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  • Zsa Zsa Gabor, Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin, and Joanne Dru in 3 Ring Circus (1954)

    1. 3 Ring Circus

    19541h 43mApproved
    5.9 (930)
    Jerry and Pete are two friends with no money, looking for some job. They finally find one as workers in a circus, but Jerry has different dreams. He wants to become a clown.
    DirectorJoseph PevneyStarsDean MartinJerry LewisJoanne Dru
  • 3:10 to Yuma (1957)

    2. 3:10 to Yuma

    19571h 32mApproved80Metascore
    7.6 (23K)
    Broke small-time rancher Dan Evans is hired by the stagecoach line to put big-time captured outlaw leader Ben Wade on the 3:10 train to Yuma but Wade's gang tries to free him.
    DirectorDelmer DavesStarsGlenn FordVan HeflinFelicia Farr
  • Henry Fonda, Martin Balsam, Jack Klugman, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley, Edward Binns, John Fiedler, E.G. Marshall, Joseph Sweeney, George Voskovec, Jack Warden, and Robert Webber in 12 Angry Men (1957)

    3. 12 Angry Men

    19571h 36mApproved97Metascore
    9.0 (941K)
    The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.
    DirectorSidney LumetStarsHenry FondaLee J. CobbMartin Balsam
  • 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)

    4. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

    19542h 7mG83Metascore
    7.2 (39K)
    A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.
    DirectorRichard FleischerStarsKirk DouglasJames MasonPaul Lukas
  • Jan Sterling, Edmond O'Brien, and Michael Redgrave in 1984 (1956)

    5. 1984

    19561h 30mNot Rated
    6.9 (4.6K)
    In a totalitarian future society, Winston Smith, whose daily work is re-writing history, tries to rebel by falling in love.
    DirectorMichael AndersonStarsEdmond O'BrienMichael RedgraveJan Sterling
  • A Christmas Carol (1951)

    6. A Christmas Carol

    19511h 26mApproved
    8.1 (28K)
    Ebenezer Scrooge, a curmudgeonly, miserly businessman, has no time for sentimentality and largely views Christmas as a waste of time. However, this Christmas Eve, he will be visited by three spirits who will show him the error of his ways.
    DirectorBrian Desmond HurstStarsAlastair SimJack WarnerKathleen Harrison
  • Mara Corday, Jock Mahoney, and Dale Robertson in A Day of Fury (1956)

    7. A Day of Fury

    19561h 18mApproved
    6.2 (548)
    When gunslinger Jagade arrives in a law-abiding god-fearing town he manages to turn the townsfolk into scoff-law sinners while the town Marshal is powerless due to a moral debt to Jagade.
    DirectorHarmon JonesStarsDale RobertsonMara CordayJock Mahoney
  • A Face in the Crowd (1957)

    8. A Face in the Crowd

    19572h 6mApproved72Metascore
    8.2 (19K)
    A TV woman turns a homespun bum into a rotten media hero.
    DirectorElia KazanStarsAndy GriffithPatricia NealAnthony Franciosa
  • A Farewell to Arms (1957)

    9. A Farewell to Arms

    19572h 32mApproved
    5.8 (3.1K)
    An English nurse and an American ambulance driver on the Italian front during World War 1 fall in love, but the horrors surrounding them challenge their romance to the limit.
    DirectorsCharles VidorJohn HustonStarsRock HudsonJennifer JonesVittorio De Sica
  • Charles Chaplin in A King in New York (1957)

    10. A King in New York

    19571h 45mG
    7.0 (9.5K)
    A recently-deposed European monarch seeks shelter in New York City, where he becomes an accidental television celebrity and is later wrongly accused of being a Communist.
    DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinMaxine AudleyJerry Desmonde
  • Hedy Lamarr and John Hodiak in A Lady Without Passport (1950)

    11. A Lady Without Passport

    19501h 14mApproved
    6.1 (1.2K)
    During the 1950s, an undercover U.S. Immigration investigator travels to Cuba to bust a crime ring that smuggles illegal-aliens into the USA but he falls in love with a smuggled woman.
    DirectorJoseph H. LewisStarsHedy LamarrJohn HodiakJames Craig
  • Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift, and Shelley Winters in A Place in the Sun (1951)

