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84 Charing Cross Road
84 Charing Cross Road is a drama starring Anne Bancroft and Anthony Hopkins in the story of Helene Hanff visiting England in 1969 and reflecting back on her twenty year relationship with the staff of a London bookshop. It was directed by David Jones in 1986.
A Child From The South
A Child From The South is a political drama starring Josette Simon. It tells of a journalist returning to Mozambique after spending 20 years in exile. Directed by Sergio Rezende.
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol is an adaptation of Charles Dickens book. It stars Reginald Owen as the mean spirited Ebeneazer Scrooge who is visited by four ghosts on christmas eve. It was directed by Edwin L Martin in 1938.
A Christmas Story
A Christmas Story is a nostalgic view of a child's christmas. It is set in suburban America during the 1940s and tells the story of a nine-year old boy coping with life and bullies while setting his mind on a major christmas present. It stars Melinda Dillon, Peter Billingsley and Darren McGavin. It was directed by Bob Clark in 1983.
A Damsel in Distress
A Damsel in Distress is a comedy musical starring Fred Astaire in the story of an American dancer falling for a young Englishwoman. It was directed by George Stevens in 1937.
A Ghost In Monte Carlo
A Ghost In Monte Carlo is a romantic drama starring Lysette Anthony, Sarah Miles and Oliver Reed. It is set in France in the 19th century where a girl is used as a pawn in the schemes of her aunt. Directed by John Hough.
A Killer among Us
A Killer among Us is a crime drama starring Jasmine Guy and Dwight Schultz in a story about a man appearing in court charged with murdering his wife, and one juror's investigations to prove his innocence. It was directed by Peter Levin in 1990.
A Matter Of Life And Death
A Matter Of Life And Death is a fantasy drama starring David Niven and Kim Hunter. It tells the story of an aircraft pilot who should have been killed after bailing out, but lives and falls in love with an American girl. Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.
A Matter Of Wife...And Death
A Matter Of Wife...And Death is a thriller starring Rod Taylor as a private detective investigating the death of a minor criminal and then getting caught up in a gambling operation. Directed by Marvin J Chomsky.
A Mom for Christmas
A Mom for Christmas is a fantasy drama starring Olivia Newton-John and Douglas Sheehan in a story about a store mannequin who comes to life and befriends a young girl who lives with her widowed father. It was directed by George Miller in 1990.
A Night At The Opera
A Night At The Opera is a comedy starring the Marx Brothers in a story about getting a rich woman to invest in an opera. It was directed by Sam Wood in 1935.
A Night To Remember
A Night To Remember is an epic drama starring Kenneth More. It is the story of the sinking of the Titanic, as seen through the eyes of its second officer. Directed by Roy Baker.
A Stolen Life
A Stolen Life is a melodrama starring Bette Davis and Glenn Ford. It tells of a retiring young artist who falls for a lighthouse inspector. Directed by Curtis Bernhardt.
A Ticket To Tomahawk
A Ticket To Tomahawk is a comedy western starring Dan Dailey and Anne Baxter. It is the story of a stagecoach company trying to stop a railroad from running on time. Directed by Richard Sale.
A Time to Heal
A Time to Heal is an emotional drama starring Nicollette Sheridan and Gary Cole. It is based on a true story in which a wife and mother suffers a stroke just before giving birth to her son.
A Woman's Secret
A Woman's Secret is a crime drama starring Melvyn Douglas and Maureen OHara in a tale of a radio singer's murder and her benefactor's dubious confession to the murder. It was directed in 1949 by Nicholas Ray.
Absolute Beginners
Absolute Beginners is a musical set in 1950's London. It stars Eddie OConnell, Patsy Kensit and David Bowie in a story of racism. Directed by Julien Temple in 1986. Rated 15.
Ace Of Aces
Ace Of Aces is a first world war drama about a sculptor who is pressured into joining up despite his pacsifist ideals. It stars Richard Dix. Directed by J Walter Ruben.
After Hours
After Hours is a black comedy starring Griffin Dunne on a nightmarish outing in New York one evening. After Hours is rated 15 and is directed by Martin Scorsese.
After Midnight
After Midnight is a drama set in a Dublin hotel. It stars Saeed Jaffrey and Hayley Mills. Directed by Shani Grewal.
After the Fox
After the Fox is a comedy starring Peter Sellers and Victor Mature in a story about an infamous Italian conman attempting an outrageous bullion robbery on escaping from jail.
Airplane!
Airplane! is a comedy disaster spoof starring Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty and Leslie Nielsen in a story about an eccentric collection of passengers on a doomed airline flight. It was directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker in 1980.
Airport 77
Airport 77 is a disaster drama starring Jack Lemmon and Lee Grant in a story about a luxury airliner crashing into the ocean. It was directed by Jerry Jameson.
All Creatures Great and Small
All Creatures Great and Small is a comedy drama starring Simon Ward and Anthony Hopkins in a story based upon James Herriot's vet stories. It is set in the 1930s in a small Yorkshire village where a London vet arrives to work. It was directed by Claude Whatham in 1974.
All Dogs Go To Heaven
All Dogs Go To Heaven is a Walt Disney animated children's story about an orphan girl befriended by a caring hound.
All The Vermeers In New York
All The Vermeers In New York is a romantic drama about a struggling French actress and a burnt-out New York broker building a tentative relationship based upon their common love of the works of the painter Jan Vermeer. It stars Emmanuelle Chaulet and Stephen Lack. Directed by John Jost.
Almost An Angel
Almost An Angel is a comedy starring Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski. It tells of a street-wise thief who is killed saving a child's life, and as such is made an apprentice angel and sent back to earth to help out. Directed by John Cornell.
Andre
Andre is a family adventure starring Keith Carradine in the story of a Harbour Master in Maine taking in an orphan seal pup. It was directed by George Miller in 1994.
Angel in exile
Angel In exile is a western starring John Carroll and Adele Mara. It was directed by Allan Dwan in 1948. It is the story of a man released from prison who travels to Mexico to collect his hidden stash of gold in a disussed mine.
Ann Vickers
Ann Vickers is a melodrama about a social worker improving prison conditions. It stars Irene Dunne, Bruce Cabot and Walter Huston. Directed by John Cromwell.
Anne of the Thousand Days
Anne of the Thousand Days is a period drama about Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. It stars Richard Burton and Genevieve Bujold.
Annie Oakley
Annie Oakley is a western telling the story of the celebrated sharpshooter. It stars Barbara Stanwyck. Directed by George Stevens.
