The Tenant (1976, aka Le Locataire)
Synopsis: In Paris, France, a meekly Polish man (filmmaker Roman Polanski, Chinatown) rents an apartment in an old building where its inhabitants make his life miserable. The constant hostility takes […]
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The Phantom of the Opera (1990, TV-Mini-Series)
Synopsis: In 1800s France, aspiring opera singer, Christine Daaé (Teri Polo, Meet the Parents), begins taking singing lessons from a mysterious stranger in disguise. Unbeknownst to Christine, the masked tutor […]
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Synopsis: On the eve of World War II, an American journalist, John Jones (Joel McCrea, Sullivan’s Travels), is sent to Europe to find out what are the chances of war […]
Rebecca (1940)
Synopsis: A shy young woman (Joan Fontaine, Suspicion) suddenly marries a wealthy widower (Laurence Olivier, Hamlet). Later, the husband takes his new spouse to his palatial estate, Manderley, where the […]
Boy on a Dolphin (1957)
Synopsis: After a poor sponge diver (Sophia Loren, Two Women) discovers an ancient statue, “a boy on a dolphin,” a dedicated museum curator (Alan Ladd, Shane) and an unscrupulous art […]
The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969)
Synopsis: At the height of WWII, residents of a small Italian village try to hide their most precious commodity from the Nazis: wine. Reaction & Thoughts: The Secret of Santa […]
Between the Lines (1977)
Synopsis: The fiercely independent staff members at a Boston newspaper go bananas after they find out that a major publishing company wants to buy the paper. Reaction & Thoughts: “All […]
The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957)
Synopsis: In Victorian England, poetess Elizabeth “Ba” Barrett (Jennifer Jones, The Song of Bernadette) falls in love with fellow poet Robert Browning (Bill Travers, Born Free), but they hide the […]
The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)
Synopsis: Sickly poetess Elizabeth Barrett (Norma Shearer, A Free Soul) meets and falls in love with fellow poet Robert Browning (Fredric March, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), which causes the […]
Road Games (1981)
Synopsis: In Australia, trucker Pat Quid (Stacy Keach, The Long Riders) teams up with a hitchhiker (Jamie Lee Curtis, Halloween) to capture a serial killer. Reaction & Thoughts: “… it’s […]
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (1931)
Synopsis: A poor farm girl (Greta Garbo, Ninotchka) runs away from home and is rescued by worldly architect (Clark Gable, Gone with the Wind). They fall in love, but unforeseen […]
What Became of Jack and Jill? (1971)
Synopsis: Tired of taking care of his feeble grandmother (Mona Washbourne, My Fair Lady), a lazy bum (Paul Nicholas, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band) and his girlfriend (Vanessa Howard, […]
Foul Play (1978)
Synopsis: A klutzy librarian, Gloria Mundy (Goldie Hawn, Private Benjamin), inadvertently becomes involved in an elaborate assassination plot. Gloria is assisted by a snarky police detective, Tony Carlson (Chevy Chase, […]
No Way to Treat a Lady (1968)
Synopsis: A deranged madman (Rod Steiger, In the Heat of the Night) begins murdering middle-aged women and it’s up to a stressed-out New York police detective (George Segal, Who’s Afraid of […]
Play Misty for Me (1971)
Synopsis: A radio DJ, Dave Garver (Clint Eastwood, Hang ‘Em High), has a one-night stand with a woman (Jessica Walter, The Flamingo Kid) who happens to be an ardent fan […]
The Beguiled (1971)
Synopsis: During the American Civil War, a wounded Yankee soldier (Clint Eastwood, Dirty Harry) is rescued by the staff and pupils of a Southern all-girls school. The soldier quickly tries […]
Where Love Has Gone (1964)
Synopsis: The teen daughter (Joey Heatherton, Twilight of Honor) of a famous sculptor (Susan Hayward, I Want to Live!), and granddaughter of a wealthy woman (Bette Davis), kills her mother’s […]
The Best of Everything (1959)
Synopsis: This is the story of three ambitious women working at a New York publishing company in the late 1950s. The young women deal with, among other things, love entanglements […]
Love Among Thieves (1987, TV-Movie)
Synopsis: A concert pianist (Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany’s) is forced to rob a precious Faberge egg by a gang of criminals who are holding the pianist’s boyfriend hostage. She […]
Sidney Sheldon’s Bloodline (1979)
Synopsis: After the sudden death of her wealthy father, Elizabeth Roffe (Audrey Hepburn, Roman Holiday) inherits her dad’s pharmaceutical empire, but someone in Elizabeth’s inner circle wants her dead too. […]
The 7th Victim (1943)
Synopsis: A high school girl, Mary Gibson (Kim Hunter, A Streetcar Named Desire), has been informed that her older sister has disappeared. Mary decides to leave school and search for […]
The Leopard Man (1943)
Synopsis: An ambitious talent agent, Jerry Manning (Dennis O’Keefe, Raw Deal), decides to hire a leopard for his client’s singing act, but the wild beast escapes and women start showing […]
