Favorites from the 1950s

A former San Francisco police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with the hauntingly beautiful woman he has been hired to trail, who may be deeply disturbed.

A veteran British barrister must defend his client in a murder trial that has surprise after surprise.

A bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome.

A silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood.

A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.

A seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends.

Brick is an alcoholic ex-football player who drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife. A reunion with his terminal father jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.

A dimwitted busboy at a beatnik cafe passes off a cat he accidentally killed and covered in plaster as a sculpture, prompting a demand for more art that compels him to commit murders.

A rebellious young man with a troubled past comes to a new town, finding friends and enemies.

The delirious journey of a mentally-disordered man who is obsessed with committing the perfect crime.

Susan Hayward stars as singer-actress Lillian Roth, whose rise to stardom was nearly destroyed by alcoholism.

The wife and mistress of a loathed school principal plan to murder him with what they believe is the perfect alibi.

Schoolteacher Hisako Oishi forms an emotional bond with her pupils and teaches them various virtues, while at the same time worrying about their future.

An unscrupulous movie producer uses an actress, a director and a writer to achieve success.

After her return from school in Paris, a playboy finally takes notice of his family's chauffeur's daughter, who's long had a crush on him, but he questions his more serious brother's motives when he warns against getting involved with her.

A New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and falls for a woman whose loyalties he begins to doubt.

A documentary abut the making of the Constitution.

A couple is conflicted when they are offered a chance at youth.

A fictional documentary set during the Paris art scene.

Cassavetes' jazz-scored improvisational film explores interracial friendships and relationships in Beat-Era (1950s) New York City.

Summer 1943: The war is in full swing in southern Italy. Together with friends, Carlo enjoys a carefree summer in youthful naïveté. He falls in love with Roberta, whose husband was killed in the war.

A priest in a poor community lives a charitable life in accordance with his religious principles, but many others do not return the favor.

The life story of the famous pianist and band leader of the 1930s and 1940s.

A middle-aged playboy becomes fascinated by the daughter of a private detective who has been hired to entrap him with the wife of a client.

The struggle of a lady's garment workers' organization to unionize a New York clothing sweat shop; the owner of which is determined to keep the union out of his business at any cost.