Apology For Murder
Apology For Murder is a thriller starring Lesley Ann Warren and Peter Weller. It is the tale of a concept artist who places an anonymous advertisement requesting confessions of criminals and wrong-doers. She intends to use the material in her work, but instead finds herself in danger. Directed by Robert Bierman.
April in Paris
April in Paris is a musical starring Doris Day and Ray Bolger about a singer who finds herself mistakenly appearing at the Paris Arts Festival, where she falls in love with the festival director.
Arsene Lupin Returns
Arsene Lupin Returns is a comedy thriller starring Melvyn Douglas and Warren William in a tale of a legendary gentleman jewel thief. It was directed in 1938 by George Fitzmaurice.
Baby Face
Baby Face is a drama starring Barbara Stanwyck in the story of a barmaid heading to New York after the killing of her father. It was directed by Alfred E Green in 1933.
Bachelor Mother
Bachelor Mother is a comedy about a shop assistant who comes across an abandoned baby and is presumed by everyone to be its mother. It stars Ginger Rogers and David Niven.
Back to Bataan
Back to Bataan is a Second World War drama starring John Wayne and Anthony Quinn about the struggles of the Filipino army and resistance movement following the Japanese capture of the Bataan Peninsular.
Back to School
Back to School is a comedy about a middle-aged millionaire who goes back to college. It stars Rodney Dangerfield, Keith Gordon and Sally Kellerman. It was directed by Alan Metter in 1986. It is rated 15.
Battle Hymn
Battle Hymn is a drama starring Rock Hudson as a Second World War pilot who becomes a minister. Battle Hymn is directed by Douglas Sirk.
Bay Coven
Bay Coven is a supernatural movie starring Tim Matheson and Pamela Sue Martin as a young married couple moving to a coastal community of devil worshippers. Directed by Carl Schenkel.
Beau Brummell
Beau Brummell is an historical drama starring Stewart Granger and Elizabeth Taylor in the story of Beau Brummell. It was directed by Curtis Bernhardt in 1954.
Beau Ideal
Beau Ideal is an adventure starring Franck McCormack and Isobel Brandon. It is set around the French Foreign Legion. Directed by Herbert Brenon.
Best Seller
Best Seller is a thriller about a LA cop whose life is saved by a stranger, and then is expected to collaborate on the stranger's biography entitled "confessions of a corporate killer". It stars Brian Dennehy and James Woods. Directed by John Flynn.
Betrayal From The East
Betrayal From The East is a war drama starring Lee Tracy, Nancy Kelly and Richard Loo. It is the story of a former soldier embroiled in espionage as the army tries to outwit a Japanese spy ring in the months before the bombing of Pearl Harbour. Directed by William Berke.
Beyond The Curtain
Beyond The Curtain is a Cold War Thriller set in East Germany where a plane carrying a defecting air hostess crash lands. Beyond The Curtain stars Richard Greene and Eva Bartok and is directed by Compton Bennet.
Birdman Of Alcatraz
Birdman Of Alcatraz is a drama loosely based upon a true story. It stars Burt Lancaster and Karl Malden in a story of a prisoner in Alcatraz prison who heals a sick bird that flies into his cell. Directed by John Frankenheimer.
Blonde Fist
Blonde Fist is a drama starring Margi Clarke and Carroll Baker. It is the story of a boxer's daughter struggling to make a life for herself in recession-ridden Liverpool. Directed by Frank Clarke.
Bloodsuckers
Bloodsuckers is a horror story starring Patrick Macnee and Peter Cushing. It is the story of a satanic cult. Directed by Robert Hartford-Davis.
Body And Soul
Body And Soul is a sports drama starring John Garfield as a champion boxer and Lilli Palmer. Directed by Robert Rossen.
Bonanza: The Next Generation
Bonanza: The Next Generation is a dreary western based upon the successful TV series; Bonanza. It stars John Ireland and Robert Fuller. Directed by William F Claxton.
Boom in the Moon
Boom in the Moon is a comedy starring Buster Keaton as a US soldier shipwrecked in Mexico, and mistaken for the pirate Bluebeard. Directed by Jaime Salvador.
Born Free
Born Free is a wildlife film about Joy Adamson and her husband, the two Kenyan game wardens who raise three lion cubs. Born Free is rated U and directed by James Hill.
Brainstorm
Brainstorm is a sci-fi thriller starring Christopher Walken and Natalie Wood in a story about two scientists who invent a device which can record human sensory experiences. It was directed in 1983 by Douglas Trumbull.
Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Bill is the highly fictionalised account of the life and loves of William Cody. It stars Joel McCrea and Maureen OHara. Directed by William A Wellman.
Cactus
Cactus is a drama about a woman who loses the sight in one eye. It stars Isabelle Huppert. Directed by Paul Cox.
Cahill - United States Marshal
Cahill - United States Marshal is a western about a US Marshal who discovers that his sons have taken part in a bank robbery. It stars John Wayne. Directed by Andrew V McLaglen in 1973.
Call To Glory
Call To Glory is a family drama starring Craig T Nelson. It is the story of a US Air Force colonel considering the implications for his family when he is faced with an important career decision.
Caluga O Menta
Caluga O Menta is a film about young unemployed drifters in post-revolution Chile. It stars Mauricio Vega and Aldo Parodi. It was directed by Gonzalo Justiniano in 1990.
Carnival of Souls
Carnival of Souls is a horror film starring Candace Hilligoss and Herk Harvey in a story about the sole survivor of a car accident being plagued by strange and horrifying visions. It was directed by Herk Harvey in 1962.
Carry On - Don't Lose Your Head
Carry On - Don't Lose Your Head is a comedy take-off of the story of the Scarlet Pimpernel starring Sidmey James, Kenneth Williams, Jim Dale and Charles Hawtrey. It was directed by Gerald Thomas in 1966.
Carry on Loving
Carry on Loving is a comedy starring Sidney James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey and Terry Scott in a story about a dating agency. It was directed by Gerald Thomas in 1970.
Casino Royale
Casino Royale is a James Bond spoof starring David Niven, Peter Sellers and Ursula Andress in a tale of agent 007 having retired but being called back into service following the assasination of ''M''. It was directed in 1967 by John Huston, Ken Hughes, Val Guest, Robert Parrish and Joe McGrath.
Casulties Of War
Casulties Of War is a brutal war film portraying the dehumanising nature of war. It stars Michael J Fox and Sean Penn as American soldiers in Vietnam who kidnap and rape a Vietnamese girl and the resulting cover up. Casulties Of War is rated 18 and directed by Brian DePalma.
Cattle Empire
Cattle Empire is a western starring Joel McCrea in a story about a trail boss in conflict with his hired hands. It was directed in 1958 by Charles Marquis Warren.
