1969

Based on the plot of Euripides’ Medea. Medea centers on the barbarian protagonist as she finds her position in the Greek world threatened, and the revenge she takes against her…

In a captivating tale, a magical silk top-hat becomes the center of a whimsical conflict between a washed-up magician and a group of spirited schoolchildren. Their discovery brings Frosty the…

A low-budget movie explores the different elements that drove a man to commandeer a plane and divert it to Cuba.

In “Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room (1969),” we follow Oryu the Red Peony, a female yakuza on a journey of self-discovery after her father’s death. She rekindles…

A romance set against the backdrop of war.

Intellectually driven doctoral student Rosamund Stacey, while undertaking graduate work at the British Museum, becomes pregnant after a brief affair with a television newsreader. Against the advice of her best…

A beautiful virgin inherits a castle, but when she arrives at it, she finds that the inhabitants include a strange nobleman and a bevy of beautiful women she suspects may…

This 1969 film is a mockumentary that follows the life of an inept and perpetually unlucky criminal, Virgil Starkwell, portrayed by Woody Allen, who also directed the film. The narrative…

A man and his girlfriend plan to rob the mansion of the man’s eccentric but wealthy aunt. However, the aunt keeps dozens of cats in her home, and the man…

A classic caper film from 1969, this movie follows the story of Charlie Croker, played by Michael Caine, who orchestrates an elaborate gold heist in Turin, Italy. The plan involves…

A psychic researcher and his assistants investigate a series of murders of beautiful young women.

The Mexican guerilla leader Tepepa and his gang fight against the chief of police, Cascorro.

Set in the sordid underworld of drug trafficking and prostitutes, this story involves Charlie Smith, private eye, whose job it is to find Carrie Friskine and fast! Carrie, a cat…

A deranged sexual predator maintains control over his childlike girlfriend, Vicky, using sweets, playthings, and even hot wax. However, when they plot to murder a rich lesbian, Vicky finds herself…