My Favorite 100 Movies
I like film noir best, also the suspenseful British CFF movies for kids which have been filmed in the fifties and sixties.
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- DirectorMax OphülsStarsJames MasonJoan BennettGeraldine BrooksAfter discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.By far the best film noir that I ever watched. Joan Bennett and James mason in an unforgettable thriller based on Elizabeth Sanxay Holding's novel.
Filmed on Balboa Island, CA. - DirectorMichael GordonStarsIda LupinoStephen McNallyHoward DuffAfter her father is killed in an accident, mill heiress Deborah Chandler marries the plant manager, Selden Clark, but his motives are suspicious.Rather unknown Ida Lupino & Stephen McNally film noir with an unpredictable plot.
- DirectorJoseph H. LewisStarsNina FochMay WhittyGeorge MacreadyJulia Ross secures employment through a rather nosy employment agency, with a wealthy widow, Mrs. Hughes, and goes to live at her house. 2 days later, she awakens - in a different house, in different clothes and with a new identity. She's told she is the daughter-in-law of Mrs. Hughes and has suffered a nervous breakdown. Is Julia really 'Julia', or is it true that she's lost all memory of who she is?Based on Anthony Gilbert's novel "The Woman in Red". It takes place in Cornwall, but has been filmed somewhere on the coast of California. Nina Foch in her best role!
- DirectorJohn M. StahlStarsGene TierneyCornel WildeJeanne CrainA writer falls in love with a young socialite and they're soon married, but her obsessive love for him threatens to be the undoing of them both as well as everyone around them.Gene Tierney and Cornel Wilde in their best movie based on Ben Ames Williams novel. Great soundtrack!
- DirectorCurtis BernhardtStarsHumphrey BogartAlexis SmithSydney GreenstreetAn engineer trapped in an unhappy marriage murders his wife in the hope of marrying her younger sister.Under-estimated Humphrey Bogart thriller with Alexis Smith and Sidney Greenstreet. I enjoyed it much more than "The Big Sleep" or "The Maltese Falcon" (which I both like).
- DirectorDelmer DavesStarsHumphrey BogartLauren BacallBruce BennettA man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try to prove his innocence.Almost as thrilling as "Conflict". Wonderful movie locations in San Francisco and next to San Quentin.
- DirectorIrving RapperStarsBette DavisPaul HenreidClaude RainsA frumpy spinster blossoms under therapy and becomes an elegant, independent woman.Interesting drama based on one of the five novels by Olive Higgins Prouty on the Bostonian Vale family. Bette Davis plays a rich heiress, an ugly duckling who turns into a beautiful swan, with a dominant mother. While she escapes her home, she falls in love with Paul Henreid ("Casablanca").
The White Fawn (1931), Lisa Vale (1938), Now, Voyager (1941), Home Port (1947), and Fabia (1951), all focusing on the same fictional family (Olive Higgins Prouty). - DirectorMichael CurtizStarsAlan LaddCarolyn JonesDiane BrewsterA struggling artist in a small town becomes the prime suspect when his wife mysteriously disappears.My favorite Alan Ladd movie based on the thriller by Patrick Quentin. He plays an artist who moved from the big city to the Connecticut countryside and is accused of killing his wife. Beautiful outdoor locations filmed in Connecticut.
- DirectorElliott NugentStarsAlan LaddBetty FieldMacdonald CareyA Jazz Age bootlegger learns the hard way about the wages of sin.Almost nobody knows that long before the Robert Redford version there was already a version with Alan Ladd. I wish it would become available on DVD.
- DirectorMaxwell ShaneStarsEdward G. RobinsonKevin McCarthyConnie RussellA New Orleans musician has a nightmare about killing a man in a strange house but he suspects that it really happened.The best movie that Kevin McCarthy has done. He plays a musician who dreams that he killed somebody. Edward G. Robinson plays his brother-in-law, a cop who tries to help him solve the mystery of his dream. Filmed in New Orleans.
- DirectorTim WhelanStarsDiana BarrymoreBrian DonlevyHenry DaniellAn ex-gambler helps a beautiful widow, and becomes involved with a murder, secret agents, and saboteurs.Lesser known film noir set in WW II England with Drew Barrymore's aunt Diana Barrymore and Brian Donlevy playing the major roles.
