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Unhappy Endings

by karljhickey14 • Created 10 years ago • Modified 6 years ago
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  • 101 titles
  • Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway in Chinatown (1974)

    1. Chinatown

    19742h 10mR92Metascore
    8.1 (366K)
    A private detective hired to expose an adulterer in 1930s Los Angeles finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.
    DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsJack NicholsonFaye DunawayJohn Huston
  • Peter Fonda in Easy Rider (1969)

    2. Easy Rider

    19691h 35mR85Metascore
    7.2 (121K)
    Two bikers head from L.A. to New Orleans through the open country and desert lands, and along the way they meet a man who bridges a counter-culture gap of which they had been unaware.
    DirectorDennis HopperStarsPeter FondaDennis HopperJack Nicholson
  • Jean-Louis Trintignant, Marlène Jobert, and Philippe Noiret in The Secret (1974)

    3. The Secret

    19741h 42mNot Rated
    6.7 (984)
    A stranger enters into and forever alters the life of a couple. He claims to be pursued by certain authorities who intend to prevent him from disclosing a secret that only he holds, whence the title. Is he lying, or insane - or is he telling the truth? Who, if anyone, is after him? And what *is* - the secret?
    DirectorRobert EnricoStarsJean-Louis TrintignantMarlène JobertPhilippe Noiret
  • Michèle Morgan and Jean Gabin in Port of Shadows (1938)

    4. Port of Shadows

    19381h 31mNot Rated
    7.7 (10K)
    A military deserter finds love and trouble (and a small dog) in a foggy, French port city.
    DirectorMarcel CarnéStarsJean GabinMichel SimonMichèle Morgan
  • They Were Five (1936)

    5. They Were Five

    19361h 40m
    7.5 (1.5K)
    Five unemployed penniless workers win 100,000 Francs with the national lottery. Instead of sharing the money, they buy a ruin and build an open-air cafe. But difficulties come to split their friendly group apart.
    DirectorJulien DuvivierStarsJean GabinCharles VanelRaymond Aimos
  • Mireille Balin, Jean Gabin, and Lucas Gridoux in Pépé le Moko (1937)

    6. Pépé le Moko

    19371h 34mNot Rated98Metascore
    7.7 (8.4K)
    A wanted gangster is both king and prisoner of the Casbah. He is protected from arrest by his friends, but is torn by his desire for freedom outside. A visiting Parisian beauty may just tempt his fate.
    DirectorJulien DuvivierStarsJean GabinGabriel GabrioSaturnin Fabre
  • Sterling Hayden and Marie Windsor in The Killing (1956)

    7. The Killing

    19561h 24mApproved91Metascore
    7.9 (102K)
    Crook Johnny Clay assembles a five-man team to plan and execute a daring racetrack robbery.
    DirectorStanley KubrickStarsSterling HaydenColeen GrayVince Edwards
  • Jean Gabin in Daybreak (1939)

    8. Daybreak

    19391h 33mNot Rated
    7.7 (8.6K)
    After committing a murder, a man locks himself in his apartment and recollects the events that led him to the killing.
    DirectorMarcel CarnéStarsJean GabinJacqueline LaurentArletty
  • Gene Hackman, John Cazale, and Allen Garfield in The Conversation (1974)

    9. The Conversation

    19741h 53mPG88Metascore
    7.7 (131K)
    A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.
    DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsGene HackmanJohn CazaleAllen Garfield
  • Robert Blake in Electra Glide in Blue (1973)

    10. Electra Glide in Blue

    19731h 54mPG
    7.0 (6.8K)
    A motorcycle cop with a Harley-Davidson ties hippies to a murder in the Arizona desert.
    DirectorJames William GuercioStarsRobert BlakeBilly Green BushMitchell Ryan
  • The Great Silence (1968)

    11. The Great Silence

    19681h 45mNot Rated
    7.7 (19K)
    A mute gunman helps townspeople fight corrupt and tyrannical authorities.
    DirectorSergio CorbucciStarsJean-Louis TrintignantKlaus KinskiFrank Wolff
  • Claudia Drake, Edmund MacDonald, Tom Neal, and Ann Savage in Detour (1945)

    12. Detour

    19451h 6mApproved
    7.3 (21K)
    The life of Al Roberts, a pianist in a New York nightclub, turns into a nightmare when he decides to hitchhike to Los Angeles to visit his girlfriend.
    DirectorEdgar G. UlmerStarsTom NealAnn SavageClaudia Drake
  • Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

