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Drama, Noir, romance film
Harry Quincey is an amiable middle-aged bachelor working as a designer in a fabric mill in the small New England town of Corinth. Younger people in town call him "Uncle Harry". He lives in the family's mansion with his two sisters, the younger Lettie and the older Hester.
Comedy
thumb|Lobby card Elmer, always seen at the theater in imposing formal dress, is really a humble worker in a dry cleaning establishment. (Elmer's full name isn't mentioned in the narrative, but a newspaper story near the end identifies him as "Elmer Gantry.") He idolizes stage actress Trilby Drew and goes to see her performances all the time, pretending to be a wealthy admirer. Trilby is in love with fellow actor Lionel Benmore.
Drama, romance film
The story begins in May 1915 in South Tyrol where Anderl Gruber, a son of a rich hotel owner, is attending the wedding of his sister Elisabeth (Lisl) with Italian Angelo Calzolari. There, he meets Angelo's sister Francesca, with whom he falls in love. However, the same day Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary.
Drama, LGBTQ-related film
Julie Johnson is a bored New Jersey housewife who is unhappy with her life and decides to take a computer class at a local college. When her husband finds out about her return to school, he is unsupportive and verbally abusive. She decides that enough is enough, and the couple separate.
Drama, romance film, thriller film
After watching a fire burn her family's Baltimore pizzeria to the ground, 11‑year-old Reena Hale (Witt) decides she wants to be an arson investigator when she grows up. And with the help of mentor John Minger (Bakula), whom she met during the investigation of her family's restaurant, Reena realizes her dream. Years later, the grown up Reena buys a house in the old neighborhood, moving in next door to carpenter Bo Goodnight (Settle).
musical film, romance film
The film is a reworking of Puccini's opera Madama Butterfly, in which the tragic heroine is obsessed with an American pilot.
Comedy, Drama, romantic comedy
Working as a television writer for a low-rated sitcom, Those McAllisters, Taylor Peters has developed a few vices, such as drinking, drug abuse and compulsive gambling, which have previously damaged his career to the extent that he takes sessions with an analyst only to prove to his wife Lorraine that he is seeking treatment. Adding to Taylor's stressful home life is the discovery that their 20-year-old niece Amanda has run away from home to Las Vegas to work as a prostitute. Although he writes a good comic scene for his lead actor Ed Begley Jr., Taylor still has the need to run off to the track to play the horses.
Coming-of-age, musical film, romance film, teen film
A college campus springs to life when the local radio station announces the official opening of the step competition season. As the fraternities and sororities work to recruit the best talent, the heat is on to win big prize money and campus bragging rights.
romantic comedy
Millie McGonigle is riding a bus home from work when the frustrated driver, Doug Andrews, stops the vehicle and quits. As the assistant personnel director of a large department store, Millie is impressed by his independence and hands him her business card. The next day, Millie learns that Tommy Bassett, a young boy she knows and likes very much, has lost his mother in a traffic accident.
Drama, Melodrama, romance film, Social Drama
The Khan family are originally from Pakistan but have lived in the UK for forty years. Tariq and Sadia live in Glasgow with three children: the eldest daughter, Rukhsana, lives strictly according to the family's Muslim faith and is also ready to enter into the marriage with Amar planned by her parents; she studied and may soon marry Amar, who has a Ph.D. Their only son, Casim, is also a qualified accountant, but earns his living as a DJ and hopes to open his own nightclub with his friend Hammid.
Comedy, Comedy drama, Drama
In 18th century Ireland, there are two financially insecure young bachelors, Garrett Byrne and James Strang, whose exploits evolve from the need to secure wealth. Both are younger sons that will not inherit titles and estates so they become members of an infamous society known as the 'Abduction Club', whose main aim is to woo and then abduct wealthy heiresses in order to marry them (therefore providing themselves with financial security). The men decide to set their sights on the beautiful yet feisty Kennedy sisters, Catherine and Anne, but are unprepared for the negative reaction they are to receive, and they soon find themselves on the…
mystery film, romance film
Mia struggles to adjust to a new life in Baguio with her mother Teresa, her stepfather John, and her half-brother Sam, and harbors a lingering resentment over the death of her biological father Rene. Despite John's misgivings, Mia secretly brings home a guitar from an abandoned house. Shortly afterwards, she attends a party at the Diplomat Hotel and meets Gio, a mysterious young man consistently dressed in the same outfit.
