Search results for "1953"
Crime Wave

Crime Wave

Crime Wave
IMDb: 6.8
73

Reformed parolee Steve Lacey is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him out for shelter. The other two former cellmates then attempt to force him into…

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
IMDb: 6.5
77

Lester and Orville accidentally launch a rocket which is supposed to fly to Mars. Instead it goes to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. They are then forced by bank robber…

Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
IMDb: 6.8
76

Abbott & Costello are two bumbling (naturally) American cops, on exchange in London, hunting for Mr. Hyde, the monster that has been terrorizing the city.

King of the Khyber Rifles

King of the Khyber Rifles

King of the Khyber Rifles
IMDb: 6.8
100

Freshly arrived Sandhurst-trained Captain Alan King, better versed in Pashtun then any of the veterans and born locally as army brat, survives an attack on his escort to his Northwest…

The Earrings of Madame De…

The Earrings of Madame De…

The Earrings of Madame De…
IMDb: 7.8
105

In France of the late 19th century, the wife of a wealthy general, the Countess Louise, sells the earrings her husband gave her on their wedding day to pay off…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Pony Express

Pony Express

Pony Express
IMDb: 6.2
101

Buffalo Bill and Wild Bill Hickok join forces to establish a mail route that can get mail from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, in ten days. Along the way…

Genre: Action, Western
Little Fugitive

Little Fugitive

Little Fugitive
IMDb: 7.6
80

Joey Norton, seven years old, lives with his older brother Lennie in a lower middle class neighborhood of Brooklyn. Joey is too small to be taken seriously by Lennie and…

Genre: Drama, Family
Peter Pan

Peter Pan

Peter Pan
IMDb: 7.3
77

Leaving the safety of their nursery behind, Wendy, Michael and John follow Peter Pan to a magical world where childhood lasts forever. But while in Neverland, the kids must face…

The Golden Blade

The Golden Blade

The Golden Blade
IMDb: 5.7
81

Harum is a fearless man of the people who comes to Bagdad to avenge the murder of his father and meets Krairuzan, a princess disguised as a commoner, working against…

Genre: Adventure
The Neanderthal Man

The Neanderthal Man

The Neanderthal Man
IMDb: 4.4
78

A scientist develops a formula which will cause animals to regress to the form of their primitive ancestors, and tries it on himself with disastrous results.

The War of the Worlds

The War of the Worlds

The War of the Worlds
IMDb: 7.2
85

The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, but their joy is short-lived when they discover it has passengers who are not…

The Band Wagon

The Band Wagon

The Band Wagon
IMDb: 7.8
112

A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star’s comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.

Genre: Comedy, Music
Calamity Jane

Calamity Jane

Calamity Jane
IMDb: 7.3
101

The Wild West heroine Calamity Jane helps bring a star attraction to Deadwood and finds love.

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
IMDb: 7.2
91

Lorelei Lee is a beautiful showgirl engaged to be married to the wealthy Gus Esmond, much to the disapproval of Gus’ rich father, Esmond Sr., who thinks that Lorelei is…

How to Marry a Millionaire

How to Marry a Millionaire

How to Marry a Millionaire
IMDb: 7.0
95

Three women set out to find eligible millionaires to marry, but find true love in the process.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Roman Holiday

Roman Holiday

Roman Holiday
IMDb: 8.1
119

Overwhelmed by her suffocating schedule, touring European princess Ann takes off for a night while in Rome. When a sedative she took from her doctor kicks in, however, she falls…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Shane

Shane

Shane
IMDb: 7.7
118

A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler and rancher conflict forces him to act.

Genre: Drama, Western
The Hitch-Hiker

The Hitch-Hiker

The Hitch-Hiker
IMDb: 7.0
71

Ray and Gilbert’s fishing trip takes a terrifying turn when the hitchhiker they pick up turns out to be a sociopath on the run from the law. He’s killed before,…

The Robe

The Robe

The Robe
IMDb: 6.8
135

Marcellus is a tribune in the time of Christ. He is in charge of the group that is assigned to crucify Jesus. Drunk, he wins Jesus’ homespun robe after the…

Genre: Drama, History
Tokyo Story

Tokyo Story

Tokyo Story
IMDb: 8.2
136

An old couple visit their children and grandchildren in the city, but the children have little time for them.

