Paramount Pictures (Firm)
41) Carrie
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1952.
Language
English
Description
Based on the Theodore Dreiser novel that publishers deemed "too immoral," William Wyler's Carrie is a power-house of human passions transformed into soul-withering frailties. As Carrie, the smalltown girl come to Chicago, Jennifer Jones "seems to have stepped out of the pages of the book" (Time). And Laurence Olivier gives one of his finest portrayals as love-doomed Hurstwood. "Olivier has always given credit to Wyler for teaching him how to act in...
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
日本語
Description
One of Japan's most beloved characters returns in this bold tale of Zatoichi—the blind, nomadic samurai whose sword made him a hero and whose courage made him a legend. His appearance may be humble, but his gift for lightning-fast draw and strokes of breathtaking precision makes him the perfect weapon. After Zatoichi wanders into a town run by sinister gangs and a powerful assailant, he discovers two geishas avenging their parents' murder.
43) Shane
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1953.
Language
English
Description
Acclaimed director George Stevens' legendary rendition of the quintessential Western myth earned six Academy Award nominations, and made Shane one of the classics of the American cinema. The story brings Alan Ladd, a drifter and retired gunfighter, to the assistance of a homestead family terrorized by a wealthy cattleman and his hired gun (Jack Palance). In fighting the last decisive battle, SHANE sees the end of his own way of life. Mysterious, moody...
44) Mandingo
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1975.
Language
English
Description
Based on the hugely successful novel by Kyle Onstott, MANDINGO takes the audience beyond the sentimentalized South of other films with uncompromising honesty and realism to show the true brutalizing nature of slavery, which made victims of both owner and slave. Heavyweight boxer Ken Norton makes his screen debut in the title role, with Perry King (Possession of Joel Delaney) as his white owner, friend, and eventual nemesis.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1981.
Language
English
Description
Twenty years ago, a tragic accident in a mine on St. Valentine's Day took the lives of five miners. The disaster occurred while supervisors left their posts to attend the town's annual Valentine's Day dance. The only survivor, Harry Warden, was confined to a mental institution after the ordeal. On the disaster's first anniversary, he returned to the town for bloody revenge. That was nineteen years ago, and memories have dimmed. Young lovers T.J. (Paul...
47) Operation Condor
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1991.
Language
English
Description
Get ready for Jackie Chan's most spectacular adventure ever...starring and directed by Jackie Chan himself! Risking everything and performing all his own deathdefying stunts, Chan ignites the big screen as the world's greatest secret agent, code name Condor. Sent to track down stolen Nazi gold buried beneath the Sahara, Condor is pursued by a ruthless band of treasurehunting terrorists. With the help of three sexy sidekicks, Jackie takes off on a...
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In Paris during 1890, 104-year-old Georges Bonnet is a sculptor who maintains a youthful appearance by regularly murdering women and using their parathyroid glands as an elixir to ward off the signs of age. When Bonnet requires a vital surgery to be undertaken he asks his old colleague Prof. Ludwig Weiss to perform it. He declines and Bonnet then blackmails Pierre Gerard into performing the operation by endangering the life of Janine Dubois, a young...
49) Bugsy Malone
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A pint-sized cast with giant talents illuminates this musical that is unlike any other ever made. Set in 1929 New York City, BUGSY MALONE captures a flashy world of would-be hoodlums, showgirls, and dreamers - all played by child actors! As Tallulah, the sassy girlfriend of the owner of Fat Sam's Grand Slam Speakeasy, future superstar Jodie Foster dances and sings her way into our hearts. Award-winning pop composer Paul Williams wrote the words and...
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1952.
Language
English
Description
A dazzling spectacle of life behind the scenes with Ringling Bros.-Barnum and Bailey Circus. Celebrating the extravagant three-ring circus, this classic film from Cecil B. DeMille depicts the passionate scenes of love and jealousy behind the greatest show on Earth. Winner of Best Picture and Best Writing, Motion Picture Story at the **Academy Awards**. Winner of Best Motion Picture - Drama, Best Director, and Best Cinematography - Color at the **Golden...