    12. A Place in the Sun

    19512h 2mApproved76Metascore
    7.7 (26K)
    A poor boy gets a job working for his rich uncle and ends up falling in love with two women.
    DirectorGeorge StevensStarsMontgomery CliftElizabeth TaylorShelley Winters
  • Judy Garland and James Mason in A Star Is Born (1954)

    13. A Star Is Born

    19542h 34mPG89Metascore
    7.5 (20K)
    A fading matinee idol helps a young singer and actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career on a downward spiral.
    DirectorGeorge CukorStarsJudy GarlandJames MasonJack Carson
  • Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

    14. A Streetcar Named Desire

    19512h 2mApproved97Metascore
    7.9 (118K)
    Disturbed Blanche DuBois moves in with her sister in New Orleans and is tormented by her brutish brother-in-law while her reality crumbles around her.
    DirectorElia KazanStarsVivien LeighMarlon BrandoKim Hunter
  • Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, and Dorothy Ford in Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)

    15. Jack and the Beanstalk

    19521h 18mApproved
    5.8 (3.7K)
    Abbott and Costello's version of the famous fairy tale, about a young boy who trades the family cow for magic beans.
    DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloBuddy Baer
  • Boris Karloff, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, and Helen Westcott in Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)

    16. Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    19531h 16mApproved
    6.4 (5.3K)
    Two bumbling American cops hunt for the mysterious Mr. Hyde in London, England.
    DirectorCharles LamontStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloBoris Karloff
  • Kirk Douglas and Jan Sterling in Ace in the Hole (1951)

    17. Ace in the Hole

    19511h 51mApproved72Metascore
    8.1 (41K)
    Frustrated former journalist Chuck Tatum now working for an Albuquerque newspaper exploits a story about trading post owner Leo Minosa trapped in a cave to rekindle Chuck's career, but the story soon escalates into a media circus.
    DirectorBilly WilderStarsKirk DouglasJan SterlingRobert Arthur
  • Maureen O'Hara and Errol Flynn in Against All Flags (1952)

    18. Against All Flags

    19521h 24mApproved
    6.5 (3.2K)
    Brian Hawke of the Royal Navy versus the pirates of Madagascar.
    DirectorsGeorge ShermanDouglas SirkStarsErrol FlynnMaureen O'HaraAnthony Quinn
  • Al Capone (1959)

    19. Al Capone

    19591h 44mApproved
    6.7 (2.1K)
    A chronicle of the rise and fall of Chicago crime boss Al Capone during the Prohibition era.
    DirectorRichard WilsonStarsRod SteigerMartin BalsamFay Spain
  • All About Eve (1950)

    20. All About Eve

    19502h 18mApproved98Metascore
    8.2 (146K)
    A seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends.
    DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczStarsBette DavisAnne BaxterGeorge Sanders
  • Rock Hudson and Jane Wyman in All That Heaven Allows (1955)

    21. All That Heaven Allows

    19551h 29mApproved78Metascore
    7.6 (18K)
    An upper-class widow falls in love with a much younger, down-to-earth nurseryman, much to the disapproval of her children and criticism of her country club peers.
    DirectorDouglas SirkStarsJane WymanRock HudsonAgnes Moorehead
  • American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950)

    22. American Guerrilla in the Philippines

    19501h 45mApproved
    5.9 (1.4K)
    American soldiers stranded in the Philippines after the Japanese invasion form guerrilla bands to fight back.
    DirectorFritz LangStarsTyrone PowerMicheline PresleTom Ewell
  • An Affair to Remember (1957)

    23. An Affair to Remember

    19571h 55mApproved71Metascore
    7.4 (35K)
    A couple falls in love and agrees to meet in six months at the Empire State Building - but will it happen?
    DirectorLeo McCareyStarsCary GrantDeborah KerrRichard Denning
  • Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron in An American in Paris (1951)

    24. An American in Paris

    19511h 54mApproved83Metascore
    7.1 (38K)
    Three friends struggle to find work in Paris. Things become more complicated when two of them fall in love with the same woman.
    DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsGene KellyLeslie CaronOscar Levant
  • Alastair Sim in An Inspector Calls (1954)

    25. An Inspector Calls

    19541h 20mApproved
    7.5 (5.8K)
    A wealthy family is visited by a police inspector who questions them about the suicide of a young working class woman.
    DirectorGuy HamiltonStarsAlastair SimArthur YoungOlga Lindo

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