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- DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsPeter SellersVictor MatureBritt EklandAn Italian criminal mastermind, impersonating a film director, plans to grab the loot on a beach where a bogus movie is being filmed.
- DirectorFrank TerryStarsStan LaurelDorothy CoburnMrs. FlemingAfter missing his train, Stan Laurel meets a Good Samaritan who invites him back to his home for rest and relaxation. It proves a most arduous vacation but even amidst the angry suffragettes and demanding hosts, Laurel hazards into love.
- DirectorMarcel VarnelStarsGeorge FormbyPhyllis CalvertGarry MarshShortly after the start of World War II, a ukulele player (George) takes the wrong boat and finds himself in (still uninvaded) Norway. He is mistaken for a fellow British intelligence agent by a woman (Mary), and becomes involved in trying to defeat German agents.
- DirectorPiero VivarelliStarsPier Paolo CapponiGaia GermaniArmando CalvoA retired ex-criminal, the notorious Mister X, must clear his name when an up-and-comer commits a heinous copycat crime.
- DirectorHal RoachStarsZasu PittsThelma ToddElizabeth ForresterAfter running their car off the road, a society matron insists that the girls spend the evening at her mansion.
- DirectorPaco PlazaStarsLeticia DoleraDiego MartínIsmael MartínezA couple's wedding day turns horrific as some of the guests start showing signs of a strange illness.
- DirectorMabel NormandStarsMabel NormandHarry McCoyCharley ChaseMabel is engaged to Harry, the boss's son. The boss has an eye for Mabel too, in this gender-bending comedy of errors and mistaken identities.
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsTakashi ShimuraNobuo KanekoShin'ichi HimoriA bureaucrat tries to find meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer.
- DirectorNoboru IguchiStarsMinase YashiroAsamiNobuhiro NishiharaMaimed while seeking revenge, a girl becomes stronger than ever.
- DirectorRobert F. McGowanStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyMatthew 'Stymie' BeardAn Our Gang Comedy. Spanky's parents take their reluctant boy to get his portrait taken by a prissy photographer.
- DirectorStephen ChowStarsStephen ChowWah YuenQiu YuenIn Shanghai, China in the 1940s, a wannabe gangster aspires to join the notorious "Axe Gang" while residents of a housing complex exhibit extraordinary powers in defending their turf.
- DirectorDave FleischerRoland CrandallStarsCab CallowayBilly MurrayMae QuestelTrouble starts when the queen's magic mirror says Betty Boop is fairest. Cab Calloway sings "St. James Infirmary Blues."
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsMabel NormandOliver HardyCreighton HaleMabel Normand, in her starring role as an irresistible pickpocket, meets a jewel thief while hitchhiking who takes her on a new mission to a posh society.
- DirectorJohn Paddy CarstairsStarsBob MonkhouseLeslie PhillipsAlfred MarksFred, Tim and Deirdre plan a fun weekend break on the coast. What they didn't make allowances for was the company of Deirdre's mother who insists on coming along as her daughter's chaperone.
- DirectorWalter FordeStarsGordon HarkerAlastair SimPhyllis CalvertThe plot pits Hornleigh and Bingham against a clever gang of Nazi espionage agents. Most of the action takes place aboard a speeding train, with our heroes never quite certain who can be trusted and who can't. Phyllis Calvert contributes to the intrigue as one Mrs. Wilkinson who is not all she seems to be.
- DirectorC.M. Pennington-RichardsStarsPeggy MountRobert MorleyHarry H. CorbettThe "Ladies Who Do" are office cleaners. One of them discovers some hot stock tips and they make a fortune. They then make good use of it to save their old neighbourhoods from the wicked developer.
- DirectorWalter FordeStarsArthur AskeyRichard MurdochGraham MoffattTaking inspiration from a well-known Victorian play, a modern-day prankster poses as a wealthy woman in a ploy to prevent him and his friends from being expelled from college.
- DirectorChao-Bin SuJohn WooStarsMichelle YeohJung Woo-sungXueqi WangDrizzle/Zeng Jing tries to start a new life after she had betrayed her gang and hid the remains of monk.