51) Year of the Dog
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Molly Shannon plays Peggy, a happy-go-lucky secretary who is a great friend, employee, and sister living alone with her beloved dog Pencil. But when Pencil unexpectedly dies, Peggy must find meaning in her life. John C. Reilly, Peter Sarsgaard, Regina King and Laura Dern turn in great comic performances as the significant people in Peggy’s life who give her ill-fitting advice.
52) Hong Kong
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1952.
Language
English
Description
The theft of a jeweled treasure is within an adventurer's grasp; he is restrained by his love for a good woman.
53) Wings
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1927.
Language
English
Description
Two young men, one rich, one middle class, who are in love with the same woman (Hollywood's first "It-girl," Clara Bow), become fighter pilots in World War I. Stunningly realistic flying sequences, all filmed without faking or processing shots, highlight this story of two airmen pals and an ambulance nurse they both love, first winner of an **Academy Award** for Best Picture. Winner of Best Picture and Best Effects, Engineering Effects at the **Academy...
54) Danger: Diabolik
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1968.
Language
English
Description
The suave, psychedelic-era thief called Diabolik (John Philip Law) can't get enough of life's good - or glittery - things. Not when there are currency shipments to steal from under the noses of snooty government officials and priceless jewels to lift from the boudoirs of the superrich. The elusive scoundrel finds plenty of ways to live up to his name in this tongue-in-cheek, live-action caper inspired by Europe's popular Diabolik comics. He clambers...
55) Lady in a Cage
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1964.
Language
English
Description
Alone in her residence over a holiday weekend, a widow is accidentally trapped in her home elevator during a power failure. Her meticulous, well organized world is shattered as the stalled elevator becomes a claustrophobic torture chamber – a cage.
56) It Takes Two
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
Two identical girls have lived very different lives. The outspoken Amanda has been moving from foster home to foster home, while the quiet refined Alyssa has been raised in a world of privilege and luxury. Amanda faces adoption and the loss of Diana, her loving social worker. Alyssa faces losing her father, Roger, to an opportunistic fiancee. The two girls swap identities in a plan to bring Roger and Diana closer together.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Français
Description
In this "elegantly polished film" (Richard Schickel, TIME magazine), a mysterious stranger is the lone passenger disembarking from a train in a sleepy French villiage. His name is Milan (French rock icon Johnny Hallyday), a criminal intent on knocking over the local bank. Upon his arrival, he is befriended by Manesquier (acclaimed French actor Jean Rochefort), a retired poetry teacher. Through their unexpected friendship, both men come to realize...
58) Stop-Loss
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Decorated Iraq war hero Sgt. Brandon King (Ryan Phillippe) makes a celebrated return to his small Texas hometown following his tour of duty. He tries to resume the life he left behind with the help and support of his family and his best friend, Steve Shriver (Channing Tatum), who served with him in Iraq. Along with their other war buddies, Brandon and Steve try to make peace with civilian life. Then, against Brandon’s will, the Army orders him back...
59) Borsalino
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1970.
Language
Italiano
Description
When Roch Siffredi (Alain Delon) gets out of prison, the first thing he does is pick a fight with François Capella (Jean-Paul Belmondo). But the two gangsters quickly realize there is strength in numbers, and only by joining forces are they going to be able to make it big. The scams and hits pile up in a Marseille run by two mafia dons, Poli and Marello. Chases, gunfights, threats, and revenge play out on the picturesque streets of Marseille during...
60) Hit!
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
U.S. agent Nick Allen (Billy Dee Williams) has his own idea about how to fight a war on drugs: go to the source...and cut the big-time traffickers down. Embittered over the drug-related death of his teenage daughter, Nick sets out to do just that. With stone-cold intensity, he locates and trains a dirty half-dozen recruits for a commando raid on the kingpins of a French drug syndicate. Each recruit has his or her own reason for being part of the death...