A middle-aged New England associate professor and his wife, with the help of alcohol, use their young guests to fuel anguish and emotional pain towards each other over the course of a distressing night.
FR #992 | Movie | Thriller, Musical | India | Hindi
Director
Vijay Anand
Writer
Nasir Hussain
Cast
Shammi Kapoor, Asha Parekh, Raj Mehra
Plot
A woman blames a nightclub drummer for the suspicious death of her sister, and seeks revenge. However, the pair work together to solve the mystery and become romantically involved, after he introduces himself under another name.
FR #1231 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | India | Bengali, English
Director
Tapan Sinha
Writer
Shyamal Gupta, Tapan Sinha
Cast
Mumtaz Ahmed, Bhanu Bannerjee, Tapan Bhattacharya
Plot
A mysterious man arrives as a servant in a dysfunctional and fragmented joint family and over time, helps them to rebuild the love and compassion within the family.
FR #1442 | Movie | Comedy | Czech, India | Czech, Kannada
Director
Vera Chytilova
Writer
Vera Chytilova, Pavel Juracek, Ester Krumbachova
Cast
Ivana Karbanova, Jitka Cerhova, Marie Ceskova
Plot
After realizing that all world is spoiled, Marie and Marie are committed to be spoiled themselves. They rip off older men, feast in lavish meals and do all kinds of mischief. But what is all this leading to?
FR #1446 | TV | SuperHeroes, Action | USA | English
Writer
Bill Finger, Lorenzo Semple Jr., William Dozier
Cast
Adam West, Burt Ward, Alan Napier
Plot
Follows the adventures of wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne, also known as the Caped Crusade Batman and his young ward Dick Grayson also known as Batman's sidekick Robin the boy wonder as they battle evildoers in Gotham City.
A lawyer's wife dies in his arms. Yet, another woman - identical in appearance and accused of aiding a gang of bandits - claims to be the lawyer's wife. A courtroom drama ensues.
A very good cop tries to catch a very bad and extremely clever car thief. The irony's that the thief isn't very clever, nor is he a bad person. In fact, he's not just a virtuous person he's also the 'cop's best friend.
Mohan Sharma (Tarun Bose) is a workaholic whose life changes dramatically after his wife dies giving birth to their daughter Uma (Sharmila Tagore). He despises the daughter by day, and adores her when drunk at night. Uma's life ge...
FR #2156 | Movie | Romance, Drama | USA | English, Spanish
Director
Howard Hawks
Writer
Leigh Brackett, Harry Brown
Cast
John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, James Caan
Plot
Cole Thornton, a gunfighter for hire, joins forces with old friend, Sheriff J.P. Hara. Together with an old Indian fighter and a gambler, they help a rancher and his family fight a rival rancher who's trying to steal their water.
FR #2854 | Movie | Romance, Drama | France, India | French, Spanish
Director
Claude Lelouch
Writer
Claude Lelouch, Pierre Uytterhoeven
Cast
Anouk Aimee, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Pierre Barouh
Plot
A widow and a widower find their relationship developing into love, but their past tragedies prove hard to overcome, causing them to proceed with utmost delicacy.
FR #3663 | Movie | Biography, Drama | Denmark, Sweden | Danish, Norwegian
Director
Henning Carlsen
Writer
Henning Carlsen, Knut Hamsun, Peter Seeberg
Cast
Per Oscarsson, Gunnel Lindblom, Birgitte Federspiel
Plot
In 1890, Pontus, the starving writer, wanders the streets of Christiania, in search of love and a chance to get his work published. All he meets is defeat and suffering while his sense of reality is withering. One moment his is de...
A fascinating and human portrayal of a once-famous fighter pilot and loyal Stalinist named Nadezhda Petrovna. Now a 41-year-old provincial schoolmistress, she has so internalized the military ideas of service and obedience that sh...
FR #4109 | Movie | Adventure, Comedy | France, Italy | Italian, Latin
Director
Mario Monicelli
Writer
Agenore Incrocci, Furio Scarpelli, Mario Monicelli
Cast
Vittorio Gassman, Catherine Spaak, Folco Lulli
Plot
A group of misfits, headed by an incompetent knight named Brancaleone, set out to reach the small town of Aurocastro so that their leader can take possession of the fief.
FR #4418 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | UK, USA | English
Director
Roman Polanski
Writer
Roman Polanski, Gerard Brach
Cast
Donald Pleasence, Francoise Dorleac, Lionel Stander
Plot
In search of help, two wounded gangsters on the run find refuge in the secluded castle of a feeble man and his wife; however, under the point of a gun, nothing is what it seems.
FR #4471 | Movie | Drama | France, Germany | German
Director
Volker Schlondorff
Writer
Robert Musil, Herbert Asmodi, Volker Schlondorff
Cast
Mathieu Carriere, Marian Seidowsky, Bernd Tischer
Plot
In a boarding school, a student observes in passive disgust as his two friends manipulate, humiliate and torture a fellow student, justifying their every act.
