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| 1 |  | Rebel Without a Cause (1955) |  3.6574 81 reviews | PG-13 | Drama, Teen |
$16.88
| Jim Stark is the new kid in town and has a tendency to get in trouble. Looking for love and ...more about Rebel Without a Cause starring James Dean and Natalie Wood |
| 2 |  | Night of the Hunter, The (1955) | 3.5409 56 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Film-Noir |
$6.62
| While incarcerated with condemned killer Ben Harper (Peter Graves), fake preacher Harry Powell ...more about Night of the Hunter starring Robert Mitchum and Shelley Winters |
| 3 |  | Lady and the Tramp (1955) | 3.4771 39 reviews | G | Drama, Musical, Romance, Comedy, Family, Animation, Disney | N/A | Lady, a lovely housedog encounters Tramp, a mangy street mutt he takes her under his wing and ...more about Lady and the Tramp starring Barbara Luddy and Bill Thompson |
| 4 |  | East of Eden (1955) |  3.1861 48 reviews | PG | Drama |
$11.49
| In the Salinas Valley, in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against ...more about East of Eden starring Julie Harris and James Dean |
| 5 |  | All That Heaven Allows (1955) | 3.1725 38 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance |
$27.95
| A wealthy socialite woman falls in love with a nurse several years her junior. She is ridiculed by ...more about All That Heaven Allows starring Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson |
| 6 |  | Marty (1955) | 3.1418 32 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance |
$6.20
| Marty is a lonely butcher approaching middle-age. His Italian mother is incessantly hounding him to ...more about Marty starring Ernest Borgnine and Betsy Blair |
| 7 |  | Seven Year Itch, The (1955) | 3.1304 23 reviews | NA | Romance, Comedy |
$5.19
| Like many other Manhattan husbands, Richard Sherman sends his wife and son to the country for the ...more about Seven Year Itch starring Marilyn Monroe and Evelyn Keyes |
| 8 |  | Ladykillers, The (1955) | 3.0854 29 reviews | NA | Crime, Comedy |
$9.10
| A gang planning a 'job' find themselves living with a little old lady, who thinks they are ...more about Ladykillers starring Alec Guinness and Cecil Parker |
| 9 |  | Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) | 3.0248 32 reviews | PG | Drama, Thriller |
$8.68
| In 1945 a train pulls into Black Rock, hardly even a whistlestop, and lets Macreedy off. He wants ...more about Bad Day at Black Rock starring Spencer Tracy and Robert Ryan |
| 10 |  | Trouble with Harry, The (1955) | 3.0136 27 reviews | NA | Mystery, Comedy |
$12.95
| Trouble erupts in a small, quiet New England town when a man's body is found in the woods. The ...more about Trouble with Harry starring Edmund Gwenn and John Forsythe |
| 11 |  | Guys and Dolls (1955) | 3.0007 29 reviews | G | Crime, Musical, Romance, Comedy |
$4.99
| All the hot gamblers are in town, and they're all depending on Nathan Detroit to set up this week's ...more about Guys and Dolls starring Marlon Brando and Jean Simmons |
| 12 |  | It's Always Fair Weather (1955) | 2.9976 20 reviews | NA |
$12.71
| Ted (Gene Kelly), Doug (Dan Dailey), and Angie (Michael Kidd), are three ex-G.I.s who vow to meet ...more about It's Always Fair Weather starring Gene Kelly and Dan Dailey | |
| 13 |  | Kiss Me Deadly (1955) | 2.9971 37 reviews | NA | Thriller, Crime, Film-Noir |
$5.99
| One dark night, sleazy private eye Mike Hammer picks up a girl on the highway, wearing only a ...more about Kiss Me Deadly starring Ralph Meeker and Albert Dekker |
| 14 |  | Mister Roberts (1955) | 2.9938 21 reviews | NA | Drama, War, Comedy |
$10.89
| Mister Roberts is aboard a US cargo ship, working in the Pacific during the Second World War. He'd ...more about Mister Roberts starring Henry Fonda and James Cagney |
| 15 |  | Love Me or Leave Me (1955) | 2.9922 10 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Romance, Music |
$8.68
| Story of torch singer Ruth Etting's rise from 1920s taxi dancer to movie star, simultaneously aided ...more about Love Me or Leave Me starring Doris Day and James Cagney |
| 16 |  | Big Combo, The (1955) | 2.9899 25 reviews | PG | Drama, Crime, Film-Noir |
$5.99
| Police Lt. Diamond is told to close his surveillance of suspected mob boss Mr. Brown because it's ...more about Big Combo starring Cornel Wilde and Richard Conte |
| 17 |  | Queen Bee (1955) | 2.9000 10 reviews | NA | Drama |
$13.34
| Eva Phillips is a Southern socialite whose manipulation and ruthlessness ruins the lives of ...more about Queen Bee starring Joan Crawford and Barry Sullivan |
