Joe Dakota

1957

English

6.6

♡ 4

Richard Bartlett Director

Paul Birch as Frank Weaver

Francis McDonald as Joe Dakota

Anthony Caruso as Marcus Vizzini

Gregg Barton as Tom Jensen

A stranger rides into town and says he is looking for a local Indian. Told he left town, the truth everyone has been hiding comes out including the stranger's true identity.

Legend of the Lost

1957

English

6.1

♡ 11

37%

parent child relationship

Henry Hathaway Director

Sophia Loren as Dita

John Wayne as Joe January

Rossano Brazzi as Paul Bonnard

Kurt Kasznar as Prefect Dukas

American ne'er-do-well Joe January is hired to take Paul Bonnard on an expedition into the desert in search of treasure.

Quantez

1957

English

6.0

♡ 6

Harry Keller Director

Dorothy Malone as Chaney

Michael Ansara as Delgadito

John Larch as Heller

John Gavin as Teach

A gang of bank robbers with a posse in hot pursuit. Riding into the desert, they take refuge in Quantez, a small town they find deserted. Their horses tired and near death, they’re forced to stay the night — with the plan to cross the border into Mexico the next day.

Love in the Afternoon

1957

English

7.1

♡ 15

79%

78%

Action

based on novel or book

Billy Wilder Director

Audrey Hepburn as Ariane Chavasse / Thin Girl

Audrey Long as Brunette

Maurice Chevalier as Claude Chavasse

Gary Cooper as Frank Flannagan

Lovestruck conservatory student Ariane pretends to be just as much a cosmopolitan lover as the worldly mature Frank Flannagan hoping that l’amour will take hold.

Funny Face

1957

English

7.0

♡ 35

87%

Stanley Donen Director

Colin Kenny as Fashion Show Guest

Jean Del Val as Hairdresser

Kay Thompson as Maggie Prescott

Forbes Murray as Man at Duval's Fashion Show

A shy Greenwich Village book clerk is discovered by a fashion photographer and whisked off to Paris where she becomes a reluctant model.

Throne of Blood

1957

Japanese

8.0

♡ 55

96%

93%

Action

ambition

based on novel or book

Akira Kurosawa Director

Hiroshi Tachikawa as Kunimaru Tsuzuki

Isuzu Yamada as Lady Asaji Washizu

Toshirô Mifune as Taketoki Washizu

Yoshio Inaba as Third Military Commander

Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest of the spirit's prophecy by murdering his lord and usurping his place. Director Akira Kurosawa's resetting of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in feudal Japan is one of his most acclaimed films.

Paths of Glory

1957

English

8.4

♡ 92

96%

95%

Action

army

based on novel or book

Stanley Kubrick Director

Ralph Meeker as Cpl. Philippe Paris

Kem Dibbs as Pvt. Lejeune

Timothy Carey as Pvt. Maurice Ferol

Joe Turkel as Pvt. Pierre Arnaud

A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.

Les Girls

1957

English

6.6

♡ 11

89%

George Cukor Director

Henry Daniell as Judge

Kay Kendall as Lady Sybil Wren

Leslie Phillips as Sir Gerald Wren

Nestor Paiva as Spanish Peasant

After writing a tell-all book about her days in the dance troupe "Barry Nichols and Les Girls", Sybil Wren is sued for libeling her fellow dancer Angele. A Rashômon style narrative presents the story from three points of view where Sybil accuses Angele of having an affair with Barry, while Angele insists that it was actually Sybil who was having the affair. Finally, Barry gives his side of the story.

3:10 to Yuma

1957

English

7.6

♡ 28

94%

Delmer Daves Director

Bill Hale as Dave Keene

Robert Ellenstein as Ernie Collins

Robert Emhardt as Mr. Butterfield

Frank Hagney as Townsman in Contention

Dan Evans, a small time farmer, is hired to escort Ben Wade, a dangerous outlaw, to Yuma. As Evans and Wade wait for the 3:10 train to Yuma, Wade's gang is racing to free him.

