Leone d'Oro 1950-1959
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1. Justice Is Done (1950)
95 min | Drama, Mystery
A trial of a mercy killing.
Director: André Cayatte | Stars: Michel Auclair, Antoine Balpêtré, Raymond Bussières, Jacques Castelot
Votes: 442
2. Forbidden Games (1952)
Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Drama, War
A young French girl orphaned in a German air attack is befriended by the son of a poor farmer, and together they try to come to terms with the realities of death.
Director: René Clément | Stars: Georges Poujouly, Brigitte Fossey, Amédée, Laurence Badie
Votes: 13,112 | Gross: $0.01M
3. Romeo and Juliet (1954)
Not Rated | 138 min | Drama, Romance
In Shakespeare's classic play, the Montagues and Capulets, two families of Renaissance Italy, have hated each other for years, but the son of one family and the daughter of the other fall desperately in love and secretly marry.
Director: Renato Castellani | Stars: Laurence Harvey, Susan Shentall, Flora Robson, Norman Wooland
Votes: 634
4. Ordet (1955)
Not Rated | 126 min | Drama
Follows the lives of the Borgen family, as they deal with inner conflict, as well as religious conflict with each other, and the rest of the town.
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer | Stars: Henrik Malberg, Emil Hass Christensen, Preben Lerdorff Rye, Hanne Aagesen
Votes: 17,417
5. Aparajito (1956)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
Following his father's death, a boy leaves home to study in Calcutta, while his mother must face a life alone.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Pinaki Sengupta, Smaran Ghosal, Kamala Adhikari, Rani Bala
Votes: 16,002 | Gross: $0.17M
6. The Rickshaw Man (1958)
103 min | Drama
A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband dies suddenly.
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Hideko Takamine, Hiroshi Akutagawa, Chishû Ryû
Votes: 1,173
7. General Della Rovere (1959)
Not Rated | 129 min | Drama, War
Bardone, a petty con man, is arrested by the Gestapo and coerced into impersonating a partisan leader in order to expose another resistance organizer.
Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Vittorio De Sica, Hannes Messemer, Sandra Milo, Giovanna Ralli
Votes: 3,689
8. The Great War (1959)
Approved | 137 min | Comedy, Drama, War
The Italian Army fought against the Austrians during World War I.
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Vittorio Gassman, Bernard Blier, Folco Lulli
Votes: 4,610
9. La Ronde (1950)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Romance
Soldiers, chambermaids, poets, prostitutes, aristocrats-all are on equal footing in this multi-character merry-go-round of love and infidelity.
Director: Max Ophüls | Stars: Anton Walbrook, Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani, Simone Simon
Votes: 5,960
10. Give Us This Day (1949)
Passed | 120 min | Drama
One of the few (if any at the time this film was made) films shot in England with New York City's 'Little Italy" as the locale. This was Edward Dmytryk's first film after he had refused to ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Sam Wanamaker, Lea Padovani, Kathleen Ryan, Bonar Colleano
Votes: 391
11. Segreto di stato (1995)
104 min | Action, Thriller
A bomb blows up in Milan and five people die. After only three hours Ravida, the chief of the Secret Service, knows the name of the killer and that of his chief. It is Fossati enlisted in ... See full summary »
Director: Giuseppe Ferrara | Stars: Massimo Ghini, Massimo Dapporto, Antonello Fassari, Isabel Russinova
Votes: 28
12. Stromboli (1950)
Approved | 81 min | Drama
Karin, a young woman from the Baltic countries, marries fisherman Antonio to escape from a prison camp. But she cannot get used to the tough life in Antonio's volcano-threatened village, Stromboli.
Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Mario Vitale, Renzo Cesana, Mario Sponzo
Votes: 7,971
13. Twelve Hours to Live (1950)
81 min | Drama, Fantasy
One inattentive step under the wheels of a bus ended the life and career of a wealthy Roman industrialist Bacca in the prime of life. In the other world, he does not doubt that he is destined for paradise.
