Films

Down in the Deep
A pearl fisherman meets the Queen of the Deep at the bottom of the ocean in this silent fantasy from 1907.

South: Ernest Shackleton & the Endurance Expedition
The story of the 1914–1916 Antarctic exploration mission of Sir Ernest Shackleton. The ship sails south, breaking the ice, and ultimately getting trapped by the fast-changing weather.

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
In this seminal masterpiece of German Expressionist cinema, a hypnotist brings a man under his control and turns him into a somnambulist, or sleepwalker, who commits murders.

Our Heavenly Bodies
An exploration of the whole human knowledge of the 1920s about the world and the universe.

Of the Deep: Films by the Department of Tropical Research
A deep dive into the 1927 to 1934 films of the Department of Tropical Research, famous for record-breaking submersible dives of discovery thousands of feet under the sea.

King Kong
A film crew goes to a tropical island for an exotic location shoot and discovers a colossal gorilla who takes a shine to their blonde female star.

Bride of Frankenstein
Dr. Frankenstein (goaded by an even madder scientist) builds his monster a mate.

The Lady Vanishes
When an elderly lady disappears from a train, everyone aboard denies that she ever existed...except Iris, who must save her new friend and prove that she's the victim of conspiracy, not delusion.

The Wizard of Oz
Dorothy Gale is swept away to a magical land in a tornado and embarks on a quest to see the Wizard who can help her return home.

The Grapes of Wrath
A poor Midwest family, forced off of their land, travels to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Jekyll allows his dark side to run wild when he drinks a potion that turns him into the evil Mr. Hyde.

Ball of Fire
A group of ivory-tower lexicographers realize they need to hear how real people talk, and end up helping a beautiful singer avoid police and escape from the mob.

Madame Curie
Despite himself, accomplished physicist and avowed bachelor Pierre Curie falls for brilliant student Marie, and together they embark on the discovery of radium.

Looney Tunes
Eh, what's up, doc? Classic animated shorts featuring America's favorite wabbit and friends.

Double Indemnity
An insurance representative lets himself be talked into a murder/insurance fraud scheme that arouses an insurance investigator's suspicions.

Arsenic and Old Lace
A drama critic learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are homicidal maniacs, and that insanity runs in his family.

The Picture of Dorian Gray
After he trades away his soul, a hedonistic man's beauty and youth are untouched by time and his increasingly debauched and criminal lifestyle, while his painted portrait becomes monstrous.

Spellbound
A psychiatrist protects the identity of an amnesia patient accused of murder while attempting to recover his memory.

The Best Years of Our Lives
Three returning servicemen struggle to adjust to life at home after World War II.

Panic in the Streets
A doctor and a policeman in New Orleans have only 48 hours to locate a killer infected with pneumonic plague.

Ace in the Hole
An amoral newspaper reporter washes up in dead-end Albuquerque, happens upon the scoop of a lifetime, and will do anything to keep getting headlines.

The Day the Earth Stood Still
An alien lands and tells the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets.