FR #77 | Movie | Court-Drama, Crime | USA | English
Director
Sidney Lumet
Writer
Reginald Rose
Cast
Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Martin Balsam
Plot
The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.
FR #126 | Movie | Fantasy, Drama | Sweden | Swedish, Latin
Director
Ingmar Bergman
Writer
Ingmar Bergman
Cast
Max Von Sydow, Gunnar Bjornstrand, Bengt Ekerot
Plot
A knight returning to Sweden after the Crusades seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague.
FR #149 | Movie | War, Drama | UK, USA | English, Japanese
Director
David Lean
Writer
Pierre Boulle, Carl Foreman, Michael Wilson
Cast
William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins
Plot
British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it.
In this melodrama, a poverty-stricken woman raises her sons through many trials and tribulations. But no matter the struggles, she always sticks to her own moral code.
FR #411 | Movie | Religion, Drama | India | Telugu, Tamil
Director
Kadiri Venkata Reddy
Writer
Pingali Nagendra Rao, Kadiri Venkata Reddy
Cast
N.T. Rama Rao, S.V. Ranga Rao, Savitri
Plot
Balarama promises Subhadra to get his daughter married to her son. But when the Pandavas loses their kingdom to the Kaurava's, Balarama breaks his promise.
Progressive, reform-minded young warden gets permission to take six surly murderers from prison to dilapidated country farm, to rehabilitate it and themselves through hard work and kindly guidance.
FR #1162 | Movie | War, Drama | Poland | German, Polish
Director
Andrzej Wajda
Writer
Jerzy Stefan Stawinski
Cast
Teresa Izewska, Tadeusz Janczar, Wienczyslaw Glinski
Plot
In 1944, during the Warsaw uprising against the Nazis, Polish Lieutenant Zadra and his resistance fighters use Warsaw's sewer system to escape the German encirclement.
FR #2474 | Movie | Animation, Adventure | Russia | Russian, English
Director
Lev Atamanov
Writer
Georgiy Grebner, Lev Atamanov, Nikolay Erdman
Cast
Vladimir Gribkov, Yanina Zheymo, Anna Komolova
Plot
A young girl embarks on a perilous journey to rescue her friend, who has been taken captive by the Snow Queen and turned cruel by enchanted ice splinters.
FR #2658 | Movie | Adventure, Drama | USA | English
Director
Delmer Daves
Writer
Halsted Welles, Elmore Leonard
Cast
Glenn Ford, Van Heflin, Felicia Farr
Plot
Broke small-time rancher Dan Evans is hired by the stagecoach line to put big-time captured outlaw leader Ben Wade on the 3:10 train to Yuma but Wade's gang tries to free him.
FR #2911 | Movie | Animation, Short | USA | English
Director
Chuck Jones
Writer
Michael Maltese
Cast
Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan
Plot
Elmer Fudd is again hunting rabbits - only this time it's an opera. Wagner's Siegfried with Elmer as the titular hero and Bugs as Brunnhilde. They sing, they dance, they eat the scenery.
Female radio reporter Marcia Jeffries turns folk-singing drifter Larry "Lonesome" Rhodes into a powerful media star who becomes utterly detestable during his meteoric rise.
FR #3155 | Movie | Adventure, Drama | USA, UK | English
Director
Robert Stevenson
Writer
Fred Gipson, William Tunberg
Cast
Dorothy Mcguire, Fess Parker, Tommy Kirk
Plot
A teenage boy grows to love a stray yellow dog while helping his mother and younger brother run their Texas homestead while their father is away on a cattle drive. First thought to be good-for-nothing mutt, Old Yeller is soon belo...
American professor John Holden arrives in London for a parapsychology conference, only to find himself investigating the mysterious actions of Devil-worshipper Julian Karswell.
FR #4423 | Movie | Biography, Drama | USA | English
Director
John Sturges
Writer
Leon Uris, George Scullin
Cast
Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming
Plot
Lawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their participation in the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
FR #4670 | Movie | Adventure, Action | USA | English, German
Director
Dick Powell
Writer
Wendell Mayes, D.A. Rayner
Cast
Robert Mitchum, Curd Jurgens, David Hedison
Plot
During WWII an American destroyer discovers a German U-boat, and in the ensuing duel the American captain must draw upon all his experience to defeat the equally experienced German commander.
FR #4916 | Movie | Romance, Drama | USA | English, Japanese
Director
Joshua Logan
Writer
Paul Osborn, James A. Michener
Cast
Marlon Brando, Ricardo Montalban, Patricia Owens
Plot
A US Air Force major in Kobe confronts his own opposition to marriages between American servicemen and Japanese women when he falls for a beautiful performer.
The year is 1951, India is a free country, and Hariram lives a poor lifestyle along with his wife, Bela, and a young son, Rattan. He is in debt, but continues to borrow money so that he could provide a better life for his family. ...
