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- DirectorRobert StevensStarsAlfred HitchcockPatricia CollingeDarren McGavinWhen Lyle Endicott is fired from his job at an art museum, he comes up with a plan to take advantage of a trusting invalid whom he befriended at the museum.
- 1955–196230mTV-147.5 (1.4K)TV EpisodeDirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAlfred HitchcockTom EwellRaymond BaileyA series of troubling incidents lead Mr. Pelham to believe that he has a double who is deliberately impersonating him.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAlfred HitchcockDavid WayneSteve BrodieSam Jacoby has his wife's corpse in the trunk of his car, and is menaced by a motorcycle cop, who nags him about a taillight.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAlfred HitchcockWendell CoreyJames DonaldHarry Pope is lying in bed and discovers that there is a sleeping snake on his stomach.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAlfred HitchcockCedric HardwickeJohn WilliamsMr. Princey's daughter has just murdered the schoolmaster. A murderess in the family? That won't do. It's up to Mr. Princey to frame someone else for her crime.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAlfred HitchcockRalph MeekerVera MilesWhen Carl Spann's wife Elsa is assaulted by an unknown attacker, he drives his still-incoherent wife around town, hoping she can point him out, so he can kill him.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAlfred HitchcockKeenan WynnFay WrayWilliam Botibol is a compulsive gambler. While on a cruise he enters a betting pool to guess the number of miles the ship will travel in the course of 24 hours. William thinks he has figured out a way to guarantee he will win the bet.
- 1955–196230mTV-147.5 (598)TV EpisodeDirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAlfred HitchcockAudrey MeadowsLes TremayneTwice a month, Mrs. Bixby travels to Baltimore to visit an elderly aunt, her only living relative. Or so she tells her dentist-husband. In fact, she visits the Colonel, her rich lover. Before returning home, he gives her a gift of a fur coat - along with a letter saying that they won't be seeing each other anymore. Mrs. Bixby decides to pawn the coat but her elaborate scheme to explain the coat to her husband doesn't quite go as planned.
- 1955–196226mTV-146.7 (817)TV EpisodeDirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAlfred HitchcockRobert HortonMeg MundyA mystery writer's imagination gets her in trouble when she turns her overstimulated mind to her new next-door neighbors -- and wonders why she has never seen the wife.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAlfred HitchcockVincent PriceJames GregoryA lawyer, with blackmail in mind, meets with a famed detective to prove he convicted an innocent man.
- 1962–19651hTV-PG7.5 (657)TV EpisodeDirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAlfred HitchcockJohn ForsytheKent SmithThere are five witnesses for a hit-and-run accident at an intersection who all say the car did not stop at the stop sign, but are they all wrong?
- 1955–196230mTV-148.3 (1.3K)TV EpisodeDirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAlfred HitchcockBarbara Bel GeddesHarold J. StoneAfter Mary Maloney's police chief husband is murdered, the police investigate but have a hard time figuring out the murder weapon.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAlfred HitchcockClaude RainsEd GardnerFather Amion discovers that the large amounts of money turning up on the collection plate come from a grateful horse player who has hit a winning streak.
- 1955–196230mTV-147.5 (1.4K)TV EpisodeDirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAlfred HitchcockTom EwellRaymond BaileyA series of troubling incidents lead Mr. Pelham to believe that he has a double who is deliberately impersonating him.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAlfred HitchcockJames DonaldPatricia OwensAn obsessed young woman waits decades for her husband's body to emerge from the ice, after he fell from a mountain.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAlfred HitchcockLaurence HarveyHazel CourtWhen his pretty ex-fiancee returns from another failed relationship, a chicken farmer, not wanting anything to do with her, decides to eliminate her.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAlfred HitchcockJohn WilliamsIsobel ElsomBefore leaving on a trip to America, a man kills his wife and buries her in the basement. Once in the United States, he receives correspondence. Has he gotten away with his crime?
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAlfred HitchcockStephen DunneBiff ElliotA 5-year-old boy finds his uncle's revolver, partially loads it with bullets, and plays with it in public, unaware of its deadly power.
