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- DirectorVincent ShermanRobert AldrichStarsLee J. CobbKerwin MathewsGia ScalaThe struggle of a lady's garment workers' organization to unionize a New York clothing sweat shop; the owner of which is determined to keep the union out of his business at any cost.
- DirectorCurtis HarringtonStarsNeil JardineTHE FOUR ELEMENTS is a poetic and avant-garde documentary Curtis Harrington made for the United States Information Agency.
- DirectorCurtis HarringtonStarsIsabel HarringtonRaymond S. HarringtonA woman sits knitting on the porch of her home when a man appears and takes the knitting from her.
- DirectorCurtis HarringtonStarsIsabel HarringtonRaymond S. HarringtonBeginning in the reality of American middle-class life, PICNIC portrays the idealistic dream-quest of the protagonist, from which he is finally cast off.
- DirectorCurtis HarringtonStarsCurtis HarringtonA man seeks to find himself by exploring his sexuality.
- DirectorCurtis HarringtonStarsCurtis HarringtonRobert MacleayTHE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER is the original film (made by Curtis Harrington when he was in high school) from which USHER is based.
- DirectorCurtis HarringtonStarsSean NepitaFabrice UzanCurtis HarringtonYoung writer Truman Jones travels to the home of old, eccentric poet Roderick Usher. He is seeking wisdom from an aging poet at his creepy mansion.
- DirectorErnst LubitschStarsMarlene DietrichHerbert MarshallMelvyn DouglasA woman and her husband take separate vacations, and she falls in love with another man.
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsWilliam HoldenDon TaylorOtto PremingerAfter two Americans are killed while escaping from a German P.O.W. camp in World War II, the barracks black marketeer, J.J. Sefton, is suspected of being an informer.
- DirectorJoseph SargentStarsWalter MatthauRobert ShawMartin BalsamFour armed men hijack a New York City subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. The city's police are faced with a conundrum: Even if it's paid, how could they get away?
- DirectorAki KaurismäkiStarsMarkku PeltolaKati OutinenAnnikki TähtiM arrives in Helsinki only to be viciously attacked by thugs and pronounced dead by medics. He revives but with no memory of his past or his identity. He rebuilds his life from scratch, but the past inevitably catches up with him.
- DirectorArthur HillerStarsJack LemmonSandy DennisSandy BaronAn Ohio sales executive accepts a higher position within the company and travels to New York City with his wife for his job interview but things go wrong from the start.
- DirectorKenneth LonerganStarsAnna PaquinMatt DamonMark RuffaloA young woman witnesses a bus accident, and is caught up in the aftermath, where the question of whether or not it was intentional affects many people's lives.
- DirectorToshio MatsumotoStarsPîtâOsamu OgasawaraYoshimi JôThe trials and tribulations of Eddie and other transvestites in Japan.
- DirectorOtto PremingerStarsJean SebergDavid NivenDeborah KerrSpoiled Cecile, 17, spends her summer at the French Riviera with her rich, widower, playboy dad and Elsa. Anne, her late mom's friend, visits and brings changes to all.
- DirectorJ. Lee ThompsonStarsDavid NivenSharon TateDeborah KerrWorkers employed at a French vineyard quietly follow old pagan rituals that call for the life of the marquis owner to save his crops during dry seasons.
- DirectorAki KaurismäkiStarsJanne HyytiäinenMaria JärvenhelmiMaria HeiskanenIn Helsinki, a lonely night watchman is caught up in a series of misadventures with a femme fatale and a crooked businessman.
- DirectorRob EpsteinJeffrey FriedmanStarsJames FrancoTodd RotondiJon PrescottAs Allen Ginsberg talks about his life and art, his most famous poem is illustrated in animation while the obscenity trial of the work is dramatized.
- DirectorGeorge CukorStarsSpencer TracyDeborah KerrIan HunterA businessman's desire to protect his corrupt son's fortune leads to tragedy.
- DirectorErnst LubitschStarsGreta GarboMelvyn DouglasIna ClaireA stern Soviet woman sent to Paris to supervise the sale of jewels seized from Russian nobles finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.
- DirectorJoão Pedro RodriguesStarsRicardo MenesesBeatriz TorcatoAndre BarbosaYoung and handsome Sergio works the night shift as a trash collector in Lisbon, Portugal. He can't force himself to connect with his pretty female co-worker Fatima, who displays an avid interest in him, so instead Sergio roams the city with the trash company's pet dog. Eventually Sergio becomes fascinated with a sleek motorcycle, and then also its owner, João - a young man totally indifferent to Sergio. The frustrated trash collector's surfacing sexual desires unleash his darkest impulses, sending him down a dangerous path of violence, depravity and degradation.
- DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsDeborah KerrJohn KerrLeif EricksonA new senior at a boy's prep school, finds himself harassed by the machismo culture of his classmates and the unfeelingly behavior by his father, only being treated with decency by his roommate and with affection by the coach's wife.
- DirectorRobert Downey Sr.StarsAlbert HendersonMichael SullivanLuana AndersA strange man named Jesse who can revive life and walk on water comes into a surreal and cruel western town.
- DirectorLarry PeerceStarsTony MusanteMartin SheenBeau BridgesLate one night, two young toughs hold hostage the passengers in one car of a New York subway train.
- DirectorMarguerite AbouetClément OubrerieStarsAïssa MaïgaTella KpomahouTatiana RojoLove stories in Yopougon, a neighborhood of the Ivory Coast capital.
- DirectorStephen WinterStarsSean BarrSuzanne Gregg FergusonDudley Findlay Jr.A group of New Yorkers fight AIDS rights by any means necessary.
- DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsDeborah KerrVan JohnsonJohn MillsIn WW2 London, a writer falls in love with the wife of a British civil servant but both men suspect her of infidelity with yet another man.
- DirectorAlexander KordaStarsRobert DonatDeborah KerrGlynis JohnsA dull married couple, separated by their enlistment during World War II, reunite after three years to find that they have become very different people.
- DirectorJulie TaymorStarsAnthony HopkinsJessica LangeOsheen JonesTitus returns victorious from war, only to plant the seeds of future turmoil for himself and his family.
- DirectorLeontine SaganCarl FroelichStarsDorothea WieckHertha ThieleEmilia UndaAt an all-girls boarding school, Manuela falls in love with a teacher, to terrific consequences.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsCary GrantDeborah KerrRichard DenningA couple falls in love and agrees to meet in six months at the Empire State Building - but will it happen?
- DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsCarole LombardFredric MarchCharles WinningerAn eccentric woman learns she is not dying of radium poisoning as earlier assumed, but when she meets a reporter looking for a story, she feigns sickness again for her own profit.
- DirectorJeff FeuerzeigStarsDaniel JohnstonMabel JohnstonBill JohnstonDaniel Johnston, manic-depressive genius singer/songwriter/artist is revealed in this portrait of madness, creativity and love.
- DirectorAlan RudolphStarsJennifer Jason LeighCampbell ScottMatthew BroderickDorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was fueled by alcohol and flirted with despair.
- DirectorMichel OcelotStarsJulien BéramisMarine GrisetMichel EliasTales of the Night weaves together six exotic fables each unfolding in a unique locale, from Tibet, to medieval Europe, to the Land of the Dead. From the imagination of internationally renowned animator Michel Ocelot.
- DirectorValeska GrisebachStarsMeinhard NeumannReinhardt WetrekSyuleyman Alilov LetifovGerman construction workers building a dam near a Bulgarian village interact with the locals, and soon the troubles arise both with the locals and among themselves.
- DirectorJean-Loup FelicioliAlain GagnolStarsDominique BlancBernadette LafontBruno SalomoneIn Paris, a cat who lives a secret life as a cat burglar's aide must come to the rescue of Zoe, the little girl he lives with, after she falls into a gangster's clutches.
- DirectorIvan PasserStarsGeorge SegalPaula PrentissKaren BlackA smart-mouthed junkie and loser known as J.J. (George Segal) spends his days looking for just "one more fix".
- DirectorAlan ArkinStarsElliott GouldMarcia RoddVincent GardeniaPitch black comedy about a young nihilistic New Yorker coping with pervasive urban violence, obscene phone calls, rusty water pipes, electrical blackouts, paranoia and ethnic-racial conflict during a typical summer of the 1970s.
- DirectorÉdouard MolinaroStarsUgo TognazziMichel SerraultClaire MaurierThe manager of a Saint-Tropez nightclub featuring drag entertainment, and his star attraction, are a gay couple. Madness ensues when his straight son brings home a fiancée and her ultra-conservative parents to meet them.
- DirectorGabriel AbrantesDaniel SchmidtStarsCarloto CottaCleo TavaresAnabela MoreiraA fallen soccer superstar vows to adopt a refugee child, while becoming the naive unwitting centerpiece in in a bizarre plot to Make Portugal Great Again.