Search results for "1957"
The Devil Strikes at Night

The Devil Strikes at Night

The Devil Strikes at Night
IMDb: 7.2
100

Hamburg, Germany, 1944, during World War II. A serial killer terrorizes the city. When it seems clear that the local police are unable to catch him, forces as dark and…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Man Afraid

Man Afraid

Man Afraid
IMDb: 6.2
84

A preacher (George Nader) fears for his family (Phyllis Thaxter, Tim Hovey) after killing a teenage burglar whose father seeks revenge.

The Girl in the Kremlin

The Girl in the Kremlin

The Girl in the Kremlin
IMDb: 4.9
81

In Moscow 1953, four terrified women prisoners are brought before Joseph Stalin, who chooses the beautiful Dasha. He punishes her by shaving off her long hair. Moments later, a plastic…

Short Cut to Hell

Short Cut to Hell

Short Cut to Hell
IMDb: 5.9
89

A hitman is found out because he was paid off in traceable stolen money. On the run, he kidnaps the girlfriend of the police detective in charge of his pursuit;…

The Tommy Steele Story

The Tommy Steele Story

The Tommy Steele Story
IMDb: 5.5
70

A rags-to-riches tale of a young merchant seaman called Tommy who discovers a certain way with the guitar.

Genre: Biography, Drama
The Thistles of The Bărăgan

The Thistles of The Bărăgan

The Thistles of The Bărăgan
IMDb: 7.3
116

Rumania’s entry in the 1958 Cannes Film Festival was the excessively melodramatic Ciulinii Bărăganului. The title translates as Fools of Bărăgan, in reference to a band of beleaguered feudal Rumanian…

Genre: Drama
Le Notti Bianche

Le Notti Bianche

Le Notti Bianche
IMDb: 7.8
101

A middle-aged man meets a young woman who is waiting on a canal bridge for her lover’s return.

Genre: Drama, Romance
The Prince and the Showgirl

The Prince and the Showgirl

The Prince and the Showgirl
IMDb: 6.4
115

An American showgirl becomes entangled in political intrigue when the Prince Regent of a foreign country attempts to seduce her.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor

Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor

Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor
IMDb: 5.8
98

The fake private detective Mike Spillone is hired by two old ladies to find out if Brigitte, the wife of their nephew Otello Bellomo, has a lover. Brigitte is a…

Genre: Comedy
Monster from Green Hell

Monster from Green Hell

Monster from Green Hell
IMDb: 3.6
71

A test rocket carrying wasps to outer space, to study the effects on them of weightlessness and radiations, crashes out of control back to Earth, into the jungles of Africa….

Revolt at Fort Laramie

Revolt at Fort Laramie

Revolt at Fort Laramie
IMDb: 5.7
73

At the breaking of the Civil War the garrison of Fort Laramie splits between the sympathezers of the two different factions, but when the fort is attacked by the Sioux,…

Genre: Action, War, Western
Night Passage

Night Passage

Night Passage
IMDb: 6.4
90

Grant MacLaine, a former railroad troubleshooter, lost his job after letting his outlaw brother, the Utica Kid, escape. After spending five years wandering the west and earning his living playing…

Genre: Western
The Incredible Shrinking Man

The Incredible Shrinking Man

The Incredible Shrinking Man
IMDb: 7.7
81

When exposure to a combination of radiation and insecticide causes Scott Carey to begin to shrink medical science is powerless to help him.

12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men
IMDb: 8.9
96

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father….

Genre: Crime, Drama
Paths of Glory

Paths of Glory

Paths of Glory
IMDb: 8.4
88

During World War I, commanding officer General Broulard orders his subordinate, General Mireau, to attack a German trench position, offering a promotion as an incentive. Though the mission is foolhardy…

Genre: Drama, War
The Enemy Below

The Enemy Below

The Enemy Below
IMDb: 7.6
97

The American destroyer escort, the USS Haynes commanded by Robert Mitchum, detects a German U-Boat, commanded by Curt Jürgens, resulting in a prolonged, deadly battle of wits.

Wild is the Wind

Wild is the Wind

Wild is the Wind
IMDb: 7.1
114

Wild Is the Wind represents a (perhaps deliberate) reversal of the situation in The Rose Tattoo (1955). Whereas in Tattoo, Anna Magnani played a widow who could never find a…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Peyton Place

Peyton Place

Peyton Place
IMDb: 7.2
151

Grace Metalious’ once-notorious bestseller Peyton Place is given a lavish — and necessarily toned-down — film treatment in this deluxe 20th Century-Fox production. Set during WWII, the film concentrates on…

Genre: Drama, Romance
An Affair to Remember

An Affair to Remember

An Affair to Remember
IMDb: 7.6
111

Nickie Ferrante’s return to New York to marry a rich heiress is well publicized as are his many antics and affairs. He meets a nightclub singer Terry McKay who is…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Witness for the Prosecution

