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Mildred Pierce
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Crime, Drama - 1945
Mildred Pierce
7.9
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A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.
Director:
Before Sunrise
Before Sunrise
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An unexpected meeting on a train leads two travelers to spend an evening wandering through Vienna. As the night unfolds, they share stories and conversations about life and love, exploring new ideas while a quiet intimacy grows between them, knowing it may be their only night together.
Before Sunset
Before Sunset
(2004)
Nine years later, Jesse travels across Europe giving readings from a book he wrote about the night he spent in Vienna with Celine. After his reading in Paris, Celine finds him, and they spend part of the day together before Jesse has to again leave for a flight. They are both in relationships now, and Jesse has a son, but as their stro...
All About My Mother
All About My Mother
(1999)
Following the tragic death of her teenage son, Manuela travels from Madrid to Barcelona in an attempt to contact the long-estranged father the boy never knew. She reunites with an old friend, an outspoken transgender sex worker, and befriends a troubled actress and a pregnant, HIV-positive nun.
Léon: The Professional
Léon: The Professional
(1994)
Léon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-door neighbors are wiped out by a loose-cannon DEA agent, he becomes the unwilling custodian of 12-year-old Mathilda. Before long, Mathilda's thoughts turn to revenge, and she considers following in Léon's footsteps.
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
(2000)
In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them.

Details

Rated:
Approved
Runtime:
111 min
Release date:
20 Oct 1945
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$1,453,000
Revenue:
$5,638,000
Awards:
Won 1 Oscar. 3 wins & 7 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

rotten:
The production, mainly because of Michael Curtiz's direction, is unimaginative and badly hoked-up.
– Manny Farber,
The New Republic,
31 Aug 2012
fresh:
The archetypal Joan Crawford movie.
– Don Druker,
Chicago Reader,
17 Oct 2007
fresh:
A class feature, showmanly produced by Jerry Wald and tellingly directed by Michael Curtiz.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
17 Oct 2007
rotten:
All this is good melodrama and fair entertainment, but it is much closer to the waltz-time schmalz of Kathleen Norris than to the fox-trot brass of James M. Cain.
– ,
TIME Magazine,
25 Jul 2011
fresh:
The film is a chilling demonstration of the fact that, in a patriarchal society, when a woman steps outside the home the end result may be disastrous.
– ,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
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