Orson Welles Movies

When an unauthorized letter is sent to Moscow alleging the U.S. government's willingness to help Russia attack China, former naval officer Charles...

Four short films by four different directors dealing with the principles of modern life.

Explore the personal and professional triumphs and challenges of actor Natalie Wood, which have often been overshadowed by her premature death.

“Our modern technology has achieved a degree of sophistication beyond our wildest dreams. But this technology has exacted a pretty heavy price....

In January 1943 the German army, afraid of an Allied invasion of the Balkans, launched a great offensive against Yugoslav Partisans in Western...

Moby Dick is an unfinished film by Orson Welles, filmed in 1971. It is not to be confused with the incomplete (and now lost) 1955 film Welles made of...

Uplifting modern day parable about mankind getting along together. Narrated by Orson Welles. Animation directed by Sam Weiss.

Life and times of Nikola Tesla, famous scientist whose inventions were stolen, but whose greatest contribution to mankind remain a mystery to this...

Documents the lives of infamous fakers Elmyr de Hory and Clifford Irving. De Hory, who later committed suicide to avoid more prison time, made his...

Martin Scorsese celebrates American movies from the silent classics to the Hollywood of the seventies.

Footage shot for Orson Welles' unfinished and unreleased film project, edited into a short documentary.

A celebration of the life and career of one of America's most influential and celebrated filmmakers and comedians—Buster Keaton—whose...

Variations on the cultural and intellectual explosion in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés district in 1946.

An American ballistics expert in Turkey finds himself targeted by Nazi agents. Safe passage home by ship is arranged for him, but he soon discovers...

A luxury liner carries Jewish refugees from Hitler's Germany in a desperate fight for survival.

The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City...

The Mexican guerilla leader Tepepa and his gang fight against the chief of police, Cascorro.

Wealthy passengers fogged in at London's Heathrow Airport fight to survive a variety of personal trials.

Two sets of identical twins are accidentally switched at birth. One pair, Phillipe and Pierre DeSisi, are aristocratic and haughty, while the other,...

As his life comes to its end, famous Hollywood director Orson Welles puts it all on the line at the chance for renewed success with the film The...