| 18 |  | Oklahoma! (1955) | 2.8995 40 reviews | NA | Western, Musical, Romance |
$12.99
| Laurey must choose between two men vying for her attention. When Curly saves Laurey from Jud's ...more about Oklahoma! starring Gordon MacRae and Gloria Grahame |
| 19 |  | Mr. Arkadin (1955) | 2.8917 40 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$32.38
| Guy Stratten gets the order from Mr. Arkadin, to find out everything about his past, because he ...more about Mr. Arkadin starring Akim Tamiroff and Grégoire Aslan |
| 20 |  | Desperate Hours, The (1955) | 2.8902 17 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Film-Noir |
$4.94
| Dan Hilliard is a comfortable upper-middle-class executive with a wife and two children and a ...more about Desperate Hours starring Humphrey Bogart and Arthur Kennedy |
| 21 |  | Killer's Kiss (1955) | 2.8752 24 reviews | NA |
$6.59
| Prize-fighter Davy Gordon intervenes when private dancer Gloria Price is being attacked by her ...more about Killer's Kiss starring Frank Silvera and Jamie Smith | |
| 22 |  | Picnic (1955) | 2.8683 12 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance |
$13.34
| The morning of a small town Labor Day picnic, a drifter (Hal Carter) blows into town to visit an ...more about Picnic starring William Holden and Kim Novak |
| 23 |  | Man Called Peter, A (1955) | 2.8661 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Family |
$6.99
| Based on the true story of a young Scottish lad, Peter Marshall, who dreams of only going to sea ...more about Man Called Peter starring Richard Todd and Jean Peters |
| 24 |  | Man from Laramie, The (1955) | 2.8463 19 reviews | NA | Western, Mystery |
$3.95
| Mysterious Will Lockhart delivers supplies to storekeeper Barbara Waggoman at Coronado, an isolated ...more about Man from Laramie starring James Stewart and Arthur Kennedy |
| 25 |  | Summertime (1955) | 2.8186 9 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance |
$21.95
| Jane Hudson, a jaunty as well as attractive middle-aged secretary from Akron, Ohio, has finally ...more about Summertime starring Katharine Hepburn and Rossano Brazzi |
| 26 |  | Bridges at Toko-Ri, The (1955) | 2.8150 14 reviews | NA | Drama, War |
$3.90
| Set during the Korean War, a Navy fighter pilot must come to terms with with his own ambivalence ...more about Bridges at Toko-Ri starring William Holden and Grace Kelly |
| 27 |  | It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955) | 2.7914 24 reviews | NA | Sci-Fi |
$19.99
| A giant stop-motion-animated octopus (with six arms) attacks San Francisco. A pair of scientists ...more about It Came from Beneath the Sea starring Kenneth Tobey and Faith Domergue |
| 28 |  | Tarantula (1955) | 2.7714 14 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi | N/A | Professor Gerald Deemer has been working on a special nutrient to help ease a predicted food ...more about Tarantula starring John Agar and Mara Corday |
| 29 |  | Kid for Two Farthings, A (1955) | 2.7703 11 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy, Family |
$10.98
| In a lower-class London community of small shops, open-air vendors and flea-marketers, Joe, a small ...more about Kid for Two Farthings starring Celia Johnson and Diana Dors |
| 30 |  | Daddy Long Legs (1955) | 2.7695 9 reviews | NA | Musical, Romance |
$9.90
| On a trip to France, millionaire Jervis Pendelton sees an 18 year old girl in an orphanage. ...more about Daddy Long Legs starring Fred Astaire and Leslie Caron |
| 31 |  | To Catch a Thief (1955) |  2.7362 17 reviews | Not Rated | Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Romance, Adaptation |
$5.56
| American expatriate John Robie living in high style on the Riviera is a retired cat burglar. He ...more about To Catch a Thief starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly |
| 32 |  | Man with the Golden Arm, The (1955) | 2.7002 21 reviews | NA | Drama |
$1.99
| Frankie Machine is a skilled card dealer and one-time heroin addict. When he returns home from ...more about Man with the Golden Arm starring Frank Sinatra and Eleanor Parker |
| 33 |  | Blood Alley (1955) | 2.6965 7 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure |
$4.99
| A merchant marine captain, rescued from the Chinese Communists by local visitors, is "shanghaied" ...more about Blood Alley starring John Wayne and Lauren Bacall |