- DirectorSidney BernsteinStarsJasper BrittonAdolf HitlerSidney BernsteinCameramen from Britain's Army Film Unit capture footage of concentration camps in German in 1945.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsNancy KellyE.G. MarshallRichard LongPaul Steppe, a watch repairman, suspects his wife is cheating on him while he tends to his store every afternoon. Consumed with jealousy, he devises a time bomb set to go off at four o' clock - the same time her "lover" pays his daily visit. One day, when his wife is at the market, he sneaks into the house to plant the device. There, Paul is surprised by two burglars, who tie him up and gag him - leaving him at the mercy of his own device ticking away.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsGlenne HeadlyFreddie JonesHarry Dean StantonA man arrives in a hotel room in 1969 with a New York City hooker originally from Iowa. The mysteries only expand from there.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsCrispin GloverAlicia WittClark Heathcliff BrollyTwo people have come to New York in order to see a specialist Doctor. In the Hotel the night before the appointment in an electrical blackout, we get to know the client/patient and her husband.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsKyle MacLachlanJane AdamsJoseph AugerMy log has a message for you.
- 1990–199147mTV-148.9 (6.8K)TV EpisodeDirectorDavid LynchStarsKyle MacLachlanMichael OntkeanMädchen AmickBen Horne's brother, Jerry, arrives in Twin Peaks; together they travel to One Eyed Jack's and meet with the madam, Blackie O'Reilly. Audrey leaves a clue for Cooper. Deputy Hawk finds a bloody towel near the crime scene.
- StarsDavid LynchA series of 5-minute line animations (drawn in the rough style and with the minimalist plots of David Lynch's The Angriest Dog in the World comic strip) featuring an angry and violent Neanderthal, and his family and neighbors.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsKyle MacLachlanMichael OntkeanMädchen AmickCooper and the One-Armed Man inspect guests at the Great Northern. Hawk finds Harold Smith dead - with a mysterious suicide note and the diary torn to shreds. Leo speaks to Bobby about "new shoes."
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsKyle MacLachlanMichael OntkeanMädchen AmickA wounded Agent Cooper has a vision of a giant who gives him several clues about the murder of Laura Palmer. Shelly and Pete recover from the mill fire, but Josie and Catherine are missing.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsKyle MacLachlanMichael OntkeanMädchen AmickAgent Cooper follows Windom Earle and Annie into the depths of the Black Lodge. Big Ed and Norma get a shock when Nadine suffers head trauma. Andrew and Pete unlock Eckhardt's final box and Audrey stages an act of civil disobedience.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsKyle MacLachlanMichael OntkeanMädchen AmickAlbert determines that neither Leo nor Jacques killed Laura, but he is unable to find any leads into who shot Cooper. Cooper says they must find the third man, who he believes to be Bob, the gray-haired man.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsKyle MacLachlanMichael OntkeanMädchen AmickThe small northwest town of Twin Peaks, Washington is shaken up when the body of the Homecoming Queen, Laura Palmer, is discovered washed up on a riverbank, wrapped in plastic.
- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsEric BogosianJeff DanielsBrad DavisA full-length adaptation, originally staged as a play, of the court-martial segment from the novel "The Caine Mutiny".
- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsUlrik ColdJosef KöstlingerIrma UrrilaThe story of the prince Tamino and his zestful sidekick Papageno, who are sent on a mission to save a beautiful princess from the clutches of evil.
- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsKurt RussellShelley WintersBing RussellBiographical movie about the famous rock singer Elvis Presley.
- DirectorClaude ChabrolStarsSimone SignoretJean-Claude DauphinDidier HaudepinThis time, examining magistrate Elisabeth Massot must determine whether high school student Jean-Michel, the main suspect, has actually murdered his parents or not. The case gets all the more complicated as reasons of personal nature prevent the judge from working as serenely as she should.
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsShelley DuvallHarry Dean StantonEd Begley Jr.This is the story of a lazy man who falls asleep in the Catskill mountains for twenty years.
