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Old Timers: Best of 50s 60s 70s

by HelmutsR • Created 10 years ago • Modified 1 week ago
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  • Olivia de Havilland, George Hamilton, Rossano Brazzi, and Yvette Mimieux in Light in the Piazza (1962)

    1. Light in the Piazza

    19621h 42mApproved
    6.9 (2K)
    Clara Johnson, mentally disabled after childhood injury, meets Fabrizio in Florence. Her mother Meg sees their romance as hope for normalcy, hiding Clara's condition from his family, while father Noel opposes the match.
    DirectorGuy GreenStarsOlivia de HavillandGeorge HamiltonYvette Mimieux
  • Henry Fonda, John Carradine, Jane Darwell, Dorris Bowdon, Frank Darien, and Russell Simpson in The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

    2. The Grapes of Wrath

    19402h 9mApproved96Metascore
    8.1 (105K)
    An Oklahoma family, driven off their farm by the poverty and hopelessness of the Dust Bowl, joins the westward migration to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.
    DirectorJohn FordStarsHenry FondaJane DarwellJohn Carradine
  • Allee, Cunayou, Alice Nevalinga, and Allakariallak in Nanook of the North (1922)

    3. Nanook of the North

    19221h 18mPassed
    7.6 (14K)
    In this silent predecessor to the modern documentary, film-maker Robert J. Flaherty spends one year following the lives of Nanook and his family, Inuits living in the Arctic Circle.
    DirectorRobert J. FlahertyStarsAllakariallakAlice NevalingaCunayou
  • Orson Welles, Dorothy Comingore, and Ruth Warrick in Citizen Kane (1941)

    4. Citizen Kane

    19411h 59mPG100Metascore
    8.3 (482K)
    Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'
    DirectorOrson WellesStarsOrson WellesJoseph CottenDorothy Comingore
  • Lamberto Maggiorani and Enzo Staiola in Bicycle Thieves (1948)

    5. Bicycle Thieves

    19481h 29mNot Rated
    8.2 (186K)
    In post-war Italy, a working-class man's bicycle is stolen, endangering his efforts to find work. He and his son set out to find it.
    DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsLamberto MaggioraniEnzo StaiolaLianella Carell
  • Marguerite Chapman, Arthur Franz, Virginia Huston, and Cameron Mitchell in Flight to Mars (1951)

    6. Flight to Mars

    19511h 12mApproved
    5.1 (1.5K)
    Five astronauts successfully fly to Mars where they encounter seemingly friendly and advanced inhabitants who harbor covert plans to use their ship to invade Earth.
    DirectorLesley SelanderStarsMarguerite ChapmanCameron MitchellArthur Franz
  • The War of the Worlds (1953)

    7. The War of the Worlds

    19531h 27mG78Metascore
    7.0 (40K)
    A small town in California is attacked by Martians, beginning a worldwide invasion.
    DirectorByron HaskinStarsGene BarryAnn RobinsonLes Tremayne
  • Revenge of the Creature (1955)

    8. Revenge of the Creature

    19551h 22mApproved
    5.6 (7.4K)
    Men capture the Creature from the Black Lagoon and make him an aquarium attraction, from which he escapes.
    DirectorJack ArnoldStarsJohn AgarLori NelsonJohn Bromfield
  • The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)

    9. The Quatermass Xperiment

    19551h 18mApproved
    6.6 (7.8K)
    Professor Bernard Quatermass' manned rocket ship returns to Earth, but two of the astronauts are missing and the survivor seems ill and unable to communicate.
    DirectorVal GuestStarsBrian DonlevyJack WarnerRichard Wordsworth
  • John Agar and Mara Corday in Tarantula (1955)

    10. Tarantula

    19551h 20mApproved
    6.4 (11K)
    A spider escapes from an isolated Arizona desert laboratory experimenting in gigantism and grows to tremendous size as it wreaks havoc on the local inhabitants.
    DirectorJack ArnoldStarsJohn AgarMara CordayLeo G. Carroll
  • World Without End (1956)

    11. World Without End

    19561h 20mApproved
    5.8 (2.6K)
    Astronauts returning from a voyage to Mars are caught in a time warp and are propelled into a post-Apocalyptic Earth populated by mutants.
    DirectorEdward BerndsStarsHugh MarloweNancy GatesNelson Leigh
  • Brigitte Bardot in ...And God Created Woman (1956)

