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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 |  | 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 |
| 5 |  | 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 |
| 6 |  | 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 |
| 7 |  | Aparajito (1957) | 2.9817 12 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | After living awhile in Benares, 10 year old Apu and his mother move in with her uncle in a small ...more about Aparajito starring Kanu Bannerjee and Karuna Bannerjee |
| 8 |  | Curse of Frankenstein, The (1957) | 2.9803 33 reviews | NA | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$5.99
| Baron Victor Frankenstein, in prison for murder and trying to evade the guillotine, tells a priest ...more about Curse of Frankenstein starring Peter Cushing and Hazel Court |
| 9 |  | Pal Joey (1957) | 2.9760 20 reviews | NA | Drama, Musical, Romance |
$10.23
| Joey Evans is charming, handsome, funny, talented, and a first class, A-number-one heel. When Joey ...more about Pal Joey starring Rita Hayworth and Frank Sinatra |
| 10 |  | Jailhouse Rock (1957) | 2.9002 20 reviews | NA | Drama, Musical |
$39.99
| Vince Everett is serving a one-year jail sentence for manslaughter. While in the big house, his ...more about Jailhouse Rock starring Elvis Presley and Judy Tyler |
| 11 |  | Three Faces of Eve, The (1957) | 2.8645 18 reviews | NA | Drama |
$4.86
| Eve White is a quite, mousy, unassuming wife and mother who keeps suffering from headaches and ...more about Three Faces of Eve starring Joanne Woodward and David Wayne |
| 12 |  | Nightfall (1957) | 2.8569 5 reviews | Not Rated | Drama, Crime, Film-Noir | N/A | CAST Aldo Ray Brian Keith Anne Bancroft Jocelyn Brando James Gregory Frank ...more about Nightfall starring Aldo Ray and Brian Keith |
| 13 |  | Affair to Remember, An (1957) | 2.8509 44 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance |
$6.88
| Handsome playboy Nicky Ferrante and beautiful night club singer Terry McKay have a romance while on ...more about Affair to Remember starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr |
| 14 |  | Spirit of St. Louis, The (1957) | 2.8448 6 reviews | NA | Adventure, Drama, History |
$8.68
| Biography of Charles Lindburgh from his days of precarious mail runs in aviation's infancy to his ...more about Spirit of St. Louis starring James Stewart and Murray Hamilton |
| 15 |  | Fear Strikes Out (1957) | 2.8311 21 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Sports |
$3.90
| Jim Piersall is groomed by his loving but hard-driving father (living vicariously through his son) ...more about Fear Strikes Out starring Anthony Perkins and Karl Malden |
| 16 |  | Face in the Crowd, A (1957) | 2.8204 14 reviews | NA | Drama |
$12.71
| Larry "Lonesome" Rhodes is a hobo. Discovered by Marcia Jeffries, he will become a very famous TV ...more about Face in the Crowd starring Andy Griffith and Patricia Neal |
| 17 |  | Love in the Afternoon (1957) | 2.8173 13 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance, Comedy |
$9.76
| Director Billy Wilder salutes his idol, Ernst Lubitsch, with this comedy about a middle-aged ...more about Love in the Afternoon starring Gary Cooper and Audrey Hepburn |
| 18 |  | Enemy Below, The (1957) | 2.8031 18 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, War |
$9.27
| During World War II, the USS Haynes, an American destroyer escort discovers a German U-boat in the ...more about Enemy Below starring Theodore Bikel |
| 19 |  | Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957) | 2.7871 13 reviews | NA | Drama, War |
$9.99
| Marine Corporal Allison is ship-wrecked on a Pacific island during world war II. The only other ...more about Heaven Knows starring Deborah Kerr |
| 20 |  | Island in the Sun (1957) |  2.7145 8 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance |
$9.99
| Set on a fictitious island in the Carribean during colonial British rule. It focuses on the life of ...more about Island in the Sun starring Joan Fontaine and Dorothy Dandridge |
| 21 |  | Bitter Victory (1957) | 2.7036 14 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, History, War |
$3.95
| Unfit commander receives an undeserved citation for an attack on Rommel's headquarters. Unbeknownst ...more about Bitter Victory starring Richard Burton and Curd Jürgens |
| 22 |  | Man of a Thousand Faces (1957) | 2.6499 8 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography | N/A | Loose biography of actor Lon Chaney. Growing up with deaf parents, he learns what it is like to be ...more about Man of a Thousand Faces starring James Cagney and 'Snub' Pollard |
| 23 |  | Peyton Place (1957) | 2.6440 9 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance |
$9.80
| Allison MacKenzie looks back on life in the New England town where she grew up around the time of ...more about Peyton Place starring Lana Turner and Lee Philips |
| 24 |  | King in New York, A (1957) | 2.5721 12 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy |
$6.99
| Due to a revolution in his country King Shahdov comes to New York - almost broke. To get some money ...more about King in New York starring Charles Chaplin and Maxine Audley |
| 25 |  | Men in War (1957) | 2.5556 6 reviews | NA | Drama, War |
$5.99
| In Korea, on 6 September 1950, Lieutenant Benson's platoon finds itself isolated in enemy-held ...more about Men in War starring Robert Ryan and Aldo Ray |
| 26 |  | Band of Angels (1957) | 2.4277 1 reviews | NA | Drama |
$12.71
