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| 1 |  | 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 |
| 2 |  | 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 |
| 3 |  | 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 |
| 4 |  | 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 |
| 5 |  | 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 |
| 6 |  | 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 |
| 7 |  | Young at Heart (1954) | 2.9097 8 reviews | NA | Drama, Musical, Romance |
$9.99
| When Alex enters the lives of the musical Tuttle family, each of the three daughters falls for him. ...more about Young at Heart starring Doris Day and Frank Sinatra |
| 8 |  | Caine Mutiny, The (1954) | 2.9088 25 reviews | NA | Drama, War |
$16.00
| A group of officers get a new captain during WW II. The new captain is different and they begin to ...more about Caine Mutiny starring Warner Anderson and Humphrey Bogart |
| 9 |  | Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954) | 2.8835 17 reviews | NA | Drama |
$7.04
| The story picks up at the point where "The Robe" ends, following the martyrdom of Diana and ...more about Demetrius and the Gladiators starring Victor Mature and Susan Hayward |
| 10 |  | Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954) | 2.8706 6 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | Producer Walter Wanger, who had just been released from a prison term after shooting a man he ...more about Riot in Cell Block 11 starring Neville Brand and Frank Faylen |
| 11 |  | Animal Farm (1954) | 2.8530 34 reviews | NA | Drama, Animation |
$13.55
| Britain's first animated feature, which, despite the title and Disney-esque animal animation, is in ...more about Animal Farm |
| 12 |  | Naked Jungle, The (1954) | 2.8320 21 reviews | NA | Adventure, Drama |
$3.90
| It's 1901. At 19, tough, stubborn Christopher Leiningen came to South America and built levees to ...more about Naked Jungle starring Eleanor Parker and Charlton Heston |
| 13 |  | Executive Suite (1954) | 2.8052 9 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | Avery Bullard, President of the Tredway Corporation has died. But he never named a clear successor, ...more about Executive Suite starring William Holden and June Allyson |
| 14 |  | High and the Mighty, The (1954) | 2.7939 17 reviews | NA | Adventure, Drama |
$11.25
| When a commercial airliner developes engine problems on a trans- Pacific flight and the pilot loses ...more about High and the Mighty starring John Wayne and Claire Trevor |
| 15 |  | Country Girl, The (1954) | 2.7922 13 reviews | NA | Drama |
$3.90
| Washed up singer/actor Frank Elgin has a chance to make a come-back when director Bernie Dodd ...more about Country Girl starring Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly |
| 16 |  | Carmen Jones (1954) |  2.7433 27 reviews | NA | Drama, Musical |
$3.99
| At an all-black army camp, civilian parachute maker and "hot bundle" Carmen Jones is desired by ...more about Carmen Jones starring Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte |
| 17 |  | Barefoot Contessa, The (1954) | 2.7404 25 reviews | PG | Drama, Crime, Mystery, Romance |
$9.99
| Has-been director Harry Dawes gets a new lease on his career when independently wealthy Kirk ...more about Barefoot Contessa starring Humphrey Bogart and Ava Gardner |
| 18 |  | Broken Lance (1954) | 2.6700 11 reviews | NA | Drama, Western |
$5.91
| Cattle baron Matt Devereaux raids a copper smelter that is polluting his water, then divides his ...more about Broken Lance starring Spencer Tracy and Robert Wagner |
| 19 |  | Elephant Walk (1954) | 2.6658 11 reviews | NA | Adventure, Drama |
$7.18
| Colonial tea planter John Wiley, visiting England at the end of World War II, wins and weds lovely ...more about Elephant Walk starring Elizabeth Taylor and Dana Andrews |
| 20 | | Abismos de pasin (1954) | 2.6586 9 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance | N/A | Gone several years, the brooding Alejandro returns to the hacienda of his foster sister, Catalina, ...more about Abismos de pasin |
| 21 |  | Jail Bait (1954) | 2.6342 14 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Film-Noir |
$11.99
| Vic Brady draws young Don Gregor into a life of crime. He then blackmails Gregor's plastic surgeon ...more about Jail Bait starring Lyle Talbot and Dolores Fuller |
| 22 | | Egyptian, The (1954) | 2.6149 4 reviews | NA | Drama, History | N/A | In eighteenth-dynasty Egypt, Sinuhe, a poor orphan, becomes a brilliant physician and with his ...more about Egyptian starring Jean Simmons and Victor Mature |
| 23 |  | Suddenly (1954) | 2.5350 5 reviews | Not Rated | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery, Film-Noir |
$4.55
| The tranquility of a small town is marred only by sheriff Tod Shaw's unsuccessful courtship of ...more about Suddenly starring Frank Sinatra and Sterling Hayden |
| 24 |  | Pushover (1954) | 2.4460 7 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Film-Noir | N/A | A bank heist yields $210,000. Soon, sultry Lona McLane, girlfriend of one of the robbers, meets ...more about Pushover starring Fred MacMurray and Philip Carey |
| 25 | | Magnificent Obsession (1954) | 2.4095 9 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | When churlish, spoiled rich man Bob Merrick foolishly wrecks his speed boat, the rescue team ...more about Magnificent Obsession starring Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson |
| 26 | | Raid, The (1954) | 2.4095 4 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, War | N/A | A group of confederate prisoners escape to Canada and plan to rob the banks and set fire to the ...more about Raid starring Van Heflin and Anne Bancroft |
