene Russo see Yours, Mine and Ours Yours, Mine and Ours is a 1968 film, directed by Melville Shavelson and starring Lucille Ball, Henry Fonda and Van Johnson...
(1968, co-production with Desilu ProductionsDesilu ProductionsDesilu Productions was a Los Angeles, California-based company jointly owned by actors Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball, who were married to each other from 1940 to 1960....
) - The Thomas Crown AffairThe Thomas Crown Affair (1968 film)The Thomas Crown Affair is a 1968 film by Norman Jewison starring Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway. It was nominated for two Academy Awards and won the Award for Best Song with Michel Legrand's "Windmills of Your Mind"...
(1968) - Hang 'Em High (1968)
- Chitty Chitty Bang BangChitty Chitty Bang Bang (film)Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a 1968 musical film with a script by Roald Dahl and Ken Hughes, and songs by the Sherman Brothers, loosely based on Ian Fleming's novel Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car. It starred Dick Van Dyke as Caractacus Potts and Sally Ann Howes as Truly Scrumptious. The...
(1968) (distributor) - Yellow Submarine(1968) (distributor)
- Buona Sera, Mrs. CampbellBuona Sera, Mrs. CampbellBuona Sera, Mrs. Campbell is a 1968 American comedy film directed by Melvin Frank, who co-wrote the original screenplay with Denis Norden and Sheldon Keller.The United Artists release was filmed at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome...
(1968) - Inspector Clouseau (1968)
- Fellini Satyricon (1969)
- Battle of BritainBattle of Britain (film)Battle of Britain is a 1969 Technicolor film directed by Guy Hamilton, and produced by Harry Saltzman and S. Benjamin Fisz. The film broadly relates the events of the Battle of Britain...
(1969) - Midnight CowboyMidnight CowboyMidnight Cowboy is a 1969 American drama film based on the 1965 novel of the same name by James Leo Herlihy. It was written by Waldo Salt, directed by John Schlesinger, and stars Dustin Hoffman and newcomer Jon Voight in the title role. Notable smaller roles are filled by Sylvia Miles, John...
(1969) - The Secret of Santa VittoriaThe Secret of Santa VittoriaThe Secret of Santa Vittoria is a 1969 film made by Stanley Kramer Productions and distributed by United Artists. It was produced and directed by Stanley Kramer and co-produced by George Glass from a screenplay by Ben Maddow and William Rose. It was based on the novel by Robert Crichton...
(1969) - Take the Money and RunTake the Money and RunTake the Money and Run is a 1969 comedy film written by Woody Allen and Mickey Rose, and directed by and starring Woody Allen. It is an early mockumentary, chronicling the life of Virgil Starkwell, a bungling petty thief...
(1969) - On Her Majesty's Secret ServiceOn Her Majesty's Secret Service (film)On Her Majesty's Secret Service is the sixth spy film in the James Bond series, based on the 1963 novel of the same name by Ian Fleming. Following the decision of Sean Connery to retire from the role after You Only Live Twice, Eon Productions selected an unknown actor and model, George Lazenby...
(1969) (distributor) - Women in LoveWomen in Love (film)Women in Love is a 1969 British film directed by Ken Russell. It stars Alan Bates , Oliver Reed, Glenda Jackson and Jennie Linden. The film was adapted by Larry Kramer from the novel of the same name by D. H. Lawrence....
(1969) - KesKes (film)Kes is a 1969 British film from director Ken Loach and producer Tony Garnett. The film is based on the novel A Kestrel for a Knave, written by the Barnsley-born author Barry Hines in 1968...
(1969) (distributor)
1970s
- Let It BeLet It Be (film)Let It Be is a 1970 documentary film about The Beatles rehearsing and recording songs for the album Let It Be in January 1969. The film features an unannounced rooftop concert by the group, their last performance in public...
8 (1970) - The Music LoversThe Music LoversThe Music Lovers is a 1970 British biographical film directed by Ken Russell. The screenplay by Melvyn Bragg, based on Beloved Friend, a collection of personal correspondence edited by Catherine Drinker Bowen and Barbara von Meck, focuses on the life and career of 19th century Russian composer...
(1970) - The Private Life of Sherlock HolmesThe Private Life of Sherlock HolmesThe Private Life of Sherlock Holmes is a 1970 film directed and produced by Billy Wilder; he also shared writing credit with his longtime collaborator I. A. L. Diamond. It starred Robert Stephens as Sherlock Holmes and Colin Blakely as Dr. Watson...
(1970) - The LandlordThe Landlord (film)"The Landlord" is a 2007 short comedy film starring Will Ferrell, Pearl McKay, and featuring Adam McKay. The film was directed by Adam McKay & and written by Ferrell and McKay. In the film, Ferrell's character is harassed by his landlord for overdue rent money...
(1970) - Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
- The Wild ChildThe Wild ChildThe Wild Child is a French film by director François Truffaut. The film features Jean-Pierre Cargol, François Truffaut, Françoise Seigner and Jean Dasté. The film had a total of 1,458,164 admissions in France...
(1970) - They Call Me MISTER Tibbs!They Call Me MISTER Tibbs!They Call Me MISTER Tibbs! is a 1970 film; a sequel to In the Heat of the Night . Sidney Poitier reprised his role of police detective Virgil Tibbs, though in this sequel, Tibbs is working for the San Francisco Police rather than the Philadelphia Police or the Pasadena Police .-Plot:The plot...
(1970) - The Christine Jorgensen StoryThe Christine Jorgensen StoryThe Christine Jorgensen Story is a 1970 fictionalized biographical movie about transgendered Christine Jorgensen. While the overall premise of the film is accurate, many of the details are fictionalized for the continuity of the film. It was directed by Irving Rapper and based on Christine...
(1970) - The HawaiiansThe Hawaiians (film)The Hawaiians is a 1970 American historical film based on the novel Hawaii by James A. Michener. It was directed by Tom Gries with a screenplay by James R. Webb. The cast included Charlton Heston as Whipple Hoxworth, and Geraldine Chaplin...
(1970) - The RevolutionaryThe RevolutionaryThe Revolutionary is a 1970 film directed by Paul Williams. The screenplay was written by Hans Koning , based on his novel of the same name. It was the film debut for actor Jeffrey Jones.-Main cast:...
(1970) - BananasBananas (film)Bananas is a 1971 comedy film written by Mickey Rose and Woody Allen, directed by Allen, and starring himself and Louise Lasser. Parts of the plot were based on the book Don Quixote, U.S.A. by Richard P. Powell. It was filmed on location in New York City, Lima , and various locations in Puerto...
(1971) - Cold TurkeyCold Turkey (film)Cold Turkey is a 1971 satirical comedy film. It stars Dick Van Dyke plus a long list of comedic actors, several of whom are well known to North American television audiences...
(1971) - 200 Motels200 Motels200 Motels is a 1971 American-British musical surrealist film cowritten and directed by Frank Zappa and Tony Palmer and starring The Mothers of Invention, Theodore Bikel and Ringo Starr. The film covers a loose storyline about The Mothers of Invention going crazy in the small town Centerville...
(1971) - Diamonds Are ForeverDiamonds Are Forever (film)Diamonds Are Forever is the seventh spy film in the Eon Productions James Bond series, and the sixth and final Eon Productions film to star Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film is based on Ian Fleming's 1956 novel of the same name, and is the second of four James Bond films...