- DirectorDave FleischerGrim NatwickStarsMargie HinesBilly MurrayWilliam PennellBimbo the dog is initiated into a secret society in a sadistic 'fun house'; then Betty Boop (with dog's ears) takes a hand.
- DirectorMarcelo MottaJosé Mojica MarinsStarsJosé Mojica MarinsAlfredo AlmeidaGiulio AurichioThe events of several travelers who stop at a sinister hostel one stormy night.
- DirectorMax VarnelStarsJack GwillimErica RogersBrian SmithA pair of hoodlums steal a car in which there is a note - a ransom letter - directed to a wealthy man whose daughter has just been kidnapped. The two gangsters stole the abductor's car and when they find the note, they decide to take advantage of the situation and collect the money.
- DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsChikage AwashimaRyô IkebeTeiji TakahashiA young man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he has an extramarital romance.
- DirectorFrank LaunderStarsPhyllis CalvertFlora RobsonPatricia RocWomen in a French internment camp conceal downed British airmen from German soldiers, and try to help them escape. Produced by Edward Black. Written and directed by Frank Launder.
- DirectorJames W. HorneStarsCharley ChaseThelma ToddAnita GarvinCharley hires three "party girls" to help him land a business deal.
- DirectorMack SennettCharles BennettStarsCharles ChaplinMarie DresslerMabel NormandA con man from the city dupes a wealthy country girl into marriage.
- DirectorCorey YuenStarsShu QiWei ZhaoKaren MokA conflict of interest between two high-kicking assassin sisters is complicated as they're pursued by the criminals who hired them and an equally high-kicking female cop.
- DirectorScott PembrokeJoe RockStarsStan LaurelJulie LeonardThe Wonder Dog PalIn Victorian London the esteemed Dr. Pyckle uses himself as a guinea pig when he experiments with a new drug that changes him into a compulsive prankster.
- DirectorMonty BanksStarsStanley LupinoThelma ToddJohn LoderA rich American businessman in London makes believe he's lost all his money so that his daughter will marry a composer.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsBunta SugawaraTatsuo UmemiyaHiroki MatsukataActing boss Hirotani of the Ohara gang uses his friendship with corrupt cop Kuno to usurp a staged land deal that rival yakuza gang Kawade had arranged through local politicians. Open warfare erupts between the two gangs.
- DirectorMack SennettStarsMabel NormandRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleMack SennettLong after jilting his girlfriend, Mabel the kitchen maid, Mack is startled to see her onscreen at the local cinema.
- DirectorFrank LaunderStarsHarry H. CorbettStanley BaxterBill FraserBusted for running an illegal gambling den during the Second World War, a gang of East End wideboys choose conscription over prison and take their talents on a tour of duty.
- DirectorWalter FordeStarsWill HayThora HirdMuriel GeorgeMinistry of Information-sponsored comedy short showing wartime audiences how to deal with the threat of incendiary bombs
- DirectorJing WongSammo Kam-Bo HungStarsJet LiSharla CheungChingmy YauA wild, rollicking martial-arts fantasy extravaganza that features prized swords and swordsmen, a crazy monk attached to a rolling boulder (yup!), serious clan and cult rivalries, and lots of magic and flying.
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsCab Calloway and His Cotton Club OrchestraCab CallowayBilly MurrayBetty Boop and Bimbo run away from home, but that night they are scared by a chorus of ghosts singing the title song.
- DirectorMabel NormandStarsCharles ChaplinMabel NormandDan AlbertCharlie is a clumsy waiter in a cheap cabaret and must endure the strict orders from his boss. He meets a pretty girl in the park and pretends to be a fancy ambassador but must contend with the jealousy of her fiancé.
- DirectorTeruo IshiiStarsTeruo YoshidaMasumi TachibanaAsao KoikeTwo highly skilled tattoo artists clash as the demand for tattooed geishas rises to satisfy European clients.
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneEijirô TônoTatsuya NakadaiA crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.