- DirectorGeorge CukorStarsKatharine HepburnLaurence OlivierColin BlakelyAn aging actress is being sued for breach of promise. She hires as her lawyer a man who was an ex-lover, and is still in love with her, although she doesn't know it. She realizes that the only way to win this case and protect her assets is to destroy her reputation.
- DirectorGeorge CukorStarsKatharine HepburnIan SaynorBill FraserA strong-willed teacher, determined to educate the poor and illiterate youth of an impoverished Welsh village, discovers one student whom she believes to have the seeds of genius in him.
- DirectorJoe DanteStarsHayley MillsDick MillerJustin MooneyJoan Simmons is a harried mom who is alone in the house and thrown for a loop when a giant floppy, furry creature with a huge appetite for inanimate objects appears during a storm and wreaks havoc.
- 198224mTV-PG7.9 (818)TV EpisodeDirectorJoe DanteStarsLeslie NielsenAlan NorthRex HamiltonWhen a drug courier is found dead after a car accident, Frank and the team traces his work to the nightclub "Mr V's".
- DirectorJoe DanteStarsLeslie NielsenAlan NorthRex HamiltonIn order to infiltrate a criminal gang that bribes boxers Frank makes a contract with one of them, Buddy. This leads to a kidnapping of his girlfriend and Frank has to find her before Buddy forfeits.
- DirectorChristian I. Nyby IIStanley DonenStarsCybill ShepherdBruce WillisAllyce BeasleyDavid hears that his former brother-in-law has just died. Maddie is shocked that David was briefly married. She becomes very curious about his former wife and follows him to New York where she finds out some amazing information.
- DirectorRainer Werner FassbinderStarsMargit CarstensenUlrich FaulhaberBrigitte MiraMargot, who lives in a comfortable middle-class apartment, fears that she is losing her mind after having her second child. Her husband Kurt, who is busy studying for an exam, does not understand her situation. Her mother-in-law and sister-in-law Lore are openly hostile to her. She resorts to Valium and drink and looks for sympathy, but to no avail.
- DirectorRainer Werner FassbinderStarsEva MattesRuth DrexelHarry BaerJailbait (Wildwechsel, 1973), also known as Wild Game Crossing, is a bleak story of teenage angst, set in industrial northern Germany during the 1950s. Like in many other of his films, Fassbinder analyses lower middle class life with characters who, unable to articulate their feelings, bury them in inane phrases and violent acts.[51] Love turns into a power struggle of deception and betrayal. The story centers on Hanni, a precocious fourteen-year-old schoolgirl who starts a relationship with Franz, a nineteen-year-old worker in a chicken processing plant. Their romance faces the opposition of the girl's conservative parents. Franz is sentenced to nine months in prison for having sex with a minor. When he is released on probation, they continue their relationship and Hanni becomes pregnant. Afraid of her father's anger, she persuades Franz to kill him. Back in prison, Franz is told by Hanni that their child died at birth and that their love was "only physical"
- DirectorRainer Werner FassbinderStarsElisabeth TrissenaarKurt RaabBernhard HelfrichLackluster, plodding stationmaster Bolweiser has the (mis)fortune to be married to the town's siren; his trusting nature leads him into serious trouble when she beds nearly every available guy.
- DirectorJohn DahlStarsKrysten RitterRachael TaylorWil TravalJust when Jessica has Kilgrave right where she wants him, Hogarth's involvement complicates the situation. Details of Kilgrave's past emerge.
- DirectorJohn DahlStarsKevin SpaceyRobin WrightMichael KellyA hurricane endangers more than just the entire East Coast and Frank must make a difficult choice.
- DirectorJohn DahlStarsKevin SpaceyRobin WrightMichael KellyThe damage is done and the Underwoods must repair it. But deep wounds don't heal fast, and sometimes not at all.
- DirectorJohn DahlStarsBryan CranstonAnna GunnAaron PaulSkyler keeps mysteriously leaving without talking to Walt. Jesse's parents throw him out of his own house.