(1971) (distributor) - The HospitalThe HospitalThe Hospital is a 1971 black comedy film directed by Arthur Hiller and starring George C. Scott as Dr. Herbert Bock. The script was written by Paddy Chayefsky, who was awarded the 1972 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.-Plot:...
(1971) - Fiddler On The RoofFiddler on the Roof (film)Fiddler on the Roof is the 1971 film adaptation of the 1964 Broadway musical of the same name, with music composed by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in Tsarist Russia in 1905, about Tevye and his Daughters. It was directed by Norman Jewison. The film won three...
(1971) - Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask)Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask) (film)Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* is Woody Allen's fourth film, consisting of a series of short sequences loosely inspired by Dr. David Reuben's book of the same name....
(1972) - Avanti!Avanti!Avanti! is a 1972 American/Italian comedy film produced and directed by Billy Wilder. The film starred Jack Lemmon and Juliet Mills. The screenplay by Wilder and I.A.L...
(1972) - Last Tango in ParisLast Tango in ParisLast Tango in Paris is a 1972 Italian romantic drama film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci which portrays a recent American widower who takes up an anonymous sexual relationship with a young, soon-to-be-married Parisian woman...
(1972) - The Long GoodbyeThe Long Goodbye (film)The Long Goodbye is a 1973 neo noir, directed by Robert Altman and based on Raymond Chandler's 1953 novel of the same name. The screenplay was written by Leigh Brackett, who co-wrote the screenplay for The Big Sleep in 1946...
(1972) - The OffenceThe OffenceThe Offence is a 1972 drama film, based upon the acclaimed 1968 stage play This Story of Yours by John Hopkins, directed by Sidney Lumet under the working title Something Like the Truth. It stars Sean Connery as police detective Johnson, who kills Kenneth Baxter , a suspected child molester, while...
(1972) - Man of La ManchaMan of La Mancha (film)Man of La Mancha is a 1972 film adaptation of the Broadway musical Man of La Mancha by Dale Wasserman, with music by Mitch Leigh and lyrics by Joe Darion...
(1972) - The VisitorsThe Visitors (1972 film)The Visitors is a 1972 American drama film directed by Elia Kazan. It was entered into the 1972 Cannes Film Festival. Kazan used Daniel Lang's Casualties of War story as a jumping-off point for this film.-Plot:...
(1972) - Live and Let DieLive and Let Die (film)Live and Let Die is the eighth spy film in the James Bond series, and the first to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film was produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman...
(1973) (distributor) - White LightningWhite Lightning (1973 film)White Lightning is a 1973 American action film from United Artists starring Burt Reynolds as Gator McKlusky. The film, directed by Joseph Sargent and written by William W. Norton, also starred Jennifer Billingsley, Ned Beatty, Bo Hopkins, R.G. Armstrong, and Diane Ladd...
(1973) - SleeperSleeper (film)Sleeper is a 1973 futuristic science fiction comedy film, written by Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman, and directed by Allen. The plot involves the adventures of the owner of a Greenwich Village, NY health food store played by Woody Allen who is cryogenically frozen in 1973 and defrosted 200...
(1973) - JeremyJeremy (film)Jeremy is a 1973 film directed by Arthur Barron and starring Robby Benson and Glynnis O'Connor. In 1974, it was nominated for a Golden Globe Award...
(1973) - The Man with the Golden GunThe Man with the Golden Gun (film)The Man with the Golden Gun is the ninth spy film in the James Bond series and the second to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond...
(1974) (distributor) - The Taking of Pelham 123 (1974) (distributor)
- LennyLenny (film)Lenny is a 1974 American biographical film about the comedian Lenny Bruce, starring Dustin Hoffman and directed by Bob Fosse. The screenplay by Julian Barry is based on his play of the same name.-Plot:...
(1974) - Thieves Like UsThieves Like Us (film)Thieves Like Us is a 1974 film directed by Robert Altman, starring Keith Carradine and Shelley Duvall. The film was based on the novel Thieves Like Us by Edward Anderson...
(1974) - Salo, or the 120 days of SodomSalò o le 120 giornate di SodomaSalò, or the 120 Days of Sodom , commonly referred to as Salò, is a controversial 1975 Italian drama film written and directed by Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini with uncredited writing contributions by Pupi Avati. It is based on the book The 120 Days of Sodom by the Marquis de Sade...
(1975) (distributor) - Breakheart PassBreakheart Pass (1975 film)Breakheart Pass is an American 1975 western adventure film that stars Charles Bronson, Ben Johnson, Richard Crenna, and Jill Ireland. The movie was based on the novel by Alistair MacLean of the same title, and was filmed in north central Idaho.-Plot:...
(1975) - One Flew Over The Cuckoo's NestOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a 1975 American drama film directed by Miloš Forman and based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Ken Kesey....
(1975) - Love and DeathLove and DeathLove and Death is a 1975 comedy film by Woody Allen. Starring Woody Allen and Diane Keaton, Love and Death is a satirical take on Russian epic novels. Coming in between Sleeper and Annie Hall, Love and Death is in many respects an artistic transition between the two...
(1975) - The Wilby ConspiracyThe Wilby ConspiracyThe Wilby Conspiracy is a 1975 thriller film directed by Ralph Nelson and filmed in Kenya. It was written by Rodney Amateau, based on the 1972 novel by Peter Driscoll...
(1975) - Bugs Bunny: SuperstarBugs Bunny: SuperstarBugs Bunny: Superstar is a 1975 Looney Tunes documentary film, narrated by Orson Welles and produced and directed by Larry Jackson.The film includes nine Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies cartoons which were previously released during the 1940s :* What's Cookin' Doc? * The Wild Hare Bugs Bunny:...
(1975) (distribution only; produced by Hare-Raising Films and later distributed by Warner Home VideoWarner Home VideoWarner Home Video is the home video unit of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., itself part of Time Warner. It was founded in 1978 as WCI Home Video . The company launched in the United States with twenty films on VHS and Betamax videocassettes in late 1979...
in 2006) - Logan's RunLogan's Run (1976 film)Logan's Run is a 1976 science fiction film based on the novel of the same name by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson. It depicts a dystopian future society in which population and the consumption of resources are managed and maintained in equilibrium by the simple expediency of killing...
(1976) - Carrie (1976)
- The Missouri BreaksThe Missouri BreaksThe Missouri Breaks is a 1976 American western film starring Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson. The film was directed by Arthur Penn, with supporting performances by Randy Quaid, Harry Dean Stanton, Frederic Forrest, John McLiam and Kathleen Lloyd...
(1976) - GatorGator (film)Gator is a 1976 action film starring and directed by Burt Reynolds. It is a sequel to White Lightning. Reynolds honored his favorite professor from college, Watson B...
(1976) - NetworkNetwork (film)Network is a 1976 American satirical film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer about a fictional television network, Union Broadcasting System , and its struggle with poor ratings. The film was written by Paddy Chayefsky and directed by Sidney Lumet...
(1976, co-production with Metro-Goldwyn-MayerMetro-Goldwyn-MayerMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. is an American media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of films and television programs. MGM was founded in 1924 when the entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer...
) - RockyRockyRocky is a 1976 American sports drama film directed by John G. Avildsen and both written by and starring Sylvester Stallone. It tells the rags to riches American Dream story of Rocky Balboa, an uneducated but kind-hearted debt collector for a loan shark in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
(1976) - The Pink Panther Strikes AgainThe Pink Panther Strikes AgainThe Pink Panther Strikes Again is the fifth film in the Pink Panther series and picks up where The Return of the Pink Panther leaves off...
