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cc age 10+

A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping to prolong his fledgling romance with an American girl.
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Kanopy
86
7.9
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75
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76
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99
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83
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Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger (2024)
Martin Scorsese presents this very personal and insightful new feature-length documentary about British filmmakers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.
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Amazon Prime Video
78
7.5
/21484/
73
/396/
71
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3.6
/25584/
96
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85
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cc age 10+

Wuthering Heights (1939)
Young orphan Heathcliff is adopted by the wealthy Earnshaw family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his compassionate foster sister, Cathy. The two share a remarkable bond that seems unbreakable until Cathy, feeling the pressure of social convention, suppresses her feelings and marries Edgar Linton, a man of means who befits her stature. Heathcliff vows to win her back.
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78
7.5
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76
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73
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92
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86
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72
/8/

The Guns of Navarone (1961)
A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
76
7.6
/23698/
77
/548/
70
/271/
3.5
/24203/
85
/26/
81
/406/
73
/12/

The Bishop's Wife (1947)
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 widow. He is losing sight of his family and of why he became a churchman in the first place. Enter Dudley, an angel sent to help him. Dudley does help everyone he meets, but not necessarily in the way they would have preferred. With the exception of Henry, everyone loves him, but Henry begins to believe that Dudley is there to replace him, both at work and in his family's affections, as Christmas approaches.
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Amazon Prime Video
78
72
7.7
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72
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71
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3.8
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91
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86
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Dodsworth (1936)
A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life.
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Amazon Prime Video
72
7.3
/43891/
73
/1327/
71
/875/
3.6
/43189/
80
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79
/338/
59
/8/

Death on the Nile (1978)
As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board and every elegant passenger becomes a prime suspect.
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MGM Plus
71
7.0
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70
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68
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3.4
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89
/37/
78
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55
/4/
cc age 10+

The Pink Panther (1963)
The trademark of The Phantom, a renowned jewel thief, is a glove left at the scene of the crime. Inspector Clouseau, an expert on The Phantom's exploits, feels sure that he knows where The Phantom will strike next and leaves Paris for the Tyrolean Alps, where the famous Lugashi jewel 'The Pink Panther' is going to be. However, he does not know who The Phantom really is, or for that matter who anyone else really is...
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71
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72
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100
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Bachelor Mother (1939)
Polly Parrish, a clerk at Merlin's Department Store, is mistakenly presumed to be the mother of a foundling. Outraged at Polly's unmotherly conduct, David Merlin becomes determined to keep the single woman and "her" baby together.
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The Roku Channel
69
7.2
/45139/
73
/1416/
71
/868/
3.3
/32551/
63
/24/
82
/979/
59
/9/

Murder by Death (1976)
Lionel Twain invites the world's five greatest detectives to a 'dinner and murder'. Included are a blind butler, a deaf-mute maid, screams, spinning rooms, secret passages, false identities and more plot turns and twists than are decently allowed.
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Hoopla
77
68
7.6
/5395/
72
/75/
74
/58/
3.7
/2319/
91
/11/
80
/62/

The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
A kingdom's ascending heir, marked for assassination, switches identities with a lookalike, who takes his place at the coronation. When the real king is kidnapped, his followers try to find him, while the stand-in falls in love with the king's intended bride, the beautiful Princess Flavia.
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Kanopy
65
6.7
/31613/
68
/777/
66
/550/
3.1
/18612/
72
/43/
57
/452/
69
/10/

Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.
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Hoopla
70
64
7.3
/9609/
70
/132/
69
/124/
3.5
/5881/
68
/19/
75
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68
/7/

Separate Tables (1958)
The lives of a disparate group of unfulfilled people converge at a small, seaside English hotel in this adaptation of Terence Rattigan's classic play.
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71
63
6.8
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68
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67
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3.6
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84
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Bonjour Tristesse (1958)
A spoiled teenager spends the summer at the French Riviera with her rich, widower, playboy father, but when his old flame resurfaces, she resolves to keep her frivolous lifestyle at all costs.
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Disney Plus
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61
6.7
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71
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69
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71
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68
/4/
cc age 7+

