Ben Hur 1959
After a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st century Jerusalem, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge
The Big Country (1958)
A New England sea captain in the 1880s arrives at his fiancees sprawling Texas ranch, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between two families over a valuable patch of land
Roman Holiday (1953)
A bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome
How to Steal a Million (1966)
The daughter of an art forger teams up with a burglar to steal one of her fathers forgeries and protect his secret
The Collector (1965)
A man kidnaps a woman and holds her hostage just for the pleasure of having her there
The Childrens Hour (1961)
A rebellious student at a girls school accuses two teachers of lesbianism
Jezebel (1938)
In 1850s Louisiana, a free spirited Southern belle loses her fiance due to her stubborn vanity and pride, and vows to win him back
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Three 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
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
A British family struggles to survive the first months of World War II
The Heiress (1949)
A naive young woman falls for a handsome young man her emotionally abusive father suspects is only a fortune hunter
Friendly Persuasion (1956)
The pacifist attitude of a Quaker family is tested as a result of the American Civil War
Wuthering Heights (1939)
A servant in the house of Wuthering Heights tells a traveler the unfortunate tale of lovers Cathy and Heathcliff
The Letter (1940)
The wife of a rubber plantation administrator shoots a man to death and claims it was self defense, but a letter written in her own hand may prove her undoing
The Westerner (1940)
Judge Roy Bean, a self appointed hanging judge in Vinegarroon, Texas, befriends saddle tramp Cole Harden, who opposes Beans policy against homesteaders
Funny Girl (1968)
The life of Fanny Brice, famed comedienne and entertainer of the early 1900s We see her rise to fame as a Ziegfeld girl, subsequent career, and her personal life, particularly her relationship with Nick Arnstein
Carrie (1952)
A young girl from a provincial town learns the bitter reality of a big city and great love
The Liberation of L.B. Jones (1970)
A successful African American businessman has a quarrel with a white policeman, suspecting that he is having an affair with his wife The policemans colleagues are seeking to avoid publicity
The Desperate Hours (1955)
Three escaped convicts move in on and terrorize a suburban household
The Little Foxes (1941)
The ruthless, moneyed Hubbard clan lives in, and poisons, their part of the Deep South at the turn of the twentieth century
Detective Story (1951)
On one day in the 21st Precinct squad room, assorted characters form a backdrop for the troubles of hard nosed Detective Jim McLeod
Dead End (1937)
The lives of a young man, a young woman, an notorious gangster, and a group of street kids converge one day in a volatile New York City slum
The Good Fairy (1935)
A naive girl just out of a cloistered orphanage finds that being a good fairy to strangers makes life awfully complicated
Dodsworth (1936)
A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life
Raffles (1939)
Man about town and First Class cricketer A J Raffles keeps himself solvent with daring robberies Meeting Gwen from his schooldays and falling in love all over again, he spends the weekend with her parents, Lord and Lady Melrose
The Fighting Lady (1944)
An indepth look at aircraft carrier combat operations during Wolrd War II Real combat footage Very strong and compelling
These Three (1936)
Two schoolteachers and the man they both love face ruin when a malicious student cooks up a lie
The Shakedown (1929)
Dave Roberts is a professional boxer better at losing in fixed matches than in knocking out his opponents He turns up in towns and is part of a group who sets up corrupt boxing matches Daves life on the margins changes after he