The creme de la creme of MGM's pantheon gathers at the luxurious Grand Hotel, where "nothing ever happens." Greta Garbo is at her most radiant and poetic as the melancholy ballerina who finds a reason to dance again after she falls for the down-and-out Baron (John Barrymore) who planned to rob her. ... more about Grand Hotel
Marguerite is a courtesan in Paris. She falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand Duval. When Armand's father begs her not to ruin his hope of a career and position by marrying Armand, she acquiesces and leaves her lover. ... more about Camille
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Leading Role
New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actress
Young Christina ascends to the Swedish throne at age 5. While she is queen, Sweden becomes a dominant European power at the end of the Thirty Years War. ... more about Queen Christina
It has been 15 years since Chris has sent 5 year old Anna to live with relatives in St. Paul, and now she is coming back. Anna needs rest and a place to stay so Chris moves Marthy off his barge. ... more about Anna Christie
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Leading Role
This version of the Tolstoy classic lingers longer in Moscow during the weeks that follow the initial meeting of the starstruck lovers-to-be Vronsky and Anna Karenina. ... more about Anna Karenina
Actor Awards
New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actress
While at a ski lodge, Larry sees instructor Borg and decides to sign up for private lessons. The next thing he knows, she is Mrs. Blake. When he decides that he is going back to work on his magazine in New York the next day, Karin refuses to go with him. ... more about Two-Faced Woman
Mata Hari is a German spy, working in Paris. She has already seduced the Russian general Shubin, and has now set her eyes on lieutenant Rosanov, a a young up-and-coming officer. ... more about Mata Hari
An Austrian soldier has a passionate affair with a beautiful woman he meets while home on leave. Unfortunately, she is married to an aristocrat who challenges the soldier to a duel. ... more about Flesh and the Devil
In Austria, Katrin is lonely after her sister's marriage and she agrees to marry her father's research associate Dr. Walter Fane. Fane takes her to China but constantly ignors her in favour of his medical research. ... more about Painted Veil
Budapest bar entertainer Zara is a discontented alcoholic who is pursued by many men but lives with novelist Carl Salter. A strange man(Tony)shows up on Salter's estate claiming that Zara is actually Maria, the wife of his close friend Bruno. ... more about As You Desire Me
Even when Diana, Neville and David played together as children, Diana knew that she loved Nevs. But Morton, Nevs' father, did not like any Merrick. ... more about Woman of Affairs
Irene (Greta Garbo) is unhappily married to an older businessman, but very much in love with a handsome young lawyer. He doesn't want to add to her unhappiness by ruining her marriage; she is terrified of her husband's jealousy and anger. ... more about Kiss
Austrian Captain Karl von Raden attends the opera one evening, and meets Tania. After the performance, he takes her home, and the two of them spend the next day on a romantic outing. That evening, Karl must deliver some important plans to Berlin. ... more about Mysterious Lady
After a brief informal meeting two months earlier when they were impressed with each other, Countess Marie Walewska formally meets Napoleon Bonaparte at a ball in Warsaw. ... more about Conquest
Susan, an orphan, lives the life of Cinderella with rustic relatives. She escapes one stormy night when the fiance her relatives chose tries to force his attentions. ... more about Susan Lenox
Lillie Sterling comes with her husband, John, on a business trip to Java, expecting a second honeymoon. On the ship, she witnesses Javanese Prince De Gace mercilessly whipping a servant and shrinks in horror from the sight. ... more about Wild Orchids
Lars Hanson, one of Sweden's biggest stars, plays Gösta Berling, a defrocked priest who encounters a series of adventures and loves in his tumultuous journey to redemption. ... more about Gösta Berlings saga
In a masked ball in Paris, Manuel Robledo, a young Argentinian architect, meets Elena, the Marquess of Torre Blanca. Later, the young woman is rightly accused causing the misfortune and loss of wealth of Fontenoy, a man who fell for her charms. ... more about Temptress
Ceci est l`histoire d`une jeune fille (Amy) dont la vie est perturbée par l`arrivée d`une tante mystérieuse. Il semblerait que cette derničre pratiquerait la magie noire et s`en servirait pour gagner une place dans sa famille. ... more about Kiss
Leonora is a Spanish peasant girl who falls in love with her landlord's son Don Rafael Bull. To prevent his son from marrying beneath his station, Don Rafael's father banishes Leonora. ... more about Torrent
In Czarist Russia, Anna Karenina falls in love with the dashing military officer Count Vronsky and abandons her husband and child to become Vronsky's mistress. Tragedy ensues when Vronsky chooses his military career over Anna. ... more about Love
Young Harry is in love and wants to marry an actress, much to the displeasure of his family. Harry thinks that Bishop Armstrong knows nothing about love so Armstrong tells him the story of Rita and himself. ... more about Romance
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Leading Role
In the Roaring Twenties, the double standard is alive and well: wives stay home playing bridge, husbands party with flappers and then lie about where they've been. Arden Stuart wants something else: freedom, equality, and honesty in love. She tries first, with tragic results, with a chauffeur. ... more about Single Standard