1957
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- DirectorFederico FelliniStarsGiulietta MasinaFrançois PérierFranca MarziA waifish prostitute wanders the streets of Rome looking for true love but finds only heartbreak.
- DirectorDelbert MannStarsDon MurrayE.G. MarshallNancy MarchandFive office friends meet up for a night on the town to celebrate the forthcoming marriage of one of them. As the night wears on and the drink starts to tell, they become more confidential in expressing their concerns and hopes.
- DirectorNorman TaurogStarsJane RussellKeenan WynnRalph MeekerWhen a movie star is kidnapped, everyone thinks it's a publicity stunt. It's not.
- DirectorNunnally JohnsonStarsGinger RogersDavid NivenDan DaileyA bored housewife seeks help from a psychiatrist who also solves his own emotional problems.
- DirectorRoger VadimStarsFrançoise ArnoulChristian MarquandRobert HosseinIn Venice, a French agent tries to recover printing plates, used to print fake currency, from an ex-Nazi who stole them during WW2.
- DirectorGeorge AbbottStanley DonenStarsDoris DayJohn RaittCarol HaneyAn Iowa pajama factory worker falls in love with an affable superintendent who had been hired by the factory's boss to help oppose the workers' demand for a pay raise.
- DirectorJohn BoultingStarsJohn WelshRonald CardewHugh GriffithJim Dixon feels anything but lucky. At the university he has to do the bidding of absent-minded and boring Professor Welch to have any hope of keeping his job. Worse, he has managed to get entangled with unexciting but neurotic Margaret Peel, a friend of the Professor's. All in all, the pub is the only friendly place to be. His misery is completed at a dreadful weekend gathering of the Welch clan by the arrival of son Bertrand. Not so much that Betrand is loud-mouthed and boorish - which he is - but that he has as companion Christine Callaghan, the sort of marvellous and unattainable woman Jim can only dream about.
- DirectorRouben MamoulianStarsFred AstaireCyd CharisseJanis PaigeA Russian government official is sent to Paris to bring back her comrades; she soon gets a taste of Paris life and falls in love with an American movie producer.
- DirectorFrantisek CápStarsMarcello MastroianniJester NaefeTrude HesterbergLove story between a fisherman of the Adriatic coast and a young girl of the village.
- DirectorRobert PiroshStarsDana AndrewsBetty HuttonJean HagenThe class of 1941 at Carson High School is holding its 15th reunion. "Boy Most Likely To Succeed" Fred Davis is in town to sell his house before taking a job in San Francisco; he's been wandering from town to town since leaving college. "Most Popular Girl" Maggie Brewster is a successful real estate agent, but her very close relationship with her father seems to make any other man fall short in her eyes. While Maggie's best friend, "happily" married Barna, spends time with Jack, who still lives on the high school football field, Fred and Maggie renew their friendship and find the years haven't been as full as they should have been.
- DirectorDavid EadyStarsJames HayterClifford EvansDavid HemmingsMurder suspect on the run must depend on strangers to help clear his name.
- DirectorClive DonnerStarsBelinda LeeRonald LewisMichael BrookeA beautiful redhead becomes involved with a group of small-time hoodlums who plan and perform a daring diamond robbery.
- DirectorRoy Ward BakerStarsHardy KrügerColin GordonMichael GoodliffeA cocky German fighter pilot is shot down over England in 1940 and makes numerous attempts to escape to fight again.
- DirectorWendy ToyeStarsJohn GregsonCecil ParkerJune ThorburnNewlywed Tony Hudson offers his young wife Jane a cruise on a yacht as a honeymoon trip. Although Jane suffers from chronic seasickness, she accepts and one day they go on board the Turtle, a fine yacht owned by an industrialist friend, Dudley Partridge. A lot of misadventures await them before they finally reach the French harbor of Dinard.
- DirectorCy EndfieldStarsStanley BakerHerbert LomPeggy CumminsA rookie trucker tries to expose his boss' rackets.
- DirectorRonald NeameStarsPeter FinchMary UreNatasha ParryA doctor's sophisticated wife joins him at his remote Asian practice to try and patch up their marriage. Increasingly violent friction between local rubber plantation workers and the authorities force both parties to make decisions.
- DirectorGerhard KleinStarsIlse PagéEkkehard SchallHarry EngelThe story of a group of rebellious teens in East Berlin.
- DirectorMark RobsonStarsLana TurnerLee PhilipsLloyd NolanA peaceful New England town hides secrets and scandals.
- DirectorHenry LevinStarsPat BooneShirley JonesDolores MichaelsA young man visiting his relatives' farm in Kentucky falls in love with their neighbor.