Candleshoe (1977)
When ex-con artist Harry claims that a secret treasure is hidden inside Candleshoe, an English estate, he creates an elaborate plan to find and steal the prize. By convincing a girl named Casey to impersonate the estate owner's long-lost granddaughter, Harry hopes to uncover the treasure's location. But when Casey has a change of heart, she must follow the clues and find the treasure, in order to save Candleshoe and stop Harry before it is too late.
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64
60
6.7
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71
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68
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3.2
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57
/7/
58
/64/

55 Days at Peking (1963)
Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking during the 1900 Boxer Rebellion. The disparate interests unite for survival despite competing factions, overwhelming odds, delayed relief and tacit support of the Boxers by the Empress of China and her generals.
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66
56
7.0
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70
/90/
65
/78/
3.3
/2008/
67
/6/
59
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The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
In 1853, as the British and Russian empires compete to gain and maintain their place in the dreadful Great Game of political intrigues and alliances whose greatest prize is the domination of India and the border territories, Major Geoffrey Vickers must endure several betrayals and misfortunes before he can achieve his revenge at the Balaclava Heights, on October 25, 1854, the most glorious day of the Crimean War.
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54
7.5
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67
/54/
68
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3.6
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82
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The Dawn Patrol (1938)
In 1915 France, Major Brand commands the 39th Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps. The young airmen go up in bullet-riddled "crates" and the casualty rate is appalling, but Brand can't make the "brass hats" at headquarters see reason. Insubordinate air ace Captain Courtney is another thorn in Brand's side...but finds the smile wiped from his face when he rises to command the squadron himself. Everyone keeps a stiff upper lip.
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54
7.1
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70
/134/
70
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3.6
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Bluebeard's 8th Wife (1938)
American multi-millionaire Michael Brandon marries his eighth wife, Nicole, the daughter of a broke French Marquis. But she doesn't want to be only a number in the line of his ex-wives and undertakes her own strategy to tame him.
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Hoopla
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54
6.4
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/103/
61
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3.1
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59
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Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960)
Drama critic Larry Mackay, his wife Kate and their four sons move from their crowded Manhattan apartment to an old house in the country. While housewife Kate settles into suburban life, Larry continues to enjoy the theater and party scene of New York.
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53
6.8
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72
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72
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3.6
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The Brain (1969)
Arthur and Anatole are two little robbers. They want to rob money, money that will travel in a special train from Paris to Bruxelles. They don't know that other people have planned to do the same thing.
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fuboTV
52
5.7
/1681/
58
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58
/42/
3.0
/784/
16
/4/
58
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Rough Cut (1980)
Two sophisticated jewel thieves join forces to steal $30 million in uncut jewels.
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50
5.7
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/3/

Prudence and the Pill (1968)
Prudence Hardcastle is on the pill. So is her sister-in-law, but someone has been swapping aspirin for their pills. Is it the teenage niece, the maid, the chauffeur, a lover, Prudence's husband Gerald, or all of the above?
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50
6.1
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62
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3.3
/4393/
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/41/

Eye of the Devil (1966)
A French nobleman deserts his wife because of an ancient family secret.
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Amazon Prime Video
67
50
6.7
/2307/
64
/39/
64
/38/
3.4
/2178/
92
/13/
50
/25/

Barbary Coast (1935)
Mary Rutledge arrives from the east, finds her fiancé dead, and goes to work at the roulette wheel of Luis Chamalis' Bella Donna, a rowdy gambling house in San Francisco in the 1850s. She falls in love with miner Jim Carmichael and takes his gold dust at the wheel. She goes after him, Chamalis goes after her with intent to harm Carmichael.
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Amazon Prime Video
74
49
6.9
/2431/
68
/68/
65
/39/
3.5
/623/
100
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72
/23/

