Goldener Bar 1951-1959
by antodimichele | created - 23 Mar 2023 | updated - 2 months ago | PublicMovies to watch awarded or nominated in the Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin during the '50s
- Instant Watch Options
- Genres
- Movies or TV
- IMDb Rating
- In Theaters
- Release Year
- Keywords
1. Four in a Jeep (1951)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama
Soviet, British, French and American allies patrol post-war Vienna.
Director: Leopold Lindtberg | Stars: Viveca Lindfors, Ralph Meeker, Yossi Yadin, Michael Medwin
Votes: 357
2. One Summer of Happiness (1951)
103 min | Drama, Romance
After graduation, a Swedish youth goes to live with his uncle in the countryside and immediately takes a liking to a local girl.
Director: Arne Mattsson | Stars: Edvin Adolphson, Ulla Jacobsson, John Elfström, Folke Sundquist
Votes: 881
3. Hobson's Choice (1954)
Not Rated | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Widower Henry Hobson refuses to let his three daughters get married because he doesn't want to pay settlements, so they'll just have to outsmart him.
Director: David Lean | Stars: Charles Laughton, John Mills, Brenda de Banzie, Daphne Anderson
Votes: 8,800
4. The Rats (1955)
91 min | Drama
In the early Fifties Pauline Karka (Maria Schell) comes to Berlin. She is pregnant and totally penniless. She meets the laundry owner Anna John (Heidemarie Hatheyer) who always yearned to ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Maria Schell, Curd Jürgens, Heidemarie Hatheyer, Gustav Knuth
Votes: 372
5. Invitation to the Dance (1956)
93 min | Animation, Fantasy, Musical
Three different stories are told through a notably unusual way - no words, just dance.
Directors: Gene Kelly, Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Gene Kelly, Igor Youskevitch, Claire Sombert, Tamara Toumanova
Votes: 1,013 | Gross: $0.60M
6. 12 Angry Men (1957)
Approved | 96 min | Crime, Drama
The 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.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Martin Balsam, John Fiedler
Votes: 864,857 | Gross: $4.36M
7. Wild Strawberries (1957)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Romance
After living a life marked by coldness, an aging professor is forced to confront the emptiness of his existence.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Victor Sjöström, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Björnstrand
Votes: 114,956
8. The Cousins (1959)
Not Rated | 112 min | Drama
A pair of cousins share a flat, but animosity begins to build between the two when a woman gets involved.
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Gérard Blain, Jean-Claude Brialy, Juliette Mayniel, Guy Decomble
Votes: 3,246
9. God Needs Men (1950)
100 min | Drama
The island of Sein, in the nineteenth century, in Brittany. A crude population lives here on these windy shores, estranged from the rest of the world.
Director: Jean Delannoy | Stars: Pierre Fresnay, Madeleine Robinson, Daniel Gélin, Sylvie
Votes: 102
10. Affairs of Dr. Holl (1951)
Approved | 99 min | Drama
A doctor marries, out of pity, the invalid daughter of a wealthy industrialist.Though the doctor has helped to cure her, he expects she will not live much longer.
Director: Rolf Hansen | Stars: Maria Schell, Dieter Borsche, Heidemarie Hatheyer, Carl Wery
Votes: 38
11. Muchachas de Uniforme (1951)
83 min | Drama
Irasema Dilián stars as the orphan Manuela whose passionate crush on her teacher Lucila (Marga Lopez) scandalizes their all-girl Catholic school. An exceptional Mexican remake of the 1931 German original, Maedchen in Uniform.
Director: Alfredo B. Crevenna | Stars: Marga López, Alicia Caro, Rosaura Revueltas, Irasema Dilián
Votes: 66
12. Without Leaving an Address (1951)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Thérèse Ravenaz is a charming young woman but also the victim of a seducer who abandoned her as soon as she told him that she was expecting his baby. To trace her unworthy lover, she boards... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Paul Le Chanois | Stars: Bernard Blier, Danièle Delorme, Pierre Trabaud, Arlette Marchal
Votes: 187
13. Leva på 'Hoppet' (1951)
100 min | Comedy
A young theater cast transforms with enthusiasm an old freighter into a theater boat.