- DirectorUli EdelStarsKyle MacLachlanMichael OntkeanMädchen AmickWindom Earle has taken his first victim in the deadly chess game. Audrey tells Bobby they have to save Ben from his civil war fantasy. Leo awakes and attacks Shelly, but Bobby is able to fend him off.
- DirectorCarl FranklinStarsKevin SpaceyRobin WrightMichael KellyFrank is announced as Vice President. The US meets with China. Jackie faces obstacles as she plans to run for new whip. Lucas looks into Zoe's death.
- DirectorCarl FranklinStarsKevin SpaceyRobin WrightKate MaraFrank prepares for his promotion to Vice President. Doug tries to erase all leads leading back to him and Frank. Claire fights back against Gillian. Zoe considers working with Frank again.
- DirectorCarl FranklinStarsKevin SpaceyRobin WrightKate MaraTold that Claire was behind the watershed bill's failure, Francis works to contain the damage and maintain control over Peter Russo. Zoe and Claire each seek relief from their respective relationships with Francis.
- DirectorCarl FranklinStarsKevin SpaceyRobin WrightKate MaraFollowing the collapse of Russo's campaign, Francis launches a risky ploy to join the Walker administration.
- DirectorStephen FrearsMartin PasettaStarsWalter CronkiteRichard DreyfussNoah WyleCold War tensions climb to a fever pitch when a U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a nuclear warhead on Moscow.
- DirectorJohn CarpenterTobe HooperLarry SulkisStarsJohn CarpenterTom ArnoldTobe HooperThree short stories in the horror genre: the first about a serial killer, the second about a hair transplant gone wrong, and the third about a baseball player.
- DirectorDonald L. GoldStarsDon JohnsonPhilip Michael ThomasSaundra SantiagoWhile taking down a drug dealer, Crockett is shot. While he fights for his life, Tubbs tries to find the shooter. And we take a look at Crockett's life.
- 1959–196425mTV-PG7.5 (1.9K)TV EpisodeDirectorDon SiegelStarsDon GordonGail KobeVaughn TaylorSalvadore Ross has a unique talent where he can trade physical characteristics with other people and will do anything to get the love of Leah Maitland.
- DirectorDon SiegelStarsCedric HardwickeConstance FordIan WolfeCaregiver Barbara Polk receives a surprise after her uncle's death.
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsKevin SpaceyRobin WrightKate MaraFrancis and Doug plan to frame Secretary of State nominee, Michael Kern. Meanwhile, Zoe's popularity at the Washington Herald continues to grow.
- DirectorJohn FordStarsJohn WayneVera MilesWard BondA small town sportswriter attending the World Series recognizes a young ballplayer as the son of former baseball hero who was banned for throwing a game.
- DirectorSamuel FullerStarsGlenn CorbettChrista LangStéphane AudranAn American private eye is shot dead in Germany by an international extortion gang, and his partner arrives to seek revenge.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsOrson WellesJune ForayLes TremayneA young mongoose protects his human family from two murderous cobras.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancWhile exploring a planet for a molecule needed for yo-yo polish, Duck Dodgers and his cadet Porky Pig encounter Marvin the Martian and his plan to blow up the Earth.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancLes TremayneJune ForayChester Cricket gets trapped inside a picnic basket and transported from his home in Connecticut to the middle of New York City. Alone and lost, he meets up with Harry and Tucker, a cat and mouse that have somehow become friends, and with Mario, a young boy who works with his father at a Times Square newsstand. When it's discovered that Chester can play songs he hears from the radio just by rubbing his legs, people begin to come from all around to listen. Though Chester is happy with his new-found friends, he will eventually have to say good-bye and return to his home.
- DirectorChuck JonesBen WashamStarsHans ConriedJune ForayChuck JonesHorton The Elephant struggles to protect a microscopic community from his neighbours who refuse to believe it exists.
- DirectorChuck JonesBen WashamStarsBoris KarloffJune ForayDal McKennonA grumpy hermit hatches a plan to steal Christmas from the Whos of Whoville.
