A silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood.
FR #637 | Movie | Western, Drama | USA | English, Spanish
Director
Fred Zinnemann
Writer
Carl Foreman, John W. Cunningham
Cast
Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Thomas Mitchell
Plot
A town Marshal, despite the disagreements of his newlywed bride and the townspeople around him, must face a gang of deadly killers alone at "high noon" when the gang leader, an outlaw he "sent up" years ago, arrives on the noon tr...
FR #1390 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA | English, Irish
Director
John Ford
Writer
Frank S. Nugent, Maurice Walsh, John Ford
Cast
John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald
Plot
A retired American boxer returns to the village of his birth in 1920s Ireland, where he falls for a spirited redhead whose brother is contemptuous of their union.
A young French girl orphaned in a German air attack is befriended by the son of a poor farmer, and together they try to come to terms with the realities of death.
In Mughal Emperor Akbar's court, young musician Baiju challenges maestro Tansen to a musical duel in order to avenge the death of his father, which he holds Tansen responsible for.
FR #3472 | Movie | Comedy, Fantasy | Czech, Russia | Czech, Ukrainian
Director
Martin Fric
Writer
Jiri Brdecka, Martin Fric, Jan Werich
Cast
Jan Werich, Marie Vasova, Natasa Gollova
Plot
Emperors baker and Bakers emperor - it refers to the fact that in movie just a regular young baker gets switched with real old Emperor which leaves everyone thinking that emperor did get younger by drinking the potion of youth.
FR #3485 | Movie | Biography, Drama | India | Hindi
Director
Hemen Gupta
Writer
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Hemen Gupta, Krishna Prabhakara
Cast
Prithviraj Kapoor, Geeta Bali, Ranjana
Plot
Watch the full movie, Anand Math online, only on Eros Now. Anand Math is a 1952 Hindi patriotic-historical film directed by Hemen Gupta, based on Anandamath, the famous Bengali novel written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in 1882. T...
This film chronicles key events in the life of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, founder of the Maratha Empire from his birth to his Coronation as "Chhatrapati"
Brothers Chandrasekaran, Gnanasekaran and Gunasekaran are Indian immigrants living in Burma. Things take a turn when their brother-in-law dies in an accident and their father dies of shock.
FR #4721 | Movie | Adventure, Action | India | Hindi
Director
Mehboob Khan
Writer
R.S. Choudhury, S. Ali Raza
Cast
Dilip Kumar, Nimmi, Premnath Malhotra
Plot
After ascending to the throne, King Shamsher Singh begins a reign of terror and oppression. A young commoner named Jai then decides to challenge the king and kidnaps his sister.
FR #5920 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | UK | English, French
Director
Anthony Asquith
Writer
Oscar Wilde, Anthony Asquith
Cast
Michael Redgrave, Richard Wattis, Michael Denison
Plot
After Algernon discovers that his friend Ernest, has created a fictional brother for whenever he needs a reason to escape dull country life, Algernon poses as the brother, resulting in ever-increasing confusion.
FR #6661 | Movie | Film-Noir, Thriller | USA, Russia | English
Director
David Miller
Writer
Lenore J. Coffee, Robert Smith, Edna Sherry
Cast
Joan Crawford, Jack Palance, Gloria Grahame
Plot
After an ambitious actor insinuates himself into the life of a wealthy middle-aged playwright and marries her, he plots with his mistress to murder her.
FR #6911 | Movie | Biography, Drama | USA, Mexico | English, German
Director
Elia Kazan
Writer
John Steinbeck, Edgecumb Pinchon
Cast
Marlon Brando, Jean Peters, Anthony Quinn
Plot
The story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt, oppressive dictatorship of President Porfirio DÃaz in the early 20th century.
After losing his vision during a storm, Carlos lives with his sister, Maria, off of the Indian coast in a fishing village. One day a mysterious young woman, Lisa, enters their lives, followed by a mysterious man, Tony Fernandes. M...
Living a poor lifestyle with his widowed mother, Shankar sells toys for a living, but is addicted to alcohol. He is attracted to Parvati, who also lives a poor lifestyle along with her step-brother, Jagat Narayan, his wife, and th...
FR #7654 | Movie | Adventure, Action | USA, UK | English
Director
Robert Siodmak
Writer
Roland Kibbee
Cast
Burt Lancaster, Nick Cravat, Eva Bartok
Plot
During the 1700s, pirate Captain Vallo seizes a British warship and gets involved in various money-making schemes involving Caribbean rebels led by El Libre, British envoy Baron Jose Gruda, and a beautiful courtesan named Consuelo.
