Subgenre Sampler
Classics: 3623 Films to Buy & Rent
It Should Happen to You (1954)
- Dir. George Cukor
Feat. Judy Holliday, Jack Lemmon
- Aspiring model Judy Holliday gets the kind of attention she hadn't bargained for when she advertises herself on a giant billboard. Jack Lemmon's…
Knock on Wood (1954)
- Dir. Melvin Frank, Norman Panama
Feat. Danny Kaye, Mai Zetterling, Torin Thatcher…
- Danny Kaye plays a ventriloquist who is comically unlucky in love due to his jealous dummy, who manages to sabotage every relationship he has right…
Lassie (TV Series) (1954-1974)
- Feat. Jon Provost, Tommy Rettig
- A representative selection of episodes from the long–running US series depicting the adventures of a rather intelligent collie dog with a…
Les Diaboliques (1954)
- Dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot
Feat. Simone Signoret, Vera Clouzot, Paul Meurisse…
- Simone Signoret stars as one of two women who conspire to murder the man they share – a sadistic schoolmaster. Iconic French thriller with a…
Life at Stake, A (1954)
- Dir. Paul Guilfoyle
Feat. Angela Lansbury, Keith Andes, Douglas Dumbrille…
- Minor noir elevated by the presence of Lansbury as a seductress who's business proposition to a struggling architect may not be strictly financial.
Lifeboat (1954)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Tallulah Bankhead, William Bendix
- Enterprising thriller staged entirely within the confines of a lifeboat. Its simplistic anti–Nazi politic is perhaps redeemed by Tallulah…
Living It Up (1954)
- Dir. Norman Taurog
Feat. Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin, Janet Leigh…
- One of the funnier Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis comedies of the 17 they made together. Jerry Lewis plays a stationmaster from provincial New Mexico…
Long, Long Trailer, The (1954)
- Dir. Vincente Minnelli
Feat. Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz
- Gallivanting in an enormous RV across America, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz journey to disaster in this winning slapstick comedy. The classic TV…
Maggie, The (High and Dry) (1954)
- Dir. Alexander Mackendrick
Feat. Paul Douglas, Alex Mackenzie
- Ealing comedy about the argumentative crew of an aged cargo boat, captained by a wily Scottish man who clashes with a wealthy American industrialist.
Magnificent Obsession (1954)
- Dir. Douglas Sirk
Feat. Rock Hudson, Jane Wyman
- Douglas Sirk's famously tumultuous melodrama, starring Rock Hudson in his first leading role as a guilt–ridden playboy indirectly responsible…