Movie Releases by Genre

Richard III

Richard III

March 11, 1956 | Not Rated
Shakespeare's powerful tale of the wicked deformed King and his conquests, both on the battlefield and in the boudoir.
Metascore:
88
User Score:
tbd
Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

February 5, 1956 | Approved
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
Metascore:
92
User Score:
8.0
The Burmese Harp

The Burmese Harp

January 21, 1956 | Not Rated
A conscience-driven Japanese soldier traumatized by the events of WWII adopts the lifestyle of a Buddhist monk.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
tbd
There's Always Tomorrow

There's Always Tomorrow

January 8, 1956 | TV-PG
When a toy manufacturer feels ignored and unappreciated by his wife and children, he begins to rekindle a past love when a former employee comes back into his life.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
tbd
All That Heaven Allows

All That Heaven Allows

December 25, 1955 | Passed
An upper-class widow falls in love with a much younger, down-to-earth nurseryman, much to the disapproval of her children and criticism of her country club peers.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
tbd
The Man with the Golden Arm

The Man with the Golden Arm

December 15, 1955 | Approved
A strung-out junkie deals with a demoralizing drug addiction while his crippled wife and card sharks pull him down.
Metascore:
63
User Score:
7.3
El

El

December 3, 1955 | Approved
A husband's suave exterior unravels after his marriage, and he unleashes his paranoid and volatile temper on his wife, which escalates to more dangerous and unpredictable tantrums.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
tbd
Rebel Without a Cause

Rebel Without a Cause

October 29, 1955 | TV-PG
A rebellious young man (James Dean) with a troubled past comes to a new town, finding friends and enemies.
Metascore:
89
User Score:
7.6
Oklahoma!

Oklahoma!

October 11, 1955 | Passed
In Oklahoma, several farmers, cowboys and a traveling salesman compete for the romantic favors of various local ladies.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
tbd
It's Always Fair Weather

It's Always Fair Weather

September 2, 1955 | Passed
Three soldiers meet ten years after their last meeting in New York, and find out that they have little in common now.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
tbd
The Kentuckian

The Kentuckian

August 1, 1955 | TV-PG
A Kentucky widower bound for 1820's Texas with his young son is thwarted in his efforts by a corrupt constable, a long-standing family feud, and a beautiful indentured servant.
Metascore:
41
User Score:
tbd
Mister Roberts

Mister Roberts

July 30, 1955 | Approved
In the waning days of World War II, the United States Navy cargo ship Reluctant and her crew are stationed in the "backwater" areas of the Pacific Ocean. Trouble ensues when the crew members are granted liberty.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
tbd
The Night of the Hunter

The Night of the Hunter

July 27, 1955 | Approved
A traveling preacher's (Robert Mitchum) nefarious motives for marrying a fragile widow (Shelley Winters) are uncovered by her terrified young children.
Metascore:
97
User Score:
8.3
Not as a Stranger

Not as a Stranger

July 1, 1955 | Not Rated
An ego-driven, aspiring physician, intolerant of the weaknesses of others, especially those closest to him, comes to grips with his own imperfections.
Metascore:
55
User Score:
tbd
Land of the Pharaohs

Land of the Pharaohs

June 24, 1955 | Approved
A captured architect designs an ingenious plan to ensure the impregnability of the tomb of a self-absorbed Pharaoh, obsessed with the security of his next life.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
tbd
Lady and the Tramp

Lady and the Tramp

June 22, 1955 | Approved
The romantic tale of a sheltered uptown Cocker Spaniel dog and a streetwise downtown Mutt.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
7.8
Marty

Marty

April 11, 1955 | Approved
A middle-aged butcher and a school teacher who have given up on the idea of love meet at a dance and fall for each other.
Metascore:
82
User Score:
tbd
East of Eden

East of Eden

April 10, 1955 | TV-PG
A wilful young man contends against his brother for the attention of their religious father while reconnecting with his estranged mother and falling for his brother's girlfriend.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
7.8
Blackboard Jungle

Blackboard Jungle

March 25, 1955 | Approved
A new English teacher at a violent, unruly inner-city school is determined to do his job, despite resistance from both students and faculty.
Metascore:
67
User Score:
7.5
Sansho the Bailiff

Sansho the Bailiff

January 1, 1955 | Not Rated
When an idealistic governor disobeys the reigning feudal lord, he is cast into exile, his wife and children left to fend for themselves and eventually wrenched apart by vicious slave traders. Under Kenji Mizoguchi’s dazzling direction, this classic Japanese story became one of cinema’s greatest masterpieces, a monumental, empathetic expression of human resilience in the face of evil.
Metascore:
96
User Score:
7.3
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

December 23, 1954 | Approved
A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.
Metascore:
83
User Score:
7.8
The Last Time I Saw Paris

The Last Time I Saw Paris

November 18, 1954 | TV-G
An American journalist returns to Paris - a city that gave him true love and deep grief.
Metascore:
49
User Score:
tbd
Carmen Jones

Carmen Jones

October 28, 1954 | Approved
Contemporary version of the Bizet opera, with new lyrics and an African-American cast.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
tbd
A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born

October 16, 1954 | Passed
A film star helps a young singer and actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career on a downward spiral.
Metascore:
89
User Score:
8.2
The Barefoot Contessa

The Barefoot Contessa

September 30, 1954 | Approved
This is the life of a Hollywood movie star named Maria (Ava Gardner), as told by writer/director Harry Dawes (Humphrey Bogart), from being discovered in Madrid, Spain, until her funeral in Italy.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
tbd
Sabrina

Sabrina

September 22, 1954 | Approved
The chauffeur's daughter (Hepburn) has been in love for years with the Larrabee's playboy brother David (Holden). Sent away to Paris, she returns only to find herself caught between David and his older brother Linus (Bogart).
Metascore:
72
User Score:
7.7
Magnificent Obsession

Magnificent Obsession

August 7, 1954 | Not Rated
A rich playboy whose recklessness inadvertently causes the death of a prominent doctor tries to make amends to his widow, and falls for her in the process.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
tbd
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

August 6, 1954 | Passed
In 1850 Oregon, when a backwoodsman brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
7.7
On the Waterfront

On the Waterfront

July 28, 1954 | Approved
Marlon Brando gives one of the screen's most electrifying performances as Best Actor in this 1954 Academy Award winning Best Film as Ex-fighter Terry Malloy, who could have been a contender but now toils for boss Johnny Friendly (Lee J. Cobb) on the gang-ridden waterfront. [Sony]
Metascore:
91
User Score:
8.7
The Caine Mutiny

The Caine Mutiny

June 24, 1954 | TV-PG
When a U.S. Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardizes the ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court martial for mutiny.
Metascore:
63
User Score:
7.5
Salt of the Earth

Salt of the Earth

March 14, 1954 | Not Rated
Mexican workers at a Zinc mine call a general strike. It is only through the solidarity of the workers, and importantly the indomitable resolve of their wives, mothers and daughters, that they eventually triumph.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
tbd
Crime Wave

Crime Wave

March 6, 1954 | Approved
Reformed parolee Steve Lacey is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him out for shelter.
Metascore:
71
User Score:
tbd
The Wild One

The Wild One

February 1, 1954 | TV-14
Two rival motorcycle gangs terrorize a small town after one of their leaders is thrown in jail.
Metascore:
67
User Score:
tbd
Hondo

Hondo

November 27, 1953 | TV-PG
Army dispatch rider Hondo Lane discovers a woman and young son living in the midst of warring Apaches and becomes their protector.
Metascore:
79
User Score:
tbd
Mogambo

Mogambo

October 9, 1953 | Approved
On a Kenyan safari, white hunter Victor Marswell has a love triangle with seductive American socialite Eloise Kelly and anthropologist Donald Nordley's cheating wife Linda.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
tbd
A Lion Is in the Streets

A Lion Is in the Streets

September 23, 1953 | Approved
A charismatic peddler from the bayous finds his true calling in politics. Is he a demagogue in the making?
Metascore:
66
User Score:
tbd
From Here to Eternity

From Here to Eternity

August 28, 1953 | Approved
This 1953 classic portrays the loves, hopes and dreams of the soldiers in a close-knit Army barracks in Hawaii shortly before the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Metascore:
85
User Score:
7.9
Roman Holiday

Roman Holiday

August 27, 1953 | Passed
Princess Ann (Hepburn) runs from her duties while in Italy and meets a reporter (Peck) looking for an exclusive story. He acts as if he doesn't know who she is but he soon finds himself falling in love with her.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
8.4
Lili

Lili

July 10, 1953 | Passed
An orphaned young woman becomes part of a puppet act and forms a relationship with the anti-social puppeteer.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
tbd
Stalag 17

