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The Tenant (1976) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB IMDb WikiData Douban
Le locataire
7.6 (7 ratings) director: Roman Polanski actor: Roman Polanski / Isabelle Adjani
other title: L'inquilino del terzo piano / O Inquilino
A quiet and inconspicuous man rents an apartment in Paris where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.
The Name of the Rose (1986) [Movie] TMDB Douban NeoDB IMDb WikiData
The Name of the Rose
7.3 (7 ratings) director: Jean-Jacques Annaud actor: Sean Connery / F. Murray Abraham
other title: Il nome della rosa / Rosens Navn
14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under mysterious circumstances. To solve the crimes, William must rise up against the Church's authority and fight the shadowy conspiracy of monastery monks using only his intelligence; which is considerable.
Repulsion (1965) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData
Repulsion
director: Roman Polanski actor: Catherine Deneuve / Ian Hendry
other title: Repulsione / Chok
Beautiful young manicurist Carole suffers from androphobia (the pathological fear of interaction with men). When her sister and roommate, Helen, leaves their London flat to go on an Italian holiday with her married boyfriend, Carole withdraws into her apartment. She begins to experience frightful hallucinations, her fear gradually mutating into madness.
The Lover (1992) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
L'Amant
director: Jean-Jacques Annaud actor: Jane March / Tony Leung Ka-fai
other title: L'amante / Elskeren
A poor French teenage girl engages in an illicit affair with a wealthy Chinese heir in 1920s Saigon. For the first time in her young life she has control, and she wields it deftly over her besotted lover throughout a series of clandestine meetings and torrid encounters.
The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967) [Movie] TMDB Douban IMDb
The Fearless Vampire Killers
director: Roman Polanski actor: Jack MacGowran / Roman Polanski
other title: Per favore, non mordermi sul collo! / Vampyrernes nat
A noted professor and his dim-witted apprentice fall prey to their inquiring vampires, while on the trail of the ominous damsel in distress.
Tess (1979) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData
Tess
6.2 (6 ratings) director: Roman Polanski actor: Nastassja Kinski / Peter Firth
A strong-willed peasant girl is sent by her father to the estate of some local aristocrats to capitalize on a rumor that their families are from the same line, but is left traumatised from her experiences.
Quest for Fire (1981) [Movie] IMDb NeoDB TMDB WikiData
La Guerre du feu
director: Jean-Jacques Annaud actor: Everett McGill / Ron Perlman
other title: La guerra del fuoco / Kampen om Ilden
In the prehistoric world, a Cro-Magnon tribe depends on an ever-burning source of fire, which eventually extinguishes. Lacking the knowledge to start a new fire, the tribe sends three warriors on a quest for more. With the tribe's future at stake, the warriors make their way across a treacherous landscape full of hostile tribes and monstrous beasts. On their journey, they encounter Ika, a woman who has the knowledge they seek.
Favourites of the Moon (1985) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb Douban TMDB WikiData
Les favoris de la lune
director: Otar Iosseliani actor: Katja Rupé / Alix de Montaigu
other title: I favoriti della luna / Os Favoritos da Lua
A porcelain table service and a painting from the 19th century pass from hand to hand and deteriorate over time, sealing the fate of different characters who cross paths in Paris.
What? (1972) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Che?
director: Roman Polanski actor: Marcello Mastroianni / Sydne Rome
other title: Che? / Was?
A young American woman traveling through Italy finds herself in a strange Mediterranean villa where nothing seems quite right.
The Phantom of the Opera (1998) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
Il fantasma dell'Opera
director: Dario Argento actor: Julian Sands / Asia Argento
other title: Il fantasma dell'Opera / Das Phantom der Oper
A series of terrifying accidents and brutal murders leave a bloody trail into the subterranean caverns of an Opera house. Below the theatre stalks a man raised by creatures of the underworld.
Identification of a Woman (1982) [Movie] IMDb TMDB NeoDB Douban WikiData
Identificazione di una donna
director: Michelangelo Antonioni actor: Tomas Milian / Daniela Silverio
other title: Identificazione di una donna / Identificação de uma Mulher
Movie director Niccolò has just been left by his wife. Subsequently he embarks on an obsessive relationship with a young woman who eventually leaves him and disappears while searching for her, he meets a variety of other willing girls. This gives him the idea of making a movie about women's relationships. He starts to search for a woman who can play the leading part in the movie.
Manon of the Spring (1986) [Movie] IMDb Douban TMDB NeoDB WikiData
Manon des sources
director: Claude Berri actor: Yves Montand / Daniel Auteuil
other title: Manon delle sorgenti / Manon og kilden
In this, the sequel to Jean de Florette, Manon has grown into a beautiful young shepherdess living in the idyllic Provencal countryside. She plots vengeance on the men who greedily conspired to acquire her father's land years earlier.
A Taste for Women (1964) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Aimez-vous les femmes ?
director: Jean Léon actor: Sophie Daumier / Guy Bedos
other title: Aimez-vous les femmes ? / Jungfrau reich garniert
A writer discovers a link between a vegetarian restaurant and a series of mysterious deaths.
Secret World (1969) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
La Promesse
director: Robert Freeman actor: Jacqueline Bisset / Jean-François Vlerick
other title: La ragazza inglese / Ein Sommer in Frankreich
Wendy is the British guest of a French couple and the daughter of the man who saved the host's life during World War II. Living with the couple is their 20-year-old son and a 12-year-old nephew whose parents were killed in an automobile accident. The father and son both try to seduce the attractive guest. The young boy retreats into his own world and dreams of being taken back to Britain by Wendy in this romantic drama. The mother spends her time bleaching her hair and is seemingly uninterested in anything that goes on with her family at the beachfront villa. Meanwhile, Wendy and the younger boy develop a fondness for each other, while his aunt and uncle fail to understand his needs.