Lust, Caution

Lust, Caution 2007

7.22

During World War II, a secret agent must seduce then assassinate an official who works for the Japanese puppet government in Shanghai. Her mission becomes clouded when she finds herself falling in love with the man she is assigned to kill.

2007

Marnie

Marnie 1964

7.14

Marnie is a thief, a liar, and a cheat. When her new boss, Mark Rutland, catches on to her routine kleptomania, she finds herself being blackmailed.

1964

The Thomas Crown Affair

The Thomas Crown Affair 1968

6.80

Young businessman Thomas Crown is bored and decides to plan a robbery and assigns a professional agent with the right information to the job. However, Crown is soon betrayed yet cannot blow his cover because he’s in love.

1968

Ronia, the Robber's Daughter

Ronia, the Robber's Daughter 1984

6.90

Ronia lives happily in her father's castle until she comes across a new playmate, Birk, in the nearby dark forest. The two explore the wilderness, braving dangerous Witchbirds and Rump-Gnomes. But when their families find out Birk and Ronia have been playing together, they forbid them to see each other again. Indeed, their fathers are competing robber chieftains and bitter enemies. Now the two spunky children must try to tear down the barriers that have kept their families apart for so long.

1984

Black Book

Black Book 2006

7.46

In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance.

2006

La Strada

La Strada 1954

7.90

When Gelsomina, a naïve young woman, is purchased from her impoverished mother by brutish circus strongman Zampanò to be his wife and partner, she loyally endures her husband's coldness and abuse as they travel the Italian countryside performing together. Soon Zampanò must deal with his jealousy and conflicted feelings about Gelsomina when she finds a kindred spirit in Il Matto, the carefree circus fool, and contemplates leaving Zampanò.

1954

Tristan & Isolde

Tristan & Isolde 2006

6.70

An affair between the second in line to Britain's throne and the princess of the feuding Irish spells doom for the young lovers.

2006

Our Hospitality

Our Hospitality 1923

7.51

A young man falls for a young woman on his trip home; unbeknownst to him, her family has vowed to kill every member of his family.

1923

French Kiss

French Kiss 1995

6.40

After her fiancee admits to infidelity while on a business trip in France, a woman attempts to get her lover back and marry him by traveling to Paris despite her crippling fear of flying. On the way she unwittingly smuggles something of value that has a charming crook chasing her across France as she chases after her future husband.

1995

My Brother Is an Only Child

My Brother Is an Only Child 2007

6.70

Accio and Manrico are siblings from a working-class family in 1960s Italy: older Manrico is handsome, charismatic, and loved by all, while younger Accio is sulky, hot-headed, and treats life as a battleground — much to his parents' chagrin. After the former is drawn into left-wing politics, Accio joins the fascists out of spite, but his flimsy beliefs are put to test when he falls for Manrico's like-minded girlfriend.

2007

Rapa Nui

Rapa Nui 1994

6.30

Inter-tribal rivalry leads to a competition to erect a huge statue (moai) in record time before Make can take part in the race to retrieve the egg of a Sooty Tern. The reward for winning this race is to rule the island for one year.

1994

Lili Marleen

Lili Marleen 1981

6.30

The story of a German singer named Willie who while working in Switzerland falls in love with a Jewish composer named Robert whose family is helping people to flee from the Nazis. Robert’s family is skeptical of Willie, thinking she could be a Nazi as she becomes famous for singing the song “Lili Marleen”.

1981

Franz + Polina

Franz + Polina 2006

4.72

A sad story of love between German soldier Franz and Russian girl Polina.

2006

Little Ida

Little Ida 1981

5.30

Little Ida's mother is working for the Germans during WW2, and she is also having a relationship with a German SS-officer. Ida is experiencing the problems of having a mother who is involved with the enemy, without being old enough to understand what is actually going on.

1981

Struggling Hearts

Struggling Hearts 1923

1

The year is 1658 and the King of Sweden has seized large parts of Denmark. A tenant farmer and his family on Falster are forced to look on while enemy soldiers loot and wreck their home. Only the wounded and febrile soldier Lasse Månsson does not take part in the atrocities, and when the regiment moves on, he stays in the care of the farmer. Soon, Lasse falls in love with Anna, the farmer’s daughter, and they plan a life together. But can love blossom in such dark times? (stumfilm.dk)

1923

KEATON × SSR

KEATON × SSR 2023

1

A side-by-side analysis of Buster Keaton's Our Hospitality and S.S. Rajamouli's Maryada Ramanna.

2023

Reckless

Reckless 2014

7.11

A gorgeous Yankee litigator and a charming southern attorney must hide their intense mutual attraction as a police sex scandal threatens to tear the city of Charleston, S.C. apart.  

2014

Kawin Gantung

Kawin Gantung 2003

1

The twists and turns of Ridho and Mei's love story, who are together because of an arranged marriage by their parents. They disliked each other at first because they were mortal enemies and already had a partner respectively. However, their parents insisted that the two of them marry and form a new family. As time went by, neither Ridho nor Mei realized that the seeds of love had finally grown between them. Ridho felt jealous when Mei started paying attention to other men. Likewise, Mei started to feel the same way. Mei continues to be jealous when she sees Ridho approaching other women.

2003