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In search of the lost cinema

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  • Eric Portman and Edana Romney in Corridor of Mirrors (1948)

    1. Corridor of Mirrors

    19481h 36mNot Rated
    6.4 (909)
    A man falls in love with a beautiful young woman and begins to suspect that he may have also loved her in a previous life.
    DirectorTerence YoungStarsEric PortmanEdana RomneyBarbara Mullen
  • The Doll (1962)

    2. The Doll

    19621h 36m
    6.7 (401)
    A lonely night watchman at a department store develops a fixation on one of the store's mannequins. He soon steals her and brings her to his home, where he can be with her all the time. One day, she comes to life...
    DirectorArne MattssonStarsPer OscarssonGio PetréTor Isedal
  • Belle Bennett in Stella Dallas (1925)

    3. Stella Dallas

    19251h 50mPassed
    7.3 (450)
    Small-town girl Stella marries socialite Stephen Dallas, a man with whom she has nothing in common. The whole thing is a failure; after the birth of their daughter Laurel, the Dallases separate and Stephen returns to New York. As Laurel grows into a young woman, Stella realizes that she cannot provide for her properly and sends her to live with Stephen and his new family. Laurel later marries a pleasant upper-class young man as Stella stands in the rain watching the ceremony through a window.
    DirectorHenry KingStarsRonald ColmanBelle BennettAlice Joyce
  • Paris Seen By... 20 Years After (1984)

    4. Paris Seen By... 20 Years After

    19841h 40m
    6.0 (79)
    Film comprised of six vignettes each illustrating one aspect of life in the French capital, each set in a different area of the city.
    DirectorsChantal AkermanBernard DuboisPhilippe GarrelStarsMaria de MedeirosPascale SalkinJudith Adrien
  • Anne Crawford in Daughter of Darkness (1948)

    5. Daughter of Darkness

    19481h 31m
    6.6 (396)
    Emily, a pretty young Irish girl, gets a job on an English farm owned by the Tallent family. The local men take to her but the women don't, objecting to her flirtatious nature with their men and one woman, Bess Stanforth, is especially disturbed by her. When Dan, a man from Emily's past, shows up and accuses her of having tried to kill, him Beth's suspicions are further aroused, and they're confirmed after Dan is found murdered in a local barn. Beth sets out to find out exactly who Emily is and to prove that she murdered Dan.
    DirectorLance ComfortStarsAnne CrawfordSiobhan McKennaMaxwell Reed
  • Joanne Woodward in The Stripper (1963)

    6. The Stripper

    19631h 35mApproved
    6.6 (475)
    Lila Green is an insecure and aging showgirl for Madame Olga's stage shows. When her boyfriend, Rick, runs off with the show's money, Madame Olga and Ronny let Lila go. Lila goes to stay with her old neighbors, Helen Bard and her teenage son, Kenny. Lila decides to go out and get a regular job and try and live a normal life. All seems well, until Lila and Kenny stop fighting their attraction for one another.
    DirectorFranklin J. SchaffnerStarsJoanne WoodwardRichard BeymerClaire Trevor
  • The Naked Venus (1959)

    7. The Naked Venus

    19591h 15mNot Rated
    5.0 (194)
    A young American painter and his French wife move with their small daughter to the US when the husband's father dies. His mother takes an instant dislike to the wife, and when she finds out that her daughter-in-law is a nudist who once posed naked for an artist, she declares her son's wife to be an unfit mother and sets out to break up the marriage--which may not be difficult to do, as the son is a weak-willed "mama's boy" who's terrified to stand up against his domineering mother.
    DirectorEdgar G. UlmerStarsPatricia ConelleDon RobertsArianne Ulmer
  • Belinda Lee in Elephant Gun (1958)

    8. Elephant Gun

    19581h 24m
    5.8 (218)
    Brothers compete for a woman's affection while danger lurks at every turn in an African wild game park.
    DirectorKen AnnakinStarsBelinda LeeMichael CraigPatrick McGoohan
  • Harry Carey, Dolores Del Río, and Ralph Forbes in The Trail of '98 (1928)

    9. The Trail of '98

    19281h 27mPassed
    7.0 (516)
    Fortune hunters from all over the country rush to the Klondike in 1897 to seek their fortunes in the gold are tested by hardships of the journey.
    DirectorClarence BrownStarsDolores Del RíoRalph ForbesKarl Dane
  • Walter Brennan, John Carroll, and Vera Ralston in Surrender (1950)

    10. Surrender

    19501h 30mApproved
    6.0 (120)
    Violet Barton, a femme-fatale goal-setter, fascinates men and readily returns their affection to obtain the wealth she desires, even to the point of bigamy. She has an affair with gambler Gregg Delaney but marries his best friend, Johnny Hale, when she discovers Hale is the richest man in Texas. This loses her the respect of her sister, Janet, who loves Hale, and Delaney, who loves Violet. Meanwhile, town sheriff Bill Howard is working hard to get Delaney to confess to a murder. Delaney manges to steer clear of the sheriff until Violet kills her lawful husband, Henry Vaal, and the sheriff is soon pursuing both Violet and Delaney into the desert.
    DirectorAllan DwanStarsVera RalstonJohn CarrollWalter Brennan
  • Anna May Wong in Piccadilly (1929)

    11. Piccadilly

    19291h 32mPassed89Metascore
    7.1 (2K)
    A young Chinese woman working in the kitchen at a London dance club is given the chance to become the club's main act, which leads to a plot of betrayal, forbidden love, and murder.
    DirectorEwald André DupontStarsGilda GrayAnna May WongJameson Thomas
  • Donald Woods in Road Gang (1936)

