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Ben-Hur (1959)

Ben-Hur (1959)

Ben-Hur (1959)
IMDb: 8.1
212 min

Judah Ben-Hur is a wealthy Jewish merchant and prince in Jerusalem, at the start of the first century. His old friend Messala is appointed commanding officer for the Roman legions….

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Genre: Action, Drama, History
Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot
IMDb: 8.2
121 min

Joe and Jerry are two Chicago musicians who witnessed the St. Valentine’s Day massacre. They want to escape Spats Colombo, the gangster behind it all. The only thing they can…

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North by Northwest

North by Northwest

North by Northwest
IMDb: 8.3
136 min

Roger Thornhill, a Madison Avenue advertiser finds himself in the spy world when he mistakenly assumes he’s George Kaplan. While foreign spy Philip Vandamm, along with his accomplice Leonard try…

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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Sleeping Beauty (1959)

Sleeping Beauty (1959)

Sleeping Beauty (1959)
IMDb: 7.2
75 min

A beautiful princess born in a faraway kingdom is destined by a terrible curse to prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and fall into a deep…

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Rio Bravo

Rio Bravo

Rio Bravo
IMDb: 8.0
141 min

The sheriff of a small town in southwest Texas must keep custody of a murderer whose brother, a powerful rancher, is trying to help him escape. After a friend is…

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Genre: Western
The 400 Blows

The 400 Blows

The 400 Blows
IMDb: 8.1
99 min

For young Parisian boy Antoine Doinel, life is one difficult situation after another. Surrounded by inconsiderate adults, including his neglectful parents, Antoine spends his days with his best friend, Rene,…

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Genre: Drama
Anatomy of a Murder

Anatomy of a Murder

Anatomy of a Murder
IMDb: 8.0
161 min

Semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler takes the case of Army Lt. Manion, who murdered a local innkeeper after his wife claimed that he raped her. Over the course of an…

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On the Beach

On the Beach

On the Beach
IMDb: 7.1
134 min

In 1964, atomic war wipes out humanity in the northern hemisphere; one American submarine finds temporary safe haven in Australia, where life-as-usual covers growing despair. In denial about the loss…

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The Diary of Anne Frank

The Diary of Anne Frank

The Diary of Anne Frank
IMDb: 7.4
180 min

The true, harrowing story of a young Jewish girl who, with her family and their friends, is forced into hiding in an attic in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.

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Genre: Drama, History
I’m All Right Jack

I’m All Right Jack

I’m All Right Jack
IMDb: 7.2
105 min

Naive Stanley Windrush returns from the war, his mind set on a successful career in business. Much to his own dismay, he soon finds he has to start from the…

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Genre: Comedy
Warlock

Warlock

Warlock
IMDb: 7.1
121 min

A band of murderous cowboys have imposed a reign of terror on the town of Warlock. When the sheriff humiliatingly run out of town the residents hire the services of…

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Genre: Western
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
IMDb: 6.9
87 min

When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.

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The Chaplin Revue

The Chaplin Revue

The Chaplin Revue
IMDb: 7.7
119 min

Three Chaplin silent comedies “A Dog’s Life”, “Shoulder Arms”, and “The Pilgrim” are strung together to form a single feature length film. Chaplin provides new music, narration, and a small…

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Genre: Comedy
Solomon and Sheba

Solomon and Sheba

Solomon and Sheba
IMDb: 6.1
141 min

Under the rule of King David, Israel is united and prosperous although surrounded by enemies including Egypt and its allies. The aging King David favors his younger son, Solomon, as…

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Genre: History, Romance
Blue Denim

Blue Denim

Blue Denim
IMDb: 6.6
89 min

Two naive high-school students must deal with the unexpected consequences after a night of passion. Director Philip Dunne’s 1959 film about teenage pregnancy stars Brandon de Wilde, Carol Lynley, Macdonald…

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Genre: Drama
Day of the Outlaw

Day of the Outlaw

Day of the Outlaw
IMDb: 7.3
92 min

Blaise Starrett is a rancher at odds with homesteaders when outlaws hold up the small town. The outlaws are held in check only by their notorious leader, but he is…

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Genre: Thriller, Western
Pickpocket (1959)

Pickpocket (1959)

Pickpocket (1959)
IMDb: 7.6
76 min

Michel takes up pickpocketing on a lark and is arrested soon after. His mother dies shortly after his release, and despite the objections of his only friend, Jacques, and his…

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Genre: Crime, Drama
Floating Weeds

Floating Weeds

Floating Weeds
IMDb: 8.0
119 min

A troupe of travelling players arrive at a small seaport in the south of Japan. Komajuro Arashi, the aging master of the troupe, goes to visit his old flame Oyoshi…

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Genre: Drama
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
IMDb: 8.5
208 min

After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants…

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Genre: Drama, History, War
It Happened to Jane

It Happened to Jane

It Happened to Jane
IMDb: 6.5
97 min

Jane Osgood runs a lobster company to help her children. Jane takes on Harry Foster Malone as director of the railway line, and “the most miserable man in the universe”…

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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Look Back in Anger

Look Back in Anger

Look Back in Anger
IMDb: 7.0
98 min

A disillusioned, angry university graduate comes to terms with his grudge against middle-class life and values.

