This political drama film noir, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Actor (Broderick Crawford), and Best Supporting Actress (Mercedes McCambridge) in 1949, centers on the rise and […]
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Advise and Consent (1962) Directed by Otto Preminger (138 minutes)
This film is a political drama about a fierce U.S. Senate battle over a controversial Secretary of State nominee, Robert Leffingwell. The confirmation hearings expose lies, political blackmail and hidden […]
The Age of Innocence (1993) Directed by Martin Scorsese (139 minutes)
This 1993 historical romantic drama film, directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder and Miriam Margolyes, is based on Edith Wharton’s 1920 novel, Age of […]
The Old Man and the Sea (1958) Directed by John Sturges (86 minutes)
This film is based on the 1952 novella, Old Man and the Sea, written by the American author Ernest Hemingway. Written between December 1950 and February 1951, it was the […]
The Caine Mutiny (1954) Directed by Edward Dmytryk (125 minutes)
During World War II, the crew of a small insignificant ship in the U.S. Pacific Fleet experience an event unlike any event ever experienced by the United States Navy. A […]