(1976) - Novecento (1900)1900 (film)1900 is a 1976 Italian epic film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, starring Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu, Dominique Sanda, Donald Sutherland, Alida Valli, and Burt Lancaster. Set in Bertolucci's ancestral region of Emilia, the film chronicles the lives of two men during the political turmoils...
15 (1976, distribution only in Australia and France, co-production with Paramount PicturesParamount PicturesParamount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...
and 20th Century Fox20th Century FoxTwentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios...
) - Annie HallAnnie HallAnnie Hall is a 1977 American romantic comedy directed by Woody Allen from a screenplay co-written with Marshall Brickman and co-starring Diane Keaton. One of Allen's most popular and most honored films, it won four Academy Awards including Best Picture...
(1977) - A Bridge Too Far (1977)
- The Spy Who Loved MeThe Spy Who Loved Me (film)The Spy Who Loved Me is a spy film, the tenth film in the James Bond series, and the third to star Roger Moore as the fictional secret agent James Bond. It was directed by Lewis Gilbert and the screenplay was written by Christopher Wood and Richard Maibaum...
(1977) (distributor) - Semi-ToughSemi-ToughSemi-Tough is a 1977 film directed by Michael Ritchie and starring Burt Reynolds, Kris Kristofferson, Jill Clayburgh, Lotte Lenya, Bert Convy, and Brian Dennehy. The plot involves a love triangle between the characters portrayed by Reynolds, Kristofferson and Clayburgh...
(1977) - EquusEquus (film)Equus is a 1977 British-American drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Richard Burton. Peter Shaffer wrote the screenplay based on his play Equus...
(1977) - New York, New YorkNew York, New York (film)New York, New York is a 1977 American musical-drama film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is a musical tribute, featuring new songs by John Kander and Fred Ebb as well as standards, to Scorsese's home town of New York City, and stars Robert De Niro and Liza Minnelli as a pair of musicians and...
(1977) - Coming Home (1978)
- The Last WaltzThe Last WaltzThe Last Waltz was a concert by the rock group The Band, held on American Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1976, at Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco...
(1978) - Convoy (1978, co-production with EMI FilmsEMI FilmsEMI Films was a British film and television production company and distributor. The company was formed after the takeover of Associated British Picture Corporation in 1968 by EMI....
) - FedoraFedora (film)Fedora is a 1978 American drama film directed by Billy Wilder. The screenplay by Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond is based on a novella by Tom Tryon included in his collection Crowned Heads, published in 1976.-Plot:...
(1978, distribution only) - Invasion of the Body SnatchersInvasion of the Body Snatchers (1978 film)Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a 1978 science fiction film based on the novel The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney. It is a remake of the 1956 film of the same name. It was directed by Philip Kaufman and starred Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams and Leonard Nimoy.A San Francisco health inspector and...
(1978) - Revenge of the Pink PantherRevenge of the Pink PantherRevenge of the Pink Panther is the sixth film in the Pink Panther film series. Released in 1978, Revenge of was the last entry featuring series star Peter Sellers, who died in 1980...
(1978) - The Big SleepThe Big Sleep (1978 film)The Big Sleep was the second film version of Raymond Chandler's 1939 novel of the same name. The film was directed by Michael Winner and stars Robert Mitchum in his second feature film portrayal of the detective Philip Marlowe. The cast includes Sarah Miles, Candy Clark, Joan Collins, and...
12 (1978) (distributor) - InteriorsInteriorsInteriors is a 1978 drama film written and directed by Woody Allen. Featured performers are Kristin Griffith, Mary Beth Hurt, Richard Jordan, Diane Keaton, E. G. Marshall, Geraldine Page, Maureen Stapleton and Sam Waterston....
(1978) - The Lord of the RingsThe Lord of the Rings (1978 film)J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings is a 1978 American fantasy film directed by Ralph Bakshi. It contains both animation and live action footage which is rotoscoped to give it a more consistent look throughout the length of the movie. It is an adaptation of the first half of the high fantasy...
(1978) (distributor) - La Cage aux FollesLa Cage aux Folles (film)La Cage aux Folles is a 1978 French-Italian film adaptation of the 1973 play La Cage aux Folle by Jean Poiret. It is co-written and directed by Édouard Molinaro and stars Ugo Tognazzi and Michel Serrault.-Plot:...
(1979) (distributor) - ManhattanManhattan (film)Manhattan is a 1979 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Woody Allen about a twice-divorced 42-year-old comedy writer who dates a 17-year-old girl before eventually falling in love with his best friend's mistress...
(1979) - Apocalypse NowApocalypse NowApocalypse Now is a 1979 American war film set during the Vietnam War, produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The central character is US Army special operations officer Captain Benjamin L. Willard , of MACV-SOG, an assassin sent to kill the renegade and presumed insane Special Forces...
16 (1979, distribution only, produced by American ZoetropeAmerican ZoetropeAmerican Zoetrope is a studio founded by Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas. Founded on December 12, 1969, American Zoetrope was an early adopter of digital filmmaking, including some of the earliest uses of HDTV...
) - YanksYanksYanks is a 1979 John Schlesinger film, set in World War II in the village of Dobcross, in Greater Manchester, England. Starring Richard Gere, Vanessa Redgrave, William Devane, Lisa Eichhorn, Rachel Roberts and Tony Melody....
(1979, distribution in international countries; Universal PicturesUniversal Pictures-1920:* White Youth* The Flaming Disc* Am I Dreaming?* The Dragon's Net* The Adorable Savage* Putting It Over* The Line Runners-1921:* The Fire Eater* A Battle of Wits* Dream Girl* The Millionaire...
distributed the film in the US) - The Black StallionThe Black Stallion (film)The Black Stallion is a 1979 American film based on the 1941 classic children's novel The Black Stallion by Walter Farley. It tells the story of Alec Ramsey, who is shipwrecked on a desert island, together with a wild Arabian stallion whom he befriends...
(1979) - Being ThereBeing ThereBeing There is a 1979 American comedy-drama film directed by Hal Ashby. Adapted from the 1971 novella written by Jerzy Kosinski, the screenplay was coauthored by Kosinski and Robert C. Jones. The film stars Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden, Richard A...
(1979) (distribution only; produced by Lorimar ProductionsLorimar ProductionsLorimar, later known as Lorimar Television and Lorimar Distribution, was an American television production company that was later a subsidiary of Warner Bros., active from 1969 until 1993...
) - HairHair (film)Hair is a 1979 American film adaptation of the 1968 Broadway musical of the same name about a Vietnam war draftee who meets and befriends a tribe of long-haired hippies on his way to the army induction center...
(1979) - Last EmbraceLast EmbraceLast Embrace is a 1979 thriller film directed by Jonathan Demme. Based on the novel The 13th Man by Murray Teigh Bloom, it stars Roy Scheider, Janet Margolin and Christopher Walken.-Plot summary:...
(1979) - Rocky IIRocky IIRocky II is a 1979 American film that is the sequel to Rocky, a motion picture in which an unknown boxer had been given a chance to go the distance with the World Heavyweight Champion. Sylvester Stallone, Carl Weathers, Tony Burton, Burgess Meredith, Burt Young and Talia Shire reprised their...
