Classic, landmark films in cinematic history.
The Hypnotic Eye movie storyline. The city is stricken by a wave of self-mutilations performed by beautiful women who seem to be in a hypnotic trance. The authorities suspect a stage hypnotist with a popular act, but the stakes are raised when the hypnotist sets his sights on the girlfriend of the detective investigating the case. What is the hypnotist’s secret, and why does it seem to involve his beautiful assistant?
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La Vérité storyline. Dominique Marceau is on trial for the murder of Gilbert Tellier. The counsels duel relentlessly, explanations for why idle and fickle girl killed the talented conductor.
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The Virgin Spring movie storyline. In Sweden during the Middle Ages, married couple Töre and Märeta are prosperous and devout farmers. They dote on their only surviving offspring, their daughter, the innocent Karin.
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Sunrise at Campobello movie storyline. In 1921, ‘Franklin Delano Roosevelt’, having been the losing vice-presidential candidate in the 1920 election, has few to no thoughts of re-entering politics, although he is still working tirelessly for the Democratic Party.
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A Terrible Beauty movie storyline. In Ireland, it’s 1941 and Irish Republicans have made a tentative bond with Nazi Germany to help Ireland in its never-ending struggle with Great Britain. A small cell of IRA soldiers is recruited in one village, under the flimsy leadership of the morally and physically lame Don McGinnis.
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The Challenge movie storyline. Billie and Kristy lead a gang of armed robbers who steal from banks, armoured cars, and the like. When Billie’s lover, Jim, gets caught by the police after stashing a large amount of money, they wait for him to get out of jail.
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Crack in the Mirror movie storyline. Three stars appear in two separate but intertwined stories of romantic triangles gone wrong in this ambitious drama. In the first segment, Hagolin (Orson Welles) is a loutish construction worker with an unhappy wife, Eponine (Juliette Greco).
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Eyes Without a Face movie storyline. At night just outside Paris, a woman drives along a riverbank and dumps a corpse in the river. After the body is recovered, Dr. Génessier identifies the remains as those of his missing daughter, Christiane Génessier, whose face was horribly disfigured in an automobile accident that occurred before her disappearance, for which he was responsible.
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The fall of ancient Rome was brought about by debauchery and hedonism more so than any foreign invaders. Two students leave school to pursue their ribald sexual fantasies. The Roman togas cannot hide director Fellini’s contempt for modern youth as he draws parallels between the moral decay of Rome and the hippies of today who live fort he moment.
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Eye of the Cat movie storyline. This offbeat potboiler from Psycho scripter Joseph Stefano involves a plot hatched by mod couple Wylie (Michael Sarrazin) and Kassia (Gayle Hunnicutt) to murder Wylie’s wealthy, cat-loving aunt Danny (Eleanor Parker). There’s only one hitch in their scheme, but it’s a doozy: Wylie suffers from a severe case of ailurophobia — an irrational fear of all cats.
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