- DirectorGerald LandauStarsRel GrainerRichard PalmerGillian HarrisonAn Enid Blyton adventure about four young cousins on an island off the Dorset coast in England where a shipwreck attracts the attention of greedy men who might put our heroes in danger.This movie is available at amazon dot co dot uk...if you are looking for a suspenseful movie for kids. It requires a multi-regional DVD player.
For all Famous Five fans: this is based on the first Famous Five book by Enid Blyton.
Also available at amazon dot co dot uk: "Five have a Mystery to solve". - DirectorMax AndersonStarsJohn RuddockRichard PalmerHilda FenemoreA teenage boy goes in search of treasure at an old mill in the hope of solving all his mother's money worries.This movie is available at amazon dot co dot uk...if you are looking for a suspenseful movie for kids. It requires a multi-regional DVD player.
This is a story about an old mill (filmed outside of Colchester in Sussex, UK) and a treasure hunt. - DirectorDavid VilliersStarsMandy HarperAnnette RobertsonIain GregoryBased on Vega Stewart's children's novel.
- DirectorJoe MendozaStarsJohn RogersRoberta PatersonPeter GodsellA treasure has been hidden at Woburn Abbey at the time of the Dissolution of the Monasteries. When the sale of the present-day estate is threatened three children find this treasure by means of five clues hidden in a deer's antler.An exciting treasure hunt in a mansion somewhere in England.
- DirectorDavid EastmanStarsChris BarringtonSue SylvaineStephen BrownA group of British kids spend their ski vacations close to a castle and solve a mystery.
- DirectorJohn ReeveStarsFrancesca AnnisJeremy BullochFrazer HinesTwo children on holiday on The Isle of Skye, Scotland, go back in time and help Bonnie Prince Charlie escape from Scotland to France.A historical CFF movie set in England.
- DirectorDerek WilliamsStarsSean ScullyJacques VerbruggeSandra SpurrTim (Sean Scully) comes over to Amsterdam to visit his penfriend Piet (Jacques Verbrugge). An Englishman operating as a tourist guide is a diamond-smuggler and the boys along with Piet's sister Annike (Sandra Spurr), foil his plans in a boat chase.Kids witness how thieves steal some jewels and take matters in their own hands...filmed in color in Holland.
- DirectorJohn HaggartyStarsMavis SageVernon MorrisJennifer BeechTwo children on holiday in Alderney, along with two local children catch men stealing bird eggs on the uninhabited island of Burhou but discover more than they bargained for.One of the best CFF movies for kids, filmed on Alderney, Channel Islands.
- DirectorDarcy ConyersStarsKit TerringtonJacqueline CoxBarry KnightA forester's two children, Knight and Day, become friends with two spoiled rich kids, Terrington and Cox, when the latter two come to the woods for a visit. The quartet gets involved with a gang of crooks when a valuable gold cup is stolen. The crooks then kidnap Terrington and Cox, but Knight and Day rescue them and help the cops nab the crooks. This was the first film directed by actor Conyers, who went on to make many other children's pictures and some good farces.Another thrilling story for kids.
- DirectorLewis GilbertStarsYvonne MarshMarian ChapmanKay HendersonA young girl has an ambition to dance with the famous Sadlers Wells troupe but first she must win a scholarship. Includes a performance of Les Sylphides by Margot Fonteyn.Margot Fonteyn has a small part in this CFF film about a little ballerina who wants to dance in front of her big idol, Margot Fonteyn.
- StarsSally ThomsettAlan MillerLen Jones"The Flood" from 1963 is also not listed in the imdb, another great CFF film.
- DirectorJeremy SummersJan Darnley-SmithStarsPierre BedenesLucinda JacksonPeter BartlettFour young children are shipwrecked on an island but they are not alone.One of the first CFF movies in color, four children get lost in their boat and strand on spooky Monk's Island. But is the monk a real monk?