Director: Luigi Zampa | Stars: Jean Gabin, Elli Parvo, Antonella Lualdi, Paola Borboni
Votes: 89
14. Tomorrow Is Too Late (1950)
101 min | Drama
The innocent romance between a teenage boy and his girl is threatened by some of the school staff who do not understand or sympathize.
Director: Léonide Moguy | Stars: Vittorio De Sica, Lois Maxwell, Gabrielle Dorziat, Pier Angeli
Votes: 184
15. Barbe-Bleue (1951)
Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
What to do when you are nicknamed Bluebeard and you have lost your your sixth wife? Marry a seventh one of course! This time around, Count de Salfère has chosen young Aline, the innkeeper's... See full summary »
Director: Christian-Jaque | Stars: Cécile Aubry, Pierre Brasseur, Jean Debucourt, Ina Halley
Votes: 75
16. The Night Is My Kingdom (1951)
110 min | Drama
After an accident Raymond has gone blind. His family treats him like a child. Fortunately, a nun comes to his rescue. She works in a center where blind people learn to read with the Braille alphabet.
Director: Georges Lacombe | Stars: Jean Gabin, Simone Valère, Gérard Oury, Jacques Dynam
Votes: 354
17. Diary of a Country Priest (1951)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
A young priest taking over the parish at Ambricourt tries to fulfill his duties even as he fights a mysterious stomach ailment.
Director: Robert Bresson | Stars: Claude Laydu, Nicole Ladmiral, Jean Riveyre, Adrien Borel
Votes: 12,726
18. Murder in the Cathedral (1951)
Approved | 114 min | Crime, Drama
The tape version, if one exists, may be 114 minutes but the film, on original release, ran the same 140 minutes in the USA as it did in England. It is an experimental transposition of the ... See full summary »
Director: George Hoellering | Stars: John Groser, Donald Bisset, Clement McCallin, Michael Groser
Votes: 118
19. Four Ways Out (1951)
74 min | Crime, Drama
Four criminals commit a robbery at a soccer stadium, and then split up to try to hide separately from the police.
Director: Pietro Germi | Stars: Gina Lollobrigida, Renato Baldini, Cosetta Greco, Paul Muller
Votes: 432
20. Parigi è sempre Parigi (1951)
95 min | Comedy
A group of Italian soccer fans arrive in Paris for a match, but most of them go their separate ways to explore the sights, have a bit of an adventure, and maybe even find some romance.
Director: Luciano Emmer | Stars: Aldo Fabrizi, Henri Guisol, Ave Ninchi, Jeannette Batti
Votes: 208
21. Das doppelte Lottchen (1950)
105 min | Family, Comedy
Based on Erich Kästner's famous book about two identical-looking girls who meet at summer camp, realize that they're twin sisters, and plan to switch homes for a while.
Director: Josef von Báky | Stars: Antje Weisgerber, Peter Mosbacher, Jutta Günther, Isa Günther
Votes: 619
22. La corona negra (1951)
106 min | Drama, Mystery
An amnesiac woman discovers her past was that of criminal.
Director: Luis Saslavsky | Stars: María Félix, Rossano Brazzi, Vittorio Gassman, José María Lado
Votes: 129
23. The Brave Don't Cry (1952)
89 min | Drama
A story about a true mining accident.
Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: John Gregson, Meg Buchanan, John Rae, Fulton Mackay
Votes: 115
24. The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird (1952)
G | 63 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
A chimney sweep and his beloved shepherdess are aided by Wonderbird (Sir Peter Ustinov) in their escape from a ruthless dictator.
Director: Paul Grimault | Stars: Pierre Brasseur, Anouk Aimée, Serge Reggiani, Max Adrian
Votes: 295
25. The Life of Oharu (1952)
Not Rated | 133 min | Drama
Follows a woman's fight and survival amid the vicissitudes of life and the cruelty of society.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Kinuyo Tanaka, Tsukie Matsuura, Ichirô Sugai, Toshirô Mifune
Votes: 7,649
26. Phone Call from a Stranger (1952)
105 min | Drama, Film-Noir
While awaiting a delayed flight, a lawyer who has left his unfaithful wife, befriends three fellow passengers. After the plane crashes and he is among the few to survive, he feels compelled to contact the families of his dead friends.
Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: Bette Davis, Shelley Winters, Gary Merrill, Michael Rennie
Votes: 3,014
27. Europe '51 (1952)
Not Rated | 118 min | Drama
A wealthy woman becomes obsessed with humanitarianism when her young son dies after committing suicide.
Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Alexander Knox, Ettore Giannini, Giulietta Masina
Votes: 4,790
28. Anatahan (1953)
PG | 91 min | Drama, History, War
From June 1944, twelve Japanese seamen are stranded for seven years on an abandoned and forgotten island called Anatahan.
Director: Josef von Sternberg | Stars: Akemi Negishi, Tadashi Suganuma, Kisaburo Sawamura, Shôji Nakayama
Votes: 1,350 | Gross: $0.05M
29. Vergiß die Liebe nicht (1953)
100 min | Comedy, Romance
A tenor sparks new hope into the life of a wife,a former piano player whose husband has not been paying enough attention to her.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Luise Ullrich, Paul Dahlke, Will Quadflieg, Annie Rosar
Votes: 28
30. Anni facili (1953)
98 min | Comedy
A Sicilian professor who moves to Rome gets lost in the maze of Roman ministries and gives in to corruption.
Director: Luigi Zampa | Stars: Nino Taranto, Alda Mangini, Gino Buzzanca, Clelia Matania
Votes: 51
31. The Vanquished (1953)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama
A trilogy of stories of well-off youths who commit murders. In the French episode, a group of high school students kill one of their colleagues for his money. In the Italian episode, a ... See full summary »
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni | Stars: Etchika Choureau, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Jacques Sempey, Henri Poirier
Votes: 1,131
32. The Adultress (1953)
Not Rated | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A truck driver kills the husband of the woman he loves, and becomes the object of blackmail.
Director: Marcel Carné | Stars: Simone Signoret, Raf Vallone, Jacques Duby, Maria Pia Casilio
Votes: 1,903
33. Rimskiy-Korsakov (1953)
88 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A musical biography of the great Russian classical composer.
Directors: Gennadiy Kazanskiy, Grigoriy Roshal | Stars: Grigori Belov, Nikolay Cherkasov, Aleksandr Borisov, Liliya Gritsenko
Votes: 54
34. Napoletani a Milano (1953)
98 min | Comedy
After 5 die in crumbling Naples housing run by Northerners, the Southern relatives trek to Milan to sue for damages.
Director: Eduardo De Filippo | Stars: Anna Maria Ferrero, Francesco Penza, Pietro d'Addio, Guido Zacchetti
Votes: 102
35. Moulin Rouge (1952)
Not Rated | 119 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Fictional account of French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
Director: John Huston | Stars: José Ferrer, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Suzanne Flon, Claude Nollier
Votes: 6,529 | Gross: $11.81M
36. Sadko (1953)
79 min | Adventure, Fantasy
Arriving home to find his native land under the yoke of corrupt merchants, an adventurer named Sadko sets sail in search of a mythical bird of happiness.
Director: Aleksandr Ptushko | Stars: Sergey Stolyarov, Alla Larionova, Ninel Myshkova, B. Surovtsev
Votes: 1,228
37. Secrets of Women (1952)
Not Rated | 107 min | Comedy, Drama
The four wives of four brothers share stories of their marriages as they each wait for their husbands in a small, secluded cottage.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Anita Björk, Eva Dahlbeck, Maj-Britt Nilsson, Birger Malmsten
Votes: 2,962
38. The Upstarts (1953)
135 min | Drama
Film about moral decay of Trieste elite during 1890s based on novel by Slovenian writer Janko Kersnik.
