Robert Wise Movies

  • 1952
    The Captive City

    The Captive City

    The Captive City

    6.11952HD

    A small-town newspaper editor defies threats to expose the mob.

    The Captive City
  • 1986
    Wisdom

    Wisdom

    Wisdom

    5.81986HD

    Unable to find work after a past felony, graduate John Wisdom and his girlfriend embark on a cross-country bank-robbing spree in order to aid...

    Wisdom
  • 1950
    Two Flags West

    Two Flags West

    Two Flags West

    6.21950HD

    A group of confedarate prisoners is sent to a unionist fort in the west to help the local garrison to fight the indians.

    Two Flags West
  • 1946
    Criminal Court

    Criminal Court

    Criminal Court

    5.21946HD

    A lawyer who is planning to run for District Attorney accidentally kills a gangster who owns the nightclub where the attorney's girlfriend is a...

    Criminal Court
  • 1944
    Mademoiselle Fifi

    Mademoiselle Fifi

    Mademoiselle Fifi

    5.81944HD

    In occupied France during the Franco-Prussian War, a young French laundress shares a coach ride with several of her condescending social superiors....

    Mademoiselle Fifi
  • 1992
    Visions of Light

    Visions of Light

    Visions of Light

    6.91992HD

    Cameramen and women discuss the craft and art of cinematography and of the "DP" (the director of photography), illustrating their points with clips...

    Visions of Light
  • 1950
    Three Secrets

    Three Secrets

    Three Secrets

    6.41950HD

    A five-year-old boy is the sole survivor of a devastating plane crash in the mountains of California. When the newspapers reveal the boy was adopted...

    Three Secrets
  • 1943
    The Fallen Sparrow

    The Fallen Sparrow

    The Fallen Sparrow

    5.71943HD

    Imprisoned during the Spanish Civil War, John "Kit" McKittrick is released when a New York City policeman pulls some strings. Upon returning to...

    The Fallen Sparrow
  • 1996
    A Century of Science Fiction

    A Century of Science Fiction

    A Century of Science Fiction

    6.91996HD

    American Documentary, narrated by Christopher Lee

    A Century of Science Fiction
  • 1990
    With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film

    With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film

    With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film

    01990HD

    A two-and-a-half hour documentary retrospective on the career of Orson Welles.

    With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
  • 1989
    Rooftops

    Rooftops

    Rooftops

    4.81989HD

    T, as most of his friends, lives in a self-constructed 'house', built on top of an old building in the city. Their one passion is 'combat'. Combat is...

    Rooftops
  • 1996
    The Battle Over Citizen Kane

    The Battle Over Citizen Kane

    The Battle Over Citizen Kane

    7.21996HD

    Documentary about the battle between Orson Welles and William Randolph Hearst over Welles' Citizen Kane (1941). Features interviews with Welles' and...

    The Battle Over Citizen Kane
  • 1939
    5th Ave Girl

    5th Ave Girl

    5th Ave Girl

    71939HD

    A wealthy man hires a poor girl to play his mistress in order to get more attention from his neglectful family.

    5th Ave Girl
  • 1997
    Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years

    Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years

    Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years

    7.21997HD

    The first half century of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation from its beginnings under Hungarian immigrant William Fox to it emergence as a major...

    Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
  • 1990
    Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

    Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

    Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

    01990HD

    Abandoned by his father, he was a reform school kid with nothing going for him and a giant chip on his shoulder. He joined the Marines but never...

    Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
  • 1948
    Mystery in Mexico

    Mystery in Mexico

    Mystery in Mexico

    5.81948HD

    Insurance detective Steve Hastings is sent by his company to investigate the disappearance of a fellow agent. His first lead is the agent's fetching...

    Mystery in Mexico
  • 2000
    A Storm in Summer

    A Storm in Summer

    A Storm in Summer

    5.82000HD

    Set in 1969, Abel Shaddick, a crotchety deli owner, has a grudge against virtually everyone in his upstate New York town of Fairview, particularly...

    A Storm in Summer
  • 1995
    Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir

    Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir

    Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir

    01995HD

    One of the first film noir documentaries, made for British Channel Four, and including interviews with Paul Schrader, Robert Wise, John Dahl, Bryan...

    Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir
  • 2003
    West Side Memories

    West Side Memories

    West Side Memories

    02003HD

    Documentary attached to the 50th anniversary MGM Blu-ray collection of "West Side Story" (1961). Details how this successful stage production was...

    West Side Memories
  • 1994
    Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her

    Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her

    Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her

    01994HD

    As the first "blonde bombshell," Mae West reigned supreme and changed the nation's view of women, sex and race — on stage, in films, on radio...

    Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her