The BQE

Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in the 1960s.

Runtime

2h 15m

Director

Clint Eastwood

Cast

Meryl Streep, Annie Corley, Victor Slezak

The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson, the commander who supervised the bridge's construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil th...

Runtime

2h 42m

Director

David Lean

Cast

William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins

During America’s Civil War, Union spies steal engineer Johnnie Gray's beloved locomotive, 'The General'—with Johnnie's lady love aboard an attached boxcar—and he single-handedly must do all in his power to both get The General back and to rescue Annabelle.

Runtime

1h 19m

Director

Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman

Cast

Marion Mack, Glen Cavender, Jim Farley

In the seaside town of Rochefort, twin sisters Delphine and Solange dream of love and artistic fulfillment beyond their quiet lives. As sailors, artists, musicians, and chance visitors pass through town during a weekend fair, a web of near-misses and romantic longing brings ideal partners tantalizingly close—without their realizing it.

Runtime

2h 6m

Director

Jacques Demy

Cast

Catherine Deneuve, Françoise Dorléac, Jacques Perrin

A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor with a nefarious past and connections to all of the top political and gangster figures in Panama. The tailor also has a wife, who works for the Panamanian president and a huge debt. The mission is...

Runtime

1h 49m

Director

John Boorman

Cast

Pierce Brosnan, Geoffrey Rush