- DirectorPhil KarlsonStarsRobert StackKeenan WynnBarbara NicholsStory of how a group of incorruptible federal lawmen helped put 1920s' Chicago gangster Al Capone in prison.
- DirectorPhil KarlsonStarsRobert StackKeenan WynnBarbara NicholsStory of how a group of incorruptible federal lawmen helped put 1920s' Chicago gangster Al Capone in prison.
- DirectorGisela GrischowVolker SchlöndorffStarsJean ArthurHumphrey BogartJames CagneyBilly Wilder discusses his life and films in interviews filmed by Volker Schlondorff over two weeks in 1988.
- DirectorGerd OswaldStarsRobert CulpSalome JensBarry AtwaterEnabled by the metal plate in his head, Dr. Paul Cameron can overhear the immediate invasion plans of two parasitic rock aliens. Now they must kill him.
- DirectorGerd OswaldStarsMiriam HopkinsJohn HoytRussell CollinsOn the night of her marriage in 1929, Mrs. Harvey Kry's husband suddenly disappeared. He made the mistake of unwrapping a gift labeled "Don't Open Till Doomsday.
- DirectorGerd OswaldStarsSkip HomeierKeith AndesJames DoohanTrying to chemically tap into Man's full brain potential, a scientist recklessly experiments on himself. He indeed gains super intelligence and new abilities but at the cost of his morality and humanity
- DirectorGerd OswaldStarsNick AdamsNancy MaloneBill HartFor entertainment, a superior alien pits an Earth pair against a Caligo Galaxy pair in a game fought to the death. For the losing planet - annihilation.
- DirectorGerd OswaldStarsRobert GouletChristine CarèreFrancis LedererThe Allies need to have Hitler's invasion of England, called Operation Sea Lion, postponed. David, knowing how much faith Adolf Hitler puts in astrology, hatches a plan to get Hitler's astrologer to convince him that "the stars" demand that the invasion be delayed.
- DirectorGerd OswaldStarsScott MarloweKent SmithBarBara LunaA dustball caught in a vacuum cleaner gives birth to a mindless energy creature, which a research director uses to mercilessly exert unconditional control over his staff.
- DirectorGerd OswaldStarsPeter BreckJeff CoreyJoanne GilbertAt the top secret Cypress Hills Research Center, scientists are kept under constant watch through O.B.I.T., Outer Band Individuated Teletracer, a mysterious electronic device that tunes in on the different wave lengths of the human body.
- DirectorGerd OswaldStarsLloyd NolanMichael AnsaraTim O'ConnorA crossfire of energies accidentally sends two warring soldiers from the 38th Century into the distant past of 1964.
- DirectorGerd OswaldStarsStephen McNallyRichard JaeckelGail KobeFast-growing space lilies take root aboard a space station, imperiling five hapless astronauts with an aggressively dispersed scent that destroys hemoglobin.
- DirectorGerd OswaldStarsRobert DuvallHoward CaineDouglas HendersonTo penetrate the spaceship of secretive alien visitors, a compromised agent is surgically altered to resemble them and learn their purpose.
- DirectorGerd OswaldStarsRobert GouletGeorge BackmanKen LynchAs a test of his loyalty, the Germans send David into battle posing as an American soldier. His assignment is to learn the plans of the Allied armies in Italy. To ensure that he completes his task, they send a Gestapo agent along with him to keep on eye on him.
- DirectorGerd OswaldStarsRon RandellConstance TowersMike LaneA man illegally clones himself to quietly hunt down a pregnant predatory alien monster he illegally brought to Earth, hoping a second wrong will make things right.
- DirectorGerd OswaldStarsVera MilesCedric HardwickeScott MarloweTwo disparate women with a body in their car trunk come upon a house by chance wherein a crazed inventor has a time machine that can bring back the dead.
- DirectorGerd OswaldStarsDon GordonGeorge MacreadyDee HartfordThree nobodies volunteer to become part of a new world order by allying with body-bonding crab-like alien invaders - but one nobody is a G.I.A. mole.
