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Chimes at Midnight
When King Richard II is dethroned and King Henry IV ascends to the throne, his heir, the Prince of Wales, is befriended by Sir John Falstaff, an old, overweight, fun-loving habitual liar. Through Falstaff's eyes we see the reign of King Henry IV and the rise of Henry V.

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- 1965
The Desperate Hours
Glen, Hal and Sam are three escaped convicts who move in on and terrorize a suburban household.

- 1955
Cleopatra
In 48 B.C., Cleopatra, facing palace revolt in her kingdom of Egypt, welcomes the arrival of Julius Caesar as a way of solidifying her power under Rome. When Caesar, who she has led astray, is killed, she transfers her affections to Marc Antony and dazzles him on a barge full of Cecil B. DeMillean splendor. But the trick may not work a third time.

- 1934
Backfire
Bob Corey, recovering from a series of operations in a veterans' hospital, learns that his friend, Steve Connelly, with whom he intended to buy a ranch, has disappeared under circumstance that indicate he may have been involved in a murder. Accompanied by his nurse, Julie Benson, with whom he has fallen in love, Bob follows a series of clues and incidents, including three more murders, that leads to a gambler, masquerading as an undertaker to avoid taxes on his illegal income, and has a whole lot to do with his friend's predicament.

- 1950
Billy Galvin
A slice-of-life drama about a Boston steelworker who is determined that his son would someday accomplish what he had failed. But when the son rejects college and his father's dream, he makes a decision that erupts into a volatile battle of wills between father and son.

- 1986
The Green Cockatoo
Based on a story by Graham Greene, Jim Connor (John Mills) and Eileen (Rene Ray) track down and wreak vengeance on the gangsters who killed Jim’s brother, Dave (Robert Newton).

- 1937
I Like Money
Mr. Topaze (Peter Sellers) is an unassuming school teacher in an unassuming small French town who is honest to a fault. He is fired after he refuses to give a passing grade to a bad student, the grandson of a wealthy baroness. Castel Benac (Herbert Lom), a government official who runs a crooked financial business on the side, is persuaded by his mistress, Suzy (Nadia Gray), a musical comedy actress, to hire Mr. Topaze as the front man for his business. Gradually, Topaze becomes a rapacious financier who sacrifices his honesty for success and, in a final stroke of business bravado, fires Benac and acquires Suzy in the deal. An old friend and colleague, Tamise (Michael Gough) questions him and tells Topaze that, if what he now says and practices, indicates there are no more honest men.

- 1961
Dr. Kildare's Victory
Dr. Jimmy Kildare is back at work at Blair General hospital, though several people admit that he is not himself since suffering his loss. He's taken a liking to a young intern, Don Winthrop, and tries to help him out when he transports an accident victim, socialite Cynthia "Cookie" Charles, to Blair General from outside the hospital's agreed territory. When the other hospital complains, Winthrop is fired. Soon after, his girlfriend, Nurse Anabelle Kirke, is also let go when she too misapplies hospital policy. Kildare pleads their case with the hospital Board but with little luck. He then gets the well-connected Cookie, who has a thing for him, to help to sort it out

- 1942
Held for Ransom
Kidnapped, blindfolded, transported in the trunk of a car, this is a true story of a Christian woman who experienced the peace and grace through her abduction that only Christ can give.

- 1976
The Diamond Wizard
After a successful diamond heist in the U.S., the crooks return to Britain. They have anew scheme: to counterfeit diamonds for the American market. Hot on their trail are a crack team of investigators from Scotland Yard.

- 1954
Pulse 2: Afterlife
Now the dead can come back through mobile phones and Wi-Fi. Stephen and daughter Justine run from an internet ghost of Stephen's late wife to a cabin but she appears on a laptop via emails and kills his girlfriend. They head for a refugee camp where Wi-Fi signals can't reach but the wife comes after them...

- 2008
Finding Oscar
FINDING OSCAR is a feature length documentary about the search for justice in the devastating case of the Dos Erres massacre in Guatemala. That search leads to the trail of two little boys who were plucked from a nightmare and offer the only living evidence that ties the Guatemalan government to the massacre.