Stalag 17

June 6, 1953 | TV-PG
When two escaping American World War II prisoners are killed, the German P.O.W. camp barracks black marketeer, J.J. Sefton, is suspected of being an informer.
Metascore:
84
User Score:
7.7
Shane

Shane

April 23, 1953 | TV-PG
A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smoldering settler/rancher conflict forces him to act.
Metascore:
85
User Score:
7.6
I Confess

I Confess

February 28, 1953 | TV-PG
A priest, who comes under suspicion for murder, cannot clear his name without breaking the seal of the confessional.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
7.5
Ivanhoe

Ivanhoe

February 20, 1953 | Passed
A knight seeks to free the captive King Richard and put him back on the throne.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
tbd
The Bad and the Beautiful

The Bad and the Beautiful

January 15, 1953 | Approved
An unscrupulous movie producer uses an actress, a director and a writer to achieve success.
Metascore:
86
User Score:
tbd
The Star

The Star

December 11, 1952 | Passed
A washed-up movie queen finds romance, but still desires a comeback.
Metascore:
54
User Score:
tbd
Million Dollar Mermaid

Million Dollar Mermaid

December 4, 1952 | Approved
Biopic of Australian swimming champ and entertainer Annette Kellerman. After overcoming polio, Kellerman achieves fame and creates a scandal when her one-piece bathing suit is considered indecent.
Metascore:
50
User Score:
tbd
Limelight

Limelight

October 23, 1952 | TV-G
A fading comedian and a suicidally despondent ballet dancer must look to each other to find purpose and hope in their lives.
Metascore:
84
User Score:
tbd
The Snows of Kilimanjaro

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

September 17, 1952 | TV-PG
Writer Harry Street reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection while on safari in the shadow of Mount Kilamanjaro.
Metascore:
62
User Score:
tbd
The Quiet Man

The Quiet Man

September 14, 1952 | Passed
A retired American boxer returns to the village of his birth in 1920s Ireland, where he falls for a spirited redhead whose brother is contemptuous of their union.
Metascore:
85
User Score:
6.3
Don't Bother to Knock

Don't Bother to Knock

August 1, 1952 | Passed
After being dumped by his girlfriend, an airline pilot pursues a babysitter in his hotel and gradually realizes she's dangerous.
Metascore:
61
User Score:
tbd
High Noon

High Noon

July 30, 1952 | Approved
This classic 1952 Western stars Gary Cooper as just-married lawman Will Kane, who is about to retire as a small-town sheriff and begin a new life with his bride (Grace Kelly) when he learns that gunslinger Frank Miller (Ian MacDonald) is due to arrive at high noon to settle an old score.
Metascore:
89
User Score:
8.4
Gone to Earth

Gone to Earth

May 28, 1952 | Not Rated
A beautiful, superstitious, animal-loving Gypsy is hotly desired by a fox-hunting squire even after she marries a clergyman.
Metascore:
60
User Score:
tbd
The Greatest Show on Earth

The Greatest Show on Earth

May 1, 1952 | Approved
The dramatic lives of trapeze artists, a clown, and an elephant trainer are told against a background of circus spectacle.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
tbd
The African Queen

The African Queen

March 21, 1952 | Passed
In Africa during World War I, a gin-swilling riverboat captain is persuaded by a strait-laced missionary to use his boat to attack an enemy warship.
Metascore:
91
User Score:
7.3
Rashomon

Rashomon

December 26, 1951 | Not Rated
The rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter.
Metascore:
98
User Score:
8.5
Quo Vadis

Quo Vadis

December 25, 1951 | Passed
After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership of the despotic emperor Nero.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
tbd
Miracle in Milan

Miracle in Milan

December 17, 1951 | Not Rated
An open-hearted, unrelentingly energetic orphan struggles to make the best of his life on the streets of Milan.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
tbd
On Dangerous Ground

On Dangerous Ground

December 12, 1951 | Approved
Rough city cop Jim Wilson is disciplined by his captain and is sent upstate, to a snowy mountain town, to help the local sheriff solve a murder case.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
tbd
I'll See You in My Dreams

I'll See You in My Dreams

December 6, 1951 | Passed
The success and decline of songwriter Gus Kahn is portrayed, with his wife, Grace Kahn, sticking by him the whole time.
Metascore:
64
User Score:
tbd
An American in Paris

