Crime, Mystery, Drama, Romance
An unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around the local diner. While Eric falls for the lovely waitress Stella, he also begins romancing a quiet and well-to-do woman named June Mills. Since Stella isn't interested in Eric unless he has money, the lovelorn guy comes up with a scheme to win her over, and it involves June. Before long, murder works its way into this passionate love triangle.
MOVIE COMMENTS
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Bread and Tulips
Secret Beyond the Door
Sunset Boulevard
Goodland
Egum
Alphaville
The Vanishing
Like Me
Double Indemnity
The Third Man
Elevator to the Gallows
Strangers on a Train
The Way of the Gun
Murder, My Sweet
The Main Attraction
The Petrified Forest
In a Lonely Place
Scarlet Street
White Heat
Body and Soul
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Bread and Tulips
IMDB 7.1 | Mar , 2000
An endearing light comedy about a woman who spontaneously becomes a resident of Venice after her family left her behind. While enjoying the wonderful people she meets she achieves a new life and the first time independent of her family.Secret Beyond the Door
IMDB 6.4 | Dec , 1947
After a whirlwind romance in Mexico, a beautiful heiress marries a man she barely knows with hardly a second thought. She finds his New York home full of his strange relations, and macabre rooms that are replicas of famous murder sites. One locked room contains the secret to her husband's obsession, and the truth about what happened to his first wife.Sunset Boulevard
IMDB 8.3 | Aug , 1950
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.Goodland
IMDB 4.5 | May , 2018
A stranger arrives the same day a body is discovered outside of town, a local sheriff tries to piece together a string of events that don't quite add up.Egum
IMDB 8 | Jan , 2020
After years abroad due to his brother's murder, a renowned journalist returns to his family's home to take care of his mother, who suffers from an unknown illness. Late at night, he is visited by two strangers. As new events unfold, leading him to suspect that something ominous and deeply disturbing has struck his mother, a new tragedy rises.Alphaville
IMDB 6.9 | May , 1965
Lemmy Caution is on a mission to eliminate Professor Von Braun, the creator of a malevolent computer that rules the city of Alphaville. Befriended by the scientist’s daughter Natasha, Lemmy must unravel the mysteries of the strictly logical Alpha 60 and teach Natasha the meaning of the word “love.”The Vanishing
IMDB 7.5 | Oct , 1988
Rex and Saskia, a young couple in love, are on vacation. They stop at a busy service station and Saskia is abducted. After three years and no sign of Saskia, Rex begins receiving letters from the abductor.Like Me
IMDB 5.6 | Jan , 2018
After posting a video of herself robbing a convenience store, Kiya amasses a huge social media following. A reckless loner, she seeks some form of genuine human connection. Through her travels, she encounters a drifter, an Internet troll and a paint huffing outsider who are all pulled into her circle of chaos, junk food, and drugs.Double Indemnity
IMDB 8.1 | Jul , 1944
A seductive housewife draws an insurance salesman into a plot of adultery and crime to collect on her husband's life insurance.The Third Man
IMDB 7.9 | Aug , 1949
In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a "third man" present at the time of Harry's death, running into interference from British officer Major Calloway, and falling head-over-heels for Harry's grief-stricken lover, Anna.Elevator to the Gallows
IMDB 7.6 | Jan , 1958
A self-assured businessman murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.Strangers on a Train
IMDB 7.7 | Jun , 1951
Having met on a train, a smooth-talking psychotic socialite shares his theory on how two complete strangers can get away with murder to an amateur tennis player — a theory he plans to test out.The Way of the Gun
IMDB 6.3 | Sep , 2000
Two criminal drifters without sympathy get more than they bargained for after kidnapping and holding for ransom the surrogate mother of a powerful and shady man.Murder, My Sweet
IMDB 7.2 | Dec , 1944
After being hired to find an ex-con's former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply complex web of mystery and deceit.The Main Attraction
IMDB 3.4 | Nov , 1962
An affable drifter on the lam for a murder he didn't commit hides out in a circus.The Petrified Forest
IMDB 7.1 | Feb , 1936
Gabby, the waitress in an isolated Arizona diner, dreams of a bigger and better life. One day penniless intellectual Alan drifts into the joint and the two strike up a rapport. Soon enough, notorious killer Duke Mantee takes the diner's inhabitants hostage. Surrounded by miles of desert, the patrons and staff are forced to sit tight with Mantee and his gang overnight.In a Lonely Place
IMDB 7.6 | May , 1950
A violent screenwriter and a female neighbor fall in love after she clears him of murder, but she begins to have second thoughts.Scarlet Street
IMDB 7.6 | Dec , 1945
Cashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross is absolutely smitten with the beautiful Kitty March. Kitty plays along, but she's really only interested in Johnny, a two-bit crook. When Kitty and Johnny find out that art dealers are interested in Chris's work, they con him into letting Kitty take credit for the paintings. Cross allows it because he is in love with Kitty, but his love will only let her get away with so much.White Heat
IMDB 7.7 | Sep , 1949
A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.Body and Soul
IMDB 6.7 | Nov , 1947
Charley Davis, against the wishes of his mother, becomes a boxer. As he becomes more successful the fighter becomes surrounded by shady characters, including an unethical promoter named Roberts, who tempt the man with a number of vices. Charley finds himself faced with increasingly difficult choices.