Retired rodeo champion Jeff McCloud agrees to mentor novice rodeo contestant Wes Merritt against the wishes of Merritt's wife who fears the dangers of this rough sport.
Roopa lives in a chawl in a slum with her alcoholic paternal uncle, who sits at home and forces her to go out to work, earn and buy alcohol for him. Her outlook on life is close to despair, and when she finds no work, earns no mon...
FR #10662 | Movie | Film-Noir, Drama | USA, Spain | Italian, English
Director
Fritz Lang
Writer
Alfred Hayes, Clifford Odets
Cast
Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Ryan, Paul Douglas
Plot
Mae Doyle comes back to her hometown a cynical woman. Her brother Joe fears that his love, fish cannery worker Peggy, may wind up like Mae. Mae marries Jerry and has a baby; she is happy but restless, drawn to Jerry's friend Earl.
FR #11220 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | India | Telugu
Director
L.V. Prasad
Writer
Aluri Chakrapani
Cast
N.T. Rama Rao, Varalakshmi G., Savitri
Plot
A young man's father is a old fashioned man. He wants dowry from his son's wife. The young man along with his friend teaches a lesson to his father then.
Western stories and legends based, and filmed, in and around Death Valley, California. One of the longest-running Western series, originating on radio in the 1930s. The continuing sponsor was "20 Mule Team" Borax, a product former...
Bud and Lou are unemployed actors living in Mr. Fields' boarding house. Lou's girlfriend Hillary lives across the hall. Any premise would lead to slapstick, puns, lots of gimmicks from their movies.
FR #11635 | Movie | War, Drama | Japan, Russia | Japanese, English
Director
Kaneto Shindo
Writer
Arata Osada, Kaneto Shindo
Cast
Nobuko Otowa, Osamu Takizawa, Masao Shimizu
Plot
Post war Hiroshima: It's been four years since the last time she visited her hometown. Takako faces the after effects of the A-bomb when she travels around the city to call on old friends.
FR #11665 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA | English, French
Director
Norman Taurog
Writer
Jack Rose, Melville Shavelson, Anna Perrot Rose
Cast
Cary Grant, Betsy Drake, Lurene Tuttle
Plot
New Jersey couple Anna and Poppy Rose become foster parents to several kids born into less fortunate circumstances, including a desperately unhappy 13-year-old girl and a physically handicapped boy with a penchant for getting into...
FR #11979 | Movie | Drama | India | Telugu, Malayalam
Director
Sriramulu Naidu S.M.
Writer
Munshi Paramu Pillai
Cast
K.R. Ramaswamy, Doraiswamy, T.S. Durairaj
Plot
Kanchana, a Tamil comedy horror film directed, written and produced by Raghava Lawrence. He plays a jobless youth, spending his days playing cricket with friends. He suffers from an ...
FR #12153 | Movie | Biography, Family | USA, Poland | English
Director
Charles Vidor
Writer
Moss Hart, Myles Connolly, Ben Hecht
Cast
Danny Kaye, Farley Granger, Zizi Jeanmaire
Plot
The opening scene of the movie describes it best: "Once upon a time there lived in Denmark a great storyteller named Hans Christian Andersen. This is not the story of his life, but a fairy tale about the great spinner of fairy tal...
FR #12217 | Movie | Mystery, Drama | India | Hindi
Director
R.C. Talwar
Writer
Charlotte Bronte, Ramanand Sagar
Cast
Madhubala, Dilip Kumar, Dara Singh Randhawa
Plot
A loose adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's classic, Jane Eyre. In this version childhood sweethearts are separated and grow up in different worlds. The girl is brought up to be a 'pujaaran' (priestess) while the boy grows up to be a...
FR #12431 | Movie | Adventure, Drama | USA | English
Director
Richard Thorpe
Writer
John L. Balderston, Noel Langley, Wells Root
Cast
Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, James Mason
Plot
An Englishman vacationing in a Ruritarian kingdom is recruited to impersonate his cousin, the soon-to-be-crowned king, after the monarch is drugged and kidnapped.
FR #12665 | Movie | Adventure, Action | USA | English, Russian
Director
Raoul Walsh
Writer
Borden Chase, Horace Mccoy, Rex Beach
Cast
Gregory Peck, Ann Blyth, Anthony Quinn
Plot
In 1850 San Francisco, a Russian Countess runs away from an arranged marriage to a Russian Prince and falls into the arms of an American sea captain who occasionally poaches seals in Russian Alaska.
FR #12895 | Movie | Drama | France, Italy | Italian
Director
Giuseppe De Santis
Writer
Cesare Zavattini, Basilio Franchina, Giuseppe De Santis
Cast
Lucia Bose, Carla Del Poggio, Maria Grazia Francia
Plot
Five women interviewed for a job in 1951 Rome. A staircase collapsed during chaos, injuring many. The film follows how this incident impacted their different lives, some finding change, others disappointment.