An American in Paris

November 11, 1951 | Passed
Three friends struggle to find work in Paris. Things become more complicated when two of them fall in love with the same woman.
Metascore:
83
User Score:
6.9
Detective Story

Detective Story

October 24, 1951 | TV-PG
On one day in the 21st Precinct squad room, assorted characters form a backdrop for the troubles of hard-nosed Detective Jim McLeod.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
7.0
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman

Pandora and the Flying Dutchman

October 15, 1951 | Approved
Pandora (Ava Gardner) is a woman who has never fallen in love. When she meets the dashing but doomed captain Hendrik van der Zee, he pushes her to commit an ultimate act of love. Based on the legend of the Flying Dutchman.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
tbd
The Day the Earth Stood Still

The Day the Earth Stood Still

September 20, 1951 | TV-G
An alien lands in Washington, D.C. and tells the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets.
Metascore:
83
User Score:
8.4
La Ronde

La Ronde

September 20, 1951 | Not Rated
Soldiers, chambermaids, poets, prostitutes, aristocrats-all are on equal footing in this multi-character merry-go-round of love and infidelity.
Metascore:
82
User Score:
tbd
A Streetcar Named Desire

A Streetcar Named Desire

September 19, 1951 | M/PG
Disturbed Blanche DuBois (Vivien Leigh) moves in with her sister in New Orleans and is tormented by her brutish brother-in-law (Marlon Brando) while her reality crumbles around her.
Metascore:
97
User Score:
8.2
Flying Leathernecks

Flying Leathernecks

August 28, 1951 | Approved
Major Kirby leads The Wildcats squadron into the historic WWII battle of Guadalcanal.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
tbd
A Place in the Sun

A Place in the Sun

August 14, 1951 | Passed
A poor boy gets a job working for his rich uncle and ends up falling in love with two women.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
8.0
The Tall Target

The Tall Target

August 1, 1951 | Approved
A New York City detective, traveling by train between New York and Baltimore, tries to foil an on-board plot to assassinate President-elect Abraham Lincoln before he reaches Baltimore to give a major pre-Inauguration speech in 1861.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
tbd
Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

July 30, 1951 | Approved
An orphan named Oliver Twist meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.
Metascore:
84
User Score:
8.0
Father's Little Dividend

Father's Little Dividend

April 27, 1951 | Not Rated
Shortly after coming to terms with his daughter's marriage, a father faces the prospect of becoming a grandfather.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
tbd
Harvey

Harvey

December 21, 1950 | Approved
A whimsical man is thought to be insane due to his insistence that he is best friends with an invisible, humanoid rabbit, but he may be wiser than anyone knows.
Metascore:
79
User Score:
tbd
All About Eve

All About Eve

October 27, 1950 | TV-PG
An ingenue insinuates herself into the company of an established but aging stage actress and her circle of theater friends.
Metascore:
98
User Score:
8.7
Sunset Boulevard

Sunset Boulevard

August 10, 1950 | Passed
Billy Wilder's 1950 classic stars Gloria Swanson as has-been silent film star Norma Desmond.
Metascore:
94
User Score:
8.5
Winchester '73

Winchester '73

July 12, 1950 | Passed
A cowboy's obsession with a stolen rifle leads to a bullet-ridden odyssey through the American West.
Metascore:
83
User Score:
tbd
The Damned Don't Cry

The Damned Don't Cry

May 13, 1950 | Approved
A New York socialite climbs the ladder of success man by man until a life among rich gangsters gives her what she thought she always wanted.
Metascore:
61
User Score:
tbd
The Asphalt Jungle

The Asphalt Jungle

May 12, 1950 | Passed
A major heist goes off as planned, but then double crosses, bad luck and solid police work cause everything to unravel.
Metascore:
85
User Score:
7.6
The Rules of the Game

The Rules of the Game

April 8, 1950 | Not Rated
A bourgeois life in France at the onset of World War II, as the rich and their poor servants meet up at a French chateau.
Metascore:
99
User Score:
tbd
Young Man with a Horn

Young Man with a Horn

March 1, 1950 | Approved
A young trumpeter enjoys highs (musical success, fame, and fortune) and lows (sour marriage, death of his mentor, bout with alcoholism).
Metascore:
69
User Score:
tbd
Sands of Iwo Jima

Sands of Iwo Jima

March 1, 1950 | Passed
A dramatization of the World War II Battle of Iwo Jima.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
tbd
Gun Crazy