Director: Göran Gentele | Stars: Ingrid Thulin, Per Oscarsson, Gunvor Pontén, Jarl Kulle
Votes: 33
14. Perfectionist (1951)
95 min | Drama
Professor Louis Delage is a kidney transplant specialist. He is so good in his field that his peers nickname him the "great man". But one day, one of his patients die during surgery and ... See full summary »
Director: Yves Ciampi | Stars: Pierre Fresnay, Renée Devillers, Jean-Claude Pascal, Claire Duhamel
Votes: 70
15. Wife for a Night (1952)
84 min | Comedy
A poor musician hires a courtesan to pose as his wife so he can "give" her to a wealthy count in return for patronage.
Director: Mario Camerini | Stars: Gino Cervi, Gina Lollobrigida, Nadia Gray, Armando Francioli
Votes: 174
16. Unter den tausend Laternen (1952)
94 min | Crime
When a composer is murdered and leaves his work unfinished, his apprentice and a singer must decide who is to blame.
Director: Erich Engel | Stars: Michel Auclair, Gisela Trowe, Hanna Rucker, Inge Meysel
Votes: 38
17. Three Forbidden Stories (1952)
105 min | Drama
While recuperating from their injuries in a hospital, three young women flash back to the events leading up to the catastrophe.
Director: Augusto Genina | Stars: Lia Amanda, Isa Pola, Bruno Vecchi, Gabriele Ferzetti
Votes: 31
18. The Village (1953)
Approved | 98 min | Drama
This film deals with war orphans following WWII at a children's village in the Swiss Alps where over 200 children from all parts of Europe are gathered. The subplots involve a romance ... See full summary »
Director: Leopold Lindtberg | Stars: John Justin, Eva Dahlbeck, Sigfrit Steiner, Mary Hinton
Votes: 51
19. Man on a Tightrope (1953)
Approved | 105 min | Drama, Thriller
A Czech circus owner/clown and his entire troupe employ a daring stratagem in order to escape en masse from behind the iron curtain.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Fredric March, Terry Moore, Gloria Grahame, Cameron Mitchell
Votes: 1,837
20. The City Stands Trial (1952)
103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Turn-of-the-century Naples. Salvatore Ruotolo and his wife are murdered and their bodies are found in different locations. Since the evidence points to a crime by the Neapolitan crime ... See full summary »
Director: Luigi Zampa | Stars: Amedeo Nazzari, Silvana Pampanini, Paolo Stoppa, Dante Maggio
Votes: 155
21. Ein Herz spielt falsch (1953)
110 min | Drama
A man, in need of money and too lazy to work for a living, marries a plain but rich girl in the knowledge that she is ill and has not long to live. Once he is married to her, he comes to ... See full summary »
Director: Rudolf Jugert | Stars: O.W. Fischer, Ruth Leuwerik, Carl Wery, Gertrud Kückelmann
Votes: 36
22. Times Gone By (1952)
Approved | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A number of different segments taken from 19th century Italian stories.
Director: Alessandro Blasetti | Stars: Aldo Fabrizi, Pina Renzi, Enzo Staiola, Luigi Cimara
Votes: 160
23. Sword for Hire (1952)
135 min | Action, Drama, Adventure
The adventures of a few brave men and women who are scattered around Japan after the siege of a castle, during the wars of the Sengoku period.
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Rentarô Mikuni, Danshirô Ichikawa, Shirley Yamaguchi
Votes: 198
24. Ikiru (1952)
Not Rated | 143 min | Drama
A bureaucrat tries to find meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Takashi Shimura, Nobuo Kaneko, Shin'ichi Himori, Haruo Tanaka
Votes: 87,540 | Gross: $0.06M
25. Torpedo Zone (1954)
86 min | Action, Drama, Romance
During WWII, handsome young Italian sub commander and his crew torpedo Allied freighters and transport ships for the Axis then rescue the occasional survivor and treat them humanely while seeking a safe place to put them ashore.
