Chef d' oeuvre

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows chef d' oeuvre

poster The Diabolic Tenant
The Diabolic Tenant
7mn - Fantasy, Comedy
A man rents an apartment and furnishes it in remarkable fashion.
poster The Rough House
The Rough House
22mn - Comedy
Living under the same roof with his newly-wed wife and his mother-in-law, a careless Mr Rough sets the nuptial bedroom on fire, as the residence's cook tries to woo the maid who only has eyes for the char…
poster The Oil Raider
The Oil Raider
(2.7/5)
59mn - Romance, Action, Adventure
A determined wildcatter races against time to strike oil and repay a $50,000 loan, unaware that his own financier has hired saboteurs to destroy his rig and steal his claim. When romance blooms with the b…
poster The Defect
The Defect
41mn -
LA TARE is about Anna, a woman who is rescued from a Parisian dance hall to work in a charitable hospital. Over the years, she rises to become the head of the institution, but when an old habitué of the d…
poster The Tenth Man
The Tenth Man
(3.5/5)
100mn - Drama, Short
During World War 2 the Germans arrested people at random off the streets of Paris and in retaliation to sabotage by the resistance announced the execution of one in ten prisoners. Chosen as one of the vic…
poster J'accuse
J'accuse
(3.9/5)
140mn - War, Drama, History
The story of two men, one married, the other the lover of the other's wife, who meet in the trenches of the First World War, and how their tale becomes a microcosm for the horrors of war.
poster Modern Sculptors
Modern Sculptors
5mn - Animation, Fantasy
The first scene presents before the astonished eyes of the spectators a solid piece of marble, which the minute it is placed on a table seems to take life, and one can follow a snake-like line branding on…
poster Lyon: Quai de l'Archevêché
Lyon: Quai de l'Archevêché
(2.8/5)
1mn - Documentary
The floods of the SaĂ´ne river during the first week of November, 1896.
poster Salt of the Earth
Salt of the Earth
(3.7/5)
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 Tit-for-Tat
Tit-for-Tat
(3.1/5)
5mn - Fantasy
An entomologist guilty of trying to capture rare insects is condemned to be pinned on a giant cork.
poster For Their Own Good
For Their Own Good
(3.1/5)
118mn - Drama, Short
When a factory worker faces an impossible ultimatum—submit to sterilization or lose her job—she rallies her fellow workers to fight back against their employer's shocking demands, challenging a system tha…
poster Blacksmithing Scene
Blacksmithing Scene
(3.1/5)
1mn - Drama
Three men hammer on an anvil and pass a bottle of beer around. Notable for being the first film in which a scene is being acted out.
poster Our Man Flint
Our Man Flint
(3.2/5)
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 Framed
Framed
(3.5/5)
82mn - Crime, Drama
Truck driver Mike Lambert is a down-and-out mining engineer searching for a job. When his rig breaks down in a small town, he happens upon a venomous seductress. When her boyfriend robs a bank, they inten…
poster The Fatal Hour
The Fatal Hour
(2.8/5)
68mn - Mystery, Thriller
When a police officer is murdered, Captain Street looks to Mr. Wong to catch the killer. Prime Suspect: Frank Belden Jr., whose father is a businessman well known for both his success and dishonesty. Mr. …
poster Manhattan Tower
Manhattan Tower
(3.2/5)
67mn - Drama
When a naive secretary invests her life savings with her charming but corrupt boss in the gleaming Manhattan Tower, she unwittingly becomes entangled in a web of embezzlement, forbidden romance, and high-…
poster The Reign of Terror
The Reign of Terror
(2.8/5)
102mn - History, Drama
The scene takes place in Paris in March 1793 during the Reign of Terror. The Knight of Maison-Rouge, posing as Citizen Morand, is organizing the escape of Queen Marie-Antoinette. He is assisted in his und…
poster Panorama du grand Canal pris d'un bateau
Panorama du grand Canal pris d'un bateau
1mn - Documentary
The first travelling shot.
poster Waxworks
Waxworks
(3.3/5)
83mn - Fantasy, Drama, Horror
A poet is hired by the owner of a wax museum in a circus to write tales about Harun al Raschid, Ivan the Terrible and Jack the Ripper. While writing, the poet and the daughter of the owner, Eva, fantasize…
poster Doomed to Die
Doomed to Die
(2.8/5)
68mn - Comedy, Crime, Mystery
When shipping magnate Cyrus Wentworth is murdered in his office moments after confronting his daughter's fiancé, all evidence points to the young man as the killer. But intrepid reporter Bobbie Logan refu…
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