Orson Welles
The Other Side of the Wind
The Other Side of the Wind
Surrounded by fans and skeptics, grizzled director J.J. \"Jake\" Hannaford returns from years abroad in Europe to a changed Hollywood, where he attempts to make his innovative comeback film.
Country: Iran, United States of America
F for Fake
F for Fake
Orson Welles\' final film 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.
Chimes at Midnight
Chimes at Midnight
The career of Shakespeare's Sir John Falstaff as roistering companion to young Prince Hal, circa 1400-1413.
Touch of Evil
Touch of Evil
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.
Country: United States of America
Mr. Arkadin
Mr. Arkadin
Orson Welles’s \"Mr. Arkadin\" tells the story of an elusive billionaire who hires an American smuggler to investigate his past. Welles missed the editing deadline, so the producer handed over the editing to others. Following two Spanish-dubbed versions, released in Madrid in March 1955, the first English-language version was released in London in August 1955 as \"Confidential Report\" but was never released in the US. The fourth version, called \"the Corinth version\", was discovered in 1961 and was released in the US in 1962. Finally, in 2006, \"the Criterion edit\" was released; likely to remain the one closest to Welles\' intentions.
Othello
Othello
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.
Genre: Palme d'Or winners
Black Magic
Black Magic
Hypnotist uses his powers for revenge against King Louis XV\'s court.
Country: Italy, United States of America
Macbeth
Macbeth
A Scottish warlord and his wife murder their way to a pair of crowns.
Country: United States of America
Genre: Drama
The Lady from Shanghai
The Lady from Shanghai
A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.
Country: United States of America
Genre: Best Film-Noir
The Stranger
The Stranger
Wilson of the War Crimes Commission is seeking Franz Kindler, mastermind of the Holocaust, who has effectively erased his identity. Wilson releases Kindler\'s former comrade Meinike and follows him to Harper, Connecticut, where he is killed before he can identify Kindler. Now Wilson\'s only clue is Kindler\'s fascination with antique clocks; but, though Kindler seems secure in his new identity, he feels his past closing in.
Country: United States of America
The Magnificent Ambersons
The Magnificent Ambersons
The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.
Country: United States of America
Citizen Kane
Citizen Kane
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.
Country: United States of America
Genre: Best Dramas, Best Mystery