- Metascore72
- 2016
Sasirekha Parinayam
A girl (Genelia de Souza) who runs away from home on the day of her wedding she was made aware of, on the day it was supposed to happen - runs into a handsome 'stranger' (Tarun), slowly falls for him only to realize at the end that he was not supposed to be a stranger at all. It was supposed to be a great roady movie with family drama plot by Krishna Vamsy with action, dance and some of the music that was not run of the mill.

- 2009
Brave Archer and His Mate
Brave Archer and His Mate is the fourth in a series originally starring international favorite Alexander Fu Sheng as master martial artist Kuo Tsing. Kuo Chui is the new hero who is out to defeat the mass murderer of his martial arts masters.

- 1982
The Day of the Locust
Life's flotsam and jetsam turn up at late 1930's Hollywoodland's door, once more, in this insightful tale of wannabes and desperadoes. Tod Hackett, artist, has inspirations to become noticed until he meets Faye Greener, blonde bombshell, and is immediately smitten. She has other ideas. She has Homer Simpson, victim, in her sights and cruelty and loneliness takes new meaning as all three are slowly sucked into the Hollywood system of sycophants, diggers and parasites, sucking the life from others as the life, and soul, is slowly sucked from them.

- Metascore61
- 1975
The Rich Man's Wife
A rich man's wife finds she has a bad prenuptial agreement with an even worse husband. Over drinks with a stranger, she fantasizes about doing her husband in to void the prenupt. The stranger decides to turn her imagination into reality much to the wife's surprise.

- 1996
Punchline
Steven Gold is a flat-broke stand-up comedian who has recently dropped out of medical school. He and several others work regularly at the Gas Station, a New York City comedy club. The wages are lousy and everybody hopes for the big break. Lilah Krytsick is a homemaker with an ambition to be a stand-up comedian, but she doesn't seem to have the talent. Steven takes her under his wing and teaches her the art of comedy and humor. But when a TV station arranges a comedy evening at the club, Steve sees his opportunity for fame and stardom. Their friendship seems quickly forgotten and now it's every man and woman for him- or herself.

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- 1988
No Small Affair
Charles, a 16-year-old amateur photographer, accidentally takes a picture of Laura--and falls in love with her when he develops the film. He finds out that she works as a singer in a bar but is about to be thrown out. Although rejected at first by the 22-year-old, he wants to help her and starts an ad campaign behind her back, which has unexpected results.

- Metascore51
- 1984
My Darling Clementine
Wyatt Earp and his brothers Morgan and Virgil ride into Tombstone and leave brother James in charge of their cattle herd. On their return they find their cattle stolen and James dead. Wyatt takes on the job of town marshal, making his brothers deputies, and vows to stay in Tombstone until James' killers are found. He soon runs into the brooding, coughing, hard-drinking Doc Holliday as well as the sullen and vicious Clanton clan. Wyatt discovers the owner of a trinket stolen from James' dead body and the stage is set for the Earps' long-awaited revenge.

- 1946
Robin and Marian
Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn star as the legendary lovers Robin Hood and Maid Marion, who reunite twenty years after their first meeting. Now the mother superior of a nunnery, Marion finds herself drawn to a somewhat less agile Robin Hood when he returns from a lengthy Crusade in the Holy Lands.

- Metascore73
- 1976
Mary and Max
A clay-mation feature film from the creators of the Academy Award winning short Harvie Krumpet.

- Metascore72
- 2009
Annie Oakley
In a sharpshooting match, the manager of a Cincinnati hotel bets on the fellow who's been supplying the hotel with quail...who turns out to be young Annie Oakley. Result: Annie is hired for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show (which is faithfully re-enacted in the film). She's tutored in showmanship by champ Toby Walker. But when Annie wins top billing, professional rivalry conflicts with their growing personal attachment, leading to misunderstanding and separation.

- 1935
On an Island with You
A young Navy lieutenant is brought in as technical adviser on a song-dance-and-swim film being made by screen star Rosalind Reynolds. Having once done a number with her--ending with a kiss--at an Armed Forces show, the young lad somehow believes that she should be his girl. Her fiance and co-star is just one of those disagreeing.

- 1948
A Feast at Midnight
A new student at a British public school forms a secret society centered around cooking and midnight feasting with other school misfits and outcasts.

- 1994