Melodrama

With themes of love, suffering, betrayal, sacrifice, and redemption, melodrama puts its audiences through the emotional wringer.

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198 Ali: Fear Eats the Soul Ali: Fear Eats the Soul Rainer Werner Fassbinder Germany, 1974
1012 All About My Mother All About My Mother Pedro Almodóvar Spain, 1999
95 All That Heaven Allows All That Heaven Allows Douglas Sirk United States, 1955
912 An Actor’s Revenge An Actor’s Revenge Kon Ichikawa Japan, 1963
507 Bigger Than Life Bigger Than Life Nicholas Ray United States, 1956
740 The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant Rainer Werner Fassbinder West Germany, 1972
977 Blue Velvet Blue Velvet David Lynch United States, 1986
203 The BRD Trilogy The BRD Trilogy    
719 Une chambre en ville Une chambre en ville Jacques Demy France, 1982
993 The Cloud-Capped Star The Cloud-Capped Star Ritwik Ghatak India, 1960
1028 Dance, Girl, Dance Dance, Girl, Dance Dorothy Arzner United States, 1940
427 Death of a Cyclist Death of a Cyclist Juan Antonio Bardem Spain, 1955
1188 Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart Wayne Wang United States, 1985
688 Dry Summer Dry Summer Metin Erksan Turkey, 1964
Eclipse Series 26: Silent Naruse Eclipse Series 26: Silent Naruse    
Eclipse Series 27: Raffaello Matarazzo’s Runaway Melodramas Eclipse Series 27: Raffaello Matarazzo’s Runaway Melodramas    
Eclipse Series 36: Three Wicked Melodramas from Gainsborough Pictures Eclipse Series 36: Three Wicked Melodramas from Gainsborough Pictures    
946 Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day Rainer Werner Fassbinder Germany, 1972
929 Female Trouble Female Trouble John Waters United States, 1974
690 The Housemaid The Housemaid Kim Ki-young South Korea, 1960
1139 Hôtel du Nord Hôtel du Nord Marcel Carné France, 1938
1167 Imitation of Life Imitation of Life John M. Stahl United States, 1934
810 In a Lonely Place In a Lonely Place Nicholas Ray United States, 1950
656 Jubal Jubal Delmer Daves United States, 1956
503 Lola Montès Lola Montès Max Ophuls Germany, 1955
457 Magnificent Obsession Magnificent Obsession Douglas Sirk United States, 1954
860 Mildred Pierce Mildred Pierce Michael Curtiz United States, 1945
296 Le notti bianche Le notti bianche Luchino Visconti Italy, 1957
1004 Now, Voyager Now, Voyager Irving Rapper United States, 1942
995 Polyester Polyester John Waters United States, 1981
1129 Rouge Rouge Stanley Kwan Hong Kong, 1987
556 Senso Senso Luchino Visconti Italy, 1954
949 A Story from Chikamatsu A Story from Chikamatsu Kenji Mizoguchi Japan, 1954
1006 The Story of Temple Drake The Story of Temple Drake Stephen Roberts United States, 1933
832 The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum Kenji Mizoguchi Japan, 1939
Street of Shame Street of Shame Kenji Mizoguchi Japan, 1956
835 Valley of the Dolls Valley of the Dolls Mark Robson United States, 1967
1222 Victims of Sin Victims of Sin Emilio Fernández Mexico, 1951
377 When a Woman Ascends the Stairs When a Woman Ascends the Stairs Mikio Naruse Japan, 1960
Women of the Night Women of the Night Kenji Mizoguchi Japan, 1948
855 Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Pedro Almodóvar Spain, 1988
96 Written on the Wind Written on the Wind Douglas Sirk United States, 1956

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