Film Dictionary

Documentary film about the Western Front during WWII, from D-Day to V-E Day.

Hitchcock meets Freud and the results aren't pretty.

Effective but unexceptional jungle war movie, set in Burma during WWII.

Ingrid Bergman certainly wished she didn't play a nun in this movie. Her public, unable to distinguish between her roles and her privat...

Gangster film about the famous bank robber.

Deanna Durbin witnesses a murder.

An American journalist in Tokyo discovers a Japanese government's plan for world domination. Based on a true story from the 1920's.

Conventional adaptation of Oscar Wilde's novel.

Ridiculous adventure film that seems to mostly consist of old silent footage framed by a narrator.

Probably the most boring of all Hollywood films about War World II. But also one of the most realistic ones. A few combat scenes, but mostly...

Very disappointing sequel to Kurosawa's first film, and the last of his three movies that were filmed and released before Japan's ca...

  This is the most beautiful and sublime musical fantasy ever made. A flop when first released, this haunting, surrealistic fairy-...

Disney commercial about microbes, bacterias and viruses.

Oscar-nominated documentary about the Battle of Iwo Jima. It includes the iconic footage of Marines raising the American flag.

A fascinating film about the battle for control of skies over Western Europe in 1943 and 1944. A lot of footage comes from so-called "g...

Very short film about the art of dancing. Maya Deren expertly matches every shot, often changing the angle and the shot size, to create a ...

Impressive documentary about a bloody battle during the Italian campaign in 1943. Narrated by director John Huston. Length: 32 min.

Poignant documentary about French prisoners returning home after the war. Directed by Henri Cartier-Bresson. Length: 34 min.

True story of Harold Russell, a soldier who lost both his hands in a training exercise in 1944. It's a warm, optimistic film. After seei...

For a child born in September 1944, the last few months of World War II would also be the first few month of his life. Beautiful documentary...

Documentary about the last bombing missions against Japan in the summer of 1945, culminating in the dropping of an atom bomb on Hiroshima. L...

A survey of the destruction in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Produced immediately after the bombings.

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Disney commercial about cleanliness. Unlike other films in Disney's "Health For The Americas" series (like "The Unseen ...

Polish documentary about the rebuilding of Warsaw.

Frank Sinatra teaches some young kids about tolerance.

A very British melodrama, directed by David Lean.

A remarkable, truly memorable film noir directed by Edgar G. Ulmer.

A weekend in the life of an alcoholic.

Excellent adaptation of Agatha Christie's "Ten Little Indians".

Italian neo-realism's first international triumph.

Joan Crawford won an Oscar for best actress for playing an ambitious career woman in this excellent melodrama.

Several unconnected horror stories are pieced together within a narrative that loosely keeps them together.

Elizabeth Taylor became a star playing a jokey in this fine sport drama.

Classy melodrama about a famous concert pianist (Ann Todd) who suffers a nervous breakdown.

This is the only original, written-directly-for-the-screen Rodger and Hammerstein's folk musical, all the others ("Oklahoma"...

Classic film noir about murder and blackmail; quite different from other movies of its type. Joan Bennett plays the most sympathetic femme f...

Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson and a five-year old Dean Stockwell star in this popular musical about two sailors on leave in H...

Atmospheric thriller adapted from a story by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Un melodrame de Robert Bresson sur la vengance d'une femme.

Fine drama about a poor farming family in the South.

Joan Leslie is as lovely as ever in this musical biography of George Gershwin (played by Robert Alda). Major songs and musical compositions:...

A feature-length animated film with Donald Duck celebrating his birthday with two Latin American friends: Brazilian parrot Jose Carioca and ...

Gargantuan revue show with comedy sketches and musical numbers. Musical segments include: "Here's To The Girls"  ** "B...

Bette Davis plays an idealistic teacher in a small mining community in Wales.

It's a curious picture. The first half is very weak. The second half is almost brilliant, but its cleverly twisted plot would be more ...

American bomber pilots are destroying communication lines in central Italy. Interesting documentary directed by William Wyler and John Stur...

A surrealistic Disney cartoon with Donald reading a mystery novel, whose characters come to life suspecting the duck of stealing their jew...

A crazy, violent, hyperactive Goofy cartoon set during a hockey game. The incredibly fast narration spoofs the sport commentators, while t...

Sylvester (in his film debut) becomes suspicious when a bird forces his way into his mouth. Suspecting a dirty trick, the cat refuses the...

