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Cinema Masterpieces

Experience the best of cinema, recommended by the Drama department.

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12 Angry Men (1957)[Director: Sidney Lumet] A jury holdout attempts to prevent a miscarriage of justice by forcing his colleagues to reconsider the evidence.Rating: U

12 Angry Men (1957)

[Director: Sidney Lumet] A jury holdout attempts to prevent a miscarriage of justice by forcing his colleagues to reconsider the evidence.

Rating: U

The 39 Steps (1935)[Director: Alfred Hitchcock] A man in London tries to help a counter-espionage Agent. But when the Agent is killed, and the man stands accused, he must go on the run to save himself and stop a spy ring trying to steal top secret i…

The 39 Steps (1935)

[Director: Alfred Hitchcock] A man in London tries to help a counter-espionage Agent. But when the Agent is killed, and the man stands accused, he must go on the run to save himself and stop a spy ring trying to steal top secret information.

Rating: U

All About Eve (1950)[Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz] A seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends.Rating: U

All About Eve (1950)

[Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz] A seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends.

Rating: U

Amadeus (1984)[Director: Milos Forman] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a remarkably talented young Viennese composer who unwittingly finds a fierce rival in the disciplined and determined Antonio Salieri. Resenting Mozart for both his hedonistic lifestyl…

Amadeus (1984)

[Director: Milos Forman] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a remarkably talented young Viennese composer who unwittingly finds a fierce rival in the disciplined and determined Antonio Salieri. Resenting Mozart for both his hedonistic lifestyle and his undeniable talent, the highly religious Salieri is gradually consumed by his jealousy and becomes obsessed with Mozart's downfall.

Rating: PG

The Apartment (1960)[Director: Billy Wilder] A man tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue.Rating: PG

The Apartment (1960)

[Director: Billy Wilder] A man tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue.

Rating: PG

Apocalypse Now [Redux] (1979/2001)[Director: Francis Ford Coppola] During the Vietnam War, an American captain is assigned a mission in Cambodia, to search and assassinate a renegade colonel, who has taken innocent lives and is believed to be a demi…

Apocalypse Now [Redux] (1979/2001)

[Director: Francis Ford Coppola] During the Vietnam War, an American captain is assigned a mission in Cambodia, to search and assassinate a renegade colonel, who has taken innocent lives and is believed to be a demigod by a tribe.

Rating: 15

Ben-Hur (1959)[Director: William Wyler] After a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.Rating: PG

Ben-Hur (1959)

[Director: William Wyler] After a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.

Rating: PG

The Birds (1963)[Director: Alfred Hitchcock] A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people. Adapta…

The Birds (1963)

[Director: Alfred Hitchcock] A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people. Adaptation of novel by Daphne du Maurier.

Rating: 15

Blade Runner (1982)[Director: Ridley Scott] A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space, and have returned to Earth to find their creator.Rating: 15

Blade Runner (1982)

[Director: Ridley Scott] A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space, and have returned to Earth to find their creator.

Rating: 15

Bonnie and Clyde (1967)[Director: Arthur Penn] In the 1930s, car thief Clyde (Beatty) teams up with Bonnie (Dunaway), the daughter of one of his victims, and together they become notorious bank robbers and Depression-era folk legends.Rating: 18

Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

[Director: Arthur Penn] In the 1930s, car thief Clyde (Beatty) teams up with Bonnie (Dunaway), the daughter of one of his victims, and together they become notorious bank robbers and Depression-era folk legends.

Rating: 18

Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)[Director: Blake Edwards] Paul is a struggling writer who recently moves into a new apartment in New York. When he meets Holly, an eccentric but beautiful socialite, he hopelessly falls in love with her.Rating: PG

Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)

[Director: Blake Edwards] Paul is a struggling writer who recently moves into a new apartment in New York. When he meets Holly, an eccentric but beautiful socialite, he hopelessly falls in love with her.

Rating: PG

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)[Director: David Lean] British POWs build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors, oblivious of the Allies' plans to destroy it.Rating: PG

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

[Director: David Lean] British POWs build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors, oblivious of the Allies' plans to destroy it.

Rating: PG

Casablanca (1942)[Director: Michael Curtiz] A cynical American expatriate struggles to decide whether or not he should help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape French Morocco.Rating: U

Casablanca (1942)

[Director: Michael Curtiz] A cynical American expatriate struggles to decide whether or not he should help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape French Morocco.

Rating: U

Chinatown (1974)[Director: Roman Polanski] A private detective hired to expose an adulterer finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.Rating: 15

Chinatown (1974)

[Director: Roman Polanski] A private detective hired to expose an adulterer finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.

Rating: 15

Chungking Express (1994){Director: Wong Kar-Wai] Two melancholy Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious female underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal server at a late-night restaurant he frequents. (In Cantonese /…

Chungking Express (1994)

{Director: Wong Kar-Wai] Two melancholy Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious female underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal server at a late-night restaurant he frequents. (In Cantonese / Japanese with English subtitles)

Rating: 15

Citizen Kane (1941)[Director: Orson Welles] Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance; 'Rosebud'.Rating: U

Citizen Kane (1941)

[Director: Orson Welles] Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance; 'Rosebud'.

Rating: U

The Crucible (1996)[Director: Nicholas Hytner] A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 witchcraft trials. Adaptation of play by Arthur Miller.Rating: 15

The Crucible (1996)

[Director: Nicholas Hytner] A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 witchcraft trials. Adaptation of play by Arthur Miller.

Rating: 15

The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)[Director: George Stevens] During World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.Rating: U

The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)

[Director: George Stevens] During World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.

Rating: U

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)[Director: Stanley Kubrick] An insane general triggers a path to nuclear holocaust that a War Room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.Rating: PG

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

[Director: Stanley Kubrick] An insane general triggers a path to nuclear holocaust that a War Room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.

Rating: PG

Duck Soup (1933)[Director: Leo McCarey] Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale. Marx Brothers comedy.Rating: U

Duck Soup (1933)

[Director: Leo McCarey] Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale. Marx Brothers comedy.

Rating: U

The Godfather (1972)[Director: Francis Ford Coppola] The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son. Adaptation of novel by Mario Puzo.Rating: 18

The Godfather (1972)

[Director: Francis Ford Coppola] The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son. Adaptation of novel by Mario Puzo.

Rating: 18

The Godfather Part II (1974)[Director: Francis Ford Coppola] The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York City is portrayed, while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate.Rating: 18

The Godfather Part II (1974)

[Director: Francis Ford Coppola] The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York City is portrayed, while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate.

Rating: 18

The Godfather Part III (1990)[Director: Francis Ford Coppola] In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in New York City and Italy in 1979, aging Mafia Don Michael Corleone seeks to avow for his sins, while taking his nephew Vincent…

The Godfather Part III (1990)

[Director: Francis Ford Coppola] In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in New York City and Italy in 1979, aging Mafia Don Michael Corleone seeks to avow for his sins, while taking his nephew Vincent Mancini under his wing.

Rating: 15

Gone with the Wind (1939)[Director: Victor Fleming] A manipulative woman and a roguish man conduct a turbulent romance during the American Civil War and Reconstruction periods.Rating: PG

Gone with the Wind (1939)

[Director: Victor Fleming] A manipulative woman and a roguish man conduct a turbulent romance during the American Civil War and Reconstruction periods.

Rating: PG

Good Will Hunting (1997)Will Hunting (Matt Damon), a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist (Robin Williams) to find direction in his life.Rating: 15

Good Will Hunting (1997)

Will Hunting (Matt Damon), a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist (Robin Williams) to find direction in his life.

Rating: 15



Great Expectations (1946)[Director: David Lean] A humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor. Adaptation of novel by Charles Dickens.Rating: PG

Great Expectations (1946)

[Director: David Lean] A humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor. Adaptation of novel by Charles Dickens.

Rating: PG

Hamlet (1948)[Director: Laurence Olivier] Prince Hamlet struggles over whether or not he should kill his uncle, whom he suspects has murdered his father, the former King. Adaptation of play by William Shakespeare.Rating: U

Hamlet (1948)

[Director: Laurence Olivier] Prince Hamlet struggles over whether or not he should kill his uncle, whom he suspects has murdered his father, the former King. Adaptation of play by William Shakespeare.