China Gate

1957

English

6.2

♡ 5

50%

Samuel Fuller Director

James Hong as Charlie

George Givot as Cpl. Pigalle

Angie Dickinson as Lucky Legs

Lee Van Cleef as Maj. Cham

Near the end of the French phase of the Vietnam War, a group of mercenaries are recruited to travel through enemy territory to the Chinese border.

Attack of the Crab Monsters

1957

English

4.9

♡ 9

71%

Roger Corman Director

Russell Johnson as Hank Chapman

Ed Nelson as Lt. Quinlan

Pamela Duncan as Martha Hunter

Maitland Stuart as Seaman Mac

A group of scientists travel to a remote island to study the effects of nuclear weapons tests, only to get stranded when their airplane mysteriously explodes. The team soon discovers that the tests have given rise to crabs mutated into intelligent, impervious, telepathic giants intent on increasing their numbers by breeding, then travelling to populated areas to feed, and which do not intend to be stopped by their discoverers.

Nights of Cabiria

1957

Italian

8.1

♡ 33

100%

Federico Fellini Director

Giulietta Masina as Maria 'Cabiria' Ceccarelli

Luciano Bonanni as Pascello

Leo Catozzo as The Man with the Sack

Franca Marzi as Wanda

Rome, 1957. A woman, Cabiria, is robbed and left to drown by her boyfriend, Giorgio. Rescued, she resumes her life and tries her best to find happiness in a cynical world. Even when she thinks her struggles are over and she has found happiness and contentment, things may not be what they seem.

20 Million Miles to Earth

1957

English

6.3

♡ 12

75%

Nathan Juran Director

Noel Drayton as 1st Reuters News Correspondent

William Hopper as Col. Robert Calder

Arthur Space as Dr. Sharman

Thomas Browne Henry as Maj. Gen. A.D. McIntosh

When the first manned flight to Venus returns to Earth, the rocket crash-lands in the Mediterranean near a small Italian fishing village. The locals manage to save one of the astronauts Colonel Calder, the mission commander. A young boy also recovers what turns out to be a specimen of an alien creature. Growing at a fantastic rate, it manages to escape and eventually threatens the city of Rome.

12 Angry Men

1957

English

9.0

♡ 372

100%

Sidney Lumet Director

Rudy Bond as Judge

Jack Klugman as Juror #5

Edward Binns as Juror #6

Joseph Sweeney as Juror #9

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.

The Seventh Seal

1957

Swedish

8.1

♡ 96

93%

Ingmar Bergman Director

Gunnar Björnstrand as Jöns, squire

Inga Landgré as Karin, Block's Wife

Bibi Andersson as Mia / Mary - Jof's wife

Lars Lind as The young monk

When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home from the Crusades to find his country in the grips of the Black Death, he challenges Death to a chess match for his life. Tormented by the belief that God does not exist, Block sets off on a journey, meeting up with traveling players Jof and his wife, Mia, and becoming determined to evade Death long enough to commit one redemptive act while he still lives.

Witness for the Prosecution

1957

English

8.4

♡ 64

100%

95%

Action

alibi

based on novel or book

Billy Wilder Director

John Williams as Brogan-Moore

John Roy as Courtroom Spectator

Bill Erwin as Juror

Norma Varden as Mrs. Emily Jane French

An ailing barrister agrees to defend a man in a sensational murder trial where the unconvincing testimony of the defendant's wife becomes a subject of confusion.

Night Passage

1957

English

6.6

♡ 6

50%

James Neilson Director

Robert J. Wilke as Concho

Jack Williams as Dusty

Harold Goodwin as Pick Gannon

Dan Duryea as Whitey Harbin

Grant MacLaine, a former railroad troubleshooter, lost his job after letting his outlaw brother, the Utica Kid, escape. After spending five years wandering the west and earning his living playing the accordion, he is given a second chance by his former boss.

Not of This Earth

1957

English

6.1

♡ 6

41%

Roger Corman Director

William Roerick as Dr. F.W. Rochelle

Tamar Cooper as Joanne

Beverly Garland as Nadine Storey

Paul Birch as Paul Johnson

An alien from planet Davanna, whose population has developed a terminal blood disease caused by nuclear radiation, is sent to Earth to acquire fresh human blood for his people.