Search results for "1955"
Land of the Pharaohs

Land of the Pharaohs

Land of the Pharaohs
IMDb: 6.6
105

In ancient Egypt the Pharaoh Khufu is obsessed with acquiring gold and plans to take it all with him into the “second life.” To this end he enlists the aid…

Genre: Drama, History
Creature with the Atom Brain

Creature with the Atom Brain

Creature with the Atom Brain
IMDb: 5.5
69

Murders, with victims dying from spines broken by brute strength, erupt in the city and the killers, when encountered, walk away unharmed by police bullets which strike them. A police…

Above Us the Waves

Above Us the Waves

Above Us the Waves
IMDb: 6.6
99

In World War II, the greatest threat to the British navy is the German battleship Tirpitz. While anchored in a Norwegian fjord, it is impossible to attack by conventional means,…

Genre: War
We’re No Angels

We’re No Angels

We’re No Angels
IMDb: 7.5
106

Three convicts escape from prison on Devil’s Island just before Christmas and arrive at a nearby French colonial town. They go to the store of the Ducotels, the only store…

Genre: Comedy, Crime
Dial Red O

Dial Red O

Dial Red O
IMDb: 6.8
63

The first of the five films where Bill Elliott played a detective lieutenant in the L.A Sheriff’s department, Dial Red “O” (the correct title with the number 0 (zero), as…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
5 Against the House

5 Against the House

5 Against the House
IMDb: 5.9
84

Former war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.

Interrupted Melody

Interrupted Melody

Interrupted Melody
IMDb: 6.7
106

Interrupted Melody is the inspirational filmed biography of world-renowned Australian soprano Marjorie Lawrence. She’s a foremost Wagnerian, equal to the vocal and physical demands of the composer’s oeuvre. And she’s…

Genre: Drama, Music
Miss Tulip Stays the Night

Miss Tulip Stays the Night

Miss Tulip Stays the Night
IMDb: 5.6
68

Gorgeous Kate Dax (Diana Dors) and her crime-writer husband, Andrew (Patrick Holt), investigate the murder of eccentric spinster Miss Tulip (Cicely Courtneidge) at a remote country cottage.

Genre: Comedy, Crime
Pearl of the South Pacific

Pearl of the South Pacific

Pearl of the South Pacific
IMDb: 5.6
86

Two beachcombers with a yacht join woman-with-a-past Rita on a quest for black pearls on a secret island. Arrived, they find another white man has made himself high priest; but…

Genre: Adventure
The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo

The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo

The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo
IMDb: 6.3
6

A film interpretation of the poem ‘The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo’ by Gerard Manley Hopkins. Margaret Tait speaks the poem throughout the film.

Genre: Documentary
The Dam Busters

The Dam Busters

The Dam Busters
IMDb: 7.3
124

The story of the conception of a new British weapon for smashing the German dams in the Ruhr industrial complex and the execution of the raid by 617 Squadron ‘The…

The Night My Number Came Up

The Night My Number Came Up

The Night My Number Came Up
IMDb: 7.1
94

At a fashionable dinner party in Hong Kong a Royal Navy officer is coaxed into revealing details of a dream in which eight persons take off from Bangkok in a…

Genre: Thriller
This Island Earth

This Island Earth

This Island Earth
IMDb: 5.9
87

Aliens have landed and are hiding on Earth, but need Earth’s scientists to help them fight an inter-planetary war.

Artists and Models

Artists and Models

Artists and Models
IMDb: 6.6
109

Eugene and Rick are two struggling artists who share apartment. However, Rick has problems with that, because Eugene is obsessed with pulp fiction comic books and has nightmares because of…

Genre: Comedy, Music
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
IMDb: 6.4
79

When the murder of an archaeologist puts a valuable medallion into their hands, Abbott and Costello waste little time in trying to sell it, only to find themselves pursued by…

Genre: Comedy, Horror
The Big Combo

The Big Combo

The Big Combo
IMDb: 7.4
84

Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice all the while obsessing over the gangster’s girlfriend.

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
Female on the Beach

Female on the Beach

Female on the Beach
IMDb: 6.4
97

Lynn Markham moves into her late husband’s beach house the morning after former tenant Eloise Crandall fell from the cliff. To her annoyance, Lynn finds both her real estate agent…

The Far Horizons

The Far Horizons

The Far Horizons
IMDb: 6.1
108

United States has just acquired Louisiana from France. An expedition led by Lewis and Clark is sent to survey the territory and go where no white man has gone before….

The Colditz Story

The Colditz Story

The Colditz Story
IMDb: 7
94

Allied prisoners of various nationalities pool their resources to plan numerous escapes from an “escape-proof” German P.O.W. camp housed in a Medieval castle.

Genre: War
Count Three and Pray

Count Three and Pray

Count Three and Pray
IMDb: 6.5
102

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

Genre: Drama, Western
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

Dementia

Dementia

Dementia
IMDb: 6.8
56

Shot entirely without dialogue and filled with suggestive violence and psycho-sexual imagery, it’s like a skid row expressionist thriller following the nocturnal prowling of a young woman haunted by homicidal…

Genre: Crime, Horror
I Live in Fear

I Live in Fear

I Live in Fear
IMDb: 7.3
103

Kiichi Nakajima, an elderly foundry owner convinced that Japan will be affected by an imminent nuclear war, resolves to move his family to safety in Brazil. His family decides to…

Genre: Drama
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
Godzilla Raids Again

Godzilla Raids Again

Godzilla Raids Again
IMDb: 5.9
82

Two fishing scout pilots make a startling discovery when they find two giant monsters on a remote island. One is a new monster dubbed Anguirus, and the other is a…

La Pointe-Courte

La Pointe-Courte

La Pointe-Courte
IMDb: 7.1
80

A penetrating study of a marriage on the rocks, set against the backdrop of a small Mediterranean fishing village. Both a stylized depiction of the complicated relationship between a married…

Genre: Drama, Romance
The Night Holds Terror

The Night Holds Terror

The Night Holds Terror
IMDb: 6.1
86

A group of escaped convicts holds a household prisoner as the police close in.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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
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.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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
Smiles of a Summer Night

Smiles of a Summer Night

Smiles of a Summer Night
IMDb: 7.8
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
To Hell and Back

To Hell and Back

To Hell and Back
IMDb: 7.2
106

The true WWII story of Audie Murphy, the most decorated soldier in U.S. history. Based on the autobiography of Audie Murphy who stars as himself in the film.

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
The Long Gray Line

The Long Gray Line

The Long Gray Line
IMDb: 7.2
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
The Unknown Soldier

The Unknown Soldier

The Unknown Soldier
IMDb: 8
181

It is the summer of 1941. An eastern-Finnish machine gun company receives an order to turn in their surplus equipment. The company is transferred to the front lines. The next…

Genre: Drama, War
Princess Yang Kwei Fei

Princess Yang Kwei Fei

Princess Yang Kwei Fei
IMDb: 7.2
98

In eighth 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…

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
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
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