Roman Polanski
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Roman Polanski's first feature is a brilliant psychological thriller that many critics still consider among his greatest work. The story is simple, yet the implications of its characters' emotions and actions are profound. When a young hitchhiker joins a couple on a weekend yacht trip, psychological warfare breaks out as the two men compete for the woman's attention. A storm forces the small crew below deck, and tension builds to a violent climax....
2) Venus in Fur
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
A mysterious, sexy actress seduces and dominates an unsuspecting theater director in Roman Polanski's erotic, kinky comedy. Adapted from the Tony Award-winning play.
Pub. Date
1974.
Description
Desperate for virgin blood, Count Dracula – Udo Kier in the performance Flavorwire calls “one of cinema’s Top 5 best Draculas” – journeys to an Italian villa only to discover the family’s three young daughters are also coveted by the estate’s Marxist stud (Joe Dallesandro). Stefania Casini and Bicycle Thieves director Vittorio De Sica co-star – with an unforgettable cameo by Roman Polanski – in “one of the most unique vampire films...
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
Paulina Escobar is a political activist whose husband is a prominent lawyer in an unnamed South American country just out of a dictatorship. One day a storm forces her husband to ride home with a neighbor. That chance encounter brings up demons from her past, as she is convinced that the neighbor (Dr. Miranda) was part of the old fascist regime that tortured and raped her, while blindfolded. Paulina takes him captive to determine the truth. Paulina...
Pub. Date
2010.
Description
When a gifted ghostwriter (Ewan McGregor) is hired to write the memoirs of former British Prime Minister Adam Lang (Pierce Brosnan), he quickly finds himself trapped in a web of political and sexual intrigue. Lang is implicated in a scandal over his administration's harsh tactics, and as the ghostwriter digs into the politician's past, he discovers secrets that threaten to jeopardize international relations forever. Co-starring Olivia Williams and...
6) Chinatown
Series
Pub. Date
c1999
Description
Private eye Jake Gittes, living off the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-war Southern California is hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair. Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together for one, unforgettable night in Chinatown.
Pub. Date
1994.
Description
Onoff (Gérard Depardieu) is a famed author who has become a recluse in recent years, publishing nothing. One night, he is picked up by police officers, who find him running across the French countryside in the rain, breathless and apparently suffering from short-term memory loss. A murder has been committed in the nearby woods, and suspecting Onoff's involvement, the authorities detain him at a leaky, dark command post to await the arrival of an...
8) The Tenant
Pub. Date
1976.
Description
Director Roman Polanski casts himself in the lead of the psychological thriller THE TENANT. Trelkovsky (Polanski) rents an apartment in a spooky old residential building, where his neighbors — mostly old recluses — eye him with suspicious contempt. Upon discovering that the apartment's previous tenant, a beautiful young woman, jumped from the window in a suicide attempt, Trelkovsky begins obsessing over the dead woman. Growing increasingly paranoid,...
Series
Formats
Description
A young couple moves in to an apartment only to be surrounded by peculiar neighbors and occurrences. When the wife (Mia Farrow) becomes pregnant, paranoia over the safety of her unborn child begins to control her life. Winner of the Best Actress in a Supporting Role Award (Ruth Gordon) at the **Academy Awards** and the **Golden Globes.** Nominated for Best Actress (Mia Farrow) at the **BAFTA Awards.** *"One of the finest horror movies ever made."...
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Description
When a gifted ghostwriter is hired to write the memoirs of former British Prime Minister Adam Lang, he quickly finds himself trapped in a web of political and sexual intrigue. Lang is implicated in a scandal over his administration's harsh tactics, and as the ghostwriter digs into the politician's past, he discovers secrets that threaten to jeopardize international relations forever.
11) Chinatown
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Special ed.; Widescreen ed.
Description
A private detective finds himself in over his head as he takes on a case involving the most rich and powerful people in Chinatown. Bonus features include interviews, featurettes, and more.
12) The ghost writer
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
When a gifted ghostwriter is hired to write the memoirs of former British Prime Minister Adam Lang, he quickly finds himself trapped in a web of political and sexual intrigue. Lang is implicated in a scandal over his administration's harsh tactics, and as the ghostwriter digs into the politician's past, he discovers secrets that threaten to jeopardize international relations forever.
13) The Ninth gate
Pub. Date
2000
Description
A rare book dealer, while seeking out the last two copies of a demon text, gets drawn into a conspiracy with supernatural overtones.
14) The pianist
Pub. Date
c2002
Edition
Full screen version.
Description
Based on the memoirs of Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish Jew, who was a brilliant pianist. He watched as his family was shipped off to Nazi labor camps. He managed to escape and lived for years in the ruins of Warsaw, hiding from the Nazis.