Director: Bojan Stupica | Stars: Vladimir Skrbinsek, Elvira Kralj, Ljudevit Pristavec, Ciril Medved
Votes: 15
39. The Proud and the Beautiful (1953)
103 min | Drama, Romance
Life in a small Mexican village where joy and misery, hope and pain, passion and guilt, love and decay, life and death are mixed in the peasants life and two French citizens who end up stranded in there, during a typhoid epidemic.
Directors: Yves Allégret, Rafael E. Portas | Stars: Michèle Morgan, Gérard Philipe, Víctor Manuel Mendoza, Carlos López Moctezuma
Votes: 906
40. Vasili's Return (1953)
102 min | Drama
A man comes home from World War II and tries to readjust to civil life.
Director: Vsevolod Pudovkin | Stars: Sergei Lukyanov, Natalya Medvedeva, Nikolai Timofeyev, Anatoli Chemodurov
Votes: 104
41. Die große Versuchung (1952)
97 min | Drama
A man leads a bizarre double life, and the pressure of keeping his two identities going puts him under severe pressure. Eventually he has to make a decision.
Director: Rolf Hansen | Stars: Dieter Borsche, Ruth Leuwerik, Renate Mannhardt, Carl Wery
Votes: 24
42. Ugetsu (1953)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Fantasy, War
A tale of ambition, family, love, and war set in the midst of the Japanese Civil Wars of the sixteenth century.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyô, Kinuyo Tanaka, Mitsuko Mito
Votes: 25,834 | Gross: $0.01M
43. Föltámadott a tenger (1953)
145 min | Drama, History
In 1953, the film evokes the 1848-49 periods up to the revolutionary struggle of the internal and external enemies. Petofi start there in the events, even in the ranks of waiver is that ... See full summary »
Directors: László Ranódy, Mihály Szemes, Kálmán Nádasdy | Stars: János Görbe, Zoltán Makláry, Lajos Básti, Miklós Szakáts
Votes: 141
44. La quintrala (1954)
105 min | Biography, Drama
Chile in the seventeenth century a woman kills her lover because he wants to conquer a priest. A slave commit the murder; when he is hanged religious, discover the truth.
Director: Hugo del Carril | Stars: Antonio Vilar, Ana María Lynch, Francisco de Paula, Milagros de la Vega
Votes: 73
45. The Detective (1954)
Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Works of art are disappearing, stolen by a master thief, a master of disguise. Father Brown has two goals: to catch the thief and to save his soul.
Director: Robert Hamer | Stars: Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Peter Finch, Cecil Parker
Votes: 1,664
46. Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
Not Rated | 124 min | Drama
In medieval Japan, a compassionate governor is sent into exile. His wife and children try to join him, but are separated, and the children grow up amid suffering and oppression.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Kyôko Kagawa, Eitarô Shindô
Votes: 18,241
47. Pünktchen und Anton (1953)
91 min | Comedy, Family
Despite their social differences, daughter of wealthy parents Luise (aka Pünktchen) befriends Anton, a boy who must earn his own money in order to support his sick mother and himself. ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Engel | Stars: Hertha Feiler, Paul Klinger, Annie Rosar, Jane Tilden
Votes: 245
48. Woman of Rome (1954)
92 min | Drama
During the fascist era, Adriana a beautiful young model, becomes a prostitute after a love affair gone wrong. She meets Mino, a partisan who falls in love with her and wants to redeem her.
Director: Luigi Zampa | Stars: Gina Lollobrigida, Daniel Gélin, Franco Fabrizi, Raymond Pellegrin
Votes: 392
49. Königliche Hoheit (1953)
102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Literary adaptation: An American heiress in Europe falls in love with a German prince, but he is required to marry someone else for reasons of state convenience.
Director: Harald Braun | Stars: Dieter Borsche, Ruth Leuwerik, Lil Dagover, Mathias Wieman
Votes: 91
50. Guacho (1954)
97 min | Drama
Out of fear of her husband abandoning her, the protagonist changes two children's identities: one is their biological son with a debilitating affliction, and the other is the son of her husband and his ex-lover.
