Search results for "William Wyler"
The Liberation of L.B. Jones

The Liberation of L.B. Jones

The Liberation of L.B. Jones
IMDb: 6.8
102

A successful African American businessman has a quarrel with a white policeman, suspecting that he is having an affair with his wife. The policeman’s colleagues are seeking to avoid publicity.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Funny Girl

Funny Girl

Funny Girl
IMDb: 7.4
155

The life of famed 1930s comedienne Fanny Brice, from her early days in the Jewish slums of New York, to the height of her career with the Ziegfeld Follies, as…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
How to Steal a Million

How to Steal a Million

How to Steal a Million
IMDb: 7.5
123

A woman must steal a statue from a Paris museum to help conceal her father’s art forgeries.

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
The Collector

The Collector

The Collector
IMDb: 7.5
119

Freddie is an inept bank clerk with no future. His only hobby is collecting butterflies, which gives him a feeling of power and control that is otherwise totally missing from…

Genre: Thriller
The Children’s Hour

The Children’s Hour

The Children’s Hour
IMDb: 7.8
108

An unruly student at a private all-girls boarding school scandalously accuses the two women who run it of having a romantic relationship.

Genre: Drama
Ben-Hur

Ben-Hur

Ben-Hur
IMDb: 8.1
222

In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of trying to kill the Roman governor, he…

The Big Country

The Big Country

The Big Country
IMDb: 7.9
166

Retired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between his future father-in-law, Major Terrill, and the rough and lawless Hannasseys…

Friendly Persuasion

Friendly Persuasion

Friendly Persuasion
IMDb: 7.3
137

The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religious sect is strongly opposed to violence and war. It’s not easy for them to meet the rules…

Genre: Drama, War
The Desperate Hours

The Desperate Hours

The Desperate Hours
IMDb: 7.5
112

Escaped convicts terrorize a suburban family they’re holding hostage.

Genre: Crime, Thriller
Roman Holiday

Roman Holiday

Roman Holiday
IMDb: 8
119

Overwhelmed by her suffocating schedule, touring European princess Ann takes off for a night while in Rome. When a sedative she took from her doctor kicks in, however, she falls…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Carrie

Carrie

Carrie
IMDb: 7.3
118

Carrie’s dreams of adventure in the big city are quickly squashed as she discovers all that awaits her there is a bleak life of grueling and poorly paid factory work—that…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Detective Story

Detective Story

Detective Story
IMDb: 7.5
103

Tells the story of one day in the lives of the various people who populate a police detective squad. An embittered cop, Det. Jim McLeod, leads a precinct of characters…

Genre: Crime, Drama
The Heiress

The Heiress

The Heiress
IMDb: 8.1
115

In 1840s New York, the uneventful and boring days of the daughter of a wealthy doctor come to an end when she meets a dashing poorer man — who may…

The Best Years of Our Lives

The Best Years of Our Lives

The Best Years of Our Lives
IMDb: 8.1
171

It’s the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But…

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
The Fighting Lady

The Fighting Lady

The Fighting Lady
IMDb: 7.2
61

Oscar winner William Wyler directed this 1944 “newsdrama,” narrated by Lieut. Robert Taylor, USNR (Bataan), and photographed in zones of combat by the U.S. Navy. The film follows one of…

Genre: Documentary, War
Mrs. Miniver

Mrs. Miniver

Mrs. Miniver
IMDb: 7.6
134

Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her Oxford-educated son Vin court Carol Beldon, the charming granddaughter of the local nobility as represented…

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
The Little Foxes

The Little Foxes

The Little Foxes
IMDb: 7.9
117

In 1900, a clan attempts to strike a deal with a Chicago industrialist to get him to build cotton mills in their Deep South town.

The Westerner

The Westerner

The Westerner
IMDb: 7.3
100

Drifter Cole Harden is accused of stealing a horse and faces hanging by self-appointed Judge Roy Bean, but Harden manages to talk his way out of it by claiming to…

Genre: Western
The Letter

The Letter

The Letter
IMDb: 7.5
95

After a woman shoots a man to death, a damning letter she wrote raises suspicions.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights
IMDb: 7.5
104

The Earnshaws are Yorkshire farmers during the early 19th Century. One day, Mr. Earnshaw returns from a trip to the city, bringing with him a ragged little boy called Heathcliff….

Genre: Drama, Romance
Jezebel

Jezebel

Jezebel
IMDb: 7.4
103

In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.

Genre: Drama, Romance
The Cowboy and the Lady

The Cowboy and the Lady

The Cowboy and the Lady
IMDb: 6.5
91

Mary Smith decides after a lifetime of being a shut-in to do something wild while her father is out campaigning for the presidency, so she takes off for the family’s…

Dead End

Dead End

Dead End
IMDb: 7.2
93

Mobster “Baby Face” Martin returns home to visit the New York neighborhood where he grew up, dropping in on his mother, who rejects him because of his gangster lifestyle, and…

Genre: Crime, Drama
These Three

These Three

These Three
IMDb: 7.4
93

Close friends Martha and Karen build a private boarding school together with the aid of the local doctor Joe. The school takes off and many students enroll, one of whom…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Dodsworth

Dodsworth

Dodsworth
IMDb: 7.7
101

A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life.

Genre: Drama, Romance
The Good Fairy

The Good Fairy

The Good Fairy
IMDb: 7.4
98

In 1930s Budapest, naïve orphan Luisa Ginglebuscher becomes an usherette at the local movie house, determined to succeed in her first job by doing good deeds for others and maintaining…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Gay Deception

The Gay Deception

The Gay Deception
IMDb: 6.8
77

A wide-eyed working girl wins a $5,000 sweepstakes and plunges into the lush life of New York City, where she meets a bellboy who is more than he seems.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Counsellor at Law

Counsellor at Law

Counsellor at Law
IMDb: 7.5
82

A successful lawyer struggles to deal with his wife’s unfaithfulness and his own hidden past.

Genre: Drama
The Shakedown

The Shakedown

The Shakedown
IMDb: 6.7
65

The life of a less-than successful professional boxer changes when he takes in an orphan.

Genre: Drama
The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
IMDb: 7.2
113

In 15th century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.

Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance