Oscar-bait, 1948-style. Nominated for 12 Oscars, but winning only one (Jane Wyman, Best Actress), it's the story of a deaf woman who is raped and later put on trial for murder. This is the type of movie that Dancer in the Dark was deconstructing, and it plods along without the Von Trierian irony. I could tell it was going to be uninteresting from the first shot of Belinda. She looks like a cross between Amelie and Balthazar.

Terrific near-forgotten classic. Nominated for 12 Academy awards including Best Picture, won only for best actress (Jane Wyman). Very engaging, if a little dated, look at rural eastern Canada.