- DirectorFred GuiolStarsMax DavidsonMartha SleeperBert SprotteA comedy about two rival fathers who must make peace when their children get engaged. Everything goes awry when the son of one of the fathers cooks the prize-winning rooster that belongs to the other father for a joint family dinner.
- DirectorRichard FranklinStarsSusan PenhaligonRobert HelpmannRod MullinarA comatose hospital patient harasses and kills through his powers of telekinesis to claim his private nurse as his own.
- DirectorLance ComfortStarsMargaret LockwoodIan HunterBarry K. BarnesBedelia, a newly remarried beautiful widow, is on honeymoon in Monte Carlo. A painter approaches her inquiring about her past. When she and her husband go back to England the artist will soon be there. Danger, crime and truth will follow.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsCharley ChaseMartha SleeperSammy BrooksProfessor James Jump hopes to strike it rich with his invention of a more humane mouse trap.
- DirectorJing WongStarsStephen ChowSharla CheungChingmy YauA jester is accidentally recruited by a cult leader to spy on a young and inexperienced Chinese emperor. Things don't go according to plan, and he ends up working for multiple opposing sides while trying to survive the madness.
- DirectorMack SennettStarsMabel NormandMack SennettFord SterlingMabel and her sweetheart go to the beach and play a trick on the boyfriend's father.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsBunta SugawaraTsunehiko WataseYuriko HishimiSugawara is Kuroda, an itinerant gambler who steps in when a hit by drug-addicted assassin Kusunoki goes wrong, and takes the fall on behalf of the Owada family, but when the gang fails to make good on financial promises to him, Kuroda targets the family bosses with a ruthless vengeance.
- DirectorClarence HenneckeStan LaurelStarsLyle TayoJames FinlaysonGrant GormanNanette sends a letter to her family telling of her new husband, Hillory. When Hillory arrives to meet the family, he gets insulted by each member, including the dog, and loses his wig. After having dinner with the family, Nanette's former lover returns, and Hillory must confront him.
- DirectorHerbert MasonStarsArthur AskeyMoore MarriottGraham MoffattA lowly BBC employee pulls a prank at the studio and finds himself transferred to an isolated island where he is to set up a weather station at a lighthouse. As if in a fantasy, a ship carrying a bevy of beautiful models is shipwrecked off the coast and the models wind up on the island. However, when the models begin disappearing, the "back-room boy" investigates and finds a sinister scheme involving spies and Nazi battleships.
- DirectorWellson ChinStarsSandra Kwan Yue NgSibelle HuKara WaiNow married to Madam Wu who has quit the force, Inspector Kan regroups SKIRTS and begins preparing them for a new undercover mission aboard a floating casino.
- DirectorWalter WrightStarsChester ConklinCharles ArlingHarry BookerHearing her sweetly playing the piano, a man, stopping to listen and sing along, falls in love with the young piano playing woman, which does not sit well with her boyfriend. The man believes he can win the girl's heart, and attempts to do so using a stolen organ and monkey from an organ grinder. This leads to several altercations between the man and the boyfriend. But the angry bomb-happy organ grinder and the escaped monkey may add some extra confusion to the proceedings.
- DirectorJing WongStarsJet LiSharla CheungDicky CheungLegendary kung fu master Wong Fei-Hung unwittingly relocates his clinic to an undesired location, only to stumble upon criminal acts committed by a cult.
- DirectorJames ParrottLeo McCareyStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyRichard CarleLoony scientist (Carle) hires Laurel and Hardy to raid the cemetery to keep him supplied with dead bodies for his experiments.
- DirectorWarren DoaneStarsCharley ChaseThelma ToddEdgar KennedyCharley intervenes in a fight between Eddie and Thelma inside her small car. Cop Kennedy misinterprets things, and Charley hides in the theatre Thelma is rehearsing in. Charley replaces Eddie as Thelma's partner in an artistic dance act, and makes a fiasco of it.
- DirectorMario BavaStarsWilliam BergerIra von FürstenbergEdwige FenechAn industrialist invites his colleagues to his private island so they can exploit a resin formula invented by one of the guests, but a killer within the group disrupts the proceedings.
