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| 51 |  | 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 |
| 52 |  | Scrooge (1951) | 3.1413 27 reviews | NA | Drama, Fantasy, Christmas |
$9.99
| Miserly Ebenezer Scrooge learns the error of his ways through the intervention of the ghost of his ...more about Scrooge starring Alastair Sim and Kathleen Harrison |
| 53 |  | Vikings, The (1958) | 3.1396 15 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, History |
$4.49
| Einar and Eric are two Viking half-brothers. The former is a great warrior whilst the other is an ...more about Vikings starring Kirk Douglas and Tony Curtis |
| 54 |  | Defiant Ones, The (1958) | 3.1383 22 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$8.65
| Joker Jackson and Noah Cullen are two convicts on a chain gang who hate each other. After a truck ...more about Defiant Ones starring Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier |
| 55 |  | Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) | 3.1353 95 reviews | G | Drama, Thriller, Sci-Fi |
$4.86
| When an alien and his robot land on Earth to deliver a message to all it's world leaders they are ...more about Day the Earth Stood Still starring Michael Rennie and Patricia Neal |
| 56 |  | 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 |
| 57 |  | Roman Holiday (1953) | 3.1084 44 reviews | G | Drama, Romance, Comedy |
$2.10
| Princess Anne is touring Rome, and decides to get 'out and about' away from her normal life. She ...more about Roman Holiday starring Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn |
| 58 |  | American in Paris, An (1951) | 3.1047 51 reviews | PG | Musical, Romance |
$7.99
| Jerry, a struggling American painter falls in love with a cabaret dancer while in Paris. Meanwhile, ...more about American in Paris starring Gene Kelly and Oscar Levant |
| 59 |  | Tiger Bay (1959) | 3.1008 11 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime | N/A | 12 year old Gillie witnesses a Polish Sailor killing his girlfriend and manages to get hold of the ...more about Tiger Bay starring John Mills and Horst Buchholz |
| 60 |  | Giant (1956) | 3.0995 53 reviews | NA | Drama |
$15.52
| Texan rancher Bick Benedict visits a Maryland farm to buy a prize horse. Whilst there he meets and ...more about Giant starring Carroll Baker and Elizabeth Taylor |
| 61 |  | On Dangerous Ground (1952) | 3.0969 12 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Film-Noir |
$28.99
| Hard, withdrawn city cop Jim Wilson roughs up one too many suspects and is sent upstate to help ...more about On Dangerous Ground starring Ida Lupino and Robert Ryan |
| 62 |  | Sleeping Beauty (1959) | 3.0964 25 reviews | G | Family, Animation, Disney | N/A | When the evil witch Maleficent curses young Princess Aurora the child is hidden away in the woods ...more about Sleeping Beauty starring Mary Costa and Eleanor Audley |
| 63 |  | Hound of the Baskervilles, The (1959) | 3.0859 13 reviews | PG | Horror, Crime, Mystery |
$5.74
| Returning to his familie’s manor house on the lonely moors after his father dies under mysterious ...more about Hound of the Baskervilles starring Peter Cushing and André Morell |
| 64 |  | 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 |
| 65 |  | Pillow Talk (1959) | 3.0817 22 reviews | NA | Romance, Comedy, Music |
$8.96
| Interior decorator Jan Morrow and composer Brad Allen share a phone line. Brad keeps the line ...more about Pillow Talk starring Rock Hudson and Doris Day |
| 66 |  | 7th Voyage of Sinbad, The (1958) | 3.0782 34 reviews | G | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Family |
$8.26
| When captain Sindbad and his men land on the island Colossa they are confronted with man-eating ...more about 7th Voyage of Sinbad starring Kerwin Mathews and Kathryn Grant |
| 67 |  | Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959) | 3.0670 59 reviews | NA | Sci-Fi, Comedy |
$6.88
| Aliens try to take over the world by raising the dead and marching on all its major cities. ...more about Plan 9 from Outer Space starring Gregory Walcott and Mona McKinnon |
| 68 |  | Place in the Sun, A (1951) | 3.0629 22 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance |
$3.90
| It really looks like George Eastman can at last have his place in the sun. A chance meeting with a ...more about Place in the Sun starring Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor |
| 69 |  | Browning Version, The (1951) | 3.0620 15 reviews | G | Drama |
$21.95
| On the last day of term at a boys private school, a new master arrives to familiarise himself. His ...more about Browning Version starring Michael Redgrave and Jean Kent |
| 70 |  | War of the Worlds, The (1953) | 3.0598 79 reviews | PG | Action, Drama, Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$5.64
| H.G. Well's classic novel is brought to life is this tale of alien invasion. The resisdents of a ...more about War of the Worlds starring Gene Barry and Ann Robinson |
| 71 |  | Alice in Wonderland (1951) | 3.0550 52 reviews | G | Fantasy, Musical, Comedy, Family, Animation, Disney |
$9.99
| Alice following the White Rabbit falls deeper and deeper into her imagination. Wonderland is a ...more about Alice in Wonderland starring Kathryn Beaumont and Bill Thompson |
| 72 |  | Peter Pan (1953) | 3.0517 14 reviews | G | Adventure, Fantasy, Musical, Family, Animation, Disney |
$9.99
| Adaptation of J. M. Barrie's story about a boy who never grew up. The three children of the Darling ...more about Peter Pan starring Bobby Driscoll and Kathryn Beaumont |
| 73 |  | Bad and the Beautiful, The (1952) | 3.0492 29 reviews | PG | Drama |
$13.79
| A director, an actress and a writer each explain why they never want to work with producer Jonathan ...more about Bad and the Beautiful starring Lana Turner and Kirk Douglas |
| 74 |  | Auntie Mame (1958) | 3.0483 21 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy |
$11.95
| Mame is an unconventional individualist socialite from the roaring 20's. When her brother dies, she ...more about Auntie Mame starring Rosalind Russell and Forrest Tucker |
| 75 |  | Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) | 3.0466 45 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$9.99
| Dr Miles Bennel returns his small town practice to find several of his patients suffering the ...more about Invasion of the Body Snatchers starring Dana Wynter and Larry Gates |
| 76 |  | Band Wagon, The (1953) | 3.0462 40 reviews | PG | Musical, Comedy, Family |
$15.71
| Tony Hunter, a famous singer/dancer movie star, is feeling washed up and old hat (old top hat, tie ...more about Band Wagon starring Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse |
| 77 |  | House of Wax (1953) | 3.0443 46 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Crime, Mystery |
$3.68
| A sculptor of wax figures for a museum is horrified when his partner proposes setting fire to the ...more about House of Wax starring Vincent Price and Frank Lovejoy |
| 78 |  | Around the World in Eighty Days (1956) | 3.0433 44 reviews | G | Adventure, Comedy, Family |
$8.49
| When Phileas Fogg is challenged to prove his contention that a man can go around the world in 80 ...more about Around the World in Eighty Days starring David Niven and Cantinflas |
| 79 |  | Tingler, The (1959) | 3.0421 24 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi |
$3.92
| After much hard work, a pathologist discovers and captures a creature that lives in every ...more about Tingler starring Vincent Price and Judith Evelyn |
| 80 |  | River of No Return (1954) | 3.0351 10 reviews | NA | Adventure, Western |
$31.37
| The title river unites a farmer recently released from prison, his young son, and an ambitious ...more about River of No Return starring Marilyn Monroe and Robert Mitchum |
| 81 |  | Treasure Island (1950) | 3.0350 15 reviews | PG | Adventure, Family, Disney |
$7.02
| Enchanted by the idea of locating treasure buried by Captain Flint, Squire Trelawney, Dr. Livesey ...more about Treasure Island starring Bobby Driscoll and Chris Adcock |
| 82 |  | Pork Chop Hill (1959) | 3.0304 10 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, War |
$4.12
| American GI's must retake a barren hill in Korea that has been overrun by Red Chinese troops. The ...more about Pork Chop Hill starring Gregory Peck and Harry Guardino |
| 83 |  | 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 |
| 84 |  | Angel Face (1952) | 3.0243 14 reviews | PG | Drama, Crime, Mystery, Film-Noir |
$12.71
| When Mrs. Tremayne is mysteriously poisoned with gas, ambulance driver Frank Jessup meets her ...more about Angel Face starring Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons |
| 85 |  | Father of the Bride (1950) | 3.0193 13 reviews | G | Comedy |
$4.60
| Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she ...more about Father of the Bride starring Spencer Tracy and Joan Bennett |
| 86 |  | Forbidden Planet (1956) | 3.0159 42 reviews | G | Drama, Thriller, Sci-Fi |
$14.99
| When Adams and his crew are sent to investigate the silence from a planet inhabited by scientists, ...more about Forbidden Planet starring Walter Pidgeon and Anne Francis |
| 87 |  | 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 |
| 88 |  | Dracula (1958) | 3.0116 46 reviews | NA | Horror |
$5.19
| After Jonathan Harker attacks Dracula at his castle (apparently somewhere in Germany), the vampire ...more about Dracula starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee |
| 89 |  | I Want to Live! (1958) | 3.0108 19 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Crime |
$10.65
| Previously convicted of petty crimes like stealing and prostitution, Barbara Graham was accused of ...more about I Want to Live! starring Susan Hayward and Simon Oakland |
| 90 |  | Them! (1954) | 3.0096 44 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi |
$8.63
| Nuclear tests in the desert result in the growth of gigantic mutant ants who menace cities in the ...more about Them! starring James Whitmore and Edmund Gwenn |
| 91 |  | Thing from Another World, The (1951) | 3.0088 54 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi |
$6.26
| Scientist at an Arctic research station discover a spacecraft buried in the ice. Upon closer ...more about Thing from Another World starring Margaret Sheridan and Kenneth Tobey |
| 92 |  | Room at the Top (1959) | 3.0083 12 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | The English factory town is dreary but Joe Lampton has landed a job with a future. To have ...more about Room at the Top starring Simone Signoret and Laurence Harvey |
| 93 |  | 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 |
| 94 |  | Little Fugitive (1953) | 2.9995 13 reviews | NA | Drama |
$22.90
| Joey, a young boy, runs away to Coney Island after he is tricked into believing he has killed his ...more about Little Fugitive starring Richie Andrusco and Winifred Cushing |
| 95 |  | 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 | |
| 96 |  | 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 |
| 97 |  | Steel Helmet, The (1951) | 2.9957 11 reviews | NA | Drama, War | N/A | During the Korean War, strong but worn and cantankerous Sergeant Zack is aided by a young, orphaned ...more about Steel Helmet starring Gene Evans and Robert Hutton |
| 98 |  | 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 |
| 99 |  | Bucket of Blood, A (1959) | 2.9928 20 reviews | NA | Horror, Crime, Comedy |
$5.69
| Walter Paisley, nerdish waiter at a Bohemian cafe, is jealous of the talent (and popularity) of its ...more about Bucket of Blood starring Dick Miller and Barboura Morris |
| 100 |  | 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 |
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