Witness for the Prosecution

Witness for the Prosecution
IMDb: 8.4
116

When Leonard Vole is arrested for the sensational murder of a rich, middle-aged widow, the famous Sir Wilfrid Robarts agrees to appear on his behalf. Sir Wilfrid, recovering from a…

3:10 to Yuma

3:10 to Yuma

3:10 to Yuma
IMDb: 7.6
92

Dave Evans, a small time farmer, is hired to escort Ben Wade, a dangerous outlaw, to Yuma. As Evans and Wade wait for the 3:10 train to Yuma, Wade’s gang…

The Bridge on the River Kwai

The Bridge on the River Kwai

The Bridge on the River Kwai
IMDb: 8.2
161

The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow…

Funny Face

Funny Face

Funny Face
IMDb: 7.1
103

A shy Greenwich Village book clerk is discovered by a fashion photographer and whisked off to Paris where she becomes a reluctant model.

The Seventh Seal

The Seventh Seal

The Seventh Seal
IMDb: 8.2
96

When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home from the Crusades to find his country in the grips of the Black Death, he challenges Death to a chess match for…

Genre: Drama, Fantasy
The Curse Of Frankenstein

The Curse Of Frankenstein

The Curse Of Frankenstein
IMDb: 7.2
82

Baron Victor Frankenstein has discovered life’s secret and unleashed a blood-curdling chain of events resulting from his creation: a cursed creature with a horrid face — and a tendency to…

Men in War

Men in War

Men in War
IMDb: 7.3
102

In Korea, on 6 September 1950, Lieutenant Benson’s platoon finds itself isolated in enemy-held territory after a retreat. Soon they are joined by Sergeant Montana, whose overriding concern is caring…

Genre: Action, Drama, War
Enemy from Space

Enemy from Space

Enemy from Space
IMDb: 7.0
85

Quatermass is the director of an important scientific base, where he builds nuclear rockets for the colonization of the Moon. A strange fall of meteorites in a nearby village leads…

The Abominable Snowman

The Abominable Snowman

The Abominable Snowman
IMDb: 6.5
91

A kindly English botanist and a gruff American promoter lead an expedition to the Himalayas in search of the legendary Yeti.

Genre: Adventure, Horror
The Monster That Challenged the World

The Monster That Challenged the World

The Monster That Challenged the World
IMDb: 5.8
84

Giants Mollusks are released from the earth by an earthquake and start killing people.

Plunder Road

Plunder Road

Plunder Road
IMDb: 6.9
72

A spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.

Forty Guns

Forty Guns

Forty Guns
IMDb: 7.1
79

An authoritarian rancher rules an Arizona county with her private posse of hired guns. When a new Marshall arrives to set things straight, the cattle queen finds herself falling for…

Throne of Blood

Throne of Blood

Throne of Blood
IMDb: 8.1
108

Returning to their lord’s castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit’s prophecy comes true, Washizu’s…

Genre: Drama, History
Old Yeller

Old Yeller

Old Yeller
IMDb: 7.3
83

Young Travis Coates is left to take care of the family ranch with his mother and younger brother while his father goes off on a cattle drive in the 1860s….

The Story of Mankind

The Story of Mankind

The Story of Mankind
IMDb: 4.9
100

The Spirit of Man (Ronald Colman) debates history with the devil (Vincent Price) before a court of fate, because of the hydrogen bomb.

Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
The Tarnished Angels

The Tarnished Angels

The Tarnished Angels
IMDb: 7.2
91

Story of a friendship between an eccentric journalist and a daredevil barnstorming pilot.

Genre: Drama
The Three Faces of Eve

The Three Faces of Eve

The Three Faces of Eve
IMDb: 7.2
91

Classic dramatization of America’s best-known case of a woman suffering from multiple personality disorder, and her road to recovery.

Genre: Drama, Mystery
Cinderella

Cinderella

Cinderella
IMDb: 7.7
77

The first of three TV-versions of the classic fairy tale that featured a Rodgers and Hammerstein score and was performed in front of a live audience.

A Farewell to Arms

A Farewell to Arms

A Farewell to Arms
IMDb: 5.9
152

A Farewell to Arms is a 1957 American drama film directed by Charles Vidor. The screenplay by Ben Hecht, based in part on a 1930 play by Laurence Stallings, was…

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
April Love

April Love

April Love
IMDb: 6.2
97

A teenager (Pat Boone), recently in trouble with the police, is sent to live with his aunt and uncle on their Kentucky farm in order to rediscover life’s values. Director…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Boy on a Dolphin

Boy on a Dolphin

Boy on a Dolphin
IMDb: 6.2
111

Phaedra is a poor sponge diver on the lovely Greek isle of Hydra. While diving, she discovers an ancient brass and gold stature of a boy riding a dolphin, which…