A Man for All Seasons
Dec 13, 1966 | IMDB 7.3
120 min Watch NowDrama, History
A depiction of the conflict between King Henry VIII of England and his Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas More, who refuses to swear the Oath of Supremacy declaring Henry Supreme Head of the Church in England.
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The Pope's Toilet
Mrs. Miniver
Immoral Tales
Man of La Mancha
Jake's Women
Carrington
Disraeli
Waiting for Godot
On Summer Sand
Wish You Were Here
Tempest
Crimes of the Heart
Nora Helmer
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Pope Joan
The Trip to Bountiful
Kick In
Clavijo
The Ghost Breaker
Mary, Queen of Scots
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The Pope's Toilet
IMDB 6.9 | May , 2007
In 1998, a small South American village is in a flurry over the Pope's upcoming visit for the business opportunities that it will provide. While most of the residents plan to sell food at the parade, a smuggler family man decides to build a pay toilet.Mrs. Miniver
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1960
A British housewife faces up to the harsh realities of the Second World War.Immoral Tales
IMDB 5.8 | Aug , 1974
Four erotic tales from in various historical eras. The first, 'The Tide', is set in the present day, and concerns a student and his young female cousin stranded on the beach by the tide, secluded from prying eyes. 'Therese Philosophe' is set in the nineteenth century, and concerns a girl being locked in her bedroom, where she contemplates the erotic potential of the objects contained within it. 'Erzsebet Bathory' is a portrait of the sixteenth-century countess who allegedly bathed in the blood of virgins, while 'Lucrezia Borgia' concerns an incestuous fifteenth-century orgy involving Lucrezia, her brother, and her father the Pope.Man of La Mancha
IMDB 6.5 | Dec , 1972
In the 16th century, poet, playwright and part-time actor Miguel de Cervantes has been arrested, together with his manservant, by the Spanish Inquisition. They're accused of presenting an entertainment offensive to the Inquisition. Inside the huge dungeon into which they have been cast, the other inmates gang up on Cervantes and his manservant, staging a mock trial, with the intention of stealing or burning his possessions. Cervantes wishes to desperately save a manuscript he carries with him and stages, with costumes, makeup, and the participation of the other prisoners, an unusual defense—the story of Don Quixote.Jake's Women
IMDB 5 | Jan , 1996
Jake is a writer. He is married to Maggie, but his marriage is in trouble. He cannot stop thinking about other women in his life, characters he invents conversations with. He is constantly talking to: his deceased wife Julie, his daughter Molly, his sister Karen, and his psychiatrist Edith. All he does is have imaginary conversations with real people that are at the moment out of his life. Maggie cannot stand his mind wandering off all the time and decides to separate for six months and at the end of six months they will decide whether or not to remain together. Jake has a few girl friends, but spends the six months, while waiting for Maggie, only talking to these imaginary people, and a few times to real people.Carrington
IMDB 6.1 | May , 1995
Painter Dora Carrington develops an intimate but extremely complex bond with writer Lytton Strachey. Though Lytton is a homosexual, he is enchanted by the mysterious Dora and they begin a lifelong friendship that has strangely romantic undertones. Eventually, Lytton and Dora decide to live together, despite the fact that the latter has fallen in love with military man Ralph Partridge, whom she plans to marry.Disraeli
IMDB 0 | Aug , 1921
The story of British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli and the purchase by England of the Suez Canal.Waiting for Godot
IMDB 6 | Jan , 1961
Two derelicts occupy themselves as they wait for 'Godot' to make an appearance on Pozzo's estate.On Summer Sand
IMDB 9 | Jul , 2025
This story begins with a protagonist whose sense of time has halted due to the grief of losing his son, now abandoned by his wife, and his sudden cohabitation with his 17-year-old niece left behind by his sister. A man who has lost love, a woman who has renounced love, and a girl who knows nothing of love... As they confront their respective pains, their journey of discovering faint sprouts of hope in hearts as parched as summer sand is depicted—a poignant yet tender masterpiece where sorrow and warmth intertwine.Wish You Were Here
IMDB 6.5 | Jul , 1987
In a staid English seaside town after the Second World War, young Lynda grows up with her widowed father and younger sister. Rebellious Lynda has been swearing constantly from an early age. At sixteen, she becomes more exhibitionist and seeks out sexual encounters challenging the prevailing lower-middle class attitudes to sex. She eventually becomes pregnant by an acquaintance of her father.Tempest
IMDB 5.8 | Aug , 1982
A sobering mid-life crisis fuels dissatisfaction in Philip Dimitrius, to the extent where the successful architect trades his marriage and career in for a spiritual exile on a remote Greek island where he hopes to conjure meaning into his life - trying the patience of his new girlfriend and angst-ridden teenage daughter.Crimes of the Heart
IMDB 6 | Dec , 1986
Three sisters try to come to grips with the meaning of their mother's suicide.Nora Helmer
IMDB 7.1 | Feb , 1974
A childish wife reveals surprising strength when faced with blackmail. Based on A Doll's House by Ibsen, this is a video recording made for German television.Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
IMDB 2.5 | Dec , 1961
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying the murderer, his uncle.Pope Joan
IMDB 5.9 | Aug , 1972
Based on the medieval legend of Pope Joan, who was made Pope for a brief period around 855 A.D. The movie presents her existence as fact, though it is questionable that Pope Joan really did exist, and portrays her relationships with other notables of the time.The Trip to Bountiful
IMDB 7.2 | Dec , 1985
Carrie Watts is living the twilight of her life trapped in an apartment in 1940s Houston, Texas with a controlling daughter-in-law and a hen-pecked son. Her fondest wish – just once before she dies – is to revisit Bountiful, the small Texas town of her youth which she still refers to as "home."Kick In
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1917
Kick In is a lost 1917 silent film crime melodrama directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring William Courtenay. It is based on the 1914 Broadway play of the same name by Willard Mack.Clavijo
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1982
The Ghost Breaker
IMDB 0 | Dec , 1914
Carmen, a maid, steals a locket belonging to the Aragon princess Maria Theresa and sells it to Gaines, a New York art collector, not knowing that the locket contains the clue to the Aragon family fortune's whereabouts. Based on the 1909 Broadway play of the same name by Paul Dickey and Charles W. Goddard.Mary, Queen of Scots
IMDB 6.6 | Dec , 1971
Mary Stuart, who was named Queen of Scotland when she was only six days old, is the last Roman Catholic ruler of Scotland. She is imprisoned at the age of 23 by her cousin Elizabeth Tudor, the English Queen and her arch adversary. Nineteen years later the life of Mary is to be ended on the scaffold and with her execution the last threat to Elizabeth's throne has been removed. The two Queens with their contrasting personalities make a dramatic counterpoint to history.