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Filmzie
85
8.1
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78
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78
/1924/
4.1
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98
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92
/2139/
86
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cc age 14+

Rebecca (1940)
Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must come to grips with the terrible secret of her handsome, cold husband, Max De Winter. She must also deal with the jealous, obsessed Mrs. Danvers, the housekeeper, who will not accept her as the mistress of the house.
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81
7.9
/151040/
76
/3027/
75
/2316/
3.9
/119755/
93
/61/
87
/2365/
87
/17/
cc age 14+

Spartacus (1960)
The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion. As the rebels move from town to town, their numbers swell as escaped slaves join their ranks. Under the leadership of Spartacus, they make their way to southern Italy, where they will cross the sea and return to their homes.
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81
7.6
/6377/
76
/97/
68
/79/
3.8
/4362/
95
/39/
88
/285/
82
/28/
cc age 16+

The Filth and the Fury (2000)
Julien Temple's second documentary profiling punk rock pioneers the Sex Pistols is an enlightening, entertaining trip back to a time when the punk movement was just discovering itself. Featuring archival footage, never-before-seen performances, rehearsals, and recording sessions as well as interviews with group members who lived to tell the tale--including the one and only John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten).
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80
7.9
/52439/
76
/867/
76
/681/
4.0
/28355/
89
/28/
90
/700/
49
/30/

Sleuth (1972)
A man who loves games and theatre invites his wife's lover to meet, setting up a battle of wits with potentially deadly results.
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Kanopy
79
7.4
/3362/
77
/167/
68
/57/
3.7
/4368/
98
/89/
76
/31/
85
/19/
cc age 13+

Nothing Like a Dame (2018)
BBC Arena's documentary on the Dames of British Theatre and film featuring Maggie Smith, Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench and Joan Plowright on screen together for the first time as they reminisce over a long summer weekend in a house Joan once shared with Sir Laurence Olivier.
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Amazon Prime Video
78
7.5
/21528/
73
/396/
71
/300/
3.6
/25584/
96
/25/
85
/578/
cc age 10+

Wuthering Heights (1939)
Young orphan Heathcliff is adopted by the wealthy Earnshaw family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his compassionate foster sister, Cathy. The two share a remarkable bond that seems unbreakable until Cathy, feeling the pressure of social convention, suppresses her feelings and marries Edgar Linton, a man of means who befits her stature. Heathcliff vows to win her back.
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The Roku Channel
78
76
7.5
/19683/
71
/302/
74
/280/
3.7
/19219/
96
/48/
80
/357/
82
/10/
cc age 10+

Hamlet (1948)
Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet continues to be the most compelling version of Shakespeare’s beloved tragedy. Olivier is at his most inspired—both as director and as the melancholy Dane himself—as he breathes new life into the words of one of the world’s greatest dramatists.
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Kanopy
74
7.4
/74876/
72
/1384/
71
/1175/
3.8
/62537/
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/50/
81
/1137/
64
/7/
cc age 17+

Marathon Man (1976)
A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.
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Hoopla
74
7.0
/3478/
65
/39/
67
/49/
3.6
/1810/
75
/16/
73
/58/
cc age 11+

Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the five boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfare.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
77
74
7.3
/9961/
71
/261/
69
/149/
3.4
/7548/
100
/11/
76
/488/
84
/9/

Pride and Prejudice (1940)
In early 19th century England, Mr and Mrs Bennet's five unmarried daughters vie for the affections of rich and eligible Mr Bingley and his status-conscious friend, Mr Darcy, who have moved into their neighbourhood. While Bingley takes an immediate liking to eldest daughter Jane, Darcy has difficulty adapting to local society and repeatedly clashes with second-eldest Elizabeth.
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fuboTV
76
73
7.3
/11168/
72
/250/
72
/201/
3.9
/18579/
86
/14/
77
/166/
77
/11/

Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed.
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Amazon Prime Video
73
7.1
/34316/
70
/850/
67
/620/
3.5
/15933/
74
/19/
73
/334/
62
/11/

The Bounty (1984)
An idyllic voyage to Tahiti in 1789 turns a crew aboard the H.M.S. Bounty against its captain when they find a tropical paradise.
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Kanopy
76
69
7.3
/5803/
70
/104/
72
/96/
3.7
/5824/
81
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79
/113/
88
/11/
cc age 10+

