Old Hollywood
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Alfred Hitchcock · 1941
Happily married for three years, Ann and David Smith live in New York. One morning Ann asks David if he had to do it over again, would he marry her? To her shock, he answers, "No". Later that day, they separately discover that, due to a legal complication, they are not legally married.
Dial M for Murder
Alfred Hitchcock · 1954
An ex-tennis pro carries out a plot to have his wealthy wife murdered after discovering she is having an affair, and assumes she will soon leave him for the other man anyway.
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Alfred Hitchcock · 1956
A couple vacationing in Morocco with their young son accidentally stumble upon an assassination plot. When the child is kidnapped to ensure their silence, they have to take matters into their own hands to save him.
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Vertigo
Alfred Hitchcock · 1958
A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend''s wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.
North by Northwest
Alfred Hitchcock · 1959
Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
The Birds
Alfred Hitchcock · 1963
Thousands of birds flock into a seaside town and terrorize the residents in a series of deadly attacks.
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To Catch a Thief
Alfred Hitchcock · 1955
A pesar de que John Robie 'El Gato' es un ladrón de joyas reformado, se convierte en el principal sospechoso de una serie de robos de piedras preciosas en los más lujosos hoteles de la Riviera francesa, así que no tendrá más remedio que demostrar su inocencia. Cuando conoce a la caprichosa heredera Frances, ve la oportunidad de desenmascarar al misterioso ladrón utilizando como señuelo las fabulosas joyas de la madre de la joven.
Citizen Kane
Orson Welles · 1941
Un importante financiero estadounidense, Charles Foster Kane, dueño de una importante cadena de periódicos, de una red de emisoras, de dos sindicatos y de una inimaginable colección de obras de arte, muere en su fabuloso castillo de estilo oriental, Xanadú. La última palabra que pronuncia al expirar es Rosebud. El país entero y la prensa en general quedan intrigados por saber el significado de esta palabra. Para descubrirlo, un grupo de periodistas se pone a investigar.
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It's a Wonderful Life
Frank Capra · 1946
A holiday favourite for generations... George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas Eve the business's $8,000 is lost and George's troubles begin.
Bonnie and Clyde
Arthur Penn · 1967
In the 1930s, bored waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with an ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks.
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Sabrina
Billy Wilder · 1954
Linus and David Larrabee are the two sons of a very wealthy family. Linus is all work – busily running the family corporate empire, he has no time for a wife and family. David is all play – technically he is employed by the family business, but never shows up for work, spends all his time entertaining, and has been married and divorced three times. Meanwhile, Sabrina Fairchild is the young, shy, and awkward daughter of the household chauffeur, who goes away to Paris for two years, and returns to capture David''s attention, while falling in love with Linus.
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Rebecca, A Mulher Inesquecível
Alfred Hitchcock · 1940
Uma jovem de origem humilde (Joan Fontaine) se casa com um riquíssimo nobre inglês (Laurence Olivier), que ainda vive atormentado por lembranças de sua falecida esposa. Após o casamento e já morando na mansão do marido, ela vai gradativamente descobrindo surpreendentes segredos sobre o passado dele.
Roman Holiday
William Wyler · 1953
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 asleep on a park bench and is found by an American reporter, Joe Bradley, who takes her back to his apartment for safety. At work the next morning, Joe finds out Ann's regal identity and bets his editor he can get exclusive interview with her, but romance soon gets in the way.
12 Angry Men
Sidney Lumet · 1957
The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors'' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Howard Hawks · 1953
Lorelei Lee is a beautiful showgirl engaged to be married to the wealthy Gus Esmond, much to the disapproval of Gus'' rich father, Esmond Sr., who thinks that Lorelei is just after his money. When Lorelei goes on a cruise accompanied only by her best friend, Dorothy Shaw, Esmond Sr. hires Ernie Malone, a private detective, to follow her and report any questionable behavior that would disqualify her from the marriage.
Valley Of The Dolls
Mark Robson · 1967
Inspirada en una novela de Jacqueline Susan. Despiadado retrato del mundo del espectáculo. Las protagonistas son tres jóvenes aspirantes a la fama. Una de ellas (Sharon Tate) averigua que tiene cáncer y que no podrá seguir haciendo películas pornográficas. Otra es una ambiciosa cantante (Patty Duke) que, incapaz de asimilar el éxito, se convierte en una adicta a las pastillas. La tercera, una remilgada joven de Nueva Inglaterra (Barbara Parkins), tiene que conformarse con hacer spots publicitarios y acaba también enganchada a las drogas.
My Fair Lady
George Cukor · 1964
Versión cinematográfica del mito de Pigmalión, inspirada en la obra teatral homónima del escritor irlandés G.B. Shaw. En una lluviosa noche de 1912, el excéntrico y snob lingüista Henry Higgins conoce a Eliza Doolittle, una harapienta y ordinaria vendedora de violetas. El vulgar lenguaje de la florista despierta tanto su interés que hace una arriesgada apuesta con su amigo, el coronel Pickering: se compromete a enseñarle a hablar correctamente el inglés y a hacerla pasar por una dama de la alta sociedad en un plazo de seis meses.
Gone with the Wind
Victor Fleming · 1939
The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.
Cléo from 5 to 7
Agnès Varda · 1962
Agnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy. A chronicle of the minutes of one woman’s life, Cléo from 5 to 7 is a spirited mix of vivid vérité and melodrama, featuring a score by Michel Legrand and cameos by Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina.
Singin'' in the Rain
Stanley Donen · 1952
In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.
Rear Window
Alfred Hitchcock · 1954
A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
Casablanca
Michael Curtiz · 1943
In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
