War Mornings

TV cameraman Harry Hinkle is injured while filming a football game. Seeing big dollar signs, his unscrupulous ambulance-chasing lawyer brother-in-law Willie Gingrich enters the picture, and convinces Harry to overstate his injuries and claim $1 million in pain and suffering. Harry's similarly-minded ex-wife suddenly reappears in an att...

Runtime

2h 5m

Director

Billy Wilder

Cast

Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ron Rich

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity.

Runtime

2h 4m

Director

David Lynch

Cast

Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft

German journalist Philip Winter has a case of writer’s block when trying to write an article about the United States. He decides to return to Germany, and while trying to book a flight, encounters a German woman and her nine year old daughter Alice doing the same. The three become friends (almost out of necessity) and while the mother ...

Runtime

1h 50m

Director

Wim Wenders

Cast

Rüdiger Vogler, Yella Rottländer, Lisa Kreuzer

Viridiana is preparing to start her life as a nun when she is sent, somewhat unwillingly, to visit her aging uncle, Don Jaime. He supports her; but the two have met only once. Jaime thinks Viridiana resembles his dead wife. Viridiana has secretly despised this man all her life and finds her worst fears proven when Jaime grows determine...

Runtime

1h 30m

Director

Luis Buñuel

Cast

Silvia Pinal, Francisco Rabal, Fernando Rey

Near the end of World War II, General Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if it becomes clear the Allies are going to invade, or if he's unable to maintain control of the city. After much contemplation, Choltitz ignores orders, enraging the Germans and giving hope to various resistance factions that the city will b...

Runtime

2h 53m

Director

René Clément

Cast

Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, Leslie Caron