The Way Ahead (1944)
A mismatched collection of conscripted civilians find training tough under Lieutenant Jim Perry and Sergeant Ned Fletcher when they are called up to replace an infantry battalion that had suffered casualties at Dunkirk.
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Amazon Prime Video
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46
5.7
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61
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56
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2.9
/2460/
32
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Escape to Athena (1979)
During the World War II, the prisoners of a German camp in a Greek island are trying to escape. They not only want their freedom, but also seek an ineffable treasure hidden in a monastery at the summit of the island's mountain.
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45
5.0
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54
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2.4
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26
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48
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cc age 14+

Casino Royale (1967)
Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James thinks up the ultimate plan - that every agent will be named 'James Bond'. One of the Bonds, whose real name is Evelyn Tremble is sent to take on Le Chiffre in a game of baccarat, but all the Bonds get more than they can handle.
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The Moon Is Blue (1953)
Two aging playboys are both after the same attractive young woman, but she fends them off by claiming that she plans to remain a virgin until her wedding night. Both men determine to find a way around her objections.
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56
43
6.3
/5896/
64
/146/
58
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3.0
/1502/
42
/42/

The Sea Wolves (1980)
A German spy is passing on information about the location of Allied ships in the neutral harbor of Goa, India, with catastrophic results. Unable to undertake a full military operation in the Portuguese stronghold, English intelligence brings out of retirement a crew of geriatric ex-soldiers, veterans from World War I, using their age as cover. These old soldiers are asked to take to the seas and pull off an unlikely undercover mission.
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Kanopy
43
4.8
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58
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32
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43
/8/
cc age 12+

Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)
The Pink Panther diamond is stolen once again from Lugash and the authorities call in Chief Inspector Clouseau from France. His plane disappears en-route. This time, famous French TV reporter Marie Jouvet sets out to solve the mystery and starts to interview everybody connected to Clouseau.
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Criterion Channel
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41
7.0
/2311/
73
/53/
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3.4
/634/
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/362/

The First of the Few (1942)
This 1942 fictionalized biopic chronicles the true story of how two of the most remarkable men in aviation history - visionary Spitfire designer R.J. Mitchell and his test pilot Geoffrey Crisp - designed a streamlined monoplane that led to the development of the Spitfire.
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MGM Plus
40
4.5
/1431/
53
/29/
50
/27/
2.5
/1442/
17
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Vampira (1974)
In order to revive his long hibernating bride, Vampira, Count Dracula takes blood samples from several beautiful models, but during the transfusion, Vampira's race turns from white to black.
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57
39
6.7
/2635/
65
/58/
62
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Bedtime Story (1964)
Benson is a Casanova who tricks women into having sex with him before leaving them. He is content with this game until he meets Jamison, a real operator who poses as an exiled prince and not only gets women to share his bed but also to give him money to help him fund his supposed counter-revolution.
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73
37
6.7
/1475/
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3.3
/484/
100
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/22/

Rose Marie (1936)
An incognito opera singer falls for a policeman who has been assigned to track down her fugitive brother.
poster
65
37
6.3
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65
/25/
64
/25/
3.3
/575/
50
/236/
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/15/

My Man Godfrey (1957)
The eccentric Bullock household again need a new butler. Daughter Irene encounters bedraggled Godfrey Godfrey at the docks and, fancying him and noticing his obviously good manners, gets him the job. He proves a great success, but keeps his past to himself. When an old flame turns up Irene's sister Cordelia starts making waves.
poster
65
37
6.4
/1806/
73
/48/
62
/90/
3.2
/700/
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No Deposit, No Return (1976)
Two rich children devise a way to escape their grandfather and visit their mother. Unfortunately for two hapless safe crackers, they become part of the plan.
poster
MGM Plus
37
35
4.3
/7271/
50
/257/
46
/192/
2.2
/3231/
29
/14/
23
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31
/8/
cc age 11+

Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)
Inspector Clouseau disappears, and the Surete wants the world's second best detective to look for him. However, Clouseau's enemy, Dreyfus, rigs the Surete's computer to select, instead, the world's WORST detective, NYPD Sgt. Clifton Sleigh. Sleigh obtusely bungles his way past assassins and corrupt officials as though he were Clouseau's American cousin.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
60
29
6.4
/1364/
60
/23/
60
/17/
3.2
/852/
56
/83/

Raffles (1939)
Man about town and First Class cricketer A.J. Raffles keeps himself solvent with daring robberies. Meeting Gwen from his schooldays and falling in love all over again, he spends the weekend with her parents, Lord and Lady Melrose. A necklace presents an irresistible temptation, but also in attendance is Scotland Yard's finest, finally on the trail.
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Amazon Prime Video
63
29
6.5
/1335/
67
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63
/21/
3.3
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80
/5/
39
/7/

The Real Glory (1939)
Fort Mysang, southern Philippine Islands, under US rule, 1906. A small group of army officers and native troops resist the fierce and treacherous attacks of the ruthless Alisang and his fanatical followers.
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6.5
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60
/9/
59
/11/
3.3
/271/
80
/644/

Happy Go Lovely (1951)
Rich bachelor B.G. Bruno, the head of a successful greeting-card company in Scotland, is essentially a kind man but respectable to the point of stodginess and extreme stuffiness. An American troupe visiting Edinburgh wants to produce a musical in town but has trouble getting financiers. Bruno meets several leading ladies; through a misunderstanding, he doesn't correct their impression that he's a newspaper reporter.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
66
25
7.2
/1535/
55
/7/
64
/11/
3.4
/533/
72
/24/

Enchantment (1948)
Roland Dane finally retires to the house he was brought up in. Lost in thoughts of his lost love Lark, he does not want to be disturbed in his last days. However, the appearance of his niece and her subsequent romance with Lark's nephew causes him to reevaluate his life and offer some advice so the young couple doesn't make the same mistake he did, all those years ago.
poster
69
21
6.7
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70
/18/
69
/38/
3.4
/203/
75
/6/

The Best of Enemies (1961)
During World War II, a plane full of RAF fighter crashes in the Ethiopian desert and they are met upon by an enemy Italian patrol that allows them to go free. But, when the Brits are given orders to attack the Italians, lots of problems ensue.
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48
20
5.5
/1438/
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/524/
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/7/
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Lady L (1965)
Lady L is an elegant 80-year-old woman who recalls her amorous life story, including past loves and lusty, scandalous adventures she has lived through.
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57
19
6.1
/974/
64
/10/
63
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3.2
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43
/7/
50
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Four Men and a Prayer (1938)
The sons of a disgraced British officer try to clear his name.
poster
58
19
6.0
/806/
55
/13/
48
/11/
3.2
/212/
54
/160/

The Toast of New Orleans (1950)
Snooty opera singer meets a rough-and-tumble fisherman in the Louisiana bayous, but this fisherman can sing! Her agent lures him away to New Orleans to teach him to sing opera but comes to regret this rash decision when the singers fall in love.
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62
18
6.1
/1045/
65
/10/
60
/17/
3.2
/631/

The Other Love (1947)
Seriously ill, concert pianist Karen Duncan is admitted to a Swiss sanitorium. Despite being attracted to Dr Tony Stanton she ignores his warnings of possibly fatal consequences unless she rests completely. Rather, she opts for a livelier time in Monte Carlo with dashing Paul Clermont.
poster
56
18
5.9
/816/
55
/10/
61
/13/
3.2
/283/
44
/201/

Paper Tiger (1975)
A somewhat prim and proper Englishman is hired as the tutor to the son of the Japanese ambassador. His life changes when he and the boy are kidnapped by terrorists for political purposes.


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