Search results for "William Wyler"
Ben-Hur (1959)

Ben-Hur (1959)

Ben-Hur (1959)
IMDb: 8.1
212 min

Judah Ben-Hur is a wealthy Jewish merchant and prince in Jerusalem, at the start of the first century. His old friend Messala is appointed commanding officer for the Roman legions….

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Genre: Action, Drama, History
The Big Country

The Big Country

The Big Country
IMDb: 7.9
166 min

Retired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the vast expanse of the West to marry fiancée Pat Terrill. McKay is a man whose values and approach to life are…

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Roman Holiday

Roman Holiday

Roman Holiday
IMDb: 8.0
118 min

Overwhelmed by her suffocating schedule, touring European princess Ann takes off for a night while in Rome. When a sedative she took from her doctor kicks in, however, she falls…

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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Funny Girl (1968)

Funny Girl (1968)

Funny Girl (1968)
IMDb: 7.4
151 min

The story of the life of comedienne Fanny Brice, from her early days in the Jewish slums of the Lower East Side, to the height of her career with the…

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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
How to Steal a Million

How to Steal a Million

How to Steal a Million
IMDb: 7.5
123 min

A woman must steal a statue from a Paris museum to help conceal her father’s art forgeries.

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Genre: Comedy, Crime
The Children’s Hour

The Children’s Hour

The Children’s Hour
IMDb: 7.8
108 min

A private school for young girls is scandalized when one spiteful student, Mary Tilford, accuses the two young women who run the school of having a lesbian relationship.

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Genre: Drama, Romance
The Collector

The Collector

The Collector
IMDb: 7.5
119 min

Freddie, a socially withdrawn bank clerk and butterfly collector, decides to expand to collecting human specimens. That's where art student Miranda Grey comes in. Miranda matches wits with Freddie the…

Genre: Drama, Thriller
The Best Years of Our Lives

The Best Years of Our Lives

The Best Years of Our Lives
IMDb: 8.1
170 min

The story concentrates on the social re-adjustment of three World War II servicemen, each from a different station of society. Al Stephenson returns to an influential banking position, but finds…

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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Jezebel

Jezebel

Jezebel
IMDb: 7.5
104 min

In one of her most renowned roles, Bette Davis portrays Julie Marsden, a spoiled Southern belle who risks losing her suitor with her impetuous behavior. Engaged to successful banker Preston…

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Genre: Drama, Romance
The Heiress

The Heiress

The Heiress
IMDb: 8.2
115 min

In the mid-1800's, the wealthy Sloper family – widowed surgeon Dr. Austin Sloper, his adult daughter Catherine Sloper (Dr. Sloper's only surviving child), and Dr. Sloper's recently widowed sister Lavinia…

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The Letter (1940)

The Letter (1940)

The Letter (1940)
IMDb: 7.6
95 min

The wife of a rubber plantation administrator shoots a man to death and claims it was self-defense. Her poise, graciousness and stoicism impress nearly everyone who meets her. Her husband…

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Detective Story

Detective Story

Detective Story
IMDb: 7.6
103 min

Jim McLeod is a hard-nosed and cynical detective. He believes in a strict interpretation of the law and doesn't believe in turning the other cheek. The current object of his…

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Genre: Crime, Drama
Friendly Persuasion

Friendly Persuasion

Friendly Persuasion
IMDb: 7.4
137 min

The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religous sect is strongly opposed to violence and war. It's not easy for them to meet the rules…

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Genre: Drama, War, Western
The Fighting Lady

The Fighting Lady

The Fighting Lady
IMDb: 7.2
61 min

The film follows the WWII exploits of the Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) (unidentified in the film), in its first major operations following its commissioning in 1943. The life…

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Genre: War
The Westerner

The Westerner

The Westerner
IMDb: 7.3
100 min

Cole Harden just doesn't look like a horse thief, Jane-Ellen Matthews tells Judge Roy Bean as she steps up to the bar. Cole says he can't take it with him…

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Genre: Romance, Western
The Good Fairy (1935)

The Good Fairy (1935)

The Good Fairy (1935)
IMDb: 7.5
98 min

Young, naive Luisa Ginglebusher, who loves fairy tales, leaves the Budapest orphanage to become a movie usherette. Soon she befriends paternal waiter Detlaff and not so paternal Konrad, a meat-packing…

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Genre: Romance
Mrs. Miniver

Mrs. Miniver

Mrs. Miniver
IMDb: 7.6
134 min

The Minivers, an English "middle-class" family experience life in the first months of World War II. While dodging bombs, the Minivers' son courts Lady Beldon's granddaughter. A rose is named…

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Genre: Romance, War
Dodsworth

Dodsworth

Dodsworth
IMDb: 7.8
101 min

A bittersweet tale of the increasing estrangement of a retired automobile tycoon and his wife. Increasingly obsessed with maintaining an appearance of youth, she falls in with a crowd of…

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Genre: Romance
Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights
IMDb: 7.6
104 min

The story of unfortunate lovers Cathy (Merle Oberon) and Heathcliff (Sir Laurence Olivier) who, despite a deep affection for one another, are forced by circumstance and prejudice to live their…

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Genre: Drama, Romance
Dead End

Dead End

Dead End
IMDb: 7.3
93 min

The Dead End Kids are introduced in their intricate East Side slum, overlooked by the apartments of the rich. Their antics, some funny, some vicious, alternate with subplots: unemployed architect…

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Genre: Drama
The Little Foxes

The Little Foxes

The Little Foxes
IMDb: 8.0
116 min

The ruthless, moneyed Hubbard clan lives in, and poisons, their part of the deep South at the turn of the 20th century. Regina Giddens née Hubbard has her daughter under…

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Genre: Romance
These Three

These Three

These Three
IMDb: 7.4
93 min

This first film version of "The Children's Hour" uses a heterosexual triangle rather than the play's lesbian theme. The plot concerns schoolteachers Karen Wright and Martha Dobie, both of whom…

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Genre: Romance
The Shakedown

The Shakedown

The Shakedown
IMDb: 6.5
70 min

Dave Roberts is a professional boxer better at losing in fixed matches than in knocking out his opponents. He turns up in towns and is part of a group who…

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Genre: Uncategorized