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The Dam Busters
1955 • Drama • Thriller • History
The story of the conception of a new British weapon for smashing the German dams in the Ruhr industrial complex and the execution of the raid by 617 Squadron 'The Dam Busters'.
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
1952 • Adventure • Action
Young Robin Hood, in love with Maid Marian, enters an archery contest with his father at the King's palace. On the way home his father is murdered by henchmen of Prince John. Ro…
Why matched: genres Adventure, Action
Never Let Go
1960 • Thriller • Crime
John Cummings, an unsuccessful cosmetics salesman, has his unpaid-for car stolen by one of the hoods in the employ of Lionel Meadows, the sadistic organizer of a London car conv…
Why matched: genres Thriller, Crime
Chase a Crooked Shadow
1958 • Drama • Thriller • Mystery
A woman who lives in Spain has trouble convincing anybody that a complete stranger has taken her dead brother's identity.
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller
The Virgin Queen
1955 • Drama • Romance • History
Sir Walter Raleigh overcomes court intrigue to win favor with the Queen in order to get financing for a proposed voyage to the New World.
Why matched: genres Drama, Romance
The Sword and the Rose
1953 • Drama • Adventure • History
Tells the story of Mary Tudor and her troubled path to true love. Henry VIII, for political reasons, determines to wed her to the King of France. She tries to flee to America wi…
Why matched: genres Drama, Adventure
Lightning Strikes Twice
1951 • Drama • Thriller • Mystery
Sent to a dude ranch in the west to recover her health, a New York actress falls in love with a ranch owner recently acquitted of the murder of his wife.
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller
D-Day the Sixth of June
1956 • Drama • Romance • War
En route to Normandy, an American and a British officer reminisce in flashback about their romances with the same woman.
Why matched: genres Drama, Romance
The Long and the Short and the Tall
1961 • Drama • Comedy • War
Based on a play by Willis Hall. A troop of British soldiers are out in the jungle to record jungle noises and troop noises in the jungle so that the recordings can be played bac…
Why matched: genres Drama, Comedy
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
Stage Fright
1950 • Thriller
A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence when he's accused of murdering the husband of a high-society entertainer.
Why matched: genres Thriller
House of the Long Shadows
1983 • Mystery • Comedy • Horror
An American writer goes to a remote Welsh manor on a $20,000 bet that he can write a classic novel like 'Wuthering Heights' in 24 hours. However, upon his arrival he discovers t…
Why matched: genres Mystery, Comedy
Asylum
1972 • Horror
A young psychiatrist applies for a job at a mental asylum and must pass a test by interviewing four patients. He must figure out which of the patients, is in fact, the doctor th…
Why matched: genres Horror
The Big Sleep
1978 • Mystery • Crime
Private eye Philip Marlowe investigates a case of blackmail involving the two wild daughters of a rich general, a pornographer and a gangster.
Why matched: genres Mystery, Crime
Operation Crossbow
1965 • Drama • Thriller • War
Allied agents infiltrate the Nazi rocket complex at Peenemunde in order to obtain their secrets and sabotage the plant. The film alternates between German developments of the V-…
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller
The Longest Day
1962 • Drama • War • Action
The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established a…
Why matched: genres Drama, War
Bastard Out of Carolina
1996 • Drama
A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both close…
Why matched: genres Drama
Chill Factor
1999 • Thriller • Comedy • Action
A store clerk and an ice cream truck driver are thrown together when a dying scientist entrusts them with a deadly chemical kept in ice. This chemical will kill every living thi…
Why matched: genres Thriller, Comedy
The Secret Life of Bees
2008 • Drama • Adventure • Family
Set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relation…
Why matched: genres Drama, Adventure
Father of the Bride
2022 • Drama • Romance • Comedy
A father comes to grips with his daughter’s upcoming wedding through the prism of multiple relationships within a big, sprawling Cuban-American family.
Why matched: genres Drama, Romance