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Party Girl
1958 • Drama • Romance • Crime
Slick lawyer Thomas Farrell has made a career of defending mobsters in trials. It's not until he meets a lovely showgirl at a mob party that he realizes that there's more to lif…
Why matched: genres Drama, Romance
King of Kings
1961 • Drama • History
Who is Jesus, and why does he impact all he meets? He is respected and reviled, emulated and accused, beloved, betrayed, and finally crucified. Yet that terrible fate would not…
Matched on: Ray
Rebel Without a Cause
1955 • Drama
After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate, although being the new kid in town brings its own problems. While searching for some…
Why matched: genres Drama
In a Lonely Place
1950 • Drama • Thriller • Mystery
A violent screenwriter and a female neighbor fall in love after she clears him of murder, but she begins to have second thoughts.
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller
The Savage Innocents
1960 • Drama • Adventure
An Eskimo who has had little contact with white men goes to a trading post where he accidentally kills a missionary and finds himself being pursued by the police.
Why matched: genres Drama, Adventure
Johnny Guitar
1954 • Drama • Romance • Western
On the outskirts of town, the hard-nosed Vienna owns a saloon frequented by the undesirables of the region, including Dancin' Kid and his gang. Another patron of Vienna's establ…
Why matched: genres Drama, Romance
55 Days at Peking
1963 • Drama • History • War
Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking during the 1900 Boxer Rebellion. The disparate intere…
Why matched: genres Drama, History
Flying Leathernecks
1951 • Drama • War • Action
Major Daniel Kirby takes command of a squadron of Marine fliers just before they are about to go into combat. While the men are well meaning, he finds them undisciplined and pro…
Why matched: genres Drama, War
Born to Be Bad
1950 • Drama
Christabel Caine has the face of angel and the heart of a swamp rat. She'll step on anyone to get what she wants, including her own family. A master of manipulation, she covertl…
Why matched: genres Drama
The Lusty Men
1952 • Drama • Western
Retired rodeo champion Jeff McCloud agrees to mentor novice rodeo contestant Wes Merritt against the wishes of Merritt's wife who fears the dangers of this rough sport.
Why matched: genres Drama, Western
Run for Cover
1955 • Drama • Western
An ex-convict drifter and his flawed young partner are made sheriff and deputy of a Western town.
Why matched: genres Drama, Western
Bigger Than Life
1956 • Drama
A friendly, successful suburban teacher and father grows dangerously addicted to cortisone, resulting in his transformation into a household despot.
Why matched: genres Drama
Bitter Victory
1957 • Drama • War
During the second world war, two British officers, Brand and Leith, who have never seen combat, are assigned a vital mission. Their relationship and the operation are complicate…
Why matched: genres Drama, War
The True Story of Jesse James
1957 • Western
Having fought with the Confederacy during the Civil War, Jesse James and his brother Frank dream of a farm life in Missouri. Harassed by Union sympathizers, they assemble a gang…
Why matched: genres Western
On Dangerous Ground
1951 • Drama • Crime
A big-city cop is reassigned to the country after his superiors find him too angry to be an effective policeman. While on his temporary assignment he assists in a manhunt of a s…
Why matched: genres Drama, Crime
Macao
1952 • Drama • Romance • Adventure
Nick Cochran, an American in exile in Macao, has a chance to restore his name by helping capture an international crime lord. Undercover, can he mislead the bad guys and still w…
Why matched: genres Drama, Romance
Wind Across the Everglades
1958 • Drama • Adventure
Set in the early 20th century, the film follows a game warden who arrives in Florida to enforce conservation laws. He soon finds himself pitted against Cottonmouth, the leader o…
Why matched: genres Drama, Adventure
Lightning Over Water
1980 • Documentary
Director 'Nicholas Ray' is eager to complete a final film before his imminent death from cancer. Wim Wenders is working on his own film Hammett (1983) in Hollywood, but flies to…
Matched on: Ray