1958
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- DirectorSidney LumetStarsHenry FondaSusan StrasbergJoan GreenwoodA young woman arrives in New York City determined to become a great theatrical star, but discovers that her goal may not be as easily attainable as she had hoped.
- DirectorRudolph CartierStarsVirginia McKennaBill TraversYvonne MitchellThe erotic goings-on among the staff at Mr. Pawley's school in Jamaica are of great interest to young Sylvia, but her curiosity results in tragedy.
- DirectorDavid Lowell RichStarsJill CoreyPaul HamptonJames KomackThe story of a student who becomes a disc-star and finds romance.
- DirectorAlexandre AstrucStarsMaria SchellChristian MarquandPascale PetitNormandy, second half of the nineteenth century. Jeanne Dandieu lives in a manor house with her parents and their servant Rosalie. She gets to know Julien, a handsome man, whom she soon marries. Her happiness is short-lived as she finds out that not only has Julien married her for her money but he cheats on her as well, with Rosalie to crown it all. The latter gives birth to a baby girl before leaving the house. Six years later, Julien has a new mistress, Gilberte de Fourcheville. Jeanne puts up with this new ordeal bravely. However Gilbert's husband surprises the two lovers in a caravan and, in a rage, hurls them over the edge of a cliff.
- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsEva DahlbeckIngrid ThulinBibi AnderssonThree women in a maternity ward reveal their lives and intimate thoughts to each other, where they face the choice of keeping their babies or offering them for adoption.
- DirectorMorris EngelStarsViveca LindforsJohn MyhersChiarina BarilePhotographer struggles to make enough money to marry his fiancee, who is starting to believe he's delaying their marriage deliberately.
- DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczStarsAudie MurphyMichael RedgraveClaude DauphinA young naive American and a cynical older British diplomat disagree over politics in 1952 Vietnam and over a beautiful young native girl.
- DirectorDino RisiStarsAlberto SordiMarisa AllasioIngeborg SchönerThe "casanova" gondolier Bepi struggles to accept his future monogamous life, being Venice a hub of attracting tourists.
- DirectorGerd OswaldStarsAnita EkbergPhilip CareyGypsy Rose LeeVirginia Wilson saw a man get shot right after he tried to kill her, so she goes to psychiatrist Dr. Greenwood. He falls in love with her and takes over her life, but she insists on continuing her career as a stripper.
- DirectorGianni FrancioliniStarsAlberto SordiMichèle MorganMarcello MastroianniIt is Summer. It is the right time for love, especially in a most romantic place as Golfo del Tigullio. Different stories: Dorina looking for a rich lover; Clara who takes a fancy to the young Walter while her daughter Lina tries to save her; Aristarco who gave up his career to follow Ada's, but who likes Jacqueline; Renata who is offered by her husband to Ferrari to get money; Marcello who, extraditing Micheline to France, misses the train and falls in love with her.
- DirectorJoseph AnthonyStarsShirley BoothAnthony PerkinsShirley MacLaineThornton Wilder's tale of a matchmaker who desires the man she's supposed to be pairing with another woman.
- DirectorRolf ThieleStarsNadja TillerPeter van EyckCarl RaddatzWest Germany in '50s is becoming an economic superpower. In such climate, Rosemarie is just one of many enterpreneurs who wants her piece of new fortune. She uses her charms to bring members of West German industrial elite to her bed. There she finds business secrets and later sells them to French competition. However, when scandal errupts, Rosemarie would find that she can't beat the system.
- DirectorGeorge SeatonStarsClark GableDoris DayGig YoungA hard-nosed newspaper editor poses as a night-school student in order to woo a journalism teacher who cannot stand him.
- DirectorGilles GrangierStarsJean GabinDanielle DarrieuxNadja TillerA vice inspector for the Paris police takes special interest in the plight of drug-addicted Lucky whom he considers to be more victim than criminal.
- DirectorArthur RipleyStarsRobert MitchumGene BarryJacques AubuchonA veteran comes home from the Korean War to the mountains and takes over the family moonshining business. He has to battle big-city gangsters who are trying to take over the business and the police who are trying to put him in prison.
