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- DirectorRobert StevensonStarsOrson WellesJoan FontaineMargaret O'BrienAfter a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house, to care for his young daughter.
- DirectorWilliam WylerStarsOlivia de HavillandMontgomery CliftRalph RichardsonA naive young woman falls for a handsome young man her emotionally abusive father suspects is only a fortune hunter.
- DirectorJohn SturgesStarsSpencer TracyRobert RyanAnne FrancisA one-armed stranger comes to a tiny town possessing a terrible past they want to keep secret, by violent means if necessary.
- DirectorDavid LeanStarsRobert NewtonAlec GuinnessKay WalshIn Charles Dickens' classic tale, an orphan wends his way from cruel apprenticeship to den of thieves in search of a true home.
- DirectorOrson WellesStarsOrson WellesJeanette NolanDan O'HerlihyMacbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.
- DirectorGregory RatoffOrson WellesStarsOrson WellesNancy GuildAkim TamiroffHypnotist uses his powers for revenge against King Louis XV's court.
- DirectorIrving RapperStarsCharlton HestonLizabeth ScottDianne FosterA doctor returning from the Korean War to his hometown in Pennsylvania must choose what next to do with his life.
- DirectorKing VidorStarsJennifer JonesCharlton HestonKarl MaldenA sexy but poor young girl marries a rich man she doesn't love, but carries a torch for another man.
- DirectorWilliam BerkeStarsMorgan ConwayAnne JeffreysMike MazurkiPolice detective Dick Tracy must identify and apprehend a serial killer known as Splitface.
- DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsBarbara StanwyckJames MasonVan HeflinA vain businessman puts a strain on happy marriage to a rich, beautiful socialite by allowing himself to be seduced by a former girlfriend.
- DirectorVictor VicasStarsJeffrey HunterAnnemarie DüringerNigel PatrickAmerican and British counter-espionage combine to convince the Germans the cross-channel invasion will be in the Netherlands instead of France.
- DirectorRobert SiodmakMervyn LeRoyStarsGregory PeckAva GardnerMelvyn DouglasIn the 1860s, in the casino resort town of Wiesbaden, Germany, a reformed gambling addict, Pauline Ostrovsky, tenderly nurses the talented Russian writer Fedja, who is a physical wreck.
- DirectorRichard BrooksStarsRobert BlakeScott WilsonJohn ForsytheTwo ex-cons murder a family in a robbery attempt, before going on the run from the authorities. The police try to piece together the details of the murder in an attempt to track down the killers.
- DirectorFrank TuttleStarsLuther AdlerPatricia KnightWilliam L. ShirerActor becomes Hitler's valet, murders him, takes his place and ruins Nazi Germany's war efforts.
- DirectorSamuel FullerStarsBela KovacsHerbert HeyesTina PineThe Globe is a small, but visionary newspaper started by Phineas Mitchell, an editor recently fired by The Star. The two newspapers become enemies, and the Star's ruthless heiress Charity Hackett decides to eliminate the competition.
- DirectorMark RobsonStarsBonita GranvilleKent SmithJean BrooksThe teens of a defense-plant town hop on the road to juvenile delinquency while their parents are busy with the war.
- DirectorSam NewfieldStarsMary Beth HughesRobert LowellJohn MiljanJames "Jimmy" Wilson, a young man neglected by his parents, goes to work for a bunch of gangsters to impress his nightclub-singer girlfriend.
- DirectorMartin RittStarsRichard BurtonOskar WernerClaire BloomInstead of coming in from the Cold War, British agent Alec Leamas chooses to face another mission.
- DirectorArch ObolerStarsClaude RainsBob StebbinsBarbara BateA man returns from a trip to find fascists have taken over the U.S. government.
- DirectorClifford OdetsStarsRita HayworthAnthony FranciosaGig YoungCourtroom drama about an adulterous pair who is charged with murdering the outraged husband of the cheating woman.
- DirectorMichael GordonStarsFredric MarchDan DuryeaEdmond O'BrienThis 'prequel' to The Little Foxes tells how the ruthless members of the old-South Hubbard family got that way.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsHumphrey BogartIngrid BergmanPaul HenreidA cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.
- DirectorStanley KramerStarsTony CurtisSidney PoitierCara WilliamsTwo chained-together escaped convicts, White and Black, must learn to get along in order to elude capture.
- DirectorJulien DuvivierStarsEdward G. RobinsonCharles BoyerBarbara StanwyckAn anthology of three loosely connected occult tales, with ironic and romantic twists.
- DirectorRoy KellinoStarsJames MasonPamela MasonScott ForbesA husband and wife discuss three incidents that occurred in various situations.