Daffy Duck pretends to be a great patriot, celebrating American victories and singing patriotic songs, but when a "little man from th...

Donald prepares for a date with Daisy, but being short of cash, he "borrows" some money from his nephews' piggybank. Startin...

Andy Panda conducts an orchestra in a rural setting. Walter Lantz's remake of Disney's "The Band Concert" (1935) borrows...

A terrific Tex Avery cartoon set in the Far West with Droopy chasing the Wolf, who kidnapped a sexy saloon singer. Best gags include a ...

Excellent, Oscar-nominated Mighty Mouse Terrytoon.

Since this is a typical Tex Avery's film, one shouldn't really be surprised that it begins with Little Red Riding Hood running awa...

Three dogs and a piece of meat.

Classic Tom and Jerry cartoon, whose entire plot revolves around waking up a dog (for Jerry) or keeping him asleep (for Tom). Winner of an...

Another Mighty Mouse operetta, not nearly as good as "Gypsy Life", but impressive nonetheless.

A funny Private Snafu cartoon, mostly making fun of the Aleutians' constantly changing weather.

Amusing cartoon with Woody Woodpecker pretending to be a Russian diplomat.

A Private Snafu cartoon that draws parallels between malaria mosquitos and prostitutes.

Fine Terrytoon with Gandy and Sourpuss dreaming about modern inventions.

Yosemite Sam makes his film debut in this cartoon western, opposite Bugs Bunny. Sam's thunderous voice contrasts sharply with his diminu...

Casper's film debut, far superior to his later efforts. This cartoon, co-written by Otto Messmer, established the familiar formula about...

Donald receives a pair of hypnotizing glasses, which he uses on Pluto, driving the poor dog insane by convincing him to imitate mice, chicke...

Tweety Bird made his film debut in this Robert Clampett's cartoon about two cats fighting against each other.

Jerry comes to Manhattan hoping for a new life, but finding trouble instead. A strangely de-dramatized cartoon, consisting entirely of small...

A Barney Bear cartoon with a skunk stealing food from the sympathetic hero. Excellent character animation.

Elmer Fudd is a surveyor for a railroad construction company and he tries to evict the rabbit from his hole. Superb pacing, many inventive j...

Goofy and his elephant go hunting in the jungle "where the hand of man has never set foot" and their encounters with a savage tige...

Clever cartoon starring Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd.

Daisy is fed up with Donald's outbursts of bad temper and the poor duck has to find a way to cure his rage. He buys an "insult mach...

Wild cartoon set in Wild West. The best gag: "drinks are on the house" - taken literally.

Woody insists on playing golf on wet cement, but a worker forces him to repair the damage. A zany chase results.

A regular "duck hunt" cartoon with Victor Moore as the hunter. Uneven, but often very imaginative (especially the final gag).

Screwy Squirrel cuts school and goes fishing instead, with a truant officer in hot pursuit. The film moves fast from one outlandish situatio...

A male cat disguises himself as a skunk to avoid people and dogs. Unfortunately, he also attracts a real skunk, Pepe le Pew (in his film de...

Basically a Road Runner cartoon, but with Sylvester replacing the Coyote and the Road Runner being replaced by a woodpecker (but not Woody).

Woody is hungry, but all restaurants are closed except for an establishment advertising in "stuffing birds". Hoping to get stuffed...

Donald and Goofy go sailing together, but they get stranded at sea with no food or water. Goofy finds that sea water isn't salty enough,...

A doting father gives his cute little daughter a cute little duckling. But when the duckling grows up and becomes Daffy Duck, the father fin...

A Private Snafu cartoon produced by UPA.

A tale about a coyote whose dinner plans are constantly frustrated by vigilant sheepdog Pluto. A memorable climax atop giant red rocks, but ...

Tom pretends to be a female bird.

A rather confusing cartoon about a Mayflower Pilgrim hunting his first Thanksgiving turkey. Despite an excellent final gag ("Eat at Joe...

Bugs Bunny finds himself in the Black Forest, where he encounters Hermann Goering.

Woody Woodpecker dressing as a sexy dame is the only highlight of this otherwise mediocre cartoon.

A Private Snafu cartoon about Iran.

Tom invites a sexy kitten for dinner.

Porky defends a wagon train against a powerful Indian chief. A Robert Clampett's cartoon, but less screwy than many of his films.