Rating: U

Hamlet (1996)[Director: Kenneth Branagh] Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying the murderer, his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing. Adaptation of play by William Shakespeare.Rating: PG

Hamlet (1996)

[Director: Kenneth Branagh] Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying the murderer, his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing. Adaptation of play by William Shakespeare.

Rating: PG

Henry V (1944)[Director: Laurence Olivier] In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415. Adaptation of play by William Shakespeare.Rating: U

Henry V (1944)

[Director: Laurence Olivier] In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415. Adaptation of play by William Shakespeare.

Rating: U

The Lady Vanishes (1938)[Director: Alfred Hitchcock] While travelling in continental Europe, a rich young playgirl realizes that an elderly lady seems to have disappeared from the train.Rating: U

The Lady Vanishes (1938)

[Director: Alfred Hitchcock] While travelling in continental Europe, a rich young playgirl realizes that an elderly lady seems to have disappeared from the train.

Rating: U

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)[Director: David Lean] The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.Rating: PG

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

[Director: David Lean] The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.

Rating: PG

In the Heat of the Night (1967)[Director: Norman Jewison] An African-American police detective is asked to investigate a murder in a racially hostile southern town.Rating: 12

In the Heat of the Night (1967)

[Director: Norman Jewison] An African-American police detective is asked to investigate a murder in a racially hostile southern town.

Rating: 12

The Maltese Falcon (1941)[Director: John Huston] A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette. Based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett.Rating: PG

The Maltese Falcon (1941)

[Director: John Huston] A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette. Based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett.

Rating: PG

The Manchurian Candidate (1962)[Director: John Frankenheimer] A former prisoner of war is brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy.Rating: 12

The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

[Director: John Frankenheimer] A former prisoner of war is brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy.

Rating: 12

MASH (1970){Director: Robert Altman] The MASH unit makes use of humour and elaborate pranks to cope with the horrors of war and the stress that comes with performing surgeries.Rating: 15

MASH (1970)

{Director: Robert Altman] The MASH unit makes use of humour and elaborate pranks to cope with the horrors of war and the stress that comes with performing surgeries.

Rating: 15

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)[Director: Michael Hoffman] Lovers' lives are complicated by city law, feuding faerie royalty, and... love. Adaptation of play by William Shakespeare.Rating: PG

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)

[Director: Michael Hoffman] Lovers' lives are complicated by city law, feuding faerie royalty, and... love. Adaptation of play by William Shakespeare.

Rating: PG

Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)[Director: Sergio Leone] A mysterious stranger with a harmonica joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad.Rating: 15

Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

[Director: Sergio Leone] A mysterious stranger with a harmonica joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad.

Rating: 15

North by Northwest (1959)[Director: Alfred Hitchcock] An ad-man becomes involved in a bewildering cross-country chase involving enemy spies, the police and a beautiful woman.Rating:PG

North by Northwest (1959)

[Director: Alfred Hitchcock] An ad-man becomes involved in a bewildering cross-country chase involving enemy spies, the police and a beautiful woman.

Rating:PG

Psycho (1960)[Director: Alfred Hitchcock] A Phoenix secretary embezzles forty thousand dollars from her employer's client, goes on the run, and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother. Adaptation of novel by …

Psycho (1960)

[Director: Alfred Hitchcock] A Phoenix secretary embezzles forty thousand dollars from her employer's client, goes on the run, and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother. Adaptation of novel by Robert Bloch.

Rating: 15

Rear Window (1954)[Director: Alfred Hitchcock] A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.Rating: PG

Rear Window (1954)

[Director: Alfred Hitchcock] A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.

Rating: PG

A Room with a View (1985)[Director: James Ivory] In Florence circa 1900, George Emerson (Julian Sands) and his dad (Denholm Elliott) offer their rooms with views to Lucy Honeychurch (Helena Bonham Carter) and her chaperone (Dame Maggie Smith). Georg…

A Room with a View (1985)

[Director: James Ivory] In Florence circa 1900, George Emerson (Julian Sands) and his dad (Denholm Elliott) offer their rooms with views to Lucy Honeychurch (Helena Bonham Carter) and her chaperone (Dame Maggie Smith). George and Lucy meet again in England, but now she's engaged. Based on the novel by EM Forster.

