No Name on the Bullet

1959

English

7.2

♡ 6

76%

Jack Arnold Director

R.G. Armstrong as Asa Canfield

Marjorie Bennett as Store Customer

Herman Hack as Townsman

Harold Goodwin as Wilson - Bank Clerk

When hired killer John Gant rides into Lordsburg, the town's folk become paranoid as each leading citizen has enemies capable of using the services of a professional killer for personal revenge.

High School Confidential!

1958

English

6.1

♡ 9

70%

Jack Arnold Director

Jan Sterling as Arlene Williams

Pierre Watkin as David Wingate - Lawyer

John Drew Barrymore as J. I. Coleridge

William Wellman Jr. as Wheeler-Dealer

A tough kid comes to a new high school and begins muscling his way into the drug scene. This is a typical morality play of the era, filled with a naive view of drugs, nihilistic beat poetry, and some incredible '50s slang.

The Space Children

1958

English

4.3

♡ 7

24%

Jack Arnold Director

Vera Marshe as Frieda Johnson

Jackie Coogan as Hank Johnson

Larry Pennell as Major Thomas

Ray Walker as Reporter Richard Lloyd

A glowing brain-like creature arrives on a beach near a rocket test site via a teleportation beam. The alien communicates telepathically with the children of scientists. The kids start doing the alien's bidding as the adults try to find out what's happening to their unruly offspring.

Monster on the Campus

1958

English

5.8

♡ 7

27%

Jack Arnold Director

Eddie Parker as Donald

Judson Pratt as Lt. Mike Stevens

Joanna Moore as Madeline Howard

Hank Patterson as Townsend - Night Watchman

A college paleontology professor acquires a newly discovered specimen of a coelacanth, but while examining it, he is accidentally exposed to its blood, and finds himself periodically turning into a murderous Neanderthal man.

Man in the Shadow

1957

English

6.8

♡ 7

80%

Jack Arnold Director

Trevor Bardette as Bystander in Opening Scene

Harry Harvey as Dr. Creighton

Forrest Lewis as Jake Kelley

Martin Garralaga as Jesus Cisneros

In a modern cow town, the powerful ranch owner’s henchmen kill a ranch hand, prompting the sheriff to investigate despite facing strong opposition. He finds an unlikely ally in the rancher's overprotected daughter, but their quest for justice puts them both in danger.

The Mouse That Roared

1959

English

6.9

♡ 7

90%

Jack Arnold Director

Leo McKern as Benter

Monte Landis as Cobbley

Timothy Bateson as Roger

Eve Eden as Spectator

The Duchy of Grand Fenwick decides that the only way to get out of their economic woes is to declare war on the United States, lose and accept foreign aid. They send an invasion force (in chain mail, armed with bows and arrows) to New York and they arrive during a nuclear drill that has cleared the streets.

Boss Nigger

1974

English

6.3

♡ 7

blaxploitation

blaxploitation cinema

Comedy

Western

wild west

Jack Arnold Director

Neil Summers as Clayton's Man

William Smith as Jed Clayton

Carmen Zapata as Margarita

R.G. Armstrong as Mayor Griffin

Two black bounty hunters ride into a small town out West in pursuit of an outlaw. They discover that the town has no sheriff, and soon take over that position, much against the will of the mostly white townsfolk.

Bachelor in Paradise

1961

English

6.3

♡ 8

39%

Jack Arnold Director

Lloyd Kino as Headwaiter

Agnes Moorehead as Judge Peterson

Reta Shaw as Mrs. Brown

Bill Zuckert as W.P. Mathews - Assistant Commissioner

A bachelor author of sleazy books moves to a family-oriented subdivision where he becomes an unofficial relationship advisor to unhappy local housewives, to the dismay of their respective husbands who suspect him of sexual misconduct.

Hello Down There

1969

English

5.6

♡ 4

59%

Jack Arnold Director

Tony Randall as Fred Miller

Richard Dreyfuss as Harold Webster

Merv Griffin as Himself

Roddy McDowall as Nate Ashbury

Given the chance to live in a simulated underwater home for a month, a scientist convinces his family to take advantage of the offer. Once the family agrees to move in, underwater mayhem occurs!

The Tattered Dress

1957

English

6.5

♡ 2

29%

Jack Arnold Director

Gail Russell as Carol Morrow

Ingrid Goude as Girl by Pool

Kenneth Gibson as Reporter

Jack Carson as Sheriff Nick Hoak

After a wild night, wealthy Michael Reston's adulterous wife Charleen comes home with her ripe young body barely concealed by a dress in rags; murder results. Top New York defense lawyer J.G. Blane, whose own marriage exists in name only, arrives in Desert View, Nevada to find the townsfolk and politically powerful Sheriff Hoak distinctly hostile to the Restons. In due course, Blane discovers he's been "taken for a ride," and that quiet desert communities can be deadly.