- DirectorLewis GilbertStarsEugeniusz ChylekSydney TaflerMichael BalfourA superb early work by illustrious British director Lewis Gilbert (Alfie, You Only Live Twice) which follows orphaned Polish refugee Janek, who runs into trouble in the shape of two scheming thieves. Starring popular character actor Sydney Tafler (Carve Her Name with Pride, The Spy who Loved Me) as a cunning spiv, and featuring an appearance from John Laurie (The 39 Steps, Dad's Army), Johnny on the Run is an action-packed adventure with a remarkable performance from its young lead.Another very good CFF movie "The Carringford School Mystery" is unfortunately not listed in the imdb.
- DirectorJohn HaggertyStarsJeremy BullochAnthony ParkerLarry BurnsBob Ketley is a young boy whose older brother is a research scientist working with fish. He helps catch criminals who are poaching salmon by dropping dynamite into the river.The story of a girl and her brother who spend their holidays in Scotland with their uncle and witness a crime.
- DirectorWilliam C. HammondStarsTony WagerIvor BowyerMurray MathesonTwo boys thwart the efforts of antique smugglers at a British estate.Art thieves who work as servants in a mansion try to steal some valuable paintings, but two boys find out and take action.
- DirectorKay ManderStarsChristopher BradenBernard BradenBobby StevensonWhen a Canadian boy visits his cousins in Scotland, his attitude first causes antagonism with Scottish youngsters, then disappears when he helps an injured shepherd.Compelling CFF film about a boy from Canada who spends his vacation with relatives in Scotland.
- DirectorWilliam C. HammondStarsDavid HannafordJulia LockwoodHarcourt WilliamsColonel Audacious is an inventor and with the help of his young assistant, Barnstuffer, he invents a model aeroplane with a TV camera attached that can then fly around revealing all sorts of goings on. After a few slapstick goofs the flying eye reveals the activities of a gang of spies.An old inventor has to fight off thieves who want his formula.
- DirectorMuriel BoxStarsMavis RansonRoberta ToveyAngela WhiteThis Childrens Film Foundation movie is one of the best and takes place during Napoleon's time, filmed in the Pyrenees.
- DirectorJohn DurstStarsDavid CooteNick EdmettSusan FordAnother suspenseful CFF movie.
- DirectorDelmer DavesStarsRichard EganDorothy McGuireSandra DeeA self-made businessman rekindles a romance with a former flame while their two teenage children begin a romance of their own with drastic consequences for both couples.Based on Sloan Wilson's wonderful novel, with Sandra Dee, Troy Donahue, Dorothy Maguire and Richard Egan. Filmed close to Pebble Beach, CA.
- DirectorDelmer DavesStarsTroy DonahueDorothy McGuireConnie StevensPremarital sex, secrets, and society. At 17, shy Susan Slade is on her way to California after a 10-year stay at a remote Chilean mine where her father was chief engineer. Onboard ship, she's romanced by Conn White, a handsome mountain climber on his way to Alaska. Home in Monterey, Susan longs to hear from Conn. Two locals also take a shine to her: Hoyt Brecker, a horse wrangler who's the son of a criminal; and Wells Corbett, a sweet guy who lives in his high-society parents' shadow. Jump ahead two years: Susan has a desperate secret that her socially-conscious mother won't let her share. Can Susan find happiness--and what is it really that turns a girl into a woman?Connie Stevens and Troy Donahue in a very good drama.
- DirectorHenri-Georges ClouzotStarsBrigitte BardotPaul MeurisseCharles VanelA liberated small-town girl and the family's black sheep moves to Paris with her sister, only to find herself standing trial for the shocking murder of her young lover. Was his killing premeditated or was this a crime of passion?Too bad that "En cas de malheur" with BB is not listed (has probably some weird English title). Those two movies really need to be released on DVD!!!
- DirectorWilliam WylerStarsMyrna LoyDana AndrewsFredric MarchThree World War II veterans, two of them traumatized or disabled, return home to the American midwest to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed.No matter how often I watch this WW II drama, I never get tired of watching it!
