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Some Like It Hot

(1959)

Comedy, Crime, Music, Romance

Two musicians witness a mob hit and struggle to find a way out of the city before they are found by the gangsters. Their only opportunity is to join an all-girl band as they leave on a tour. To make their getaway they must first disguise themselves as women, then keep their identities secret and deal with the problems this brings - suc...

Runtime:

122 min

Director:

Billy Wilder

Cast:

Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft, Pat O’Brien

8.2

94%

98

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The Killing

(1956)

Crime, Drama, Thriller

Career criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a betting teller named George, among others, for one last job before he goes straight and gets married. But when George tells his restless wife about the scheme to steal millions from the racetrack where he works, she hatches a plot of her own.

Runtime:

85 min

Director:

Stanley Kubrick

Cast:

Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards, Jay C. Flippen, Elisha Cook Jr.

8.0

95%

91

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The Bishop's Wife

(1947)

Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance

An Episcopal Bishop, Henry Brougham, has been working for months on the plans for an elaborate new cathedral which he hopes will be paid for primarily by a wealthy, stubborn widow. He is losing sight of his family and of why he became a churchman in the first place. Enter Dudley, an angel sent to help him. Dudley does help everyone he ...

Runtime:

109 min

Director:

Henry Koster

Cast:

Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven, Monty Woolley, Monty Woolley

7.6

84%

72

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The Fountainhead

(1949)

Drama, Romance

An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards.

Runtime:

114 min

Director:

King Vidor

Cast:

Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey, Kent Smith, Robert Douglas

7.1

83%

N/A

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Kiss of Death

(1947)

Crime, Drama, Thriller

An ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge.

Runtime:

98 min

Director:

Henry Hathaway

Cast:

Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, Coleen Gray, Coleen Gray, Richard Widmark

7.4

88%

N/A

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Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

(1948)

Comedy, Romance

An advertising executive dreams of getting out of the city and building a perfect home in the country, only to find the transition fraught with problems.

Runtime:

94 min

Director:

H. C. Potter

Cast:

Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Melvyn Douglas, Reginald Denny, Sharyn Moffett

7.3

80%

N/A

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20 Million Miles to Earth

(1957)

Science Fiction

When the first manned flight to Venus returns to Earth, the rocket crash-lands in the Mediterranean near a small Italian fishing village. The locals manage to save one of the astronauts Colonel Calder, the mission commander. A young boy also recovers what turns out to be a specimen of an alien creature. Growing at a fantastic rate, it ...

Runtime:

82 min

Director:

Nathan H. Juran

Cast:

William Hopper, Joan Taylor, Frank Puglia, John Zaremba, Thomas Browne Henry

6.4

73%

N/A

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The Enforcer

(1951)

Drama, Thriller

After years of investigation, Assistant District Attorney Martin Ferguson has managed to build a solid case against an elusive gangster whose top lieutenant is about to testify.

Runtime:

87 min

Director:

Bretaigne Windust, Raoul Walsh

Cast:

Humphrey Bogart, Zero Mostel, Ted de Corsia, Everett Sloane, Roy Roberts

7.4

86%

N/A

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House of Strangers

(1949)

Crime, Drama

Gino Monetti is a ruthless Italian-American banker who engaged in a number of criminal activities. Three of his four grown sons, refuse to help their father stay out of prison after he's arrested for his questionable business practices. Three of the sons take over the business but kick their father out. Max, a lawyer, is the only son t...

Runtime:

101 min

Director:

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Cast:

Edward G. Robinson, Susan Hayward, Richard Conte, Luther Adler, Paul Valentine

7.3

71%

N/A

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Cry of the City

(1948)

Crime, Drama

Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check Niles' allegation; a friend of the Rome family, he walks a tightrope between sentiment and cynicism. When Martin fears Can...

Runtime:

95 min

Director:

Robert Siodmak

Cast:

Victor Mature, Richard Conte, Fred Clark, Shelley Winters, Betty Garde

7.2

93%

N/A

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The Racket

(1951)

Crime, Drama, Thriller

Mobster Nick Scanlon has managed to buy several of the local government and law-enforcement officials. However, he can't seem to touch the incorruptible police captain Tom McQuigg, who refuses all attempts at bribery. Prosecuting attorney, Welch, and a police detective, Turck, are crooked and make McQuigg's job as an honest officer nea...

Runtime:

88 min

Director:

John Cromwell

Cast:

Robert Mitchum, Lizabeth Scott, Robert Ryan, William Talman, Ray Collins

6.7

38%

N/A

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Daisy Kenyon

(1947)

Drama, Romance

Daisy Kenyon is a Manhattan commercial artist having an affair with an arrogant and overbearing but successful lawyer named Dan O'Mara. O'Mara is married and has children. Daisy meets a single man, a war veteran named Peter Lapham, and after a brief and hesitant courtship decides to marry him, although she is still in love with Dan.

