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Dramatic films and television series
North by Northwest by Alfred Hitchcock (director)
Cary Grant plays a Manhattan adman plunged into a realm of spy (James Mason) and counterspy (Eva Marie Saint) and variously abducted, framed for murder, chased, and, in a signature set piece, crop-dusted. He also hangs for dear life from the facial features of Mount Rushmore National Memorial.
Publication Date: 1959
The Third Man by Carol Reed (director)
An American writer of pulp westerns arrives in post-war Vienna to take a job with an old friend, but discovers he has been murdered. Or has he? Based on Graham Greene's mystery. On three of the American Film Institute's Top 100 lists.
Publication Date: 1949
The Big Lebowski by Joel Cohen (director)
Jeff 'The Dude' Lebowski doesn't want any complications in his life. He can't even be bothered with a job. But, in a case of mistaken identity, a couple of thugs break into his place and ruin his floor rug. Now, The Dude must embark on a quest with his crazy bowling buddies to make things right and get compensation for his rug. Their journey blends unforgettable characters, kidnapping, and White Russians.
Publication Date: 1998
Being There by Hal Ashby (director)
Circumstances propel a feeble-minded gardener, whose entire knowledge of life comes from watching television, into becoming adviser to the president of the United States and a powerful, but dying, tycoon.
Publication Date: 1979
Date Night by Shawn Levy (director)
In New York City, a case of mistaken identity turns a bored married couple's attempt at a glamorous and romantic evening into something more thrilling and dangerous.
Publication Date: 2010
Desperately Seeking Susan by Susan Seidelman (director)
A bored New Jersey housewife who fantasizes about the ads in the personal section of the newspaper want ads shows up at a rendezvous between two lovers. She gets bumped on the head, which leads to a case of amnesia and opens the door to intrigue and love.
Publication Date: 1985
The School of Rock by Richard Linklater (director)
When his band votes him out due to his embarrasing musical antics, Dewey has to make the rent somehow. After intercepting a call for his substitute-teacher roomie Ned, Dewey finds himself in front of a class of elite elementary school students. Dewey decides to take on the music program and makes it his goal to teach them the gospel of rock and roll. His ulterior motive is to get them to compete against his former band for a cash prize.
Publication Date: 2003
The Great Dictator by Charlie Chaplin (director)
Chaplin plays the double role of the persecuted Jewish barber and Adenoid Hynkel, dictator of Tomania. The barber is imprisoned, escapes, and is finally mistaken for the dictator at which point he makes an impassioned, humanistic speech which amazes the dictator's followers.
Publication Date: 1940
A Tale of Two Cities by
The Charles Dickens tale of love and tumult during the French Revolution. 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...'
Publication Date: 1935
Our Mutual Friend by
A tale of two turbulent love affairs plays out amidst a tangled web of wealth, corruption, passion and betrayal in 1860s London.
Publication Date: 1998