Rating: PG

Schindler's List (1993)[Director: Steven Spielberg] In German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.Rating: 15

Schindler's List (1993)

[Director: Steven Spielberg] In German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.

Rating: 15

Seven Samurai (1954)[Director: Akira Kurosawa] A poor village under attack by bandits recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves. (Japanese with English subtitles)Rating: PG

Seven Samurai (1954)

[Director: Akira Kurosawa] A poor village under attack by bandits recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves. (Japanese with English subtitles)

Rating: PG

The Seventh Seal (1957)[Director: Ingmar Bergman] A man seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague.Rating: PG

The Seventh Seal (1957)

[Director: Ingmar Bergman] A man seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague.

Rating: PG

The Shining (1980)[Director: Stanley Kubrick] Kubrick’s masterpiece of modern horror, based on Stephen King’s bestselling novel. Seeking solitude in order to write a novel, Jack (Nicholson) takes a job as an off-season caretaker at the remote Overlo…

The Shining (1980)

[Director: Stanley Kubrick] Kubrick’s masterpiece of modern horror, based on Stephen King’s bestselling novel. Seeking solitude in order to write a novel, Jack (Nicholson) takes a job as an off-season caretaker at the remote Overlook Hotel in Colorado, moving into the massive resort with his wife Wendy (Duvall) and son Danny.

Rating: 18

Singin' in the Rain (1952)[Director: Stanley Donen; Gene Kelly] A silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.Rating: U

Singin' in the Rain (1952)

[Director: Stanley Donen; Gene Kelly] A silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.

Rating: U

Some Like it Hot (1959)[Director: Billy Wilder] After two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.Rating: PG

Some Like it Hot (1959)

[Director: Billy Wilder] After two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.

Rating: PG

A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)[Director: Elia Kazan] Disturbed Blanche DuBois (Vivien Leigh) moves in with her sister in New Orleans and is tormented by her brutish brother-in-law (Marlon Brando) while her reality crumbles around her. Based on the …

A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

[Director: Elia Kazan] Disturbed Blanche DuBois (Vivien Leigh) moves in with her sister in New Orleans and is tormented by her brutish brother-in-law (Marlon Brando) while her reality crumbles around her. Based on the play by Tennessee Williams.

Rating: 15

Sunset Boulevard (1950)[Director: Billy Wilder] Narrated in flashback by the corpse of luckless screenwriter Joe Gillis (William Holden) floating facedown in a Los Angeles swimming pool, Wilder’s audaciously dark examination of the Hollywood dream f…

Sunset Boulevard (1950)

[Director: Billy Wilder] Narrated in flashback by the corpse of luckless screenwriter Joe Gillis (William Holden) floating facedown in a Los Angeles swimming pool, Wilder’s audaciously dark examination of the Hollywood dream factory cruelly casts faded silent-movie star Gloria Swanson as has-been silent star Norma Desmond. Festering in the grandeur of her old dark mansion and daydreaming of comeback, the character is a brutal warning about the unchecked egotism of superstardom. [bfi.org.uk]

Rating: PG

The Third Man (1949)[Director: Carol Reed] An American abroad in post-war Vienna pursues his missing friend down a rabbit hole of intrigue and moral corruption in Carol Reed’s masterpiece of European noir.Rating: PG

The Third Man (1949)

[Director: Carol Reed] An American abroad in post-war Vienna pursues his missing friend down a rabbit hole of intrigue and moral corruption in Carol Reed’s masterpiece of European noir.

Rating: PG

To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)[Director: Robert Mulligan] Atticus Finch, a lawyer in the Depression-era South, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his children against prejudice. Based on the prized novel by Harper Lee.Rating: 12

To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

[Director: Robert Mulligan] Atticus Finch, a lawyer in the Depression-era South, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his children against prejudice. Based on the prized novel by Harper Lee.

