List of the best Anatole Litvak movies: The Snake Pit(1948), All This and Heaven Too(1940), Sorry, Wrong Number(1948), The Night of the Generals(1967), City for Conquest(1940), Decision Before Dawn(1951), The Battle of Russia(1943), Goodbye Again(1961), The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse(1938), Tovarich(1937), Anastasia(1956), Mayerling(1936) ... ...
Drama
USA
1948
108 Minutes
Director
mental patient husband psychiatrist disturbing emotional gripping mental institution united states household mental illness marriage romance childhood psychoanalysis fall love transformation 1940s
A detailed chronicle of a woman during her stay in a mental institution.
Drama
USA
1940
143 Minutes
Director
Bette Davis Charles Boyer Barbara O'Neil Jeffrey Lynn Virginia Weidler Walter Hampden Harry Davenport Fritz Leiber Montagu Love George Coulouris Ann E. Todd
duchess duke governess child melodramatic touching france school family home royalty love triangle jealousy marital problems forbidden love sacrifice 1840s
A duchess' irrational behavior toward the governess of her children triggers tragic events that will change her family's lives forever.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1948
89 Minutes
Director
Barbara Stanwyck Burt Lancaster Ann Richards Wendell Corey Ed Begley Leif Erickson William Conrad
heiress husband father-in-law old flame hit man hypochondriac intense dark suspenseful family home office dance hall subway staten island, n.y. new york city murder plot college sweethearts class distinctions infidelity pharmaceuticals
While on the telephone, an invalid woman overhears what she thinks is a murder plot and attempts to prevent it.
Crime, Drama
UK|France
1967
148 Minutes
Director
Peter O'Toole Omar Sharif Tom Courtenay Donald Pleasence Joanna Pettet Philippe Noiret Charles Gray Coral Browne John Gregson Nigel Stock Christopher Plummer
major general prostitute nazi adolf hitler thrilling intricate suspenseful warsaw, poland paris nazi occupation historical events world war ii assassination plot discovery pursuit quest 1960s
In 1942, a Polish prostitute and German Agent is murdered in Warsaw. Suspicion falls on three Generals, and Major Grau (Omar Sharif) of German Intelligence seeks justice which ends up taking decades.
Drama
USA
1940
101 Minutes
Director
James Cagney Ann Sheridan Frank Craven Donald Crisp Frank McHugh Arthur Kennedy
boxer dancer girlfriend younger brother truck driver composer uplifting gripping gritty melodramatic new york city lower east side carnegie hall boxing ring apartment boxing self-sacrifice aspirations corruption blindness
Danny is a content truck driver, but his girl Peggy shows potential as a dancer and hopes he too can show ambition. Danny acquiesces and pursues boxing to please her, but the two begin to spend more time working than time together.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, War
USA|West Germany
1951
119 Minutes
Director
Richard Basehart Gary Merrill Oskar Werner Hildegarde Neff Dominique Blanchar O.E. Hasse Hans Christian Blech Helene Thimig Robert Freitag George Tyne
lieutenant colonel prisoner of war spy soldier brash thrilling tense germany prison camp bavaria espionage gestapo world war ii military intelligence cooperation betrayal sacrifice adventure rise
As the US Army approaches Nazi Germany, they recruit German prisoners to spy behind German lines.
History, War, Documentary, Drama
USA
1943
83 Minutes
american soldier russian soldier nazi adolf hitler mussolini joseph stalin patriotic rousing inspiring thrilling stalingrad, russia battlefield military base battle of stalingrad world war ii russian history allied forces siege heroism quest
Documentary revealing the nature and process of the fight between the Soviet Union and Germany in the Second World War.
Romance
France|USA
1961
120 Minutes
Director
Ingrid Bergman Yves Montand Anthony Perkins Jessie Royce Landis Jackie Lane Pierre Dux Jean Clarke David Horne Lee Patrick Diahann Carroll
businessperson boyfriend mother friend cool confident paris apartment office may-december romance love triangle infidelity aging forbidden love 1960s
A successful business woman, dissatisfied with her current, philandering lover, starts an affair with a much younger man.
Comedy
USA
1938
87 Minutes
Director
Edward G. Robinson Claire Trevor Humphrey Bogart Gale Page Donald Crisp Allen Jenkins Thurston Hall John Litel Henry O'Neill Max Rosenbloom Ward Bond
psychiatrist crime boss fence criminal inspector offbeat suspenseful spirited cool new york city courtroom crime new identity research unusual romance blackmail murder transformation fall 1930s
A brilliant Park Avenue doctor becomes a criminal in order to do research into the criminal mind.
Romance
USA
1937
98 Minutes
Director
Claudette Colbert Charles Boyer Basil Rathbone Anita Louise Melville Cooper Isabel Jeans Maurice Murphy Morris Carnovsky Gregory Gaye Montagu Love Renie Riano
duchess prince banker wife daughter government official charming hilarious paris household assumed identity russian revolution domestic work aristocracy money exile sacrifice discovery transformation 1930s
After the Russian revolution, a married Russian couple of nobility must take up jobs in Paris in order to survive.
Drama
USA
1956
105 Minutes
Director
Ingrid Bergman Yul Brynner Helen Hayes Akim Tamiroff Martita Hunt Felix Aylmer Sacha Pitoeff Ivan Desny Natalie Schafer
refugee military officer prince empress czar nicholas ii emotional melodramatic royal court paris copenhagen, denmark royalty amnesia fortune missing persons quest rise 1920s
An opportunistic businessman tries to pass off a mysterious impostor as the Grand Duchess Anastasia, and she is so convincing that even the biggest skeptics believe her.
