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| 1 |  | 12 Angry Men (1957) |  3.9683 68 reviews | PG | Drama, Crime, Mystery |
$11.03
| The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if ...more about 12 Angry Men starring Martin Balsam and Lee J. Cobb |
| 2 |  | Sweet Smell of Success (1957) | 3.8324 42 reviews | NA | Drama, Film-Noir |
$4.99
| J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster), the most prestigious newspaper columnist in New York, recruits ...more about Sweet Smell of Success starring Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis |
| 3 |  | Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957) | 3.8309 90 reviews | PG | Adventure, Drama, War |
$13.34
| In a WWII Japanese POW camp Col. Nicholson and his men are given the task to repair the bridge over ...more about Bridge on the River Kwai starring William Holden and Jack Hawkins |
| 4 |  | All About Eve (1950) | 3.8135 75 reviews | NA | Drama |
$4.86
| Aspiring actress Eve Harrington maneuvers her way into the lives of Broadway's elite. The stars ...more about All About Eve starring Bette Davis and Anne Baxter |
| 5 |  | Ben-Hur (1959) |  3.7311 97 reviews | PG | Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance |
$3.42
| When Ben-Hur and long time friend Messala have a falling-out over political views Ben-Hur is sent ...more about Ben-Hur starring Charlton Heston and Jack Hawkins |
| 6 |  | Third Man, The (1950) | 3.7039 64 reviews | Not Rated | Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Film-Noir |
$23.99
| Novelist Holly Martins goes to post-war Vienna on the invite of his friend, Harry Lime, who ...more about Third Man starring Joseph Cotten and Geoffrey Keen |
| 7 |  | Searchers, The (1956) | 3.6915 73 reviews | PG | Adventure, Drama, Western |
$4.69
| Ethan Edwards (John Wayne)returned from war to find his family massacred and his niece kidnapped by ...more about Searchers starring John Wayne and Jeffrey Hunter |
| 8 |  | Paths of Glory (1958) | 3.6840 42 reviews | Not Rated | Drama, War, Adaptation |
$5.67
| The futility and irony of the war in the trenches in WWI is shown as a unit commander in the French ...more about Paths of Glory starring Kirk Douglas and Ralph Meeker |
| 9 |  | 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 |
| 10 |  | Sunset Blvd. (1950) | 3.6474 34 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance, Film-Noir |
$6.30
| Struggling screenwriter, Joe Gillis, accidentally stumbles upon the mansion of washed up and ...more about Sunset Blvd. starring William Holden and Gloria Swanson |
| 11 |  | Seven Samurai, The (1954) | 3.6473 44 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Drama |
$24.99
| A small village constantly attacked by bandits enlists seven samurais to help protect them and ...more about Seven Samurai starring Takashi Shimura and Toshiro Mifune |
| 12 |  | Seventh Seal, The (1957) | 3.6102 34 reviews | Not Rated | Drama, Thriller, Fantasy |
$24.29
| A Knight and his squire are home from the crusades. Black Death is sweeping their country. As they ...more about Seventh Seal starring Max von Sydow and Inga Landgré |
| 13 |  | On the Waterfront (1954) | 3.5617 86 reviews | PG | Drama, Crime, Romance |
$11.84
| Terry has been a witness and participant in the murder of dockworker, Joey. Terry's conscience ...more about On the Waterfront starring Marlon Brando and Karl Malden |
| 14 |  | 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 |
| 15 |  | Strangers on a Train (1951) | 3.4828 63 reviews | PG | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Film-Noir |
$8.63
| An Alfred Hitchcock thriller about a famous tennis player named Guy Haines (Farley Granger) who is ...more about Strangers on a Train starring Farley Granger and Ruth Roman |
| 16 |  | King and I, The (1956) | 3.4000 19 reviews | G | Adventure, Drama, Musical, Romance, Family |
$12.99
| Mrs. Anna Leonowens and her son Louis arrive in Bangkok, where she has contracted to teach English ...more about King and I starring Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr |
| 17 |  | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) | 3.3646 30 reviews | G | Adventure, Drama, Western, Musical, Romance, Comedy, Family |
$8.68
| Based on Stephen Vincent Benet’s novel, “The Sobbin’ Women,” is the feature film musical ...more about Seven Brides for Seven Brothers starring Matt Moore and Jeff Richards |
| 18 |  | Earrings of Madame De..., The (1954) | 3.3586 18 reviews | Not Rated | Drama, Foreign | N/A | During the 20th century, before the World War in France, lived a wealthy countess who sells the ...more about Earrings of Madame De... starring Charles Boyer and Danielle Darrieux |
| 19 |  | Ten Commandments, The (1956) | 3.2877 67 reviews | G | Adventure, Drama |
$14.71
| The story of Moses, a Hebrew boy that was raised as an Egyptian prince. Upon learning of his ...more about Ten Commandments starring Charlton Heston and Yul Brynner |
| 20 |  | Asphalt Jungle, The (1950) | 3.2839 45 reviews | G | Drama, Crime, Film-Noir |
