Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane 1941

8.00

Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.

1941

King Kong

King Kong 1933

7.59

Adventurous filmmaker Carl Denham sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann Darrow and his first mate Jack Driscoll, they arrive on an island and discover a legendary creature said to be neither beast nor man. Denham captures the monster to be displayed on Broadway as King Kong, the eighth wonder of the world.

1933

Out of the Past

Out of the Past 1947

7.60

Jeff Bailey seems to be a mundane gas station owner in remote Bridgeport, California. He is dating local girl Ann Miller and lives a quiet life. But Jeff has a secret past, and when a mysterious stranger arrives in town, Jeff is forced to return to the dark world he had tried to escape.

1947

Notorious

Notorious 1946

7.70

In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman, the American daughter of a convicted German war criminal, as a spy. As they begin to fall for one another, Alicia is instructed to win the affections of Alexander Sebastian, a Nazi hiding out in Brazil. When Sebastian becomes serious about his relationship with Alicia, the stakes get higher, and Devlin must watch her slip further undercover.

1946

The Most Dangerous Game

The Most Dangerous Game 1932

6.90

When legendary hunter Bob Rainsford is shipwrecked on the perilous reefs surrounding a mysterious island, he finds himself the guest of the reclusive and eccentric Count Zaroff. While he is very gracious at first, Zaroff eventually forces Rainsford and two other shipwreck survivors, brother and sister Eve and Martin Towbridge, to participate in a sadistic game of cat and mouse in which they are the prey and he is the hunter.

1932

Bringing Up Baby

Bringing Up Baby 1938

7.50

David Huxley is waiting to get a bone he needs for his museum collection. Through a series of strange circumstances, he meets Susan Vance, and the duo have a series of misadventures which include a leopard called Baby.

1938

Crossfire

Crossfire 1947

6.60

A man is murdered, apparently by one of a group of soldiers just out of the army. But which one? And why?

1947

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1939

7.30

Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a young Romani girl. The hunchback Quasimodo, Frollo's protege and bell-ringer of Notre Dame, lives in peace among the bells in the heights of the immense cathedral until he is involved by the twisted magistrate in his malicious plans to free himself from Esmeralda's alleged spell, which he believes to be the devil's work.

1939

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon 1949

6.80

On the eve of retirement, Captain Nathan Brittles takes out a last patrol to stop an impending massive Indian attack. Encumbered by women who must be evacuated, Brittles finds his mission imperiled.

1949

Fort Apache

Fort Apache 1948

7.00

Owen Thursday sees his new posting to the desolate Fort Apache as a chance to claim the military honour which he believes is rightfully his. Arrogant, obsessed with military form and ultimately self-destructive, he attempts to destroy the Apache chief Cochise after luring him across the border from Mexico, against the advice of his subordinates.

1948

The Thing from Another World

The Thing from Another World 1951

6.71

Scientists and US Air Force officials fend off a blood-thirsty alien organism while investigating at a remote arctic outpost.

1951

The Magnificent Ambersons

The Magnificent Ambersons 1942

7.30

The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.

1942

Cat People

Cat People 1942

6.90

A Serbian émigré in Manhattan believes that, because of an ancient curse, any physical intimacy with the man she loves will turn her into a feline predator.

1942

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House 1948

7.00

An advertising executive dreams of getting out of the city and building a perfect home in the country, only to find the transition fraught with problems.

1948

Back to Bataan

Back to Bataan 1945

6.10

An Army colonel leads a guerrilla campaign against the Japanese in the Philippines.

1945

Oklahoma!

Oklahoma! 1955

6.58

In the Oklahoma territory at the turn of the twentieth century, two young cowboys vie with a violent ranch hand and a traveling peddler for the hearts of the women they love.

1955

The Son of Kong

The Son of Kong 1933

5.40

Beleaguered adventurer Carl Denham returns to the island where he found King Kong.

1933

Mighty Joe Young

Mighty Joe Young 1949

6.30

A young woman, Jill Young, grew up on her father's ranch in Africa, raising a large gorilla named Joe from an infant. Years later, she brings him to Hollywood to become a star.

1949

The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men

The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men 1952

6.10

Young Robin Hood, in love with Maid Marian, enters an archery contest with his father at the King's palace. On the way home his father is murdered by henchmen of Prince John. Robin takes up the life of an outlaw, gathering together his band of merry men with him in Sherwood Forest, to avenge his father's death and to help the people of the land that Prince John are over taxing.

1952

Suspicion

Suspicion 1941

7.10

A wealthy and sheltered young woman elopes with a charming playboy and soon learns of his bad traits, including his extreme dishonesty and lust for money. Gradually, she begins to suspect that he intends to kill her to collect her life insurance.

1941