Film Dictionary

One of the greatest French comedies of all times.

Classic science-fiction fable from Steven Spielberg.

Brilliant experimental musical film by Alan Parker, adapted from Pink Floyd's legendary 1979 album. Fabulous imagery, marvellous music a...

A sequel to "Space Seed", an old TV episode of "Star Trek", again starring Richardo Montalban as the evil Khan.

Superb war drama from Germany, set aboard a U-boat.

Dustin Hoffman is superb in this hilarious comedy about an unemployed actor.

The story of Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, a dreamer who wants to build an opera house in the middle of the Amazonian forest.

Julie Andrews is terrific in this remake of a classic German comedy from 1933.

Disney action film set inside a computer.

Sad to say, director Gillian Armstrong would never again make such a cheerful and exuberant film as this quirky musical about a vivacious ...

Excellent, very underrated animated film, probably Don Bluth's greatest work (and also his first feature film).

Very ironic black comedy about Polish workers illegally repairing a flat in London.

A pleasant curiosity from Woody Allen, just as good, but very different from his previous, unpleasant curiosity ("Stardust Memories...

Wbrew pozorom, nie jest to historyczny dramat o Elzbiecie Rakuszance, ale o niejakiej Lucji Krol.

Franco Zeffirelli's adaptation of Giuseppe Verdi's famous opera, starring Placido Domingo and Teresa Stratas.

Very ironic, almost bitter comedy about a delusional girl who imagines that she is going to get married and tells that to everybody except t...

Post-modernist comedy starring Steve Martin as a private eye meeting (among others) Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart and Jimmy Cagney in clev...

A stagecoach robber from the 1860's becomes a train robber in the 1900's after spending thirty-three years in prison.

Albert Finney's performance and half a dozen truly memorable songs are the main assets of this adaptation of the Broadway hit. Aileen ...

Ben Kingsley gives a great performance as the famous Indian mystic and political leader.

Michelle Pfeiffer made her film debut in this energetic sequel to the 1978 hit. Musical numbers: "Back To School Again" * ...

A wonderfully campy parody of Gilbert & Sullivan's "The Pirates Of Penzance", starring Kristy McNichol and Christopher Atk...

Scary horror movie about ghosts.

A factory manager re-examines his life after loosing his job. Interesting film about life in the Soviet Union under Leonid Brezhnev.

A remake of Howard Hawks's 1951 classic, quite different in many respects. A perfect blend of horror and science-fiction.

French comedy starring Isabelle Adjani and Yves Montand. Jean-Paul Rappeneau's weakest film.

Sophie Marceau plays a French teenage girl having the usual problems of a French teenage girl.

Very nice kung-fu fights in a rather disjointed film. **

Man's inhumanity to man is the subject of this powerful, but confusing Turkish/Swiss drama. Its narrative structure is a mess. It severl...

Directed by Cheung Kam-Yim. Shot in China, it was Jet Li's first film. A young slave sees his father being beaten to death. In an attemp...