- DirectorHal KanterStarsElvis PresleyLizabeth ScottWendell CoreyA musician and a publicist help a delivery man achieve stardom.
- DirectorArthur HillerStarsDean StockwellNatalie TrundyJohn LarchHigh-school girl from a wealthy family falls for a fellow student from a poor family. Both families disapprove; unable to stand the pressure, the couple quit school and flee to Mexico.
- DirectorClaude Bernard-AubertStarsAlain BouvetteJean-Claude MichelJean PontoizeauA somber meditation on a war already lost.
- DirectorFrank TashlinStarsTony RandallJayne MansfieldBetsy DrakeTo save his career, a writer for television advertising wants a famous actress to endorse a lipstick. In return, he has to pretend to be her new lover.
- DirectorJack ArnoldStarsJeff ChandlerJeanne CrainJack CarsonAfter top lawyer James Blane gets an acquittal for a man who killed another man for sexually roughing up his trophy wife, the murderous town sheriff frames him for bribing a juror in the case.
- DirectorHans HeinrichStarsAlfred MaackErika DunkelmannGötz George
- DirectorLuchino ViscontiStarsMaria SchellMarcello MastroianniJean MaraisA humble clerk courts a woman who awaits her lover's return night after night.
- DirectorJack WebbStarsJack WebbDon DubbinsJackie LougheryA no-nonsense Drill Instructor is convinced that he can make a recruit, that is haunted by his family combat history and who falters under pressure, into a Marine.
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsDan DuryeaJayne MansfieldMartha VickersDan Duryea and his cronies rob a fake spiritualist and then take it on the lam to Atlantic City.
- DirectorDick PowellStarsRobert MitchumCurd JürgensDavid HedisonDuring WWII an American destroyer discovers a German U-boat, and in the ensuing duel the American captain must draw upon all his experience to defeat the equally experienced German commander.
- DirectorMichael PowellEmeric PressburgerStarsDirk BogardeMarius GoringDavid OxleyLed by British officers, partisans on Crete plan to kidnap the island's German commander and smuggle him to Cairo, Egypt to embarrass the occupiers.
- DirectorRichard BrooksStarsRock HudsonDana WynterWendy HillerIn British Colonial Kenya during the Mau Mau uprising, Peter and Kimani, who grew up together, find themselves on the opposite sides.
- DirectorVeit HarlanStarsPaula WesselyPaul DahlkeHans NielsenKlaus is a young man in post-war Berlin. He is drawn to his friend Manfred and, under the encouragement of their acquaintance, Dr. Winkler, explore the underground world of gay clubs and electronic music. His family begins to learn of his other life and do everything they can to set him straight.
- DirectorAleksandr ZarkhiStarsNikolay RybnikovInna MakarovaGennadi Karnovich-ValuaA team of installers under the leadership of brigadier Nikolai Pasechnik are arriving for the construction of the blast furnace. At the construction site, Nikolai meets welder Ekaterina. He tries to care for her, but they often quarrel.
- DirectorDouglas SirkStarsJune AllysonRossano BrazziMarianne KochA young American woman travels to Munich and falls in love with a famous German conductor, only to learn he has a mentally ill wife.
- DirectorMario MonicelliStarsVittorio De SicaMarcello MastroianniAntonella LualdiThe adventures of a young couple of high school students: her father is not opposed to their love, but the other, a doctor of prestige, is not at all happy about it.
- DirectorFrancis ThompsonA day in the life of the city and citizens of New York as seen through the fantastic eye, and the incredibly distorted optic lenses, of filmmaker Francis Thompson.
- DirectorAlberto LattuadaStarsJacqueline SassardRaf MattioliSylva KoscinaA teenage girl vacations in the Italian Riviera during the summer with her wealthy parents; as her parents bicker and contemplate divorce, the young girl finds love in the arms of a handsome student.
- DirectorOtto PremingerStarsJean SebergRichard WidmarkRichard ToddIn 1456, French King Charles VII recalls the story of how he met the seventeen-year-old peasant girl Joan of Arc, entrusted her with the command of the French Army, and ultimately burned her at the stake as a heretic.
- DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsEva Marie SaintDon MurrayAnthony FranciosaA Korean War veteran's morphine addiction wreaks havoc upon his family.
- DirectorBrian Desmond HurstStarsLouis JourdanBelinda LeeKeith MichellDuring the French Revolution, a French nobleman saves the 10-year-old son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette from the guillotine with the help of an English woman.
- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsDean MartinAnna Maria AlberghettiEva BartokIn this musical comedy, Dean Martin plays an American hotel mogul who becomes smitten with a young Italian woman (Anna Maria Alberghetti) when buying a hotel in Rome. To marry this gal, he has to get her three older sisters married off.
- DirectorJohn FordStarsJohn WayneMaureen O'HaraDan DaileyA biography of Navy flier-turned-screenwriter Frank W. "Spig" Wead.
- DirectorPhil KarlsonStarsRichard ConteDianne FosterKathryn GrantA retired mob accountant is drawn back in when his brothers, who have recently made a hit for the organization, decide to go to the authorities.
- DirectorRobert WiseStarsJean SimmonsPaul NewmanJoan FontaineDuring WWII, unmarried New Zealand women meet and marry American soldiers who are fighting in the Pacific theater.
- DirectorMikhail KalatozovStarsTatyana SamoylovaAleksey BatalovVasiliy MerkurevVeronica plans a rendezvous with her lover, Boris, at the bank of river, only for him to be drafted into World War II shortly thereafter.
- DirectorDavid MillerStarsJoan CrawfordHeather SearsRossano BrazziEighteen-year-old Esther has been deaf and blind since the accident which killed her mother. Wealthy Margaret Landi, a native of Esther's village in Ireland, is talked into helping to educate and possibly heal Esther. Margaret grows to love Esther as a daughter, but finds Esther's innocence threatened by sleazy promoters--and her own sleazy ex-husband.
- DirectorMelville ShavelsonStarsBob HopeVera MilesPaul DouglasBiopic of the political career of Jimmy Walker, flamboyant and somewhat corrupt Mayor of New York City from 1926-1932.
- DirectorGordon DouglasStarsNatalie WoodKarl MaldenMarsha HuntSgt. Chuck Brennan always disliked playboy and hotshot, Col. Jim Herlihy. Now Chuck has even more reason to, Jim is dating his daughter, Lois.
- DirectorJean NegulescoStarsAlan LaddClifton WebbSophia LorenA woman who finds a treasure is torn between two men: one who wants to sell it, and one who wants to donate it to Greece.
- DirectorRoger CormanStarsJune KenneyFay SpainJohn BrinkleyA delinquent girls' gang pursues a nice ingenue linked romantically to the male leader of a rival gang, and apparently to the murder of one of their members.
- DirectorJ. Lee ThompsonStarsYvonne MitchellAnthony QuayleSylvia SymsA middle-aged married woman is shocked to discover that her husband, whom she thought was content in their marriage, has become infatuated with a beautiful younger woman and plans to leave his family for her.
- DirectorRichard SaleStarsTyrone PowerMai ZetterlingLloyd NolanA ship's officer finds himself in command of a lifeboat full of survivors of a sunken luxury liner.
- DirectorMartin RittStarsJoanne WoodwardSheree NorthTony RandallIn California, four couples who have bought houses near one another face problems, alcoholism, racism, promiscuity, and discrimination against lack of education, until a tragic event forces them to reassess their lives.
- DirectorBlake EdwardsStarsTony CurtisMartha HyerCharles BickfordA street-smart young man from the Chicago slums dreams of cajoling with the rich and powerful, no matter the cost.
- DirectorHenry LevinStarsPat BooneTerry MooreJanet GaynorHigh school students enter a fictional woman's name (Bernardine Mudd) in a contest. The contestant wins and hilarity ensues.
- DirectorLuigi ComenciniStarsNino TarantoRenato SalvatoriMemmo CarotenutoIn Rome every year in August the wifes go on holiday on the seashore while their husbands stay at home to work. It is the period of the year most suitable to male unfaithfulness. Without their wives they look for amorous adventures. Mario, freshly married to Romana, falls deeply in love with Lionella and all his friends, Alberto, Fernando and Giacinto try to enjoy this time when they are single.
- DirectorRobert MulliganStarsAnthony PerkinsKarl MaldenNorma MooreTrue story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.
- DirectorStanley DonenStarsAudrey HepburnFred AstaireKay ThompsonAn impromptu fashion shoot at a book store brings about a new fashion model discovery in the shop clerk.
- DirectorRené ClémentStarsSilvana ManganoAnthony PerkinsRichard ConteDuring the 1950s, in French Indochina, the Dufresne family struggles to survive amid harsh economic times and natural disasters.
- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsVictor SjöströmBibi AnderssonIngrid ThulinAfter living a life marked by coldness, an aging professor is forced to confront the emptiness of his existence.
- DirectorDouglas SirkStarsRock HudsonRobert StackDorothy MaloneStory of the fraught friendship between an eccentric journalist and a team of daredevil flying acrobats.
