FR #606 | Movie | Biography, Crime | USA, France | English, Spanish
Director
Franklin J. Schaffner
Writer
Dalton Trumbo, Lorenzo Semple Jr., Henri Charriere
Cast
Steve Mcqueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory
Plot
A French convict in the 1930s befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence in the South American penal colony on Devil's Island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
FR #643 | Movie | Adventure, Comedy | Russia, Mexico | Russian, German
Director
Leonid Gaidai
Writer
Mikhail A. Bulgakov, Vladlen Bakhnov, Leonid Gaidai
Cast
Yuriy Yakovlev, Leonid Kuravlyov, Aleksandr Demyanenko
Plot
An ordinary Soviet building manager, living in the 20th century, looks like Tsar of All Rus' - Ivan IV the Terrible (1530 - 1584). He'd never known this, until his neighbor created a time machine.
FR #670 | Movie | Fantasy, Drama | Spain, UK | Spanish; Castilian, Spanish
Director
Victor Erice
Writer
Ngel Fernandez-Santos De Blazquez, Victor Erice
Cast
Fernando Fernan Gomez, Teresa Gimpera, Ana Torrent
Plot
In 1940, after watching and being traumatized by the movie Frankenstein (1931), a sensitive seven-year-old girl living in a small Spanish village drifts into her own fantasy world.
FR #852 | Movie | Crime, Action | Hong Kong, USA | English, Cantonese
Director
Robert Clouse
Writer
Michael Allin, Bruce Lee
Cast
Bruce Lee, John Saxon, Jim Kelly
Plot
A Shaolin monk travels to an island fortress to spy on an opium lord - who is also a former monk from his temple - under the guise of attending a martial arts tournament.
FR #1335 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA, UK | English
Director
George Lucas
Writer
George Lucas, Gloria Katz, Willard Huyck
Cast
Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat
Plot
A group of teenagers in California's central valley spend one final night after their 1962 high school graduation cruising the strip with their buddies before they pursue their varying goals.
In a corrupt, greed-fueled world, a powerful alchemist leads a messianic character and seven materialistic figures to the Holy Mountain, where they hope to achieve enlightenment.
As food shortages reach catastrophic proportions, Gangacharan attempts to preserve his privileged situation while his generous wife Ananga conversely tries to help and support the community.
During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership.
Rajesh Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan, Simi Garewal, Rekha, Govardhan Asrani, A.K. Hangal, Om Shivpuri, Manmohan, Durga Khote, Raza Murad
Plot
Somnath (Somu) lives in a shanty house in a Delhi slum with his widowed mom, and unmarried sister, Sarla. He is friendly with Calcutta-based wealthy Vikram (Vicky) Maharaj. When Vicky's dad, Damodar, has a heart attack and is advi...
Dharmendra, Zeenat Aman, Vijay Arora, Ajit Khan, Satyendra Kapoor
Plot
Three brothers are separated after their parents' murder. Years later, their only hope of avenging their parents and reuniting as a family lies in the song they learned as children.
FR #2846 | Movie | Crime, Drama | France, UK | English, Italian
Director
Fred Zinnemann
Writer
Frederick Forsyth, Kenneth Ross
Cast
Edward Fox, Terence Alexander, Michel Auclair, Cyril Cusack
Plot
In the aftermath of France allowing Algeria's independence, a group of resentful military veterans hire a professional assassin codenamed "Jackal" to kill President Charles de Gaulle.
FR #2868 | Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English, Italian
Director
Martin Scorsese
Writer
Martin Scorsese, Mardik Martin
Cast
Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, David Proval
Plot
In New York City's Little Italy, a devoutly Catholic mobster must reconcile his desire for power, his feelings for his epileptic girlfriend, and his devotion to his troublesome friend.
FR #2984 | TV | Crime, Mystery | Germany | German, English
Director
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Writer
Daniel F. Galouye (Novel), Fritz Muller-Scherz (Teleplay), Rainer Werner Fassbinder (Teleplay)
Cast
Klaus Lowitsch, Barbara Valentin, Mascha Rabben
Plot
In the future, Simulacron, a computer project simulating reality, encounters strange occurrences after its leader's death. Dr. Stiller questions the sudden disappearance of a friend and wonders if Simulacron holds the answers.
After being raped by an evil feudal lord and subsequently getting banished from her village, a peasant girl makes a pact with the Devil to gain magical powers and take her revenge.