(1979) - MoonrakerMoonraker (film)Moonraker is the eleventh spy film in the James Bond series, and the fourth to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The third and final film in the series to be directed by Lewis Gilbert, it co-stars Lois Chiles, Michael Lonsdale, Corinne Clery, and Richard Kiel...
(1979) (distributor) - Roller BoogieRoller BoogieRoller Boogie is a United Artists film starring Linda Blair and introducing Jim Bray The film also stars Beverly Garland, Mark Goddard, and Kimberly Beck, and is directed by Mark L...
(1979)
1980s
- CruisingCruising (film)Cruising is a 1980 film directed by William Friedkin and starring Al Pacino. The film is loosely based on the novel of the same name, by New York Times reporter Gerald Walker, about a serial killer targeting gay men, in particular those associated with the S&M scene.Poorly reviewed by critics,...
6 (1980) (distribution only; produced by Lorimar ProductionsLorimar ProductionsLorimar, later known as Lorimar Television and Lorimar Distribution, was an American television production company that was later a subsidiary of Warner Bros., active from 1969 until 1993...
) - Raging Bull (1980)
- Foxes (1980)
- WindowsWindows (film)Windows is a 1980 thriller starring Talia Shire, Joseph Cortese and Elizabeth Ashley, directed by Gordon Willis.-Plot:Emily Hollander is the subject of a lesbian obsession at the hands of Andrea Glassen , her next-door neighbor...
(1980) - Witches' BrewWitches' Brew (film)Witches' Brew is a 1980 horror comedy film directed by Herbert L. Strock and Richard Shorr who co-wrote screenplay with Syd Dutton. It was based on Fritz Leiber Jr.'s novel Conjure Wife...
17 (1980) - Stardust MemoriesStardust MemoriesStardust Memories is a 1980 film written and directed by Woody Allen, who considers this to be one of his best films in addition to The Purple Rose of Cairo and Match Point. The film is shot in black-and-white, particularly reminiscent of Federico Fellini's 8½ , which it parodies...
(1980) - The Big Red OneThe Big Red OneThe Big Red One is a World War II war film starring Lee Marvin and Mark Hamill. Written and directed by Samuel Fuller, it was produced by Lorimar and released by United Artists in the US on July 18, 1980...
6 (1980) (distribution only; produced by Lorimar ProductionsLorimar ProductionsLorimar, later known as Lorimar Television and Lorimar Distribution, was an American television production company that was later a subsidiary of Warner Bros., active from 1969 until 1993...
) - Heaven's GateHeaven's Gate (film)Heaven's Gate is a 1980 American epic Western film based on the Johnson County War, a dispute between land barons and European immigrants in Wyoming in the 1890s...
(1980) - The Dogs of WarThe Dogs of War (film)The Dogs of War is a 1980 war film based upon the novel The Dogs of War by Frederick Forsyth, directed by John Irvin. It stars Christopher Walken and Tom Berenger as part of a small, international unit of mercenary soldiers privately hired to depose President Kimba of a fictional "Republic of...
(1981) (distributor) - The Final Countdown13 (1980)
- ThiefThief (film)Thief is a 1981 neo-noir film written and directed by Michael Mann and based on the novel The Home Invaders by "Frank Hohimer"...
(1981) - Cutter's WayCutter's WayCutter's Way is a 1981 thriller directed by Ivan Passer. The film stars Jeff Bridges, John Heard, and Lisa Eichhorn. The screenplay was by Jeffrey Alan Fiskin, based on the novel Cutter and Bone by Newton Thornburg....
(1981) - The French Lieutenant's WomanThe French Lieutenant's Woman (film)The French Lieutenant's Woman is a 1981 film directed by Karel Reisz and adapted by playwright Harold Pinter. It is based on the novel of the same title by John Fowles...
(1981) - For Your Eyes OnlyFor Your Eyes Only (film)For Your Eyes Only is the twelfth spy film in the James Bond series and the fifth to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It marked the directorial debut of John Glen, who had worked as editor and second unit director in three other Bond films. The screenplay by Richard Maibaum...
(1981) (distributor) - The Beast WithinThe Beast WithinThe Beast Within is a 1982 horror film directed by Philippe Mora and starring Ronny Cox, Bibi Besch, Paul Clemens, L. Q. Jones, Don Gordon, R. G. Armstrong, Katherine Moffat, and Meshach Taylor....
(1982) - Trail of the Pink PantherTrail of the Pink PantherTrail of the Pink Panther is a 1982 comedy film starring Peter Sellers. It was the seventh film in the Pink Panther series, and the last in which Peter Sellers starred as Inspector Jacques Clouseau, although Sellers died before production began and the film thus contains no original material...
(1982) - Rocky IIIRocky IIIRocky III is a 1982 American film that is the third installment in the Rocky film series. It is written and directed by and stars Sylvester Stallone as the title character, with Carl Weathers as former boxing rival Apollo Creed, Burgess Meredith as Rocky's trainer Mickey, and Talia Shire as Rocky's...
(1982) - The Secret of NIMHThe Secret of NIMHThe Secret of NIMH is a 1982 animated film directed by Don Bluth in his directorial debut. It is an adaptation of Robert C. O'Brien's 1971 children's novel Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. The film was produced by Aurora Pictures and released by United Artists. While released to critical acclaim,...
(1982) - The Plague DogsThe Plague Dogs (film)The Plague Dogs is a 1982 animated film based on the 1977 novel of the same name by Richard Adams. The film was written-for-screen, directed and produced by Martin Rosen, who also directed Watership Down, the film version of another novel by Adams, produced by Nepenthe Productions and released by...
(1982, distribution only, produced by Nepenthe Productions) - The Black Stallion ReturnsThe Black Stallion ReturnsThe Black Stallion Returns is a 1983 film adaptation of the book of the same name by Walter Farley, and is a sequel to The Black Stallion. It is directed by Robert Dalva and produced by Francis Ford Coppola. The movie stars Kelly Reno, Vincent Spano and Teri Garr...
(1983) - Curse of the Pink PantherCurse of the Pink PantherCurse of the Pink Panther is a 1983 comedy film, the eighth installment of the The Pink Panther series of films started by Blake Edwards in the early 1960s....
(1983) - WarGamesWarGamesWarGames is a 1983 American Cold War suspense/science-fiction film written by Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes and directed by John Badham. The film stars Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy....
(1983) - YentlYentl (film)Yentl is a 1983 romantic musical drama film from United Artists, and directed, co-written, co-produced, and starring Barbra Streisand based on the play of the same name by Leah Napolin and Isaac Bashevis Singer, itself based on Singer's short story, "Yentl the Yeshiva Boy".The dramatic story...
(1983) - OctopussyOctopussyOctopussy is the thirteenth entry in the James Bond series, and the sixth to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film's title is taken from a short story in Ian Fleming's 1966 short story collection Octopussy and The Living Daylights...
(1983) (distributor) - Red DawnRed DawnRed Dawn is a 1984 American war film directed by John Milius and co-written by Milius and Kevin Reynolds. It stars Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson, Charlie Sheen and Jennifer Grey....
(1984) - Hot Dog... The MovieHot Dog... The MovieHot Dog…The Movie is a teen comedy film released in January 1984. The film went on to gross over $17 million and became one of the iconic teen comedies of the 1980s.-Premise:...