    13. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    19752h 13mR84Metascore
    8.7 (1.1M)
    A newly admitted mental patient helps his docile companions defy the tyrannical head nurse.
    DirectorMilos FormanStarsJack NicholsonLouise FletcherMichael Berryman
  • Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman in Se7en (1995)

    14. Se7en

    19952h 7mR65Metascore
    8.6 (1.9M)
    Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives.
    DirectorDavid FincherStarsMorgan FreemanBrad PittKevin Spacey
  • Lon Chaney Jr., Betty Field, and Burgess Meredith in Of Mice and Men (1939)

    15. Of Mice and Men

    19391h 46mApproved89Metascore
    7.8 (7.2K)
    A mentally disabled giant and his level headed guardian find work at a sadistic cowboy's ranch in depression era America.
    DirectorLewis MilestoneStarsLon Chaney Jr.Burgess MeredithBetty Field
  • Harry Belafonte, Gloria Grahame, and Robert Ryan in Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)

    16. 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
  • Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue in Leaving Las Vegas (1995)

    17. Leaving Las Vegas

    19951h 51mR82Metascore
    7.5 (141K)
    Ben Sanderson, a Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his alcoholism, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.
    DirectorMike FiggisStarsNicolas CageElisabeth ShueJulian Sands
  • Such a Pretty Little Beach (1949)

    18. Such a Pretty Little Beach

    19491h 31m
    7.4 (956)
    During the cold and rainy off-season a man arrives in a seaside town and, giving his name only as Pierre, checks into the only hotel which remains open. His arrival arouses curiosity and a degree of suspicion, as people note that he appears to know the area, yet gives no explanation for his presence at that bleak time of year in the dead-end town.
    DirectorYves AllégretStarsMadeleine RobinsonGérard PhilipeJean Servais
  • Marilyn Eastman, Duane Jones, and Judith Ridley in Night of the Living Dead (1968)

    19. Night of the Living Dead

    19681h 36mR89Metascore
    7.8 (146K)
    A ragtag group of Pennsylvanians barricade themselves in an old farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls that are ravaging the Northeast of the United States.
    DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsDuane JonesJudith O'DeaKarl Hardman
  • Donald Sutherland and Veronica Cartwright in Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

    20. Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    19781h 55mPG75Metascore
    7.4 (76K)
    When strange seeds drift to earth from space, mysterious pods begin to grow and invade San Francisco, replicating the city's residents one body at a time.
    DirectorPhilip KaufmanStarsDonald SutherlandBrooke AdamsJeff Goldblum
  • Maurice Evans in Planet of the Apes (1968)

    21. Planet of the Apes

    19681h 52mG79Metascore
    8.0 (205K)
    After being kept in hypersleep during a long expedition into deep space, an astronaut crew crash-lands in the 40th century on a planet where highly intelligent non-human ape species are dominant and humans are enslaved.
    DirectorFranklin J. SchaffnerStarsCharlton HestonRoddy McDowallKim Hunter
  • Lloyd Bridges, Adele Jergens, Frank Lovejoy, and Kathleen Ryan in The Sound of Fury (1950)

    22. The Sound of Fury

    19501h 31mApproved
    7.2 (2.2K)
    A down-on-his-luck driver joins a criminal's heists. Media coverage fuels public interest as their crimes grow bolder. When a hostage situation goes wrong, arrested suspects face danger from angry mobs. Police struggle to maintain order.
    DirectorCy EndfieldStarsFrank LovejoyKathleen RyanRichard Carlson
  • Lana Turner and John Garfield in The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)

    23. The Postman Always Rings Twice

    19461h 53mApproved84Metascore
    7.4 (24K)
    A married woman and a drifter fall in love and plot to murder her husband.
    DirectorTay GarnettStarsLana TurnerJohn GarfieldCecil Kellaway
  • Robert Mitchum and Jane Greer in Out of the Past (1947)

    24. Out of the Past

    19471h 37mApproved85Metascore
    8.0 (43K)
    A private eye escapes his past to run a gas station in a small town, but his past catches up with him. Now he must return to the big city world of danger, corruption, double crosses, and duplicitous dames.
    DirectorJacques TourneurStarsRobert MitchumJane GreerKirk Douglas
  • Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)

    25. Sorry, Wrong Number

    19481h 29mApproved
    7.3 (13K)
    When neurotic bedridden wife Leona Stevenson overhears a murder plot on her telephone, she tries to piece the puzzle together and prevent the murder. Based on Lucille Fletcher's famous radio play.
    DirectorAnatole LitvakStarsBarbara StanwyckBurt LancasterAnn Richards

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