Romance
France
1936
89 Minutes
Director
prince mistress emperor franz josef baroness count winsome emotional sad touching vienna court opera house prater hunting lodge archduke rudolf affair repression austro-hungarian empire catholic church tragic love
Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, is fettered on all sides. He's bored; his father, the emperor, is domineering; his politics are more liberal than his father's, but he knows his views carry... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy, Romance, Drama
UK
1932
70 Minutes
Director
Jan Kiepura Sonnie Hale Magda Schneider Edmund Gwenn Athene Seyler Betty Chester Aubrey Mather
An Italian operatic tenor is dominated by his female business manager.
Documentary
USA
1943
44 Minutes
adolf hitler soldier winston churchill civilian intense gripping patriotic germany poland england france world war ii nazism invasion world domination propaganda discovery rise wretched excess 1930s
The official World War II US government account of Nazi international aggression leading up to the British and French declarations of war.
Crime, Drama
USA
1941
93 Minutes
Director
Ida Lupino John Garfield Thomas Mitchell Eddie Albert George Tobias Leo Gorcey John Qualen Aline MacMahon
tailor cook daughter gangster auctioneer dark melodramatic brooklyn, n.y. pier ocean courtroom friendship extortion organized crime father/daughter relationship marriage conspiracy rivalry temptation escape
A Brooklyn pier racketeer bullies boat-owners into paying protection money but two fed-up fishermen decide to eliminate the gangster themselves rather than complain to the police.
Drama
USA
1938
98 Minutes
Director
Errol Flynn Bette Davis Anita Louise Jane Bryan Ian Hunter Henry Travers Beulah Bondi Donald Crisp Dick Foran Patric Knowles Alan Hale
secretary sportswriter father sister fiancé millionaire melodramatic intense gripping montana san francisco apartment office ship sister relationship marriage ambition drinking earthquakes reconciliation
Three daughters of a small town pharmacist undergo trials and tribulations in their problematic marriages between 1904 and 1908.
Drama
USA
1940
77 Minutes
Director
John Garfield Ann Sheridan Pat O'Brien Burgess Meredith Henry O'Neill Jerome Cowan Guinn "Big Boy" Williams John Litel Margot Stevenson Willard Robertson Edward Pawley
gangster prisoner warden girlfriend rival attorney brooding fiery confident passionate sing sing correctional facility new york state cell yard courtroom prison life organized crime egoism rehabilitation jailbreak
An arrogant mobster, sentenced to a long prison term in Sing Sing, becomes a changed man when given a chance by the fair and progressive warden.
War
USA
1942
110 Minutes
Director
Tyrone Power Joan Fontaine Thomas Mitchell Henry Stephenson Nigel Bruce Gladys Cooper Philip Merivale Sara Allgood Alexander Knox Queenie Leonard Melville Cooper
aristocratic lady soldier aunt best friend hotel owner father intense patriotic moving england manor military base village dover hotel desertion patriotism class distinctions english society romance
Although she comes from an aristocratic family, beautiful Prudence Cathaway defies convention by joining the WAAFs and becoming romantically involved with an AWOL soldier.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1939
102 Minutes
Director
Edward G. Robinson Francis Lederer George Sanders Paul Lukas Henry O'Neill Lya Lys Grace Stafford James Stephenson Sig Ruman Frederic Tozere Dorothy Tree
fbi agent nazi spy doctor melodramatic patriotic chilling united states europe germany new york state fbi espionage nazism confession pursuit wretched excess 1930s
FBI agent Ed Renard investigates the pre-War espionage activities of the German-American Bund.
Musical
USA
1941
89 Minutes
Director
Priscilla Lane Betty Field Richard Whorf Lloyd Nolan Jack Carson Wallace Ford Howard da Silva Elia Kazan
convict jazz musician jazz singer femme fatale pianist dark quirky amusing st. louis new orleans new jersey roadhouse stage jazz ambition touring friendship scam crime rise
"Jigger' Lane forms a band that includes singer Ginger 'Character' Powell, wife of the trumpeter Leo Powell, and Nickie Haroyen and Peppi. All of them dedicate themselves to work as a unit ... See full summary »
Drama
France|USA
1953
108 Minutes
Director
Kirk Douglas Dany Robin Barbara Laage Robert Strauss Gabrielle Dorziat Serge Reggiani Brigitte Bardot Fernand Ledoux
ex-soldier orphan prostitute captain love interest officer melodramatic passionate disheartening french riviera front lines port city seaside village france love world war ii regret misunderstanding the past
A former soldier on holiday in the French Riviera recalls his time in France during WWII, and his love for a French peasant woman.
Drama
UK
1955
99 Minutes
Director
Vivien Leigh Kenneth More Eric Portman Emlyn Williams Moira Lister Alec McCowen
A woman unhappy in her passionless marriage leaves her husband for a younger and more ardent lover.
Mystery & Thriller
France|USA
1970
100 Minutes
Director
Samantha Eggar Oliver Reed John McEnery Stéphane Audran Bernard Fresson Marcel Bozzuffi Martine Kelly
A secretary takes her boss's car for the holiday in the Mediterranean, oddly retracing a journey she has not taken, and is recognized by people she has not met before. When a body turns up ... See full summary »
Documentary
1944
65 Minutes
This part of director Frank Capra's "Why We Fight" series shows Japan's plan to take China as a key to Asia.
Drama
1963
110 Minutes
Director
Sophia Loren Anthony Perkins Gig Young Jean-Pierre Aumont Yolande Turner Tommy Norden Mathilde Casadesus Barbara Nicot
wife businessman journalist love interest socialite dark gripping paris france spousal abuse marriage divorce plane crash fraud violence escape forbidden love fall 1960s
An American (Anthony Perkins) plays dead after a plane crash and sends his wife (Sophia Loren) to claim his life insurance in Paris.