Subgenre Sampler
Mister Roberts (1955)
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. Henry Fonda, James Cagney, Jack Lemmon - Naval officer Henry Fonda yearns for combat but instead must tolerate his eccentric captain (James Cagney). Jack Lemmon won an Oscar for his funny…
Napoleon (1955)- Dir. Sacha Guitry
Feat. Daniel Gelin, Raymond Pellegrin, Yves Montand… - A somewhat farcical film that suffers from being dubbed into English, over–narration, and the attempt to give a complete account of Napoleon's…
Night My Number Came Up, The (1955)- Dir. Leslie Norman
Feat. Michael Redgrave, Sheila Sim, Alexander Knox… - A prophetic nightmare about an ill–fated plane flight begins to play out as reality for 13 passengers aboard a British military aircraft in…
Night of the Hunter, The (1955)- Dir. Charles Laughton
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish - A disturbing yet poetic masterpiece in which Robert Mitchum is mighty mean as a psychopathic preacher pursuing two runaways across the American…
Not As A Stranger (1955)- Dir. Stanley Kramer
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Olivia de Havilland, Frank Sinatra… - Undemanding medical drama notable for being Kramer's directorial debut and for its abundance of big stars in small roles. Mitchum plays against…
Oklahoma! (1955)- Dir. Fred Zinnemann
Feat. Gordon MacRae, Gloria Grahame, Gene Nelson… - Ground–breaking Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, includes many classic numbers.
Ordet (1955)- Dir. Carl Dreyer
- Hailed by many critics as dir. Dreyer's masterpiece, this deep exploration of the true meaning of Christianity, set in rural Denmark, will repay the…
Otto Preminger Director's Collection, The (The Man With the Golden Arm, The Cardinal, The Human Factor) (1955-1979)- Dir. Otto Preminger
- Further trifecta of Otto Preminger films.
Passage Home (1955)- Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. Peter Finch, Anthony Steel, Diane Cilento… - Torrid melodrama with the presence of a young woman on board a cargo ship causing tensions amongst the male crew.
Pather Panchali (1955)- Dir. Satyajit Ray
Feat. Kanu Bannerjee, Karuna Bannerjee, Subir Bannerjee - The first film from Asia's most respected film–maker also initiates his 'Apu trilogy', three of most admired films in history. A lyrical…
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