FR #4989 | Movie | Comedy, Romance | India | Hindi
Director
Vijay Anand
Cast
Dev Anand, Kalpana Kartik, Shashikala Jawalkar
Plot
Runaway wealthy heiress, Raksha, joins a traveller, Madan, in a small truck, heading toward the home of his uncle, Manoharlal. When they reach their destination, they are informed that Manoharlal has passed away, and the estate an...
Stories of the journeys of a wagon train as it leaves post-Civil War Missouri on its way to California through the plains, deserts, and Rocky Mountains.
An incompetent lawyer gets evicted, dons the guise of an old man to gain accommodation, falls for the owner's daughter, then faces numerous life-changing challenges.
FR #5718 | Movie | War, Comedy | Czech, India | Czech, Telugu
Director
Karel Stekl12
Writer
Jan Halek, Jaroslav Hasek, Karel Stekl12
Cast
Rudolf Hrusinsk12, Svatopluk Benes, Frantisek Filipovsk12
Plot
Mrs Müllerova (E. Svobodova) informs her tenant Svejk (R. Hrusinsky) about the recent assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. Svejk heads out to the local pub unaware that a secret police agent is also in there spying on people who t...
FR #5720 | Movie | Adventure, Action | Norway | Norwegian, German
Director
Arne Skouen
Writer
David Howarth, James L. Shute, Arne Skouen
Cast
Jack Fjeldstad, Henny Moan, Alf Malland
Plot
During World War II, nine members of the Norwegian Resistance are trapped by the Germans in a deadly ambush. Only one escapes, and a fierce hunt through the ice desert has begun.
FR #5873 | Movie | Crime, Drama | Japan | Japanese
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Writer
Maxim Gorky, Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni
Cast
Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Kyoko Kagawa
Plot
In a Japanese slum, various residents play out their lives, dreaming of better things or settling for their lot. Among them is a man who pines for a young woman but is stymied by her deceptive family.
While awaiting execution for murder, Baron Victor Frankenstein tells the story of a creature he built and brought to life - only for it to behave not as he intended.
FR #5977 | Movie | Crime, Drama | Germany | German
Director
Robert Siodmak
Writer
Will Berthold, Werner Jorg Luddecke
Cast
Claus Holm, Mario Adorf, Hannes Messemer
Plot
A serial killer strikes again during World War II in Germany. The wrong man is arrested and a detective hunts down the real killer, but justice in Nazi Germany is not so easily administered.
FR #6415 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | UK, USA | English
Director
Charles Chaplin
Writer
Charles Chaplin
Cast
Charles Chaplin, Maxine Audley, Jerry Desmonde
Plot
A recently-deposed European monarch seeks shelter in New York City, where he becomes an accidental television celebrity and is later wrongly accused of being a Communist.
FR #6421 | Movie | Adventure, Drama | USA | English, Japanese
Director
John Huston
Writer
John Lee Mahin, John Huston, Charles Shaw
Cast
Robert Mitchum, Deborah Kerr
Plot
During World War II, an American marine and an Irish nun form an unlikely friendship after being stranded on a South Pacific island. They find comfort in one another while hoping for a rescue, as they try to avoid capture by the J...
FR #6474 | Movie | Adventure, Family | Russia | Russian
Director
Gennadiy Kazanskiy
Writer
Lazar Lagin
Cast
Nikolay Volkov, Aleksei Litvinov, Gennadi Khudyakov
Plot
A boy finds a special jug and releases an ancient genie. The powerful and kind wizard is ready to fulfill all desires, but he doesn't know anything about the reality of the 20th century.
A wealthy man, suspected of murder, is killed before he can be arrested. Everyone in his household is under suspicion. A private investigator looks into the case and finds himself falling in love with one of the suspects.
A doctor falls in love with the granddaughter of a rich man. She helps him to pursue his dream of higher education by giving him her mother's jewellery to sell. The fate of the two lovers after the doctor's return is not a sweet o...
FR #7924 | Movie | Biography, Adventure | USA, India | English, Hindi
Director
Billy Wilder
Writer
Charles A. Lindbergh, Billy Wilder, Wendell Mayes
Cast
James Stewart, Murray Hamilton, Patricia Smith
Plot
Charles 'Slim' Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his New York to Paris flight the first solo transatlantic crossing.
FR #8137 | Movie | Comedy, Short | France | French
Director
Francois Truffaut
Writer
Maurice Pons, Francois Truffaut
Cast
Gerard Blain, Bernadette Lafont, Michel Francois
Plot
A group of five boys, the brats of the title, are all in love with an unbearably beautiful woman and so they spend their summer jealously harassing her and her boyfriend.
FR #8475 | Movie | Drama | Russia, Japan | Russian, Japanese
Director
Grigoriy Kozintsev
Writer
Miguel De Cervantes Y Saavedra, Evgeniy Shvarts
Cast
Nikolay Cherkasov, Yuriy Tolubeev, Serafima Birman
Plot
Senor Quexana has read so many books on chivalry that he believes that he is the knight Don Quixote de la Mancha. So Don Quixote sets off on his horse, accompanied by his squire Sancho Panza on a mule, to perform valiant deeds. Th...
