Sunset Blvd. (1950), Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964), Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988), Possessed (1947), Payment on Demand (1951), Tales of Terror (1962), Lost and Delirious (2001), The Lost Moment (1947) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Melodramatic movies.
Storyline: The 1920's and 30's career of singer Helen Morgan is followed from her early days singing outdoors in a carnival, through her speak-easy and chorus-girl days, to her stardom on Broadway in Ziegfeld's "Show Boat". Her involvement with Larry Maddux, a gin-runner and con-man, and Russell Wade, a prominent, married New York lawyer, and her decline thanks to these failed romances and alcohol are punctuated by performances of many of the songs she made famous.—Ron Kerrigan <mvg@whidbey.com>
Plot Keywords: biography, drama, musical, romance, historical, tragedy, classic ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The wife of a British Judge is caught in a self-destructive love affair with a Royal Air Force pilot.
Plot Keywords: drama, romance, british, marriage, world war ii, post-war, emotion ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Seven mini-stories of adultery: "Funeral Possession", a wayward widow at her husband's funeral; "Amateur Night", angry wife becomes a streetwalker out of revenge; "Two Against One", seemingly prudish girl turns out otherwise; "Super Simone", wife vainly attempts to divert her over-engrossed writer husband; "At the Opera", a battle over a supposedly exclusive dress; "Suicides", a death pact; and "Snow", would-be suitor is actually a private detective hired by jealous husband.—Herman Seifer <alagain@aol.com>
Plot Keywords: comedy, drama, female perspective, anthology, marriage, romance, 1960s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Lisbeth is a modern woman who thinks that marriage is old fashioned. She has two men in her life; Steve, who wants to marry her and Alan, who wants her to travel with him. Despite all the warnings by her friends and family, Lisbeth goes to Mexico with Alan where she is happy until she finds out that he has a wife in Paris and that he is leaving for his next job without her. Devastated, she spends a few years in Europe being the life of the party. While her reputation is well known, her life of gaiety has not made her happy.—Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>
Plot Keywords: romance, drama, classic, black and white, 1930s, hollywood, marriage ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Story of the night that Mary Shelley gave birth to the horror classic "Frankenstein." Disturbed drug induced games are played and ghost stories are told one rainy night at the mad Lord Byron's country estate. Personal horrors are revealed and the madness of the evening runs from sexual fantasy to fiercest nightmare. Mary finds herself drawn into the sick world of her lover Shelley and cousin Claire as Byron leads them all down the dark paths of their souls.—Susan Southall <stobchatay@aol.com>
Plot Keywords: horror, gothic, psychological thriller, historical, dark, supernatural, romance ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Pregnant porn star Elektra Luxx is trying to make a split from the adult film industry by making a living teaching sex classes to housewives. But her life is thrown into disarray when a flight attendant with ties to Elektra's past approaches her for a favor. Chaos and hilarity ensue as fiancees, private investigators, a twin sister, best selling authors and even the Virgin Mary force her to face up to an unexpected series of decisions and revelations.—Newport Beach Film Festival
Plot Keywords: comedy, drama, erotic, adult, female lead, indie film, sequel ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Two Indian Secret Service Agents, Ajay Saxena and Abdul, are not only co-workers, but also live like brothers and family. Their Chief asks Abdul to take charge of Project M, dealing with India's nuclear capability for defense, while Ajay proceeds on a vacation to Switzerland. Once there, he meets with beautiful Anju and both fall in love with each other. When he returns to India, he is told that Abdul has been killed, the file pertaining to Project M is missing, and he is assigned the task of not only recovering the file but also apprehending the culprits. Ajay sets out to Bangalore and finds that Anju also lives there with her wealthy businessman dad, Brij Mohan alias BM.. Ajay will soon find out that his romance with Anju is short-lived as her dad may be connected with the masterminds who had the secret file stolen, and are now determined to do away with Ajay as they had with Abdul.—rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)
Plot Keywords: action, adventure, drama, romance, family, bollywood, 1990s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In this fictionalized biopic inspired by the brief life of the 1930s screen siren Jean Harlow (Carroll Baker), Harlow arrives in Los Angeles as a teenager, pushed into showbiz by her mother (Angela Lansbury) and stepfather (Raf Vallone). Kindhearted agent Arthur Landau (Red Buttons) becomes Jean's mentor, while a devious Howard Hughes-like mogul (Leslie Nielsen) grows infatuated with the beautiful young actress. Harlow herself falls for producer Paul Bern (Peter Lawford) before tragedy strikes.
Plot Keywords: biography, drama, hollywood, classic, black and white, actress, true story ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Sir Richard (John Turner) and his second wife (Heather Sears) hear of 18th-century evil done by someone who looks like Sir Richard.
Plot Keywords: horror, thriller, gothic, british film, black and white, psychological horror, murder ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A Greek shipping tycoon's (Raf Vallone) second wife (Melina Mercouri) has a tragic affair with her stepson (Anthony Perkins).
Plot Keywords: drama, romance, tragedy, family, marriage, betrayal, desire ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Believing his sister (Gwendoline Watford) is dead, mad aristocrat Roderick Usher (Kay Tendeter) buries her alive.
Plot Keywords: gothic horror, black and white, psychological thriller, supernatural, 1950s, american film, classic horror ...
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