Joseph Cotten — Actor (33)
Othello (1951) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Othello
director: Orson Welles actor: Orson Welles / Micheál Mac Liammóir
other title: Otello / Otelo - O Mouro de Veneza
When a secret marriage is planned between Othello, a Moorish general, and Desdemona, the daughter of Senator Brabantio, her old suitor Roderigo takes it hard. He allies himself with Iago, who has his own grudge against Othello, and the two conspire to bring Othello down. When their first plan, to have him accused of witchcraft, fails, they plant evidence intended to make him believe Desdemona is unfaithful.
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Magnificent Ambersons
director: Orson Welles actor: Joseph Cotten / Dolores Costello
other title: L'orgoglio degli Amberson / Familien Amberson
The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.
Heaven's Gate (1980) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData
Heaven's Gate
director: Michael Cimino actor: Kris Kristofferson / Christopher Walken
other title: I cancelli del cielo / As Portas do Céu
Harvard graduate James Averill serves as the sheriff of prosperous Jackson County, Wyoming, standing at the center of a conflict between impoverished immigrants and affluent cattle farmers. Politically connected ranchers enlist mercenary Nathan Champion—who is also vying for the affections of local madam Ella Watson—to combat the immigrant uprising. As tensions escalate, both Averill and Champion start to question their decisions.
Touch of Evil (1958) [Movie] TMDB IMDb Douban KevGa-NeoDB
Touch of Evil
director: Orson Welles actor: Charlton Heston / Janet Leigh
other title: L'infernale Quinlan / Politiets blinde øje
When a car bomb explodes on the American side of the U.S./Mexico border, Mexican drug enforcement agent Miguel Vargas begins his investigation, along with American police captain Hank Quinlan. When Vargas begins to suspect that Quinlan and his shady partner, Menzies, are planting evidence to frame an innocent man, his investigations into their possible corruption quickly put himself and his new bride, Susie, in jeopardy.
Under Capricorn (1949) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Under Capricorn
other title: Il peccato di Lady Considine / Sob o Signo de Capricórnio
A British ex-convict in colonial Australia and his fragile wife, haunted by the past crime that binds them, struggle to rebuild their lives when a young newcomer stirs long-buried passions and secrets.
F for Fake (1973) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB IMDb Douban WikiData
Vérités et Mensonges
director: Orson Welles actor: Orson Welles / Oja Kodar
other title: F come Falso / F wie Fälschung
Documents the lives of infamous fakers Elmyr de Hory and Clifford Irving. De Hory, who later committed suicide to avoid more prison time, made his name by selling forged works of art by painters like Picasso and Matisse. Irving was infamous for writing a fake autobiography of Howard Hughes. Welles moves between documentary and fiction as he examines the fundamental elements of fraud and the people who commit fraud at the expense of others.
Airport '77 (1977) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb Douban WikiData
Airport '77
director: Jerry Jameson actor: Jack Lemmon / Lee Grant
other title: Aeroporto 77 / Airport '77 - Verschollen im Bermuda-Dreieck
Flight 23 has crashed in the Bermuda Triangle after a hijacking gone wrong. Now the surviving passengers must brave panic, slow leaks, oxygen depletion, and more while attempting a daring plan, all while 200 feet underwater.
Niagara (1953) [Movie] NeoDB Douban IMDb TMDB WikiData
Niagara
director: Henry Hathaway actor: Marilyn Monroe / Joseph Cotten
other title: Niágara
Rose Loomis and her older, gloomier husband, George, are vacationing at a cabin in Niagara Falls, N.Y. The couple befriend Polly and Ray Cutler, who are honeymooning in the area. Polly begins to suspect that something is amiss between Rose and George, and her suspicions grow when she sees Rose in the arms of another man. While Ray initially thinks Polly is overreacting, things between George and Rose soon take a shockingly dark turn.
Shadow of a Doubt (1943) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb
Shadow of a Doubt
other title: L'ombra del dubbio / I tvivlens skygge
Just when Charlie is feeling especially frustrated by the lack of excitement in her small town in California, she receives wonderful news: Her uncle and namesake, Charlie, is coming to visit. However, as secrets about him come to the fore, her admiration turns into suspicion.
Citizen Kane (1941) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB IMDb WikiData Douban
Citizen Kane
8.4 (19 ratings) director: Orson Welles actor: Orson Welles / Joseph Cotten
other title: Quarto potere / Den Store Mand
Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.
The Third Man (1949) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb
The Third Man
8.1 (11 ratings) director: Carol Reed actor: Joseph Cotten / Alida Valli
other title: Il terzo uomo / Den tredje mand
In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a "third man" present at the time of Harry's death, running into interference from British officer Major Calloway, and falling head-over-heels for Harry's grief-stricken lover, Anna.
Soylent Green (1973) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb TMDB Douban WikiData
Soylent Green
7.0 (6 ratings) director: Richard Fleischer actor: Charlton Heston / Leigh Taylor-Young
other title: 2022: I sopravvissuti / Fremtidens rædsel
In the year 2022, overcrowding, pollution, and resource depletion have reduced society’s leaders to finding food for the teeming masses. The answer is Soylent Green.