(1984) - The Pope of Greenwich VillageThe Pope of Greenwich VillageThe Pope of Greenwich Village is a 1984 American film starring Mickey Rourke, Eric Roberts, Daryl Hannah, Geraldine Page, Kenneth McMillan and Burt Young. Page earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her two-scene role. The film was adapted by screenwriter Vincent Patrick...
(1984) - Red DawnRed DawnRed Dawn is a 1984 American war film directed by John Milius and co-written by Milius and Kevin Reynolds. It stars Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson, Charlie Sheen and Jennifer Grey....
(1984) - Garbo TalksGarbo TalksGarbo Talks is a 1984 American comedy-drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Anne Bancroft, Ron Silver, Carrie Fisher, and Betty Comden as Greta Garbo.The movie was written by Larry Grusin and also stars Catherine Hicks and Steven Hill...
(1984) - Rocky IVRocky IVRocky IV is a 1985 American film written by, directed by, and starring Sylvester Stallone. It is the fourth and most financially successful entry in the Rocky franchise...
(1985) - A View to a KillA View to a KillA View to a Kill is the fourteenth spy film of the James Bond series, and the seventh and last to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Although the title is adapted from Ian Fleming's short story "From a View to a Kill", the film is the fourth Bond film after The Spy Who Loved...
(1985) (distributor) - To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) (distributor)
- YoungbloodYoungblood (1986 film)Youngblood is a 1986 American drama film, starring Rob Lowe, Patrick Swayze, Cynthia Gibb, Keanu Reeves and Ed Lauter.-Plots:A 17-year-old farmhand from rural New York state, Dean Youngblood has dreams of playing in the National Hockey League...
(1986) - The Living DaylightsThe Living DaylightsThe Living Daylights is the fifteenth entry in the James Bond series and the first to star Timothy Dalton as the fictional MI6 agent 007. The film's title is taken from Ian Fleming's short story, "The Living Daylights"...
(1987) - Real MenReal MenReal Men is a 1987 comedy/sci-fi film starring James Belushi and John Ritter as the heroes: suave, womanizing CIA agent Nick Pirandello and weak and ineffectual insurance agent Bob Wilson .-Plot:...
(1987) - Baby BoomBaby Boom (film)Baby Boom is a 1987 comedy film starring Diane Keaton. The film also launched a subsequent television show starring Kate Jackson, running from 1988 to 1989. The original music score was composed by Bill Conti and the cinematography was by William A. Fraker....
(1987) - Bright Lights, Big CityBright Lights, Big City (film)Bright Lights, Big City is a 1988 drama film starring Michael J. Fox, Kiefer Sutherland and Phoebe Cates, based on the novel of the same name by Jay McInerney. It was the last film directed by James Bridges before his death in 1993.-Plot:...
(1988) - I'm Gonna Git You SuckaI'm Gonna Git You SuckaI'm Gonna Git You Sucka is a 1988 blaxploitation parody film written by, directed by and starring Keenen Ivory Wayans. Featured in the film are several black actors who were part of the blaxploitation phenomenon; including Jim Brown, Bernie Casey, Antonio Fargas and Isaac Hayes...
(1988) - Rain ManRain ManRain Man is a 1988 drama film written by Barry Morrow and Ronald Bass and directed by Barry Levinson. It tells the story of an abrasive and selfish yuppie, Charlie Babbitt, who discovers that his estranged father has died and bequeathed all of his multimillion-dollar estate to his other son,...
(1988) - Child's Play (1988)
- Little MonstersLittle MonstersLittle Monsters is a 1989 comedy-drama film starring Fred Savage as Brian Stevenson, a sixth-grader who has recently moved to a new town, and Howie Mandel as Maurice, the monster under the bed....
(1989) - The Horror ShowThe Horror ShowThe Horror Show is a 1989 supernatural horror film starring Lance Henriksen and Brion James. Although titled House III: The Horror Show for the non-US market, its connection to the other House films is based on the crew it shares with the other films The Horror Show is a 1989 supernatural horror...
(1989) - All Dogs Go to HeavenAll Dogs Go to HeavenAll Dogs Go to Heaven is a 1989 Irish-English animated film directed and produced by Don Bluth and released by United Artists. The film tells the story of two dogs, Charlie B. Barkin and his loyal best friend Itchy Itchiford...
(1989) - Licence to KillLicence to KillLicence to Kill, released in 1989, is the sixteenth entry in the Eon Productions James Bond series and the first one not to use the title of an Ian Fleming novel. It marks Timothy Dalton's second and final performance in his brief tenure in the lead role of James Bond...
(1989) (distributor) - Road HouseRoad House (1989 film)Road House is a 1989 American action film partially based on the life of Norman "Storm" Cantwell, directed by Rowdy Herrington and starring Patrick Swayze as a bouncer at a newly-refurbished roadside bar who protects a small town in Missouri from a corrupt businessman. Sam Elliot also plays a...
(1989) - Always (1989, co-production with Universal PicturesUniversal Pictures-1920:* White Youth* The Flaming Disc* Am I Dreaming?* The Dragon's Net* The Adorable Savage* Putting It Over* The Line Runners-1921:* The Fire Eater* A Battle of Wits* Dream Girl* The Millionaire...
and Amblin EntertainmentAmblin EntertainmentAmblin Entertainment is an American film and television production company founded by director and producer Steven Spielberg and film producers Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall in 1981. Amblin is only a production company, and has never distributed its own movies, nor has it fully financed its...
)
1990s
- Rocky VRocky VRocky V is an American film released as the fifth film in the Rocky series in 1990. It stars Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Stallone's real life son Sage, and real life boxer Tommy Morrison as boxer Tommy Gunn, a talented yet raw boxer...
(1990) - LisaLisa (film)Lisa is a film made in 1989 about a serial killer-stalker who rapes women then kills them.-Plot:Fourteen-year-old Lisa Holland lives with her mother Katherine in Venice Beach, California. Lisa is beginning to show a keen interest in boys but is not allowed to date due to her mother’s strict rule...
(1990) - Son of the Pink PantherSon of the Pink PantherSon of the Pink Panther is the ninth entry in the 30-year-old The Pink Panther film series. Directed by Blake Edwards, it stars Roberto Benigni as Inspector Clouseau's illegitimate son. Also in this film are Panther regulars Herbert Lom, Burt Kwouk and Graham Stark and a star of the original 1963...
(1993) - Sleep with MeSleep with MeSleep With Me is a 1994 film starring Meg Tilly, Eric Stoltz and Craig Sheffer who play good friends who become involved in a love triangle, a relationship complicated by the marriage of Tilly's and Stoltz'es characters...
(1994) - Leaving Las VegasLeaving Las VegasLeaving Las Vegas is a 1995 romantic drama film directed and written by Mike Figgis, based on a semi-autobiographical novel of the same name by John O'Brien. Nicolas Cage stars as a suicidal alcoholic who has ended his personal and professional life to drink himself to death in Las Vegas...
(1995) - Tank GirlTank Girl (film)Tank Girl is a 1995 science fiction action film loosely based on the Tank Girl comic book created by Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett. It was directed by Rachel Talalay and stars Lori Petty as Rebecca Buck, aka the eponymous Tank Girl, who had originally appeared in the UK comic magazine...
(1995) - The FantasticksThe Fantasticks (film)The Fantasticks is a 1995 musical film directed by Michael Ritchie. The screenplay by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt is based on their record-breaking off-Broadway production of the same name, which ran for 17,162 performances...
