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People Will Talk
1951 • Drama • Romance • Comedy
A successful, unorthodox doctor befriends a young woman with suicidal ideations due to her pregnancy by her ex, a military reservist killed in action.
Why matched: genres Drama, Romance
Corridors of Blood
1963 • Drama • Crime • Horror
In 1840s London, Dr. Thomas Bolton [Boris Karloff] dares to dream the unthinkable: experimenting with anesthesia gases to make surgery pain-free. While doing so, his demonstrati…
Why matched: genres Drama, Crime
Footsteps in the Fog
1955 • Drama • Thriller • Crime
A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife.
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller
Around the World in 80 Days
1956 • Romance • Adventure • Comedy
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 d…
Why matched: genres Romance, Adventure
Quo Vadis
1951 • Drama • Romance • History
After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership of the despotic emperor N…
Why matched: genres Drama, Romance
Treasure Island
1950 • Adventure • Family
Enchanted by the idea of locating treasure buried by Captain Flint, Squire Trelawney, Dr. Livesey and Jim Hawkins charter a sailing voyage to a Caribbean island. Unfortunately,…
Why matched: genres Adventure, Family
Alice in Wonderland
1966 • Family • TV Movie • Fantasy
Alice in Wonderland (1966) is a BBC television play based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. It was directed by Jonathan Miller, then most widely known for hi…
Why matched: genres Family, TV Movie
Kidnapped
1960 • Drama • Adventure • Family
Kidnapped and cheated out of his inheritance, young David Balfour falls in with a Jacobite adventurer, Alan Breck Stewart. Falsely accused of murder, they must flee across the H…
Why matched: genres Drama, Adventure
The Black Rose
1950 • Adventure • History • War
In the 13th century, Walter of Gurnie, a disinherited Saxon youth, is forced to flee England. With his friend, Tristram, he falls in with the army of the fierce but avuncular Ge…
Why matched: genres Adventure, History
Billy Liar
1963 • Drama • Romance • Comedy
A young Englishman dreams of escaping from his working class family and dead-end job as an undertaker's assistant. A number of indiscretions cause him to lie in order to avoid t…
Why matched: genres Drama, Romance
Solomon and Sheba
1959 • Romance • History • War
Near death, King David has a vision that his poet son, Solomon, should succeed him, rather than hot-headed Adonijah. Furious, Adonijah departs the court, swearing he will become…
Why matched: genres Romance, History
Ivanhoe
1952 • Romance • Adventure • History
Sir Walter Scott's classic story of the chivalrous Ivanhoe who joins with Robin of Locksley in the fight against Prince John and for the return of King Richard the Lionheart.
Why matched: genres Romance, Adventure
Bunny Lake Is Missing
1965 • Thriller • Mystery
A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed.
Why matched: genres Thriller, Mystery
Francis of Assisi
1961 • Drama • History
In 13th century Italy, Francis Bernardone, the son of an Assisi merchant, renounces a promising army career in favor of a monastic life and starts his own religious order, sanct…
Why matched: genres Drama, History
Ben-Hur
1959 • Drama • Adventure • History
In ancient Judea, a Jewish aristocrat opposing Roman occupation of his homeland reunites with his childhood friend, now a Roman commander — setting in motion a saga of betrayal,…
Why matched: genres Drama, Adventure
The Three Lives of Thomasina
1963 • Drama • Thriller • Mystery
Thomasina is the pet cat of Mary McDhui, the daughter of Scottish veterinarian Andrew McDhui. When Thomasina falls ill, McDhui declares that the pet should be put down. But when…
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1960 • Drama • Adventure • Comedy
From chicken thief to cabin boy, riverboat pilot to circus performer, Huck Finn outsmarts everyone on his way down the muddy Mississippi.
Why matched: genres Drama, Adventure
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964 • Drama • History • War
In the year 180 A.D. Germanic tribes are about to invade the Roman empire from the north. In the midst of this crisis ailing emperor Marcus Aurelius has to make a decision about…
Why matched: genres Drama, History
Murder at the Gallop
1963 • Drama • Thriller • Mystery
Miss Marple and Mr. Stringer are witnesses to the death by heart attack of elderly, rich Mr. Enderby. Yet they have their doubts about what happened. The police don't believe th…
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller
Saint Joan
1957 • Drama • History
In 1456, French King Charles VII recalls the story of how he met the 17-year-old peasant girl Joan of Arc, entrusted her with the command of the French Army, and ultimately burn…
Why matched: genres Drama, History