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Advise & Consent
1962 • Drama
Proposed by the President of the United States to fill the post of Secretary of State, Robert Leffingwell appears before a Senate committee, chaired by the idealistic Senator Br…
Why matched: genres Drama
Exodus
1960 • Drama • War
Ari Ben Canaan, a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to transport 600 Jewish refugees on a dangerous voyage from Cyprus to Palestine on a ship…
Why matched: genres Drama, War
Anatomy of a Murder
1959 • Drama • Mystery • Crime
Semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler takes the case of Army Lt. Manion, who murdered a local innkeeper after his wife claimed that he raped her. Over the course of an exten…
Why matched: genres Drama, Mystery
Bonjour Tristesse
1958 • Drama • Romance
A spoiled teenager spends the summer at the French Riviera with her rich, widower, playboy father, but when his old flame resurfaces, she resolves to keep her frivolous lifestyl…
Why matched: genres Drama, Romance
Angel Face
1953 • Drama • Crime
Ambulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayne.
Why matched: genres Drama, Crime
Skidoo
1968 • Crime • Comedy
Ex-gangster Tony Banks is called out of retirement by mob kingpin God to carry out a hit on fellow mobster "Blue Chips" Packard. When Banks demurs, God kidnaps his daughter Darl…
Why matched: genres Crime, Comedy
In Harm's Way
1965 • Drama • War
A Naval officer, reprimanded after Pearl Harbor, is later promoted to Rear Admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese.
Why matched: genres Drama, War
The Cardinal
1963 • Drama • History • War
A young Catholic priest from Boston confronts bigotry, Nazism, and his own personal conflicts as he rises to the office of cardinal.
Why matched: genres Drama, History
Carmen Jones
1954 • Drama • Romance
In this musical set in an all-Black army camp, civilian parachute maker and "hot bundle" Carmen Jones is desired by many of the men. Naturally, she wants Joe, who's engaged to s…
Why matched: genres Drama, Romance
The Man with the Golden Arm
1955 • Drama • Crime
When illegal card dealer and recovering heroin addict Frankie Machine gets out of prison, he decides to straighten up. Armed with nothing but an old drum set, Frankie tries to g…
Why matched: genres Drama, Crime
River of No Return
1954 • Adventure • Western
An itinerant farmer and his young son help a heart-of-gold saloon singer search for her estranged husband.
Why matched: genres Adventure, Western
Hurry Sundown
1967 • Drama
A ruthless Southern opportunist tries to buy his cousin's land, and when thwarted, brings several tragedies to the lives of his loved ones.
Why matched: genres Drama
Where the Sidewalk Ends
1950 • Drama • Thriller • Crime
A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller
Whirlpool
1950 • Drama • Thriller • Crime
The wife of a psychoanalyst falls prey to a devious quack hypnotist when he discovers she is an habitual shoplifter. Then one of his previous patients now being treated by the r…
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller
Saint Joan
1957 • Drama • History
In 1456, French King Charles VII recalls the story of how he met the 17-year-old peasant girl Joan of Arc, entrusted her with the command of the French Army, and ultimately burn…
Why matched: genres Drama, History
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
1955 • Drama • War
A dramatization of the American general and his court martial for publically complaining about High Command's dismissal and neglect of the aerial fighting forces.
Why matched: genres Drama, War
The Moon Is Blue
1953 • Romance • Comedy
Two aging playboys are both after the same attractive young woman, but she fends them off by claiming that she plans to remain a virgin until her wedding night. Both men determi…
Why matched: genres Romance, Comedy
Bunny Lake Is Missing
1965 • Thriller • Mystery
A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed.
Why matched: genres Thriller, Mystery
Porgy and Bess
1959 • Music • Drama • Romance
In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a go…
Why matched: genres Music, Drama
The Human Factor
1979 • Thriller
When a leak of information in the African section of British Intelligence is discovered, a security man is brought in to investigate.
Why matched: genres Thriller