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The Greatest Question

1919

The Greatest Question

1919
5.9
Young Nellie Jarvis, daughter of a wandering couple, witnesses the murder of a woman by a man and his wife. Years later, "Little Miss Yes'm", as Nellie is known, returns to the area as an orphan. Locals Mr. and Mrs. Hilton, though poverty stricken, take her into their family. Fully integrated with the loving Hiltons, she wishes to relieve them of their financial strain. Nellie travels to a nearby farmhouse to gain employment from depraved Martin Cain and his paranoid wife.
A Romance of the Redwoods

1917

A Romance of the Redwoods

1917
6.4
A young girl travels west to live with her uncle during the California Gold Rush only to find that he has been killed by Indians and his identity assumed by an outlaw.
Lights of New York

1928

Lights of New York

1928
5.4
Eddie is conned into fronting a speakeasy for a local gangster who intends to frame him for the murder of a cop.
Amelia and the Angel

1958

Amelia and the Angel

1958
6.4
A young girl (Amelia) is distressed and feeling guilty about losing the wings she was to wear in her school play. Then she notices an angel and follows the angel into a dark building. Upstairs in the attic, bathed in heavenly light, is an artist's model - the ANGEL. The painter ascends a ladder until he is out of shot - supposedly to heaven-and reappears to restore Amelia's joy with a pair of wings.
Behind Office Doors

1931

Behind Office Doors

1931
5.1
Mary Linden is the secretary who is the unheralded power behind successful executive James Duneen. He takes her for granted until rival Wales tries to take her away from him.
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case

1940

Dr. Kildare's Strange Case

1940
4.8
Kildare tries brain surgery, advised by Dr. Gillespie, and faces a rival for nurse Lamont.
The Secret of Dr. Kildare

1939

The Secret of Dr. Kildare

1939
5.6
Intern Kildare heals a millionaire's daughter and tricks Dr. Gillespie into taking a vacation.
The Great Consoler

1933

The Great Consoler

1933
5
The Great Consoler is Lev Kuleshov’s most personal film reflecting both the facts of his life and his thoughts about the place of the artist in contemporary reality. It was the only film in the Soviet cinema of those years that raised the question of what role a creative person played in society.
My Apprenticeship

1939

My Apprenticeship

1939
5.9
Second entry in Ukrainian director Mark Donskoy's "Maxim Gorki" trilogy. Picking up where 1938's My Childhood left off, the story covers the years in Gorki's life when the future writer (Alexei Lyarsky) was on his own, looking for a purpose and place in life.
The Dumb Girl of Portici

1916

The Dumb Girl of Portici

1916
7
Fenella, a poor Italian girl, falls in love with a Spanish nobleman, but their affair triggers a revolution and national catastrophe.
The Italian

1915

The Italian

1915
6.2
An immigrant leaves his sweetheart in Italy to find a better life across the sea in the grimy slums of New York.
Lady Chatterley's Lover

1955

Lady Chatterley's Lover

1955
5.9
Based on D. H. Lawrence’s 1928 novel of the same name, Lady Chatterley’s Lover stars Danielle Darrieux, Leo Genn, and Erno Crisa in this controversial tale of adultery! After her husband is paralyzed from fighting in WWI, Lady Chatterley feels a loss of intimacy between her husband and herself, and decides to have an affair with the gamekeeper, a man of a lower class.
Kedma

2002

Kedma

2002
4.8
In May 1948, shortly before the creation of the State of Israel, hundreds of immigrants from across Europe arrive in Palestine--only to risk arrest by British troops.
The Sentimental Bloke

1919

The Sentimental Bloke

1919
5
Bill is a Woolloomooloo larrikin who vows to abandon his life of gambling and drinking after a spell in gaol following a raid on a two-up game. He falls in love with Doreen, who works in a pickle factory, but faces competition from a more sophisticated rival.
Murmur of Youth

1997

Murmur of Youth

1997
6
A rather dejected Mei-li Chen lives with her extended family in the suburbs. She drops out of college when the boy she has a crush on finds a girlfriend. Mei-li eventually ends up selling tickets in a movie theatre. A great camaraderie then builds up between the two cashiers in the small ticket booth.
Shakespeare-Wallah

1965

Shakespeare-Wallah

1965
6.5
The story of a family troupe of English actors who travel around the towns and villages in India giving performances of Shakespearean plays. Through their travels we see the changing face of India as the old is replaced by the new, Maharajas become hotel owners, sports become more important than culture and the theater is replaced by Bollywood movies. Based on the travels of Geoffrey Kendal with his daughter Felicity Kendal.
Cruel and Unusual

2002

Cruel and Unusual

2002
3.6
A sleepy Oregon village turns deadly when Adam, introducing himself as an English professor working on his first novel, befriends Kate and Mike, a brother and sister trying to put their lives back together after the death of their father. The two welcome the stranger, unaware that their actions will lead them down a dangerous path into the mind and grip of a deadly serial killer.
Wild Weed

1949

Wild Weed

1949
4.8
A chorus girl's career is ruined and her brother is driven to suicide when she starts smoking marijuana.
Trois: The Escort

2004

Trois: The Escort

2004
5.8
When a hip-hop promoter is bailed out of a hefty debt by a club owner, he becomes one of her call boys and nearly loses his life in the process.
Picking Up & Dropping Off

2003

Picking Up & Dropping Off

2003
5.3
Divorced father Will and divorced mother Jane start to meet at Denver International Airport when picking up and sending off their children to ex-spouses for holidays and summer vacation. They both long for companionship and love while struggling with the reality of being single parents amid a series of missed opportunities and fears of rejection.