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Kanopy
88
8.0
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77
/697/
76
/561/
4.2
/62461/
98
/62/
91
/532/
100
/5/

Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger sister, Susan, who is in a relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas. Hunsecker strongly disapproves of the romance and recruits publicist Sidney Falco to find a way to split the couple, no matter how ruthless the method.
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87
7.9
/34217/
75
/598/
77
/918/
4.1
/49666/
98
/50/
88
/407/
100
/12/

The Leopard (1963)
As Garibaldi's troops begin the unification of Italy in the 1860s, an aristocratic Sicilian family grudgingly adapts to the sweeping social changes undermining their way of life. Proud but pragmatic Prince Don Fabrizio Salina allows his war hero nephew, Tancredi, to marry Angelica, the beautiful daughter of gauche, bourgeois Don Calogero, in order to maintain the family's accustomed level of comfort and political clout.
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83
7.6
/16110/
73
/345/
73
/251/
4.0
/44725/
100
/27/
83
/213/

The Swimmer (1968)
A man spends a summer day swimming home via all the pools in his quiet suburban neighborhood.
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82
7.3
/29304/
72
/580/
67
/383/
3.9
/35123/
100
/42/
87
/674/
83
/17/
cc age 12+

Local Hero (1983)
An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don't go as expected.
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Amazon Prime Video
82
8.3
/95743/
80
/1327/
80
/907/
4.3
/44735/
93
/28/
93
/504/
60
/7/
cc age 13+

Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his defense attorney Hans Rolfe, but also from the widow of a Nazi general, an idealistic U.S. Army captain and reluctant witness Irene Wallner.
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Amazon Prime Video
81
7.8
/21471/
75
/471/
75
/356/
4.1
/20045/
94
/18/
89
/207/
80
/16/

The Train (1964)
As the Allied forces approach Paris in August 1944, German Colonel Von Waldheim is desperate to take all of France's greatest paintings to Germany. He manages to secure a train to transport the valuable art works even as the chaos of retreat descends upon them. The French resistance however wants to stop them from stealing their national treasures but have received orders from London that they are not to be destroyed. The station master, Labiche, is tasked with scheduling the train and making it all happen smoothly but he is also part of a dwindling group of resistance fighters tasked with preventing the theft. He and others stage an elaborate ruse to keep the train from ever leaving French territory.
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80
7.7
/25763/
75
/543/
73
/421/
3.8
/30944/
100
/35/
89
/286/
72
/12/

The Killers (1946)
Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the Swede, he's expecting them and doesn't put up a fight. Since the Swede had a life insurance policy, an investigator, on a hunch, decides to look into the murder. As the Swede's past is laid bare, it comes to light that he was in love with a beautiful woman who may have lured him into pulling off a bank robbery overseen by another man.
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Kanopy
80
7.3
/19522/
67
/339/
67
/292/
3.7
/16017/
100
/37/
78
/202/
85
/15/

Atlantic City (1980)
In a corrupt city, a small-time gangster and the estranged wife of a pot dealer find themselves thrown together in an escapade of love, money, drugs and danger.
poster
79
7.6
/53862/
72
/841/
72
/690/
3.8
/34488/
88
/100/
84
/793/
85
/21/
cc age 13+

From Here to Eternity (1953)
In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second in command are falling in love.
poster
79
78
7.8
/18722/
77
/328/
72
/218/
3.9
/11444/
92
/25/
89
/165/
73
/6/

Seven Days in May (1964)
A U.S. Marine Corps colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.
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MGM Plus
79
78
7.8
/21061/
73
/369/
75
/332/
3.9
/10486/
88
/24/
85
/240/
76
/7/

Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stroud's life gains new meaning when he happens upon a helpless baby sparrow in the exercise yard and nurses it back to health. Despite having only a third grade education, Stroud goes on to become a renowned ornithologist and achieves a greater sense of freedom and purpose behind bars than most people find in the outside world.
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77
7.5
/137705/
73
/3710/
71
/1622/
3.6
/130408/
88
/65/
86
/6186/
57
/18/
cc age 10+