Director: Duilio Coletti | Stars: Lois Maxwell, Renato Baldini, Carlo Bellini, Aldo Bufi Landi
Votes: 164
26. Le défroqué (1954)
107 min | Drama
In a prison camp, Gérard Lacassagne meets Maurice Morand, a mysterious, anticlerical officer. Lacassagne, who aspires to enter religion, discovers that Morand himself was a priest. He swears to bring him back into the fold of the Church.
Director: Léo Joannon | Stars: Pierre Fresnay, Pierre Trabaud, Nicole Stéphane, Marcelle Géniat
Votes: 134
27. Sinhá Moça (1953)
120 min | Drama
In 19th century Brazil, young people in the State of São Paulo fight against black slavery and the farmers who support it. Against this backdrop, Sinhá Moça falls in love with a young lawyer, and they get involved in a great love story.
Directors: Tom Payne, Oswaldo Sampaio | Stars: Eliane Lage, Anselmo Duarte, Esther Guimarães, José Policena
Votes: 97
28. Circus of Love (1954)
93 min | Drama
The German language version of Carnival Story, shot simultaneously by director Kurt Neumann.
Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Eva Bartok, Curd Jürgens, Bernhard Wicki, Robert Freitag
Votes: 67
29. No Way Back (1953)
87 min | Drama, History, Romance
In 1945, Mischa, a Red Army officer, discovers a frightened German girl, Anna, huddled in a Berlin cellar. He gives her a safe escort home and wins her gratitude. Seven years later, Mischa ... See full summary »
Director: Victor Vicas | Stars: Ivan Desny, Ruth Niehaus, René Deltgen, Karl John
Votes: 96
30. The Plot to Assassinate Hitler (1955)
97 min | Drama, History, Thriller
A disillusioned Wehrmacht officer named Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg and his co-conspirators attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler on 20 July 1944.
Director: Falk Harnack | Stars: Wolfgang Preiss, Annemarie Düringer, Robert Freitag, Fritz Tillmann
Votes: 190
31. Autumn Leaves (1956)
Approved | 107 min | Drama
A lonely middle-aged woman meets a younger man, but their relationship is threatened when the man's troubled past reveals itself.
Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Joan Crawford, Cliff Robertson, Vera Miles, Lorne Greene
Votes: 3,196
32. El camino de la vida (1956)
96 min | Drama
Portrait of the lives of marginalized children in Mexico City, through three juvenile criminals. One killed his stepfather to protect his mother, another blinded his guardian to ward off ... See full summary »
Director: Alfonso Corona Blake | Stars: Mario Humberto Jiménez Pons, Ignacio García Torres, Rogelio 'Frijolitos' Jiménez Pons, Mario Navarro
Votes: 55
33. Kispus (1956)
105 min | Comedy, Romance
When a young woman falls in love with a gown in a shop window it leads to adventure and romance exceeding even her own vivid imagination.
Director: Erik Balling | Stars: Helle Virkner, Henning Moritzen, Angelo Bruun, Nina Pens Rode
Votes: 123
34. The Blonde Witch (1956)
Unrated | 93 min | Drama, Horror
Brulard, a French civil engineer on assignment in Sweden for a lumber company meets Ina, a local nature-girl type, falls in love, has an affair, tries to convert her to "civilization", but ... See full summary »
Director: André Michel | Stars: Marina Vlady, Maurice Ronet, Nicole Courcel, Michel Etcheverry
Votes: 381
35. Mi tío Jacinto (1956)
90 min | Drama
Jacinto, a retired bullfighter who lives miserably with his nephew Pepote, receives a letter in which he is informed that, according to an old agreement, he must participate in a mock ... See full summary »
Director: Ladislao Vajda | Stars: Pablito Calvo, Antonio Vico, José Marco Davó, Juan Calvo
Votes: 356
36. Scandal in Sorrento (1955)
92 min | Comedy, Romance
Returning to his hometown, a former marshal finds his house occupied by a young woman working as a fishwife.
Director: Dino Risi | Stars: Vittorio De Sica, Sophia Loren, Lea Padovani, Antonio Cifariello
Votes: 2,528
37. The Unknown Soldier (1955)
177 min | Drama, War
The tale of a platoon of soldiers during the Continuation War. Based on Väinö Linna's book of the same name.