Rating: 12

Vertigo (1958)[Director: Alfred Hitchcock] A former police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with a hauntingly beautiful woman.Rating: PG

Vertigo (1958)

[Director: Alfred Hitchcock] A former police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with a hauntingly beautiful woman.

Rating: PG

The Wicker Man (1973)[Director: Robin Hardy] Cult horror classic in which devout Christian policeman Sergeant Howie finds himself summoned to a remote Scottish island to investigate the disappearance of a child. On arrival, Howie finds himself incre…

The Wicker Man (1973)

[Director: Robin Hardy] Cult horror classic in which devout Christian policeman Sergeant Howie finds himself summoned to a remote Scottish island to investigate the disappearance of a child. On arrival, Howie finds himself increasingly isolated and humiliated by the actions of the island's community, who belong to a bizarre pagan cult led by the charming Lord Summerisle.

Rating:15

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)[Director: Mike Nichols] A bitter, aging couple, with the help of alcohol, use their young houseguests to fuel anguish and emotional pain towards each other over the course of a distressing night.Rating: 12

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

[Director: Mike Nichols] A bitter, aging couple, with the help of alcohol, use their young houseguests to fuel anguish and emotional pain towards each other over the course of a distressing night.

Rating: 12

 
 

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8 1/2 (1963)[Director: Federico Fellini] A harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies. (Italian with English subtitles)Rating: 15

8 1/2 (1963)

[Director: Federico Fellini] A harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies. (Italian with English subtitles)

Rating: 15

À Bout De Souffle (Breathless) (1960)[Director: Jean-Luc Goddard] A small-time thief steals a car and impulsively murders a motorcycle policeman. Wanted by the authorities, he reunites with a hip American journalism student and attempts to persuade …

À Bout De Souffle (Breathless) (1960)

[Director: Jean-Luc Goddard] A small-time thief steals a car and impulsively murders a motorcycle policeman. Wanted by the authorities, he reunites with a hip American journalism student and attempts to persuade her to run away with him to Italy. (French with English subtitles)

Rating: PG

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)[Director: Richard Brooks] Brick Pollitt (Paul Newman), an alcoholic ex-football player, drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife, Maggie (Dame Elizabeth Taylor). His reunion with his dying father, jogs…

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)

[Director: Richard Brooks] Brick Pollitt (Paul Newman), an alcoholic ex-football player, drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife, Maggie (Dame Elizabeth Taylor). His reunion with his dying father, jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son. Based on the play by Tennessee Williams.

Rating: 15

Conspiracy (2001)[Director: Frank Pierson] At the Wannsee Conference on January 20, 1942, senior Nazi officials meet to determine the manner in which the so-called "Final Solution to the Jewish Question" can be best implemented.Rating: 15

Conspiracy (2001)

[Director: Frank Pierson] At the Wannsee Conference on January 20, 1942, senior Nazi officials meet to determine the manner in which the so-called "Final Solution to the Jewish Question" can be best implemented.

Rating: 15

Death of a Salesman (1985)[Director: Volker Schlondorff] An aging traveling salesman recognizes the emptiness of his life and tries to fix it.Rating: PG

Death of a Salesman (1985)

[Director: Volker Schlondorff] An aging traveling salesman recognizes the emptiness of his life and tries to fix it.

Rating: PG

Doctor Zhivago (1965)[Director: David Lean] The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.Rating:…

Doctor Zhivago (1965)

[Director: David Lean] The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.

Rating: PG

Henry V (1989)[Director: Kenneth Branagh] In the midst of the Hundred Years War, the young King Henry V of England (Sir Kenneth Branagh) embarks on the conquest of France in 1415. Adaptation of play by William Shakespeare.Rating: PG

Henry V (1989)

[Director: Kenneth Branagh] In the midst of the Hundred Years War, the young King Henry V of England (Sir Kenneth Branagh) embarks on the conquest of France in 1415. Adaptation of play by William Shakespeare.

Rating: PG

Howards End (1992)[Director: James Ivory] A businessman thwarts his wife's bequest of an estate to another woman. Based on the novel by EM Forster.Rating: PG

Howards End (1992)

[Director: James Ivory] A businessman thwarts his wife's bequest of an estate to another woman. Based on the novel by EM Forster.

