Subgenre Sampler
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- Paths of Glory (1957)
- Dir. Stanley Kubrick
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou…
- Kubrick's muscular drama deals frankly with the hypocrisy and inhumanity of military ethics, based on a true incident in WWI France. Following a…
- Eddy Duchin Story, The (1956)
- Dir. George Sidney
Feat. Tyrone Power, Kim Novak, James Whitmore
- Tearjerking, CinemaScope biopic of the beloved but short–lived pianist and bandleader Eddy Duchin. Nominated for four Academy Awards.
- Forbidden Planet (1956)
- Dir. Fred M. Wilcox
Feat. Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen
- Pre–eminent sci–fi film of the 50's with a story and special effects well beyond its time. This fascinating film launched the careers of…
- Night of the Hunter, The (1955)
- Dir. Charles Laughton
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish
- A disturbing yet poetic masterpiece in which Robert Mitchum is mighty mean as a psychopathic preacher pursuing two runaways across the American…
- Desiree (1954)
- Dir. Henry Koster
Feat. Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons
- Marlon Brando plays a young Napoleon whose first romance, with Desiree Clay (Jean Simmons), is strained when he is swept into the cut–throat…
- Gate of Hell (Jigokumon) (1953)
- Dir. Teinosuke Kinugasa
Feat. Machiko Kyo, Kazuo Hasegawa, Isao Yamagata
- Tragic story of unrequited love set during the Heiji Rebellion in 1159, where a samurai warrior falls in love with a married…
- Quiet Man, The (1952)
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara
- Ex–boxer John Wayne retires to his Irish homeland in search of tranquillity and maybe the hand of Maureen O'Hara. This romantic comedy was a…
- An American in Paris (1951)
- Dir. Vincente Minnelli
Feat. Gene Kelly
- Ebullient, multi–styled musical with Gene Kelly dancing his socks off. Terrific George Gershwin score.
- Five (1951)
- Dir. Arch Oboler
Feat. William Phipps, Susan Douglas Rubeš, James Anderson…
- Apocalyptic 50's sci–fi set in the aftermath of an atomic bomb disaster where five survivors (a pregnant woman, a philosopher, a black man, a…
- Quo Vadis? (1951)
- Dir. Mervyn LeRoy
Feat. Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Peter Ustinov…
- Lavish Roman epic, set during the decadent reign of Nero, has legionnaire Robert Taylor falling for lion–bait Christian Deborah Kerr, amid…