It Came from Outer Space

1953

English

6.5

♡ 17

81%

Jack Arnold Director

Barbara Rush as Ellen Fields

Kathleen Hughes as June

Ned Davenport as Man

Edgar Dearing as Sam

Author and amateur astronomer John Putnam and schoolteacher Ellen Fields witness an enormous meteorite come down near a small town in Arizona. Putnam becomes a local object of scorn when, after examining the object up close, he announces that it is a spacecraft, and that it is inhabited...

Red Sundown

1956

English

6.5

♡ 3

Jack Arnold Director

Martha Hyer as Caroline Murphy

Chuck Hayward as Cowpuncher

Leo Gordon as Rod Zellman

Trevor Bardette as Sam Baldwin

When his life is saved in a shootout by a fellow gunman whose life he in turn had saved, Alex Longmire promises to give up his way of life. Riding into town he finds the only job available is deputy to sheriff Jade Murphy, an honest man caught between small farmers and a local cattle baron. And he has a pretty daughter. So Longmire decides to stay and see if he can use his expertise with firearms for good.

The Incredible Shrinking Man

1957

English

7.6

♡ 20

83%

Action

based on novel or book

husband wife relationship

Jack Arnold Director

Frank J. Scannell as Barker

April Kent as Clarice

William Schallert as Doctor Arthur Bramson

Billy Curtis as Midget

A dangerous combination of radiation and insecticide causes the unfortunate Scott Carey to shrink, slowly but surely, until he is only a few inches tall. His home becomes a wilderness where he must survive everything from spiders living in the cellar to his beloved cat.

The Glass Web

1953

English

6.6

♡ 5

Jack Arnold Director

Edward G. Robinson as Henry Hayes

Brett Halsey as Lou, TBC Receptionist

Kathleen Hughes as Paula Ranier

Jack Kelly as TBC Engineer

A manipulative diva blackmails a married man and insults her secret lover, leading to her murder. As the husband tries to cover his tracks, the lover sabotages him and suggests turning the case into a TV show episode.

This Island Earth

1955

English

5.9

♡ 10

75%

45%

Action

extraterrestrial technology

Jack Arnold Director

Jeff Morrow as Exeter

Jack Byron as Photographer

Edward Hearn as Reporter

Douglas Spencer as The Monitor

Aliens have landed and are hiding on Earth, but need Earth’s scientists to help them fight an inter-planetary war.

Outside the Law

1956

English

6.3

♡ 4

Jack Arnold Director

Judson Pratt as Agent Maury Saxton

Jess Kirkpatrick as Bill MacReady

Ray Danton as Johnny Salvo

Raymond Bailey as Philip Bormann

A government agent's son wins respect and love when he challenges counterfeiters.

The Man from Bitter Ridge

♡ 3

Jack Arnold Director

Dan White as Bender

Frank Sully as Billy Bundy

Trevor Bardette as Sheriff Walter Dunham

George DeNormand as Townsman

The Man from Bitter Ridge is a film directed by Jack Arnold. Jeff Carr, a special investigator, arrives in Tomahawk. His assignment is to discover who has been holding up the local stagecoach and is guilty for a series of killings that terrorize the town. Sheepman Alec Black is suspected by the local population but it is not long before Jeff realizes the man is innocent. Alec even becomes a good friend although he is in love with the same woman as him, Holly. Jeff will manage to arrest the real culprits but not before the latter try to compromise him down.

Creature from the Black Lagoon

1954

English

6.9

♡ 34

80%

Jack Arnold Director

Julie Adams as Kay Lawrence

Nestor Paiva as Lucas

Ben Chapman as The Gill Man

Perry Lopez as Tomas

When scientists exploring the Amazon River stumble on a “missing link” connecting humans and fish, they plan to capture it for later study. But the Creature has plans of his own, and has set his sights on the lead scientist's beautiful fiancée, Kay.

Revenge of the Creature

1955

English

5.6

♡ 18

13%

Jack Arnold Director

Clint Eastwood as Jennings

Nestor Paiva as Lucas

Brett Halsey as Pete

John Agar as Prof. Clete Ferguson

In a tributary of the Amazon, a monster – half-man, half-fish – is captured and placed in a reservoir in a Florida national park to be observed by scientists.

Tarantula

1955

English

6.4

♡ 20

93%

Jack Arnold Director

John Agar as Dr. Matt Hastings

Clint Eastwood as Jet Squadron Leader

Robert J. Wilke as Ranch Hand

Nestor Paiva as Sheriff Jack Andrews

A rogue scientist near a small desert town arouses the suspicion of the town's doctor when his lab assistant is found dead from a case of acromegaly, which took only four days to develop. As the doctor investigates, aided by the scientist's new female assistant, they discover that something is devouring local cattle and humans in increasingly large quantities.

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No Name on the Bullet

High School Confidential!

The Space Children

Monster on the Campus

Man in the Shadow

The Mouse That Roared

Boss Nigger

Bachelor in Paradise

Hello Down There

The Tattered Dress

It Came from Outer Space

Red Sundown

The Incredible Shrinking Man

The Glass Web

This Island Earth

Outside the Law

The Man from Bitter Ridge

Creature from the Black Lagoon

Revenge of the Creature

Tarantula