- DirectorJacques TatiStarsJacques TatiJean-Pierre ZolaAdrienne ServantieMonsieur Hulot visits the technology-driven world of his sister, brother-in-law, and nephew, but he can't quite fit into the surroundings.
- DirectorFrank TashlinStarsJerry LewisMarie McDonaldSessue HayakawaGilbert Wooley is a second-rate magician who is sent to entertain the troops in the pacific. During his time in Japan he becomes attached to a little orphan boy.
- DirectorFrank TashlinStarsJerry LewisMarilyn MaxwellConnie StevensA TV repair man must care for the newborn triplets of his former hometown sweetheart, now a famous movie star, so her career will not suffer.
- DirectorHal KanterStarsGeorge GobelDiana DorsAdolphe MenjouAdvertising executive Marshall Briggs finds his work in conflict with his love-life with fashion model Janice Blake.
- DirectorSeijun SuzukiStarsMichitarô MizushimaMari ShirakiShinsuke AshidaReleased from prison, a gangster (Michitaro Mizushima) retrieves diamonds sought by fellow yakuza.
- DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsMarlon BrandoMontgomery CliftDean MartinThe lives of three young men, a German and two Americans, during WWII.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsElvis PresleyCarolyn JonesWalter MatthauA troubled youth's singing sets New Orleans rockin'. With a sweet girl to love him and nightclubbers cheering, it seems he will shake off his past and head for the top. But will a mobster and his man-trap moll snare him in a life of crime?
- DirectorLouis MalleStarsJeanne MoreauMaurice RonetGeorges PoujoulyA self-assured businessman murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.
- DirectorGuy GreenStarsPeter van EyckBetta St. JohnMandy MillerAlthough the police have termed her mother's death a suicide, a teenage girl believes her step-father murdered her.
- DirectorJack SherStarsDan DuryeaJan SterlingPatty McCormackA publicity man tries to hide a child film star's brattiness from a magazine writer, who happens to be his ex-wife.
- DirectorHelmut KäutnerStarsJohn SaxonSandra DeeTeresa WrightHigh-school life and the prejudices and moral values of small-town USA during the 1950s.
- DirectorArthur DreifussStarsMark DamonDorothy JohnsonEdd ByrnesA rich college fraternity man tries to get a small-town beauty-contest winner to fall for him by making a play for her 16-year-old sister.
- DirectorHerk HarveyStarsBrady RubinHarper BarnesHenry EffertzSarah, a pretty young high school student, doesn't want to associate with the other students at school, preferring to spend her time at home by herself, doing homework, etc. The other kids think she's a snob because of her behavior, but a fellow student's mother convinces them that all she really needs is for people to be friends with.
- DirectorGerald ThomasStarsKenneth WilliamsCharles HawtreyWilliam HartnellSergeant Grimshawe wants to retire in the flush of success by winning the Star Squad prize with his very last platoon of newly called-up National Servicemen. But what a motley bunch they turn out to be.
- DirectorHoward W. KochStarsMamie Van DorenJeff RichardsArthur HunnicuttRider Kelly Cobb travels to county rodeos to win money so he can buy a patch of land he wants to call his own. He rescues trick rider Jackie Adams from the clutches of an amorous sports writer after her saloon song, and they travel together. Jackie begins falling in love with Kelly, but he doesn't seem to notice as he continues to risk life and limb for his dream, occasionally being tempted by floozies. Jackie hopes to convince a man that was born reckless to change his roaming ways.
- DirectorJohn KrishStarsAli AllenMandy HarperFrazer HinesWhilst building a rabbit hutch, a group of children break Dad's saw. Needing to replace it, the children do odd jobs all across London.
- DirectorDon SharpStarsJohn Glyn-JonesJohn CharlesworthDavid MorrellA children's adventure. Hal V is a car owned (and loved) by the Hayward family and their children. Then a wicked garage owner tries to steal their beloved car to sell for lots of money, but the children are too quick for him and foil his wicked plots at every turn.