(1995) - HackersHackers (film)Hackers is a 1995 American thriller film directed by Iain Softley and starring Angelina Jolie, Jonny Lee Miller, Renoly Santiago, Matthew Lillard, Lorraine Bracco and Fisher Stevens...
(1995) - Showgirls (1995, co-production with Carolco PicturesCarolco PicturesCarolco Pictures, Inc., Carolco International N.V., or Anabasis Investments was an American independent film production company that, within a decade, went from producing such blockbuster successes as Terminator 2: Judgment Day and the first three movies of the Rambo series to being bankrupted by...
and ChargeursChargeursChargeurs Réunis was a major French company formed in 1872.-History:Chargeurs was a shareholder in British Satellite Broadcasting, the official UK satellite broadcaster. BSB was set up in 1986 in competition with Rupert Murdoch's Sky Television...
) - GoldenEyeGoldenEyeGoldenEye is the seventeenth spy film in the James Bond series, and the first to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film was directed by Martin Campbell and is the first film in the series not to take story elements from the works of novelist Ian Fleming...
(1995) - Wild Bill (1995)
- Richard IIIRichard III (1995 film)Richard III is a 1995 drama film adapted from William Shakespeare's play of the same name, starring Ian McKellen, Annette Bening, Jim Broadbent, Robert Downey Jr., Nigel Hawthorne, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith, John Wood and Dominic West....
(1995) - Rob RoyRob Roy (film)Rob Roy is a 1995 historical drama film directed by Michael Caton-Jones. Liam Neeson stars as Robert Roy MacGregor, an 18th century Scottish historical figure who battles with feudal landowners in the Scottish Highlands. Jessica Lange, John Hurt, Tim Roth, Eric Stoltz, and Jason Flemyng also star...
(1995) - Broken ArrowBroken Arrow (1996 film)Broken Arrow is a 1996 American action film directed by John Woo, written by Graham Yost, and starring John Travolta and Christian Slater. The original music score was composed by Hans Zimmer, and features guitarist Duane Eddy. It deals with the theft of an American nuclear weapon.The film received...
(1996, co-production with 20th Century Fox20th Century FoxTwentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios...
) - The BirdcageThe BirdcageThe Birdcage is a 1996 American comedy film directed by Mike Nichols, and stars Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman, Dianne Wiest, Dan Futterman, Calista Flockhart, Hank Azaria, and Christine Baranski. The script was written by Elaine May...
(1996) - Larger Than LifeLarger Than Life (film)-Plot:Jack Corcoran is a motivational speaker for the masses in mini-malls and rented halls across the country. Jack's advice is, "if life isn't all that you expected, put aside all those wouldas, couldas and shouldas and Get over it!" Jack's dad was a circus clown and just passed on, leaving his...
(1996) - Tomorrow Never DiesTomorrow Never DiesTomorrow Never Dies is the eighteenth spy film in the James Bond series, and the second to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Bruce Feirstein wrote the screenplay, and it was directed by Roger Spottiswoode. It follows Bond as he tries to stop a media mogul from engineering...
(1997) - The Man in the Iron MaskThe Man in the Iron Mask (1998 film)The Man in the Iron Mask is a 1998 British/American historical action film directed, produced, and written by Randall Wallace. It uses characters from Alexandre Dumas' D'Artagnan Romances, and is very loosely adapted from some plot elements of The Vicomte de Bragelonne. It also bears several...
(1998) - RoninRonin (film)Ronin is a 1998 action-thriller film directed by John Frankenheimer and written by J.D. Zeik and David Mamet. It stars Robert De Niro and Jean Reno as two of several former special forces and intelligence agents who team up to steal a mysterious, heavily guarded suitcase while navigating a maze of...
(1998) - Just the TicketJust the Ticket (film)Just the Ticket is a 1999 film starring Andy García and Andie MacDowell. Garcia was also the producer. The movie was originally titled The Ticket Scalper.- Plot :...
(1999) - The Rage: Carrie 2The Rage: Carrie 2The Rage: Carrie 2 is the 1999 sequel to the 1976 horror film classic Carrie. Directed by Katt Shea, the film starred Emily Bergl, Mena Suvari, Jason London and Amy Irving.-Plot:...
(1999)
2000s
- Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at HerThings You Can Tell Just by Looking at HerThings You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her is a film written and directed by Rodrigo García starring an ensemble cast. Garcías debut film was shown at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival and won the Un Certain Regard Award...
(2000) - The ClaimThe ClaimThe Claim is a 2000 British Western/romance film directed by Michael Winterbottom. The screenplay by Frank Cottrell Boyce is loosely based on the novel The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy. The original music score is composed by Michael Nyman....
(2000) - Ghost WorldGhost World (film)Ghost World is a 2001 comedy-drama film directed by Terry Zwigoff, based on the comic book of the same name and screenplay by Daniel Clowes...
(2001, co-production with Granada ProductionsGranada ProductionsGranada Productions was a British commercial television production and distribution company. The company took its name from the successful ITV franchise, Granada Television....
) - Jeepers CreepersJeepers Creepers (2001 film)Jeepers Creepers is a 2001 horror film written and directed by Victor Salva. The movie takes its name from the 1938 song "Jeepers Creepers" which is featured in the film.- Plot :...
(2001, co-production with American ZoetropeAmerican ZoetropeAmerican Zoetrope is a studio founded by Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas. Founded on December 12, 1969, American Zoetrope was an early adopter of digital filmmaking, including some of the earliest uses of HDTV...
) - No Man's LandNo Man's Land (2001 film)No Man's Land is a 2001 tragic war drama that is set in the midst of the Bosnian war. The film is a parable and marked the debut of Bosnian writer and director Danis Tanović...
(2001) (distributor) - Dark Blue (2002, co-production with Alphaville Films)
- Nicholas NicklebyNicholas Nickleby (2002 film)Nicholas Nickleby is a 2002 comedy-drama film written and directed by Douglas McGrath. The screenplay is based on The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens, which originally was published in serial form between March 1838 and September 1839.-Plot:In a prologue we are...
(2002) - 24 Hour Party People24 Hour Party People24 Hour Party People is a 2002 British film about Manchester's popular music community from 1976 to 1992, and specifically about Factory Records. It was written by Frank Cottrell Boyce and directed by Michael Winterbottom...
(2002) (co-production with Film CouncilUK Film CouncilThe UK Film Council was set up in 2000 by the Labour Government as a non-departmental public body to develop and promote the film industry in the UK. It was constituted as a private company limited by guarantee governed by a board of 15 directors and was funded through sources including the...
, FilmFour and Baby Cow ProductionsBaby Cow ProductionsBaby Cow Productions Ltd is a UK comedy television production company established in 1999 by Steve Coogan and Henry Normal based in London and Manchester. It has since diversified into radio, animation and film. In 2008, BBC Worldwide bought a 25% stake in the company...
) - All or Nothing (2002) (distributor, produced by StudioCanalStudioCanalStudioCanal is a French-based production and distribution company that owns the third-largest film library in the world...
) - Bowling for ColumbineBowling for ColumbineBowling for Columbine is a 2002 documentary film written, directed, produced, and narrated by Michael Moore. The film explores what Michael Moore suggests are the causes for the Columbine High School massacre and other acts of violence with guns...