FR #3860 | Movie | Horror, Drama | Italy, UK | Italian, English
Director
Nicolas Roeg
Writer
Daphne Du Maurier, Allan Scott, Chris Bryant
Cast
Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland, Hilary Mason
Plot
A married couple grieving the recent death of their young daughter are in Venice when they encounter two elderly sisters, one of whom is psychic and brings a warning from beyond.
Film is Based on Duvidha by Vijayadan Detha, it's about merchant's son, whose relationship with his young bride, Lachhi is thwarted by his work and a ghost who falls in love with her, resulting in the ghost soon impersonating the ...
This film mainly consist of clashes between four boys and some girls of the hostel namely 'Basanta Bilap'. Both the parties uses hilarious tricks upon one another but evidently the three boys of the group falls in love with three ...
FR #4842 | Movie | Comedy, Crime | USA, France | English, Spanish
Director
Robert Altman
Writer
Leigh Brackett, Raymond Chandler
Cast
Elliott Gould, Nina Van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden
Plot
Private eye Philip Marlowe helps friend Terry Lennox out of a jam and is implicated in his wife Sylvia's murder. He also is hired by Eileen Wade to locate her dipsomaniac husband Roger, who frequently disappears when he wants to d...
FR #4863 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA | English, Bulgarian
Director
Hal Ashby
Writer
Robert Towne, Darryl Ponicsan
Cast
Jack Nicholson, Randy Quaid, Otis Young
Plot
Two Navy petty officers are ordered to escort a young enlisted sailor to prison, but decide to treat him to a few entertaining diversions along the way.
Heinz Schubert, Hildegard Krekel, Elisabeth Wiedemann
Plot
The series shows, in a highly exaggerated way, the coexistence of a West German family in a North Rhine-Westphalian row house settlement at the beginning of the 1970s.
Ayan Banerjee, Mahua Roy Chowdhury, Sandhya Roy, Biswajeet Chatterjee
Plot
The story revolves around a mischievous teenager, Rasik, who is the only son of a wealthy landlord. One day, Rasik makes some misdeeds in school and gets suspended. He escapes from home but his father's mentor (gurudev) finds him ...
The further adventures of Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the USS Enterprise, as they explore the galaxy and defend the United Federation of Planets.
FR #6152 | Movie | Crime, Action | Sweden | Swedish
Director
Bo Arne Vibenius
Writer
Bo Arne Vibenius
Cast
Christina Lindberg, Heinz Hopf, Despina Tomazani
Plot
A young woman, rendered mute after a childhood sexual assault, undertakes training in firearms, martial arts and driving to wreak vengeance upon those who have forced her into prostitution.
Sunil is convicted of murder and is on the run. But the long arm of the law and his past finally catch up with him. Can he outrun his destiny for long?
FR #6930 | Movie | Mystery, Romance | India | Hindi
Director
Raghunath Jhalani
Writer
Shashi Bhushan, Madan Joshi, Surendra Prakash
Cast
Sanjeev Kumar, Jaya Bachchan, Iftekhar, Govardhan Asrani, A.K. Hangal, Shivraj, Helen
Plot
A writer rescues a young woman lying injured on the road. She awakens with amnesia, but insists that she is the writer's wife. Is she the victim or the perpetrator of a devious plot?
FR #7102 | Movie | Romance, Drama | USA | English, French
Director
Sydney Pollack
Writer
Arthur Laurents, Francis Ford Coppola, Paddy Chayefsky
Cast
Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford, Bradford Dillman
Plot
During post-WWII McCarthyism, a diametrically opposed couple come together only to find out that genuine friendship and physical attraction is not enough to overcome fundamental societal beliefs.
FR #7111 | Movie | Fantasy, Drama | Poland | Polish, Yiddish
Director
Wojciech Has
Writer
Wojciech Has, Bruno Schulz
Cast
Jan Nowicki, Tadeusz Kondrat, Irena Orska
Plot
Józef visits his dying father at a remote mental institution, where time itself doesn't seem to exist, and the line between dreams and memories becomes indistinguishable.
FR #7348 | Movie | Animation, Short | USA | English
Director
Bill Melendez, Phil Roman
Writer
Charles M. Schulz
Cast
Todd Barbee, Robin Kohn, Stephen Shea
Plot
Peppermint Patty invites herself and her friends over to Charlie Brown's for Thanksgiving, and with Linus, Snoopy, and Woodstock, he attempts to throw together a Thanksgiving dinner.
