Orson Welles

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.

Dir. Orson Welles · With Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore

In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a "third man" present at the time of Harry's death, running into interference from British officer Major Calloway, and falling head-over-heels for Harry's grief-stricken lover, Anna.

Dir. Carol Reed · With Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Trevor Howard

A border-town bombing draws Mexican investigator Miguel Vargas into a corruption-ridden police investigation led by crooked captain Hank Quinlan, setting off a deadly struggle over power, justice, and truth.

Dir. Orson Welles · With Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles

The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux has been laid-off. To make money for his wife and child, he marries wealthy widows and then murders them. His crime spree eventually works against him when two particular widows break his normal routine.

Dir. Charlie Chaplin · With Charlie Chaplin, Mady Correll, Allison Roddan

An investigator from the War Crimes Commission travels to Connecticut to find an infamous Nazi, who may be hiding out in a small town in the guise of a distinguished professor engaged to the Supreme Court Justice’s daughter.

Dir. Orson Welles · With Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young, Orson Welles

A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.

Dir. Orson Welles · With Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles, Everett Sloane

Arrested for an unnamed crime, Josef K. is trapped in a surreal bureaucratic maze where justice is unknowable and guilt is assumed.

Dir. Orson Welles · With Anthony Perkins, Romy Schneider, Orson Welles

Henry IV usurps the English throne, sets in motion the factious War of the Roses and now faces a rebellion led by Northumberland scion Hotspur. Henry's heir, Prince Hal, is a ne'er-do-well carouser who drinks and causes mischief with his low-class friends, especially his rotund father figure, John Falstaff. To redeem his title, Hal may have to choose between allegiance to his real father and loyalty to his friend.

Dir. Orson Welles · With Orson Welles, Keith Baxter, John Gielgud

Four short films by four different directors dealing with the principles of modern life.

Dir. Jean-Luc Godard, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Ugo Gregoretti, Roberto Rossellini · With Rosanna Schiaffino, Bruce Balaban, Maria Pia Schiaffino

A depiction of the conflict between King Henry VIII of England and his Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas More, who refuses to swear the Oath of Supremacy declaring Henry Supreme Head of the Church in England.

Dir. Fred Zinnemann · With Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Leo McKern

The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.

Dir. Orson Welles · With Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Anne Baxter

Manipulated by his jealous ensign Iago, the Moorish general Othello is driven to believe that his new wife Desdemona is unfaithful, setting in motion a chain of deception, jealousy, and violence that leads to tragedy.

Dir. Orson Welles · With Orson Welles, Micheál Mac Liammóir, Robert Coote

Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth commits a treasonous act and takes the throne for himself.

Dir. Orson Welles · With Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Dan O'Herlihy

After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocked to find Napoleon has escaped and has caused the French Army to defect from the King back to him. The best of the British generals, the Duke of Wellington, beat Napolean's best generals in Spain and Portugal, but now must beat Napoleon himself with an Anglo Allied army.

Dir. Sergey Bondarchuk · With Rod Steiger, Christopher Plummer, Orson Welles

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.

Dir. Orson Welles, François Reichenbach · With Orson Welles, Oja Kodar, Elmyr de Hory

Two close friends' plan to execute a flawless crime is crushed when one of them inadvertently leaves his glasses at the crime scene.

Dir. Richard Fleischer · With Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman, Orson Welles

Accused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners.

Dir. Martin Ritt · With Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa

Claiming that he doesn't know his own past, a rich man enlists an ex-con with an odd bit of detective work. Gregory Arkadin says he can't remember anything before the late 1920s, and convict Guy Van Stratten is happy to take the job of exploring his new acquaintance's life story. Guy's research turns up stunning details about his employer's past, and as his work seems linked to untimely deaths, the mystery surrounding Mr. Arkadin deepens.

Dir. Orson Welles · With Orson Welles, Akim Tamiroff, Grégoire Aslan

After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Edward Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?

Dir. Robert Stevenson · With Orson Welles, Joan Fontaine, Margaret O'Brien

As his life comes to its end, famous Hollywood director Orson Welles puts it all on the line at the chance for renewed success with the film The Other Side of the Wind.

Dir. Morgan Neville · With Alan Cumming, Peter Bogdanovich, Oja Kodar

The Autobots must stop a colossal planet-consuming robot who goes after the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. At the same time, they must defend themselves against an all-out attack from the Decepticons.

Dir. Nelson Shin · With Judd Nelson, Peter Cullen, Frank Welker

At a media-swamped party to celebrate his seventieth birthday and screen his avant-garde film-in-progress, a legendary but jaded Hollywood director is faced both with voracious fans and unsettling questions about what became of his lead actor.

Dir. Orson Welles · With John Huston, Oja Kodar, Peter Bogdanovich

An American ballistics expert in Turkey finds himself targeted by Nazi agents. Safe passage home by ship is arranged for him, but he soon discovers that his pursuers are also on board.

Dir. Norman Foster · With Joseph Cotten, Dolores del Río, Ruth Warrick

Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James thinks up the ultimate plan - that every agent will be named 'James Bond'. One of the Bonds, whose real name is Evelyn Tremble is sent to take on Le Chiffre in a game of baccarat, but all the Bonds get more than they can handle.

Dir. Robert Parrish, Val Guest, Ken Hughes, John Huston, Joseph McGrath · With David Niven, Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress