Search results for "Joseph L. Mankiewicz"
Sleuth

Sleuth

Sleuth
IMDb: 7.9
N/A

An average, everyday person finds themselves selected for a reality TV show with a large prize at stake. Little do they know they’re the only contestant: all the other “competitors”…

Genre: Comedy
There Was a Crooked Man…

There Was a Crooked Man…

There Was a Crooked Man…
IMDb: 6.8
123

A charming but ruthless criminal is sent to a remote Arizona prison, where he enlists the help of his cellmates in an escape attempt with the promise of sharing his…

Genre: Western
King: A Filmed Record… Montgomery to Memphis

King: A Filmed Record… Montgomery to Memphis

King: A Filmed Record… Montgomery to Memphis
IMDb: 8.2
185

A presentation of key events in the life of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. Beginning with the 1955 bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, MLK is followed through major…

Genre: Documentary
The Honey Pot

The Honey Pot

The Honey Pot
IMDb: 6.7
125

In Venice, a millionaire hires an actor to help him prank three greedy exes into thinking he’s dying and leaving his fortune to one of them.

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Carol for Another Christmas

Carol for Another Christmas

Carol for Another Christmas
IMDb: 6.6
84

Wealthy industrialist and fierce isolationist Daniel Grudge, long embittered by the loss of his son in World War II, is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve who lead him…

Cleopatra

Cleopatra

Cleopatra
IMDb: 7
251

Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar is murdered, she redirects her attentions to his general, Marc Antony, who vows to…

Suddenly, Last Summer

Suddenly, Last Summer

Suddenly, Last Summer
IMDb: 7.4
114

The only son of wealthy widow Violet Venable dies while on vacation with his cousin Catherine. What the girl saw was so horrible that she went insane; now Mrs. Venable…

The Quiet American

The Quiet American

The Quiet American
IMDb: 6.7
120

Cynical British journalist Fowler falls in love with a young Vietnamese woman but is dismayed when a naïve U.S. official also begins vying for her attention. In retaliation, Fowler informs…

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Guys and Dolls

Guys and Dolls

Guys and Dolls
IMDb: 7.1
149

In New York, a gambler is challenged to take a cold female missionary to Havana, but they fall for each other, and the bet has a hidden motive to finance…

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
The Barefoot Contessa

The Barefoot Contessa

The Barefoot Contessa
IMDb: 6.9
128

A washed-up filmmaker gets a second chance at stardom when he discovers stunning peasant Maria Vargas dancing in a Madrid nightclub. Goaded by his producer, the director convinces Maria to…

Genre: Drama
Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar
IMDb: 7.2
121

The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but both…

Genre: Drama, History
5 Fingers

5 Fingers

5 Fingers
IMDb: 7.6
108

During WWII, the valet to the British Ambassador to Ankara sells British secrets to the Germans while trying to romance a refugee Polish countess.

Genre: Drama, Thriller
People Will Talk

People Will Talk

People Will Talk
IMDb: 7.3
110

A successful, unorthodox doctor befriends a young woman with suicidal ideations due to her pregnancy by her ex, a military reservist killed in action.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
No Way Out

No Way Out

No Way Out
IMDb: 7.4
106

Two hoodlum brothers are brought into hospital for gunshot wounds, and when one dies, the other accuses their Black doctor of murder.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
All About Eve

All About Eve

All About Eve
IMDb: 8.2
139

From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers…

Genre: Drama
A Letter to Three Wives

A Letter to Three Wives

A Letter to Three Wives
IMDb: 7.6
103

A letter is addressed to three wives from their ‘best friend’, announcing that she’s running away with one of their husbands – but she doesn’t specify which one.

House of Strangers

House of Strangers

House of Strangers
IMDb: 7.3
101

Ruthless Italian-American banker Gino Monetti is engaged in a number of criminal activities. Three of his four grown sons refuse to help their father stay out of prison after he’s…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
IMDb: 7.8
105

In 1900, young widow Lucy Muir learns that her seaside cottage is haunted and forms a unique relationship with the ghost.

Somewhere in the Night

Somewhere in the Night

Somewhere in the Night
IMDb: 7
110

George Taylor returns from WWII with amnesia. Back home in Los Angeles, while trying to track down his old identity, he stumbles onto a three year old murder case and…

Dragonwyck

Dragonwyck

Dragonwyck
IMDb: 6.9
103

A simple Connecticut farm girl is recruited by a distant relative, an aristocratic patroon, to be governess to his young daughter in his Hudson Valley mansion.