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8.2

Tokyo Story

The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi, a doctor, and their daughter, Shige, a hairdresser, don't have much time to spend with their aged parents, and so it falls to Noriko, the widow of their younger son who was killed in the war, to keep her in-laws company.

1953-11-03 | ja

7.1

An Inspector Calls

An upper-crust family dinner is interrupted by a police inspector who brings news that a girl known to everyone present has died in suspicious circumstances. It seems that any or all of them could have had a hand in her death. But who is the mysterious Inspector and what can he want of them?

1954-03-16 | en

8.0

Nights of Cabiria

Rome, 1957. A woman, Cabiria, is robbed and left to drown by her boyfriend, Giorgio. Rescued, she resumes her life and tries her best to find happiness in a cynical world. Even when she thinks her struggles are over and she has found happiness and contentment, things may not be what they seem.

1957-10-03 | it

7.1

The Bishop's Wife

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.

1947-12-25 | en

4.0

The Thief

The son of a French aristocrat is accused of stealing his father's money and of stealing his step-sister's heart.

1955-01-04 | en

7.0

This Sporting Life

In Northern England in the early 1960s, Frank Machin is mean, tough and ambitious enough to become an immediate star in the rugby league team run by local employer Weaver.

1963-02-07 | en

6.8

Sink the Bismarck!

The story of the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck—accompanied by the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen—during the early days of World War II. The Bismarck and her sister ship, Tirpitz, were the most powerful battleships in the European theater of World War II. The British Navy must find and destroy Bismarck before it can escape into the convoy lanes to inflict severe damage on the cargo shipping which was the lifeblood of the British Isles. With eight 15 inch guns, it was capable of destroying every ship in a convoy while remaining beyond the range of all Royal Navy warships.

1960-02-11 | en

6.9

Run Silent, Run Deep

The captain of a submarine sunk by the Japanese during WWII is finally given a chance to skipper another sub after a year of working a desk job. His singleminded determination for revenge against the destroyer that sunk his previous vessel puts his new crew in unneccessary danger.

1958-03-27 | en

6.4

Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance

Lady Snowblood is caught by the police and sentenced to death for her crimes. As she is sent to the gallows she is rescued by the secret police who offer her a deal to assassinate some revolutionaries.

1974-06-15 | ja

7.1

Nightmare Alley

A roustabout joins a traveling carny and schemes to figure out the mind-reading act of Mademoiselle Zeena and her alcoholic husband.

1947-10-09 | en

7.1

Santa Sangre

A former circus artist escapes from a mental hospital to rejoin his armless, cult leader mother, and is forced to enact brutal murders in her name.

1989-11-24 | en

7.2

After Life

On a cold Monday morning, a group of counselors clock in at an old-fashioned social services office. Their task is to interview the recently deceased, record their personal details, then, over the course of the week, assist them in choosing a single memory to keep for eternity.

1999-04-17 | ja

7.0

The Keys of the Kingdom

A young priest, Father Chisholm is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish among the non-Christian Chinese. While his boyhood friend, also a priest, flourishes in his calling as a priest in a more Christian area of the world, Father Chisholm struggles. He encounters hostility, isolation, disease, poverty and a variety of set backs which humble him, but make him more determined than ever to succeed.

1944-12-15 | en

7.3

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx

Ogami Itto battles a group of female ninja in the employ of the Yagyu clan and must eliminate a traitor who plans to sell his clan's secrets to the Shogunate.

1972-04-22 | ja

8.0

The Red Shoes

A fledgling ballerina falls in love with a brilliant composer, but the jealous head of the ballet company plots to drive them apart.

1948-09-06 | en

7.6

Happy Together

A gay couple from Hong Kong takes a trip to Argentina in search of a new beginning but instead begins drifting even further apart.

1997-05-30 | cn

7.4

Hour of the Wolf

While vacationing on a remote German island with his younger pregnant wife, an artist has an emotional breakdown while confronting his repressed desires.

1968-02-19 | sv

7.8

The Cremator

In 1930s Prague, a Czech cremator who firmly believes cremation relieves one from earthly suffering is drawn inexorably to Nazism.

1969-03-14 | cs

7.9

The Battle of Algiers

Paratrooper commander Colonel Mathieu, a former French Resistance fighter during World War II, is sent to Algeria to reinforce efforts to squelch the uprisings of the Algerian War. There he faces Ali la Pointe, a former petty criminal who, as the leader of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale, directs terror strategies against the colonial French government occupation. As each side resorts to ever-increasing brutality, no violent act is too unthinkable.

1966-09-08 | it

7.5

Night and the City

Londoner Harry Fabian is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with Harry's schemes, his girlfriend, Mary, becomes fed up when he taps her for yet another loan.

1950-06-15 | en

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Limelight

The masterpiece of laughter and tears from the master of comedy!

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Charlie Chaplin

Claire Bloom

Nigel Bruce

Buster Keaton

Sydney Chaplin

Norman Lloyd

Andre Eglevsky

Melissa Hayden

Marjorie Bennett

Wheeler Dryden

Barry Bernard

Stapleton Kent

Molly Glessing

Leonard Mudie

Loyal Underwood

Harry 'Snub' Pollard

Julian Ludwig

Billy Lee Aimone

John Alban

Benjie Bancroft

John Barton

Ray Beltram

Paul Bradley

James Carlisle

Charles Chaplin, Jr.

Geraldine Chaplin

Josephine Chaplin

Michael Chaplin

Oona O'Neill Chaplin

Bud Cokes

Harry Crocker

Oliver Cross

Billy Curtis

Jack Deery

Cyril Delevanti

Tim Durant

Tom Ferrandini

Dorothy Ford

Curt Furberg

Rudy Germane

Marion Gray

Frank Hagney

Charlie Hall

Stuart Hall

Sam Harris

Stuart Holmes

Jimmie Horan

Kenner G. Kemp

Colin Kenny

Judy Landon

Perk Lazelle

Billy Lee

Maurice Marks

Harold Miller

Frank Mills

Sherry Moreland

George Nardelli

Milicent Patrick

Jack Perry

José Portugal

Edna Purviance

Paul Ravel

Charley Rogers

Victor Romito

Elizabeth Root

Cap Somers