Best Picture of 1946: "The Best Years of Our Lives"

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) is an American drama directed by William Wyler and starring Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Teres...

The Leopold and Loeb case is the basis for “Compulsion”

Compulsion (1959) is an American crime drama directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Orson Welles, Diane Varsi,  Dean Stockwell, and Bran...

“Rebecca” casts a long shadow over Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine

Rebecca (1940) is an American romantic thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock—in his American directorial debut—and starring Laurence Olivier...

Ann Harding and William Powell share a "Double Harness"

  Double Harness (1933) is a pre-Code melodrama directed by John Cromwell ( Of Human Bondage ) and starring Ann Harding and William Powell. ...

John Mills, Horst Buchholz, and Hayley Mills struggle in “Tiger Bay”

Tiger Bay (1959) is a British crime drama directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring John Mills, Horst Buchholz, and Hayley Mills in her firs...

Joan Fontaine and Louis Jordan in “Letter from an Unknown Woman”

Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948) is an American drama directed by Max Ophuls and starring Joan Fontaine and Louis Jordan. The movie is b...

Bette Davis wants “The Catered Affair” for daughter Debbie Reynolds

The Catered Affair (1956) is an American drama directed by Richard Brooks and starring Bette Davis, Ernest Borgnine, Debbie Reynolds, Barry...