- DirectorJing WongStarsStephen ChowAnita MuiSharla CheungPolice officer Chow Sing Sing is assigned to work undercover investigating the murder of millionaire Million Wong, to whom Chow has an uncanny resemblance, by posing as an amnesiac Wong.
- DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsSetsuko HaraYôko TsukasaMariko OkadaA widow tries to marry off her daughter with the help of her late husband's three friends.
- DirectorRené CardonaStarsLorena VelázquezArmando SilvestreElizabeth CampbellIf you've ever longed for a movie about wrestling women who take on various monsters, this is it. There is Xochitl, a female mummy, and her lover Tezomoc who is also a mummy, and he can turn into a snake or a bat, which is difficult to get half-Nelsons on. Loreta and the Golden Ruby join forces to battle the evil Prince Fujiyata and his Oriental female Judo wrestlers. The mummy Tezomoc is male and on the good side of the struggle (at least he fights the bad guys). The lady wrestlers earlier appeared in "Doctor of Doom."
- DirectorDel LordStarsBilly BevanAndy ClydeLillian KnightAn eccentric inventor has thought of a way that automobiles can run on radio waves, without gasoline. His plans put him in conflict with the owner of an oil company, who is also pursuing the inventor's daughter. This rival begins to scheme against the inventor, and it is left up to the inventor's hired man to try to stop him.
- DirectorRyûichi TakamoriStarsShin'ichi ChibaTsunehiko WataseMaki MizuharaKiba is back again, but this time he has fallen from grace and sent to prison for all the violent acts he has committed. Once he's out, he begins working as a bodyguard in a club that is crawling with gangsters.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsStan LaurelAgnes AyresForrest StanleyA young wife is contacted by a former boyfriend, who informs her that he has a collection of her love letters that he will turn over to her husband unless the woman pays him off. She and her butler hatch a plan to get the letters from the blackmailer before her husband sees them.
- DirectorYoshihiro IshikawaStarsShôzaburô DateNamiji MatsuuraNoriko KitazawaTwo lovers lost in the mountains find themselves in a mysterious forest pond, as if some kind of force doesn't want to let them go.
- DirectorYuen ChorStarsLily HoHua YuehBetty Pei TiThe Four Seasons Brothel is run by a ruthless madam, Lady Chun Yi. Countless young girls have been kidnapped or bought and then sold into a life of servitude, prostitution, and torture at this brothel. Ai Nu, an honest, but poor family's only daughter, is one of the newest girls that was recently kidnapped and sold to Lady Chun. To complicate matters even more, Lady Chun is a lesbian and quickly falls in love with the virginal Ai Nu, who will not let her spirit be broken and tries to escape again and again. This causes Lady Chun to use all of her resources to break her, including auctioning off Ai Nu's virginity to a group of wealthy businessmen. She eventually entrusts Ai Nu with a number of ancient kung-fu secrets like the Ghost Hands, which allows you to thrust your fists into an opponent's chest. Soon after murder erupts within the brothel. A diligent detective, Chi Te, visits the brothel and becomes increasingly involved in the murder investigation. He realizes he must do everything he can to prevent Ai Nu from taking her much deserved revenge on everyone that has wronged her over the years.
- DirectorJackie ChanChi-Hwa ChenStarsJackie ChanMaggie CheungBrigitte LinA virtuous Hong Kong Police Officer must clear his good name when the drug lord he is after frames him for the murder of a dirty cop.
- DirectorJames ParrottFred GuiolStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyAnita GarvinStan and Ollie hold out money from their paychecks from their shrewish wives so they can enjoy a night out on the town... with predictable results.
- DirectorNgai Choi LamStarsSiu-Wong FanMei Sheng FanKa-Kui HoRiki-Oh, a young man who has superhuman strength, is incarcerated in a private prison, where inmates are treated like slaves. He is forced to use his unstoppable form of martial arts to destroy the corrupt officials and their lackeys.
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsBonnie PoeBetty Boop, sleepless on a freezing night, builds a nice hot fire which proves too much of a good thing; in a dream she visits Hell, sings "Hell's Bells, " and makes Hell freeze over!