William Wyler – IDLIX

The Liberation of L.B. Jones

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 02:56:24 +0000

A successful African American businessman has a quarrel with a white policeman, suspecting that he is having an affair with his wife. The policeman’s colleagues are seeking to avoid publicity.

Funny Girl

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 01:21:58 +0000

The life of famed 1930s comedienne Fanny Brice, from her early days in the Jewish slums of New York, to the height of her career with the Ziegfeld Follies, as well as her marriage to the rakish gambler Nick Arnstein.

How to Steal a Million

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 00:26:08 +0000

A woman must steal a statue from a Paris museum to help conceal her father’s art forgeries.

The Collector

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 23:31:44 +0000

Freddie is an inept bank clerk with no future. His only hobby is collecting butterflies, which gives him a feeling of power and control that is otherwise totally missing from his life. He comes into a large sum of money and buys himself a country house. Still unable to make himself at ease socially, he starts to plan on acquiring a girlfriend – in the same manner as he collects butterflies. He prepares the cellar of the house to be a collecting jar and stalks his victim over several days.

The Children’s Hour

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 19:59:05 +0000

An unruly student at a private all-girls boarding school scandalously accuses the two women who run it of having a romantic relationship.

Ben-Hur

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 18:47:14 +0000

In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of trying to kill the Roman governor, he is put into slavery and his mother and sister are taken away as prisoners.

The Big Country

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:32:26 +0000

Retired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between his future father-in-law, Major Terrill, and the rough and lawless Hannasseys over a valuable patch of land.

Friendly Persuasion

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 01:46:59 +0000

The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religious sect is strongly opposed to violence and war. It’s not easy for them to meet the rules of their religion in everyday life but when Southern troops pass the area they are in real trouble. Should they fight, despite their peaceful attitude?

The Desperate Hours

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 00:01:34 +0000

Escaped convicts terrorize a suburban family they’re holding hostage.

Roman Holiday

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 20:57:00 +0000

Overwhelmed by her suffocating schedule, touring European princess Ann takes off for a night while in Rome. When a sedative she took from her doctor kicks in, however, she falls asleep on a park bench and is found by an American reporter, Joe Bradley, who takes her back to his apartment for safety. At work the next morning, Joe finds out Ann’s regal identity and bets his editor he can get exclusive interview with her, but romance soon gets in the way.