Gun Crazy

January 20, 1950 | Passed
A well meaning crack shot husband is pressured by his beautiful marksman wife to go on an interstate robbery spree, where he finds out just how depraved and deadly she really is.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
7.7
Holiday Affair

Holiday Affair

December 24, 1949 | Approved
A young widow is romanced by a sales clerk whom she inadvertently got fired.
Metascore:
63
User Score:
tbd
Adam's Rib

Adam's Rib

November 18, 1949 | Passed
Domestic and professional tensions mount when a husband and wife work as opposing lawyers in a case involving a woman who shot her husband.
Metascore:
87
User Score:
7.6
Under Capricorn

Under Capricorn

October 8, 1949 | TV-PG
A young gentleman goes to Australia where he reunites with his now married childhood sweetheart, only to find out she has become an alcoholic and harbors dark secrets.
Metascore:
61
User Score:
tbd
White Heat

White Heat

September 3, 1949 | Approved
A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist.
Metascore:
89
User Score:
tbd
Mighty Joe Young

Mighty Joe Young

July 27, 1949 | Approved
A slick nightclub owner (Robert Armstrong) discovers a giant ape frolicking in Africa is the beloved pet of a young girl (Terry Moore). He brings both to Hollywood as a floor-show sensation, until some no-goods ply Joe with booze and the blitzed behemoth goes bonkers.
Metascore:
61
User Score:
7.8
The Window

The Window

May 21, 1949 | TV-G
To avoid the heat of a sweltering summer night a 9-year-old Manhattan boy decides to sleep on the fire escape and witnesses a murder, but no one will believe him.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
tbd
Little Women

Little Women

April 1, 1949 | Approved
A group of sisters experience life's difficulties and its pleasures while growing up in nineteenth-century America.
Metascore:
61
User Score:
5.4
Force of Evil

Force of Evil

March 1, 1949 | Passed
An unethical lawyer, with an older brother he wants to help, becomes a partner with a client in the numbers racket.
Metascore:
89
User Score:
8.4
A Canterbury Tale

A Canterbury Tale

January 21, 1949 | Not Rated
Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbury.
Metascore:
85
User Score:
tbd
3 Godfathers

3 Godfathers

January 13, 1949 | Passed
Three outlaws on the run find a dying woman in the desert who gives birth to a baby. The mother entrusts the care of the child to the three men.
Metascore:
82
User Score:
tbd
Act of Violence

Act of Violence

December 21, 1948 | Passed
An embittered, vengeful POW stalks his former commanding officer who betrayed his men's planned escape attempt from a Nazi prison camp.
Metascore:
63
User Score:
tbd
The Snake Pit

The Snake Pit

November 13, 1948 | TV-PG
A detailed chronicle of a woman during her stay in a mental institution.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
tbd
Hamlet

Hamlet

September 29, 1948 | Approved
Prince Hamlet struggles over whether or not he should kill his uncle, whom he suspects has murdered his father, the former king.
Metascore:
82
User Score:
tbd
Rope

Rope

September 25, 1948 | TV-G
Two young men strangle their "inferior" classmate, hide his body in their apartment, and invite his friends and family to a dinner party as a means to challenge the "perfection" of their crime.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
8.3
Red River

Red River

September 17, 1948 | Passed
Dunson leads a cattle drive, the culmination of over 14 years of work, to its destination in Missouri. But his tyrannical behavior along the way causes a mutiny, led by his adopted son.
Metascore:
96
User Score:
8.2
A Foreign Affair

A Foreign Affair

August 20, 1948 | Approved
In occupied Berlin, an army captain is torn between an ex-Nazi café singer and the U.S. congresswoman investigating her.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
tbd
Key Largo

Key Largo

July 31, 1948 | Approved
A drifter visits the family hotel of a war buddy who was killed in action only to find that a Chicago mobster and his gang have taken over the place. As a hurricane approaches, a confrontation ensues.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
tbd
The Paradine Case

The Paradine Case

July 13, 1948 | Approved
A happily married London barrister falls in love with the accused poisoner he is defending.
Metascore:
64
User Score:
tbd
The Search

The Search

March 26, 1948 | TV-PG
In post-war Berlin, an American private helps a lost Czech boy find his mother.
Metascore:
85
User Score:
tbd
The Naked City

The Naked City

March 4, 1948 | TV-14
Two New York City detectives investigate the death of an attractive young woman. The apparent suicide turns out to be murder.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
tbd
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