Field of Dreams (1989)
Ray Kinsella is an Iowa farmer who hears a mysterious voice telling him to turn his cornfield into a baseball diamond. He does, but the voice's directions don't stop -- even after the spirits of deceased ballplayers turn up to play.
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76
7.3
/20519/
73
/494/
70
/330/
3.7
/12443/
89
/19/
81
/188/
75
/9/

The Professionals (1966)
An arrogant Texas millionaire hires four adventurers to rescue his kidnapped wife from a notorious Mexican bandit.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
76
7.5
/12617/
72
/236/
73
/202/
3.8
/14785/
95
/20/
87
/151/
80
/14/

Brute Force (1947)
Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's chains?
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Amazon Prime Video
79
75
7.4
/4768/
74
/242/
66
/119/
3.7
/10793/
100
/8/
88
/43/

Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau (2014)
The story of the insane scandals related to the remake of “Island of Dr. Moreau” —originally a novel by H. G. Wells—, which was brought to the big screen in 1996. How director Richard Stanley spent four years developing the project just to find an abrupt end to his work while leading actor Marlon Brando pulled the strings in the shadows. Now for the first time, the living key players recount what really happened and why it all went so spectacularly wrong.
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Amazon Prime Video
80
74
7.7
/14253/
74
/179/
73
/192/
3.9
/8136/
94
/33/
87
/194/

Elmer Gantry (1960)
A charismatic charlatan begins a business — and eventually romantic — relationship with a roadside evangelist to sell religion to 1920s America. Based on Sinclair Lewis' novel of the same name.
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MGM Plus
75
74
7.3
/14493/
74
/341/
69
/174/
3.6
/6563/
100
/13/
79
/151/
62
/7/

Run Silent, Run Deep (1958)
The captain of a submarine sunk by the Japanese during WWII is finally given a chance to skipper another sub after a year of working a desk job. His singleminded determination for revenge against the destroyer that sunk his previous vessel puts his new crew in unneccessary danger.
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78
72
7.1
/7523/
74
/188/
70
/153/
3.5
/3224/
100
/13/
83
/110/
cc age 7+

The Crimson Pirate (1952)
Burt Lancaster plays a pirate with a taste for intrigue and acrobatics who involves himself in the goings on of a revolution in the Caribbean in the late 1700s. A light hearted adventure involving prison breaks, an oddball scientist, sailing ships, naval fights and tons of swordplay.
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76
71
7.4
/10493/
71
/204/
70
/177/
3.8
/11010/
86
/14/
79
/78/

Criss Cross (1949)
An armored-car guard must join a robbery after being caught with his ex-wife by her gangster husband.
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MGM Plus
70
7.6
/28850/
73
/451/
78
/665/
3.9
/19385/
52
/23/
84
/386/
70
/14/

1900 (1976)
The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides.
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MGM Plus
70
7.1
/18733/
71
/434/
70
/370/
3.5
/10952/
87
/15/
70
/182/
56
/8/

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
Lawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their participation in the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
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70
7.8
/2892/
80
/310/
75
/242/
3.9
/9534/

La Classe américaine (1993)
George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. The director of an American newspaper, wondering about the meaning of these intriguing final words, asks his three best investigators, Dave, Peter and Steven, to solve the mystery. (Sixteen French actors dub scenes from various Warner Bros. films to create a parody of Citizen Kane, 1941.)
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HBO Max
69
7.3
/1756/
72
/93/
56
/19/
3.6
/5583/
81
71
/16/

Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed (2023)
This timely exploration of Hollywood and LGBTQ+ identity examines the life of legendary actor Rock Hudson, from his public "ladies' man" persona to his private life as a gay man.
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Amazon Prime Video
74
69
7.3
/13932/
70
/209/
67
/202/
3.5
/10992/
86
/22/
78
/219/

Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
Leona Stevenson is confined to bed and uses her telephone to keep in contact with the outside world. One day she overhears a murder plot on the telephone and is desperate to find out who is the intended victim.
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The Roku Channel
73
69
7.0
/12791/
68
/263/
66
/263/
3.6
/8951/
93
/14/
69
/83/

Vera Cruz (1954)
After the American Civil War, mercenaries travel to Mexico to fight in their revolution for money. The former soldier and gentleman Benjamin Trane meets the gunman and killer Joe Erin and his men, and together they are hired by the Emperor Maximillian and the Marquis Henri de Labordere to escort the Countess Marie Duvarre to the harbor of Vera Cruz.
poster
69
6.8
/25596/
68
/657/
66
/426/
3.4
/20030/
77
/26/
72
/580/
67
/13/