Charley Moon
Charley Moon is a musical starring Max Bygraves and Dennis Price. It is the story of a small-time music hall performer getting a break in the West End. Directed by Guy Hamilton.
Child In The Night
Child In The Night is a thriller starring JoBeth Williams as a psychologist helping police when a child is the only witness to a murder. Directed by Mike Robe.
Circle of Deception
Circle of Deception is a Second World War drama starring Suzy Parker and Bradford Dillman. It is the story of a former British Intelligence Officer recalling his time during the war when he was duped into giving the Nazis false information. Directed by Jack Lee in 1960.
Citizen Kane
Citizen Kane is the story of press-boss Kane's rise and fall. It stars Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten and Everett Sloane. It was directed by Orson Welles in 1941.
Clear and Present Danger
Clear and Present Danger is a political thriller starring Harrison Ford and Willem Dafoe in a story about a man asked to investigate the murder of the US President's friend only to come up against a Colombian drugs cartel and corrupt government officials. It was directed by Philip Noyce in 1994.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a science-fiction drama starring Richard Dreyfuss and Francois Truffaut in a story about a spaceship landing in Indiana. It was directed by Steven Spielberg in 1977.
Coming To America
Coming To America is a satirical comedy starring Eddie Murphy as an African prince travelling to America incognito to find a wife who will love him for himself. Coming To America is rated 15 and directed by John Landis.
Confidential
Confidential is a crime drama starring Donald Cook and Evalyn Knapp. It tells the story of an FBI agent who goes undercover to track down a public enemy. Directed by Edward L Cahn.
Copacabana
Copacabana is a musical commedy starring Groucho Marx and Carmen Miranda. It tells of a theatrical agent trying to get his client two jobs at the same night club. Directed by Alfred E Green.
Countess Dracula
Countess Dracula is a horror story about an ageing Hungarian countess who discovers that the blood of young maidens can rejuvinate her skin. It stars Ingrid Pitt, Nigel Green and Lesley-Anne Down. Directed by Peter Sasdy.
Crack Up
Crack Up is a mystery about a museum official caught up in a sinister plot. It stars Pat OBrien. Directed by Irving Reis.
Creole
Creole is a musical about a New Orleans night club singer who is drawn into a life of crime, but finds his singing talent in demand. It stars Elvis Presley, Carolyn Jones and Dolores Hart. Directed by Michael Curtiz in 1958.
Crime Ring
Crime Ring is a crime drama about a journalist who breaks a fortune-telling racket. It stars Allan Lane. Directed by Leslie Goodwins.
Critical Condition
Critical Condition is a comedy starring Richard Pryor, Joe Mantegna and Ruben Blades in a story about a criminal sent to prison who convinces the authorities that he is insane. Directed by Michael Apted in 1987. Rated 15.
Crocodile Dundee
Crocodile Dundee is a comedy adventure starring Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski in a story of an Australian folk hero - Mick Dundee, brought back to New York by a glamorous American reporter. It was directed by Peter Faiman in 1986. A sequel followed - Crocodile Dundee II.
Crossplot
Crossplot is a spy drama starring Roger Moore directed in 1969 by Alvin Rakoff.
Dance Academy
Dance Academy is a dance drama starring Tony Dean Fields about a student ballet dancer determined to bring his own style to the curriculum. It was directed in 1988 by Ted Mather.
Dance Girl, Dance
Dance Girl, Dance is a musical starring Lucille Ball as a woman who wants to be a serious dancer. Directed by Dorothy Arzner.
Dangerous Corner
Dangerous Corner is a drama starring Melvyn Douglas and Conrad Nagel in an adaptation of J B Priestley's play about a group of people drawn into making a series of damaging confessions. Directed by Phil Rosen.
Dark Command
Dark Command is a western starring John Wayne and Walter Pidgeon. A Kansas marshal sets out after a pro-slavery guerrilla who is leading a campaign of terror in pre-Civil War Kansas. Directed by Raoul Walsh.
Daughter of Darkness
Daughter of Darkness is a horror film starring Anthony Perkins and Mia Sara in a tale of vampires in Romania. Directed by Stuart Gordon in 1989.
David Copperfield
David Copperfield is a drama based upon the book by Charles Dickens. It stars WC Fields and Lionel Barrymore in the story of David Copperfield whose happy life changes when his mother meets a new man. It was directed by George Cukor in 1935.
Deadbolt
Deadbolt is a thriller starring Justine Bateman and Adam Baldwin about a student with a nightmare of a room mate. It was directed in 1992 by Douglas Jackson.
Deadly Surveillance
Deadly Surveillance is an American cop drama. It stars Michael Ironside and Christopher Bondy. It is the story of two cops who answer a burglaty-in-progress call and get caught up in the world of drug dealers. It was directed by Paul Ziller in 1991.
Death Train
Death Train is an action thriller starring Pierce Brosnan and Patrick Stewart in a story about a hijacked train with a nuclear bomb on board. It was directed by David S Jackson in 1993.
Decoration Day
Decoration Day is a drama starring James Garner as a retired judge devastated by his wife's death who emerges from his reclusive existence to try to persuade a friend and Second World War veteran to accept a medal he has long refused. It was directed by Robert Markowitz in 1990.
Dentist In The Chair
Dentist In The Chair is a comedy starring Bob Monkhouse, Peggy Cummins, Kenneth Connor and Eric Barker. It is the tale of two dental students involved in a series of misadventures when they buy stolen dental equipment. Directed by Don Chaffey.
Destination Murder
Destination Murder is a thriller starring Joyce MacKenzie and Stanley Clements. Directed by Edward L Cahn.
Destry Rides Again
Destry Rides Again is a comedy western starring James Stewart and Marlene Dietrich in a story about a mild mannered lawman called in to clean up a lawless town. It was directed by George Marshall in 1939.
Diary Of A Madman
Diary Of A Madman is a horror story starring Vincent Price about a magistrate being posessed by an evil spirit. Directed by Reginald Le Borg.
Dinner at Eight
Dinner at Eight is a comedy drama starring Jean Harlow in a story about a socialite ignoring her husband's problems and throwing a dinner party. It was directed by George Cukor in 1933.
Do You Remember Love
Do You Remember Love is a drama about a family coping wiyj Alzheimer's disease. It stars Joanne Woodward and Richard Kiley. Directed by Jeff Bleckner.
Doctor Doolittle
Doctor Doolittle is a musical starring Rex Harrison in the story of Doctor Doolittle who learns animal dialects from his parrot and his search of the South-Seas for the giant pink sea snail. It was directed by Richard Fleischer in 1967.