Richard III (1955)
Having helped his brother King Edward IV take the throne of England, the jealous hunchback Richard, Duke of Gloucester, plots to seize power for himself. Masterfully deceiving and plotting against nearly everyone in the royal court, including his eventual wife, Lady Anne, and his brother George, Duke of Clarence, Richard orchestrates a bloody rise to power before finding all his gains jeopardized by those he betrayed.
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Criterion Channel
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69
7.2
/5487/
69
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71
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3.5
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100
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83
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That Hamilton Woman (1941)
The story of courtesan and dance-hall girl Emma Hamilton, including her relationships with Sir William Hamilton and Admiral Horatio Nelson and her rise and fall, set during the Napoleonic Wars.
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69
6.9
/50870/
71
/1798/
69
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3.4
/36716/
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/49/
71
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/9/
cc age 9+

Clash of the Titans (1981)
To win the right to marry his love, the beautiful princess Andromeda, and fulfil his destiny, half-God-half-mortal Perseus must complete various tasks including taming Pegasus, capturing Medusa's head and battling the feared Kraken.
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Amazon Prime Video
69
7.4
/67000/
75
/1798/
72
/898/
3.7
/28879/
59
/29/
85
/1291/
63
/13/

A Bridge Too Far (1977)
The story of Operation Market Garden—a failed attempt by the allies in the latter stages of WWII to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in Holland allowing access over the Rhine into Germany. A combination of poor allied intelligence and the presence of two crack German panzer divisions meant that the final part of this operation (the bridge in Arnhem over the Rhine) was doomed to failure.
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Criterion Channel
74
68
7.3
/8420/
69
/150/
69
/117/
3.6
/7252/
88
/16/
76
/122/

49th Parallel (1941)
In the early days of World War II, a German U-boat is sunk in Canada's Hudson Bay. Hoping to evade capture, a small band of German soldiers led by commanding officer Lieutenant Hirth attempts to cross the border into the United States, which has not yet entered the war and is officially neutral. Along the way, the German soldiers encounter brave men such as a French-Canadian fur trapper, Johnnie, a leader of a Hutterite farming community, Peter, an author, Philip and a soldier, Andy Brock.
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The Roku Channel
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68
7.3
/4516/
70
/69/
72
/58/
3.7
/3453/
100
/12/
78
/56/

This Happy Breed (1944)
A chronicle of the lives of the Gibbons family, from shortly after the end of the First World War to the beginning of the Second.
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The Roku Channel
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68
7.0
/7618/
68
/136/
66
/127/
3.5
/7005/
100
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74
/142/

Henry V (1944)
In 1415, in the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France.
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68
7.4
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70
/121/
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3.7
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/29/
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cc age 12+

A Little Romance (1979)
Intellectually precocious teenager Lauren King lives in Paris with her somewhat ditzy mother. On a movie set, she strikes up a friendship with teenage film buff Daniel Michon. After Lauren's mother forbids her to date the outspoken Daniel, the young lovebirds team up with eccentric pickpocket Julius to run away to Venice, where, according to legend, a couple who kiss under the Bridge of Sighs will stay together forever.
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The Roku Channel
67
7.2
/6137/
68
/85/
69
/76/
3.4
/3108/
69
/16/
78
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57
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Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
Tsar Nicholas II, the inept last monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overthrown and exiled to Siberia with his family.
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Kanopy
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6.7
/1959/
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3.2
/2640/
85
/73/
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Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (2018)
A deliciously scandalous portrait of unsung Hollywood legend Scotty Bowers, whose bestselling memoir chronicled his decades spent as sexual procurer to the stars.
poster
67
6.5
/12442/
66
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63
/277/
3.3
/10576/
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59
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Dracula (1979)
Romanticized adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 classic. Count Dracula is a subject of fatal attraction to more than one English maiden lady, as he seeks an immortal bride.
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MGM Plus
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66
6.8
/9012/
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63
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3.3
/2923/
100
/10/
66
/89/

Khartoum (1966)
English General Charles George Gordon is appointed military governor of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by the Prime Minister. Ordered to evacuate Egyptians from the Sudan, Gordon stays on to protect the people of Khartoum, who are under threat of being conquered by a Muslim army.
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Amazon Prime Video
64
7.0
/33405/
70
/681/
67
/426/
3.4
/17661/
72
/32/
66
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40
/7/