| 34 |  | Violent Saturday (1955) | 2.6926 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime | N/A | A number of otherwise insignificant small-town stories erupt into drama when a gang of hoodlums ...more about Violent Saturday starring Victor Mature and Richard Egan |
| 35 |  | Quatermass Xperiment, The (1955) | 2.6864 23 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$3.99
| A missile, launched by the team led by Prof. Quatermass, lands in the English countryside. Of the ...more about Quatermass Xperiment starring Brian Donlevy and Jack Warner |
| 36 |  | Conquest of Space (1955) | 2.6795 17 reviews | NA | Sci-Fi |
$9.59
| ...more about Conquest of Space starring Walter Brooke and Eric Fleming |
| 37 |  | Bride of the Monster (1955) | 2.6494 32 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi, Mystery |
$11.99
| Dr. Varnoff captures twelve men for his experiment: to turn them into supermen using atomic energy. ...more about Bride of the Monster starring Bela Lugosi and Tor Johnson |
| 38 |  | This Island Earth (1955) | 2.6391 12 reviews | NA | Sci-Fi |
$9.99
| Dr. Meacham is chosen along with others by the inhabitants of the planet Metaluna to do research ...more about This Island Earth starring Faith Domergue and Rex Reason |
| 39 |  | Long Gray Line, The (1955) | 2.6286 7 reviews | NA | Drama |
$15.34
| The life story of a salt-of-the-earth Irish immigrant, who becomes an Army Noncommissioned Officer ...more about Long Gray Line starring Tyrone Power and Maureen O'Hara |
| 40 |  | Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955) | 2.6258 13 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance |
$8.99
| Newsman Mark Elliott is an American war correspondent in Hong Kong, separated from his wife. During ...more about Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing starring William Holden and Jennifer Jones |
| 41 |  | To Hell and Back (1955) | 2.6058 7 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, War, Biography |
$9.99
| True-life account of the military career of Audie Murphy, the most decorated soldier in WWII. ...more about To Hell and Back starring Marshall Thompson and Charles Drake |
| 42 |  | Blackboard Jungle (1955) | 2.5804 20 reviews | NA | Drama, Teen |
$8.00
| The Original 50's classic about a decent middle aged school teacher who goes to teach in an unruly ...more about Blackboard Jungle starring Glenn Ford and Anne Francis |
| 43 |  | Man Without a Star (1955) | 2.5799 8 reviews | NA | Western | N/A | Dempsey Rae, a cowboy with no clear aim in life, winds up working on a spread with a hard lady ...more about Man Without a Star starring Kirk Douglas and Jeanne Crain |
| 44 |  | Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell, The (1955) | 2.5784 6 reviews | NA | Drama, War, Biography |
$7.24
| The true story of General Billy Mitchell, a pioneering crusader for the Army's fledgling air corp. ...more about Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell starring Gary Cooper and Charles Bickford |
| 45 |  | Artists and Models (1955) | 2.5716 6 reviews | NA | Musical, Comedy | N/A | Eugene and Rick are two struggling artists who share apartment. However, Rick has problems with ...more about Artists and Models starring Jerry Lewis and Shirley MacLaine |
| 46 |  | Dementia (1955) | 2.5702 12 reviews | NA | Horror, Mystery |
$22.46
| As the narrator invites us to explore the horrors of an insane mind, a young woman wakes from a ...more about Dementia starring Adrienne Barrett |
| 47 |  | Colditz Story, The (1955) | 2.5667 9 reviews | NA | Drama, War |
$54.01
| Colditz castle was used by the Nazis to hold the "bad boys", (those who regularly tried to escape ...more about Colditz Story starring Eric Portman and Christopher Rhodes |
| 48 | | McConnell Story, The (1955) | 2.5282 1 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | Mac's plans to settle down and raise a family are upset by the Korean War. He goes as a fighter ...more about McConnell Story starring Alan Ladd and June Allyson |
| 49 |  | Three Cases of Murder (1955) | 2.4770 5 reviews | NA | Drama, Horror, Crime, Mystery | N/A | Three stories of murder and the supernatural. In the first, a museum worker is introduced to a ...more about Three Cases of Murder starring Orson Welles and John Gregson |
| 50 |  | End of the Affair, The (1955) | 2.4520 13 reviews | NA | Drama |
$13.34
| In wartorn London Maurice Bendrix falls in love with neighbor Sarah Miles. They begin an illicit ...more about End of the Affair starring Deborah Kerr and Van Johnson |
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