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no accident. Her father was a prominent cheese scientist working on a secret recipe. To prove it was murder, she enlists the services of private eye Rigby Reardon. He finds a slip of paper containing a list of people who are 'The Friends and Enemies of Carlotta'.
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Amazon Prime Video
68
6.7
/5027/
70
/123/
64
/113/
3.3
/1943/
70
/10/
57
/37/

The Scalphunters (1968)
Forced to trade his valuable furs for a well-educated escaped slave, a rugged trapper vows to recover the pelts from the Indians and later the renegades that killed them.
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73
67
7.0
/7105/
74
/160/
69
/153/
3.7
/4820/
90
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65
/44/

Ulzana's Raid (1972)
After fierce war chief Ulzana and a small war party jump the reservation bent on murder and terror, an inexperienced young lieutenant is assigned to track him down.
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Kanopy
75
64
7.5
/5751/
70
/64/
72
/36/
3.6
/2628/
82
/11/
81
/50/

Come Back, Little Sheba (1953)
A mismatched couple's marital problems come to the surface when the husband develops an interest in their pretty boarder.
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Hoopla
70
64
7.3
/9616/
70
/132/
70
/125/
3.5
/5881/
68
/19/
75
/82/
68
/7/

Separate Tables (1958)
The lives of a disparate group of unfulfilled people converge at a small, seaside English hotel.
poster
80
64
7.4
/2088/
78
/55/
72
/89/
3.8
/4359/
100
/29/
82
/47/

Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno (2009)
In 1964, Henri-Georges Clouzot's production of L'Enfer came to a halt. Despite huge expectations, major studio backing and an unlimited budget, after three weeks the production collapsed. This documentary presents Inferno's incredible expressionistic original rushes, screen tests, and on-location footage, whilst also reconstructing Clouzot's original vision, and shedding light on the ill-fated endeavor through interviews, dramatizations of unfilmed scenes, and Clouzot's own notes.
poster
The Roku Channel
63
7.0
/6939/
71
/217/
64
/126/
3.4
/3015/
73
/11/
63
/49/
52
/6/

Lawman (1971)
While passing through the town of Bannock, a bunch of drunken cattlemen go overboard with their celebrating and accidentally kill an old man with a stray shot. They return home to Sabbath unaware of his death. Bannock lawman Jered Maddox later arrives there to arrest everyone involved on a charge of murder. Sabbath is run by land baron Vince Bronson, a benevolent despot, who, upon hearing of the death, offers restitution for the incident.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
73
63
7.2
/3850/
70
/68/
68
/59/
3.4
/4350/
92
/13/
73
/53/

A Child Is Waiting (1963)
Dr. Matthew Clark is the head of a state institution for intellectually disabled children. Jean Hansen, a former music teacher anxious to give her life some meaning, joins the staff of the hospital. Jean, who tries to shelter the children with her love, suspiciously regards Dr. Clark's stern training methods. She becomes emotionally involved with 12-year-old Reuben Widdicombe, who has been abandoned by his divorced parents.
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MGM Plus
63
6.6
/3499/
66
/65/
62
/62/
3.2
/1073/
67
/6/
56
/34/

Go Tell the Spartans (1978)
A unit of American military advisors in Vietnam prior to the major U.S. involvement finds similarities between their helpless struggle against the Viet Cong and the doomed actions of a French unit at the same site a decade before.
poster
71
61
6.8
/4551/
72
/141/
62
/83/
3.5
/2679/
100
/7/
59
/21/

The Flame and the Arrow (1950)
Dardo, a Robin Hood-like figure, and his loyal followers use a Roman ruin in Medieval Lombardy as their headquarters as they conduct an insurgency against their Hessian conquerors.
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Hoopla
61
6.7
/3696/
66
/69/
64
/46/
3.2
/2198/
60
/10/
57
/44/

Executive Action (1973)
Rogue intelligence agents, right-wing politicians, greedy capitalists, and free-lance assassins plot and carry out the JFK assassination in this speculative agitprop.
poster
Kanopy
76
61
7.4
/5684/
72
/67/
73
/156/
3.8
/6151/
82
/11/
83
/21/