- DirectorHenry HathawayStarsJames StewartRichard ConteLee J. CobbChicago reporter P.J. McNeal re-opens a decade-old murder case.A rather unknown James Stewart film noir with a very compelling plot.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJames StewartKim NovakBarbara Bel GeddesA former San Francisco police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with the hauntingly beautiful woman he has been hired to trail, who may be deeply disturbed.I went to all "Vertigo" movie locations in 1997. When I came to San Juan Bautista and visited the mission, I discovered in a small storage room a model of the mission with the tower that collapsed in an earth quake, before Hitchcock could realize "Vertigo". So he used that model and projected the tower onto the screen.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsCary GrantEva Marie SaintJames MasonA New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and falls for a woman whose loyalties he begins to doubt.Great location around Mount Rushmore in Dakota. Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint as well as James Mason as the bad guy.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsTippi HedrenSean ConneryMartin GabelMark marries Marnie although she is a habitual thief and has serious psychological problems, and tries to help her confront and resolve them.Not as popular as the other Hitchcock movies, nevertheless a very thrilling film.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJames StewartDoris DayBrenda de BanzieAn American doctor and his wife, a former singing star, witness a murder while vacationing in Morocco, and are drawn into a twisting plot of international intrigue when their young son is kidnapped.Doris Day and James Stewart play the couple on a trip to Morocco where their son gets kidnapped...
- DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsGary CooperGrace KellyThomas MitchellA town Marshal, despite the disagreements of his newlywed bride and the townspeople around him, must face a gang of deadly killers alone at "high noon" when the gang leader, an outlaw he "sent up" years ago, arrives on the noon train.The best western of all times.
- DirectorGeorge StevensStarsAlan LaddJean ArthurVan HeflinA weary gunfighter in 1880s Wyoming begins to envision a quieter life after befriending a homestead family with a young son who idolizes him, but a smoldering range war forces him to act.Another good western.
- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsAlan LaddShelley WintersJ. Carrol NaishIn 1877 Western Canada, a police inspector revolts against his inept commander, taking a safer route to the U.S. border in order to stop invading hostile Indians.Alan Ladd and a slim Shelley Winters in a lovely colored western.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsJoan CrawfordJack CarsonZachary ScottA hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.Joan Crawford made many movies that I enjoyed, but this is her best.
- DirectorMichael GordonStarsLana TurnerAnthony QuinnRichard BasehartAfter a married woman and her lover murder her cruel husband, they find themselves targeted by someone who is aware of their crime.Everybody's favorite Lana Turner film seems to be "Imitation of Life", but actually I liked a few others better.
- DirectorLewis AllenStarsLana TurnerBarry SullivanGlynis JohnsAn American war correspondent falls in love with a BBC reporter, but their relationship seems doomed from the start.Beautifully filmed in Cornwall, UK.
- DirectorPeter GodfreyStarsHumphrey BogartBarbara StanwyckAlexis SmithAn artist forms an attachment with a woman on holiday in the country. As the relationship develops, his behavior and information about his past cause her increasing concern.My favorite Barbara Stanwyck film noir.
- DirectorCharles VidorStarsRita HayworthGene KellyLee BowmanRusty Parker wins a contest and becomes a celebrated cover girl; this endangers her romance with dancing mentor Danny.Rita Hayworth was never more beautiful than in this movie.
- DirectorJean NegulescoStarsFred AstaireLeslie CaronTerry MooreA wealthy American has a chance encounter with a joyful young French woman, and anonymously pays for her education. She writes letters to her mysterious benefactor, nicknaming him from the description given by some of her fellow orphans.How could Leonard Maltin give this movie only 2 out of 4 stars???
- DirectorGeorge CukorStarsGene KellyMitzi GaynorKay KendallThe former members of a dance troupe are suing because of recently published memoirs. Each one insists on own point of view.
- DirectorAndrew MartonStarsGene KellyPier AngeliRichard RoberIn 1947, an American pilot returns to Germany to find a family that saved his life during WW2 but he stumbles upon a secret Neo-Nazi group.Rather unknown post WW II movie filmed in Germany and Austria with Gene Kelly and Pier Angeli. Very compelling!