- DirectorGerd OswaldStarsDewey MartinMary MurphyEmma TysonA husband and wife finds themselves in an elongated pocket of alternate time where their younger daughter is about to be killed by a truck.
- DirectorGerd OswaldStarsMacdonald CareyRichard NeyFlip MarkThe parents of a child science prodigy are approached by a mysterious official called Mr. Xeno, who offers to give him special private tutoring. Unknown to them, Mr. Xeno is an alien who wants to use their son's talents for evil.
- DirectorJean RenoirStarsJean-Louis BarraultTeddy BilisSylviane MargolléMr. Joly, doctor Cordelier's lawyer, is amazed to discover that his client and friend leaves his possessions to a stranger, Opale, a sadistic criminal. He needs this man to prove that people's behavior can be adjusted at will...
- DirectorJean RenoirStarsNino FormicolaMillyRoger TrappMade for television, this film consists of four parts: Part One, "The Last Christmas Dinner," is about the relationship between an old man and an old woman, both homeless. Part Two, "The Electric Floor Polisher," is an opera-like story of a woman who is obsessed with polishing her floors. Part Three is a musical interlude featuring Jeanne Moreau singing "When Love Dies." Part Four, "The Virtue of Tolerance," concerns an old man, his young wife, and how they come to terms when she has an affair with a man her own age.
- DirectorRoberto RosselliniStarsJean SylvèreAnne CaprileGiuseppe MannajuoloA false accusation leads the philosopher Socrates to trial and condemnation in 4th century BC Athens.
- DirectorRoberto RosselliniStarsJean-Marie PatteRaymond JourdanCésar SilvagniAfter the death of Cardinal Mazarin, young king Louis XIV decides to assert his power to control the aristocracy.
- DirectorRoberto RosselliniStarsPierre ArditiRita ForzanoGiuseppe AddobbatiBlaise Pascal struggles to understand the natural world around him, in addition to an inner quest for religious faith.
- DirectorKen RussellStarsVivian PicklesPeter BowlesAlexei JawdokimovThe outrageous life of the American dancer of the 1920s, Isadora Duncan, whom Ken Russell described as "part genius and part charlatan".
- DirectorKen RussellStarsMax AdrianMaureen PryorChristopher GableTraces last 5 years of the life of Frederick Delius through the eyes of the young composer Eric Fenby
- DirectorVolker SchlöndorffStarsDustin HoffmanKate ReidJohn MalkovichAn aging traveling salesman recognizes the emptiness of his life and tries to fix it.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsDennis WeaverJacqueline ScottEddie FirestoneA business commuter is pursued and terrorized by the malevolent driver of a massive tractor-trailer.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsDarren McGavinSandy DennisRalph BellamyA young couple moves into a farmhouse in rural Pennsylvania. What they don't know is that there is an unseen presence in the house, and that it wants to take possession of the wife.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsPeter FalkJack CassidyRosemary ForsythWhen one member of a mystery writing team wants to break from his less talented partner, he becomes the victim in a real-life murder mystery.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsRoberts BlossomScott PaulinGail EdwardsOpa Globe is convinced it is his destiny to board a train he inadvertently caused to crash 75 years ago, and tells his nine-year old grandson the old Highball Express will careen through their house.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsKevin CostnerCasey SiemaszkoKiefer SutherlandA courageous young World War II gunner and aspiring cartoonist, trapped in the belly gun of a B-17 aircraft with the landing gear destroyed, has only his imagination as a force that might be able to save him.
- DirectorBoris SagalBarry ShearSteven SpielbergStarsJoan CrawfordOssie DavisRichard KileyA seemingly haunted painting drives a greedy man insane. A rich blind woman gets a new pair of eyes that allow her to see for only one brief ironic moment. An idyllic painting gives a Nazi war criminal in hiding some fleeting comfort.
- DirectorLana WachowskiStarsBae DoonaJamie ClaytonTina DesaiIn the sweeping series finale, passions run high as the Sensates and their closest allies fight to save the cluster and stop their enemies for good.