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  • The Breaking Point (1950)

    1. The Breaking Point

    19501h 37mApproved
    7.5 (4.8K)
    An otherwise moral captain of a charter boat becomes financially strapped and is drawn into illegal activities in order to keep up payments on his boat.
    DirectorMichael CurtizStarsJohn GarfieldPatricia NealPhyllis Thaxter
  • Bette Davis in The Letter (1940)

    2. The Letter

    19401h 35mApproved84Metascore
    7.5 (15K)
    The wife of a rubber plantation administrator shoots a man to death and claims it was self-defense, but a letter written in her own hand may prove her undoing.
    DirectorWilliam WylerStarsBette DavisHerbert MarshallJames Stephenson
  • Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger, and Jan Sterling in The Harder They Fall (1956)

    3. The Harder They Fall

    19561h 49mApproved78Metascore
    7.5 (9.7K)
    An ex-sportswriter is hired by a shady fight promoter to promote his latest find, an unknown but easily exploitable rising star from Argentina.
    DirectorMark RobsonStarsHumphrey BogartRod SteigerJan Sterling
  • Rhonda Fleming and Dick Powell in Cry Danger (1951)

    4. Cry Danger

    19511h 19mApproved
    7.3 (2.9K)
    Ex-con Rocky Mulloy seeks the real culprit in the crime for which he was framed in a night world of deceptive dames and double crosses.
    DirectorsRobert ParrishDick PowellStarsDick PowellRhonda FlemingRichard Erdman
  • The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978)

    5. The Tree of Wooden Clogs

    19783h 6mNot Rated
    7.8 (8.5K)
    Peasant life in a feudal farm in rural Italy at the end of the 19th century.
    DirectorErmanno OlmiStarsLuigi OrnaghiFrancesca MoriggiOmar Brignoli
  • Constance Towers in The Naked Kiss (1964)

    6. The Naked Kiss

    19641h 30mApproved83Metascore
    7.2 (9.2K)
    A former prostitute relocates to a buttoned-down suburb, determined to fit in with mainstream society. But perverse secrets simmer beneath the wholesome surface.
    DirectorSamuel FullerStarsConstance TowersAnthony EisleyMichael Dante
  • Howard Duff, Barry Fitzgerald, Dorothy Hart, and Don Taylor in The Naked City (1948)

    7. The Naked City

    19481h 36mApproved74Metascore
    7.5 (16K)
    A step-by-step look at a murder investigation on the streets of New York.
    DirectorJules DassinStarsBarry FitzgeraldHoward DuffDorothy Hart
  • David Niven and Kim Hunter in A Matter of Life and Death (1946)

    8. A Matter of Life and Death

    19461h 44mPG
    8.0 (27K)
    A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping to prolong his fledgling romance with an American girl.
    DirectorsMichael PowellEmeric PressburgerStarsDavid NivenKim HunterRobert Coote
  • Alan Curtis, Aurora Miranda, Ella Raines, and Franchot Tone in Phantom Lady (1944)

    9. Phantom Lady

    19441h 27mApproved
    7.2 (6.2K)
    A devoted secretary risks her life to try to find the elusive woman who may prove her boss didn't murder his selfish wife.
    DirectorRobert SiodmakStarsFranchot ToneElla RainesAlan Curtis
  • Harry Belafonte, Gloria Grahame, and Robert Ryan in Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)

    10. Odds Against Tomorrow

    19591h 36mApproved
    7.4 (5.9K)
    In need of quick money, a fallen former cop recruits a hard-bitten ex-con and a debt-ridden nightclub singer to pull off a bank job. But as the animosity between them boils over, the entire plan threatens to implode.
    DirectorRobert WiseStarsHarry BelafonteRobert RyanGloria Grahame
  • Wanda Hendrix, Andrea King, and Robert Montgomery in Ride the Pink Horse (1947)

    11. Ride the Pink Horse

    19471h 41mApproved
    7.2 (3.6K)
    WW2 veteran Lucky Gagin arrives in a New Mexico border-town intent on revenging against mobster Frank Hugo but FBI agent Bill Retz, who also wants Hugo, tries to keep Gagin out of trouble.
    DirectorRobert MontgomeryStarsRobert MontgomeryThomas GomezWanda Hendrix
  • Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty in Splendor in the Grass (1961)

    12. Splendor in the Grass

    19612h 4mApproved74Metascore
    7.7 (23K)
    The love of high school sweethearts Deanie and Bud is weighed down by the oppressive expectations of their parents and society in smalltown Kansas in 1928, threatening the future of their relationship.
    DirectorElia KazanStarsNatalie WoodWarren BeattyPat Hingle
  • Richard Burton, Deborah Kerr, Ava Gardner, and Sue Lyon in The Night of the Iguana (1964)