- DirectorGene KellyStarsGene KellyBarbara LaageMichael RedgraveAn American boy and a French girl run away from a Swiss school making for Paris to reunite with their parents. The boy's father and the girl's mother join forces, despite cultural differences, to search for their kids.Another gem with Gene Kelly, Barbara Laage and a young Brigitte Fossey. It's the story of a little American boy and a little French girl who both escape boarding school in order to make it to Paris to be with their (single) parents...
- DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsMontgomery CliftIvan JandlAline MacMahonIn post-war Berlin, an American private helps a lost Czech boy find his mother.Post WW II movie with Montgomery Clift who helps a mother find her little son whom she lost during WW II.
- DirectorGeorge SeatonStarsMontgomery CliftPaul DouglasCornell BorchersExperiences of two Air Force sergeants during the 1948 Berlin Airlift.Story taking place during the Berlin Airlift in 1948, filmed in Berlin, Germany.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsMontgomery CliftAnne BaxterKarl MaldenA priest, who comes under suspicion for murder, cannot clear his name without breaking the seal of the confessional.One of my three favorite Montgomery Clift movies, filmed in Québec City, Canada. The movie location is still unchanged today.
- StarsStefanie PowersBarry BostwickJeremy BrettTwin sisters trade places with unexpected results.This should be the one based on Judith Michaels' great novel which has a sequel (A Tangled Web). My favorite Stefanie Powers film.
- DirectorWalter GraumanStarsAdrienne BarbeauSonny BonoPeter BrownMichael Stone is a rising company executive decides to chuck his career and marriage to fulfill a fantasy to be a member of the U.S. Olympic bobsled team to partake in the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid.Great mini TV series with Wayne Rogers, Elke Sommer, Mel Ferrer, Adrienne Barbeau, Sonny Bono and Pauls Prentiss. Based on Irwin Shaw's novel.
Why is this still not out on DVD??? - StarsRobert MitchumAli MacGrawJan-Michael VincentThe trials of the Henry and Jastrow families in the early years of World War II.The best account on WW II ever!
- DirectorElia KazanStarsJames DeanRaymond MasseyJulie HarrisTwo brothers in 1910s California struggle to maintain their strict, Bible-toting father's favor as an old secret about their long-absent mother comes to light.Wonderful Steinbeck drama.
- DirectorRalph ThomasStarsJean SimmonsTrevor HowardSonia DresdelA former British agent is employed at the Fenton country estate where he aids Fenton's niece in eluding the police after she's unjustly accused of murdering a local gamekeeper.Thrilling story about a young woman (Jean Simmons) being wrongfully accused of killing somebody. With the help of Trevor Howard she escapes to Scotland...beautiful location shots in the Scottish wilderness.
- DirectorAnatole LitvakStarsSophia LorenAnthony PerkinsGig YoungLisa Macklin, an Italian woman, has a fight with her American husband Robert in a Paris night club. He leaves the next day for a business trip and Lisa says she does not want to see him again. She is with newspaperman Alan Stewart that evening when she learns Robert's plane has crashed with no survivors. Waking from sedation after the funeral, Lisa finds Robert in their flat, injured but alive. He was thrown clear of the crash by a lucky twist of fate. He now plans to collect the $120,000 insurance he took out at the airport. Once Lisa collects the money and turns it over to him, she will finally be rid of him. She attempts to get advice from Stewart, but he has been replaced by David Barnes. Lisa's life becomes a tortuous ordeal, at work, at home, faced with a fugitive husband and a growing love for David, who suspects everything. Finally her nightmare concludes when she finally gets the check and meets Robert. As they drive to the Belgian border, he reveals he never intended giving her up to Barnes or anyone else. If she dares go, he will tell the police all and she will be arrested--as accessory to fraud. Lisa realizes she must take the desperate step to freedom. Once taken, there is no turning back.Hardly anybody has seen this thriller, but it's extremly suspenseful! Filmed in Paris and very unpredictable.
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsJean ArthurMarlene DietrichJohn LundIn occupied Berlin, an army captain is torn between an ex-Nazi café singer and the U.S. congresswoman investigating her.My favorite Billy Wilder movie.
