List of the best Josef von Sternberg movies: The Last Command(1928), The Scarlet Empress(1934), Underworld(1927), Dishonored(1931), Shanghai Express(1932), Blonde Venus(1932), Morocco(1930), The Devil Is a Woman(1935), The Case of Lena Smith(1929), Macao(1952), Thunderbolt(1929), An American Tragedy(1931) ... ...
8.0/10
Drama, Romance, History
USA
1928
90 Minutes
Director
Emil Jannings Evelyn Brent William Powell Nicholas Soussanin Michael Visaroff
revolutionary russian general director extra gripping disheartening intense russia hollywood movie set revenge role reversal humiliation insanity movie making fall rivalry transformation 1920s
A former Imperial Russian general and cousin of the Czar ends up in Hollywood as an extra in a movie directed by a former revolutionary.
7.6/10
Biography
USA
1934
104 Minutes
Director
Marlene Dietrich John Lodge Sam Jaffe Phillip Sleeman Louise Dresser C. Aubrey Smith
noblewoman duke mother-in-law count husband ruler emotional spectacular tense germany russia palace marriage of convenience decadence catherine the great power struggle monarchy espionage rise forbidden love
A German noblewoman enters into a loveless marriage with the dim-witted, unstable heir to the Russian throne, then plots to oust him from power.
7.6/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1927
80 Minutes
Director
George Bancroft Evelyn Brent Clive Brook Fred Kohler Helen Lynch Larry Semon Jerry Mandy
Boisterous gangster kingpin Bull Weed rehabilitates his former lawyer from his alcoholic haze, but complications arise when he falls for Weed's girlfriend.
7.3/10
Drama
USA
1931
91 Minutes
Director
The Austrian Secret Service sends its most seductive agent to spy on the Russians.
7.3/10
Drama
USA
1932
80 Minutes
Director
Marlene Dietrich Clive Brook Anna May Wong Warner Oland Eugene Pallette Lawrence Grant Louise Closser Hale Gustav von Seyffertitz Emile Chautard
physician prostitute general woman spy old flame tense melodramatic peking train station train shanghai civil wars revolution prostitution espionage hostage situation rape pursuit transformation
A notorious woman rides a train through a dangerous situation with a British captain she loved.
7.1/10
Drama
USA
1932
94 Minutes
Director
Marlene Dietrich Herbert Marshall Cary Grant Dickie Moore Robert E. O'Connor Gene Morgan Rita La Roy Sidney Toler Morgan Wallace Francis Sayles Gertrude Short
A cabaret singer takes up with a millionaire to pay for her gravely ill husband's operation.
7.1/10
Romance
USA
1930
90 Minutes
Director
Gary Cooper Marlene Dietrich Adolphe Menjou Ullrich Haupt Eve Southern Francis Macdonald Paul Porcasi Emile Chautard
singer wealthy man legionnaire club owner woman somber sultry intense ship morocco club apartment street desert devotion unrequited love singing military life dangerous assignment love triangle
A cabaret singer and a Legionnaire fall in love, but their relationship is complicated by the results of his womanizing and due to the appearance of a rich man who wants her for himself.
7.0/10
Drama
USA
1935
85 Minutes
Director
Marlene Dietrich Lionel Atwill Cesar Romero Edward Everett Horton Alison Skipworth Don Alvarado
A young man is warned by a captain about a temptress; nonetheless, he finds himself falling in love with her.
7.0/10
Drama
USA
1929
4 Minutes
Director
Esther Ralston James Hall Gustav von Seyffertitz Emily Fitzroy Fred Kohler Lawrence Grant Leone Lane Betty Aho
During the Florida land boom, The Marx Brothers run a hotel, auction off some land, thwart a jewel robbery, and generally act like themselves.
6.7/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1952
80 Minutes
Director
Robert Mitchum Jane Russell William Bendix Thomas Gomez Gloria Grahame Brad Dexter Edward Ashley Philip Ahn Vladimir Sokoloff Don Zelaya Emory Parnell
singer soldier gambler gangster girlfriend police chief suspenseful witty melodramatic macau casino docks police station boat travel gambling romance corruption undercover operations deception
Nick Cochran, an American in exile in Macao, has a chance to restore his name by helping capture an international crime lord. Undercover, can he mislead the bad guys and still woo the handsome singer/petty crook, Julie Benson?
6.6/10
Drama
USA
1929
91 Minutes
Director
George Bancroft Fay Wray Richard Arlen Tully Marshall Eugenie Besserer James Spottswood Fred Kohler Robert Elliott E.H. Calvert George Irving Mike Donlin
A criminal known as Thunderbolt is imprisoned and facing execution. Into the next cell is placed Bob Moran, an innocent man who has been framed and who is in love with Thunderbolt's girl. ... See full summary »
6.5/10
Drama
USA
1931
96 Minutes
Director
Phillips Holmes Sylvia Sidney Frances Dee Irving Pichel Emmett Corrigan Charles Middleton
A poor factory worker, employed by a wealthy uncle, falls in love with a beautiful heiress but his happiness and promising future are jeopardized by a previous affair with a coworker he impregnated.
6.3/10
Musical, Romance
USA
1936
85 Minutes
Director
emperor princess sister queen father love interest spirited heartwarming royal palace vienna inn love wedding royalty arranged marriage deception family adventure rivalry pursuit
Princess is destined to marry the Emperor, until her sister steps in.
6.1/10
Drama
USA
1939
82 Minutes
Director
Wallace Beery Tom Brown Alan Curtis Laraine Day Fay Holden Marc Lawrence Marion Martin David Gorcey Donald Haines Ben Welden Etta McDaniel
A highly respected Irish cop is pleased when his son follows him onto the force. Unfortunately, the son is more interested in rewards than in upholding the law. When he shoots a child ... See full summary »
5.7/10
Drama
USA
1957
112 Minutes
Director
John Wayne Janet Leigh Jay C. Flippen Paul Fix Richard Rober Roland Winters Hans Conried Ivan Triesault Joyce Compton Denver Pyle Elizabeth Flournoy
soviet pilot pilot officer commander soldier love interest sultry campy alaska air force base jet palm springs, calif. soviet union cold war communism flying duplicity espionage secret plans adventure
Air Force Colonel Jim Shannon is tasked to escort a defecting Soviet pilot who is scheming to lure Shannon to the USSR.
Drama
1930
94 Minutes
Director
Emil Jannings Marlene Dietrich Hans Albers Kurt Gerron Rosa Valetti Eduard von Winterstein Reinhold Bernt Hans Roth Rolf Müller Robert Klein-Lork
teacher singer student lover cabaret performer sultry melodramatic school nightclub germany apartment infatuation infidelity jealousy fall temptation 1930s
Josef von Sternberg's classic tells of a middle-aged professor whose obsession with a young cabaret singer leads to his downfall.
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