- DirectorLaslo BenedekStarsJohn CassavetesRaymond BurrSara ShaneSongwriter falls in love with a crippled man's wife.
- DirectorRoger CormanStarsPaul BirchBeverly GarlandMorgan JonesAn alien agent from the distant planet Davana is sent to Earth via a high-tech matter transporter. There, he terrorizes Southern California in an attempt to acquire blood for his dying race, the result of a devastating nuclear war.
- DirectorMichel BoisrondStarsCharles BoyerHenri VidalBrigitte BardotSet against the picturesque springtime in Paris, the President of France's daughter marries a buttoned down cabinet official, but after her new husband starts stepping out behind her back, the young bride takes off for the Riviera.
- DirectorHoward W. KochStarsMamie Van DorenLori NelsonJohn RussellFollows the vagrant sisters working for crooked characters at a rock 'n' roll prison-farm.
- DirectorRené LucotStarsFrançois PérierVoitto HellsténVeikko KarvonenThe official filmed record of the 1956 Olympic Games in Australia.
- DirectorHelmut KäutnerStarsRomy SchneiderHorst BuchholzMara LaneA poor 22 y.o. Hungarian man who's recently arrived in Paris meets a seemingly wealthy 17 y.o. Parisian girl. They fall in love, but tragedy ensues when the truth behind the girl is revealed.
- DirectorElia KazanStarsAndy GriffithPatricia NealAnthony FranciosaA female radio reporter turns a folk-singing drifter into a powerful media star.
- DirectorDavid LeanStarsWilliam HoldenAlec GuinnessJack HawkinsBritish POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it.
- DirectorFranz AntelStarsSabine BethmannRudolf PrackPaul HörbigerA young woman who attempts to commit suicide out of heartache is saved at the last second by a priest accompanying a boys'choir. The clergyman soon learns that Renate, the suicide candidate, is an operator in a Vienna factory, that she has an affair with Robert, the firm's engineer, and that she has a rival in the person of Erika, the managing director's whimsical daughter. Chance has it that the boys'choir must perform in this very factory, which terrifies Renate, who, in the meantime had been adopted by the troupe. She chooses to disappear...
- DirectorSidney LumetStarsHenry FondaLee J. CobbMartin BalsamThe jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.
- DirectorGeorge SidneyStarsKim NovakJeff ChandlerAgnes MooreheadThe life of 1920s actress Jeanne Eagels.
- DirectorWalter LangStarsSpencer TracyKatharine HepburnGig YoungTwo extremely strong personalities clash over the computerization of a television network's research department.
- DirectorWilli ForstRolf KutscheraStarsAdrian HovenErika RembergHans MoserWhen a school student fakes sickness to skip a test, she falls in love with the handsome doctor. The partnership takes a serious turn soon, and puts her Abitur in jeopardy.
- DirectorPat JacksonStarsTony BrittonSylvia SymsJack WatlingA top salesman with a U.K. toy firm foolishly brings an expensive watch back from a German trip for his wife's birthday. This is illegal in 1950's Britain and when Customs discover the watch he is charged and, unusually, given a prison sentence. Not having the money to appeal he has to serve his time hoping the details don't get out and he won't lose his job.
- DirectorMichael AndersonStarsRichard ToddWilliam HartnellAkim TamiroffIn 1949, during the Chinese Civil War, British warship H.M.S. Amethyst sails up the Yangtse river but on the return trip, finds its way blocked by a barrage of fire from the Communist Chinese shore batteries.
- DirectorDino RisiStarsMarisa AllasioMaurizio ArenaRenato SalvatoriRomulus and Salvatore are two Roman boys, engaged respectively with Anna Maria and Marisa, the first sister of Salvatore and the second of Romulus.
- DirectorDino RisiStarsMarisa AllasioMaurizio ArenaRenato SalvatoriRomolo and Salvatore are two young men who are neighbors and friends. They live with their parents in Piazza Navona in Rome. They are poor but handsome, and both fall in love with the beautiful Giovanna.
- DirectorCharles WaltersStarsGlenn FordGia ScalaEarl HollimanOn a small South Pacific island during WW2, various US Navy P.R. personnel pass the time romancing the nurses and the native girls while trying to avoid front line sea duty.
- DirectorRonald NeameVincente MinnelliStarsEleanor ParkerBill TraversGeorge SandersIn post-WWII Hong Kong, unhappily married Carol has an affair with a married man. Her husband discovers it and presents her with a choice: travel with him to a remote mainland village or face the scandal of a very public divorce.
