Search results for "Charles Boyer"
A Matter of Time

A Matter of Time

A Matter of Time
IMDb: 5.1
97

During a press conference, international star Nina remembers simpler times, flashing back to her days as a maid in a run-down Italian hotel. As a young woman, Nina befriends Contessa…

Genre: Fantasy
Stavisky…

Stavisky…

Stavisky…
IMDb: 6.5
120

Biarritz, 1933. Charm and talent help small-time swindler Serge Alexandre, alias Stavisky, to bribe his way into the centre of French political power. But when his great scam involving millions…

Genre: Crime
Lost Horizon

Lost Horizon

Lost Horizon
IMDb: 5.2
147

While escaping war-torn China, a group of Europeans crash in the Himalayas, where they are rescued and taken to the mysterious Valley of the Blue Moon, Shangri-La.

The Madwoman of Chaillot

The Madwoman of Chaillot

The Madwoman of Chaillot
IMDb: 5.9
132

An eccentric Parisian woman’s optimistic perception of life begins to sound more rational than the traditional beliefs of others. The story is set in a 20th-century society endangered by power…

Genre: Comedy
The April Fools

The April Fools

The April Fools
IMDb: 6.1
95

Newly-promoted if none too happily married Howard Brubaker leaves a rowdy company party early with the stunning Catherine, whom it turns out is herself unhappily married — to the boss….

Genre: Comedy
Casino Royale

Casino Royale

Casino Royale
IMDb: 5
131

Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James thinks up the ultimate plan – that every agent will be named…

Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Barefoot in the Park

Barefoot in the Park

Barefoot in the Park
IMDb: 7
106

In this film based on a Neil Simon play, newlyweds Corie, a free spirit, and Paul Bratter, an uptight lawyer, share a sixth-floor apartment in Greenwich Village. Soon after their…

Genre: Comedy
Is Paris Burning?

Is Paris Burning?

Is Paris Burning?
IMDb: 6.8
173

Near the end of World War II, Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if it becomes clear the Allies are going to invade, or if he…

Genre: History, War
How to Steal a Million

How to Steal a Million

How to Steal a Million
IMDb: 7.5
123

A woman must steal a statue from a Paris museum to help conceal her father’s art forgeries.

Genre: Comedy, Crime
A Very Special Favor

A Very Special Favor

A Very Special Favor
IMDb: 6.2
105

The long-lost father of a frigid, uptight Freudian psychologist contracts a wealthy American playboy who owes him a favor to woo his daughter.

Genre: Comedy
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
IMDb: 6.5
153

In Argentina, one daughter of patriarch Madariaga is married to a Frenchman while the other is married to a German thus leading to a crisis when Nazi Germany occupies France…

Genre: War
Fanny

Fanny

Fanny
IMDb: 6.8
133

Almost 19-year-old Marius feels himself in a rut in Marseille, his life planned for him by his cafe’-owning father, and he longs for the sea. The night before he is…

Genre: Uncategorized
The Buccaneer

The Buccaneer

The Buccaneer
IMDb: 6.4
119

During the War of 1812 against Britain: General Andrew Jackson has only 1,200 men left to defend New Orleans when he learns that a British fleet will arrive with 60…

Around the World in Eighty Days

Around the World in Eighty Days

Around the World in Eighty Days
IMDb: 6.7
182

Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short…

The Cobweb

The Cobweb

The Cobweb
IMDb: 6.3
124

Patients and staff at a posh psychiatric clinic clash over who chooses the clinic’s new drapes – but drapes are the least of their problems.

Genre: Uncategorized
Thunder in the East

Thunder in the East

Thunder in the East
IMDb: 6.3
97

During India’s first years of independence from Britain, Steve Gibbs lands his armaments loaded plane in Ghandahar province hoping to get rich. Pacifist Prime Minister Singh hopes to reach an…

Genre: War
The Earrings of Madame de…

The Earrings of Madame de…

The Earrings of Madame de…
IMDb: 7.9
105

In France of the late 19th century, the wife of a wealthy general, the Countess Louise, sells the earrings her husband gave her on their wedding day to pay off…

Genre: Uncategorized
Arch of Triumph

Arch of Triumph

Arch of Triumph
IMDb: 6.3
133

In the winter of 1938, Paris is crowded with refugees from the Nazis, who live in the black shadows of night, trying to evade deportation. One such is Dr. Ravic,…

Genre: Uncategorized
A Woman’s Vengeance

A Woman’s Vengeance

A Woman’s Vengeance
IMDb: 6.9
96

A cheating husband is charged in the poisoning death of his invalid wife, in spite of other women and suicide also being suspected.

