A C-47 transport plane, named the Corsair, makes a forced landing in the frozen wastelands of Labrador, and the plane's pilot, Captain Dooley, must keep his men alive in deadly conditions while awaiting rescue.

Older Brother, Younger Sister

1953

Japanese

7.2

♡ 5

Action

based on novel or book

Drama

extramarital affair

older brother younger sister

pregnancy

rural area

sibling relationship

Mikio Naruse Director

Masayuki Mori as Inokichi - the Brother

Eiji Funakoshi as Kobata

Machiko Kyô as Mon

Zenji Yamada as Toyogorô

The eldest daughter of a rural family Mon returns home from Tokyo pregnant after an affair with a college student Kobata, which causes a scandal that will threaten the marriage prospects of the younger sister San, in her cash-strapped family. The ill-tempered eldest brother Inokichi decides to take on the role of disciplinarian, with harrowing results.

Hondo

1953

English

7.0

♡ 9

90%

John Farrow Director

Ward Bond as Buffalo Baker

Leo Gordon as Ed Lowe

Frank McGrath as Lowe's Partner

Michael Pate as Vittorio

Army despatch rider Hondo Lane discovers a woman and her son living in the midst of warring Apaches, and he becomes their protector.

The President's Lady

1953

English

6.8

♡ 3

60%

Henry Levin Director

Dayton Lummis as Dr. May

John McIntire as John Overton

James Best as Samuel Donelson

Bill Walker as Uncle Alfred

The story of president Andrew Jackson from his early years, through his meeting with and subsequent marriage to Rachel Donelson Robards. The plot concentrates on the later scandal concerning the legality of their marriage and how they overcame the difficulties.

Plunder of the Sun

1953

English

6.4

♡ 1

32%

John Farrow Director

Charles Rooner as Captain Bergman

Douglass Dumbrille as Consul

Sean McClory as Jefferson

Diana Lynn as Julie Barnes

An American insurance adjuster, stranded in Havana, becomes involved with an archaeologist and a collector of antiquities in a hunt for treasure in the Mexican ruins of Zapoteca.

Bright Road

1953

English

6.7

♡ 3

75%

Gerald Mayer Director

Robert Horton as Dr. Mitchell

Bill Walker as Jake Young - C.T.'s Father

Maidie Norman as Mrs. Hamilton - Tanya's Mother

Harry Belafonte as Mr. Williams - School Principal

Teachers at an all-black school fight to save a problem child.

Francis Covers the Big Town

1953

English

6.3

♡ 5

male female relationship

narrator

Romance

scene during opening credits

stable

usa

Arthur Lubin Director

Gale Gordon as Dist. Atty. Evans

Forrest Lewis as Judge Stanley

Donald O'Connor as Peter Stirling

Gene Lockhart as Tom Henderson

A man who has a talking mule gets a job on a newspaper, and both get mixed up in a murder trial.

Innocents in Paris

1953

English

5.9

♡ 3

12%

Gordon Parry Director

James Copeland as Andy McGregor

Stringer Davis as Arbuthnot

Laurence Harvey as François

Alastair Sim as Sir Norman Barker

Romantic comedy about a group of Britons flying to Paris for the weekend.

The Wild Oat

1953

French

6.4

♡ 1

Henri Verneuil Director

René Génin as Arnaud, le secrétaire de mairie

Fernandel as Félicien Hébrard - le boulanger

Fernand Sardou as Le Brigadier

José Casa as Le garde-champêtre

A small village is torn apart by a quarrel between the baker and the italian grocery tenant, mother of a pregnant young girl. She accuses the baker's son, doing his military service in Algeria, to be the father of the would be child. Offended, the baker refuses to deliver bread to the villagers standing on the mother's side.

The Earrings of Madame De...

1953

French

7.9

♡ 9

97%

Max Ophüls Director

Charles Boyer as Général André de...

Hubert Noël as Henri de Maleville

Paul Azaïs as Le premier cocher

Daniel Mendaille as Un passant

In late 19th century France, the Countess Louise, wife of a wealthy general, sells the earrings her husband gave her on their wedding day to pay off her secret debts, then claims to have lost them. Her husband quickly learns of the deceit, which is the beginning of many tragic misunderstandings, all involving the earrings, the general, the countess, and her new lover, the Italian Baron Donati.