Doctor in the House
Doctor in the House is a comedy starring Dirk Bogarde and Kenneth More as two irrepressible medical students. It was directed by Ralph Thomas in 1954.
Don't Talk to Strangers
Don't Talk to Strangers is a thriller starring Shanna reed and Pierce Brosnan in a story about a divorcee who remarries and then finds her son has gone missing. It was directed in 1994 by Robert Lewis.
Dracula - Prince of Darkness
Dracula - Prince of Darkness is a horror film starring Christopher Lee in a story about a group of English tourists stranded in the shadow of a castle in the Carpathian mountains. It was directed by Terence Fisher in 1965.
Dream Lover
Dream Lover is a psychological thriller starring Kirsty McNichol and Ben Masters in a story of an intruder breaking into a lady's apartment and her subsequent recurring nightmares. It was directed in 1986 by Alan J Pakula.
Drop Dead Darling
Drop Dead Darling is a sex comedy starring Tony Curtis as a conman, and Zsa Zsa Gabor as a rich widow. Directed by Ken Hughes.
Duel At Silver Creek
Duel At Silver Creek is a western starring Audie Murphy and Stephen McNally. It tells the story of cowboy cutthroats terrorising a small frontier town. Directed by Don Siegel.
Easy To Love
Easy To Love is a musical starring Esther Williams in a story about a woman determined to get her workaholic boss' mind off work and onto romance. It was directed by Charles Walters in 1953.
Ebbie
Ebbie is a fantasy drama starring Susan Lucci and Wendy Crewson in a story about a department-store executive who must face her past, present and future to regain the kind heart she lost in getting to the top of her career. It is a modern version of Dicken's 'A christmas carol'. It was directed by George Kaczender in 1995.
Echo Park
Echo Park is a comedy starring Tom Hulce and Susan Dey as a Los Angeles actress caught between several very different men. Directed by Robert Dornhelm in 1985.
Electric Moon
Electric Moon is a satirical drama about a declining Indian royal family exploiting western tourists visiting their holiday lodge. It stars Naseeruddin Shah and Leela Naidu. Directed by Pradip Krishen.
Enchantment
Enchantment is a romantic drama starring David Niven and Teresa Wright. It is set in wartime London and tells of a retired general's love affair which spanned 50 years. Directed by Irving Reis.
Faces
Faces is a drama starring John Marley about the breakdown of a California middle-class marriage. Faces is directed by John Cassavetes.
Far From The Madding Crowd
Far From The Madding Crowd is an adaptation of the novel by Thomas Hardy. It is a drama centered around a country girl and the thre men in her life. It stars Julie Christie and Terence Stamp. Directed by John Schlesinger.
Fashions of 1934
Fashions of 1934 is a musical comedy starring Bette Davis and William Powell in a story about an American fashion designer taking extreme measures to discover the latest Paris creations. It was directed by William Dieterle in 1934.
Fatherland
Fatherland is a political drama set in Germany before reunification. It stars Gerulf Pannach and Fabienne Babe. Directed by Ken Loach.
Favourite Son
Favourite Son is a thriller starring Robert Loggia, Harry Hamlin and Linda Kozlowski. It is the story of a veteran FBI agent investigating the assassination of a Nicaraguan Contra leader at a Washington press conference. Directed by Jeff Bleckner in 1988.
Fighting Father Dunne
Fighting Father Dunne is a drama about a catholic priest trying to start a home for newspaper delivery boys in America. It stars Pat OBrien. Directed by Ted Tetzlaff.
First Man Into Space
First Man Into Space is a sci-fi thriller starring Marla Landi in the story of an astronaut who returns to earth with an alien impregnated in his body. It was directed by Robert Day in 1958.
Fist
Fist is a drama starring Sylvester Stallone and Rod Steiger. It is the story of an American trucker in 1930s America and the corruption within the union. Directed by Norman Jewison.
Flight of the Intruder
Flight of the Intruder is a Vietnam war drama starring Brad Johnson, Danny Glover and Willem Dafoe in a tale about a hot-shot navy pilot. Directed by John Milius in 1991.
Flying Leathernecks
Flying Leathernecks is a Second World War action drama starring John Wayne as a tough commander of a squadron of US Marine Corps fighter pilots in the Japanese campaign. It was directed in 1951 by Nicholas Ray.
Footlight Parade
Footlight Parade is a musical starring James Cagney and Joan Blondell in a story about talking pictures putting a musical producer out of work and his efforts to recapture his fame. It was directed by Lloyd Bacon and Busby Berkeley in 1933.
Forty Guns To Apache Pass
Forty Guns To Apache Pass is a western starring Audie Murphy and Michael Burns. Directed by William Witney.
Freaky Friday
Freaky Friday is a children's comedy starring Shelley Long in a story about a mother and daughter who swop bodies one day. It was directed by Melanie Mayron in 1995.
Freejack
Freejack is a science fiction adventure starring Emilio Estevez as a racing driver transported into the future by an accident where he becomes the subject of a psycho-surgery experiment and the target for bounty hunters. Freejack is rated 15 and directed by Geoff Murphy.
From This Day Forward
From This Day Forward is a drama starring Joan Fontaine and Mark Stevens. It is the story of a war hero returning home and remembering his life. Directed by John Berry.
Front Page Woman
Front Page Woman is a comedy starring Bette Davis and George Brent in a story about a lady newspaper columnist trying to prove her journalistic abilities. It was directed by Michael Curtiz in 1935.
Ghoulies
Ghoulies is a comedy horror film. It stars Peter Liapis and Lisa Pelikan. It is the story of a Satanist who conjures up a horde of devilish creatures. It was directed by Luca Bercovici in 1985.
Give Us Tomorrow
Give Us Tomorrow is a thriller starring Sylvia Syms and Derren Nesbitt. It is the story of a bank manager whose family are taken hostage as part of a bank robbery. Directed by Donovan Winter.
Gold Diggers of 1933
Gold Diggers Of 1933 is a Busby Berkeley musical starring Dick Powell. It is the story of a producer and 3 out-of-work dancers who team up to put on a show. Directed by Mervyn LeRoy.
Gremlins
Gremlins is a black comedy starring Zach Galligan and Phoebe Cates about a boy bought a cute animal called a mogwai for christmas. When a mogwai gets wet it reproduces, and if they eat after midnight they turn into psychopathic monsters. It was directed in 1984 by Joe Dante.
Gypsy Colt
Gypsy Colt is a family drama about a family having to sell their daughter's pony. It was directed in 1954 by Andrew Marton.
