M is really really.... well... old

5 second plot: A child murderer is terrorizing a town. The police can't seem to find him. The (very well organized) crooks of the town are sick of the fact that the police searches for the murderer in their ranks. So they decide to search for the killer themselves.

5 second review: It felt more like watching a history documentary, then like watching a fictional movie. Because there's no way around the fact that 1931 was a long time ago. Nonetheless, this movie was way ahead of his time. It's an amazing technological accomplishment and storytelling-wise a milestone in movie history.

IMDb score: 8,5/10
Our score: 6/10

Metropolis is memorable

5 second plot: In a - not so bright - future the son of the leader of a big city falls in love with a girl from the lower working class. At the same time, a crazy scientist is developing a robot. He wants to use this robot to destroy the world, basically. He needs a human soul to start up the robot. And he has one particular girl in mind.

5 second review: This is mostly a lesson in cinematic history. It's not really an entertaining feature. The overacting is really horrible. But the science fiction was way ahead of its time. The ideas used in this 1927 movie are still used in movies today. There are quite a few legendary iconic scenes you will find in every movie history book.

IMDb score: 8,4/10
Our score: 5/10

The Best Years of Our Lives is awesome

5 second plot: Three World War II veterans just got home from the war. A lot has changed in the years that they were gone. And so have they. It doesn't all come as easy as they had hoped. But they have each other. And a great family they can rely on.

5 second review: Although this is a really long movie, it never feels like a stretch. It feels like a great story about good guys that just needed to be told. It's made with great cinematography and amazing actors. The Academy did not overlook these facts and gave the movie 7 Oscars in total.

IMDb score: 8,2/10
Our score: 8/10

Yojiro is a lot of the same

5 second plot: A lone samurai comes to a town torn apart by a feud between two gangs. He decides to clean up the mess by having the two parties kill each other. And he will take care of the few that will be left standing. His plan doesn't go as smooth as he thought it would.

5 second review: The main character is pretty cool at first, like a lone ranger. It actually kinda feels like a western set in Japan. The gang members look like morons. The make-up department overdid it a little bit. And it's too much of the same for too long. It kicks in again at the end, but I was already dosing off by then.

IMDb score: 8,4/10
Our score: 5/10

Touch of Evil drove me nuts

5 second plot: A car explodes in a Mexican border town. The American police officers venture across the border to do what ever the hell they want. And then there is also a DEA agent who is there on his honeymoon. He seems to be involved someway or another.

5 second review: What a terribly overcrowded mess. The focus is only on the style of the movie. It's screaming to be looked at. I hate that. This movie drove me nuts.

IMDb score: 8,2/10
Our score: 0/10

Sunset Blvd. is a great title

5 second plot: Joe is a screenwriter in financial trouble. He can't get enough work to pay for his rent. One day he accidentally ends up in the house of Norma Desmond, a (very rich) actress from the golden age of the silent pictures. She is planning a return to the big screen and asks Joe to help her with a screenplay.

5 second review: Oh man, I can't stress enough that Gloria Swanson's acting seriously got on my nerves. It's so over the top... she simply takes it too far. It's horrible. But William Holden and Nancy Olson do a great job. They look really good together.

IMDb score: 8,6/10
Our score: 3/10

The Night of the Hunter is really weird

5 second plot: A crazy mass murderer, pretending to be a preacher man, is after a stolen 10.000 dollar. The only ones who know where it is are two kids. But they promised their dad, who was sentenced to death, not to tell anyone. The killer goes nuts when they refuse to let him in on their secret.

5 second review: It's weird to watch pure evil go after two innocent little kids. It felt totally inappropriate. What I did like was the sound editing and the composition of the images. There is now way looking past the fact that this is really special. And the LOVE - HATE tattoo? Classic.

IMDb score: 8,1/10
Our score: 2/10

Witness for the Prosecution is silly old

5 second plot: A man is accused of killing a rich woman. The fact that he will inherit all her money is not favorable to his case. He hires the best attorney there is, but this guy is so old, fat, sick and not giving a shit about his health, it would be a miracle that he makes it to the end of the trial.

5 second review: Nowadays, a fat arrogant douchebag with nasty teeth could never be a lead character, but in the '50s he was good to go. The story is not bad. The twist isn't either. But the stupid gags and the theater acting are.

IMDb score: 8,5/10
Our score: 5/10

The Seventh Seal is memorable

5 second plot: A knight returns from the Crusades and finds his home country overrun by the black plague. He is dying and in his last days he searches for the meaning of it all while playing chess with Death himself.

5 second review: I did not expect it, but this movie is totally watchable. It deals with real stuff. Of course there is also a lot of arty blabla, but there's not too much of it. The movie is also filled with memorable images, that will remain in your memory (Death, Bibi,...) forever.

IMDb score: 8,3/10
Our score: 7/10

Diabolique takes its time to get scary

5 second plot: An a-hole head principal has got a wife and a mistress. He treats them like garbage. They decide to kill him. They succeed but then the body disappears and strange things start to happen. Boo!

5 second review: It takes forever for the strange things to start to happen (and they're not very shocking anymore in this day and age). It’s not very plausible that an asshole like that would have a pretty wife and mistress. No way. Them French folk sure like to talk a lot. My god… they just can’t stop. It’s an interesting mystery, but before you get some answers you’ll be bored to death. Or no longer watching. 

IMDb score: 8,2/10

Our score: 2,5/10