- DirectorHans TrommerStarsSchaggi StreuliMargrit RainerPaul BösigerMoney rules the world, especially the one of Schaggi Streuli in the role of chef Hans Egli. Zum goldenen Ochsen may refer to his determination to turn everything into gold he picks up. But when he plans the future of his only daughter particularly business-minded, she's upsetting his plans together with her mother.
- DirectorLewis GilbertStarsVirginia McKennaPaul ScofieldJack WarnerDuring World War II, a recently widowed young woman is recruited to work as a spy in France.
- DirectorAlfred ShaughnessyStarsLonnie DoneganDickie ValentineJim DaleA young singer on a train bound for London finds herself among a group of famous musicians and performers.
- DirectorBernard GirardStarsConnie StevensBobby DriscollMark DamonAn unruly teenage gang led by Mark Damon gets their kicks by crashing square teen parties around town. At an innocent teen gathering, Damon charms rich spoiled brat Connie Stevens into accompanying him to a motel party and she drags along her decent young date (ex-child star Bobby Driscoll). While there, Damon discovers his alcoholic mother (Doris Dowling), who falls down a flight of stairs while struggling to get away from her son. Along the way, the kids' parents provide the viewer with insight about their children's troubled lives. The final film of both Farmer and Driscoll before they moved to television work.
- DirectorBrian Desmond HurstStarsMichael RedgraveTony BrittonCarl MöhnerNewly qualified surgeon takes the blame for his drug addict colleague after the death of their patient through neglect.
- DirectorRobert J. Gurney Jr.Irving LernerStarsMichael HigginsLois HolmesJean AllisonA psychopathic young beachcomber pretends to befriend a mother and two daughters living at their summer home.
- DirectorLewis GilbertStarsMax BygravesBarbara MurrayColin PetersenA welfare worker becomes emotionally involved with her charges, a group of adorable, homeless orphans. Music by Larry Adler. (1959; B&W)
- DirectorHerschel DaughertyStarsFess ParkerWendell CoreyJoanne DruA young white man who spent his whole life raised by Native Americans is sent to live with his birth family and must learn to fit in with people he was taught to hate.
- DirectorEdward BerndsStarsYvonne LimeBrett HalseyJana LundA good girl is forced to join a dangerous all-girl high school gang, and only her waiter boyfriend and a caring female teacher can possibly help her before it may become too late.
- DirectorPhilip LeacockStarsJune ArcherChristopher HeyBrian HammondA young girl in a bombed-out part of London wants to make something beautiful, so she plants a garden in a ruined church with help from her friend. None of the adults in her life understand why she wants to do this.
- DirectorEugen YorkStarsVera TschechowaJoachim FuchsbergerWolfgang PreissA police commissioner investigates an auto theft ring in Hamburg following the murder of an inspector.
- DirectorHarry FosterStarsJulius LaRosaPhyllis NewmanConrad JanisSinger's girlfriend helps him adjust to the new rock'n'roll music.
- DirectorLadislao VajdaStarsHeinz RühmannSigfrit SteinerSiegfried LowitzHaving doubts about the guilt of the obvious suspect in the murder of an eight year old girl, a police detective decides to investigate the case on his own.
- DirectorPhilip DunneStarsGary CooperDiane VarsiSuzy ParkerAt his father's funeral, Joe Chapin thinks back over the last five years of his life, years of apparent political and personal failure dominated by a selfish and dissatisfied wife and eased only by alcohol. But it starts to emerge that there was in fact one brief and unsuspected period of happiness and love.
- DirectorMartin RittStarsPaul NewmanJoanne WoodwardAnthony FranciosaAccused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners.
- DirectorMitchell LeisenStarsJane PowellCliff RobertsonKeith AndesDodie dreams of marrying a millionaire so that she can live 'the life'. Buzz, her boyfriend, however is not rich as he is a salesman for a housing development. He proposes and Dodie accepts. Dodie next meets Pete, who she thinks is rich, but she soon finds out that he is just a boat mechanic. They have fun on their date and Pete proposes and Dodie accepts. Then Dodie meets Neil Patterson who is rich. They go to Mexico on his yacht and have fun on their date. Neil proposes and Dodie accepts. Now she has to choose.