Monsieur Hulot's Holiday

1953

French

7.3

♡ 10

Jacques Tati Director

André Dino as Hotel Guest

Lucien Frégis as Hotel Proprietor

Jacques Tati as Monsieur Hulot

Édouard Francomme as Restaurant Patron

Monsieur Hulot, Jacques Tati’s endearing clown, takes a holiday at a seaside resort, where his presence provokes one catastrophe after another. Tati’s masterpiece of gentle slapstick is a series of effortlessly well-choreographed sight gags involving dogs, boats, and firecrackers; it was the first entry in the Hulot series and the film that launched its maker to international stardom.

Africa sotto i mari

1953

Italian

5.4

♡ 2

Adventure

Giovanni Roccardi Director

Sophia Loren as Barbara Lama

Antonio Bardi as Franco

Masino Manunza as Masino

Alessandro Fersen as Prof. Krauss

The troublesome daughter of an American millionaire accompanies him aboard his yacht on a deep sea diving expedition in the Red Sea and falls in love with the captain.

Jack McCall, Desperado

1953

English

5.6

♡ 2

Sidney Salkow Director

George Montgomery as Jack McCall

Gene Roth as Prosecutor

Angela Stevens as Rose Griffith

Douglas Kennedy as 'Wild' Bill Hickok

During the Civil War, a Southerner joins the Union Army and is accused of leaking information to the Confederates.

Pickup on South Street

1953

English

7.6

♡ 14

93%

Samuel Fuller Director

Harry Carter as Detective Dietrich

Milburn Stone as Detective Winoki

Thelma Ritter as Moe Williams

George E. Stone as Willie - Police Desk Clerk

In New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her wallet. Unaware that she has been making deliveries of highly classified information to the communists, Candy, who has been trailed by FBI agents for months in hopes of nabbing the spy ringleader, is sent by her ex-boyfriend, Joey, to find Skip and retrieve the valuable microfilm he now holds.

Last of the Comanches

1953

English

6.3

♡ 5

André De Toth Director

Martin Milner as Billy Creel

Carleton Young as Maj. Lanning

Ric Roman as Martinez

Harry Harvey as Munitions Man

It's 1876 and all the Indians are at peace except the Comanches lead by Black Cloud. When Black Cloud wipes out a town, only six soldiers are left and they head for the nearest fort. In the desert they are reinforced by members of a stagecoach and find some water at a deserted mission. Pinned down by Black Cloud they send an Indian boy who was Black Cloud's prisoner on to the fort while they try to bargain with Black Cloud whom they learn is without water.

All I Desire

1953

English

7.0

♡ 12

100%

Douglas Sirk Director

Dayton Lummis as Col. Underwood

Brett Halsey as John Lexington in Play

Margaret Bert as Mrs. Pellix

Richard Long as Russ Underwood

In 1910, a stage actress re-visits her husband and children she deserted ten years ago.

The Bigamist

1953

English

6.8

♡ 7

73%

san francisco, california

Ida Lupino Director

Joan Fontaine as Eve Graham

Edmond O'Brien as Harry Graham / Harrison Graham

Ida Lupino as Phyllis Martin

Kem Dibbs as Tour Bus Driver

San Francisco businessman Harry Graham and his wife and business partner, Eve, are in the process of adopting a child. When private investigator Mr. Jordan uncovers the fact that Graham has another wife, Phyllis, and a small child in Los Angeles, he confesses everything.

A Japanese Tragedy

1953

Japanese

7.3

♡ 1

Keisuke Kinoshita Director

Fujio Suga as Fujita

Masami Taura as Haruko's son

Eijirô Yanagi as Iwami

Sanae Takasugi as Mrs. Akazawa

At the close of the war in Japan, a widowed mother makes every possible sacrifice to bring up her ungrateful son and daughter who are unimpressed with their poor standard of living at home. They gradually reject her in search of the material comforts that working as a maid cannot provide. The mother's despair becomes interminable.

Give a Girl a Break

1953

English

6.3

♡ 2

61%

Stanley Donen Director

Richard Anderson as Burton Bradshaw

Margaret Bert as Fanny

Colin Kenny as Man Leaving Bar

Gower Champion as Ted Sturgis

When the temperamental star of a new Broadway musical revue in rehearsals walks out, director and choreographer Ted Sturgis suggests casting an unknown for the role. When it is announced in the newspapers, throngs of hopefuls show up. The revue's musical composer, Leo Belney, champions ballerina Joanna Moss, while gofer Bob Dowdy is enchanted by novice Suzy Doolittle. Then producer Felix Jordan persuades Ted's former dance partner, Madelyn Corlan, to come out of retirement to try out, much to Ted's great discomfort.