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Appointment with Death

Appointment with Death

Appointment with Death
IMDb: 6.1
102

Emily Boynton, the stepmother to three children, blackmails the family lawyer into destroying a second will of her late husband that would have freed the children from her dominating influence….

Murder in Three Acts

Murder in Three Acts

Murder in Three Acts
IMDb: 6.2
94

In Acapulco, Hercule Poirot attends a dinner party in which one of the guests clutches his throat and suddenly dies. The causes seem to be natural until another party with…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Dead Man’s Folly

Dead Man’s Folly

Dead Man’s Folly
IMDb: 6.3
90

During a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an “expert”, a real murder occurs.

Thirteen at Dinner

Thirteen at Dinner

Thirteen at Dinner
IMDb: 6.2
95

Actress Jane Wilkinson wants a divorce, but her husband, Lord Edgware, refuses. She convinces Hercule Poirot to use his famed tact and logic to make her case. Lord Edgware turns…

Genre: Crime, Mystery
Evil Under the Sun

Evil Under the Sun

Evil Under the Sun
IMDb: 7.1
117

An opulent beach resort provides a scenic background to this amusing whodunit as Poirot attempts to uncover the nefarious evildoer behind the strangling of a notorious stage star.

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
IMDb: 4.1
97

Famous detective Charlie Chan is called out of retirement to help a San Francisco detective solve a mysterious series of murders. With his bumbling grandson as his sidekick, Chan also…

Tarka the Otter

Tarka the Otter

Tarka the Otter
IMDb: 6.8
87

Set in the English countryside of the 1920s – when otter hunting was still legal – this film follows the life of Tarka the Otter from his birth into adulthood….

Ashanti

Ashanti

Ashanti
IMDb: 5.4
118

Dr. Anansa Linderby is kidnapped in a medical mission in Africa by a slave trader. From this moment, her husband will do anything to recover her and to punish the…

Genre: Adventure, Drama
Death on the Nile

Death on the Nile

Death on the Nile
IMDb: 7.3
140

As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board and every elegant passenger becomes a prime suspect.

Genre: Mystery
The Mouse and His Child

The Mouse and His Child

The Mouse and His Child
IMDb: 6.8
83

A mouse and his child, the two parts of a single small wind-up toy, go on a quest to become “self-winding”.

The Last Remake of Beau Geste

The Last Remake of Beau Geste

The Last Remake of Beau Geste
IMDb: 6
85

Brothers Beau, John and Digby Geste join the Foreign Legion, where they fall under the rule of tyrannical Sergeant Markoff. Beau and John are assigned to Fort Zinderneuf, where Markoff…

Treasure of Matecumbe

Treasure of Matecumbe

Treasure of Matecumbe
IMDb: 6
117

In post-Civil War Kentucky, young David Burnic becomes the unexpected heir to the family secret, a map leading to buried treasure on the Florida isle of Matecumbe.

Logan’s Run

Logan’s Run

Logan’s Run
IMDb: 6.8
118

In the 23rd century, inhabitants of a domed city freely experience all of life’s pleasures — but no one is allowed to live past 30. Citizens can try for a…

Robin Hood

Robin Hood

Robin Hood
IMDb: 7.5
83

With King Richard off to the Crusades, Prince John and his slithering minion, Sir Hiss, set about taxing Nottingham’s citizens with support from the corrupt sheriff – and staunch opposition…

Hot Millions

Hot Millions

Hot Millions
IMDb: 6.8
106

A con artist gains employment at an insurance company in order to embezzle money by re-programming their “new” wonder computer.

Genre: Comedy, Crime
Blackbeard’s Ghost

Blackbeard’s Ghost

Blackbeard’s Ghost
IMDb: 6.8
106

The eponymous wraith returns to Earth to aid his descendant, elderly Emily Stowecroft. The villains want to kick Emily and her friends out of their group home so that they…

The Comedians

The Comedians

The Comedians
IMDb: 6.3
152

American and British tourists get caught up in political unrest in Haiti.

Genre: Drama
Lady L

Lady L

Lady L
IMDb: 5.5
117

Lady L is an elegant 80-year-old woman who recalls her amorous life story, including past loves and lusty, scandalous adventures she has lived through.

Genre: Comedy
Topkapi

Topkapi

Topkapi
IMDb: 6.9
119

Arthur Simon Simpson is a small-time crook biding his time in Greece. One of his potential victims turns out to be a gentleman thief planning to steal the emerald-encrusted dagger…

Billy Budd

Billy Budd

Billy Budd
IMDb: 7.8
119

Billy is an innocent, naive seaman in the British Navy in 1797. When the ship’s sadistic master-at-arms is murdered, Billy is accused and tried.

Genre: Action, Drama
Romanoff and Juliet

Romanoff and Juliet

Romanoff and Juliet
IMDb: 6.3
103

Political satire has Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet story updated for the cold war era, with the children of the US and Russian ambassadors falling in love.

Genre: Comedy
The Sundowners

The Sundowners

The Sundowners
IMDb: 7.1
133

In the Australian Outback, the Carmody family–Paddy, Ida, and their teenage son Sean–are sheep drovers, always on the move. Ida and Sean want to settle down and buy a farm….

Genre: Adventure, Drama
Spartacus

Spartacus

Spartacus
IMDb: 7.9
197

The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners…

The Spies

The Spies

The Spies
IMDb: 6.7
125

A doctor at a run-down psychiatric hospital is offered a large sum of money to shelter a new patient. Soon the place is full of suspicious and secretive characters, all…

Genre: Mystery, Thriller
We’re No Angels

We’re No Angels

We’re No Angels
IMDb: 7.4
106

Three convicts escape from prison on Devil’s Island just before Christmas and arrive at a nearby French colonial town. They go to the store of the Ducotels, the only store…

Genre: Comedy, Crime
Lola Montès

Lola Montès

Lola Montès
IMDb: 7.2
116

Lola Montes, previously a great adventuress, is reduced to being the attraction of a circus after having been the lover of various important men.

The Egyptian

The Egyptian

The Egyptian
IMDb: 6.5
139

In eighteenth-dynasty Egypt, Sinuhe, a poor orphan, becomes a brilliant physician and with his friend Horemheb is appointed to the service of the new Pharoah. Sinuhe’s personal triumphs and tragedies…

Genre: Drama, History
Beau Brummell

Beau Brummell

Beau Brummell
IMDb: 6.4
113

Captain George Bryan Brummell is a British soldier who appreciates fine clothing and innovative dress. Although he initially alienates the Prince of Wales with insulting comments about the prince’s uniform…

Quo Vadis

Quo Vadis

Quo Vadis
IMDb: 7.1
174

After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership of the despotic emperor Nero.

Odette

Odette

Odette
IMDb: 6.8
124

The film is based on the true story of Special Operations Executive French-born agent Odette Sansom, who was captured by the Germans in 1943, condemned to death and sent to…

Genre: Drama, History, War
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
IMDb: 7
102

During a raid on Germany, a British bomber crew is forced to bail out after their plane is damaged. They land in Holland, where they’re aided by Dutch civilians.

Genre: Drama, War
The Goose Steps Out

The Goose Steps Out

The Goose Steps Out
IMDb: 6.5
79

Schoolteacher William Potts is the double of a captured German spy, so he is sent to Germany by British Intelligence to obtain the plans of a new secret weapon, causing…

Genre: Comedy, War