- DirectorDarcy ConyersStarsMichael CrawfordKeith DavisRoy TownsendChildren's drama. A children's gang in London called The Battersea Bats decide to build a car and enter it in a soapbox derby. A rival gang The Victoria Victors hear about the car and set out to steal it's plans.
- DirectorRudolf JugertStarsChariklia BaxevanosJoachim FuchsbergerHannelore BollmannUnhappy accountant Karl has a crush on Eva who seems to prefer dates with execs. But real trouble ensues when he inherits his uncle's apartment and in its wake a group of shady characters involved in illegal business affairs.
- DirectorHans WolffStarsJohanna MatzGerhard RiedmannNina SandtWhile visiting Vienna's famed Prater, Archduke Peter Ferdinand meets Lixie, the daughter of a government official. He falls in love with her--creating a complicated situation for Lixie, who has declared her love for her handsome young piano teacher, Toni. Toni's hopes for a position at the Court Opera--needed so that he can propose to Lixie--are dashed because he lacks a powerful patron. Lixie joins the Archduke for an evening the "Red Salon" in the Hotel Sacher, where she convinces the Archduke to extend his patronage to her "brother" Toni. This leads to embarrassing entanglements all around, but also to a romantic encounter that touches both of them. The next morning, the entire matter becomes a political scandal: Viennese society cannot let an affair between the Archduke and a commoner go unnoticed. Lixie's friend and neighbor Mizzi, a dancer at the Court Ballet, steps forward to help untangle the matter.
- DirectorCornel WildeStarsCornel WildeJean WallaceAbbe LaneIn Venezuela during the 1950s, a vacationing Texas oilman is asked to help extinguish an oil derrick fire and he succumbs to the charms of a visiting New York novelist.
- DirectorRichard WilsonStarsEsther WilliamsJeff ChandlerRossana PodestàOn a small Mediterranean island live Costanza, her father Urbano, and beachcomber Moore, whom she plans to marry. Into this Eden come two plane crash survivors, supermodel Laura and her playboy friend Wally. The shapely, worldly Laura becomes a bad influence, especially when triangles start to develop. But beyond this, little mysteries lead Laura and Wally to wonder what's going on and who Moore really is.
- DirectorWilm ten HaafStarsErika RembergDietmar SchönherrPeer SchmidtDie Zwillinge Ursula und Hannerl haben sich in denselben Mann verliebt.
- DirectorGerald ThomasStarsPhilip FriendBarbara ShelleySarah LawsonA young woman's marriage to a gentleman farmer, acquitted of murdering his first wife, nearly leads to her own untimely end.
- DirectorPaul LandresStarsFrancis LedererNorma EberhardtRay StricklynAfter a vampire leaves his native Balkans, he murders a Czech artist, assumes his identity, and moves in with the dead man's American cousins.
- DirectorJohn HubleyLove story between a florist and a sweeper inspired by the song Tenderly by Walter Gross and Jack Lawrence.
- DirectorHenry HathawayStarsDon MurrayDiane VarsiChill WillsAfter ranch hand Tod Lohman accidentally kills the son of a powerful rancher, he panics and flees, but the rancher and his vengeful crew hunt Tod down.
- DirectorJohn FordStarsJack HawkinsAnna LeeAnna MasseyA typical day for Scotland Yard Chief Inspector George Gideon consists of working on several cases at the same time.
- DirectorPierre Gaspard-HuitStarsRomy SchneiderAlain DelonJean-Claude BrialyVienna in 1906: Frantz Lobheimer has just broken off the discrete love affair he was having with the baroness Eggersdorf, now that he's discovered true love with the young and tender Christine.
- DirectorDelmer DavesStarsFrank SinatraTony CurtisNatalie WoodToward the end of World War II, two American soldiers fighting in Southern France become romantically involved with a young, American woman. Her background will reveal more about them than her.
- DirectorVincent J. DonehueStarsMontgomery CliftMyrna LoyRobert RyanEager for a job, journalist Adam White accepts the lowly position of columnist for the advice-giving section of the Chronicle but he often clashes with his cynical editor, Shrike.