| In an attempt to carry on in his great Rhett Butler tradition, Gone With The Wind star Clark Gable ...more about Band of Angels starring Clark Gable and Yvonne De Carlo |
| 27 |  | Wings of Eagles, The (1957) | 2.4040 6 reviews | NA | Drama |
$11.99
| ...more about Wings of Eagles starring John Wayne and Dan Dailey |
| 28 | | Farewell to Arms, A (1957) | 2.3630 13 reviews | NA | Drama, War, Romance |
$9.99
| ...more about Farewell to Arms starring Jennifer Jones and Rock Hudson |
| 29 |  | Hell Drivers (1957) | 2.3547 6 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | Joe 'Tom' Yateley is an ex-convict. Trying to leave his past behind, he decides to starts working ...more about Hell Drivers starring Stanley Baker and Peggy Cummins |
| 30 | | Sun Also Rises, The (1957) | 2.3273 1 reviews | NA | Drama |
$15.48
| Paris in the 1920s. The American journalist Jake and his friends spend the time at cafes. He has a ...more about Sun Also Rises starring Tyrone Power and Ava Gardner |
| 31 |  | Baby Face Nelson (1957) |  2.2177 3 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Film-Noir | N/A | George "Babyface" Nelson becomes one of the most important gangsters of 1920s Chicago by making ...more about Baby Face Nelson starring Mickey Rooney and Carolyn Jones |
| 32 |  | Zero Hour! (1957) | 2.1812 2 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller | N/A | A routine flight turns into a major emergency as passengers and crew succumb to food poisoning - is ...more about Zero Hour! starring Dana Andrews and Linda Darnell |
| 33 |  | Sayonara (1957) | 2.1675 10 reviews | Not Rated | Drama, War, Romance, Adaptation |
$6.34
| American servicemen stationed in Japan during the Korean War fall in love and marry Japanese ...more about Sayonara starring Marlon Brando and Patricia Owens |
| 34 | | No Time for Tears (1957) | 2.1264 1 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | ...more about No Time for Tears starring Anna Neagle and George Baker |
| 35 | | Bachelor Party, The (1957) | 2.1127 5 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | Five office friends meet up for a night on the town to celebrate the forthcoming marriage of one of ...more about Bachelor Party starring Jack Warden and Philip Abbott |
| 36 | | Reform School Girl (1957) | 2.1118 7 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime | N/A | ...more about Reform School Girl starring Gloria Castillo and Ross Ford |
| 37 | | Raintree County (1957) | 2.0898 6 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance | N/A | Idealist John Wickliff Shawnessy (Montgomery Clift) drifts away from his high school sweetheart ...more about Raintree County starring Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor |
| 38 |  | Crime of Passion (1957) | 2.0853 8 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Film-Noir |
$6.42
| Kathy is a smart and tough 1950's advice columnist at a San Francisco newspaper, with her name ...more about Crime of Passion starring Barbara Stanwyck and Sterling Hayden |
| 39 |  | Brave One, The (1957) | 2.0762 4 reviews | NA | Drama, Family |
$9.99
| ...more about Brave One starring Michel Ray and Rodolfo Hoyos Jr. |
| 40 |  | Hellcats of the Navy (1957) | 2.0716 4 reviews | NA | Drama, War, Thriller |
$6.00
| ...more about Hellcats of the Navy starring Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis |
| 41 |  | Across the Bridge (1957) | 2.0685 3 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller |
$14.29
| ...more about Across the Bridge starring Rod Steiger and Marla Landi |
| 42 | | Edge of the City (1957) | 2.0640 3 reviews | NA | Drama, Film-Noir | N/A | ...more about Edge of the City starring John Cassavetes and Sidney Poitier |
| 43 |  | Beau James (1957) | 1.9985 1 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Drama, Biography, Biopic | N/A | The story of Jimmy Walker who became mayor of New York in the '20s. Used by professional ...more about Beau James starring Bob Hope and Vera Miles |
| 44 | | Burglar, The (1957) | 1.9955 4 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Film-Noir | N/A | ...more about Burglar starring Dan Duryea and Jayne Mansfield |
| 45 | | Interlude (1957) | 1.9666 2 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance | N/A | The story of a young woman, Helen Banning (June Allyson), who travels to Munich in search of life ...more about Interlude starring Rossano Brazzi and June Allyson |
| 46 |  | Story of Mankind, The (1957) | 1.9620 4 reviews | NA | Drama, Fantasy | N/A | The council of elders of outer space is deliberating on a very important subject: Must mankind be ...more about Story of Mankind starring Ronald Colman and Hedy Lamarr |
| 47 | | Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957) | 1.9529 1 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | ...more about Woman in a Dressing Gown starring Yvonne Mitchell and Anthony Quayle |
| 48 | | Davy (1957) | 1.9529 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy | N/A | ...more about Davy starring Harry Secombe and Alexander Knox |
| 49 |  | Hit and Run (1957) | 1.9529 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Film-Noir | N/A | A rich, elderly gas-station owner marries a beautiful young blonde. The wife soon begins an affair ...more about Hit and Run starring Cleo Moore and Hugo Haas |
| 50 | | Man in the Shadow (1957) | 1.9346 3 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Western | N/A | In effect, modern cow town Spurline is run by Virgil Renchler, owner of the Golden Empire Ranch. ...more about Man in the Shadow starring Jeff Chandler and Orson Welles |
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