Conversation Piece (1974)
A retired professor of American origin lives a solitary life in a luxurious palazzo in Rome. He is confronted by a vulgar Italian marchesa and her lover, her daughter and her daughter's boyfriend, and forced to rent to them an apartment on the upper floor of his palazzo. From this point on his quiet routine is turned into chaos by his tenants' machinations, and everybody's life takes an unexpected but inevitable turn.
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MGM Plus
63
60
6.5
/10816/
68
/241/
62
/220/
3.1
/6375/
67
/6/
59
/106/

The Unforgiven (1960)
The neighbors of a frontier family turn on them when it is suspected that their beloved adopted daughter was stolen from the Kiowa tribe.
poster
60
6.6
/24201/
67
/729/
65
/426/
3.2
/13706/
72
/18/
54
/328/
42
/5/

Airport (1970)
An airport manager tries to keep his terminals open during a snowstorm, while a suicide bomber plots to blow up a Boeing 707 airliner in flight.
poster
59
6.3
/2744/
65
/27/
60
/47/
3.3
/1186/
43
/21/

The Gypsy Moths (1969)
Three skydivers and their travelling thrill show barnstorm through a small midwestern town one Fourth of July weekend.
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Amazon Prime Video
67
59
6.9
/4941/
64
/60/
69
/82/
3.3
/3011/
67
/9/
73
/65/

The Rose Tattoo (1955)
A grieving widow embarks on a new romance when she discovers her late husband had been cheating on her.
poster
MGM Plus
58
6.4
/5984/
63
/147/
61
/108/
3.2
/3411/
59
/22/
39
/34/
57
/6/

Scorpio (1973)
Cross is an old hand at the CIA who often teams up with Frenchman Jean “Scorpio” Laurier, a gifted freelance operative. After their last mission together, the CIA orders Scorpio to eliminate Cross, leaving him no choice but to obey.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
68
58
6.9
/4571/
68
/62/
67
/46/
3.2
/1844/
80
/5/
65
/68/

The Rainmaker (1956)
Lizzie Curry is on the verge of becoming a hopeless old maid. Her wit and intelligence and skills as a homemaker can't make up for the fact that she's just plain plain! Even the town sheriff, File, for whom she harbors a secrect yen, won't take a chance --- until the town suffers a drought and into the lives of Lizzie and her brothers and father comes one Bill Starbuck ... profession: Rainmaker!
poster
66
57
6.8
/6071/
67
/93/
66
/88/
3.3
/2287/
64
/14/
66
/48/

The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)
Adrian Messenger, a famous writer, asks his friend Anthony Gethryn, a former British agent, to help him investigate the whereabouts of the people who appear on a list, without asking him the reason why he should do so.
poster
57
6.3
/8309/
67
/176/
60
/145/
3.0
/2519/
47
/17/
56
/90/
54
/11/

Tough Guys (1986)
Harry Doyle and Archie Lang are two old-time train robbers, who held up a train in 1956 and have been incarcerated for thirty years. After serving their time, they are released from jail and have to adjust to a new life of freedom. and soon realize that they still have the pizzazz when, picking up their prison checks at a bank, they foil a robbery attempt.
poster
The Roku Channel
61
57
6.7
/8230/
68
/252/
61
/109/
3.3
/2739/
50
/8/
61
/144/

Zulu Dawn (1979)
In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.
poster
66
56
7.0
/3935/
70
/74/
65
/74/
3.5
/3466/
69
/122/
55
/4/

I Walk Alone (1947)
Bootleggers on the lam Frankie and Noll split up to evade capture by the police. Frankie is caught and jailed, but Noll manages to escape and open a posh New York City nightclub. 14 years later, Frankie is released from the clink and visits Noll with the intention of collecting his half of the nightclub's profits. But Noll, who has no intention of being so equitable, uses his ex-girlfriend Kay to divert Frankie from his intended goal.
poster
Hoopla
67
56
6.8
/5724/
69
/104/
62
/93/
3.4
/2408/
75
/8/
62
/24/

Trapeze (1956)
A pair of men try to perform the dangerous "triple" in their trapeze act. Problems arise when the duo is made into a trio following the addition of a sexy female performer.


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