Drama, romance film
romance film
romantic comedy
Henry Pepper (Brian Aherne), top writer for Knickerbocker magazine, is assigned to write a profile on Carol Ainsley (Rosalind Russell), who has been named the outstanding career woman of the year. Carol, a super agent and star-maker, has just scooped her competition by selling the movie rights to the romance novel Whirlwind and is spending a fortune to find the perfect actor to play the male lead. When Carol learns that the book's author, Anthony Street, may be the man to play his own hero, she searches him out and discovers that he is actually Professor Michael Cobb (Willard Parker) of Buxton College.
Drama, romance film, silent film
thumb|thumbtime=10|The Docks of New York (1928) An American tramp steamer docks in New York harbor sometime in the early years of the 20th century before prohibition. In the bowels of the ship, coal stokers are shutting down the furnaces in the anticipation of shore leave for the night. The bullying third engineer, Andy (Mitchell Lewis), warns the exhausted crew that they will be punished if they return drunk when the vessel sails the following morning.
Drama, romance film
When a circus comes to Pentland, Illinois, young Joanna Ryan is seduced by trick rider Pierre Radier. Despite his physical skill, Pierre is dissatisfied with circus life and falls in love with Joanna. His mother, the one-armed circus star Madame Azais, warns Pierre about falling in love.
Action, Drama, Historie, war film
During the Western Desert Campaign of World War II, two Allied officers in Egypt are interviewed to lead a dangerous commando mission behind German lines in Benghazi. Major David Brand, a South African, is a regular army officer but lacks command and combat experience. He does not speak Arabic and has only a limited knowledge of Libya.
Comedy, musical film, romantic comedy
At the Côte d'Azur nightclub in Monte Carlo, American entertainer Jack Martin is a hit with his singing, dancing and impressions. One night, everyone in the club flocks to a television to watch famed aviator Captain Henri Duran land in Nice, concluding a record-breaking round-the-world flight. Jack's partner—and girlfriend—Colette reminds him to put on his glasses, and they agree that Duran looks like Jack.
Comedy, Drama, LGBTQ-related film, romantic comedy
Gary (not his real name, which is never revealed) is a hustler walking through the streets of New York City, looking for business. On the way, he saves Kid Joey, a young deaf transvestite who just arrived in New York, from a group of gay bashers, but he regrets it afterwards because Kid Joey becomes infatuated with Gary and follows him everywhere. Gary introduces him to his friends: Valentino, a former porn star, and Mary Carmen, a Mexican young woman who works as a doughnut shop waitress and is in love with Valentino, with whom she has been living for some time.
Drama, romance film
In a rough neighborhood of Paris in 1914, atheistic sewer worker Chico rescues a young woman named Diane being beaten by her sister Nana for not being nice to an older man, a patron in the sister's disreputable dance hall. Father Chevillon is determined to convert Chico. Chevillon learns from Boul, Chico's taxi driver friend, that Chico gave God a chance, but nothing came of it.
romance film, Western
A stranger, calling himself Jeff Young, imposes on rancher Lucy Lee for a meal and a night's rest, then saves her from being robbed. Jeff helps deliver her cattle to town, where he encounters Kit Banion running her saloon, The Maverick Queen. Kit is secretly in cahoots with the notorious Hole in the Wall Gang, led by Butch Cassidy and Sundance, and a jealous Sundance is angered when Jeff beats him at poker and attracts romantic interest from Kit, who offers Jeff a job as a faro dealer.
Drama, romance film
When a dead American "beach boy" is washed up on a beach in Acapulco, the police do an investigation to see if it was murder. Lieutenant Riccardo Andrade of the Mexican police interviews three suspects. Hank Walker is another beach boy who works as a gigolo as well as blackmails vacationing middle-aged American women.
Drama, propaganda film, war film
The opening credits show huge crowds of workers going into factories. The narrator begins the film with nostalgic views of crowded beaches and remembering what it was like to eat an orange (unavailable during the war). Celia Crowson and her family go on holiday to the south coast of England in the summer of 1939, staying in the guest house they visit every year.