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Genre: Drama
The Sound and the Fury

The Sound and the Fury

The Sound and the Fury
IMDb: 6.2
110 min

Drama focusing on a family of Southern aristocrats who are trying to deal with the dissolution of their clan and the loss of its reputation, faith, fortunes and respect.

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Genre: Drama
Compulsion

Compulsion

Compulsion
IMDb: 7.4
103 min

Two close friends kidnap and murder a young boy and are defended in court by a renowned attorney who makes an impassioned plea against capital punishment.

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Genre: Crime, Drama
The Hanging Tree

The Hanging Tree

The Hanging Tree
IMDb: 7.1
107 min

Character study of a Doctor who saves a local criminal from a mob who are trying to hang him, but then tries to control the life of the young man,…

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Genre: Western
Pillow Talk

Pillow Talk

Pillow Talk
IMDb: 7.4
102 min

In New York, the interior decorator Jan Morrow and the wolf composer Brad Allen share a party line, but Brad keeps it busy most of the time flirting with his…

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Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Horse Soldiers

The Horse Soldiers

The Horse Soldiers
IMDb: 7.1
120 min

A Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind Confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail/supply center. Along with them is sent a doctor who causes instant antipathy between him and…

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No Name on the Bullet

No Name on the Bullet

No Name on the Bullet
IMDb: 7.3
77 min

Cool, cultured John Gant rides into Lordsburg. Gant is a professional killer, and although no one knows who he is there to kill, they are all worried. Everyone has enemies,…

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Vice Raid

Vice Raid

Vice Raid
IMDb: 5.4
71 min

The bosses of the prostitution racket have one of their prostitutes go to New York City to entrap a police officer and get him thrown off the force. She does…

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The Oregon Trail

The Oregon Trail

The Oregon Trail
IMDb: 5.2
86 min

In 1846, a reporter for the New York Herald joins a wagon train bound for the Oregon Territory. He hopes to confirm a rumor that President Polk is sending in…

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Genre: Western
The Giant Behemoth

The Giant Behemoth

The Giant Behemoth
IMDb: 5.7
80 min

The dumping of radioactive waste in the ocean disturbs a prehistoric monster than can project electric shocks and radioactive beams. After terrorizing the English coast, it is discovered that if…

4D Man

4D Man

4D Man
IMDb: 5.9
85 min

Two brothers, scientists Scott and Tony Nelson, develop an amplifier that enables a person to enter a 4-dimensional state, which allows him to pass through any object. Scott experiments on…

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The World, the Flesh and the Devil

The World, the Flesh and the Devil

The World, the Flesh and the Devil
IMDb: 6.9
95 min

Ralph Burton is a miner who is trapped for several days as a result of a cave-in. When he finally manages to dig himself out, he realizes that all of…

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Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure

Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure

Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure
IMDb: 6.5
88 min

After diamond hunters kill two people while stealing explosives, Tarzan sets off after them. The group, led by a man named Slade, are off to excavate a diamond mine. Along…

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Genre: Adventure
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
IMDb: 8.5
181 min

Kaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his assignment, Kaji witnesses cruelties in the army; he revolts against the abusive treatment…

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Genre: Drama, History, War
The Angry Red Planet

The Angry Red Planet

The Angry Red Planet
IMDb: 5.3
83 min

The first spaceship to Mars, presumed lost, is found in space and brought back to Earth by remote control. Only two from an initial crew of four are still alive,…

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Room at the Top

Room at the Top

Room at the Top
IMDb: 7.6
115 min

The English factory town is dreary but Joe Lampton has landed a job with a future. To have something to do at night, he joins a theatrical group. His boss's…

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Genre: Drama, Romance
Ride Lonesome

Ride Lonesome

Ride Lonesome
IMDb: 7.1
73 min

A wanted murderer, Billy John, is captured by Ben Brigade, a bounty hunter, who intends to take him to Santa Cruz to be hanged. Brigade stops at a staging post,…

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Genre: Action, Western
Picnic on the Grass

Picnic on the Grass

Picnic on the Grass
IMDb: 6.5
91 min

Etienne Alexis, a candidate for president of the new Europe, is a scientist promoting artificial insemination for social betterment and therapy to eliminate passion. His wealthy household (his family owns…

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Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Poet of the Castle

The Poet of the Castle

The Poet of the Castle
IMDb: 7.1
9 min

The camera follows an ordinary morning of famous Brazilian poet Manuel Bandeira in his small apartment, making breakfast, typewriting in bed, walking through the streets of Castelo, in downtown Rio…

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Genre: Documentary
The Atomic Submarine

The Atomic Submarine

The Atomic Submarine
IMDb: 5.2
72 min

In the far and distant future of 1968, many ships and planes are crossing the North pole to transport passengers and cargo. However lately more than eight ships and seven…

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