(2002, co-production with Alliance AtlantisAlliance AtlantisAlliance Atlantis Communications Inc. was a Toronto-based media company that operated primarily as a specialty service operator in Canada. Alliance Atlantis also had offices in Halifax, Los Angeles, London, Dublin, Madrid, Barcelona, Shannon and Sydney.Alliance Atlantis was acquired by Canwest...
) - Igby Goes DownIgby Goes DownIgby Goes Down is a 2002 comedy-drama film that follows the life of Igby Slocumb, a rebellious and sardonic New York City teenager who attempts to break free of his familial ties and wealthy, overbearing mother...
(2002) - Jeepers Creepers IIJeepers Creepers IIJeepers Creepers 2 is a 2003 horror film written and directed by Victor Salva, produced by American Zoetrope, Capitol Films, Myriad Pictures and distributed by United Artists, a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer division. The film is a sequel to the 2001 horror film Jeepers Creepers.-Plot:The story begins 4 days...
(2003, co-production with American ZoetropeAmerican ZoetropeAmerican Zoetrope is a studio founded by Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas. Founded on December 12, 1969, American Zoetrope was an early adopter of digital filmmaking, including some of the earliest uses of HDTV...
) - The Yes MenThe Yes MenThe Yes Men are a culture jamming activist duo and network of supporters created by Jacques Servin and Igor Vamos. Through actions of tactical media, The Yes Men primarily aim to raise awareness about what they consider problematic social issues. To date, the duo has produced two films: The Yes Men...
(2003) - OsamaOsama (film)Osama is a 2003 film made in Afghanistan by Siddiq Barmak. It is about a girl living in Afghanistan under the Taliban regime who disguises herself as a boy, Osama, to support her family. It was the first film to be shot entirely in Afghanistan since 1996, when the Taliban régime banned the...
(2003) - Coffee and CigarettesCoffee and CigarettesCoffee and Cigarettes is the title of three short films and a 2003 feature film by independent director Jim Jarmusch. The 2003 film consists of 11 short stories which share coffee and cigarettes as a common thread, and includes the earlier three films....
(2003) - Code 46Code 46Code 46 is a 2003 British film directed by Michael Winterbottom, with screenplay by Frank Cottrell Boyce. It was produced by BBC Films and Revolution Films. It is a disquieting science fiction love story with themes that explore the moral impacts of advances in biotechnology. The soundtrack was...
(2003, co-production with BBC FilmsBBC FilmsBBC Films is the feature film-making arm of the BBC. It has produced or co-produced some of the most successful British films of recent years, including An Education, StreetDance 3D, Fish Tank, Stage Beauty, A Cock and Bull Story, Nativity! and Match Point.It aims to make strong British films with...
) - Pieces of AprilPieces of AprilPieces of April is a 2003 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Peter Hedges. The film debuted at the Sundance Film Festival.- Plot :...
(2003) - Saved!Saved!Saved! is a 2004 teen comedy-drama film involving elements of religious satire. It was directed by Brian Dannelly and written by Dannelly and Michael Urban. It stars Jena Malone, Mandy Moore, Macaulay Culkin, Patrick Fugit, Eva Amurri, Martin Donovan, and Mary-Louise Parker...
(2004) - Undertow (2004)
- Hotel RwandaHotel RwandaHotel Rwanda is a 2004 American drama film directed by Terry George. It was adapted from a screenplay written by both George and Keir Pearson. Based on real life events which took place in Rwanda during the spring of 1994, the film stars Don Cheadle as hotelier Paul Rusesabagina, who attempts to...
(2004, co-production with Lions Gate EntertainmentLions Gate EntertainmentLions Gate Entertainment Corporation is a North American entertainment company. The company was formed in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1997, and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California...
) - CapoteCapote (film)Capote is a 2005 biographical film about Truman Capote, following the events during the writing of Capote's non-fiction book In Cold Blood. Philip Seymour Hoffman won several awards, including the Academy Award for Best Actor, for his critically acclaimed portrayal of the title role. The movie was...
(2005, co-distributed with Sony Pictures ClassicsSony Pictures ClassicsSony Pictures Classics is an art-house film division of Sony Pictures Entertainment founded in December 1991 that distributes, produces and acquires specialty films from the United States and around the world. Its co-presidents are Michael Barker and Tom Bernard...
) - The Amityville HorrorThe Amityville Horror (2005 film)The Amityville Horror is a 2005 horror film directed by Andrew Douglas. It is a remake of the 1979 film of the same name which itself was based on the 1977 novel of the same name by Jay Anson, which documents the alleged experiences of the Lutz family after they moved into a house in Long Island...
(2005, co-production with MGM and Dimension FilmsDimension FilmsDimension Films is a motion picture unit currently a part of The Weinstein Company. It was formerly used as Bob Weinstein's label within Miramax Films, to produce and release genre films...
) - Romance & CigarettesRomance & CigarettesRomance & Cigarettes is a 2005 American musical romantic comedy film written and directed by John Turturro. The film stars an ensemble cast, including James Gandolfini, Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet, Steve Buscemi, Bobby Cannavale, Mandy Moore, Mary-Louise Parker, Aida Turturro, Christopher Walken,...
14 (2005, co-production with The Coen BrothersCoen BrothersJoel David Coen and Ethan Jesse Coen known together professionally as the Coen brothers, are American filmmakers...
and Icon ProductionsIcon ProductionsIcon Productions LLC is an American independent production company founded in August 1989 by actor/director Mel Gibson and Australian producing partner Bruce Davey.-History:Icon started when Gibson was having trouble in financing the 1990 film Hamlet...
) - Art School Confidential (2006, co-distributed with Sony Pictures ClassicsSony Pictures ClassicsSony Pictures Classics is an art-house film division of Sony Pictures Entertainment founded in December 1991 that distributes, produces and acquires specialty films from the United States and around the world. Its co-presidents are Michael Barker and Tom Bernard...
) - The Woods (2006)
- Casino RoyaleCasino Royale (2006 film)Casino Royale is the twenty-first film in the James Bond film series and the first to star Daniel Craig as fictional MI6 agent James Bond...
(2006, co-production with MGM and Columbia PicturesColumbia PicturesColumbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production and distribution company. Columbia Pictures now forms part of the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. It is one of the leading film companies...
) - Lions for LambsLions for LambsLions for Lambs is a 2007 American drama film about the connection between a platoon of United States soldiers in Afghanistan, a U.S. senator, a reporter, and a California college professor. It stars Tom Cruise, Robert Redford and Meryl Streep...
(2007, co-production with MGM) - Quantum of Solace (2008, co-production with MGM and Columbia PicturesColumbia PicturesColumbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production and distribution company. Columbia Pictures now forms part of the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. It is one of the leading film companies...
) - ValkyrieValkyrie (film)Valkyrie is a 2008 American historical thriller film set in Nazi Germany during World War II. The film depicts the 20 July plot in 1944 by German army officers to assassinate Adolf Hitler and to use the Operation Valkyrie national emergency plan to take control of the country...
(2008, co-production with MGM) - FameFame (2009 film)Fame is a 2009 musical film and a loose remake of the 1980 film of the same title. It was directed by Kevin Tancharoen and written by Allison Burnett. It was released on September 25, 2009 in the USA, Canada, Ireland, and the UK.-Freshman year:...