Rating: PG

The Innocents (1961)[Director: Jack Clayton] A young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted. Based on Henry James’ classic gothic horror, The Turn of the Screw.Rating: 12

The Innocents (1961)

[Director: Jack Clayton] A young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted. Based on Henry James’ classic gothic horror, The Turn of the Screw.

Rating: 12

Maurice (1987)[Director: James Ivory] After his lover rejects him, a young man trapped by the oppressiveness of Edwardian society tries to come to terms with and accept his sexuality.Rating: 15

Maurice (1987)

[Director: James Ivory] After his lover rejects him, a young man trapped by the oppressiveness of Edwardian society tries to come to terms with and accept his sexuality.

Rating: 15

Mississippi Burning (1988)[Director: Alan Parker] Two F.B.I. Agents with wildly different styles arrive in Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of some civil rights activists.Rating: 18

Mississippi Burning (1988)

[Director: Alan Parker] Two F.B.I. Agents with wildly different styles arrive in Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of some civil rights activists.

Rating: 18

Much Ado About Nothing (1993)[Director: Kenneth Branagh] Young lovers Hero (Kate Beckinsale) and Claudio (Robert Sean Leonard), soon to wed, conspire to get verbal sparring partners and confirmed singles Benedick (Sir Kenneth Branagh) and Beatrice (…

Much Ado About Nothing (1993)

[Director: Kenneth Branagh] Young lovers Hero (Kate Beckinsale) and Claudio (Robert Sean Leonard), soon to wed, conspire to get verbal sparring partners and confirmed singles Benedick (Sir Kenneth Branagh) and Beatrice (Dame Emma Thompson) to wed as well.

Rating: PG

A Night at the Opera (1935)[Director: Sam Wood] A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies. Marx Brothers comedy.Rating: U

A Night at the Opera (1935)

[Director: Sam Wood] A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies. Marx Brothers comedy.

Rating: U

A Passage to India (1984)[Director: David Lean] Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator.Rating: PG

A Passage to India (1984)

[Director: David Lean] Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator.

Rating: PG

The Pianist (2002)[Director: Roman Polanski] A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II.Rating: 15

The Pianist (2002)

[Director: Roman Polanski] A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II.

Rating: 15

Richard III (1955)[Director: Laurence Olivier] Shakespeare's powerful tale of the wicked deformed King and his conquests, both on the battlefield and in the boudoir.Rating: U

Richard III (1955)

[Director: Laurence Olivier] Shakespeare's powerful tale of the wicked deformed King and his conquests, both on the battlefield and in the boudoir.

Rating: U

Suddenly Last Summer (1959)[Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz] The only son of wealthy widow Violet Venable (Katherine Hepburn) dies while on vacation with his cousin Catherine (Elizabeth Taylor). What the girl saw was so horrible that she went insane;…

Suddenly Last Summer (1959)

[Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz] The only son of wealthy widow Violet Venable (Katherine Hepburn) dies while on vacation with his cousin Catherine (Elizabeth Taylor). What the girl saw was so horrible that she went insane; now Mrs. Venable wants Catherine lobotomized to cover up the truth.

Rating: 15

Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)[Director: Richard Brooks] After unsuccessfully trying his luck in Hollywood, charming gigolo Chance Wayne (Paul Newman) wanders back to his hometown, accompanied by Alexandra Del Lago (Geraldine Page), a movie star on the …

Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)

[Director: Richard Brooks] After unsuccessfully trying his luck in Hollywood, charming gigolo Chance Wayne (Paul Newman) wanders back to his hometown, accompanied by Alexandra Del Lago (Geraldine Page), a movie star on the wane.

Rating: 15

Torn Curtain (1966)[Director: Alfred Hitchcock] An American scientist publicly defects to East Germany as part of a cloak and dagger mission to find the solution for a formula resin before planning an escape back to the West.Rating: 15

Torn Curtain (1966)

[Director: Alfred Hitchcock] An American scientist publicly defects to East Germany as part of a cloak and dagger mission to find the solution for a formula resin before planning an escape back to the West.

Rating: 15

 

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