L'abolition

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Mutiny

77mn - Adventure, War, History

Early in the War of 1812, Captain James Marshall is commissioned to run the British blockade and fetch an unofficial war loan from France. As first mate, Marshall recruits Ben Waldridge, a cashiered forme…

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Tit-for-Tat

An entomologist guilty of trying to capture rare insects is condemned to be pinned on a giant cork.

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Painkiller

80mn - Thriller, Action, Mystery

When an experimental lethal injection makes an inmate immortal, the most dangerous convicts seize control of the prison in a desperate bid to escape and conquer the world.

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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…

Algiers

96mn - Drama, Action, Mystery

Pepe Le Moko is a notorious thief, who escaped from France. Since his escape, Moko has become a resident and leader of the immense Casbah of Algiers. French officials arrive insisting on Pepe's capture ar…

poster Ali Baba and the Seven Saracens

Ali Baba and the Seven Saracens

94mn - Action, Adventure, Romance

A bold rebel leader returns to his home city for a final showdown with a tyrannical king, only to find himself unexpectedly drawn to the ruler's captivating niece. As political intrigue and battle loom, h…

poster Lady Gangster

Lady Gangster

62mn - Crime, Drama

An actress gets involved with a criminal gang and winds up taking the rap for a $40,000 robbery. Before being sent to prison, she steals the money from her partners and hides it, thinking to use it as a b…

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Saut à la couverte

1mn - Documentary

Jumping the Blanket.

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Daddy-Long-Legs

85mn - Drama, Comedy

Wealthy Jarvis Pendleton acts as benefactor for orphan Judy Abbott, anonymously sponsoring her in her boarding school. But as she grows up, he finds himself falling in love with her, and she with him, tho…

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Demolition of a Wall

1mn - Documentary

Auguste Lumière directs four workers in the demolition of an old wall at the Lumière factory. One worker is pressing the wall inwards with a jackscrew, while another is pushing it with a pick. When the wa…

Sounder

The oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-era South after his father is imprisoned for stealing food.

poster Land o' Cotton

Land o' Cotton

6mn - Animation

Mice sold into slavery and driven to pick cotton by whip-cracking cats plot their escape to freedom.

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Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus: The Movie

15mn - Animation, Drama, Fantasy

Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus: The Movie is a short film adaptation of the game, consisting of modified cutscenes along with additional footage made specifically for the film. After the destruction of Rupture …

poster The Man of the Sea

The Man of the Sea

Nolff, a tough Breton fisherman is happy: his wife has just given birth to a son, Michel. His only wish is to make him a fisherman like him. But when he becomes a man, Michel becomes a good-for-nothing wh…

poster The Reign of Terror

The Reign of Terror

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 Gallant Lady

Gallant Lady

An unwed mother forced to give up her child for adoption orchestrates a chance reunion years later, befriending her now-grown son and his adoptive father while hiding her true identity.

poster Within Our Gates

Within Our Gates

79mn - Drama, Romance

Abandoned by her fiancé, an educated black woman with a traumatizing past dedicates herself to helping a near bankrupt school for impoverished black children.

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In the Wake of the Bounty

66mn - Action, Drama, Documentary

A former crew member recounts the legendary mutiny aboard HMS Bounty, as this groundbreaking documentary explores Tahiti and Pitcairn Island to uncover the fate of the mutineers and their descendants, fea…

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A Desperate Crime

7mn - Thriller, Drama, Crime

A man is murdered and the killer brought to justice by guillotine. This film is partly lost.

poster Annabelle Serpentine Dance

Annabelle Serpentine Dance

1mn - Documentary

In a long, diaphanous skirt, held out by her hands with arms extended, Broadway dancer Annabelle Moore performs. Her dance emphasizes the movement of the flowing cloth. She moves to her right and left acr…

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