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A woman leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to the children of a Naval officer widower.

An alien lands and tells the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets.

A massive alien spacecraft of enormous power is approaching Earth, destroying everything in its path. The only star ship in range is the USS Enterprise still in drydock after a major overhaul. As Captain Willard Decker readies his ship and his crew to face this menace, Admiral James T. Kirk arrives

Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.

Helen of Troy (1956) Prince Paris of Troy, shipwrecked on a mission to the king of Sparta, meets and falls for Queen Helen before he knows who she is. Rudely received by the royal Greeks, he must flee...but fate and their mutual passions lead him to take Helen along. This gives the Greeks just the e

The Andromeda Strain (1971) When virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico, are found dead after the return to Earth of a space satellite, the head of the US Air Force's Project Scoop declares an emergency. Many years prior to this incident, a group of eminent scientists led by Dr. Jere

Engineer Jake Holman arrives aboard the gunboat U.S.S. San Pablo, assigned to patrol a tributary of the Yangtze in the middle of exploited and revolution-torn 1926 China. His iconoclasm and...

Run Silent Run Deep (1958) The captain of a submarine sunk by the Japanese during WWII is finally given a chance to skipper another sub after a year of working a desk job. His singleminded determination for revenge against the destroyer that sunk his previous vessel puts his new crew in unneccessary

The Haunting (1963) Dr. Markway, doing research to prove the existence of ghosts, investigates Hill House, a large, eerie mansion with a lurid history of violent death and insanity. With him are the skeptical young Luke, who stands to inherit the house, the mysterious and clairvoyant Theodora and th

Rocky Graziano is building a career in crime, when he's finally caught and arrested. In jail, he is undisciplined, always getting into trouble. When he gets out after many years he has ...

Until They Sail (1957) Four sisters in New Zealand fall for four U.S. soldiers en route to the Pacific theater in WWII

A film that chronicles the events of the Hindenburg disaster in which a zeppelin burst into flames.

The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) The young, handsome, but somewhat wild Eugene Morgan wants to marry Isabel Amberson, daughter of a rich upper-class family, but she instead marries dull and steady Wilbur Minafer. Their only child, George, grows up a spoiled brat. Years later, Eugene comes back, now

In New York, Janice Templeton is happily married to executive Bill Templeton and they live in a comfortable and fancy apartment with their elevenyearold daughter Ivy. One day, Janice is stalked by a weirdo and she tells her husband. Soon afterwards the stranger contacts them and invites the couple t

I Want to Live! (1958) Barbara Graham is a woman with dubious moral standards, often a guest in seedy bars. She has been sentenced for some petty crimes. Two men she knows murder an older woman. When they get caught they start to think that Barbara has helped the police to arrest them. As a revenge

Two Flags West (1950) During the Civil War, in 1863,Confederate prisoners of war agree to join forces with the Union Army in the common fight against Indians.In return,the Confederate POWs are promised their freedom by President Lincoln during his Special Proclamation.A company of Confederate Georgi

Destination Gobi (1953) A group of US Navy weathermen taking measurements in the Gobi desert in World War II are forced to seek the help of Mongol nomads to regain their ship while under attack from the Japanese air force. The Mongols are rewarded by an airlift of the finest saddles.

The SetUp (1949) Over-the-hill boxer Bill 'Stoker' Thompson insists he can still win, though his sexy wife Julie pleads with him to quit. But his manager Tiny is so confident he will lose, he takes money for a "dive" from tough gambler Little Boy...without bothering to tell Stoker. Tension

The Body Snatcher (1945) In Edinburgh in 1831, Dr. Wolfe MacFarlane runs a medical school where Donald Fettes is a student. Fettes is interested in helping a young girl who has lost the use of her legs. He is certain that MacFarlane's surgical skills could be put to great use but he is reluctant to

Two People 1973 Evan Bonner is an army deserter who returns home to deal with the fallout of his actions He becomes distracted when he meets attractive model Diedre McCluskey, thinking hes fallen in love

Blood on the Moon (1948) When a shady-looking stranger rides into town to join his old friend it is assumed he is a hired gun. But as the new man comes to realise the unlawful nature of his buddy's business and the way the homesteaders are being used, the two men draw apart to become sworn enemies.

The Curse of the Cat People (1944) This mostly unrelated sequel to Cat People (1942) has Amy, the young daughter of Oliver and Alice Reed. Amy is a very imaginative child who has trouble differentiating fantasy from reality, and has no friends her own age as a result. She makes an imaginary friend t

Born to Kill (1947) In Reno a man kills a girl he likes and her boyfriend out of jealousy; it may not be the first time. A woman whose divorce has just come through finds the bodies but decides not to become involved. The two meet next day on the train to San Francisco unaware of this link between t

The Captive City (1952) A small town newspaperman's investigation into a local bookie operation turns up a web of organized crime.

Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) Dave Burke is looking to hire two men to assist him in a bank raid: Earle Slater, a white ex-convict, and Johnny Ingram, a black gambler. Both are reluctant; but Burke arranges for Ingram's creditors to put pressure on him, while Slater feels humiliated by his failure to

This Could Be the Night (1957) Jean Simmons (a school teacher) takes a secretarial job in a nightclub. The two club owners quibble about a lot, including her. Unfortunately, she develops an interest for the partner who disapproves of her employment at the club.

Two for the Seesaw 1962 Jerry Ryan is wandering aimlessly around New York, having given up his law career in Nebraska when his wife asked for a divorce He meets up with Gittel Mosca, an impoverished dancer from Greenwich Village, and the two try to straighten out their lives together

Three Secrets 1950 A five year old boy is the sole survivor of a devastating plane crash in the mountains of California When the newspapers reveal that the boy was adopted and that the crash occurred on his birthday, three women begin to wonder if hes the son each gave up for adoption As the three a