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Häxan (1922)(IMDB 7.6)(EnglishSubtitles)(Dir-Benjamin Christensen) Sweden Fictionalized documentary showing the evolution of witchcraft, from its pagan roots to its confusion with hysteria in Eastern Europe. Dir-Benjamin Christensen Writer-Benjamin Christensen Stars-Benjamin Christensen-Elisabeth Christensen-Maren Pedersen

Original title: Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)(IMDB 8.0)(EnglishSubtitles)(Conrad Veidt)(Dir-Robert Wiene) Hypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders. Dir-Robert Wiene Writers-Carl Mayer-Hans Janowitz Stars-Werner Krauss-Conrad Veidt-Friedrich Feher

The Ladykillers (1955)(IMDB 7.6)(AlecGuiness-PeterSellers)(Dir-AlexanderMackendrick) Five oddball criminals planning an Armored Car robbery, rent rooms on a dead end street from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians. Dir-Alexander Mackendrick Writers-William Rose-Jimmy O'Connor Stars-Alec Guinness-Peter Sellers-Herbert Lom-Cecil Parker

Stromboli (1950)(IMDB 7.2)(EnglishSubtitles)(Ingrid Bergman-Mario Vitale)(Dir-Roberto Rossellini) Original title: Stromboli (Terra di Dio) Karin, a young woman from the Baltic countries, marries fisherman Antonio to escape from a prison camp. But she cannot get used to the tough life in Antonio's volcano-threatened village, Stromboli. Dir-Roberto Rossellini Writers-Roberto Rossellini-Sergio Amidei Gian-Paolo Callegari Stars-Ingrid Bergman-Mario Vitale-Renzo Cesana

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)(IMDB 7.9)(CGrant-RayMassey-PLorre)(Dir-FrankCapra) A Brooklyn writer of books on the futility of marriage risks his reputation after he decides to tie the knot. Things get even more complicated when he learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are habitual murderers. Dir-Frank Capra Writers-Julius J. Epstein-Philip G. Epstein-Joseph Kesselring Stars-Cary Grant-Priscilla Lane-Raymond Massey

A Matter of Life and Death (1946)(IMDB 8.0)(DavidNiven-KimHunter)(Dir-MichaelPowell-Emeric Pressburger) AKA - Stairway to Heaven (1946) Color Cinematography by Jack Cardiff Returning to England from a bombing run in May 1945, pilot Peter Carter's plane is damaged and his parachute ripped to shreds. He has his crew bail out safely, but figures it is curtains for himself. He gets on the radio, and talks to June, a young American woman working for the U.S. Army Air Forces, and they are quite moved by each other's voices. Then he jumps, preferring this to burning up with his plane. He wakes up in the surf. It was his time to die, but there was a mix-up in heaven. They couldn't find him in all that fog. By the time his "Conductor" catches up with him twenty hours later, Peter and June have met and fallen in love. This changes everything, and since it happened through no fault of his own, Peter figures that heaven owes him a second chance. Heaven agrees to a trial to decide his fate. Aspect_ratio 1.37 : 1 Directors-Michael Powell-Emeric Pressburger Writers-Michael Powell-Emeric Pressburger Stars-David Niven-Kim Hunter-Robert Coote Color Cinematography by Jack Cardiff

The Blue Angel (1930) Original title: Der blaue Engel The Blue Angel (1930)(IMDB 7.7)(ClassicGerman)(EmilJannings-MarleneDietrich)(Dir-JosefvonSternberg) English-Sound-B\W Immanuel Rath, an old bachelor, is a professor at the town's university. When he discovers that some of his pupils often go into a speakeasy, The Blue Angel, to visit a dancer, Lola Lola, he comes there to confront them. But he is attracted to Lola. The next night he comes again--and does not sleep at home. This causes trouble at work and his life takes a downward spiral. Director - Josef von Sternberg Writers - Heinrich Mann - Carl Zuckmayer - Karl Vollmöller Stars - Emil Jannings - Marlene Dietrich - Kurt Gerron

Scarlet Street Scarlet Street (1945)(IMDB 7.7)(EdwardGRobinson-JoanBennett-DanDuryea)(Dir-Fritz Lang) A man in mid-life crisis befriends a young woman, though her fiancé persuades her to con him out of the fortune they mistakenly assume he possesses. Director - Fritz Lang Writers - Georges de La Fouchardière - André Mouëzy-Éon - Dudley Nichols Stars - Edward G. Robinson - Joan Bennett - Dan Duryea