The oldest still-running news broadcast on German television, this news show broadcasts up to 20 episodes a day under public law with the main issue being aired at 8 o'clock PM.
FR #13412 | Movie | Animation, Short | USA, India | French, Urdu
Director
Joseph Barbera, William Hanna
Writer
William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
Cast
Francoise Brun-Cottan, Arthur Q. Bryan, William Hanna
Plot
This Tom and Jerry cartoon is set in 17th century France. Tom, who is a soldier in the King's castle, is assigned to guard the food laid out on a banquet table. Jerry and a smaller mouse companion, two wandering "mouseketeers," ma...
FR #13661 | Movie | Comedy, Horror | USA | English
Director
Jack Hannah
Writer
Ralph Wright, Ted Osborne, Al Taliaferro
Cast
Ken Darby, June Foray, James Macdonald
Plot
When the nephews come to Donald's house in their Halloween costumes he dumps water on them and laughs at his trick. A witch sees this and decides to help the kids. By magic she gives Donald a bad time and the kids finally get thei...
FR #14714 | Movie | Romance, Drama | India | Hindi
Director
B. Trilochan
Writer
Umesh Mathur, Arjun Dev Rashk
Cast
Nargis, Raj Kapoor, Shivraj
Plot
Ashiana (The Nest) Directed by Shama Habibullah, a 23 minute documentary that tells a narrative story with beautiful images of village life and the people connected to it. The story centers around the life of a house in northern I...
Dilip, spoilt and careless grandson of wealthy Rai Bahadur, is in love with film actress Nayantara and wants to marry her. However, Nayantara wants to marry him only for his wealth. Rai Bahadur totally disapproves this. However, f...
Miss Brooks is an English teacher who has a low paying job, lousy boss, has a crush on a teacher and whose student drives her to school. She lives in a boarding house.
FR #16143 | Movie | Comedy | Mexico, China | Spanish, Chinese
Director
Luis Bunuel
Writer
Manuel Altolaguirre, Luis Bunuel, Juan De La Cabada
Cast
Lilia Prado, Carmelita Gonzalez, Esteban Mayo
Plot
A newly-wed country boy receives the terrible news that his mother is dying, and takes a long and dangerous bus trip to the city to contact a notary for her last will and testament. Will he resist temptation and do the right thing?
FR #16160 | Movie | Film-Noir, Drama | USA | English
Director
Jean Negulesco
Writer
Nunnally Johnson, I.A.R. Wylie
Cast
Bette Davis, Shelley Winters, Gary Merrill
Plot
While awaiting a delayed flight, a lawyer who has left his unfaithful wife, befriends three fellow passengers. After the plane crashes and he is among the few to survive, he feels compelled to contact the families of his dead frie...
FR #16165 | Movie | Thriller, Drama | USA | English, French
Director
Samuel Fuller
Writer
Samuel Fuller
Cast
Bela Kovacs, Herbert Heyes, Tina Pine
Plot
The Globe is a small, but visionary newspaper started by Phineas Mitchell, an editor recently fired by The Star. The two newspapers become enemies, and the Star's ruthless heiress Charity Hackett decides to eliminate the competition.
FR #16720 | Movie | Family, Drama | Switzerland | German, Swiss German
Director
Luigi Comencini
Writer
Luigi Comencini, Richard Schweizer, Johanna Spyri
Cast
Heinrich Gretler, Elsbeth Sigmund, Thomas Klameth
Plot
When Heidi, a little girl who leads an idyllic life with her grandfather in the Alps, is cruelly taken from the mountain retreat by a stern aunt, she adapts to life in the village below by bringing humor and goodwill to every situ...
FR #16921 | Movie | Comedy, Western | USA | English
Director
Frank Tashlin
Writer
Frank Tashlin, Robert L. Welch, Joseph Quillan
Cast
Bob Hope, Jane Russell, Roy Rogers
Plot
Junior Potter returns to claim his father's gold, which is nowhere to be found. "Mike" is the luscious head of a gang of thieves, and Roy Barton is the federal marshal hot on her trail.
FR #16985 | Movie | Fantasy, Horror | Turkey | Turkish, Romanian
Director
Mehmet Muhtar
Writer
Turgut Demirag, Umit Deniz, Mehmet Muhtar
Cast
Annie Ball, Cahit Irgat, Ayfer Feray
Plot
Azmi is a lawyer from Istanbul. Drakula of Romania has assumed a new title. Azmi travels to Romania for legal matters. He is warned of Drakula but Azmi is a strong believer of goodness.