- DirectorCharles CrichtonStarsJack HawkinsElizabeth SellarsJeremy BodkinThe efforts of test pilot John Mitchell to make a better life for his wife Mary and their two children seem doomed to failure and he blames himself.
- DirectorRichard BartlettStarsJock MahoneyLuana PattenCharles McGrawA stranger rides into town and says he is looking for a local Indian. Told he left town, the truth everyone has been hiding comes out, including the stranger's true identity.
- DirectorStanley DonenStarsCary GrantJayne MansfieldLeif EricksonIn 1944, three Navy pilots stationed in Hawaii and a P.R. officer go on a 4-day leave to San Francisco where they party with a good crowd in the executive suite of a busy hotel.
- DirectorBudd BoetticherStarsRandolph ScottRichard BooneMaureen O'SullivanAn independent former ranch foreman is kidnapped along with an heiress, who is being held for ransom by trio of ruthless outlaws.
- DirectorJames NeilsonStarsJames StewartAudie MurphyDan DuryeaA fired railroad man is re-hired and entrusted to carry a ten thousand dollar payroll in secret, even though he is suspected of being connected to outlaws.
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsKirk DouglasRalph MeekerAdolphe MenjouAfter a failed attack on a German position, a general orders three soldiers, chosen at random, court-martialed for cowardice and their commanding officer must defend them.
- DirectorMario ZampiStarsTerry-ThomasPeter SellersPeggy MountA very British comedy about a blackmailer and his victims.
- DirectorMauro BologniniStarsMarisa AllasioRenato SalvatoriFrancisco RabalMarisa is a young girl who sells drinks at the Civitavecchia station. Her beauty makes all the boys fall in love with her.
- DirectorDavid MacDonaldStarsGordon HarkerMarie LohrJohn LoderThe crafty and experienced waiter Albert keeps things running smoothly at the Jolly Fiddler Hotel, and he is the only one who can placate the crabby justice of the peace who is a permanent resident there. But Mr. Finch, a representative from the chain that owns the hotel, thinks that Albert is too old and should be fired. When Finch visits the hotel, his ideas and his manner quickly antagonize the staff and guests, setting off a lengthy battle of wills.
- DirectorCharles VidorStarsFrank SinatraMitzi GaynorJeanne CrainFrank Sinatra plays Joe E. Lewis, a famous comedian of the 1930s-50s. When the movie opens, Lewis is a young, talented singer who performs in speakeasies. When he bolts one job for another, the mob boss who owns the first speakeasy has his thugs try to kill Lewis. Lewis survives, but his vocal cords are cut and he cannot sing. Several years later, his buddy tracks him down and tries to help him with little success. That attempt, though, leads to Lewis meeting Letty Page (Jeanne Crain). They fall in love and she inspires him to follow up on an offer to become a comedian (a result of his buddy's failed attempt to rejuvenate his singing career). Lewis has problems, though. The assault that nearly cost him his life also helped turn him into an alcoholic and an inveterate gambler. These two character defects become the basis for his act and help to make him a smash success. Unfortunately, they also work to wreak havoc in his personal life.
- DirectorHenry HathawayStarsJohn WayneSophia LorenRossano BrazziAmerican ne'er-do-well Joe January is hired to take Paul Bonnard on an expedition into the desert in search of treasure.
- DirectorRobert WiseStarsJean SimmonsPaul DouglasAnthony FranciosaA school teacher takes a secretarial job in a nightclub. The two club owners quibble about a lot, including her. Unfortunately, she develops an interest for the partner who disapproves of her employment at the club.
- DirectorDelmer DavesStarsGlenn FordVan HeflinFelicia FarrBroke small-time rancher Dan Evans is hired by the stagecoach line to put big-time captured outlaw leader Ben Wade on the 3:10 train to Yuma but Wade's gang tries to free him.
- DirectorPhilip LeacockStarsBetta St. JohnWilliam SylvesterMichael CraigSet on an island off Nova Scotia, Canada, the jealousies and loves of the islanders unfold at a casual pace until economic necessity drives them to the mainland.
- DirectorVal GuestStarsDavid TomlinsonPeggy CumminsBrian ReeceTwo friends have a drunken reunion, where they dress in each other's clothes. They become mistaken for each other, and wind up having to assume these different identities. With resultant calamitous consequences, to both their careers.
- DirectorVictor VicasStarsJoan CollinsJayne MansfieldDan DaileyThree strangers - a stripper, an alcoholic wife and a travelling salesman - embark on a life-changing journey. As the road presents challenges, each character faces his or her own shortcomings, not knowing where life will lead next.