Search results for "Roman Polanski"
To Each His Own Cinema

To Each His Own Cinema

To Each His Own Cinema
IMDb: 6.8
100

Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, “To Each His Own Cinema” brought together 33 of the world’s pre-eminent filmmakers to produce short pieces exploring the…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
The Palace

The Palace

The Palace
IMDb: 5.2
100

A comedy set on New Year’s Eve 1999 in a luxurious hotel in the Swiss Alps where the lives of various guests and those who work for them intersect.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Bad Luck

Bad Luck

Bad Luck
IMDb: 7.4
107

The story is an odyssey of a little man through Poland of 1930 to 1950. It shows his attempts to cope with a changing world which seems to have no…

Genre: Comedy
Based on a True Story

Based on a True Story

Based on a True Story
IMDb: 5.7
97

Delphine is the author of an autobiographical novel that has become a bestseller. Exhausted by the promotional tour, just when she feels out of place, paralyzed by the idea of…

The Ghost Writer

The Ghost Writer

The Ghost Writer
IMDb: 7.2
128

A writer stumbles upon a long-hidden secret when he agrees to help former British Prime Minister Adam Lang complete his memoirs on a remote island after the politician’s assistant drowns…

Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Death and the Maiden

Death and the Maiden

Death and the Maiden
IMDb: 7.3
103

A political activist is convinced that her guest is a man who once tortured her for the government.

Bitter Moon

Bitter Moon

Bitter Moon
IMDb: 7.2
139

A passenger on a cruise ship develops an irresistible infatuation with an eccentric paraplegic’s wife.

Frantic

Frantic

Frantic
IMDb: 6.9
120

The wife of an American doctor suddenly vanishes in Paris and, to find her, he navigates a puzzling web of language, locale, laissez-faire cops, triplicate-form filling bureaucrats and a defiant,…

The Tenant

The Tenant

The Tenant
IMDb: 7.6
126

A quiet and inconspicuous man rents an apartment in France where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.

What?

What?

What?
IMDb: 5.6
114

A young American woman traveling through Italy finds herself in a strange Mediterranean villa where nothing seems quite right.

Genre: Comedy
Macbeth

Macbeth

Macbeth
IMDb: 7.4
141

Scotland, 11th century. Driven by the twisted prophecy of three witches and the ruthless ambition of his wife, warlord Macbeth, bold and brave, but also weak and hesitant, betrays his…

Genre: Drama, War
Rosemary’s Baby

Rosemary’s Baby

Rosemary’s Baby
IMDb: 8
138

A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the purpose of starting a family.

The Fearless Vampire Killers

The Fearless Vampire Killers

The Fearless Vampire Killers
IMDb: 7.1
108

A noted professor and his dim-witted apprentice fall prey to their inquiring vampires, while on the trail of the ominous damsel in distress.

Genre: Comedy, Horror
Cul-de-sac

Cul-de-sac

Cul-de-sac
IMDb: 7
112

A wounded criminal and his dying partner take refuge at an old beachfront fortress. The owner of the fortress and his young wife, initially unwilling hosts, quickly experience their relationship…

Repulsion

Repulsion

Repulsion
IMDb: 7.6
105

Beautiful young manicurist Carole suffers from androphobia (the pathological fear of interaction with men). When her sister and roommate, Helen, leaves their London flat to go on an Italian holiday…

Knife in the Water

Knife in the Water

Knife in the Water
IMDb: 7.4
94

On their way to an afternoon on the lake, husband and wife Andrzej and Krystyna nearly run over a young hitchhiker. Inviting the young man onto the boat with them,…

Genre: Drama
Carnage

Carnage

Carnage
IMDb: 7.1
80

After 11-year-old Zachary Cowan strikes his classmate across the face with a stick after an argument, the victim’s parents invite Zachary’s parents to their Brooklyn apartment to deal with the…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
The Pianist

The Pianist

The Pianist
IMDb: 8.5
150

The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman’s experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing…

Genre: Drama, War
Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist
IMDb: 6.8
130

Oliver Twist the modern filmed version of Charles Dickens bestseller, a Roman Polanski adaptation. The classic Dickens tale, where an orphan meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Family
Pirates

Pirates

Pirates
IMDb: 6
124

Captain Red runs a hardy pirate ship with the able assistance of Frog, a dashing young French sailor. One day Capt. Red is captured and taken aboard a Spanish galleon,…

Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Tess

Tess

Tess
IMDb: 7.3
171

A strong-willed peasant girl is sent by her father to the estate of some local aristocrats to capitalize on a rumor that their families are from the same line. This…

Genre: Drama, Romance
The Ninth Gate

The Ninth Gate

The Ninth Gate
IMDb: 6.7
133

An all-expenses-paid international search for a rare copy of the book ‘The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows’ brings an unscrupulous book dealer deep into a world of murder,…

Genre: Mystery, Thriller
The World’s Most Beautiful Swindlers

The World’s Most Beautiful Swindlers

The World’s Most Beautiful Swindlers
IMDb: 5.6
108

Five swindle stories, taking place in five international cities: Tokyo, Japan (“Fumiko’s Five Benefactors” by Hiromichi Horikawa); Amsterdam, The Netherlands (“A River of Diamonds” by Roman Polanski); Naples, Italy (“The…

Genre: Comedy, Crime
The Fat and the Lean

The Fat and the Lean

The Fat and the Lean
IMDb: 6.2
15

A small and thin barefoot slave (played by Polanski) plays a flute and beats a drum to entertain his large master who rocks in a rocking chair in front of…

Mammals

Mammals

Mammals
IMDb: 5.6
10

“Waiting for Godot” on ice and snow, without words. Against a barren winter landscape, a figure approaches: it’s a man, pulling a small sleigh on which another man sits, plucking…

Genre: Comedy
When Angels Fall

When Angels Fall

When Angels Fall
IMDb: 6.8
21

The twenty-one-minute-film is set in a men’s public rest room and recounts the day to day existence of an elderly woman who serves as an attendant in the lavatory. As…

Genre: Fantasy
A Toothful Smile

A Toothful Smile

A Toothful Smile
IMDb: 5.7
2

A man walks down the exterior staircase of building of flats; he’s dressed to go out, taking care to wrap a scarf around his neck. He pauses as he passes…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Venus in Fur

Venus in Fur

Venus in Fur
IMDb: 7.1
96

An enigmatic actress may have a hidden agenda when she auditions for a part in a misogynistic writer’s play.

Genre: Drama
Murder

Murder

Murder
IMDb: 5.4
2

The camera shows us a door handle and the door’s striker plate; from this angle, they form a cross. The door opens and in steps someone in a dark trench…

Genre: Crime
Break Up the Dance

Break Up the Dance

Break Up the Dance
IMDb: 5.5
8

Youths get ready for a party, decorating the dance floor, cleaning out the fountain of a pond. That evening, the party starts and guests arrive: everyone has a ticket, and…

Genre: Drama
An Officer and a Spy

An Officer and a Spy

An Officer and a Spy
IMDb: 7.2
132

In 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at the Devil’s Island penal colony.

Chinatown

Chinatown

Chinatown
IMDb: 8.2
130

Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband’s extra-marital affair, Gittes…