Director: Lucas Demare | Stars: Tita Merello, Carlos Cores, Julia Sandoval, Enrique Chaico
Votes: 13
51. Seven Samurai (1954)
Not Rated | 207 min | Action, Drama
Farmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, who gathers six other samurai to join him.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Yukiko Shimazaki
Votes: 367,033 | Gross: $0.27M
52. Senso (1954)
Not Rated | 123 min | Drama, Romance, War
An Italian Countess is allied with Nationalists during the Italian-Austrian war of unification. However, she risks betraying their cause when she falls in love with an Austrian lieutenant.
Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Farley Granger, Alida Valli, Massimo Girotti, Heinz Moog
Votes: 7,526 | Gross: $0.03M
53. The Road (1954)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama
A care-free girl is sold to a traveling entertainer, consequently enduring physical and emotional pain along the way.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Giulietta Masina, Richard Basehart, Aldo Silvani
Votes: 66,617
54. El beso de Judas (1954)
90 min | Drama, History
The story of Judas's betrayal of Christ.
Director: Rafael Gil | Stars: Rafael Rivelles, Francisco Rabal, Gérard Tichy, Fernando Sancho
Votes: 68
55. Camelia (1954)
110 min | Drama, Romance
A woman of low estate is beloved of a promising young man, but sacrifices her love for him in order to protect his future and reputation.
Director: Roberto Gavaldón | Stars: María Félix, Jorge Mistral, Carlos Navarro, Renée Dumas
Votes: 54
56. Air of Paris (1954)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, Sport
The story of Andre Menard, a promising young amateur boxer from an impoverished background who is mentored by former pro Victor Le Garrec, and whose career path takes a nosedive when he falls for the wealthy Corinne.
Director: Marcel Carné | Stars: Jean Gabin, Arletty, Roland Lesaffre, Marie Daëms
Votes: 710
57. The River and Death (1954)
91 min | Drama
In a backward village where members of two rival families have kept killing each other for generations, a young doctor is expected to avenge his father.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Columba Domínguez, Miguel Torruco, Joaquín Cordero, Jaime Fernández
Votes: 949
58. John and Julie (1955)
82 min | Family, Comedy
A charming, heartwarming story about two children who run away to London because they are determined to visit the Queen.
Director: William Fairchild | Stars: Colin Gibson, Lesley Dudley, Noelle Middleton, Moira Lister
Votes: 287
59. 8 X 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements (1955)
80 min | Music
It is a fairy tale for the subconscious based on the game of chess. Partly Sigmund Freud, partly Lewis Carroll.
Directors: Jean Cocteau, Hans Richter | Stars: Jean Arp, Paul Bowles, Ceal Bryson, Alexander Calder
Votes: 282
60. Gli sbandati (1955)
102 min | Drama
In the summer of 1943 Countess Luisa and her son Andrea left Milan to escape the bombings and retreated to their country villa, where they host two of Andrea's contemporaries, cousin Carlo,... See full summary »
Director: Francesco Maselli | Stars: Lucia Bosè, Isa Miranda, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Goliarda Sapienza
Votes: 257
61. The Girlfriends (1955)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Romance
A young woman returns to her hometown of Turin to set up a new fashion salon and gets involved with a troubled woman and her three wealthy friends.
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni | Stars: Eleonora Rossi Drago, Gabriele Ferzetti, Franco Fabrizi, Valentina Cortese
Votes: 3,408 | Gross: $0.05M
62. Boris Godunov (1954)
110 min | Drama, Music
Action happens at the end of the 16th century, on the eve of "time of troubles". The main character of this historical tragedy - the Russian tsar Boris Godunov who has ascended to a throne ... See full summary »
Director: Vera Stroyeva | Stars: Aleksandr Pirogov, Nikandr Khanayev, Georgi Nelepp, Maksim Mikhaylov
Votes: 90
63. Doctor at Sea (1955)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy
Bachelor Dr. Simon Sparrow (Dirk Bogarde) goes to sea to escape the boredom of shore practice, but studies the nurses more than medicine, and Hélène Colbert (Brigitte Bardot) is around.