FR #4725 | Movie | History, Fantasy | India | Hindi
Director
Lekh Tandon
Writer
Arjun Dev Rashk, Balbir Singh, Omkar Sahib
Cast
Vyjayanthimala, Sunil Dutt, Premnath Malhotra
Plot
A victory over neighboring state Vaishai has always eluded Magadh Samrat Ajaatshatru despite being winning and taking control over all neighboring states. He attacks Vaishali only get defeated again. Wounded, lost and on the run, ...
FR #4870 | Movie | Action, Drama | Italy, Spain | Italian
Director
Sergio Corbucci
Writer
Sergio Corbucci, Bruno Corbucci, Franco Rossetti
Cast
Franco Nero, Jose Canalejas, Jose Bodalo
Plot
A coffin-dragging gunslinger and a prostitute become embroiled in a bitter feud between a Klan of Southern racists and a band of Mexican Revolutionaries.
FR #4985 | TV | Sci-Fi, Adventure | Germany, USA | German, English
Cast
Dietmar Schonherr, Eva Pflug, Wolfgang Volz
Plot
Commander McLane and the crew of the fast space cruiser Orion patrol Earth's outposts and colonies in space and defend humanity from the alien 'Frogs'.
FR #5157 | Movie | History, Drama | Hungary, Italy | Hungarian, English
Director
Miklos Jancso
Writer
Gyula Hernadi
Cast
Janos Gorbe, Zoltan Latinovits, Tibor Molnar
Plot
In Hungary, the national movement led by Kossuth has been crushed and the Austrian hegemony re-established, but partisans carry on with violent actions. In order to root out the guerilla, the army rounds up suspects and jails them...
FR #5161 | Movie | Romance, Drama | USA | English, German
Director
Alfred Hitchcock
Writer
Brian Moore, Willis Hall, Keith Waterhouse
Cast
Paul Newman, Julie Andrews, Lila Kedrova
Plot
An American scientist publicly defects to East Germany as part of a cloak and dagger mission to find the solution for a formula resin before planning an escape back to the West.
FR #5376 | Movie | Crime, Action | Japan, Greece | Japanese, English
Director
Seijun Suzuki
Writer
Kohan Kawauchi
Cast
Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara, Hideaki Nitani
Plot
After his gang disbands, a yakuza enforcer looks forward to life outside of organized crime but soon must become a drifter after his old rivals attempt to assassinate him.
FR #5411 | Movie | Documentary | USA, South Korea | English, Korean
Director
Bruce Brown
Writer
Bruce Brown
Cast
Robert August, Michael Hynson, Lord James Blears
Plot
The crown jewel to ten years of Bruce Brown surfing documentaries. Brown follows two young surfers around the world in search of the perfect wave, and ends up finding quite a few in addition to some colorful local characters.
FR #6386 | Movie | Horror, Drama | Italy | Italian
Director
Mario Bava
Writer
Romano Migliorini, Roberto Natale, Mario Bava
Cast
Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Erika Blanc, Fabienne Dali
Plot
A Carpathian village is haunted by the ghost of a murderous little girl, prompting a coroner and a medical student to uncover her secrets while a witch attempts to protect the villagers.
FR #6410 | Movie | Religion | Italy, USA | English
Director
John Huston
Writer
Christopher Fry, Jonathan Griffin, Ivo Perilli
Cast
Michael Parks, Ulla Bergryd, Richard Harris
Plot
Extravagant production of the first part of the book of Genesis. Its main highlights are the Garden of Eden, the first brothers, Noah and his family obeying God to build an ark for the Flood and Abraham's attempted sacrifice of Is...
FR #6669 | Movie | War, Comedy | USA | English, Russian
Director
Norman Jewison
Writer
William Rose, Nathaniel Benchley
Cast
Carl Reiner, Eva Marie Saint, Alan Arkin
Plot
Without hostile intent, a Soviet submarine runs aground off New England. Men are sent for a boat, but many villagers go into a tizzy, risking bloodshed.
FR #6729 | TV | Adventure, Drama | France, Germany | German, French
Cast
Michael Ande, Jacques Dacqmine, Georges Riquier
Plot
As a young boy finds an old map of a treasure island in the mid 1700s, he joins a sailing crew on an adventure to find the treasure island. He does not realize however that bloodthirsty pirates are amongst the crew, desperately wa...
FR #6882 | Movie | Crime, Action | Hong Kong | Mandarin, Chinese
Director
King Hu
Writer
King Hu, Shan-Hsi Ting
Cast
Pei-Pei Cheng, Yueh Hua, Chih-Ching Yang
Plot
Bandits kidnap a governor's son and demand their imprisoned leader to be set free in exchange. The governor's daughter, a skilled martial artist, is sent to rescue him, but eventually finds herself overmatched and in need of assis...