FR #9712 | Movie | Romance, Musical | India | Hindi
Director
Nasir Hussain
Writer
Nasir Hussain
Cast
Shammi Kapoor, Ameeta, Pran Sikand
Plot
Twenty years ago, after killing his brother, Sardar Rajpal flees from his hometown in Shillong and re-locates in the rural area of Assam along with his adopted daughter, Meena. He asks his wife, Kamla, to send their son, Shankar, ...
FR #10480 | Movie | History, Drama | India | Telugu
Director
Kamalakara Kameshwara Rao
Writer
Samudrala Jr.
Cast
N.T. Rama Rao, Anjali Devi, Chittor V. Nagaiah
Plot
Pundarika a young man who is an atheist, neglects his parents and enjoys all the pleasures. Later after loosing his legs, he realizes the true value of his parents and life and comes back to them with repentance.
FR #11405 | Movie | Drama, Musical | USA | English
Director
George Sidney
Writer
Dorothy Kingsley, John O'Hara
Cast
Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak
Plot
Joey Evans is a charming, handsome, funny, talented 1st class, A-Number 1 heel. When Joey meets the former chorus girl and now rich widow Vera Simpson, the pair of lecherous souls seem made for each other.
Bart Allison and sidekick Sam arrive in the town of Sundown on the wedding day of town boss Tate Kimbrough, whom Allison blames for his wife's death years earlier.
FR #11945 | TV | Animation, Comedy | USA | English
Cast
Walter Lantz, Grace Stafford, Homer Brightman
Plot
Walter Lantz hosts a program of theatrical cartoons, along with segments showing the workings of an animation studio and newsreel footage narrated by Woody Woodpecker.
Follow-up to I Love Lucy (1951), Lucy Ricardo continues her wacky schemes as she travels with her husband, Ricky and their friends Ethel and Fred to various locations and meeting celebrities.
FR #12401 | Movie | War, Drama | France, USA | English, German
Director
Nicholas Ray
Writer
Rene Hardy, Nicholas Ray, Gavin Lambert
Cast
Richard Burton, Curd Jurgens, Ruth Roman
Plot
A commander receives a citation for an attack on Erwin Rommel's headquarters, which is actually undeserved, as the commander is unfit for his job. On top of that, unbeknownst to him, his wife is having an affair with one of his of...
From the hills of West Virginia, Amos McCoy moves his family to an inherited farm in California. Grandpa Amos is quick to give advice to his three grandchildren and wonders how his neighbors ever managed without him around.
FR #12676 | Movie | Comedy, Musical | USA | English
Director
Rouben Mamoulian
Writer
Leonard Gershe, Leonard Spigelgass, Melchior Lengyel
Cast
Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Janis Paige
Plot
A Russian government official is sent to Paris to bring back her comrades; she soon gets a taste of Paris life and falls in love with an American movie producer.
At a high mountain hotel in Norway the porter Poppe tries to do the best he can for the guests with an often unhelpful piccolo Rudolf. This, however, leads to a lot of problems, and Poppe thinks some of the guests behave inappropr...
FR #12919 | Movie | Adventure, Family | USA, Italy | English, Italian
Director
Nathan Juran
Writer
Robert Creighton Williams, Christopher Knopf, Charlott Knight
Cast
William Hopper, Joan Taylor, Thomas Browne Henry
Plot
The first U.S. spaceship to Venus crash-lands off the coast of Sicily on its return trip. A dangerous, lizard-like creature comes with it and quickly grows gigantic.
FR #13212 | Movie | Romance, Drama | India | Hindi
Director
L.V. Prasad
Writer
Vishwamitter Adil, Inder Raj Anand, Pinisetty
Cast
Raj Kapoor, Meena Kumari, Shyama
Plot
Chiranjeev lives a wealthy lifestyle along with his widowed father Kashiram; two sisters, one of whom is mute; and a younger brother. On a trip, his friend Mohan falls ill from too-high consumption of alcohol and gets treated at a...
FR #13401 | Movie | Adventure, Action | USA | English, French
Director
James Neilson
Writer
Borden Chase, Norman A. Fox
Cast
James Stewart, Audie Murphy, Dan Duryea
Plot
A fired railroad man is re-hired and entrusted to carry a ten thousand dollar payroll in secret, even though he is suspected of being connected to outlaws.
FR #13415 | Movie | Biography, Drama | USA | English, Chinese
Director
Joseph Pevney
Writer
R. Wright Campbell, Ivan Goff, Ben Roberts
Cast
James Cagney, Dorothy Malone, Jane Greer
Plot
The life and career of vaudevillian and silent-screen horror star Lon Chaney, including his contentious relationship with his neurotic wife and his premature death.