Director: Ralph Thomas | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Brenda de Banzie, Brigitte Bardot, James Robertson Justice
Votes: 1,104
64. The Grasshopper (1955)
91 min | Drama
Osip Ivanovich Dymov, the titular counselor and the doctor of thirty one years, serves in two hospitals at the same time: intern and anatomist. From nine o'clock in the morning and in the ... See full summary »
Director: Samson Samsonov | Stars: Sergey Bondarchuk, Lyudmila Tselikovskaya, Vladimir Druzhnikov, Evgeniy Teterin
Votes: 129
65. Orgullo (1955)
106 min | Drama
The story of rivalry between the Mendozas and the Alzagas recommences as the two heirs fall in love.
Director: Manuel Mur Oti | Stars: Marisa Prado, Alberto Ruschel, Enrique Diosdado, Cándida Losada
Votes: 155
66. El canto del gallo (1955)
95 min | Drama
A priest in a communist country tries to escape denying his religious condition.
Director: Rafael Gil | Stars: Francisco Rabal, Jacqueline Pierreux, Gérard Tichy, Antonio Riquelme
Votes: 30
67. Ciske de Rat (1955)
88 min | Drama
Popular Dutch story of a troubled boy who doesn't get along with his mother while his sailor father is gone, and whose only help saving him from a career of crime is a schoolteacher.
Director: Wolfgang Staudte | Stars: Kees Brusse, Jenny Van Maerlant, Riek Schagen, Stine Lerou
Votes: 198
68. Yôkihi (1955)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, History, Romance
In 8th-century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that they may consolidate their influence over the ... See full summary »
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori, Sô Yamamura, Eitarô Shindô
Votes: 2,061
69. The Swindle (1955)
Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A trio of con-men led by a lonesome swindler must deal with their job and family pressures.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Broderick Crawford, Richard Basehart, Giulietta Masina, Franco Fabrizi
Votes: 6,909
70. The Devil's General (1955)
117 min | Drama, War
During WW2, German general Harry Harras is a test pilot and chief engineer for the Luftwaffe but his contempt for the Nazis and sabotage at the aircraft plant land him in hot water with the Gestapo.
Director: Helmut Käutner | Stars: Curd Jürgens, Viktor de Kowa, Karl John, Marianne Koch
Votes: 1,329
71. The Deep Blue Sea (1955)
Unrated | 100 min | Drama, Romance
A woman unhappy in her passionless marriage leaves her husband for a younger and more ardent lover.
Director: Anatole Litvak | Stars: Vivien Leigh, Kenneth More, Eric Portman, Emlyn Williams
Votes: 387
72. The Woman in the Painting (1955)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
Mario and the new kid Franco gradually become the best of friends, but their friendship is tested when one of them wins a competition.
Director: Franco Rossi | Stars: Geronimo Meynier, Andrea Sciré, Vera Carmi, Luigi Tosi
Votes: 200
73. Heroes and Sinners (1955)
115 min | Adventure, Drama
A former French combat pilot is hired without knowing that he will carry a large amount of contraband diamonds, so he decides to steal them. The owner of the diamonds hires another former German combat pilot to retrieve them.
Director: Yves Ciampi | Stars: Yves Montand, María Félix, Jean Servais, Elisabeth Manet
Votes: 169
74. Les mauvaises rencontres (1955)
84 min | Drama
A woman tells her life story to a police investigator after a doctor's suicide.
Director: Alexandre Astruc | Stars: Jean-Claude Pascal, Anouk Aimée, Gaby Sylvia, Philippe Lemaire
Votes: 252
75. The Big Knife (1955)
Passed | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Hollywood actor Charles Castle is pressured by his studio boss into a criminal cover-up to protect his valuable career.
Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Jack Palance, Ida Lupino, Wendell Corey, Jean Hagen
Votes: 4,289
76. The Kentuckian (1955)
Passed | 104 min | Drama, Western
A Kentucky widower bound for 1820's Texas with his young son is thwarted in his efforts by a corrupt constable, a long-standing family feud, and a beautiful indentured servant.