- DirectorJ. Lee ThompsonStarsJohn MillsAnthony QuayleSylvia SymsDuring World War II in North Africa, a medical field unit must cross the desert in their ambulance in order to reach the British lines in Alexandria.
- DirectorWilliam BerkeStarsRobert LoggiaGerald S. O'LoughlinEllen ParkerThe hardworking detectives of the 87th Precinct in an unnamed city during a massive heat wave investigate the seemingly random murders of policemen.
- DirectorMarc AllégretStarsMylène DemongeotHenri VidalBéatrice AltaribaA beautiful 18-year-old orphan escapes from a reformatory and hooks up wth a gang of jewel smugglers, and decides on a life of crime. However, she falls for and marries a policeman, putting a crimp in her criminal career.
- DirectorRobert ParrishJohn SturgesStarsRobert TaylorJulie LondonJohn CassavetesFormer gunslinger Steve Sinclair (Taylor), is now a peaceful rancher, but things go wrong when his wild brother Tony (Cassavetes) arrives with his new gun--and his new fiancée, former saloon girl Joan Blake (London).
- DirectorPhil KarlsonStarsVan HeflinTab HunterKathryn GrantA powerful rancher always protects his wild adult son by paying for damages and bribing witnesses, until his crimes become too serious to rectify.
- DirectorJoshua LoganStarsRossano BrazziMitzi GaynorJohn KerrOn a South Pacific island during World War II, love blooms between a young nurse and a secretive Frenchman who's being courted for a dangerous military mission.
- DirectorDenis KavanaghStarsPhilip GilbertAdrienne ScottColin CroftIn the early days of rock and roll, a disc jockey and his friend, a writer, want to put a rock show on TV.
- DirectorErich EngelsStarsHeinz ErhardtCamilla SpiraCorny CollinsA drunken flirt with another woman upsets the life of a devoted family man on the cusp of his 25th wedding anniversary.
- DirectorHans GrimmStarsToni SailerOliver GrimmMaria PerschyMichael Kirchner, nicknamed "The Black Lightning", is a passionate alpine skier. Now he must eliminate the tough opponent Herbert Tanner to be the representative of the national team.
- DirectorDelbert MannStarsRita HayworthDeborah KerrDavid NivenThe stories of several people are told as they stay at a seaside hotel in Bournemouth which features dining at "Separate Tables."
- DirectorDon SiegelStarsAudie MurphyEddie AlbertPatricia OwensThe Cuban misadventures of a Florida smuggler, at the time of the Cuban Revolution.
- DirectorOrson WellesStarsCharlton HestonOrson WellesJanet LeighA stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping and police corruption in a Mexican border town.
- DirectorJohn GuillerminStarsM.E. Clifton JamesJohn MillsCecil ParkerDuring World War II, a British actor impersonates Field Marshal Montgomery in order to confuse German intelligence.
- DirectorJohn SturgesStarsRobert TaylorRichard WidmarkPatricia OwensMarshal Jake Wade aids outlaw Clint Hollister escape jail but Clint wants to know where Wade hid an old hold-up loot taken while both men were outlaws in the same gang.
- DirectorJohn FordStarsSpencer TracyJeffrey HunterDianne FosterFrank Skeffington is an old Irish-American political boss, running for re-election as mayor of a U.S. town for the last time.
- DirectorArt NapoleonStarsDorothy MaloneErrol FlynnEfrem Zimbalist Jr.The daughter of iconic actor John Barrymore becomes reunited with her father after a ten year estrangement and engages in his self-destructive lifestyle.
- DirectorArnold LavenStarsEartha KittFrederick O'NealHenry ScottA young woman struggling with a sordid past finds that her biggest enemy had larger demons than she did.
- DirectorGéza von BolváryStarsMarianne HoldDietmar SchönherrBoy GobertTwo itinerant boys pretend to be poets in order to impress two girls.