- DirectorHoward HawksStarsCary GrantAnn SheridanMarion MarshallAfter marrying an American lieutenant with whom he was assigned to work in post-war Germany, a French captain attempts to find a way to accompany her back to the States under the terms of the War Bride Act.Almost as good as "A Foreign Affair".
- DirectorMark RobsonStarsRichard WidmarkMai ZetterlingNigel PatrickWorld War II sergeant Joe Lawrence falls for refugee aiming to relocate German orphans. He conspires with comrades to fund relocation through heist. Plot follows daring robbery plan and blossoming romance amidst wartime challenges.I wish it would finally be available on DVD!!!
- DirectorElia KazanStarsGregory PeckDorothy McGuireJohn GarfieldA reporter pretends to be Jewish in order to cover a story on anti-Semitism, and personally discovers the true depths of bigotry and hatred.The novel by Laura Z. Hobson is also very good!
- DirectorNunnally JohnsonStarsGregory PeckJennifer JonesFredric MarchAn ex-soldier faces ethical questions as he tries to earn enough to support his wife and children well.For everybody who enjoyed Sloan Wilson's novel on which this movie is based, Wilson wrote a barely known sequel ("The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit II") and his autobiography is called "What shall we wear to this Party: The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit 20 years before and after". Enjoy!
- DirectorLewis AllenStarsRay MillandRuth HusseyDonald CrispA composer and his sister discover that the reason they are able to purchase a beautiful gothic seacoast mansion very cheaply is the house's unsavory past.My favorite Ray Milland film. Based on Dorothy McArdle's novel about a ghost in a house on the Cornish coast.
- DirectorH.C. PotterStarsCary GrantMyrna LoyMelvyn DouglasA man and his wife decide they can afford to have a house in the country built to their specifications. It's a lot more trouble than they think.If only the novel would be as good as the film!
- DirectorIrving PichelStarsRobert YoungSusan HaywardJane GreerOn trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to claim his innocence and describe the actual, but improbable-sounding, sequence of events that led to her death.Nice film noir gem. If you are lucky, you can catch it on TCM.
- DirectorHenry KingStarsGregory PeckJoan CollinsStephen BoydA man is chasing four outlaws who killed his wife and finds them in a small town's jail, but they escape to Mexico.Wonderful western with Gregory Peck and Joan Collins when she was very young.
- DirectorGeorge SidneyStarsLana TurnerGene KellyJune AllysonD'Artagnan and his Musketeer comrades thwart the plans of Cardinal Richelieu to usurp King Louis XIII's power.The best Musketeers version, great part for Lana Turner as Lady de Winter and June Allyson as lovely Constance Bonacieux. Gene Kelly plays D'Artagnan with lots of charm.
- DirectorFatin AbdulwahhabStarsIsmail YassinAbdulsalam El-NabulsiMahmoud Al MelejiAn honorable lawyer who documents his beliefs and ideologies in an infamous magazine, but that is reversed when he inherits a cousin's nightclub, and all his beliefs and morals get tested.Nice two part version with Gérard de Barray from France. Mylène Démongéot plays Lady de Winter.
- DirectorLeslie ArlissStarsMargaret LockwoodJames MasonPatricia RocA noblewoman begins to lead a dangerous double life in order to alleviate her boredom.Wonderful historical film for Michael Rennie and James Mason fans.
- DirectorOtto PremingerJohn M. StahlStarsLinda DarnellCornel WildeRichard GreeneIn seventeenth-century England, Amber St. Clair aims to raise herself from country girl to nobility, and succeeds, but loses her true love in the process.It's about time to release this historical masterpiece on DVD!!!
- DirectorR.G. SpringsteenStarsAnn SheridanSteve CochranWalter BrennanIn 1920s Arkansas, after a 12 year absence, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot returns to his abandoned family but has to win them back and regain his hometown's respect too.Wonderful drama with Ann Sheridan and Steve Cochran.
- DirectorRussell RouseStarsJack PalanceHarold J. StoneEdward PlattSan Quentin prison inmate Arnie Judlow asks his twin brother Bill and his wife Ruth to assist him in a daring escape plan.Jack Palance's best thriller! The film is based on Jack Finney's gripping novel.