Hands Of The Ripper
Hands Of The Ripper is a horror film starring Eric Porter and Angharad Rees. The daughter of Jack the Ripper fears she is being lured to commit murder by her father and consults a psychiatrist for help. Directed by Peter Sasdy.
Harvey
Harvey is a comedy starring James Stewart and Josephine Hull in the story of an invisible, giant white rabbit who is the contstant companion of an alcoholic. It was directed by Henry Koster in 1950.
Heart of a Champion
Heart of a Champion is biographical drama about Ray Mancini. It stars Robert Blake and Doug McKeon. It was directed by Richard Michaels in 1985.
Heat
Heat is a thriller starring Robert De Niro and Al Pacino in the story of a detective determined to catch a master criminal. It was directed by Michael Mann in 1995.
Heaven Tonight
Heaven Tonight is the tale of an ageing '60s rock star trying to recapture the fame and glory of his youth. It stars John Waters, Kim Gyngell and Rebecca Gilling. It was directed by Pino Amenta in 1987.
Heavenly Pursuits
Heavenly Pursuits is a comedy starring Tom Conti and Helen Mirren. It is the story of a teacher at a catholic school for backward children. Directed by Charles Gormley.
Hell In The Pacific
Hell In The Pacific is a second world war drama starring Lee Marvin and Toshiro Mifune. It tells of an American and a Japanese officer stranded together on an uninhabited pacific island. Directed by John Boorman.
Henry V
Henry V is a screen adaptation of Shakespeares play starring Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson. It was directed by Kenneth Branagh in 1989.
Here We Go Again
Here We Go Again is a comedy sequel to Look Who's Laughing. It stars Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy.
History Of The World Part 1
History Of The World Part 1 is a comedy starring Mel Brooks, Dom DeLuise and Madeline Kahn. It is Mel Brooks irreverent view of world history up to the French Revolution. Directed by Mel Brooks.
Homer and Eddie
Homer and Eddie is a tale about mental illness starring Whoopi Goldberg and James Belushi. It was directed by Andrei Konchalovsky in 1989.
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids is a Disney comedy fantasy starring Rick Moranis in the story about an inventor who accidentally reduces his children and those of his neighbour to microscopic size. It was directed by Joe Johnston in 1989.
Hook
Hook is a Steven Spielberg adaptation of the book Peter Pan. It stars Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts and Bob Hoskins. It was directed by Steven Spielberg in 1991.
Hornet's Nest
Hornet's Nest is a Second World War drama about an American commando rescued by a group of Italian partisan children in occupied Italy. It stars Rock Hudson and Sylva Koscina.
How the West Was Won
How the West Was Won is a western starring James Stewart, John Wayne and Gregory Peck in the story of a New England farmer heading west with his family in the 1830s. It was directed by John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall and Richard Thorpe in 1962.
Hustle
Hustle is a police thriller. It stars Burt Reynolds and Catherine Deneuve. It is the story of a cop and a call girl who plan to escape from the world of hustling. Hustle was directed by Robert Aldrich in 1975.
I Dream Too Much
I Dream Too Much is a musical comedy starring Henry Fonda and Lily Pons in a stroy about a singer married to a struggling composer. Directed by John Cromwell.
I Love You To Death
I Love You To Death is a comedy thriller starring Tracey Ullman as the wife who tries to murder her womanising husband, played by Kevin Kline. I Love You To Death is rated 15 and is directed by Lawrence Kasdan.
Indiscreet
Indiscreet is a romantic comedy starring Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman. It is the story of a famous actress who falls for an American diplomat who doesn't want to know. Directed by Stanley Donen.
Innocents in Paris
Innocents in Paris is a comedy about several different British people having a weekend in Paris. It stars Alastair Sim, Margart Rutherford, Ronald Shiner, Jimmy Edwards. It was directed by Gordon Parry in 1953.
Interlude
Interlude is a melodrama starring June Allyson who falls for a married conductor. Interlude is directed by Douglas Sirk.
Invasion of the Saucer Men
Invasion of the Saucer Men is a comedy science-fiction film from 1957 directed by Edward L Cahn about a pair of newly-weds who accidentally run over an alien and unleash a reign of revenge and terror.
Isle Of The Dead
Isle Of The Dead is a horror film starring Boris Karloff. It tells of a Greek general investigating the disappearance of his late wife's body from its grave on a Greek island. Directed by Mark Robson.
It Happened One Night
It Happened One Night is a comedy starring Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable in a story about a journalist who meets an heiress on the run from her father. It was directed in 1934 by Frank Capra.
It's All Happening
It's All Happening is a musical starring Tommy Steele as a record company scout who uses his contacts to put on a charity concert to raise money for his old orphanage. Directed by Don Sharp.
It's Great To Be Young
It's Great To Be Young is a comedy starring John Mills and Cecil Parker in the story of a popular teacher sacked for supporting a school band. Directed by Cyril Frankel.
Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe is an historical adventure about a knight figting to secure the release of imprisoned King Richard, despite resistance from the evil Prince John. It stars Robert Taylor and Elizabeth Taylor. Directed by Richard Thorpe.
Jabberwocky
Jabberwocky is a grotesque comedy adaptation of Lewis Carroll's poem. Set in medieval Europe it stars Michael Palin as a gormless hero who is mistaken for a prince and sets off to slay a monster so awful that the local peasants would rather catch the plague than meet it. Jabberwocky is rated PG and directed by Terry Gilliam.
Jack the Giant Killer
Jack the Giant Killer is a fantasy starring Kerwin Matthews in a story about a Cornish warlord kidnapping the kings daughter in a bid for the throne. It was directed by Nathan Juran in 1962.
Jacob's Ladder
Jacob's Ladder is a thriller about a man either in Vietnam experiencing death traumas, or in America experiencing hallucinations at the hands of a military drug experiment. Tim Robbins plays the lead character - Jacob Singer. The plot is convulted and complex. Jacob's Ladder is rated 18 and directed by Adrian Lyne.
Jaws
Jaws is a horror film based on the book of the same name, and starring Roy Schneider and Robert Shaw. It is about a shark terrorising bathers at an American beach. It was directed in 1975 by Steven Spielberg.
Jericho Fever
Jericho Fever is a thriller starring Stephanie Zimbalist in a tale of terrorists stealing a deadly virus. It was directed in 1993 by Sandor Stern.
Joey Boy
Joey Boy is a comedy set in the second world war. It stars Harry H Corbett and Stanley Baxter as a pair of petty crooks who join the army rather than go to prison. Directed by Frank Launder.