FR #6890 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | France, Italy | English, German
Director
Philippe De Broca
Writer
Daniel Boulanger, Maurice Bessy
Cast
Alan Bates, Genevieve Bujold, Pierre Brasseur
Plot
During World War I, a British private, sent ahead to a French town to scout for enemy presence, is mistaken for a King by the colorful patients of an insane asylum.
FR #6977 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | Czech, Italy | Czech, English
Director
Jan Nemec
Writer
Ester Krumbachova, Jan Nemec
Cast
Helena Pejskova, Jana Pracharova, Zdena Skvorecka
Plot
A small group of bourgeois guests head for a birthday party of a prominent figure. As they go through the woods and have a picnic, they are suddenly surrounded by a bunch of suspicious strangers.
Suzanne is forced against her will to take vows as a nun and three mothers superior treat her in radically different ways. Suzanne's virtue brings disaster to everyone in this faithful adaptation of a bitter attack on religious ab...
FR #7412 | Movie | Comedy, Family | USA, India | English, Spanish
Director
Alan Rafkin
Writer
James Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum, Andy Griffith
Cast
Don Knotts, Joan Staley, Liam Redmond
Plot
A timid typesetter hasn't a ghost of a chance of becoming a reporter--until he decides to solve a murder mystery and ends up spending a fright-filled night in a haunted house.
FR #7470 | Movie | Drama | Sweden | English, Swedish
Director
Jan Troell
Writer
Bengt Forslund, Jan Troell, Eyvind Johnson
Cast
Eddie Axberg, Gudrun Brost, Ulla Akselson
Plot
A working class teenager comes of age in 1910s rural Sweden, moving from job to job and meeting a variety of individuals who gradually shape his future.
FR #7484 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | India | Tamil, Hindi
Director
A.P. Nagarajan
Writer
A.P. Nagarajan
Cast
Shivaji Ganesan, Gemini Ganesan, Savitri
Plot
Sage Naradha creates a dispute between three goddesses Saraswathi, Parvathi and Lakshmi, about who is the most powerful of them. Three of them accepts the challenge to prove their ability. Who wins the challenge ?
"What if someone had an absurd dream and the visions ran out in the street?" a scientist asks Rose, a researcher who discovers a way to engender beneficial dreams (to produce contented, productive workers). There's a problem: afte...
FR #7911 | Movie | Comedy, Musical | USA, UK | English
Director
Richard Lester
Writer
Melvin Frank, Michael Pertwee, Burt Shevelove
Cast
Zero Mostel, Phil Silvers, Buster Keaton
Plot
A wily Roman slave schemes to earn his freedom by romantically uniting his master with a courtesan. But matters get complicated and he ends up dragging in his neighbors around him, leading to chaos.
Ten years after his demise, Count Dracula is resurrected by his servant and preys on four unsuspecting English tourists who have taken shelter in his castle.
Monish Rai comes from a wealthy family, and is in love with Deviyani, who is poor. Monish has to travel abroad to further his education in law, but promises to stay in touch with Deviyani. After his departure, financial problems s...
FR #8167 | Movie | Biography, Drama | Romania, France | Romanian, Portuguese
Director
Sergiu Nicolaescu
Writer
Titus Popovici, Jacques Remy
Cast
Pierre Brice, Marie-Jose Nat, Georges Marchal
Plot
The Dacian kingdom lies at the eastern border of the Roman Empire.Only the river Danube separates the two mortal enemies.The Dacian king Decebalus knows that soon the vastly superior Roman legions will cross the river and attack D...
An aspiring actress moves from her hometown of Brewster, New York, to try to make it big in New York City, having to take several offbeat "temp" jobs to support herself in between her various auditions and bit parts.
FR #8215 | Movie | Romance, Comedy | India | Hindi
Director
Pramod Chakravorty
Writer
Sachin Bhowmick, Agha Jani Kashmiri
Cast
Joy Mukherjee, Asha Parekh, Mehmood
Plot
Gayatridevi wants her son Ashok to marry Sarita, whom she has chosen for him. However, Ashok is in love with Asha. Things take a turn when Ashok loses his eyesight in an accident.
FR #8715 | Movie | Romance, Musical | India | Hindi
Director
T. Prakash Rao
Writer
Abrar Alvi, Jawar N. Sitaraman
Cast
Vyjayanthimala, Rajendra Kumar Tuli, Ajit Khan
Plot
Maharaja Vikram decides to marry his daughter Anuradha to his commander's son, Pratap. However, years later, Anuradha is abducted by bandit Suraj while on her way to Pratap's coronation.
International intrigue in London, involving an American university professor, an Arab prime minister, a ruthless businessman, a beautiful spy, and hieroglyphics.