Writing his 43rd spy novel, François includes people from his life. He's the competent, sophisticated secret agent Bob in stark contrast to François. His cute neighbor is Tatiana who helps Bob in Acapulco.
Janaki leaves her son, Beera, with Kenchi and Jungappa. Years later, Janaki returns to take her son along with her, but Kenchi refuses to let Beera go.
FR #7850 | Movie | Animation, Adventure | USA, India | English
Director
Charles Nichols, Iwao Takamoto
Writer
E.B. White, Earl Hamner Jr.
Cast
Debbie Reynolds, Henry Gibson, Paul Lynde, Don Messick, Don Messick, Don Messick, Agnes Moorehead
Plot
Wilbur is a farm pig who's terrified that he'll end up on the dinner table. His friend Charlotte, a charming spider, comes to his rescue. She weaves words into her web, convincing the farmer that Wilbur is too special a pig to kill.
When a friend is murdered by the Facists, a melancholy farmer takes up residence in a Roman brothel as he and an anarchist prostitute plot to assassinate Mussolini.
FR #7907 | Movie | Comedy, Romance | Turkey, Russia | Turkish, English
Director
Ertem Egilmez
Writer
Sadik Sendil
Cast
Tarik Akan, Hale Soygazi, Munir Ozkul, Kemal Sunal
Plot
Fehmi sends his three delinquent sons to his factory to teach them a lesson and make men of them. Ferit, the second son, sees factory girl Alev and flirts with her at every opportunity.
Preeti lives a wealthy lifestyle in Bombay along with her widower dad, Heerachand, and is a medical student. While on a trip to Simla, she meets and falls in love with a Casanova, Prem, and both get intimate. When her dad opposes ...
FR #8123 | Movie | Crime, Drama | Japan, India | Japanese, Hindi
Director
Kinji Fukasaku
Writer
Koichi Iiboshi, Kazuo Kasahara
Cast
Bunta Sugawara, Hiroki Matsukata, Kunie Tanaka
Plot
During the violent chaos of post-War Japanese black market, a young gangster called Shozo Hirono has to keep up with the rapid shifts of power between unscrupulous bosses.
An ancient temple is neglected to ruins and is tended only by the Velichappadu 'village oracle'. When the priest goes on leave, a young man takes up his job and forms a relationship with Velichappadu's daughter.
FR #8649 | Movie | Drama | Turkey, Sweden | Turkish, Swedish
Director
Lutfi O. Akad
Writer
Lutfi O. Akad
Cast
Hulya Kocyigit, Kerem Yilmazer, Ali Sen
Plot
A young woman moves with her husband and small child to her husband's family in Istanbul. Her son becomes ill and the doctor tells her that he will soon die if he doesn't get an operation. The family refuses to help her because th...
Vinod Khanna, Om Shivpuri, Lily Chakravarty, Farida Jalal, Iftekhar
Plot
A doctor must operate on a convicted murderer who is destined for the gallows. Running parallel to the medical drama are flashbacks to the events that led the highly-respected army officer to commit murder.
A woman is torn between the promise of new love and memories of an ex-fiance. Meanwhile, her scientist uncle-in-law becomes the target of an international gang seeking the secret formula to harness solar energy.
After his last crime has him looking at a long prison sentence for repeat offenses, a low level Boston gangster decides to snitch on his friends to avoid jail time.
Sunil Mehta gets stuck in a giant ferris wheel with an attractive young woman all night due to power failure. He arrives home the next day, and meets a very suspicious wife, Geeta, who knows that he has been up to no good. She ref...
Three old men from Yorkshire who have never grown up face the trials of their fellow town citizens and everyday life and stay young by reminiscing about the days of their youth and attempting feats not common to the elderly.
FR #12126 | Movie | Drama | Mexico | Spanish, Spanish; Castilian
Director
Arturo Ripstein
Writer
Jose Emilio Pacheco, Arturo Ripstein
Cast
Claudio Brook, Rita Macedo, Arturo Beristain
Plot
The story of a disciplined and sexually driven man who keeps his family isolated in his home for years to protect them from the "evil nature" of human beings while inventing (with his wife) rat poison.