Director: Edvin Laine | Stars: Kosti Klemelä, Heikki Savolainen, Reino Tolvanen, Veikko Sinisalo
Votes: 7,813
38. The Third Key (1956)
Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The sleuths of Scotland Yard try to solve a series of burglaries.
Director: Charles Frend | Stars: Jack Hawkins, John Stratton, Dorothy Alison, Michael Brooke
Votes: 1,375
39. Trapeze (1956)
Approved | 105 min | Drama, Romance
A crippled circus acrobat is torn emotionally between two ambitious young trapeze artists, one a talented young American and a less-gifted but beautiful Italian.
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Gina Lollobrigida, Katy Jurado
Votes: 5,222
40. Amanecer en Puerta Oscura (1957)
85 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Set in rural South of Spain in the 19th century, tells the story of group of outlaws, from very different origins, trying to survive, hiding from the law enforcement officers in caves in a ... See full summary »
Director: José María Forqué | Stars: Francisco Rabal, Luis Peña, Alberto Farnese, Isabel de Pomés
Votes: 107
41. Arashi (1956)
108 min | Drama
During the Taisho era, a widower tries to bring up his two young boys without a mother.
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki | Stars: Chishû Ryû, Kinuyo Tanaka, Daisuke Katô, Akira Kubo
Votes: 15
42. Die Letzten werden die Ersten sein (1957)
94 min | Crime, Drama
Adaptation of a short Galsworthy play: The brother of a high ranking lawyer has killed the husband of a Polish woman, with whom he is having an affair. Can the counsel help his brother without getting himself involved in scandal?
Director: Rolf Hansen | Stars: O.E. Hasse, Ulla Jacobsson, Maximilian Schell, Adelheid Seeck
Votes: 23
43. El Fetewa (1957)
122 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A fresh man came from outskirt to Cairo to look for work ; He meets a tycoon and creates a struggle between them .
Director: Salah Abouseif | Stars: Farid Shawqi, Tahiyyah Karyuka, Zaki Rostom, Tawfik El Deken
Votes: 355
44. El hombre señalado (1957)
78 min | Drama
A man searches for a valuable lottery ticket, which was in a straw sombrero his wife mistakenly sold, and the hat keeps finding new owners.
Director: Francis Lauric | Stars: Mario Fortuna, Antonia Herrero, Enrique Chaico, José María Gutiérrez
45. Hang Tuah (1956)
120 min | Drama, Musical
Bollywood style Malay film about a popular Renaissance era admiral who fought under the Malacca Sultanate, and his rivalry with a close friend.
Director: Phani Majumdar | Stars: P. Ramlee, Saadiah, Nordin Ahmad, Mohammed Hamid
Votes: 80
46. Ingen tid til kærtegn (1957)
101 min | Drama, Family
The eight year old girl, Lene, feels neglected by her loving, but busy parents. One day when she is once again let down, she run away from home. On her adventure she meets new people, buys a dog and see the ocean.
Director: Annelise Hovmand | Stars: Eva Cohn, Lily Weiding, Hans Kurt, Jørgen Reenberg
Votes: 76
47. The Man in the Raincoat (1957)
106 min | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
In the absence of his wife, a clarinet player is induced by a friend to meet a call girl, but arrives after a crime. Observed by some people leaving the scene of the crime covered by his ... See full summary »
Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Fernandel, Jacques Duby, Jean Rigaux, Judith Magre
Votes: 279
48. La finestra sul Luna Park (1957)
90 min | Drama
A man has problems connecting with his son after coming home from work in Africa, after his wife's death.
Director: Luigi Comencini | Stars: Giulia Rubini, Gastone Renzelli, Pierre Trabaud, Calina Classy
Votes: 106
49. The Adventures of Arsène Lupin (1957)
104 min | Crime, Mystery
Arsène Lupin, the multifaceted gentleman thief, steals two masterpieces from the President of the Council. Some time later, posing as Monsieur Gilles, a winegrower who is marrying his only ... See full summary »
Director: Jacques Becker | Stars: Robert Lamoureux, Liselotte Pulver, O.E. Hasse, Daniel Ceccaldi
Votes: 640
50. Stowaway Girl (1957)
87 min | Drama
A middle-aged steamboat Captain who believes in a rigorous self-control when it comes to needs, desires and emotions, slowly falls for a pretty female stowaway.
Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Trevor Howard, Pedro Armendáriz, Elsa Martinelli, Donald Pleasence
Votes: 183
51. It Was Not in Vain (1957)
97 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Soon after coming to small village, young doctor must fight against strong local superstitions.
Director: Nikola Tanhofer | Stars: Boris Buzancic, Mira Nikolic, Zlata Perlic, Mia Oremovic
Votes: 77
52. The Girl from Corfu (1956)
81 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Two young girls from Corfu, go to Athens to live with their rich uncle. He turns them into real city girls, in order to get them married.
Director: Yannis Petropoulakis | Stars: Rena Vlahopoulou, Stefanos Stratigos, Stavros Iatridis, Annie Ball
Votes: 63
53. No Sun in Venice (1957)
96 min | Crime, Drama
In Venice, a French agent tries to recover printing plates, used to print fake currency, from an ex-Nazi who stole them during WW2.
Director: Roger Vadim | Stars: Françoise Arnoul, Christian Marquand, Robert Hossein, O.E. Hasse
Votes: 155
54. Last Pair Out (1956)
103 min | Drama
About the life of the student, Bo Dahlin. Bo's parents are divorced. Both have been unfaithful. Bo is engaged with Kerstin, but only have eyes for Anita. Anita is filled with self-disgust.
Director: Alf Sjöberg | Stars: Eva Dahlbeck, Harriet Andersson, Bibi Andersson, Björn Bjelfvenstam
Votes: 161
55. The Spanish Gardener (1956)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama
Rather undiplomatic British diplomat Harrington Brande (Sir Michael Hordern) takes up his new post in Spain accompanied by his son Nicholas (Jon Whiteley). The posting is something of a ... See full summary »
Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Jon Whiteley, Michael Hordern, Cyril Cusack
Votes: 1,030
56. The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956)
Approved | 123 min | Comedy, Drama
In post-WWII Japan, an American captain is brought in to help build a school, but the locals want a teahouse instead.
Director: Daniel Mann | Stars: Marlon Brando, Glenn Ford, Machiko Kyô, Eddie Albert
Votes: 3,774
57. The Wayward Bus (1957)
Approved | 87 min | Drama
Three 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.
Director: Victor Vicas | Stars: Joan Collins, Jayne Mansfield, Dan Dailey, Rick Jason
Votes: 877
58. Tizoc (1957)
109 min | Drama, Romance
A white woman enters into a romance with a Mexican Indian. The racial barriers between the lovers prove to be insurmountable, resulting in tragedy.
Director: Ismael Rodríguez | Stars: María Félix, Pedro Infante, Andrés Soler, Carlos Orellana
Votes: 712
59. Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957)
Approved | 93 min | Drama, Romance
A 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.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Yvonne Mitchell, Anthony Quayle, Sylvia Syms, Andrew Ray
Votes: 917
60. The Temptress and the Monk (1957)
88 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Director: Eisuke Takizawa | Stars: Yumeji Tsukioka, Ryôji Hayama, Osamu Takizawa, Akitake Kôno
Votes: 24
61. Der 10. Mai (1957)
95 min | Drama
On May 10, 1940, at 03:00 a.m., the Western Front begins to move. The German Wehrmacht invades Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg to roll up the Maginot Line. On his round of checks, the Swiss... See full summary »
Director: Franz Schnyder | Stars: Emil Hegetschweiler, Heinz Reincke, Linda Geiser, Max Haufler
Votes: 58
62. It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958)
97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Having doubts about the guilt of the obvious suspect in the murder of an eight year old girl, a police detective decides to investigate the case on his own.
Director: Ladislao Vajda | Stars: Heinz Rühmann, Sigfrit Steiner, Siegfried Lowitz, Michel Simon
Votes: 5,583
63. The Girls Are Willing (1958)
89 min | Family, Comedy, Romance
On the idyllic Birkø lives Christian a parish executive officer. He is a brave and honest man, happily married to Martha, and this couple has a son called Theo and he will once take over the farm.