- DirectorMichael GordonStarsRock HudsonDoris DayTony RandallAn interior decorator and a playboy songwriter share a telephone party line and size each other up.My favorite Doris Day movie, a good story, funny dialogues, beautiful dresses, songs and interior design!
- DirectorAnthony MannStarsJames StewartJune AllysonHarry MorganBiography of bandleader Glenn Miller from his beginnings to his death over the English Channel in December 1944.My favorite of the Swing Music movies. "The Benny Goodman Story" and "The Five Pennies" is also worth watching. But "The Glenn Miller Story" is a classic!
- DirectorHoward HawksStarsRock HudsonPaula PrentissMaria PerschyThe author of a best-selling fishing guide is actually extremely inexperienced in the sport, which causes mayhem when he is entered into a competition.My favorite Rock Hudson movie (and "All that Heaven allows" is my second favorite).
- DirectorDelmer DavesStarsRichard WidmarkFelicia FarrSusan KohnerWagon train survivors of an Apache attack entrust the sheriff's prisoner, scout Comanche Todd, with their lives despite his wanted-for-murder status.Great western with Richard Widmark, Felicia Farr (Jack Lemmon's wife) and Tommy Rettig (Lassie).
- DirectorHenry KosterStarsRichard ToddJean PetersMarjorie RambeauThe rise of Peter Marshall, from modest Scottish upbringing, to New York seminary, time in Atlanta churches, his marriage, appointment as chaplain of the US Senate, and early death at 46. Based on real events.Richard Todd's best film. Based on a true story.
- DirectorHenry HathawayStarsMarilyn MonroeJoseph CottenJean PetersAs two couples are visiting Niagara Falls, tensions between one wife and her husband reach the level of murder.They don't make such movies anymore...
- DirectorHenry HathawayStarsVan JohnsonVera MilesCecil ParkerA blind American writer living in London stumbles upon a criminal conspiracy involving kidnapping and extortion.Extremely thrilling plot about a blind author who becomes the witness of a conversation about a planned crime in a pub. Filmed in London.
- DirectorGeorge SidneyStarsStewart GrangerJanet LeighEleanor ParkerIn France during the late 18th Century, a man sets out to avenge the death of his friend at the hands of a master swordsman.Mel Ferrer and Stewart Granger both fall for Janet Leigh.
- DirectorAndrew MartonStarsStewart GrangerWendell CoreyCyd CharisseIn the Canadian mountains, a trapper goes on the run accused of a crime, and is pursued by a rugged and determined lawman of the Royal North-West Mounted Police.This is my favorite Stewart Granger movie. Gorgeous location. Wendell Corey in one of his best roles as a Mountie.
- DirectorDon SiegelStarsKevin McCarthyDana WynterLarry GatesA small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.This one and "The Day the Earth stood still" (Michael Rennie) are my favorite SciFi movies.
- DirectorCharles F. HaasStarsJock MahoneyMartha HyerLyle BettgerAfter the Civil War, Confederate Jim Trask returns to his native Abilene to find his sweetheart engaged to his old friend Dave Mosely who's leading the cattlemen in a feud against the farmers.I wish this would be released on DVD. Jock Mahoney ("Yancy Derringer") and David Janssen ("The Fugitive") in a very good western.
- DirectorRené ClémentStarsAlain DelonMaurice RonetMarie LaforêtTom Ripley is a talented mimic, moocher, forger and all-around criminal improviser; but there's more to Tom Ripley than even he can guess.The best Tom Ripley movie (based on Patricia Highsmith). French title: Plein soleil. Alain Delon plays Tom Ripley, Maurice Ronet plays Philip Greenleaf. The moral ending was forced on the movie director (René Clément), because a bad guy (Ripley) was not supposed to get away with a crime way back in the fifties and sixties. In Highsmith's Ripley novels however, he does.
- DirectorMark SandrichStarsFred AstaireGinger RogersEdward Everett HortonAn American dancer comes to Britain and falls for a model whom he initially annoyed, but she mistakes him for his goofy producer.Some of the best songs and dancing scenes in a Ginger Rogers & Fred Astaire movie.