Genre: Mystery
Cluny Brown

Cluny Brown

Cluny Brown
IMDb: 7.4
100

Amateur plumber Cluny Brown gets sent off by her uncle to work as a servant at an English country estate.

Genre: Comedy
The Battle of the Rails

The Battle of the Rails

The Battle of the Rails
IMDb: 7
85

A 1946 war movie which tells the courageous efforts by French railway workers to sabotage Nazi reinforcement-troop trains.

Genre: War
Confidential Agent

Confidential Agent

Confidential Agent
IMDb: 6.5
118

During the Spanish Civil War, an agent on a mission to purchase coal meets with murder and counterspies.

Genre: Uncategorized
Gaslight

Gaslight

Gaslight
IMDb: 7.8
114

A newlywed fears she’s going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.

Genre: Crime, Mystery
The Fighting Lady

The Fighting Lady

The Fighting Lady
IMDb: 7.2
61

Oscar winner William Wyler directed this 1944 “newsdrama,” narrated by Lieut. Robert Taylor, USNR (Bataan), and photographed in zones of combat by the U.S. Navy. The film follows one of…

Genre: Documentary, War
Flesh and Fantasy

Flesh and Fantasy

Flesh and Fantasy
IMDb: 6.9
93

Anthology film of three tales of the supernatural. The first story is set at the Mardi Gras in New Orleans. The second involves a psychic who predicts murder. The third…

Genre: Mystery
The Constant Nymph

The Constant Nymph

The Constant Nymph
IMDb: 6.7
112

The daughter of a musical mentor adores a promising composer, who is quite fond of the adolescent. When her father dies, an uncle arrives with his own grown daughter, who…

Genre: Uncategorized
Tales of Manhattan

Tales of Manhattan

Tales of Manhattan
IMDb: 7.3
118

Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by its tailor has on those who wear it. The video release features a W.C. Fields…

Genre: Comedy
Hold Back the Dawn

Hold Back the Dawn

Hold Back the Dawn
IMDb: 7.3
116

Romanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota system, he decides to marry an American, then desert her and join his old partner…

Genre: Uncategorized
Back Street

Back Street

Back Street
IMDb: 6.7
89

Previously filmed in 1932, and remade a third time in 1961, this second film version of Fannie Hurst’s novel stars Margaret Sullavan as a fashion designer in love with a…

Genre: Uncategorized
All This, and Heaven Too

All This, and Heaven Too

All This, and Heaven Too
IMDb: 7.4
141

When lovely and virtuous governess Henriette Deluzy comes to educate the children of the debonair Duc de Praslin, a royal subject to King Louis-Philippe and the husband of the volatile…

Genre: Uncategorized
When Tomorrow Comes

When Tomorrow Comes

When Tomorrow Comes
IMDb: 6.7
90

A famous concert pianist unhappily married to a woman who suffers from mental illness falls in love with a waitress.

Genre: Uncategorized
Love Affair

Love Affair

Love Affair
IMDb: 7.3
88

A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship. They arrange to reunite six months later, if neither has changed their mind.

Genre: Uncategorized
Algiers

Algiers

Algiers
IMDb: 6.6
96

Pepe Le Moko is a notorious thief, who escaped from France. Since his escape, Moko has become a resident and leader of the immense Casbah of Algiers. French officials arrive…

Genre: Crime, Mystery
History Is Made at Night

History Is Made at Night

History Is Made at Night
IMDb: 7.3
97

An American woman falls in love with a romantic Parisian head waiter who tries to save her from her possessive wealthy ex-husband who wants to keep her under his control.

Genre: Uncategorized
Conquest

Conquest

Conquest
IMDb: 6.5
113

A Polish countess is dispatched by her country to become Napoleon Bonaparte’s mistress at the urging of Polish leaders, who feel she might influence him to support Polish independence.

Genre: History
The Garden of Allah

The Garden of Allah

The Garden of Allah
IMDb: 5.8
79

The star-crossed desert romance of a cloistered woman and a renegade monk.

Genre: Adventure
Private Worlds

Private Worlds

Private Worlds
IMDb: 6.4
84

At the Brentwood Asylum for the mentally ill, psychiatrist partners Jane Everest and Alex MacGregor are broken up by the new superintendent, Dr. Charles Monet, who has a low regard…

Genre: Uncategorized
Red-Headed Woman

Red-Headed Woman

Red-Headed Woman
IMDb: 7
79

Lil works for the Legendre Company and causes Bill to divorce Irene and marry her. She has an affair with businessman Gaerste and uses him to force society to pay…

Genre: Comedy