Subgenre Sampler
Blackboard Jungle, The (1955)- Dir. Richard Brooks
Feat. Glenn Ford, Sidney Poitier, Vic Morrow - Famously controversial on release and first of the 'Rock–n–roll' films, this lifted the lid on the heated youth tensions in 50s America.…
Dreams (Kvinnodröm; Journey Into Autumn) (1955)- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Eva Dahlbeck, Harriet Andersson, Gunnar Bjornstrand - Early, flawed Bergman microscope on relationships focuses on two women – a photographer and her model on a fashion shoot – as they…
East of Eden (1955)
- Dir. Elia Kazan
Feat. James Dean, Julie Harris, Raymond Massey - James Dean's acting debut electrifies the screen in this emotionally charged drama about two brother's rivalry for the love of their father. Based on…
French Can Can (French Cancan, Only the French Can) (1955)- Dir. Jean Renoir
Feat. Jean Gabin, Michel Piccoli, Dora Doll… - Jean Renoir returned to France after 15 years absence to make this vibrant tribute to the Parisian world of his father, the Impressionist painter…
Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955)- Dir. Richard Fleischer
Feat. Joan Collins - Glossy account of a truelife scandal in early 20th century NYC.
I am a Camera (1955)- Dir. Henry Cornelius
Feat. Julie Harris, Laurence Harvey, Shelley Winters… - Dreary drama is the original "Cabaret". Julie Harris gives a somewhat overheated portrayal of Sally Bowles, the bawdy nightclub entertainer in…
I Live in Fear (Ikimono no Kiroku) (1955)- Dir. Akira Kurosawa
Feat. Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura - Convinced a nuclear holocaust is imminent, an elderly industrialist (Mifune) decides to uproot his reluctant family (even his mistresses!) from Tokyo…
Il Bidone (The Swindlers) (1955)- Dir. Federico Fellini
Feat. Broderick Crawford, Giulietta Masina, Richard Basehart… - An early work from dir. Fellini in which a trio of conmen roam the Italian countryside swindling peasants in order to fund the future they believe…
Jedda (1955)- Dir. Charles Chauvel
Feat. Ngarla Kunoth, Robert Tudawali - An adopted Aboriginal girl is kidnapped by a 'wild black' in this beautifully shot Australian classic.
La Strada (The Road) (1955)- Dir. Federico Fellini
Feat. Anthony Quinn - Fellini hit his stride and won a Foreign Film Oscar with this gentle road odyssey about a simple–minded clown whose loyalty to her boorish…
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