A young Army nurse, Lt Ruth McGara, newly assigned to the 8666th MASH during the Korean War, attracts the sexual attention of the unit's commander Dr. Jed Webbe. Major Webbe, who has a drinking problem, at first wants a "no strings" relationship. McGara is warned by the other nurses of Webbe's womanizing ways. Despite these initial handicaps, their love flourishes against a background of war, enemy attacks, death and injury. The relationship deepens and uplifts both characters.

The Captain's Paradise

1953

English

6.8

♡ 6

80%

Anthony Kimmins Director

Michael Balfour as 2nd Customs Official

Roger Delgado as Kalikan Policeman

Celia Johnson as Maud St. James

Tutte Lemkow as Principal Dancer

Mediterranean ferryboat captain Henry St James has things well organized - a loving and very English wife Maud in Gibraltar, and the loving if rather more hot-blooded Mistress, Nita in Tangiers. A perfect life. As long as neither woman decides to follow him to the other port.

Never Let Me Go

1953

English

6.2

♡ 6

62%

based on novel or book

cold war

Drama

intercultural relationship

newspaper reporter

Romance

Thriller

Delmer Daves Director

Richard Haydn as Christopher Wellington St. John Denny

Theodore Bikel as Lieutenant

Peter Illing as N.K.V.D. Man

Richard Marner as Toasting Russian Officer

An American reporter falls in love with a Russian ballet dancer.

The Intruder

1953

English

6.7

♡ 4

Guy Hamilton Director

Bruce Beeby as 2nd Detective

George Baker as Adjutant

Duncan Lamont as Don Cope

Dennis Price as Leonard Pirry

When Ex Colonel Merton discovers a burglar ransacking his home, he is shocked to find out that the thief is a former soldier from his tank regiment. When the thief escapes, Merton tries to contact former members of the regiment, in order to find out what set the thief on the road to crime.

Stazione Termini

1953

Italian

6.2

♡ 5

43%

Vittorio De Sica Director

Paolo Stoppa as Annoying man with oranges

Montgomery Clift as Giovanni Doria

Jennifer Jones as Mary Forbes

Richard Beymer as Paul Stevens

While on vacation in Rome, married American Mary Forbes becomes entangled in an affair with an Italian man, Giovanni Doria. As she prepares to leave Italy, Giovanni confesses his love for her; he doesn't want her to go. Together they wander the railroad station where Mary is to take the train to Paris, then ultimately reunite with her husband and daughter in Philadelphia. Will she throw away her old life for this passionate new romance?

Gate of Hell

1953

Japanese

7.1

♡ 11

93%

husband wife relationship

Teinosuke Kinugasa Director

Koreya Senda as Gen Kiyomori

Machiko Kyô as Kesa

Michiko Araki as Mano

Kenjirô Uemura as Masanaka

Japan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a violent uprising. Moritō falls in love with her, but becomes distraught when he finds out that she is married.

The Brute

1953

Spanish

7.2

♡ 12

88%

Luis Buñuel Director

José Chávez as Amigo de Pedro

Guillermo Bravo Sosa as El Cojo - Tío de María

Katy Jurado as Paloma

Pedro Armendáriz as Pedro - El Bruto

A tough young man, who helps to kick poor people out of their houses, falls in love with a girl. She lives with her father in the building about to be demolished.

Hiroshima

1953

Japanese

7.5

♡ 12

Hideo Sekigawa Director

Masao Mishima as

Masao Oda as

Isuzu Yamada as

Eiji Okada as Kitagawa

Historical fiction about the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, on 6 August 1945, and its effects on various civilians, especially children, of that city.

Jhansi Ki Rani

1953

Hindi

6.5

♡ 6

Sohrab Modi Director Jerry

Jerry as Mubarak

Mubarak as Raja of Jhansi

Sohrab Modi as Raj Guru Mehtab

Mehtab as Rani Laxmibai / Manu

Set in the 19th century against the backdrop of the Mutiny of 1857, the film is about the bravery of queen Lakshmibai, Rani of Jhansi, who took up arms and led her army against the British.

The Band Wagon

1953

English

7.4

♡ 15

95%

grand central station

Vincente Minnelli Director

Douglas Fowley as Auctioneer

Robert Gist as Hal

Ava Gardner as Herself

Don Beddoe as Producer

A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.

