Cruel intentions

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows cruel intentions

poster Stolen from the Heart

Stolen from the Heart

90mn - Drama, Short

A former prostitute kidnaps a baby boy at birth to satisfy her drug-dealing husband, who has told her that he is going to divorce her and put her out on the streets if she cannot produce him a son. Obviou…

poster Three's a Crowd

Three's a Crowd

Harry, The Odd Fellow, is a tenement worker who lives alone in a shack alongside a warehouse and longs for the companionship of a wife and children like other men. One day he spies a pretty girl in his te…

Vadim

The landowner Palitsyn (Chardynin) long and successfully sues the neighbor. The lawsuit led to the ruin. He died, leaving orphans children — humpback a young boy Vadim (Speransky) and three-year Olga. In …

Awaara

193mn - Drama, Music, Romance

A petty thief is put on trial for the attempted murder of a lawyer. Through a series of flashbacks, the intertwining lives of the thief, the lawyer, and the thief's defense lawyer are illustrated.

poster No Other Love

No Other Love

97mn - Drama, Short, Romance

A young marginally intellectually-disabled girl and boy meet, plan to marry, and convince the world that they are entitled to a life of their own -- despite attempts by the girl's parents to separate them.

poster Buried Alive

Buried Alive

62mn - Crime, Drama, Romance

A prison trustee rescues a despondent executioner from a bar-room brawl, and is blamed for the fight by a tabloid reporter who actually started it, and loses parole, becomes embittered, and gets blamed fo…

poster Are Crooks Dishonest?

Are Crooks Dishonest?

Con artists Harold and Snub attempt to outwit phony psychic Miss Goulash and her "professor" father.

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 Betrayed by a Handprint

Betrayed by a Handprint

Mrs. Wharton, a dashing widow, gives a party at her beautiful villa in honor of the presentation to her of a handsome diamond necklace by her fiancé. During the evening bridge participated in by a number …

poster Samson and Delilah

Samson and Delilah

95mn - Short, Action, Adventure

A tale of passion and betrayal in which Samson, a judge of Israel who fled with his tribe during the Great Exodus from Egypt, uses his herculean strength in the fight against the Philistine oppressors. He…

poster The President

The President

By his father’s deathbed, a young man agrees to never marry below his station. Later, he falls in love with a lowly governess, impregnates her, and does not marry her. Many years later, as the President o…

poster Wives Under Suspicion

Wives Under Suspicion

69mn - Crime, Drama

A merciless district attorney prosecutes a case that mirrors his own life.

poster The Infernal Cauldron

The Infernal Cauldron

2mn - Fantasy, Horror

A green-skinned demon places a woman and two courtiers into a flaming cauldron.

Secrets

An old woman's memories are rekindled as she rereads her diary. She recalls her youth in England when she married a suitor over the objections of her parents and moved with him to the Wyoming frontier. Th…

poster A Strange Meeting

A Strange Meeting

12mn - Drama, Crime

Mary Rollins is torn between selfish depravity and righteous living. After she's coerced into helping with the burglary of her minister's apartment, she comes face to face with her misdeeds.

poster The Good Luck of a 'Souse'

The Good Luck of a 'Souse'

This film from George Melies is sadly one that's only available in fragments. The film starts off with a title card stating that a drunk man has just thrown his family out a window. We see a couple of the…

poster Scarlet Street

Scarlet Street

102mn - Drama, Thriller

Christopher Cross, a mild-mannered cashier and weekend painter trapped in a loveless marriage, rescues the beautiful Kitty March from an attack, instantly falling for her charms. Unbeknownst to Chris, Kit…

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