The Boys from Brazil (1978)
Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman discovers a sinister and bizarre plot, masterminded by Dr. Josef Mengele, to rekindle the Third Reich.
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Hoopla
64
6.1
/90013/
62
/2757/
59
/1337/
2.8
/32004/
71
/204/
46
/4007/
64
/36/
cc age 8+

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
When gigantic robots attack New York City, "Sky Captain" uses his private air force to fight them off. His ex-girlfriend, reporter Polly Perkins, has been investigating the recent disappearance of prominent scientists. Suspecting a link between the global robot attacks and missing men, Sky Captain and Polly decide to work together. They fly to the Himalayas in pursuit of the mysterious Dr. Totenkopf, the mastermind behind the robots.
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Criterion Channel
70
61
7.1
/4088/
71
/48/
62
/54/
3.6
/2927/
71
/14/
74
/55/
70
/10/

The Entertainer (1960)
Archie Rice, an old-time British vaudeville performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business.
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The Roku Channel
61
7.0
/26533/
73
/769/
69
/338/
3.4
/9103/
67
/9/
79
/544/
44
/6/

Battle of Britain (1969)
In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing an attempted Nazi invasion.
poster
68
60
6.6
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67
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62
/106/
3.3
/2889/
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69
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The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
Concerned about his friend's cocaine use, Dr. Watson tricks Sherlock Holmes into travelling to Vienna, where Holmes enters the care of Sigmund Freud. Freud attempts to solve the mysteries of Holmes' subconscious, while Holmes devotes himself to solving a mystery involving the kidnapping of Lola Deveraux.
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Hoopla
78
57
7.6
/1387/
76
/38/
66
/35/
3.7
/1466/
97
/29/
91
/32/
71
/10/

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010)
In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Honorary Oscar. But the first time he clasped the famous statuette in his hand was a half-century earlier when his Technicolor camerawork was awarded for Powell and Pressburger's Black Narcissus. Beyond John Huston's The African Queen and King Vidor's War and Peace, the films of the British-Hungarian creative duo (The Red Shoes and A Matter of Life and Death too) guaranteed immortality for the renowned cameraman whose career spanned seventy years.
poster
65
56
7.0
/4652/
75
/141/
67
/82/
3.3
/1512/
43
/7/
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The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)
Ukrainian bishop Kiril Lakota, a political prisoner in a Soviet gulag for twenty years, is unexpectedly released and sent to the Vatican, where, upon the sudden death of the Pope, leader of the Catholic Church, he must face a challenging destiny that will put the future of the entire world in his hands.
poster
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53
6.4
/9714/
65
/143/
64
/190/
3.2
/6105/
50
/10/
55
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The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)
An American showgirl becomes entangled in political intrigue when the Prince Regent of a foreign country attempts to seduce her.
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Kanopy
68
52
7.3
/3054/
69
/45/
64
/46/
3.6
/1583/
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/8/
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/33/

Carrie (1952)
In the late 1890s, the ambitious, innocent Carrie arrives in Chicago’s South Side and stays with her nagging, dullish married sister. She then runs for help to traveling salesman Charles Drouet. She soon becomes his mistress, but falls in love with married restaurant manager George Hurstwood.
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The Roku Channel
49
6.0
/5531/
69
/167/
58
/70/
2.7
/2796/
26
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37
/8/

The Jazz Singer (1980)
A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer.
poster
66
45
6.9
/3219/
62
/41/
66
/35/
3.3
/1049/
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The Devil's Disciple (1959)
In a small New England town during the American War of Independence, Dick Dudgeon, a revolutionary American Puritan, is mistaken for local minister Rev. Anthony Anderson and arrested by the British. Dick discovers himself incapable of accusing another human to suffer and continues to masquerade as the reverend.
poster
68
44
7.0
/1775/
69
/53/
62
/29/
3.2
/955/
82
/11/
64
/30/