- DirectorCurtis BernhardtStarsBette DavisGlenn FordDane ClarkWhen a woman's twin sister is drowned, she assumes her identity in order to be close to the man she feels her sister took from her years before.My second favorite Bette Davis movie, great plot!
- DirectorLouis MalleStarsJeanne MoreauMaurice RonetGeorges PoujoulyA self-assured businessman murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.Another great French suspense film (with a soundtrack by Miles Davis).
- DirectorAnthony MannStarsJames StewartRock HudsonArthur KennedyWhen a town boss confiscates homesteaders' supplies after gold is discovered nearby, a tough cowboy risks his life to try and get it to them.Lovely western with James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Rock Hudson and Julia Adams.
- DirectorHenry KosterStarsJames StewartMaureen O'HaraFabianMr. Hobbs wants to spend a quiet holiday at the beach, but his wife has invited all their family to stay with them.My favorite James Stewart comedy.
- DirectorMark SandrichRobert AllenStarsBing CrosbyFred AstaireMarjorie ReynoldsAt an inn which is open only on holidays, a crooner and a hoofer vie for the affections of a beautiful up-and-coming performer.Everybody loves "White Christmas", but "Holiday Inn" is the original version in which Bing Crosby did sing "White Christmas" for the very first time. There is a colorized version available.
- DirectorDavid SeltzerStarsMichael DouglasMelanie GriffithLiam NeesonAn American woman of Irish and Jewish-German parentage goes undercover in Nazi Germany.I like the novel by Susan Isaacs, but always thought that it was a pity that the story about female spy Linda Voss going to Nazi Germany doesn't start before page 300 (out of 400 pages). Director David Seltzer must have felt the same way: after less than 40 minutes Linda Voss flies to WW II Europe and the story becomes very compelling.
- DirectorJon TurteltaubStarsSandra BullockBill PullmanPeter GallagherA hopelessly romantic Chicago Transit Authority ticket booth operator is mistaken for the fiancée of a comatose patient.My favorite comedy from the nineties.
- DirectorRob ReinerStarsBilly CrystalMeg RyanCarrie FisherHarry and Sally have known each other for years, and are very good friends, but they fear sex would ruin the friendship.My favorite comedy from the eighties.
- DirectorChris ColumbusStarsMacaulay CulkinJoe PesciDaniel SternAn eight-year-old troublemaker, mistakenly left home alone, must defend his home against a pair of burglars on Christmas Eve.This is one of the Christmas movies that we watch every year in December.
- DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsNorma ShearerRobert TaylorConrad VeidtIn 1936, a young man arrives in Hitler's Germany, frantically seeking information about his missing German mother, and finds she is pending execution at a concentration camp.Don't bother with the novel by Ethel Vance, she has a terrible writing style. The movie is much better!
- DirectorFerdinand FairfaxStarsRichard BonehillJeremy ChildChristian CloarecSeeking to escape the stifling London court society, the beautiful headstrong Lady Dona St. Columb flees to her family estate on the Cornish coast. Her new freedom swiftly brings her into contact with the dashingly handsome French privateer Jean Aubrey who sweeps her off her feet and into a world of adventure on the high seas very different from her dull and boring life at court with her husband Sir Harry. Together with Jean Aubrey and her enigmatic servant William, Lady Dona conceives a daring plan to steal a ship right from under the noses of the English authorities. The theft enrages the authorities who make every effort to trap the French Pirate. However, as the noose begins to tighten around the lovers, Lady Dona is faced with the dilemma of duty and children with Sir Harry or freedom and excitement with Jean Aubrey.I like this TV version with Anthony Delon better than the movie version with Joan Fontaine, because it has been filmed where the novel by Daphne DuMaurier takes place: in Cornwall, England.
- StarsCheryl LaddLee HorsleyChristopher PlummerAn industrialist meets a French ambassador's wife on a transatlantic voyage. As Paris falls under Nazi occupation, she returns to America, rekindling an affair with the industrialist. Her husband's allegiance remains ambiguous.Cheryl Ladd, Lee Horsley and Christopher Plummer in one of the most beautiful mini TV series of all times, taking place in WW II and filmed all over Europe.