Runtime:

99 min

Director:

Otto Preminger

Cast:

Joan Crawford, Dana Andrews, Henry Fonda, Ruth Warrick, Martha Stewart

6.7

100%

N/A

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Flamingo Road

(1949)

Drama, Romance

A stranded carnival dancer takes on a corrupt political boss when she marries into small-town society.

Runtime:

94 min

Director:

Michael Curtiz

Cast:

Joan Crawford, Zachary Scott, Sydney Greenstreet, David Brian, Gladys George

7.0

N/A

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The Man Who Cheated Himself

(1950)

Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A veteran homicide detective who has witnessed his socialite girlfriend kill her husband sees his inexperienced brother assigned to the case.

Runtime:

81 min

Director:

Felix E. Feist

Cast:

Lee J. Cobb, Jane Wyatt, John Dall, Lisa Howard, Harlan Warde

6.9

N/A

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The Web

(1947)

Drama, Thriller

Leopold Kroner, formerly of Colby Enterprises, is released after five years in prison for embezzlement. Andrew Colby, claiming that Kroner has threatened him, hires lawyer Bob Regan as a secret bodyguard. Sure enough, Kroner turns up in Colby's room with a gun, and Regan kills him. Then Regan, who sticks around to romance Colby's secre...

Runtime:

87 min

7.1

N/A

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Between Midnight and Dawn

(1950)

Crime, Drama

Rocky and Dan, war buddies, are prowl car cops on night duty. Dan is a cynic who views all lawbreakers as scum; Rocky feels more lenient. Both are attracted to the radio voice of communicator Kate Mallory; but in person, Kate proves reluctant to get involved with men who just might stop a bullet. By lucky chance, Rocky and Dan cause bi...

Runtime:

89 min

Director:

Gordon Douglas

Cast:

Mark Stevens, Edmond O'Brien, Gale Storm, Donald Buka, Gale Robbins

6.5

N/A

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The Midnight Story

(1957)

Crime, Drama

Beloved priest Father Thomasino is murdered in a San Francisco alley, and the police have few clues. But traffic cop Joe Martini becomes obsessed with finding the killer; he suspects Sylvio Malatesta. Ordered off the case, Joe turns in his badge and investigates alone. Soon he is a close friend of the Malatesta family, all delightful p...

Runtime:

89 min

Director:

Joseph Pevney

Cast:

Tony Curtis, Marisa Pavan, Gilbert Roland, Jay C. Flippen, Argentina Brunetti

7.0

N/A

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Six Bridges to Cross

(1955)

Crime, Drama

Follow the evolution of a small time juvenile delinquent hood to a big time racketeer. Based on the famous 1950 Brinks Robbery in Boston that netted the crooks $2.5 million. The story delves into the psychology of the perpetrators, as well as the intricate mechanics of the hold-up.

Runtime:

96 min

Director:

Joseph Pevney

Cast:

Tony Curtis, George Nader, Julie Adams, Jay C. Flippen, Sal Mineo

7.2

N/A

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Everybody Does It

(1949)

Comedy

Leonard Borland loves his monied wife, but with his wrecking business looking shaky he treasures her all the more. So when she decides to try again to become an opera singer he indulges her. While organising a concert for her he meets glamorous Cecil Carver. She in turn discovers Leonard has a splendid voice, and encourages him to use ...

Runtime:

98 min

Director:

Edmund Goulding

Cast:

Paul Douglas, Linda Darnell, Celeste Holm, Charles Coburn, Millard Mitchell

7.0

N/A

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I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes

(1948)

Crime, Mystery

Around Christmas time, a woman tries to prove the innocence of her dancer husband jailed for a crime she just knows he didn't commit.

Runtime:

70 min

Director:

William Nigh

Cast:

Don Castle, Elyse Knox, Regis Toomey, Charles D. Brown, Rory Mallinson

6.8

N/A

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Deported

(1950)

Drama

The real-life deportation of gangster Lucky Luciano was the inspiration for this romanticized and slightly crackbrained crime drama. Jeff Chandler plays the Luciano counterpart, who once he arrives in Italy renews his criminal activities.

Runtime:

89 min

Director:

Robert Siodmak

Cast:

Märta Torén, Jeff Chandler, Claude Dauphin, Marina Berti, Richard Rober

6.4

N/A

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The Raging Tide

(1951)

Crime, Drama

A hood hides out on a fishing boat to avoid the cops.

Runtime:

93 min

Director:

George Sherman

Cast:

Shelley Winters, Richard Conte, Stephen McNally, Charles Bickford, Alex Nicol

6.6

N/A

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