1960s

Bint El-Harass (Arabic: بنت الحارس) AKA The Guard Daughter is a Lebanese musical-drama directed by the Egyptian director Henry Barakat (known for Doa al karawan AKA The Nightingale’s Prayer) story, dialog and musical score by the Rahbani brothers Assi & Mansour and starring the greatest voice ever lived Fairuz.
This is the third and maybe the last film starring Fairuz after Biya el-Khawatim AKA The Ring Seller and Safar Barlek and the second collaboration between the director and the Rahbani brothers and Fairuz.Read More »

A charismatic ronin gets snared into a conflict between officials at a waystation, and gains the enmity of a group of thugs.Read More »

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Masako Izumi gives a celebrated performance as Wakae the eponymous 15-year old heroine who is branded by her rural community. The developing relationship between her and Saburo and their possibilities for escape are portrayed in this film which celebrated critic Tadao Satoh included in his 1980s best 300 Japanese films list.Read More »

Synopsis:
The year is 1926. It has been three years since the Great Kanto earthquake hit Tokyo. Everything is being rebuilt from the ground up. Odera crime syndicate saw this as an opportunity to expand its territory. The Odera boss arranges marriage between his daughter Orin (Ruriko Asaoka) and the son of notorious Gyotoku clan, but Orin’s heart belonged to Shinjiro (Yujiro Ishihara), a member of her father’s clan.Read More »

Young congressman Miguel Horta represents a party that is directly opposed to the present government. He slyly switches parties in order to gain favor with those in power — seriously compromising his own ideals and ethics in the process.Read More »

Gennosuke, a clan retainer, kills one of the clan ministers as part of a plot to achieve reform. He is pursued by his former comrades, each hoping to complete the vendetta put on Gennosuke by the clan. With the help of a master swordsman, Yamane, Gennosuke has a chance at survival.Read More »

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A 1967 American satirical dark comedy cult classic film written and directed by Mel Brooks. The film is set in the late 1960s and it tells the story of a theatrical producer and an accountant who want to produce a sure-fire Broadway flop. They take more money from investors than they need and plan to abscond to Brazil as soon as the play closes, only to see the plan improbably go awry when the show turns out to be a hit.Read More »

A splashy Bollywood musical for ’60s pop culture fanatics, Jewel Thief updates the old Prince and the Pauper identity switch to a Technicolor universe comprised of the filmmaker’s fondest bits from James Bond, The Pink Panther, and European comic strips, peppered with the usual spirited musical numbers. The result is an irresistible confection, just the kind of thing to throw on at a party to keep the guests’ eyes occupied.Read More »

Bolshevik Tsolak Darbinyan is infiltrated into Dashnak Army as a musician of Army music band. Despite the initial personal conflict with band leader Arsen, he is able to win the friendship of young band musicians including Arsen and to persuade them to back him on the eve of the Bolshevik invasion to Armenia.Read More »