Search results for "1955"
Geordie

Geordie

Geordie
IMDb: 6.9
95

Concerned about his small stature, a young Scottish boy applies for a mail-order body building course, successfully gaining both height and strength. The film was released as “Wee Geordie” in…

The Ship That Died of Shame

The Ship That Died of Shame

The Ship That Died of Shame
IMDb: 6.8
95

After World War II the crew of a motor gunboat join together to buy their old vessel and go into business for themselves. This may sound like a laudable scheme,…

Genre: Crime, Drama
Pather Panchali

Pather Panchali

Pather Panchali
IMDb: 8.4
125

Impoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work.

Genre: Drama
Back to School

Back to School

Back to School
IMDb: 7.4
24

In a small village in Provence, on the first day of school, a young boy throws his bag into the river on a bet, and the retrieval of it leads…

Picnic

Picnic

Picnic
IMDb: 7.1
109

Labor Day in a small Kansas farm town. Hal, a burly and resolute drifter, jumps off a dusty freight train car with the purpose of visiting Alan, a former college…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Cult of the Cobra

Cult of the Cobra

Cult of the Cobra
IMDb: 5.7
82

While stationed in Asia, six American G.I.’s witness the secret ritual of Lamians (worshipers of women who can change into serpents). When discovered by the cult, the High Lamian Priest…

Genre: Horror
Mr. Arkadin

Mr. Arkadin

Mr. Arkadin
IMDb: 7.2
99

Claiming that he doesn’t know his own past, a rich man enlists an ex-con with an odd bit of detective work. Gregory Arkadin says he can’t remember anything before the…

Six Bridges to Cross

Six Bridges to Cross

Six Bridges to Cross
IMDb: 6.8
96

Follow the evolution of a small time juvenile delinquent hood to a big time racketeer. Based on the famous 1950 Brinks Robbery in Boston that netted the crooks $2.5 million….

Genre: Crime, Drama
Guys and Dolls

Guys and Dolls

Guys and Dolls
IMDb: 7.2
150

Gambler Nathan Detroit has few options for the location of his big craps game. Needing $1,000 to pay a garage owner to host the game, Nathan bets Sky Masterson that…

The Virgin Queen

The Virgin Queen

The Virgin Queen
IMDb: 6.7
92

Sir Walter Raleigh overcomes court intrigue to win favor with the Queen in order to get financing for a proposed voyage to the New World.

School for Love

School for Love

School for Love
IMDb: 5.2
96

At the Conservatory of Vienna the student only have eyes for their beautiful singing teacher, tenor Eric Walter.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Soldier of Fortune

Soldier of Fortune

Soldier of Fortune
IMDb: 6.2
96

An American woman arrives in Hong Kong to unravel the mystery of her missing photographer husband. After getting nowhere with the authorities, she is led by some underground characters to…

The Big Knife

The Big Knife

The Big Knife
IMDb: 6.8
111

Movie star Charlie Castle draws the ire of Hollywood producer Stanley Hoff when he refuses to sign a new seven-year contract. Castle is sick of the low quality of the…

Genre: Crime, Drama
Smiles of a Summer Night

Smiles of a Summer Night

Smiles of a Summer Night
IMDb: 7.7
109

Early in the 20th century, middle-aged lawyer Fredrik Egerman and his young wife, Anne, have still not consummated their marriage, while Fredrik’s son finds himself increasingly attracted to his new…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Diabolique

Diabolique

Diabolique
IMDb: 8.1
117

The cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle, is murdered by an unlikely duo — his meek wife and the mistress he brazenly flaunts. The women become…

The Kentuckian

The Kentuckian

The Kentuckian
IMDb: 6.3
104

A frontiersman and his son fight to build a new home in Texas.

Genre: Western
Chief Crazy Horse

Chief Crazy Horse

Chief Crazy Horse
IMDb: 6.2
86

When young Crazy Horse, of whom great things were predicted, wins his bride, rival Little Big Man goes to villainous traders with evidence of gold in the sacred Lakota burial…

Genre: Western
Artists and Models

Artists and Models

Artists and Models
IMDb: 6.6
109

Rick Todd is a struggling artist who lives with his pal Eugene Fullstack who happens to be a writer of children’s stories. Rick would like to break in the comic…

Genre: Comedy
Ordet

Ordet

Ordet
IMDb: 8.3
125

The three sons of devout Danish farmer Morten have widely disparate religious beliefs. Youngest son Anders shares his father’s religion, but eldest son Mikkel has lost his faith, while middle…

Genre: Drama
Count Three and Pray

Count Three and Pray

Count Three and Pray
IMDb: 6.4
102

A pastor with a shady past moves into a rural town just after the Civil War.