Director: Gabriel Axel | Stars: Axel Bang, Henny Lindorff Buckhøj, Verner Tholsgaard, Ole Larsen
Votes: 87
64. Ice Cold in Alex (1958)
Approved | 130 min | Adventure, Drama, War
During World War II in North Africa, a medical field unit must cross the desert in their ambulance in order to reach the British lines in Alexandria.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: John Mills, Anthony Quayle, Sylvia Syms, Harry Andrews
Votes: 6,598
65. The Law Is the Law (1958)
95 min | Comedy
Assola is an imaginary village on the border between Italy and France and the borderline crosses the village itself. The French customs agent Ferdinand is always trying to catch the Italian... See full summary »
Director: Christian-Jaque | Stars: Totò, Fernandel, Nino Besozzi, Noël Roquevert
Votes: 1,066
66. Cairo Station (1958)
Not Rated | 77 min | Crime, Drama
A newspaper salesman at the train station in Cairo develops an unhealthy obsession with a woman who sells refreshments.
Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Farid Shawqi, Hind Rustum, Youssef Chahine, Hassan el Baroudi
Votes: 5,352
67. Miriam (1957)
88 min | Drama
After her aunts death, young Miriam gets a position with the Allnes family. They have a son, Hans. Miriam and Hans fall in love. But the Hans mother is jealous and disapprove.
Director: William Markus | Stars: Anneli Sauli, Irma Seikkula, Pentti Siimes, Leo Riuttu
Votes: 72
68. Ash Wednesday (1958)
106 min | Drama, War
A prostitute falls in love with an older man, who was a young priest during the Cristero War in Mexico in 1926-29.
Director: Roberto Gavaldón | Stars: María Félix, Arturo de Córdova, Víctor Junco, María Teresa Rivas
Votes: 82
69. Mädchen in Uniform (1958)
91 min | Drama
In a strict Prussian boarding school for girls, sensitive student Manuela von Meinhardis develops a forbidden love to one of her teachers, the compassionate Elisabeth von Bernburg.
Director: Géza von Radványi | Stars: Lilli Palmer, Romy Schneider, Therese Giehse, Blandine Ebinger
Votes: 1,760
70. The Outlaws (1958)
94 min | Adventure, Drama
Some months before the outbreak of the Greek Civil War three outlaws struggle for survival in the mountains.
Director: Nikos Koundouros | Stars: Titos Vandis, Petros Fyssoun, Anestis Vlahos, Nelly Angelidou
Votes: 91
71. A Party in Hell (1956)
120 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Hajji Jabbar is a miser, greedy and disliked businessman. He tries to make more money by any means even by forcing her daughter to marry a rich old man rather than let her marry her cousin ... See full summary »
Directors: Samuel Khachikian, Mushegh Sarvari | Stars: Reza Arham Sadr, Rufia, Ezzatollah Vosoogh, Ebrahim Bagheri
Votes: 126
72. El puño del amo (1958)
86 min | Drama, Romance, Western
From the legendary director, Emilio El Indio Fernandez, a powerful film of a woman fighting her rich established family to marry the man she loves. Starring Silvia Pinal, Amalia Mendoza and... See full synopsis »
Director: Emilio Fernández | Stars: Silvia Pinal, Carlos López Moctezuma, Jaime Fernández, José Elías Moreno
Votes: 69
73. ¡Viva lo imposible! (1958)
95 min | Comedy
A civil servant quits his job and engages with his family in a circus life, searching for fun and excitement. There they will find out that some such artists long for a different, less adventurous life.
Director: Rafael Gil | Stars: Paquita Rico, Manolo Morán, Miguel Gila, Julio Núñez
Votes: 46
74. Archimède, le clochard (1959)
76 min | Comedy, Drama
Bum Archimede wants to spend the winter in prison, but to get there proves not to be that easy.