| 27 | | Shield for Murder (1954) | 2.4095 2 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Film-Noir | N/A | A vicious cop (Edmond O'Brien) kills a drug runner and steals $25,000 from the corpse. He then ...more about Shield for Murder starring Marla English and John Agar |
| 28 |  | Silver Chalice, The (1954) | 2.4095 3 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance | N/A | A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver and sculpt around its rim the ...more about Silver Chalice starring Virginia Mayo and Pier Angeli |
| 29 | | Men of the Fighting Lady (1954) | 2.3729 1 reviews | NA | Drama, War | N/A | ...more about Men of the Fighting Lady starring Van Johnson and Walter Pidgeon |
| 30 | | Bangiku (1954) | 2.3529 8 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | What is the life of a Geisha like once her beauty has faded and she has retired? Kin has saved her ...more about Bangiku starring Hiroshi Koizumi |
| 31 | | City Story (1954) | 2.3437 5 reviews | NA | Drama, Short | N/A | In order to get an idea of how he and his church can better serve their community, a pastor visits ...more about City Story |
| 32 |  | Dam Busters, The (1954) | 2.3151 9 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, War |
$9.10
| The British are desperate to shorten the length of WW2 and propose a daring raid to smash Germany's ...more about Dam Busters starring Michael Redgrave and Ursula Jeans |
| 33 |  | Track of the Cat (1954) |  2.2451 4 reviews | NA | Drama, Western |
$4.86
| While Curt Bridges tracks down the panther that killed his brother Arthur, his family argues and ...more about Track of the Cat starring Tab Hunter and Teresa Wright |
| 34 |  | Human Desire (1954) | 2.2433 8 reviews | NA | Drama, Film-Noir | N/A | Engineer Jeff, returning from Korea, falls in Love to his co-worker Carl's wife Vicky, who both ...more about Human Desire starring Glenn Ford and Gloria Grahame |
| 35 | | Crime Wave (1954) | 2.2305 8 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Film-Noir | N/A | Three San Quentin escapees (Penny, Hastings and Morgan) kill a cop in a gas-station holdup. ...more about Crime Wave starring Sterling Hayden and Phyllis Kirk |
| 36 | | Rose Marie (1954) | 2.1355 5 reviews | NA | Adventure, Drama, Western, Musical, Romance, Comedy | N/A | Tomboy Rose Marie Lemaitre, the orphaned ward of Mountie Mike Malone, falls in love with him, and ...more about Rose Marie starring Ann Blyth and Fernando Lamas |
| 37 |  | Last Time I Saw Paris, The (1954) | 2.1104 6 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance |
$3.99
| Charles returns to Paris to reminisce about the life he led in Paris after it was liberated. He ...more about Last Time I Saw Paris starring Elizabeth Taylor and Van Johnson |
| 38 | | Strangers (1954) | 2.1058 8 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | Catherine and Alexander, wealthy and sophisticated, drive to Naples to dispose of a deceased ...more about Strangers starring Ingrid Bergman and George Sanders |
| 39 | | Deep in My Heart (1954) | 2.0625 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Musical, Comedy | N/A | ...more about Deep in My Heart starring David Burns and Jos Ferrer |
| 40 | | Hell and High Water (1954) | 2.0168 4 reviews | NA | Drama, Sci-Fi | N/A | A privately-financed scientist and his colleagues hire an ex-Navy officer (Widmark) to conduct an ...more about Hell and High Water starring Richard Widmark and Bella Darvi |
| 41 | | Divided Heart, The (1954) | 2.0122 2 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | A three-year-old orphan is adopted by a German couple shortly after World War II. On his tenth ...more about Divided Heart starring Cornell Borchers and Yvonne Mitchell |
| 42 | | Dragnet (1954) | 1.9894 4 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime |
$10.06
| Saturday, April 9: A known bookie named Miller Starkie has been "cut in half" by a sawed-off, ...more about Dragnet starring Jack Webb and Ben Alexander |
| 43 | | Father Brown (1954) | 1.9894 5 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Comedy | N/A | Works of art are disappearing, stolen by a master thief, a master of disguise. Father Brown has two ...more about Father Brown starring Alec Guinness and Joan Greenwood |
| 44 |  | Inspector Calls, An (1954) | 1.9894 3 reviews | NA | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery | N/A | Based on a famous stage play and set in the year 1912, an upper crust English family dinner is ...more about Inspector Calls starring Alastair Sim and Jane Wenham |
| 45 | | Long Wait, The (1954) | 1.9209 2 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Film-Noir | N/A | Hitchhiker Johnny McBride is badly hurt and loses his memory when the car he is riding in crashes. ...more about Long Wait starring Anthony Quinn and Charles Coburn |
| 46 |  | Beachhead (1954) | 1.8981 1 reviews | NA | Drama, War |
$6.62
| On a Japanese-occupied island during World War II, only two soldiers remain alive after a mission ...more about Beachhead starring Tony Curtis and Frank Lovejoy |
| 47 | | Young Lovers, The (1954) | 1.8798 1 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | ...more about Young Lovers starring Odile Versois and David Knight |
| 48 | | Hell Below Zero (1954) | 1.8707 2 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance | N/A | Duncan Craig signs on a whaling ship, partly because his own business deal has fallen through, ...more about Hell Below Zero starring Alan Ladd and Joan Tetzel |
| 49 | | House Across the Lake, The (1954) | 1.8250 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime |
$9.97
| ...more about House Across the Lake starring Hillary Brooke and Susan Stephen |
| 50 | | Mask of Dust (1954) | 1.8068 1 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Drama | N/A | ...more about Mask of Dust starring Richard Conte and Mari Aldon |
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