    12. ...And God Created Woman

    19561h 30mPG
    6.3 (9.9K)
    In sunny St. Tropez, a young woman loves one brother but marries the other.
    DirectorRoger VadimStarsBrigitte BardotCurd JürgensJean-Louis Trintignant
  • Henry Fonda, Martin Balsam, Jack Klugman, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley, Edward Binns, John Fiedler, E.G. Marshall, Joseph Sweeney, George Voskovec, Jack Warden, and Robert Webber in 12 Angry Men (1957)

    13. 12 Angry Men

    19571h 36mApproved97Metascore
    9.0 (927K)
    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.
    DirectorSidney LumetStarsHenry FondaLee J. CobbMartin Balsam
  • Kirk Douglas in Paths of Glory (1957)

    14. Paths of Glory

    19571h 28mApproved90Metascore
    8.4 (226K)
    A colonel defends three of his soldiers in a court-martial after they abandon a suicidal attack.
    DirectorStanley KubrickStarsKirk DouglasRalph MeekerAdolphe Menjou
  • Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster in Run Silent Run Deep (1958)

    15. Run Silent Run Deep

    19581h 33mApproved62Metascore
    7.3 (14K)
    A U.S. submarine commander who's obsessed with sinking a particular Japanese ship butts heads with his first officer and crew.
    DirectorRobert WiseStarsClark GableBurt LancasterJack Warden
  • Vertigo (1958)

    16. Vertigo

    19582h 8mPG100Metascore
    8.2 (445K)
    A former San Francisco police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with the hauntingly beautiful woman he has been hired to trail, who may be deeply disturbed.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJames StewartKim NovakBarbara Bel Geddes
  • Rawhide (1959)

    17. Rawhide

    1959–1965217 epsTV-PGTV Series
    7.9 (4.9K)
    Trail Boss Gil Favor and his drovers lead communal cattle drives in the 1860s.
    CreatorCharles Marquis WarrenStarsClint EastwoodPaul BrinegarSteve Raines
  • Cary Grant, Alfred Hitchcock, Eva Marie Saint, and Philip Ober in North by Northwest (1959)

    18. North by Northwest

    19592h 16mApproved98Metascore
    8.3 (361K)
    A New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and falls for a woman whose loyalties he begins to doubt.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsCary GrantEva Marie SaintJames Mason
  • The Angry Red Planet (1959)

    19. The Angry Red Planet

    19591h 23mApproved
    5.3 (4.1K)
    One of only two survivors from a Martian expedition is so traumatized she doesn't remember the circumstances of the trip.
    DirectorIb MelchiorStarsGerald MohrNora HaydenLes Tremayne
  • This Is Not a Test (1962)

    20. This Is Not a Test

    19621h 13mNot Rated
    5.3 (945)
    A deputy sheriff stops motorists on a mountain road after police dispatch reports of a possible nuclear attack.
    DirectorFredric GadetteStarsSeamon GlassThayer RobertsAubrey Martin
  • Edward Judd and Janet Munro in The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)

    21. The Day the Earth Caught Fire

    19611h 39mUnrated
    7.2 (6.6K)
    When the U.S. and Russia unwittingly test atomic bombs at the same time, it alters the nutation (axis of rotation) of the Earth.
    DirectorVal GuestStarsEdward JuddJanet MunroLeo McKern
  • Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)

    22. Breakfast at Tiffany's

    19611h 55mApproved77Metascore
    7.5 (199K)
    A young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building, but her past threatens to get in the way.
    DirectorBlake EdwardsStarsAudrey HepburnGeorge PeppardPatricia Neal
  • On the Beach (1959)

    23. On the Beach

    19592h 14mApproved55Metascore
    7.1 (15K)
    After a global nuclear war, the residents of Australia must come to terms with the fact that all life will be destroyed in a matter of months.
    DirectorStanley KramerStarsGregory PeckAva GardnerFred Astaire
  • Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

    24. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

    19641h 35mPG97Metascore
    8.3 (538K)
    A mentally unstable American general orders a hydrogen bomb attack on the Soviet Union, triggering a path to global nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.
    DirectorStanley KubrickStarsPeter SellersGeorge C. ScottSterling Hayden
  • Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)

    25. Robinson Crusoe on Mars

    19641h 50mApproved
    6.4 (7.4K)
    Stranded on Mars with only a monkey as a companion, an astronaut must figure out how to find oxygen, water, and food on the lifeless planet.
    DirectorByron HaskinStarsPaul ManteeVictor LundinAdam West

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