La Belle Nivernaise
★ 6.4 · 1924 · 69m · Drama
A young man falls in love with the daughter of the man who adopted him.
More Like This
A Man in Our House
1961 · ★ 6.8
Rebel Ibrahim Hamdy assassinates a pro-colonial Prime Minister but is arrested and hides with a fellow university student, who initially refuses but eventually accepts him. Abdul Hamid Khatib meets Samia and her cousin, and Ibrahim uses the situation to hasten Samia’s marriage, which she rejects. Nawal, the youngest daughter, becomes the liaison between Ibrahim and his colleagues, helping him escape. Abdul Hamid tries to inform the political police of Ibrahim’s location, but Samia stops him. The head of the political police suspects them and punishes them to find Ibrahim. Ibrahim refuses to leave the country, returning to fight colonialism and participating in an operation.
More info →
Danger Patrol
1937 · ★ 6.4
An explosives carrier at an oil field falls in love with a colleague's daughter.
More info →
My Only Sunshine
2009 · ★ 6.9
Hayat, her father and bedridden grandfather live in a riverside shack near the dangerously dark but breathtakingly beautiful waters of the Bosphorus. Hayat's father owns a small boat that secures the family's survival through a miscellany of not always lawful ventures. Beyond the motion and romance of the water, Hayat's life is harsh and unrelenting. But Hayat has an instinct for survival. Her capacity for courage, endurance and hope in the face of these trials suggest that there is Life despite the manifold injustices of an unjust world.
More info →
Café Brawl (Remake)
1952 · ★ 5
1952 reconstruction of Gelabert’s Café Brawl (1897). This remake is the only surviving version, recreating the original lost film’s café fight scene.
More info →
The Tale of Three Girls
1968 · ★ 9
Three women each have their own ambitions and aspirations. The first dreams of fame and fortune and meets a rich, married man she attempts to court. The second is a secretary with designs on her boss, even though he too is married. Having learned from her friends' experiences, the third takes an altogether different path.
More info →
Damn the War
1914 · ★ 5.6
An army pilot is visiting the home of another army pilot in a neighboring country, and falling in love with his sister, when war breaks out.
More info →
Border Radio
1987 · ★ 5.6
Two musicians and a roadie take money that is owed to them from a job. One flees to Mexico, and everyone has questions.
More info →
In Harm's Way
1965 · ★ 6.6
A Naval officer, reprimanded after Pearl Harbor, is later promoted to Rear Admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese.
More info →
Dunya & Desie
2008 · ★ 6.9
Dunya and Desie are two 18 year old best friends from Amsterdam North. Dunya is Moroccan and Desie is Dutch. On Dunya's Birthday she is told that her marriage has been arranged with a distant cousin in Morocco. Dunya and her family will travel to Morocco to meet him. After Desie discovers that she is pregnant she joins Dunya in Morocco in a search for Desies father.
More info →
The Norrtull Gang
1923 · ★ 6.6
A collective of office girls and their tribulations in the male world, female solidarity, the place of women in the labor and civil rights struggles and the conflict between love and work.
More info →
The Cranes Are Flying
1957 · ★ 7.9
Veronika and Boris come together in Moscow shortly before World War II. Walking along the river, they watch cranes fly overhead, and promise to rendezvous before Boris leaves to fight. Boris misses the meeting and is off to the front lines, while Veronika waits patiently, sending letters faithfully. After her house is bombed, Veronika moves in with Boris' family, into the company of a cousin with his own intentions.
More info →