A Chump at Oxford

The Rules of the Game

July 1939 •French

A weekend at a marquis’ country château lays bare some ugly truths about a group of haut bourgeois acquaintances.

Roman Holiday

August 1953 •English

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.

Hold It!

January 1937 •English

Sherlock Jr.

April 1924 •English

A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meagre skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.

El-Batal

March 1950 •Arabic

The hero is an Egyptian film produced in 1950, starring Tahia Karioka, Ismail Yassin and Shadia, directed by Hilmi Rafla

Down by Law

September 1986 •English

A disc jockey, a pimp and an Italian tourist escape from jail in New Orleans.

Singapore Sling

December 1990 •Greek

Singapore Sling is chasing after Laura, a romantic memory from his past. One night he finds himself in a mysterious villa, watching two women bury a body. He falls into their trap and, in an atmosphere of isolation and decadence, the trio act out insane pleasure games and a ritual of blood and murder.

قاضى الغرام

September 1962 •Arabic

Jewish Prudence

May 1927 •English

Papa Gimplewart, father to three children is unimpressed by the young lawyer who wants to marry his daughter.

Juno and the Paycock

June 1930 •English

During the Irish revolution, a family earns a big inheritance. They start leading a rich life, forgetting what the most important values of life really are. At the end, they discover they will not receive that inheritance; the family is destroyed and penniless. They must sell their home and start living like vagabonds.

Paper Moon

May 1973 •English

During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership.

Eating Cars

September 2021 •English

Max, a failed writer, goes in search of her estranged girlfriend while simultaneously, trying to unload a large quantity of drugs she stole off her bosses to pay for a trip back East to care for her dying mother. She also might have her dead sister in the trunk of her car.

Serial Killer of Women

January 1970 •Arabic

Desperate for a fresh story, a journalist decides to look into a mysterious wave of murders in which the victims are all women.

Al-Haz Al-Sa'eed

October 1945 •Arabic

I Love you Hassan

April 1958 •Arabic

The story of Hassan, a wealthy young man whose father seeks to marry him to his cousin, whom he doesn't love.

Banat bahari

October 1960 •Arabic

The Kid

January 1921 •English

A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son.

The Misleading Widow

September 1919 •English

The Misleading Widow is a 1919 silent film comedy starring Billie Burke as Betty Taradine. It was based on the 1917 stage play Billeted by F. Tennyson Jesse and H.M. Harwood. The film was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. It appears to be a lost film.

Yacout

March 1934 •Arabic

An Egyptian version of Topaze, adapted from the famous Pagnol play.

Shakket Al-Talaba

February 1967 •Arabic

Two college students live together in Cairo. As they fall for their neighbor Mona, they start to compete to win her favor which stirs up trouble.