Richard Brooks

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Wrong Is Right
5.6

Wrong Is Right

Apr. 16, 1982

Wrong Is Right

Political double-talk, dirty tricks, hidden microphones, spy satellites, bugging the Oval Office and a nuclear bomb for sale are all ingredients ...
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
6.7

Looking for Mr. Goodbar

A dedicated schoolteacher spends her nights cruising bars, looking for abusive men with whom she can engage in progressively more violent sexual ...
Bite the Bullet
6.6

Bite the Bullet

Sep. 26, 1975

Bite the Bullet

At the beginning of the 20th century, a newspaper organizes an endurance horse race : 700 miles to run in a few days. 9 adventurers are ...
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6.3

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Dec. 15, 1971

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A bank security expert plots with a call girl to rob the safety deposit boxes of three very different criminals from a high-tech bank in Hamburg.
The Happy Ending
6.3

The Happy Ending

Dec. 21, 1969

The Happy Ending

The triumphs and failures of middle age as seen through the eyes of runaway American housewife Mary Wilson, a woman who believes that ultimate ...
In Cold Blood
7.9

In Cold Blood

Dec. 15, 1967

In Cold Blood

After a botched robbery results in the brutal murder of a rural family, two drifters elude police, in the end coming to terms with their own ...
Lord Jim
6.7

Lord Jim

Feb. 15, 1965

Lord Jim

After being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman lives for only one purpose: to redeem himself. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive ...
Sweet Bird of Youth
7.1

Sweet Bird of Youth

Mar. 21, 1962

Sweet Bird of Youth

Gigolo and drifter Chance Wayne returns to his home town as the companion of a faded movie star, Alexandra Del Lago, whom he hopes to use to help ...
Elmer Gantry
7.7

Elmer Gantry

Jul. 07, 1960

Elmer Gantry

When hedonistic but charming con man Elmer Gantry meets the beautiful Sister Sharon Falconer, a roadside revivalist, he feigns piousness to join ...
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
7.9

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Aug. 29, 1958

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football ...
The Brothers Karamazov
6.7

The Brothers Karamazov

Ryevsk, Russia, 1870. Tensions abound in the Karamazov family. Fyodor is a wealthy libertine who holds his purse strings tightly. His four grown ...
Something of Value
6.5

Something of Value

May. 08, 1957

Something of Value

As Kenya’s Mau Mau uprising tears the country apart, former childhood friends Kimani (Sidney Poitier), a native, and Peter (Rock Hudson), a ...
The Last Hunt
6.8

The Last Hunt

Apr. 30, 1956

The Last Hunt

A buffalo hunter has a falling-out with his partner, who kills for fun.
The Catered Affair
7.4

The Catered Affair

Jun. 14, 1956

The Catered Affair

An Irish cabby in the Bronx watches his wife go overboard planning their daughter’s wedding.
Blackboard Jungle
7.4

Blackboard Jungle

Mar. 25, 1955

Blackboard Jungle

Richard Dadier is a teacher at North Manual High School, an inner-city school where many of the pupils frequently engage in anti-social behavior. ...
The Last Time I Saw Paris
6.1

The Last Time I Saw Paris

Reporter Charles Wills, in Paris to cover the end of World War II, falls for the beautiful Helen Ellswirth following a brief flirtation with her ...
Take the High Ground!
6

Take the High Ground!

Oct. 30, 1953

Take the High Ground!

Sgt. Thorne Ryan, who once fought bravely in Korea, now serves as a hard-nosed drill instructor to new Army recruits at Fort Bliss, Texas. But is ...
Battle Circus
5.9

Battle Circus

Mar. 06, 1953

Battle Circus

A young Army nurse, Lt Ruth McGara, newly assigned to the 66th MASH during the Korean War, attracts the sexual attention of the unit’s ...
Deadline – U.S.A.
7.2

Deadline – U.S.A.

Mar. 14, 1952

Deadline – U.S.A.

With three days before his paper folds, a crusading editor tries to expose a vicious gangster.
Crisis
6.7

Crisis

Jul. 07, 1950

Crisis

An American doctor gets caught in the middle of a revolution when he’s forced to operate on a South American dictator.