Director: Gilles Grangier | Stars: Jean Gabin, Darry Cowl, Bernard Blier, Dora Doll
Votes: 613
75. Poeten og Lillemor (1959)
95 min | Comedy, Family
The Poet and Little Mom buy a cottage with a large poets' grant. The creditor gets mortgage and demands his money by New Year's Eve or they lose the cottage. It's time to earn money.
Director: Erik Balling | Stars: Henning Moritzen, Helle Virkner, Ove Sprogøe, Lis Løwert
Votes: 199
76. Sven Tuuva (1958)
141 min | Comedy, Drama, War
Sven Tuuva, the simple son of an elderly sergeant, takes part in the battles of the Finnish war with General Sandels.
Director: Edvin Laine | Stars: Veikko Sinisalo, Edvin Laine, Fanni Halonen, Salme Karppinen
Votes: 143
77. Hadaka no taiyô (1958)
97 min | Drama
Director: Miyoji Ieki | Stars: Shinjirô Ebara, Michiko Hoshi, Yoshiaki Ishikawa, Tatsuya Nakadai
Votes: 17
78. Astero (1959)
73 min | Drama, Romance
Astero, the beautiful step-daughter of a wealthy herder, falls in love with his handsome son, Thimios, whom his father wants to marry off to an affluent shepherdess. Now, she's on the brink of insanity. Can true love set her free?
Director: Dinos Dimopoulos | Stars: Aliki Vougiouklaki, Titos Vandis, Dimitris Papamichael, Georgia Vasileiadou
Votes: 184
79. Un uomo facile (1959)
102 min | Drama
Director: Paolo Heusch | Stars: Maurizio Arena, Giovanna Ralli, Tiberio Mitri, Cathia Caro
Votes: 10
80. Und das am Montagmorgen (1959)
95 min | Comedy
Director: Luigi Comencini | Stars: O.W. Fischer, Ulla Jacobsson, Vera Tschechowa, Robert Graf
Votes: 33
81. Tiger Bay (1959)
Not Rated | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A twelve-year-old tomboy witnesses the murder of a woman by her Polish merchant marine boyfriend, but bonds with him and thwarts the police in their investigation.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Hayley Mills, Horst Buchholz, John Mills, Yvonne Mitchell
Votes: 3,163
82. Beyond All Limits (1959)
Not Rated | 114 min | Drama
In a Mexican fishing village, gringo Jim Gatsby hatches an illegal shrimp-catching scheme and runs afoul of local authorities as well as of jealous Mexican fisherman Pepe Gamboa who suspects his wife Magdalena of infidelity.
Director: Roberto Gavaldón | Stars: María Félix, Jack Palance, Pedro Armendáriz, Juan Múzquiz
Votes: 110
83. Diez fusiles esperan (1959)
89 min | Drama, Romance, War
During the first Carlist war in the 1830s in Spain a lieutenant falls into the enemy's hands and is arrested. When condemned, he claims he only wanted to see his newborn baby.
Director: José Luis Sáenz de Heredia | Stars: Francisco Rabal, Ettore Manni, Rosita Arenas, Berta Riaza
Votes: 53
84. Ask Any Girl (1959)
98 min | Comedy, Romance
A salesgirl falls for the younger of two brothers who run a company. The elder falls for her but plans to help her get his brother because he doesn't know he's in love.
Director: Charles Walters | Stars: David Niven, Shirley MacLaine, Gig Young, Rod Taylor
Votes: 919
85. The Rest Is Silence (1959)
106 min | Crime, Drama
An interpretation of Hamlet finds the heir Claudius Steel Works struggling with his mother's to uncle Van Eyk in a sterile industrial post-WW2 West Germany.
Director: Helmut Käutner | Stars: Hardy Krüger, Peter van Eyck, Ingrid Andree, Adelheid Seeck
Votes: 168
86. Village by the River (1958)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama
An independent-thinking doctor in a rural community with his own ideas of how medicine should be practiced begins to find himself ostracized from the community after one of his patients commits suicide.
Director: Fons Rademakers | Stars: Max Croiset, Mary Dresselhuys, Bernard Droog, Jan Retèl
Votes: 428
87. Hasan wa Naimah (1959)
104 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A love story similar to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet taking place in the Egyptian Countryside.