Jumbo
Jumbo is a musical comedy starring Doris Day and Jimmy Durante in a story of a small circus struggling to survive against a ruthless rival. Directed by Charles Walters.
Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park is a fantasy adventure starring Sam Neil, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum in a tale of a dinosaur park with real dinosaurs. It was directed by Steven Spielberg in 1993.
Keoma
Keoma is a spaghetti western starring Franco Nero in a story about a man returning home after the American Civil War and the conflicts in his family. It was directed by Enzo G Castellari in 1976.
Key Largo
Key Largo is a gangster film starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall about an exiled and notorious gangster who terrorises the occupants of a Florida Hotel.
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Kind Hearts and Coronets is an Ealing comedy starring Dennis Price, Valerie Hobson, Joan Greenwood and Alec Guiness in the story of the distant heir to a dukedom setting out to murder those who stand between him and his inheritance. It was directed by Robert Hamer in 1949.
King Creole
King Creole is a musical about a New Orleans night club singer who is drawn into a life of crime. It stars Elvis Presley. Directed by Michael Curtiz in 1958.
Kipps
Kipps is a comedy based upon H G well's novel about a shop assistant who inherits a fortune. It stars Michael Redgrave and Phyllis Calvert. It was directed by Carol Reed in 1941.
Knocks At My Door
Knocks At My Door is a drama about two Latin American nuns giving refuge to an escaped prisoner. Directed by Alenjandro Saderman.
La Bamba
La Bamba is a musical biopic about Richie Valens, the first Hispanic pop star, who was killed in the same plane crash as Buddy Holly. Lou Diamond Philips stars in the lead role. La Bamba is rated 15 and directed by Luis Valdez.
La Reine Margot
La Reine Margot is an historical drama starring Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil and Jean-Hugues Anglade. The story is set in 16th century Paris and tells of the Catholic Marguerite de Valois forced into a political marriage to Protestant Henri of Navarre. It was directed by Patrice Chereau in 1994.
Lady in the Lake
Lady in the Lake is a crime drama starring Robert Montgomery as private detective Philip Marlowe in a missing-persons investigation. It was directed by Robert Montgomery in 1947.
Ladyhawke
Ladyhawke is a fantasy adventure starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Rutger Hauer as two cursed lovers in a violent Middle Ages. Directed by Richard Donner.
Lassie the Voyager
Lassie the Voyager is a family drama starring the welsh border collie in a story about the dog pursuing her master who has gone on a voyage without her. It was directed in 1966 by Dick Moder and Jack B Hively.
Last Rites
Last Rites is a thriller starring Tom Berenger as a man who escapes his family's Mafia past for a life in the church. He is drawn back when he is asked to administer the Last Rites for a murdered mobster. The film was directed by Donald P Bellisario in 1988.
Le Mans
Le Mans is a motor-racing drama starring Steve McQueen and Siegfried Rauch. It is the story of a team taking part in the Le Mans motor race. Directed by Lee H Katzin.
Leather Jackets
Leather Jackets is the story of three young people looking for a way out of their brutal urban existence. It stars DB Sweeney, Bridget Fonda and Cary Elwes. It was directed by Lee Drysdale in 1990.
Let The Balloon Go
Let The Balloon Go is a drama set in Australia in 1917. It tells of a handicapped boy struggling to assert his independence. It stars Robert Bettles and Jan Kingsbury. Directed by Oliver Howes.
Li'l Abner
Li'l Abner is a musical comedy directed by Melvin Frank and starring Peter Palmer and Stubby kaye.
Like Father, Like Son
Like Father, Like Son is a comedy starring Dudley Moore as a heart surgeon who after drinking an indian potion finds his mind switched with that of his student son. It was directed by Rod Daniel.
Lock-Up
Lock-Up is a prison adventure starring Sylvester Stallone as a model prisoner brutalised by a sadistic warden. Lock-Up is rated 18 and is directed by John Flynn.
Lonely Hearts
Lonely Hearts is a drama about a man who joins a lonely hearts club in Australia. It stars Wendy Hughes and Norman Kaye. Directed by Paul Cox.
Look for the Silver Lining
Look for the Silver Lining is a musical about the life of Marilyn Miller. It stars June Haver, Gordon MacRae and Ray Bolger. Directed by David Butler.
Look Who's Laughing
Look Who's Laughing is a comedy starring Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy. It was directed by Allan Dwan in 1941.
Look Who's Talking Now!
Look Who's Talking Now! is a family comedy starring John Travolta and Kirsty Alley. It was directed by Tom Ropelewski in 1993.
Love at First Bite
Love at First Bite is a horror spoof starring George Hamilton and Susan Saint James in a story about Dracula, evicted from Transylvania, heading for New York to find the woman of his dreams. It was directed by Stan Dragoti in 1979.
Love Streams
Love Streams is a drama about an author researching a book on prostitutes and a woman undergoing psychiatric treatment to help her through her divorce. It stars Gena Rowlands and John Cassavetes. Directed by John Cassavetes.
Lust for a Vampire
Lust for a Vampire is a horror film starring Ralph Bates and Yutte Stensgaard in a story about a female vampire at a finishing school in Transylvania. It was directed by Jimmy Sangster in 1970.
Mad About Men
Mad About Men is a romantic comedy starring Glynis Johns as a mermaid who swaps places with a teacher so that she can pursue her romantic ambitions. Directed by Ralph Thomas.
Madame Butterfly
Madame Butterfly is an adaptation of Puccini's opera. It stars Ying Huang and Richard Troxell in the story of an American sailor and his relationship with a Japanese Geisha girl in 1904. It was directed by Frederic Mitterand in 1995.
Magee And The Lady
Magee And The Lady is a romantic adventure starring Tony Lo Bianco and Sally Kellerman. It is the story of a ship's captain who to save his ship from repossession travels across the Australian bush, kidnapping an unwilling ally on the way. Directed by Gene Levitt.
Margie
Margie is a musical comedy starring Jeanne Crain and Glenn Langan. It tells of a woman remembering a youthful romance as she tells her daughter stories of growing up in the 1920s. Directed by Henry King.
MASH
MASH is a black comedy about an American mobile army surgical hospital in the Korean war. It stars Donald Southerland, Eliott Gould, Robert Duvall and Gary Burghoff. Directed by Robert Altman.
Matt Houston
Matt Houston is a thriller about a rich Texan who takes up crime detection as a hobby. It stars Lee Horsley and Pamela Hensley. It was directed by Richard Lang in 1982.
Miracle Of Morgan's Creek
Miracle Of Morgan's Creek is a comedy starring Eddie Bracken and Betty Hutton. It is the story of a girl who cannot resist a man in uniform, and who wakes up one morning to find she is married to a soldier whose name she can't remember. Directed by Preston Sturges.
