Jeanne Lafayette

Movies14

• Movie8.2

  DramaMystery

  An ailing barrister is thrust back into the courtroom in what becomes one of the most unusual and eventful murder cases of the lawyer's career when he finds himself defending a man being tried for the murder of a socialite.

  Witness for the Prosecution

  1957 · 1.8K votes

• Movie6.7

  AdventureComedy

  Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.

  Around the World in 80 Days

  1956 · 605 votes

• Movie7.0

  MusicRomance

  Jerry Mulligan is an exuberant American expatriate in Paris trying to make a reputation as a painter. His friend Adam is a struggling concert pianist who's a long time associate of a famous French singer, Henri Baurel. A lonely society woman, Milo Roberts, takes Jerry under her wing and supports him, but is interested in more than his art.

  An American in Paris

  1951 · 673 votes

• Movie7.4

  DramaRomance

  A couple falls in love and agrees to meet in six months at the Empire State Building - but will it happen?

  An Affair to Remember

  1957 · 526 votes

• Movie7.1

  DramaWar

  Somewhere in Europe, in a city occupied by the Nazis, a gentle school teacher finds himself torn between collaboration and resistance, cowardice and courage.

  This Land Is Mine

  1943 · 72 votes

• Movie6.4

  DramaComedy

  Judy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash mantrap who leaves the struggling troupe for a career in burlesque. When the company disbands, Bubbles gives Judy a thankless job as her stooge. The two eventually clash when both fall for the same man.

  Dance, Girl, Dance

  1940 · 74 votes

• Movie5.4

  ComedyMusic

  Former radio singer Kay learns from her gossipy friends that her husband, Steve, has had an affair with chorus girl Crystal. Devastated, Kay tries to ignore the information, but when Crystal performs one of her musical numbers at a charity benefit, she breaks down and goes to Reno to file for divorce. However, when she hears that gold-digging Crystal is making Steve unhappy, Kay resolves to get her husband back. The Opposite Sex is a remake of the 1939 comedy The Women.

  The Opposite Sex

  1956 · 21 votes

• Movie6.9

  Drama

  Advertising executive Alan Miller, a recovered alcoholic who now does interventions on behalf of Alcoholics Anonymous, is called to help Broadway actress Jenny Carey whose developing career is threatened by an increasing dependence on alcohol. Alan's growing interest in Jenny strains his marriage to Edna, with whom he has two children.

  Something to Live For

  1952 · 9 votes

• Movie5.2

  ComedyDrama

  An inaccurate retelling of the life of silent filmmaker and comedian Buster Keaton.

  The Buster Keaton Story

  1957 · 9 votes

• Movie6.2

  FamilyComedy

  A small-town shoemaker with a knack for spinning yarns, Hans encounters happiness and heartbreak on his road to becoming a full-fledged writer.

  Hans Christian Andersen

  1952 · 76 votes

• Movie7.2

  ComedyCrime

  The Skipper is a charming old man loved by all his neighbors. What they don't know is that he is also Mr. 880, an amateurish counterfeiter who has amazingly managed to elude the Secret Service for 20 years.

  Mister 880

  1950 · 38 votes

• Movie6.5

  DramaCrime

  Posing as the fabulously glamorous Countess Tanya Vronsky, a poor young ballet dancer and her two accomplices are really a team of skilled con artists! They mingle with Europe's high society, always looking for the next wealthy victim to fleece with their fake jewellery scam... Then Tanya meets the dashing young Paul Vernay. At first she wants to rob him. Then she decides she wants to marry him and to leave her criminal past behind her. Her accomplices agree but only if she'll join them in one last, big swindle...

  I Was an Adventuress

  1940 · 10 votes

• Movie6.5

  CrimeThriller

  Chan, in Paris for a reunion with friends from World War I, becomes involved in investigating the murder of a munitions manufacturer who was supplying arms to the enemy, even as the rising clouds of World War II force the city into nightly blackout status..

  City in Darkness

  1939 · 18 votes

• Movie5.3

  ComedyDrama

  Two reporters compete to discover a scientist living in hiding and win his daughter.

  Everything Happens at Night

  1939 · 5 votes