$12.71
| Infimous criminal Doc Rienschneider (Sam Jaffe) has just returned from prison and already has a ...more about Asphalt Jungle starring Sterling Hayden and Louis Calhern |
| 21 |  | Old Yeller (1957) | 3.2588 30 reviews | G | Adventure, Drama, Western, Family, Disney |
$7.02
| Travis is the man of the house while his father is on a cattle drive. Travis is irritated when his ...more about Old Yeller starring Dorothy McGuire and Fess Parker |
| 22 |  | Wrong Man, The (1956) | 3.2509 30 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Film-Noir |
$8.63
| Manny Ballestero is an honest hardworking musician at New York's Stork Club. When his wife needs ...more about Wrong Man starring Henry Fonda and Vera Miles |
| 23 |  | Quiet Man, The (1952) | 3.2500 55 reviews | G | Drama, Romance, Comedy |
$5.62
| After a disaster in the ring, boxer Sean Thornton returns to his birthplace in Ireland. Hoping to ...more about Quiet Man starring John Wayne and Francis Ford |
| 24 |  | Killing, The (1956) |  3.2493 49 reviews | PG | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Film-Noir |
$5.69
| After getting out of prison, Johnny Clay masterminds a complex race-track heist, but his scheme is ...more about Killing starring Sterling Hayden and Coleen Gray |
| 25 |  | From Here to Eternity (1953) | 3.2187 52 reviews | NA | Drama, War, Romance |
$3.95
| It's 1941. Robert E. Lee Prewitt has requested Army transfer and has ended up at Schofield in ...more about From Here to Eternity starring Burt Lancaster and Montgomery Clift |
| 26 |  | Witness for the Prosecution (1957) | 3.2087 20 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Mystery |
$10.65
| When Leonard Vole is arrested for the sensational murder of a rich, middle-aged widow, the famous ...more about Witness for the Prosecution starring Tyrone Power and Marlene Dietrich |
| 27 |  | African Queen, The (1951) | 3.1952 45 reviews | NA | Adventure, Drama, War, Romance | N/A | At the start of WWI, Charlie Allnut is using his old steamer, The African Queen, to ferry supplies ...more about African Queen starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn |
| 28 |  | Big Heat, The (1953) | 3.1877 35 reviews | PG | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Film-Noir |
$17.37
| Detective Dave Bannion investigates a police sergeant's suicide. Strictly routine...until a B-girl ...more about Big Heat starring Glenn Ford and Gloria Grahame |
| 29 |  | 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 |
| 30 |  | Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) | 3.1769 55 reviews | PG | Drama |
$16.37
| Blanche is in real need of a protector at this stage in her life when circumstances lead her into ...more about Streetcar Named Desire starring Vivien Leigh and Marlon Brando |
| 31 |  | 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 |
| 32 |  | Star Is Born, A (1954) | 3.1695 16 reviews | NA | Drama, Musical |
$13.71
| Drunken waining movie star Norman Maine meets showgirl Esther Blodgett when he literally stumbles ...more about Star Is Born starring Judy Garland and Jack Carson |
| 33 |  | Stalag 17 (1953) | 3.1646 18 reviews | Not Rated | Drama, War, Adaptation |
$11.25
| Set in a German POW Camp for enlisted American airmen, a spy is discovered to be living in one of ...more about Stalag 17 starring William Holden and Don Taylor |
| 34 |  | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) | 3.1636 50 reviews | G | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Family, Disney |
$12.90
| The oceans during the late 1860-92s are no longer safe; many ships have been lost. Sailors have ...more about 20 starring Kirk Douglas and James Mason |
| 35 |  | Anatomy of a Murder (1959) | 3.1520 49 reviews | NA | Drama, Mystery |
$13.34
| Since being voted out of office as local prosecutor, Paul Biegler spends more time fishing than ...more about Anatomy of a Murder starring James Stewart and Lee Remick |
| 36 |  | 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 |
| 37 |  | 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 |
| 38 |  | 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 |
| 39 |  | 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 |
| 40 |  | 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 |
| 41 |  | 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 |
| 42 |  | 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 |
| 43 |  | 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 |
| 44 |  | 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 |
| 45 |  | 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 |
| 46 |  | 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 |
| 47 |  | 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 |
| 48 |  | 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 |
| 49 |  | 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 |
| 50 |  | 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 |
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