Miracle on 34th Street
Miracle on 34th Street is a Christmas fantasy starring Maureen OHara, John Payne and Edmund Gwenn in a story about an elderly gentleman offering his services as a department store Santa. It was directed by George Seaton in 1947.
Mirrors
Mirrors is a drama about a precocious young ballerina arriving in New York looking for stardom. It stars Marguerite Hickey and Timothy Daly. Directed by Harry Winer.
Monsieur Verdoux
Monsieur Verdoux is a comedy starring Charlie Chaplin. It was directed by Charlie Chaplin in 1947.
Moonstruck
Moonstruck is a romantic comedy about a dowdy widow trying to patch up the realtionship between her fiancee and his brother. It stars Cher, Nicolas Cage and Olympia Dukakis. Directed by Norman Jewison.
Mortal Thoughts
Mortal Thoughts is a thriller starring Demi Moore and Gienne Headly in a story about a beauty salon owner whose friend is interrogated about the murder of her friend's husband. It was directed by Alan Rudolph in 1991.
Mr Perrin and Mr Traill
Mr Perrin and Mr Traill is a drama about teaching at a boys school. It stars Marius Goring and David Farrar. Directed by Lawrence Huntington.
Mrs Miniver
Mrs Miniver is a drama starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon in the story of how an ordinary woman becomes a quiet heroine on the home front during the Second World War. It was directed by William Wyler in 1942.
Murder By Night
Murder By Night is a crime thriller about an amnesia victim who is haunted by recurring nightmares after he discovers that he is the sole witness to a murder. It stars Robert Urich. Directed by Paul Lynch in 1989.
Murder on the Blackboard
Murder on the Blackboard is a Hildegarde Withers mystery starring Edna May Oliver as a schoolteacher helping to solve the mystery of the murder of a fellow schoolteacher. It was directed in 1932 by George Archainbauld.
My Favourite Spy
My Favourite Spy is a musical comedy starring Jane Wyman and Kay Kyser. A band leader postpones his honeymoon in order to catch spies! Directed by Tay Garnett.
My First Wife
My First Wife is a drama about a disc-jockey who discovers that his wife is sleepong around.It stars John Hargreaves and Wendy Hughes. Directed by Paul Cox in 1984.
My Forbidden Past
My Forbidden Past is a drama starring Ronert Mitchum and Ava Gardner in the story of a poor New Orleans beauty who conceives a plan to get her true love back when she inherits a fortune. It was directed in 1951 by Robert Stevenson.
My Gal Sal
My Gal Sal is a musical biopic starring Victor Mature and Rita Hayworth. It is a fictionalised story of the life of popular songwriter Paul Dresser. Directed by Irving Cummings.
My Own Private Idaho
My Own Private Idaho is a drama about a homosexual male prostitute who is in love with his pimp. It stars River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves. It was directed by Gus Van Sant.
Myra Breckinridge
Myra Breckinridge is a comedy starring Mae West, John Huston and Raquel Welch in a story about a transsexual arriving in Tinseltown to collect an inheritance. It was directed by Michael Sarne in 1970.
Naked Gun 33 1/3: the Final Insult
Naked Gun 33 1/3: the Final Insult is a comedy starring Leslie Nielsen and Priscilla Presley in a story of Lieutenant Frank Drebin, retired from the Police Squad, being recalled to help track down a mad bomber. It was directed by Peter Segal in 1994.
Near Dark
Near Dark is a horror film about a vampire. It stars Adrian Pasdar and Jenny Wright. It was directed in 1987 by Kathryn Nigelow.
Nicholas and Alexandria
Nicholas and Alexandria is a historical drama portraying the days leading up to the Russian Revolution. It stars Michael Jayston and Janet Suzman. Directed by Franklin Schaffner in 1971.
Night Nurse
Night Nurse is a crime drama starring Barbara Stanwyck in the story of a nurse who discovers a plot to murder two children. It was directed by William A Wellman in 1931.
No Greater Love
No Greater Love is a period drama starring Kelly Rutherford and Chris Sarandon in the story of a woman losing both parents in the sinking of the Titanic and being left to cope with the rest of her family and running a newspaper business. It was directed in 1996 by Richard Heffron.
Nocturne
Nocturne is a crime drama starring George Raft investigating the murder of a womanising Hollywood composer. Directed by Edwin L Marin in 1946.
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist is an adaptation of the classic Dicken's story of the same name. It stars Alec Guinness and Robert Newton in the story of an orphan who runs away from the workhouse to London. It was directed by David Lean in 1948.
Oliver!
Oliver! is a musical based upon the book Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens. It stars Ron Moody, Oliver Reed and Mark Lester in the story of an orphan in 19th century London and his exploits with a gang of pickpockets. It was directed by Carol Reed in 1968.
On The Run
On The Run is an adventure film about two children trying to prevent the kidnapping of an African Prince. It stars Dennis Conoley and Robert Kennedy. Directed by Pat Jackson.
One Christmas
One Christmas is a family drama starring Katharine Hepburn and Henry Winkler in the story of a boy whose hopes of seasonal joy are shattered when he is sent to spend christmas with the fater he has never met. It was direcetd by Tony Bill in 1994.
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest is the tale of rebellion in a mental hospital. It stars Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher. It was directed by Milos Forman in 1975.
One In A Million
One In A Million is the true story of Ron LeFore a reformed petty criminal who became a baseball star. It stars Levar Burton and Madge Sinclair. Directed by William A Graham.
Only You
Only You is a romantic comdey starring Marisa Tomei and Robert Downey Jr in a story about a woman about to be married receiving a phone call from her fiance's friend who it was predicted would be her future sould mate. It was directed by Norman Jewison in 1994.
Our Betters
Our Betters is a comedy starring Gilbert Roland and Constance Bennet. Directed by George Cukor.
Our Girl Friday
Our Girl Friday is a comedy starring Joan Collins, Kenneth More and George Cole. It is the story of three men and a woman shipwrecked on a desert island. Directed by Noel Langley.
Pacific Heights
Pacific Heights is a thriller starring Melanie Griffith, Matthew Modine and Michael Keaton in a story of a young couple renting out an apartment in San Francisco to a problematic tenant. It was directed by John Schlesinger in 1990.
Paint Your Wagon
Paint Your Wagon is a comedy western starring Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood. It tells the story of a hard-drinking man and a quiet-living man joining forces on the trail west. It was directed by Joshua Logan in 1969.