Othello (1965)
General Othello's marriage is destroyed when vengeful Ensign Iago convinces him that his new wife has been unfaithful.
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Kanopy
74
38
6.6
/1030/
83
/19/
64
/20/
3.6
/1338/
100
/5/
62
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War Requiem (1989)
During World War I, British soldier Owen is mortified by the examples of cruelty that surround him in the trenches. He combats these terrifying images by maintaining hope in his love for an army nurse. But he also begins to accept his fate as another battlefield sacrifice.
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Kanopy
59
36
6.5
/2130/
59
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62
/37/
3.1
/1012/
49
/33/

Fire Over England (1937)
The film is a historical drama set during the reign of Elizabeth I (Flora Robson), focusing on the English defeat of the Spanish Armada, whence the title. In 1588, relations between Spain and England are at the breaking point. With the support of Queen Elizabeth I, British sea raiders such as Sir Francis Drake regularly capture Spanish merchantmen bringing gold from the New World.
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The Roku Channel
61
32
6.6
/1813/
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59
/22/
3.4
/2347/
53
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The Divorce of Lady X (1938)
A London barrister believes the woman who spent the night in his hotel suite is the erring wife of his newest client.
poster
Criterion Channel
57
29
6.1
/1383/
63
/20/
61
/26/
3.0
/1017/
41
/569/

21 Days Together (1940)
After Larry Darrent accidentally kills his lover's blackmailing husband, someone else is arrested for the crime. When he is found guilty, Larry and Wanda have just three weeks together before he must give himself up or let an innocent man go to the gallows.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
58
27
7.0
/292/
68
/28/
45
/25/
3.4
/531/
39
/176/
62
/10621/

Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony (2021)
Hopkins’ career has spanned several decades, which is why we will also use many interviews that he gave throughout his life, allowing us to put him back into the context of each period and will be helpful in understanding his role in the history of cinema, because he was far from following the trends. He never belonged to any film movement; he is a chameleon that has always preferred natural acting, ‘non-acting’ when method acting was the fashion.
poster
68
27
7.0
/1554/
65
/16/
64
/22/
3.4
/714/
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The Magic Box (1952)
Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome William Green he changed his name to include his first wife's so that it sounded more impressive for the photographic portrait work he was so good at. But he was also an inventor and his search for a way to project moving pictures became an obsession that ultimately changed the life of all those he loved.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
43
26
5.1
/2350/
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49
/40/
2.6
/1006/
39
/18/
16
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The Jigsaw Man (1983)
Philip Kimberly, the former head of the British Secret Service who defected to Russia, is given plastic surgery and sent back to Britain by the KGB to retrieve some vital documents. With the documents in hand, he instead plays off MI6 and the KGB against each other.
poster
Criterion Channel
65
25
6.6
/1198/
60
/10/
59
/39/
3.3
/561/
75
/10/

Q Planes (1939)
In England, an eccentric police inspector, an earnest test pilot and a spunky female reporter team up to solve the mystery of a series of test aircraft which have disappeared without a trace while over the ocean on their maiden flights; unaware, as they are, that a spy ring has been shooting the planes down with a ray machine hidden aboard a salvage vessel which is on hand to haul the downed aircraft aboard, crews and all.
poster
68
22
7.5
/923/
70
/4/
65
/9/
3.5
/446/
62
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King Lear (1983)
An aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters and rejects his one loving, but honest one.
poster
73
20
7.7
/1293/
70
/20/
69
/16/
3.6
/677/
79
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Love Among the Ruins (1976)
An aging actress and socialite, Jessica Medlicott has ended her engagement with a younger man and is now being sued by her former fiancé. Esteemed barrister Sir Arthur Glanville-Jones is assigned to represent Jessica in the lawsuit, and he also happens to be an old suitor of hers from decades earlier. While Jessica claims not to remember him, and Arthur still smarts from her earlier rejection, the two form a close bond during the case.
poster
MGM Plus
44
19
4.9
/1736/
50
/40/
48
/33/
2.9
/559/
17
/7/

Wild Geese II (1985)
A group of mercenaries is hired to spring Rudolf Hess from Spandau Prison in Berlin.
poster
Hoopla
41
18
5.2
/1900/
58
/22/
44
/29/
2.9
/429/
17
/6/
19
/19/

The Betsy (1978)
Ruthless patriarch Loren hires racecar driver Angelo to build a more efficient vehicle against the wishes of his grandson. But things get even messier when Angelo romances two women in Loren's life -- his great-granddaughter and his grandson's mistress.


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