Vincente Minnelli
1) Brigadoon
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English
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Two Americans stumble upon a Scottish village which comes to life for only one day a century. One of the men falls in love with a townswoman, and has to decide where his heart lies.
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Jerry Mulligan is an ex-G.I. and a struggling American painter in Paris. He is 'discovered' by an influential heiress with an interest in more than Jerry's art. Jerry in turn falls for Lise, a young French girl already engaged to a cabaret singer. Jerry jokes, sings and dances with his best friend, an acerbic would-be concert pianist. Romance between Jerry and Lise becomes complicated.
10) Madame Bovary
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English
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Lonely Emma Bovary longs for romance, glamour, and possessions. Wedded to a country doctor, she instead gets routine, motherhood, and penny-pinching. So, when she catches the eye of a handsome aristocrat, Emma risks all to reach for what she thinks will be happiness. Jennifer Jones stars in this lush adaptation of Gustave Flaubert's famous novel that scandalized 19th century France. The film's capstone is the stunning ballroom scene, contrasting Emma's...
11) Gigi
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English
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Gaston is weary of the conventions of society. He is a rich playboy and is the scion of a wealthy Parisian family who wants to find emotional refuge from the superficial lifestyle of upper class Parisian 1900s society. He seeks refuge with the former mistress of his uncle and her outgoing, tomboy granddaughter, Gigi. She is a youthful courtesan-in-training. When Gaston becomes aware that Gigi has matured into a woman, her grandmother and aunt urge...
12) Ziegfeld follies
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English
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A dead showman looks down upon the Earth and dreams of his perfect show. Features many stars of the WWII era.
13) Gigi
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English
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A musical set in Paris in which a girl trained as a high society courtesan falls in love with a rich and handsome boulevardier.
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It's social season in London, and amid the swirl of coming-out balls the aristocratic Broadbents are intent on giving their American-educated 17-year-old daughter Jane the right entry into society and a proper upper-class beau. One complication: flighty Mabel Claremont is eager to match that same beau with her daughter. And another: Jane, of course, has her own ideas about these matters, and an eye for a guy who's a drummer in the dance band.
18) Tea and sympathy
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English
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Drama about a teenaged boy at a New England boarding school who is wrongly accused of homosexuality. The wife of a housemaster offers the boy her understanding and love when she finds that he is deeply troubled about the accusations and questioning himself.
19) Cabin in the Sky
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During a bizarre dream in which God and Satan battle for his soul, a lazy gambling husband is guided towards redemption.
20) The pirate
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English
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A Caribbean beauty, who is engaged to a local rich man, has a mad crush on a legendary pirate. A traveling singer falls in love with the beauty and to impress her, he poses as the pirate.