Conflict (1945) Conflict (1945)(IMDB 7.1)(HumphreyBogart-AlexisSmith-SydneyGreenstreet)(Dir-Curtis Bernhardt) An engineer trapped in an unhappy marriage murders his wife in the hope of marrying her younger sister. Director - Curtis Bernhardt Writers - Arthur T. Horman-Dwight Taylor-Robert Siodmak Stars - Humphrey Bogart-Alexis Smith-Sydney Greenstreet

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)(IMDB 8.1)(LewAyers-LouisWolheim)(Dir-LewisMilestone) A German youth eagerly enters World War I, but his enthusiasm wanes as he gets a firsthand view of the horror. Academy Award - Best Picture - 1930 Director - Lewis Milestone Writers - Erich Maria Remarque - Maxwell Anderson - George Abbott Stars - Lew Ayres - Louis Wolheim - John Wray

Metropolis (1927)(IMDB 8.3)(Silient)(EnglishSubtitles)(Dir-Fritz Lang) In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences. Director - Fritz Lang Writers - Thea von Harbou - Fritz Lang Stars - Brigitte Helm - Alfred Abel - Gustav Fröhlich

Impact (1948)(IMDB 7.0)(BDonleavy-CCoburn)(Dir-ArthurLubin) A unfaithful wife plots with her lover to kill her husband, but the lover is accidentally killed instead. The husband stays in hiding and lets his wife be charged with conspiracy. Director - Arthur Lubin Writers - Dorothy Davenport - Jay Dratler Stars - Brian Donlevy - Ella Raines - Charles Coburn

My Man Godfrey (1936)(IMDB 7.9)(WilliamPowell-CarolLombard)(Dir-GregoryLaCava) Carole Lombard and William Powell in My Man Godfrey (1936)(IMDB 7.9) A scatterbrained socialite hires a vagrant as a family butler - but there's more to Godfrey than meets the eye. Director - Gregory La Cava Writers - Morrie Ryskind - Eric Hatch - Zoe Akins Stars - William Powell - Carole Lombard - Alice Brady

Shanghai Express (1932) A notorious woman rides a train through a dangerous situation with a British captain she loved. Dir-Josef von Sternberg Writers-Jules Furthman-Harry Hervey Stars-Marlene Dietrich-Clive Brook-Anna May Wong

Diabolique (1955)(IMDB 8.1)(EnglishSubtitles)(SimoneSignoret-VéraClouzot)(Dir-Henri-Georges Clouzot France The wife and mistress of a loathed school principal plan to murder him with what they believe is the perfect alibi. Diabolique Original title: Les diaboliques

Red Beard (1965)(IMDB 8.3) (Toshirô Mifune)(Dir-Akira Kurosawa) Original title: Akahige In 19th-century Japan, a rough-tempered yet charitable town doctor trains a young intern. Writers-Masato Ide-Hideo Oguni-Ryûzô Kikushima Stars-Toshirô Mifune-Yûzô Kayama-Tsutomu Yamazaki

Baby Face (1933)(IMDB 7.5)(BarbaraStanwyck-JohnWayne-GeorgeBrent)(Dir-AlfredEGreen) Publication date 1933 - Pre Code Alfred E. Green, Barbara Stanwyck, John Wayne, George Brent, Theresa Harris, A young woman, sexually exploited all her life, decides to turn the tables and exploit the hapless men at a big city bank - by gleefully sleeping her way to the top.

Gaslight (1940)(IMDB 7.3)(AntonWalbrook-DianaWynyard)(Dir-ThoroldDickinson) Twenty years after the murder of Alice Barlow, her house is finally occupied again. However, the husband from the couple who have moved in has a secret which he will do anything to keep hidden. Director- Thorold Dickinson Writers- Patrick Hamilton - A.R. Rawlinson - Bridget Boland Stars- Anton Walbrook - Diana Wynyard - Frank Pettingell Usage Public Domain Mark 1.0Creative Commons Licensepublicdomain

