Carol Reed

The Agony and the Ecstasy -- The story of the painting of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo, as well as its commissioning by Pope Julius II.

The Third Man -- American writer, Holly Martins, arrives in post-war Vienna to visit his old friend Harry Lime. On arrival, he learns that his friend has been killed in a street accident, but also that Lime was a black marketer wanted by the police.

A vacuum cleaner salesman is recruited by the British secret service to act as a spy in Havana.

Convinced that his fun-loving wife is being unfaithful, a buttoned-up British financier hires a private eye to track her through the streets of London. But the ensuing investigation nets surprising results for them both.