Contempt

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poster A Royal Scandal

A Royal Scandal

94mn - Comedy, Drama

Catherine the Great falls in love with an army officer who is plotting against her.

poster The Black Orchid

The Black Orchid

95mn - Romance, Drama

An aging widower fights family disapproval when he falls in love with a gangster's widow.

poster Wicked Woman

Wicked Woman

Drifting floozy Billie Nash gets a bar job where she seduces the owner's husband by convincing him to defraud his drunkard wife in order to elope together to Mexico, but a sleazy neighbor with designs on …

poster Not Wanted

Not Wanted

After a beautiful but unsophisticated girl is seduced by a worldly piano player and gives up her out-of-wedlock baby, her guilt compels her to kidnap another child.

poster Assault and Flattery

Assault and Flattery

6mn - Comedy, Animation, Family

In Judge Wimpy's courtroom, Bluto accuses Popeye of assault and battery; he claims to have been attacked by him on several occasions, without provocation. Popeye then tells his side.

poster Between Love and Honor

Between Love and Honor

87mn - Drama, Romance

Steve Collura is an undercover cop out to infiltrate Carlo Gambino's mob. He soon falls in love with Gambino's daughter Maria and must make a choice between his duties as a police officer, his love for Ma…

poster Beauty's Revenge

Beauty's Revenge

92mn - Short, Thriller, Drama

An obsessive small town beauty queen goes to great lengths to keep the love of her life from reconciling with his ex-girlfriend.

poster Our Man Flint

Our Man Flint

108mn - Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

When scientists use eco-terrorism to impose their will on the world by affecting extremes in the weather, Intelligence Chief Cramden calls in top agent Derek Flint.

poster A Tattered Web

A Tattered Web

76mn - Crime, Drama, Thriller

A detective discovers his son-in-law is cheating on his wife. He confronts the other woman and accidentally kills her, then tries to pin the crime on a local derelict.

poster A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story

A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story

96mn - Short, Thriller, Drama

After sixteen years of marriage and four children, Betty Broderick's high-powered attorney husband decides to leave her for a younger woman with whom he's been having an affair. Hurt by his betrayal and f…

poster Salt of the Earth

Salt of the Earth

94mn - History, Drama

At New Mexico's Empire Zinc mine, Mexican-American workers protest the unsafe work conditions and unequal wages compared to their Anglo counterparts. Ramon Quintero helps organize the strike, but he is sh…

poster Sodom and Gomorrah

Sodom and Gomorrah

132mn - Adventure, Drama, History

Lot leads his people to a fertile valley adjacent to the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, hotbeds of vice and corruption ruled by the merciless Queen Bera. When Lot orders a dam to be busted in order to prev…

poster Zero for Conduct

Zero for Conduct

41mn - Comedy, Drama

In a repressive boarding school with rigid rules of behavior, four boys decide to rebel against the director on a celebration day.

poster Messalina

Messalina

Messalina was the Roman noblewoman who inveigled ageing emperor Claudio into marriage. Once ensconced on the throne, Messalina launched a reign of terror that shook the empire to its very foundations. The…

poster F*&% the Prom

F*&% the Prom

Maddy and Cole were inseparable friends until high school started and Maddy became the most popular girl on campus. When she starts feeling lonely and heartbroken, she reconnects with Cole and the duo con…

poster Defamation

Defamation

91mn - Documentary

Intent on shaking up the ultimate 'sacred cow' for Jews, Israeli director Yoav Shamir embarks on a provocative - and at times irreverent - quest to answer the question, "What is anti-Semitism today?"

poster Blood on Her Hands

Blood on Her Hands

94mn - Thriller, Crime, Short

A beautiful and deadly seductress destroys any man whose passion threatens her independence.

poster Kansas City Confidential

Kansas City Confidential

99mn - Crime, Drama, Thriller

An ex-convict sets out to uncover who framed him for an armored car robbery.

poster The Woman Who Sinned

The Woman Who Sinned

100mn - Crime, Drama, Thriller

A woman contemplates having an affair, which leads her into a web of deceit, suspense, and murder.

Sexting

8mn - Drama, Comedy

Fed up with her relationship with a married man, a young woman decides to meet his wife for coffee.

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