The Night of the Hunter (1955)(IMDB 8.0)(RobertMitchum-ShelleyWinters-LillianGish)(Dir-CharlesLaughton) Drama, Crime, Classics, Mystery, Thriller, B/W The Night of the Hunter is a 1955 American thriller film with many film nolr undertones, directed by Charles Laughton, and starring Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, and Lillian Gish. The screenplay by James Agee was based on the 1953 novel of the same title by Davis Grubb. The plot focuses on a corrupt minister-turned-serial killer who attempts to charm an unsuspecting widow and steal $10,000 hidden by her executed husband. The novel and film draw on the true story of Harry Powers who was hanged in 1932 for the murder of two widows and three children in Clarksburg, West Virginia. In 1992, The Night of the Hunter was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. The influential film magazine Cahiers du cinéma selected The Night of the Hunter in 2008 as the second-best film of all time, behind Citizen Kane.

The Hidden Fortress (1958)(IMDB 8.1)(EnglishSubtitles)(ToshiroMifune)(Dir-AkiraKurosawa) The Hidden Fortress by Akira Kurosawa Publication date 1960-10-06 Topics Akira Kurosawa, English subtitles, black and white Language Japanese The Hidden Fortress stars the inimitable Toshiro Mifune as a general charged with guarding his defeated clan’s princess (a fierce Misa Uehara) as the two smuggle royal treasure across hostile territory. Accompanying them are a pair of bumbling, conniving peasants who may or may not be their friends. This rip-roaring ride is among the director’s most beloved films and was a primary influence on George Lucas’s Star Wars.

M (1931)(IMDB 8.2)(EnglishSubtitles)(Peter Lorre)(Dir–Fritz Lang) – A City Searches for a Murderer (1931, German Expressionism) Usage Public Domain Mark 1.0Creative Commons Licensepublicdomain A City Searches for a Murderer) is a 1931 German thriller film directed by Fritz Lang and starring Peter Lorre in his breakthrough role as Hans Beckert, a serial killer of children. An early example of a procedural drama, the film centers on the manhunt for Lorre’s character, conducted by both the police and the criminal underworld. The film’s screenplay was written by Lang and his wife Thea von Harbou and was the director's first sound film. It features many cinematic innovations, including the use of long, fluid tracking shots, and a musical leitmotif in the form of "In the Hall of the Mountain King" whistled by Lorre's character. Now considered a timeless classic, the film was deemed by Lang to be his magnum opus. It is widely considered one of the greatest films of all time, and an indispensable influence on modern crime and thriller fiction.

Z (1969)(IMDB 8.2)(EnglishSubtitles) by Costa-Gavras Publication date 1969 Greece Repression is the rule of the day in this film that skewers Greek governance of the 1960s. Z, a leftist rabble rouser, is killed in what appears to be a traffic accident. But given the political climate, the death of such a prominent activist raises troubling questions. Though it’s too late to save Z’s life, a postmortem examination suggests that the ruling party was behind his death. As the facts leak out, those who tell the truth pay the price for their honesty.

Seven Samurai (1954)(IMDB 8.6)(EnglishSubtitles)(ToshiroMifune)(Dir-AkiraKurosowa) Seven Samurai by Akira Kurosawa Publication date 1954-11-23 Topics Akira Kurosawa, Japanese, English subtitles, Language Japanese One of the most thrilling movie epics of all time, Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai) tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire the eponymous warriors to protect them from invading bandits. This three-hour ride from Akira Kurosawa—featuring legendary actors Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura—seamlessly weaves philosophy and entertainment, delicate human emotions and relentless action, into a rich, evocative, and unforgettable tale of courage and hope. BW https://archive.org/details/seven-samurai

https://archive.org/details/feature_films Yojimbo by Akira Kurosawa (IMDB 8.2) Publication date 1961 English-subtitles Language Japanese The incomparable Toshiro Mifune stars in Akira Kurosawa's visually stunning and darkly comic Yojimbo. To rid a terror-stricken village of corruption, wily masterless samurai Sanjuro turns a range war between two evil clans to his own advantage. Remade twice, by Sergio Leone and Walter Hill, this exhilarating genre-twister remains one of the most influential and entertaining films of all time. It was unofficially remade by Sergio Leone as the Spaghetti Western film A Fistful of Dollars (1964),leading to a lawsuit by Toho, which they won. They were awarded a percent of the Gross Sales plus Damages. https://archive.org/details/feature_films