    12. Road Gang

    19361h 1mApproved
    6.3 (200)
    Jim Larrabie and Bob Gordon, two reporters, are sent to prison on bogus charges after exposing the corrupt practices of J.W. Moett and Dudley. The two suffer extreme cruelty due to the sadistic behavior of the warden and guards.
    DirectorLouis KingStarsDonald WoodsKay LinakerCarlyle Moore Jr.
  • Barry K. Barnes, Anne Crawford, Ian Hunter, and Margaret Lockwood in Bedelia (1946)

    13. Bedelia

    19461h 23mApproved
    6.6 (479)
    Bedelia, a newly remarried beautiful widow, is on honeymoon in Monte Carlo. A painter approaches her inquiring about her past. When she and her husband go back to England the artist will soon be there. Danger, crime and truth will follow.
    DirectorLance ComfortStarsMargaret LockwoodIan HunterBarry K. Barnes
  • Umano non umano (1969)

    14. Umano non umano

    19691h 35m
    5.5 (58)
    Artists and poets meet in a dreamlike space between walks and performances.
    DirectorMario SchifanoStarsFranco AngeliOtello AngeliAdriano Aprà
  • Albert Finney and Liza Minnelli in Charlie Bubbles (1968)

    15. Charlie Bubbles

    19681h 29m
    6.3 (903)
    A married writer has an affair with his secretary.
    DirectorAlbert FinneyStarsAlbert FinneyColin BlakelyBillie Whitelaw
  • Best of Cinerama (1963)

    16. Best of Cinerama

    19632h 22m
    7.1 (127)
    Collection of the best segments from Cinerama movies, including locations of Rome, Paris, Vienna, Athens, Brazil, Japan, Africa, Israel and New Orleans.
    StarLowell Thomas
  • Luz María Collazo and José Gallardo in I Am Cuba (1964)

    17. I Am Cuba

    19642h 21mNot Rated91Metascore
    8.2 (12K)
    Four vignettes about the lives of the Cuban people set during the pre-revolutionary era.
    DirectorMikhail KalatozovStarsSergio CorrieriSalvador WoodJosé Gallardo
  • Ann Dvorak and Paul Muni in Dr. Socrates (1935)

    18. Dr. Socrates

    19351h 10mApproved
    6.4 (559)
    A small-town doctor gets roped into helping a notorious bank robber.
    DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsPaul MuniAnn DvorakBarton MacLane
  • Aquel viejo molino (1946)

    19. Aquel viejo molino

    19461h 30m
    DirectorIgnacio F. IquinoStarsCarlos AgostíAntonio BienvenidaLuis Bienvenida
  • George O'Brien and Virginia Valli in East Side, West Side (1927)

    20. East Side, West Side

    19271h 32mPassed
    7.1 (178)
    After his mother and stepfather have been killed in a barge accident, John Breen is rescued from some East Side toughs by the Lipvitches. He remains in the city, determined to find his real father, who rejected his mother; and after some success as a prizefighter, he is virtually adopted by Van Horn, a millionaire who actually is his father. Becka Lipvitch renounces his love when Pug Malone advises her that their marriage would endanger his future. John becomes engaged to Josephine, Van Horn's ward, and rejects the boxing ring for an engineering career. While returning from Europe, Van Horn is drowned when his ship sinks; Josephine and Rantoul, finding consolation in each other's love, are rescued and are married. Meanwhile, John rescues Becka from Flash, a nightclub owner and narcotics peddler, and they are reconciled.
    DirectorAllan DwanStarsGeorge O'BrienVirginia ValliJ. Farrell MacDonald
  • Ghost Ship (1952)

    21. Ghost Ship

    19521h 14mApproved
    5.3 (1K)
    A luxury ship is haunted by the ghosts of a crew that had disappeared off the ship years before.
    DirectorVernon SewellStarsDermot WalshHazel CourtHugh Burden
  • Carl Kuhlmann, Albert Lippert, Erich Ponto, Erich Waschneck, and Hilde Weissner in The Rothschilds (1940)

    22. The Rothschilds

    19401h 37m
    6.0 (1.9K)
    Anti-semitic Nazi propaganda "biography" of the Rothschilds, a German Jewish family whose members rose to the top of the European banking community during the Napoleonic era.
    DirectorErich WaschneckStarsErich PontoCarl KuhlmannAlbert Lippert
  • Les contrebandières (1968)

    23. A Girl Is a Gun

    19711h 40m
    5.4 (189)
    Billy the Kid pursues the witness of a heist in order to eliminate him.
    DirectorLuc MoulletStarsJean-Pierre LéaudMarie-Christine QuesterbertJean Valmont
  • Traviata '53 (1953)

    24. Traviata '53

    19531h 35m
    6.4 (129)
    Updated version of the Camille melodrama: An engineer has a romance with the mistress of a rich banker but she sacrifices herself,returning to the rich man, for the best interests of the lover and his family.
    DirectorVittorio CottafaviStarsBarbara LaageArmando FrancioliEduardo De Filippo
  • Forces occultes (1943)

    25. Forces occultes

    194353m
    6.0 (350)
    A French politician in the 1930s is drawn into a huge Masonic conspiracy.
    DirectorJean MamyStarsMaurice RémyGisèle ParryMarcel Vibert

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