The Slasher

1953

English

6.1

♡ 4

Action

based on play or musical

Lewis Gilbert Director

Sidney James as Police Sergeant

Arthur Howard as Registrar

Joan Collins as Rene

James Kenney as Roy

Roy Walsh is a brash and enterprising thug who bullies his friends into subservience. He and his gang assault and rob people on the street, but things get increasingly dangerous when their behavior escalates to larger crimes.

The Caddy

1953

English

6.4

♡ 8

83%

Norman Taurog Director

Frank Richards as Burly Caddie

Chuck Hicks as Caddy

John Indrisano as Fisherman / Golf Spectator

Ned Glass as Stage Manager

Although the son of a skilled golfer and an outstanding player in his own right, Harvey Miller is too nervous to play in front of a gallery, so he acts as coach and caddy for Joe Anthony, his girlfriend's brother.

Torch Song

1953

English

5.6

♡ 6

43%

Charles Walters Director

Maidie Norman as Anne

Nancy Gates as Celia Stewart

John Brascia as Dancer

Michael Wilding as Tye Graham

Jenny Stewart is a tough Broadway musical star who doesn't take criticism from anyone. Yet there is one individual, Tye Graham, a blind pianist who may be able to break through her tough exterior.

I dimma dold

1953

Swedish

6.2

♡ 1

Action

Crime

criminal investigation

murder investigation

Mystery

Lars-Eric Kjellgren Director

Sonja Wigert as Jimmie Hedström - Femme Fatale

Sven Lindberg as Police Inspector Kjell Myrman

Frithiof Bjärne as Policeman on the Phone

Georg Rydeberg as Walter Willding

A wealthy woman is suspected of murder and runs from the police

Legione straniera

1953

Italian

5.4

♡ 2

Action

Adventure

Basilio Franchina Director

Tilda Thamar as

Piero Pastore as Il Baro ai Dadi

Emma Baron as Madre superiora

Marc Lawrence as Serg. Schwartz

Alberto Gherardi, a sailor is wrongly suspected of murder, flied and enroll into the Foreign Legion. His unfaithful fiancee Irene goes to look for him with his young brother Enrico, but the latter is killed. Will she still manage to free her lover?

Don's Fountain of Youth

1953

English

7.0

♡ 16

Action

Animation

anthropomorphic

anthropomorphic animal

Clyde Geronimi Director

Clarence Nash as Donald Duck / Huey / Dewey / Louie

James MacDonald as Mother Crocodile Growl

While traveling with his nephews, Donald is disgusted that they are only interested in comics. He stops at the "fountain of youth" and tricks the kids into thinking he is a baby again. However, he gets tangled up with an aggressive mother alligator and her babies, and makes a hurried exit with the nephews.

Nigorie

1953

Japanese

7.2

♡ 5

Action

Drama

female protagonist

Tadashi Imai Director

Yoshie Minami as O-Yae

Kazuo Kitamura as Rickshaw Man

Michiko Araki as Shin

Noboru Nakaya as Yamamura Ishinosuke

A Japanese woman writes down three stories she has witnessed or heard of in her diary, each about the difficult situation a young woman finds herself in.

The Sun Shines Bright

1953

English

6.9

♡ 1

60%

John Ford Director

Chuck Hayward as Deputy

Trevor Bardette as Rufe Ramseur

Hal Baylor as Rufe Ramseur Jr.

Jack Kenny as Townsman

With the election approaching, a judge in a Southern town at the turn of the 20th century is involved variously in revealing the real identity of a young woman, reliving his Civil War memories, and preventing the lynching of an African youth.

Gun Fury

1953

English

6.0

♡ 5

28%

Raoul Walsh Director

Lee Marvin as Blinky

Alma Beltran as Second Mexican Girl

Leo Gordon as Tom 'Jess' Burgess

Forrest Lewis as Weatherby

After a stagecoach holdup, Frank Slayton's notorious gang leave Ben Warren for dead and head off with his fiancée. Warren follows, and although none of the townspeople he comes across are prepared to help, he recruits two others who have sworn revenge on the ruthless Slayton.