Director: Burt Lancaster | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Diana Lynn, Dianne Foster, John McIntire
Votes: 3,115
77. The Naked Dawn (1955)
Passed | 82 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In Mexico, at the dawn of the automobile, modern bandit Santiago burglarizes train freight cars and falls in love with a poor farmer's wife.
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer | Stars: Arthur Kennedy, Betta St. John, Eugene Iglesias, Roy Engel
Votes: 709
78. Torero (1956)
75 min | Documentary, Drama
The life of the famed Mexican bullfighter Luis Procuna, from his boyhood through his training and the triumphs that followed as Procuna rose to the peak of his profession.
Director: Carlos Velo | Stars: Luis Procuna, Consuelo Procuna, Ángel Procuna, Antonio Sevilia
Votes: 127
79. The Burmese Harp (1956)
Not Rated | 116 min | Drama, Music, War
A conscience-driven Japanese soldier traumatized by the events of WWII adopts the lifestyle of a Buddhist monk.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Rentarô Mikuni, Shôji Yasui, Tatsuya Mihashi, Jun Hamamura
Votes: 6,466
80. The Captain from Köpenick (1956)
93 min | Comedy, Drama
A young shoemaker is arrested for stealing a small amount of money, and is released after being jailed for 15 years. He wants to have a pass to get a job and start anew, but without a job ... See full summary »
Director: Helmut Käutner | Stars: Heinz Rühmann, Martin Held, Hannelore Schroth, Willy A. Kleinau
Votes: 1,911
81. Main Street (1956)
99 min | Drama
A couple of friends decide to have a good time and play a trick on an unmarried woman. Therefore one of them has to pretend to fall in love with her.
Director: Juan Antonio Bardem | Stars: Betsy Blair, José Suárez, Yves Massard, Luis Peña
Votes: 1,662
82. The Ogre of Athens (1956)
103 min | Crime, Drama
A peaceful, frightened little man is mistakenly identified as "the dragon", a notorious criminal at large. He briefly and reluctantly rules the underworld until they realize their mistake.
Director: Nikos Koundouros | Stars: Dinos Iliopoulos, Margarita Papageorgiou, Giannis Argyris, Thanasis Vengos
Votes: 2,201
83. The Crossing of Paris (1956)
80 min | Comedy, Drama
Two men carry at night four suitcases of contraband meat across German-occupied Paris during WWII. Their opposite personalities and strange encounters provoke different adventures - until they are arrested by the police.
Director: Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Jean Gabin, Bourvil, Louis de Funès, Jeannette Batti
Votes: 4,320 | Gross: $0.02M
84. Gervaise (1956)
116 min | Drama
A poor laundrywoman tries to cope with a depressing burden of society.
Director: René Clément | Stars: Maria Schell, François Périer, Jany Holt, Mathilde Casadesus
Votes: 1,645
85. The Immortal Garrison (1956)
90 min | War, Drama
A look back from the vantage point of the 1950s Thaw era in the USSR at the World War II defense of Brest, in a way that sought to humanize the conflict, this new kind of Soviet war film ... See full summary »
Directors: Zakhar Agranenko, Eduard Tisse | Stars: Vasili Makarov, Vladimir Emelyanov, Nikolay Kryuchkov, Anatoli Chemodurov
Votes: 68
86. Street of Shame (1956)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama
The personal tales of various prostitutes who occupy a brothel.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Machiko Kyô, Aiko Mimasu, Ayako Wakao, Michiyo Kogure
Votes: 4,871
87. The Rocket from Calabuch (1956)
93 min | Comedy
Professor Jorge Serra Hamilton, an American atomic-bomb specialist, flees from his transcendental duties to take shelter incognito in Calabuch, a small, idyllic Spanish village on the ... See full summary »
Director: Luis García Berlanga | Stars: Edmund Gwenn, Valentina Cortese, Juan Calvo, Franco Fabrizi
Votes: 1,282
88. Bigger Than Life (1956)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
A seriously-ill schoolteacher becomes dependent on a "miracle" drug that begins to affect his sanity.
Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: James Mason, Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau, Robert F. Simon
Votes: 8,148
89. Attack (1956)
Approved | 107 min | Action, Drama, War
In 1944, an American Infantry company sets up an artillery observation post, but tensions between Captain Cooney and Lieutenant Costa run high.
Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Jack Palance, Lee Marvin, Eddie Albert, Robert Strauss
Votes: 5,838
90. A Hatful of Rain (1957)
Not Rated | 109 min | Drama
A Korean War veteran's morphine addiction wreaks havoc upon his family.
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Eva Marie Saint, Don Murray, Anthony Franciosa, Lloyd Nolan
Votes: 1,495
91. Bitter Victory (1957)
Approved | 82 min | Drama, War
A commander receives a citation for an attack on Erwin Rommel's headquarters, which is actually undeserved, as the commander is unfit for his job. On top of that, unbeknownst to him, his wife is having an affair with one of his officers.
Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: Richard Burton, Curd Jürgens, Ruth Roman, Raymond Pellegrin
Votes: 2,292
92. The Story of Esther Costello (1957)
103 min | Drama
Eighteen-year-old Esther has been deaf and blind since the accident which killed her mother. Wealthy Margaret Landi, a native of Esther's village in Ireland, is talked into helping to ... See full summary »
Director: David Miller | Stars: Joan Crawford, Heather Sears, Rossano Brazzi, Lee Patterson
Votes: 933
93. Something of Value (1957)
Approved | 113 min | Drama, War
In British Colonial Kenya during the Mau Mau uprising, Peter and Kimani, who grew up together, find themselves on the opposite sides.
Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Rock Hudson, Dana Wynter, Wendy Hiller, Juano Hernandez
Votes: 1,308
94. White Nights (1957)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Romance
A humble clerk courts a woman who awaits her lover's return night after night.
Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Maria Schell, Marcello Mastroianni, Jean Marais, Marcella Rovena
Votes: 9,011
95. One Life (1958)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama
Normandy, second half of the nineteenth century. Jeanne Dandieu lives in a manor house with her parents and their servant Rosalie. She gets to know Julien, a handsome man, whom she soon ... See full summary »
Director: Alexandre Astruc | Stars: Maria Schell, Christian Marquand, Pascale Petit, Louis Arbessier
Votes: 356
96. The Lovers (1958)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Romance
Saddled with a dull husband and a foolish lover, a woman has an affair with a stranger.
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Alain Cuny, Jean-Marc Bory, Judith Magre
Votes: 5,925
97. God's Little Acre (1958)
GP | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In the 1950s, a poor Georgia cotton farmer and his sons search for the gold presumably buried on the farm by their great-grandfather, but problems related to poverty, infidelity, unemployment, and booze threaten to destroy their family.
Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: Robert Ryan, Tina Louise, Aldo Ray, Buddy Hackett
Votes: 2,093
98. The Challenge (1958)
87 min | Crime, Drama
Vito Polara is a young ambitious man from the slums of Naples, who wants to get as much power and money as possible. He decides to quit smuggling cigarettes and tries to take over the local... See full summary »
Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Rosanna Schiaffino, José Suárez, Nino Vingelli, Decimo Cristiani
Votes: 365
99. The Black Orchid (1958)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Romance
Anthony Quinn and Sophia Loren star as longtime widower Frank and recently widowed Rose, lonely hearts who discover something special in The Black Orchid, a sensitive comedy romance directed by Martin Ritt (Norma Rae, Murphy's Romance).
Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: Sophia Loren, Anthony Quinn, Peter Mark Richman, Virginia Vincent
Votes: 1,222
100. The Horse's Mouth (1958)
Approved | 97 min | Comedy
An ill-behaved, lovably scruffy painter, Gulley Jimson, searches for a perfect canvas, determined to let nothing come between himself and the realization of his exalted vision.
Director: Ronald Neame | Stars: Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh, Renee Houston, Mike Morgan
Votes: 3,867
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