The Rules of the Game (1939)
A bourgeois life in France at the onset of World War II, as the rich and their poor servants meet up at a French chateau
La grande illusion (1937)
During WWI, two French soldiers are captured and imprisoned in a German P O W camp Several escape attempts follow until they are eventually sent to a seemingly inescapable fortress
A Day in the Country (1946)
The family of a Parisian shop owner spends a day in the country The daughter falls in love with a man at the inn, where they spend the day
Elena and Her Men (1956)
Polish countess Elena falls in love to a French radical partys candidate, a general, in pre World War I Paris, but another officer pines for her
This Land Is Mine (1943)
A mild mannered school teacher in a Nazi occupied town during WWII finds himself torn between collaboration and resistance
Swamp Water (1941)
Attempting to find his lost dog in a vast Georgia swamp, Ben Ragan stumbles upon wanted murderer Tom Keefer who convinces Ben he was framed for the murder by the real killer
Experiment in Evil (1959)
Mr Joly, doctor Cordeliers lawyer, is amazed to discover that his client and friend leaves his possessions to a stranger, Opale, a sadistic criminal He needs this man to prove that peoples behavior can be adjusted at will
Le crime de Monsieur Lange (1936)
The boss of a publishing company is a womanizer and a jerk, but what would happen if he suddenly disappeared
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943)
A missionary tries to outwit the U S government and smuggle Chinese orphans into the country
The Golden Coach (1952)
Three men of varying social standing a viceroy, a bullfighter, and a soldier vie for the affections of an actress in 18th century Peru
The Southerner (1945)
The life of the poor Tucker family who worked as cotton pluggers and decided to get their own ground, but nature was against them
The Diary of a Chambermaid (1946)
A chambermaid plots to climb the social ladder by marrying a wealthy man
The Lower Depths (1936)
A charismatic thief makes friends with a bankrupt baron who comes to live in the thiefs slum Meanwhile the thief seeks the love of a young woman, who is held emotionally captive by her slumlord family