- DirectorJack CardiffStarsRichard ToddBetsy DrakeHerbert LomA British doctor working in a Canadian hospital, has to assist in a delicate brain operation on a South American President, who is in hiding from a gang of assassins.
- DirectorJacques RozierStarsRene FerroFrancis De PerettiElisabeth KlarRecapturing a spontaneous moment in time witnessed by the director, when a couple of free wheeling youths on their scooters in the summer of the Riviera try to pick up a girl or two.
- DirectorÉric RohmerStarsNicole BergerStella DassasAlain DelrieuA careless mother hires a young tutor to bring up her son's marks, as bad in mathematics as in French language. The young woman tries to teach the boy the easiest things in the curriculum, as well as some manners. She fails, faced with a puzzling logic in the boys' answers, and her tight new shoes. Alone at last, the boy picks up his rubber ball - to sleep on it.
- DirectorPhilip DunneStarsRobert WagnerDana WynterJeffrey HunterIn 1944, the family lives of three San Francisco Marines are affected by their personal experiences on the front lines in the Pacific and vice-versa.
- DirectorAndré De TothStarsJack HawkinsGia ScalaErik SchumannA long-entrenched British agent planted in the German Army is urged to continue his work during the Second World War, but struggles to keep secret his true identity from the Third Reich.
- DirectorHenry KosterStarsDana WynterMel FerrerDolores MichaelsA Nazi's fiancee helps an escaped U.S. soldier, then meets him in postwar Berlin.
- DirectorHenri DecoinStarsFrançoise ArnoulBernhard WickiAndré VersiniIn 1943, a French Resistance female fighter falls in-love with the undercover German Intelligence agent sent to investigate her.
- DirectorMaurice CazeneuveStarsMylène DemongeotMaurice RonetJean ServaisJean, who is the artistic director of a fashion magazine, is married to a very pretty cover girl, Sylvie. They both work for André Reverdy, a very cynical man, who openly covets Sylvie. Jean, awfully jealous, can't put up with the situation. Persuaded that his young wife has given herself to his rival he goes and waits for Reverdy outside his bachelor flat. When the hated man goes out, he kills him...
- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsAldo RayCliff RobertsonRaymond MasseySet during the Pacific War against the Japanese, this WW2 drama discerns between achieving one's mission at any cost versus preserving the lives under one's command and enforcing discipline through fear as opposed to mutual respect.
- DirectorIrving LernerStarsVince EdwardsPhillip PineHerschel BernardiClaude is a ruthless and efficient contract killer - until he finds his next target is a woman.
- DirectorGordon ParryStarsDiana DorsGeorge BakerTerence MorganAn irresistible temptress causes trouble between two brothers when the more handsome charismatic ones turns up, leading to robbery and death.
- DirectorCharles CrichtonStarsHoward KeelAnne HeywoodCyril CusackTwo inmates working to shore up a dike during a severe flood are swept away in the current along with their guard. The three of them wind up in an isolated house whose flooded interior contains a frightened woman.
- DirectorCarol ReedStarsWilliam HoldenSophia LorenTrevor HowardDuring World War II, successive tugboat British Captains sent on dangerous salvage missions pass-on the key to a home-port apartment, where a lonely Swiss-Italian young war-widow lives.
- DirectorHermann KugelstadtStarsBeppo BremPaul HörbigerGerlinde LockerThe story concerns two browbeaten husbands who manage to escape to Vienna without their wives In order to extend their visit, our heroes telegraph their spouses, claiming that they've been involved in an accident and must remain in town for eight whole days.
- DirectorRobert WiseStarsClark GableBurt LancasterJack WardenA U.S. sub commander, obsessed with sinking a certain Japanese ship, butts heads with his first officer and crew.
- DirectorJean NegulescoStarsLauren BacallRobert StackEvelyn RudieFearing she will die, a physicist's wife hopes her husband will be consoled by the orphan she adopts.
- DirectorBert I. GordonStarsJohn AgarJohn HoytJune KenneyLonely, deranged puppet-master designs a machine that shrinks people.
- DirectorJack ArnoldStarsRuss TamblynJan SterlingJohn Drew BarrymoreA 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.