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New York Confidential

1955

New York Confidential

1955
5.9
Story follows the rise and subsequent fall of the notorious head of a New York crime family, who decides to testify against his pals in order to avoid being killed by his fellow cohorts.
The Big Combo

1955

The Big Combo

1955
7
Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice all the while obsessing over the gangster's girlfriend.
Chikamatsu Monogatari

1954

Chikamatsu Monogatari

1954
7.7
When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find themselves falling for one another.
The Last Time I Saw Paris

1954

The Last Time I Saw Paris

1954
6.1
Reporter Charles Wills, in Paris to cover the end of World War II, falls for the beautiful Helen Ellswirth following a brief flirtation with her sister, Marion. After he and Helen marry, Charles pursues his novelistic ambition while supporting his new bride with a deadening job at a newspaper wire service. But when an old investment suddenly makes the family wealthy, their marriage begins to unravel — until a sudden tragedy changes everything.
The Fast and the Furious

1954

The Fast and the Furious

1954
4.9
A framed man escapes prison and takes a wealthy woman's Jaguar with her in it. After she tries to escape numerous times, they begin to develop feelings for each other, and enter a road race that ends in Mexico.
Twelve Angry Men

1954

Twelve Angry Men

1954
7.9
Twelve Angry Men is a 1954 teleplay by Reginald Rose for the Studio One anthology television series. Initially staged as a CBS live production on 20 September 1954, the drama was later rewritten for the stage in 1955 under the same title and again for a feature film, 12 Angry Men (1957). The episode garnered three Emmy Awards for writer Rose, director Franklin Schaffner and Robert Cummings as Best Actor.
The Purple Plain

1954

The Purple Plain

1954
6.5
An RAF airfield in Burma in 1945, during World War II. Canadian bomber pilot Bill Forrester is a bitter man who lives haunted by a tragic past. He has became a reckless warrior, and is feared by his comrades, who consider him a madman. Dr. Harris, the squadron physician, is determined to help him heal his tormented soul.
Robinson Crusoe

1954

Robinson Crusoe

1954
6.3
An English slave trader is marooned on a remote tropical island, forced to fend for himself and deal with crushing loneliness.
The Woman in the Rumor

1954

The Woman in the Rumor

1954
7.2
After living a traumatic experience in Tokyo, Yukiko returns to Kyoto, where Hatsuko, her mother, runs a brothel, which upsets Yukiko very much.
Seven Samurai

1954

Seven Samurai

1954
8.5
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.
Hobson's Choice

1954

Hobson's Choice

1954
7.4
A widower refuses to let his three daughters marry in order to avoid paying settlements, so they'll just have to outsmart him.
Sansho the Bailiff

1954

Sansho the Bailiff

1954
8.1
In medieval Japan, a woman and her children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled years earlier.
Salt of the Earth

1954

Salt of the Earth

1954
6.9
At New Mexico's Empire Zinc mine, Mexican-American workers protest the unsafe work conditions and unequal wages compared to their Anglo counterparts. Ramon Quintero helps organize the strike, but he is shown to be a hypocrite by treating his pregnant wife, Esperanza, with a similar unfairness. When an injunction stops the men from protesting, however, the gender roles are reversed, and women find themselves on the picket lines while the men stay at home.
Fatal Desire

1954

Fatal Desire

1954
3
In Pietro Mascagni's tragic opera, a soldier returns home from war to reclaim his former fiancée, only to find that she's married someone else in his absence, leading to jealousy, betrayal, and murder.
Girl Gang

1954

Girl Gang

1954
4.9
A gangster hooks gangs of young women on drugs and has them commit robberies and prostitution.
The Bigamist

1953

The Bigamist

1953
6.4
San Francisco businessman Harry Graham and his wife and business partner, Eve, are in the process of adopting a child. When private investigator Mr. Jordan uncovers the fact that Graham has another wife, Phyllis, and a small child in Los Angeles, he confesses everything.
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef

1953

Beneath the 12-Mile Reef

1953
5.9
Mike and Tony Petrakis are a Greek father and son team who dive for sponges off the coast of Florida. After they are robbed by crooks, Arnold and the Rhys brothers, Mike decides to take his men to the dangerous 12-mile reef to dive for more sponges. Mike suffers a fatal accident when he falls from the reef leaving Tony to carry on the business. But now he has a companion, Gwyneth Rhys.
3 Steps to the Gallows

1953

3 Steps to the Gallows

1953
6.4
A U.S. sailor docks in London and in three days tries to save his brother from the gallows.
Tokyo Story

1953

Tokyo Story

1953
8.2
The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi, a doctor, and their daughter, Shige, a hairdresser, don't have much time to spend with their aged parents, and so it falls to Noriko, the widow of their younger son who was killed in the war, to keep her in-laws company.
Captain Scarface

1953

Captain Scarface

1953
4.3
A group of communist spies plan to blow up an essential commercial artery, the Panama Canal. To this end, they have kidnapped a nuclear scientist and are traveling by steamship to the coast of South America. Luckily for western civilization, the hard-nosed ship's captain, played by Barton MacLane, has other ideas.

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