Director: Henry Barakat | Stars: Muharram Fuad, Suad Husni, Mahmoud El-Sabbaa, Wedad Hamdy
Votes: 152
88. Herren og hans tjenere (1959)
83 min | Drama
After the play by Alexander Kielland about a bishop, Sigurd Helmer, which is accused of foul play after writing anonymous letters smearing his opponent. The accuser is his main rival and daughter's chosen fiancée.
Director: Arne Skouen | Stars: Claes Gill, Wenche Foss, Georg Løkkeberg, Urda Arneberg
Votes: 77
89. Home Is the Hero (1959)
83 min | Drama, Romance
A man returns to his Irish town after being in jail for five years for murder. His friends try to help him fit in again, but he refuses and secludes himself from the world. Only a pretty girl and his crippled son can still reach him.
Director: Fielder Cook | Stars: Walter Macken, Eileen Crowe, Arthur Kennedy, Joan O'Hara
Votes: 11
90. Körkarlen (1958)
109 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
The third film adaptation of Selma Lagerlöf's novel. The drinker David Holm gets killed right on the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve. He will now face the death coachman, which happens to be his old friend.
Director: Arne Mattsson | Stars: George Fant, Ulla Jacobsson, Anita Björk, Edvin Adolphson
Votes: 93
91. La caída (1959)
84 min | Drama
Albertina, a pretty but wet university student, is hired by a bedridden widow to take care of her and her four children. Helping out around the house she soon discovers the kids live a life... See full summary »
Director: Leopoldo Torre Nilsson | Stars: Elsa Daniel, Duilio Marzio, Lautaro Murúa, Lydia Lamaison
Votes: 115
92. That Kind of Woman (1959)
92 min | Drama, Romance, War
In 1944, on a Miami to New York train, two paratroopers on furlough meet and fall in love with two 'kept women' who are on their way to meet their 'sugar-daddies'.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Sophia Loren, Tab Hunter, Jack Warden, Barbara Nichols
Votes: 713
93. Four Desperate Men (1959)
100 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Three men attempt a prison break, but their plan derails when their boat falters near an island, where the caretaker recognizes the convict. A hostage situation erupts, leading to a tense standoff with authorities.
Director: Harry Watt | Stars: Aldo Ray, Heather Sears, Neil McCallum, Victor Maddern
Votes: 325
94. Panoptikum 59 (1959)
82 min | Drama
Director: Walter Kolm-Veltée | Stars: Michael Heltau, Alexander Trojan, Elisabeth Berzobohaty, Heiki Eis
95. Meus Amores no Rio (1959)
103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
As a prize for winning a TV quiz show, an Argentinean girl gets a ticket to Rio de Janeiro, where she stays for one week. During this time, she meets three suitors, and her heart has to choose one of them.
Director: Carlos Hugo Christensen | Stars: Susana Freyre, Jardel Filho, Domingo Alzugaray, Fábio Cardoso
Votes: 34
96. Wolves of the Deep (1959)
85 min | Drama, War
Italian submariners trapped in their damaged boat on the ocean floor.
Director: Silvio Amadio | Stars: Massimo Girotti, Folco Lulli, Jean-Marc Bory, Alberto Lupo
Votes: 78
97. 1918 (1957)
96 min | Drama, War
Pastor Samuel Bro has lost his faith in God. He is in conflict with the Church Council and is rejected from his priesthood. He moves away to a different life.
Director: T.J. Särkkä | Stars: Åke Lindman, Anneli Sauli, Ture Ara, Matti Aulos
Votes: 80
98. Richard III (1955)
Not Rated | 161 min | Biography, Drama, History
Shakespeare's powerful tale of the wicked deformed King and his conquests, both on the battlefield and in the boudoir.
Director: Laurence Olivier | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Cedric Hardwicke, Nicholas Hannen, Ralph Richardson
Votes: 5,222
99. The River (1951)
Approved | 99 min | Drama, Romance
The growing pains of three young women contrast with the immutability of the holy Bengal River, around which their daily lives unfold.
Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Patricia Walters, Nora Swinburne, Esmond Knight, Arthur Shields
Votes: 6,884
Tell Your Friends