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Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
IMDb: 7.1
98

Sir Arthur Blake has inherited title and lands from his brother. He also has his orphaned nephew Benjamin working for him as a bonded servant. While he believes the lad…

Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Ladies in Retirement

Ladies in Retirement

Ladies in Retirement
IMDb: 7.1
91

Ellen Creed is a housekeeper who looks after Leonora Fiske, a retired actress living in the English countryside. When Ellen’s eccentric sisters visit their sibling at Leonora’s home, tensions soon…

Genre: Drama
Les Miserables

Les Miserables

Les Miserables
IMDb: 6.8
105

Jean Valjean, a Frenchman of good character, has nevertheless been convicted for the minor crime of stealing bread. A minor infraction leads to his pursuit by the relentless policeman Javert,…

Rembrandt

Rembrandt

Rembrandt
IMDb: 7.1
85

This character study joins the painter at the height of his fame in 1642, when his adored wife suddenly dies and his work takes a dark, sardonic turn that offends…

Genre: Drama
The Bishop’s Wife

The Bishop’s Wife

The Bishop’s Wife
IMDb: 7.6
109

An Episcopal Bishop, Henry Brougham, has been working for months on the plans for an elaborate new cathedral which he hopes will be paid for primarily by a wealthy, stubborn…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Hell’s Half Acre

Hell’s Half Acre

Hell’s Half Acre
IMDb: 6.3
90

A woman travels to Hawaii to find out if a man in prison there is actually her missing husband.

The Bride of Frankenstein

The Bride of Frankenstein

The Bride of Frankenstein
IMDb: 7.8
75

Bride of Frankenstein begins where James Whale’s Frankenstein from 1931 ended. Dr. Frankenstein has not been killed as previously portrayed and now he wants to get away from the mad…

Genre: Horror
The Girls of Pleasure Island

The Girls of Pleasure Island

The Girls of Pleasure Island
IMDb: 6
95

In the spring of 1945, World War II is coming to a close. Roger Halyard, a dignified, strait-laced Englishmen, lives on a South Sea atoll with his three daughters, Gloria,…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
That Darn Cat!

That Darn Cat!

That Darn Cat!
IMDb: 6.8
112

A young woman suspects foul play when her cat comes home wearing a wrist watch. Convincing the FBI, though, and catching the bad guys is tougher than she imagined.

Dreamboat

Dreamboat

Dreamboat
IMDb: 6.8
83

Thornton Sayre, a respected college professor – secretly formerly a silent films romantic action hero – is disturbed, feeling his privacy has been violated, and his professional credibility as a…

Genre: Comedy
Rascal

Rascal

Rascal
IMDb: 6.5
85

A comedy filled with tenderness as a baby raccoon snuggles his way into the life of a lonely boy. He becomes the boy’s only companion during his father’s frequent absences….

Genre: Drama, Family
Androcles and the Lion

Androcles and the Lion

Androcles and the Lion
IMDb: 6.2
98

George Bernard Shaw’s breezy, delightful dramatization of this classic fable—about a Christian slave who pulls a thorn from a lion’s paw and is spared from death in the Colosseum as…

Genre: Comedy
Naughty Marietta

Naughty Marietta

Naughty Marietta
IMDb: 6.7
105

A French princess in Colonial America gets involved with a mercenary.

Genre: Drama, Music
Pajama Party

Pajama Party

Pajama Party
IMDb: 4.9
82

A Martian teenager sent to prepare for an invasion falls in love with an Earth girl.

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
The Glass Slipper

The Glass Slipper

The Glass Slipper
IMDb: 6.5
93

Musical adaptation of the story of Cinderella and her magical trip to the prince’s ball.

The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden
IMDb: 7.5
92

When Cholera takes the parents of Mary Lennox, she is shipped from India to England to live with her Uncle Craven. Mary changes the lives of those she encounters at…

Genre: Drama, Family
The Spiral Staircase

The Spiral Staircase

The Spiral Staircase
IMDb: 7.4
83

In 1916, beautiful young mute Helen is a domestic worker for elderly, ailing Mrs. Warren. Mrs. Warren’s two adult sons, Albert (a professor) and womanizing impudent Steven, also live in…

Bell, Book and Candle

Bell, Book and Candle

Bell, Book and Candle
IMDb: 6.9
106

A modern-day witch likes her neighbor but despises his fiancee, so she enchants him to love her instead… only to fall in love with him for real.

Me, Natalie

Me, Natalie

Me, Natalie
IMDb: 6.5
111

Since she was a child, Natalie Miller has always thought she was an ugly ducking. Despite her mother’s encouragement that she will grow up to be pretty, Natalie has never…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Willard

Willard

Willard
IMDb: 6.2
95

A social misfit, Willard is made fun of by his co-workers, and squeezed out of the company started by his deceased father by his boss. His only friends are a…

Buccaneer’s Girl

Buccaneer’s Girl

Buccaneer’s Girl
IMDb: 6.1
77

Buccaneer’s Girl is a 1950 American romantic adventure film directed by Frederick De Cordova and starring Yvonne De Carlo, Philip Friend and Robert Douglas. A New Orleans singer becomes involved…

Blackbeard’s Ghost

Blackbeard’s Ghost

Blackbeard’s Ghost
IMDb: 6.9
106 min

Peter Ustinov stars as the wraith, that returns to Earth to help his descendant, older Elsa Lanchester (Stowecroft). The villains would like to kick Lanchester along with her friends from…

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Genre: Family, Fantasy
Witness for the Prosecution

Witness for the Prosecution

Witness for the Prosecution
IMDb: 8.4
116 min

When Leonard Vole is arrested for the sensational homicide of a wealthy, middle-aged widow, the well-known Sir Wilfrid Robarts agrees to seem on his behalf. Sir Wilfrid, recovering from a…

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Genre: Drama, Mystery
The Big Clock

The Big Clock

The Big Clock
IMDb: 7.7
95 min

Stroud, ” a crime magazine crusading editor must post-pone a holiday with his wife, if a glamorous blond is murdered and he’s assigned by his own publishing manager Janoth to…

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Lassie Come Home

Lassie Come Home

Lassie Come Home
IMDb: 7.1
89 min

Tough times come to your Carraclough family and they’re forced to sell their pet, Lassie, into the wealthy Duke of Rudling. Lassie, however, is reluctant to stay besides youthful Carraclough…

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Genre: Family