Genre: Drama
Beat the Devil

Beat the Devil

Beat the Devil
IMDb: 6.6
89

The script, which was written on a day-to-day basis as the film was being shot, concerns the adventures of a motley crew of swindlers and ne’er-do-wells trying to lay claim…

The Wild One

The Wild One

The Wild One
IMDb: 6.9
79

A gang of forty motorcyclists, the Black Rebels Motorcycle Club, gate-crash a legitimate motorcycle race. They are eventually thrown out, but one of the gang steals the second prize trophy…

Genre: Drama
99 River Street

99 River Street

99 River Street
IMDb: 7.5
83

A former boxer –now taxi driver– gets mixed up with jewel thieves.

The Magnetic Monster

The Magnetic Monster

The Magnetic Monster
IMDb: 5.9
76

A young scientist’s experiment goes awry when he creates a monster from a radioactive isotope and finds that the creature consumes energy to grow in size and terrorize the nearby…

The Big Heat

The Big Heat

The Big Heat
IMDb: 8.0
89

Dave Bannion is an upright cop on the trail of a vicious gang he suspects holds power over the police force. Bannion is tipped off after a colleague’s suicide and…

From Here to Eternity

From Here to Eternity

From Here to Eternity
IMDb: 7.7
118

In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit’s team, while his captain’s wife and second in command are falling in love.

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Kiss Me Kate

Kiss Me Kate

Kiss Me Kate
IMDb: 7.2
109

Fred and Lilly are a divorced pair of actors who are brought together by Cole Porter who has written a musical version of The Taming of the Shrew. Of course,…

Niagara

Niagara

Niagara
IMDb: 7.1
92

Rose Loomis and her older, gloomier husband, George, are vacationing at a cabin in Niagara Falls, N.Y. The couple befriend Polly and Ray Cutler, who are honeymooning in the area….

War Arrow

War Arrow

War Arrow
IMDb: 5.8
78

A thrilling Cavalry-versus-Indians adventure starring Jeff Chandler as an Army official recruiting Seminole allies, against his superior’s wishes, to stop a planned Kiowa attack.

Miss Sadie Thompson

Miss Sadie Thompson

Miss Sadie Thompson
IMDb: 6.0
91

Sadie Thompson winds up stranded on an island and while her boat is being quarantined, she manages to stir up the blood of every marine on the base.

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
IMDb: 6.7
80

An atomic bomb test in the Arctic Circle unfreezes a hibernating fictional dinosaur, a Rhedosaurus, that begins to wreak havoc in New York City.

Titanic

Titanic

Titanic
IMDb: 7.2
98

Unhappily married, Julia Sturges decides to go to America with her two children on the unsinkable Titanic. Her husband, Richard also arranges passage on the luxury liner so as to…

Pickup on South Street

Pickup on South Street

Pickup on South Street
IMDb: 7.8
80

A pickpocket unwittingly lifts a message destined for enemy agents and becomes a target for a Communist spy ring.

Blowing Wild

Blowing Wild

Blowing Wild
IMDb: 6.6
90

Wildcatter Jeff Dawson does his best to bring in a gusher in Mexico despite continual bandit raids. He asks for help from his ex-employer Ward Conway, but Conway, now married…

The Man Between

The Man Between

The Man Between
IMDb: 7.1
100

“The Man Between” is a 1953 British thriller film directed by Carol Reed and starring James Mason, Claire Bloom, Hildegard Knef and Geoffrey Toone. A British woman on a visit…

Genre: Drama, Thriller
Three Steps to the Gallows

Three Steps to the Gallows

Three Steps to the Gallows
IMDb: 6.6
81

A U.S. sailor (Scott Brady) docks in London and in three days tries to save his brother from the gallows.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Salome

Salome

Salome
IMDb: 5.9
103

In the reign of emperor Tiberius, Gallilean prophet John the Baptist preaches against King Herod and Queen Herodias. The latter wants John dead, but Herod fears to harm him due…

Genre: Drama, History
Hondo

Hondo

Hondo
IMDb: 7.1
83

Army despatch rider Hondo Lane discovers a woman and her son living in the midst of warring Apaches, and he becomes their protector.

The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.

The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.

The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.
IMDb: 6.9
89

Young Bart Collins lives with his widowed mother Heloise. The major blight on Bart’s existence is the hated piano lessons he is forced to endure under the tutelage of the…

Houdini

Houdini

Houdini
IMDb: 6.9
106

By the early 1900s, the extraordinary Houdini earned an international reputation for his theatrical tricks and daring feats of extrication from shackles, ropes, handcuffs, and Scotland Yard’s jails… The film…