Some Well-Connected Movies
North by Northwest

A hapless New York advertising executive is mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and is pursued across the country while he looks for a way to survive.
1959
James Mason
actor
The Night of the Hunter

A religious fanatic marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real daddy hid $10,000 he'd stolen in a robbery.
1955
Shelley Winters
actor
Paths of Glory

After refusing to attack an enemy position, a general accuses the soldiers of cowardice and their commanding officer must defend them.
1957
Stanley Kubrick
director
Lolita
A middle-aged college professor becomes infatuated with a fourteen-year-old nymphet.
1962
James Mason
actor
Shelley Winters
actor
Stanley Kubrick
director
The Fall of the Roman Empire

The death of Marcus Aurelius leads to a succession crisis, in which the deceased emperor's son, Commodus, demonstrates that he is unwilling to let anything undermine his claim to the Roman Empire.
1964
James Mason
actor
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

An insane general triggers a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically try to stop.
1964
Stanley Kubrick
director