Genre: Drama, Western
The Violent Men

The Violent Men

The Violent Men
IMDb: 7
96

A former Union Army officer plans to sell out to Anchor Ranch and move east with his fiancée, but the low price offered by Anchor’s crippled owner and the outfit’s…

Genre: Western
Marty

Marty

Marty
IMDb: 7.7
90

Marty, a butcher who lives in the Bronx with his mother is unmarried at 34. Good-natured but socially awkward he faces constant badgering from family and friends to get married…

Genre: Drama, Romance
The Court Jester

The Court Jester

The Court Jester
IMDb: 7.8
101

A hapless carnival performer masquerades as the court jester as part of a plot against a usurper who has overthrown the rightful king of England.

Hell on Frisco Bay

Hell on Frisco Bay

Hell on Frisco Bay
IMDb: 6.4
98

A cop framed for a murder he did not commit hunts the San Francisco waterfront for the Mob racketeers who are responsible.

To Catch a Thief

To Catch a Thief

To Catch a Thief
IMDb: 7.4
107

An ex-thief is accused of enacting a new crime spree, so to clear his name he sets off to catch the new thief, who’s imitating his signature style.

The Sea Chase

The Sea Chase

The Sea Chase
IMDb: 6.5
117

As the Second World War breaks out, German freighter captain Karl Ehrlich is about to leave Sydney, Australia with his vessel, the Ergenstrasse. Ehrlich, an anti-Nazi but proud German, hopes…

Genre: Drama, War
Moonfleet

Moonfleet

Moonfleet
IMDb: 6.6
87

Set in the eighteenth century, Moonfleet is about John Mohune, a young orphan who is sent to the Dorset village of Moonfleet to stay with an old friend of his…

The Left Hand of God

The Left Hand of God

The Left Hand of God
IMDb: 6.5
87

A man in priestly robes, seemingly the long-awaited Father O’Shea, arrives at a little-frequented Catholic mission in 1947 China. Though the man seems curiously uncomfortable with his priestly duties, his…

Genre: Drama
Journey to the Beginning of Time

Journey to the Beginning of Time

Journey to the Beginning of Time
IMDb: 7.3
85

Four schoolboys go on an awe-inspiring expedition back through time, where they behold landscapes and creatures that have long since vanished from the earth.

You Lucky People

You Lucky People

You Lucky People
IMDb: 5.4
79

Reservist Tommy Smart – who has made his fortune since the war selling army surplus – arrives at an army camp, with his chauffeur/valet, for two weeks’ training. Bank manager…

Genre: Comedy
Dreams

Dreams

Dreams
IMDb: 7.1
87

Susanne is a woman in her mid-30s and the owner of a modeling agency in Stockholm. She accompanies her prize model, Doris, on a trip to Gothenburg so that Doris…

Genre: Drama
Dementia

Dementia

Dementia
IMDb: 6.7
N/A

Shocking true stories involving sex, money, murder – or a fatal cocktail of all three. Told through in-depth interviews, reenactments and archival footage, each hour-long episode delves into an edgy…

The Indian Fighter

The Indian Fighter

The Indian Fighter
IMDb: 6.4
88

A scout leading a wagon train through hostile Indian country unwittingly gets involved with a Sioux chief’s daughter.

Rififi

Rififi

Rififi
IMDb: 8.2
118

Out of prison after a five-year stretch, jewel thief Tony turns down a quick job his friend Jo offers him, until he discovers that his old girlfriend Mado has become…

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
The Long Gray Line

The Long Gray Line

The Long Gray Line
IMDb: 7.1
138

The life story of a salt-of-the-earth Irish immigrant, who becomes an Army Noncommissioned Officer and spends his 50 year career at the United States Military Academy at West Point. This…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Untamed

Untamed

Untamed
IMDb: 6.1
111

When the great potato famine hits Ireland, the diaspora begins as thousands emigrate. Among those leaving the Emerald Isle is Katie O’Neill and her husband, who decide that the promised…

The Last Frontier

The Last Frontier

The Last Frontier
IMDb: 6.4
98

Three trappers become scouts for a cavalry captain (Guy Madison) who loses his fort to a hated colonel (Robert Preston).

Genre: Action, Western
Oh… Rosalinda!!

Oh… Rosalinda!!

Oh… Rosalinda!!
IMDb: 6
101

In post-war Vienna, Rosalinda and her husband become embroiled in a series of complicated escapades that puts their marital bliss at risk.

Genre: Music
Godzilla Raids Again

Godzilla Raids Again

Godzilla Raids Again
IMDb: 5.8
82

Two fishing scout pilots make a horrifying discovery when they encounter a second Godzilla alongside a new monster named Anguirus. Without the weapon that killed the original, authorities attempt to…

Fun at St. Fanny’s

Fun at St. Fanny’s

Fun at St. Fanny’s
IMDb: 5
80

Gormless 25 year-old Cardew, wealthy beneficiary of the Robinson Will, should have left St. Fanny’s School many years ago. However, seedy headmaster Dr. Jankers (music hall favourite Fred Emney) is…

Genre: Comedy