6 Best Curt Bois Movies

By Vlad Zakh · July 13, 2026

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Curt Bois enjoyed one of cinema’s longest careers, spanning from German silent films to Hollywood’s golden age and finally to Wim Wenders’s art-house classics.

Wings of Desire (1987) 01

Wings of Desire (1987)

IMDb ★ 7.8

An invisible angel watching over divided Berlin longs to become human after falling in love with a mortal woman.

Hold Back the Dawn (1941) 02

Hold Back the Dawn (1941)

IMDb ★ 6.7

A stranded European immigrant marries an unsuspecting American schoolteacher to gain entry into the United States.

The Lady in Question (1940) 03

The Lady in Question (1940)

IMDb ★ 6.7

A juror's acquittal of a woman accused of murder leads him to take her into his own household.

Boom Town (1940) 04

Boom Town (1940)

IMDb ★ 7.0

Two wildcatting oilmen's decades-long friendship and rivalry is complicated by fortune, failure, and the same woman.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) 05

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)

IMDb ★ 7.3

A deformed bell-ringer risks everything to protect a persecuted gypsy woman from a corrupt magistrate.

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) 06

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)

IMDb ★ 7.0

A respected physician infiltrates a gang of jewel thieves to study the criminal mind, with dangerous results.

Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

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