    13. The Night of the Iguana

    19642h 5mApproved
    7.6 (14K)
    An ostracized Episcopal clergyman leads a busload of middle-aged Baptist women on a tour of the Mexican coast and comes to terms with the failure haunting his life.
    DirectorJohn HustonStarsRichard BurtonAva GardnerDeborah Kerr
  • Humphrey Bogart and Bette Davis in Marked Woman (1937)

    14. Marked Woman

    19371h 36mApproved73Metascore
    7.1 (5.3K)
    A crusading district attorney persuades a clip joint hostess to testify against her mobster boss after her innocent sister is accidentally murdered during one of his unsavory parties.
    DirectorsLloyd BaconMichael CurtizStarsBette DavisHumphrey BogartLola Lane
  • Juliet of the Spirits (1965)

    15. Juliet of the Spirits

    19652h 17mNot Rated84Metascore
    7.4 (15K)
    Visions, memories, and mysticism all help a 40-something woman to find the strength to leave her cheating husband.
    DirectorFederico FelliniStarsGiulietta MasinaSandra MiloMario Pisu
  • Bigger Than Life (1956)

    16. Bigger Than Life

    19561h 35mApproved
    7.4 (8.5K)
    A seriously-ill schoolteacher becomes dependent on a "miracle" drug that begins to affect his sanity.
    DirectorNicholas RayStarsJames MasonBarbara RushWalter Matthau
  • The Razor's Edge (1946)

    17. The Razor's Edge

    19462h 25mApproved
    7.3 (7.1K)
    An adventuresome young man goes off to find himself and loses his socialite fiancée in the process. But when he returns 10 years later, she will stop at nothing to get him back, even though she is already married.
    DirectorEdmund GouldingStarsTyrone PowerGene TierneyJohn Payne
  • Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, and Mercedes McCambridge in Johnny Guitar (1954)

    18. Johnny Guitar

    19541h 50mApproved83Metascore
    7.6 (21K)
    After helping a wounded gang member, a strong-willed female saloon owner is wrongly suspected of murder and bank robbery by a lynch mob.
    DirectorNicholas RayStarsJoan CrawfordSterling HaydenMercedes McCambridge
  • Allen Baron and Molly McCarthy in Blast of Silence (1961)

    19. Blast of Silence

    19611h 17mApproved75Metascore
    7.4 (6.1K)
    A hired killer from Cleveland has a job to do on a second-string mob boss in New York, but a special girl from his past and a gun dealer with pet rats get in his way.
    DirectorAllen BaronStarsAllen BaronMolly McCarthyLarry Tucker
  • Jane Fonda, Red Buttons, Michael Sarrazin, Susannah York, and Gig Young in They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)

    20. They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

    19692h 9mM72Metascore
    7.8 (22K)
    The lives of a disparate group of contestants intertwine in a grueling and inhumane dance marathon.
    DirectorSydney PollackStarsJane FondaMichael SarrazinSusannah York
  • Kirk Douglas, William Bendix, Frank Faylen, Lee Grant, Horace McMahon, Cathy O'Donnell, Eleanor Parker, and Joseph Wiseman in Detective Story (1951)

    21. Detective Story

    19511h 43mApproved78Metascore
    7.5 (9.9K)
    On one day in the 21st Precinct squad room, assorted characters form a backdrop for the troubles of hard-nosed Detective Jim McLeod.
    DirectorWilliam WylerStarsKirk DouglasEleanor ParkerWilliam Bendix
  • Rosel Zech in Veronika Voss (1982)

    22. Veronika Voss

    19821h 44mR
    7.6 (8.1K)
    Partially based on the life of Sybille Schmitz, who found fame under the Nazi regime, but whose career was destroyed afterward. Veronika Voss is a once prominent UFA actress, kept by her doctor, who raises suspicion in a sports journalist.
    DirectorRainer Werner FassbinderStarsRosel ZechHilmar ThateCornelia Froboess
  • Jason Robards and Stella Stevens in The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)

    23. The Ballad of Cable Hogue

    19702h 1mR
    7.2 (11K)
    A penniless vagabond accidentally stumbles onto a water spring in a desert wasteland and creates a profitable way station for stagecoach traffic.
    DirectorSam PeckinpahStarsJason RobardsStella StevensDavid Warner
  • Humphrey Bogart, Fredric March, Robert Middleton, and Mary Murphy in The Desperate Hours (1955)

    24. The Desperate Hours

    19551h 52mApproved
    7.4 (11K)
    Three escaped convicts move in on and terrorize a suburban household.
    DirectorWilliam WylerStarsHumphrey BogartFredric MarchArthur Kennedy
  • Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, and Joseph Cotten in Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)

    25. Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte

    19642h 13mApproved
    7.5 (17K)
    An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.
    DirectorRobert AldrichStarsBette DavisOlivia de HavillandJoseph Cotten

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