Pals
Pals is a comedy starring George C Scott and Don Ameche as two old army buddies who discover an abandoned car with $3 million. Directed by Lou Antonio.
Parent Trap III
Parent Trap III is the story of twin sisters vieing for the attention of an eligible widower who happens to be the father of triplets. It stars Hayley Mills and Barry Bostwick. Directed by Mollie Miller.
Pete Kelly's Blues
Pete Kelly's Bluesis a drama starring Jack Webb and Janet Leigh in a story about the leader of a jazz band who makes a stand when a gangster muscles in on his business in Prohibition-era Kansas. It was directed by Jack Webb in 1955.
Phar Lap
Phar Lap is a weepy drama based upon a true story of an Australian race horse. It stars Tom Burlinson and Martin Vaughan. Directed by Simon Wincer.
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Planes, Trains and Automobiles is a codemy starring Steve Martin and John Candy as two travellers thrown together by accident and making a journey home across America together. Directed by John Hughes.
Platinum Blonde
Platinum Blonde is a comedy starring Loretta Young, Jean Harlow and Robert Williams in a story of a wise-cracking reporter who marries into a wealthy family. It was directed by Frank Capra in 1931.
Please Sir!
Please Sir! is a comdey starring John Alderton, Deryck Guyler, Noel Howlett and Joan Sanderson in a story about London secondary school students going on a fortnight's trip to the country. It was directed by Mark Stuart in 1971.
Prancer
Prancer is a drama starring Sam Elliott in the story of a nine-year old girl who believes in Father Christmas and finds an injured reindeer. It was directed by John Hancock in 1989.
Presenting Lily Mars
Presenting Lily Mars is a musical comedy starring Judy Garland and Van Heflin in a story of a small-town girl who persuades a Broadway producer to give her a part in a show. Directed by Norman Taurog in 1943.
Pretty Woman
Pretty Woman is a romantic comedy starring Richard Gere and Julia Roberts in a story about a wealthy coporate raider hiring a prostitute to be his companion for a week. It was directed in 1990 by Garry Marshall.
Problem Child
Problem Child is a comedy starring John Ritter in a story about a seven year old orphan who through his fiendish behaviour is continually returned to his orphange until he gets adopted by an unsuspecting couple. It was directed by Dennis Dugan in 1990.
Psycho 2
Psycho 2 is a horror thriller starring Anthony Perkins as the infamous Norman Bates now released from his asylum and returning to the Bates Motel where people start getting murdered again. Directed by Richard Franklin.
Q Planes
Q Planes is a Second World War comedy starring Laurence Olivier and Ralph Richardson in a story about the Allies trying to foil a Nazi plan to knock out their air force. Directed by Tim Whelan.
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Raiders of the Lost Ark is an action adventure starring Harrison Ford and Karen Allen in a story about Indiana Jones search for the Ark of the Covenant, pursued by Nazis during the 1930s. It was directed by Steven Spielberg in 1981.
Random Harvest
Random Harvest is a love storry starring Ronald Coleman and Greer Garson in a story of a soldier with amnesia escaping from an asylum in 1918 and meeting a woman. It was directed in 1942 by Mervyn LeRoy.
Reach for the Sky
Reach for the Sky is a biographical war drama starring Kenneth More and Muriel Pavlow in the story about Douglas Bader's air accident and his determination to fly again despite losing his legs. It was directed by Lewis Gilbert in 1956.
Reckless
Reckless is a romantic musical starring Jean Harlow in a story about a Broadway actress meeting a businessman and the tragic romance that ensues. It was directed by Victor Fleming in 1935.
Red Scorpion
Red Scorpion is an adventure film starring Dolph Lundgren as a Soviet Assassin sent to kill an African leader. He switches sides and helps the natives to overthrow the communists. Red Scorpion is rated 15 and directed by Joseph Zito.
Repossessed
Repossessed is a horror spoof starring Linda Blair and Leslie Nielsen. It is the story of a woman repossessed by a demon. Directed by Bob Logan.
Restless Natives
Restless Natives is a comedy starring Joe Mullaney and Vincent Friell as two bored Edinburgh youths who hit the road as modern-day highwaymen.
Rising Damp
Rising Damp is a comedy based upon the TV series. It stars Leonard Rossiter and Frances de la Tour in the story of the landlord of a seedy London boarding house who is determined to win the affections of one of his tenants. It was directed by Joe McGrath in 1980.
Roman Scandals
Roman Scandals is a musical starring Eddie Cantor as a shy American boy transported back in time to ancient Rome. Directed by Frank Tuttle.
Romauld and Juliette
Romauld and Juliette is a romantic comedy. It stars Daniel Auteuil and Firmine Richard in a story about a company director uncovering corruption within the firm with the help of a cleaning lady. It was directed in 1989 by Coline Serreau.
Rope
Rope is a thriller starring James Stewart in a story about a murderer hosting a party for his victims family and friends. It was directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1948.
Running Mates
Running Mates is a political romance starring Diane Keaton and Ed Harris in a story about a writer becoming engaged to a US presidential candidate. It was directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg in 1992.
Rustlers' Rhapsody
Rustlers' Rhapsody is a spoof western starring Tom Berenger, Marilu Henner and Andy Griffith. Directed by Hugh Wilson.
Safe
Safe is a drama starring Julianne Moore as a Californian who becomes allergic to everyday chemicals. It was directed by Todd Haynes in 1995.
Safety Last
Safety Last is a comedy. It is the story of a man acting as a "human fly" for a publicity stunt. It stars Harold Lloyd. Directed by Fred Newmeyer and Sam Taylor in 1923.
San Quentin
San Quentin is a crime drama starring Lawrence Tierney and Barton MacLane. It tells of an ex-convict implicated in a murder. To clear his name he must track down the real killer. Directed by Gordon M Douglas.
Santa and the Three Bears
Santa and the Three Bears is an animated story of two bear cubs who fear they will miss Santa when it's time to hibernate. Directed by Tony Benedict.
Santa Fe Passage
Santa Fe Passage is a western starring John Payne as a scout guiding a waggon train through Indian country. It was directed in 1955 by William Witney.
Sarraounia
Sarraounia is a drama about an African warrior queen defending her country against French invaders. Directed by Med Hondo.
Scott of the Antarctic
Scott of the Antarctic is a drama starring John Mills in the story of Captain Robert Scott's return trip to the antarctic in 1912. It was directed by Charles Frend in 1948.
Scrooge
Scrooge is a drama starring Alastair Sim in Dicken's classic story 'A christmas Carol' in which a tight-fisted businessman is visited on Christmas Eve by four ghosts to rem