(2009, co-production with MGM)
2010s
- Hot Tub Time MachineHot Tub Time MachineHot Tub Time Machine is a 2010 American science fiction adult comedy film directed by Steve Pink. Four men, all of them bored with their adult lives, travel back to their 1980s teen-hood, courtesy of a time-shifting hot tub. It stars John Cusack, Craig Robinson, Clark Duke, Kellee Stewart, Rob...
(2010, co-production with MGM) - The Cabin in the WoodsThe Cabin in the WoodsThe Cabin in the Woods is an upcoming American tongue-in-cheek thriller-horror film, co-written and directed by Drew Goddard and co-written and produced by Joss Whedon. It stars Chris Hemsworth, Richard Jenkins, Bradley Whitford and Amy Acker.-Plot:...
(2012, co-production with Lionsgate and MGM)
United Artists Classics releases
- DivaDiva (film)Diva is a 1981 film directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix, adapted from a novel of the same name by Daniel Odier . It is one of the first French films to let go of the realist, harsh mood of 1970s French cinema and return to a colourful, melodic style, called cinema du look...
- The Last MetroThe Last MetroThe Last Metro is a 1980 film made by Les Films du Carrosse, written and directed by the French filmmaker François Truffaut, and starring Catherine Deneuve and Gérard Depardieu....
- The Last WaltzThe Last WaltzThe Last Waltz was a concert by the rock group The Band, held on American Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1976, at Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco...
(reissue) - LolaLola (film)Lola is a 1981 West German film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. It is the second in his BRD Trilogy: the first film is The Marriage of Maria Braun and the third is Veronika Voss .-Plot:...
- The Night of the Shooting StarsThe Night of the Shooting StarsThe Night of the Shooting Stars is a 1982 Italian fantasy war drama film directed by Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani. It was entered into the 1982 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Jury Special Grand Prix....
- The Draughtsman's ContractThe Draughtsman's ContractThe Draughtsman's Contract is a 1982 British film written and directed by Peter Greenaway – his first conventional feature film . Originally produced for Channel 4 the film is a form of murder mystery, set in 1694...
(Produced by British Film InstituteBritish Film InstituteThe British Film Institute is a charitable organisation established by Royal Charter to:-Cinemas:The BFI runs the BFI Southbank and IMAX theatre, both located on the south bank of the River Thames in London...
and Channel 4Channel 4Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
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Film library
- * - This film is now in public domainPublic domainWorks are in the public domain if the intellectual property rights have expired, if the intellectual property rights are forfeited, or if they are not covered by intellectual property rights at all...
. - 1 - Rights are now held by Universal StudiosUniversal StudiosUniversal Pictures , a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, is one of the six major movie studios....
. - 2 - Rights are now held by Turner EntertainmentTurner EntertainmentTurner Entertainment Company, Inc. is an American media company founded by Ted Turner. Now owned by Time Warner, the company is largely responsible for overseeing its library for worldwide distribution Turner Entertainment Company, Inc. (commonly known as Turner Entertainment Co.) is an American...
Company, Inc. Distributed by Warner Bros.Warner Bros.Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,... - 3 - Rights are now held by Castle Hill ProductionsCastle Hill ProductionsCastle Hill Productions is an independent television and film distribution company handling classic and independent films whose library spans eight decades.-Background:...
. Distributed by Warner Bros. - 4 - Rights are now held by Republic Entertainment,Inc.Republic PicturesRepublic Pictures was an independent film production-distribution corporation with studio facilities, operating from 1934 through 1959, and was best known for specializing in westerns, movie serials and B films emphasizing mystery and action....
Distributed theatrically by Paramount PicturesParamount PicturesParamount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...
and for home video by Lionsgate Home EntertainmentLionsgate Home EntertainmentLionsgate Home Entertainment is the home video and DVD distribution arm of Lions Gate Entertainment and most former Artisan Entertainment releases. Its library of more than 8000 films owes some of its size to output deals with other studios... - 5 - Rights are now held by Paramount.
- 6 - Rights are now held by Warner Bros.
- 7 - Rights are now held by The Weinstein CompanyThe Weinstein CompanyThe Weinstein Company is an American film studio founded by Bob and Harvey Weinstein in 2005 after the brothers left the then-Disney-owned Miramax Films, which they had co-founded in 1979...
. Distributed for video by Vivendi EntertainmentVivendi EntertainmentVivendi Entertainment is an independent film, television, DVD and digital distribution company operating in the United States and Canada. It is also a distribution partner for independent content providers....
. - 8 - Rights are now held by Apple Corps, Ltd. Distributed by EMIEMIThe EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
, under license from Apple Corps Ltd. - 9 - Rights are now held by ABC, IncAmerican Broadcasting CompanyThe American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
. - 10 - Rights are now held by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc. (Rights were held by The Samuel Goldwyn CompanyThe Samuel Goldwyn CompanyThe Samuel Goldwyn Company was an independent film company founded by Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., the son of the famous Hollywood mogul, Samuel Goldwyn, in 1979.-Background:...
until 1997, when MGM bought the company). - 11 - Rights are now held by Roy Export Company Establishment in conjunction with MK2 and Janus FilmsJanus FilmsJanus Films is a film distribution company. It was one of the first distributors to bring what are now regarded as masterpieces of world cinema to the United States...
(*11: public domain only in U.S.). - 12,13 - The only rights UA currently holds are theatrical distribution (as sister company MGM handles theatrical distribution for the ITC library—all other rights for "The Big Sleep" and "Return of the Pink Panther" other than domestic distribution, including theatrical, television, and internet, are held by UniversalUniversal Pictures-1920:* White Youth* The Flaming Disc* Am I Dreaming?* The Dragon's Net* The Adorable Savage* Putting It Over* The Line Runners-1921:* The Fire Eater* A Battle of Wits* Dream Girl* The Millionaire...
's Focus FeaturesFocus FeaturesFocus Features is the art house films division of NBC Universal's Universal Pictures, and acts as both a producer and distributor for its own films and a distributor for foreign films....
unit in conjunction with ITV Global Entertainment Ltd.). - 14 - Rights are now held by LionsgateLions Gate EntertainmentLions Gate Entertainment Corporation is a North American entertainment company. The company was formed in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1997, and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California...
and Blue UndergroundBlue UndergroundBlue Underground is an American company specializing in releasing authoritative editions of cult and exploitation movies on Blu-ray Disc and DVD....
. - 15 - UA still holds some rights to this film, but the main underlying rights are now with Icon.
- 16 - UA only has rights to this film in certain territories outside the U.S.
- 17 - Rights are now held by LionsgateLions Gate EntertainmentLions Gate Entertainment Corporation is a North American entertainment company. The company was formed in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1997, and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California...
(theatrical) and Debmar-MercuryDebmar-MercuryDebmar-Mercury is a television syndication company that is currently a wholly owned subsidiary of Lions Gate Entertainment, which acquired the company in July 2006...
(television), under license from American Zoetrope. - 18 - Rights are now owned by StudioCanalStudioCanalStudioCanal is a French-based production and distribution company that owns the third-largest film library in the world...
, with MGM handling domestic home video rights under license and worldwide television distribution rights are held by Sony Pictures TelevisionSony Pictures TelevisionSony Pictures Television, Inc. is an American and global television production/distribution subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment. In turn, the latter is part of the Japanese conglomerate Sony.-Background:...
. - 19 - Rights are now owned by 20th Century Fox20th Century FoxTwentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios...
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