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- DirectorKing VidorStarsKirk DouglasJeanne CrainClaire TrevorSharpshooting drifter Dempsey Rae comes back to Wyoming to work for beautiful rancher Reed Bowman. But Reed's plan to fence in her land's wide open spaces angers other ranchers and soon embroils Dempsey in a bloody range war.
- DirectorAlbert LamorisseStarsAlain EmeryLaurent RocheClan-ClanIn the Camargue, France, a young boy bonds with a white haired horse that escaped from ranchers.
- DirectorAlbert LamorisseStarsJacques PrévertUdo LanghoffOn an island in an Eastern country, a poor young boy only has a little donkey, Bim, who shares all his games. But Bim is the most beautiful donkey and the boss's son covets him. The two friends will have a lot to do to stay together.
- DirectorAlexander MackendrickStarsPhyllis CalvertJack HawkinsTerence MorganMandy Garland was born deaf and has been mute for all of her life. Her parents believe she is able to speak if she can only be taught, and they enroll her with a special teacher.
- DirectorCarol ReedStarsAlec GuinnessMaureen O'HaraBurl IvesJim Wormold, who is a vacuum cleaner salesman, participates as an Agent in the British Secret Service. But he soon realizes that his plans by lying are going to get him into trouble.
- DirectorMel FerberHerbert RossStarsRosalind RussellSydney ChaplinJacquelyn McKeeverRuth Sherwood and her sister, Eileen arrive in New York from Ohio in the 1930s and find frustration, career hopes and romance in the city of their dreams.
- DirectorMark RobsonStarsHumphrey BogartRod SteigerJan SterlingAn ex-sportswriter is hired by a shady fight promoter to promote his latest find, an unknown but easily exploitable rising star from Argentina.
- DirectorFélix MáriássyStarsÉva RuttkaiTibor BitskeyElma BullaMarci has long had a crush on Julika, who lives in the same house as him, but before their love could blossom, he is drafted into the army. Juli is sent to work in a factory, where she falls in with the wrong crowd, often partying until dawn consuming "piccolo lights". After a year, Marci returns home and gets deeply disappointed in her and breaks up with her. But Juli loves him too and hopes that he will give her the security she needs to return to her old self.
- DirectorFélix MáriássyStarsÉva RuttkaiGéza TordyÉva Vass
- DirectorLászló NádasyStarsÁdám SzirtesJános GörbeElma BullaJános Gere is forced to be a beagle of the police who want to find an illegal communist print house.
- DirectorLászló RanódyStarsMargit BaraFerenc BessenyeiJózsef BihariA boy from a peasant family returns grown up to his village as a teacher and tries to use his new role to bridge the gap (abyss of the title) between rich and poor, only to blamed for a death that happens.
- DirectorFélix MáriássyStarsLászló UngváryKlári TolnayGábor RajnayIstván Kopjáss is elected chief prosecutor in the town of Zsarátnok. The talented young man is full of ideas, big plans and ideas on how to clean the city of corruption. But the town's nobility - and even his own relatives - only want to hustle their own grub in his shadow.
- DirectorFrigyes BánStarsImre ApáthiMargit ThurzóTivadar UrayThe life of a Hungarian physician through his struggles against the leading pragmatic, conservative quacks' party while he becomes the first pioneer of the antiseptic procedures, saving many women's life with his groundbreaking method.
- DirectorKálmán NádasdyLászló RanódyStarsImre SoósErzsi PártosTeri HorváthA young peasant boy stands up to tyranny, aided by his trusting friend- a goose.
- DirectorViktor GertlerStarsKálmán KoletárÉva RuttkaiGyula GózonBerci wins a bicycle race at the school, beating the older boys. Berci lives with his grandfather, who is a kind of "factory peregrine" and his only passion is drinking. Berci finds it difficult to fit into his new school community. He only gets on with Kati Daru, who also longs to leave the town.
- DirectorJános HerskóStarsMari TörőcsikIstván AvarZoltán VárkonyiA shop girl falls in love with a well-meaning but homeless man, but eventually her boss blackmails her into a relationship.
- DirectorGustav UcickyStarsMarianne KochClaus HolmHelen Vita
- DirectorLiviu CiuleiStarsLazar VrabieLiviu CiuleiIrina PetrescuMihai leads members of the local resistance movement in an attack on a barge carrying weapons and ammunition for the Nazis in this World War II.
- DirectorLászló KalmárStarsFerenc ZentheImre SinkovitsMarianne KrencseyThe hero of the story is a student called Gabor who, together with his buddy Suki Balazs, spies under the cruel Ali Pasha's nose. Gabor loves beautiful Leila, daughter of the turkish nobleman Gul.
- DirectorZoltán FarkasStarsErzsébet HázyIván DarvasManyi Kiss
- DirectorViktor GertlerStarsErzsébet HázyGyörgy KálmánLászló KazalThe somewhat awkward Mester Lajos works in a leather factory and is in love with Éva, the kindergarten-teacher. Éva would like to become a singer. Vannai, the sly music teacher arranges for her to sing in the night-club "Kakukk", expecting her devotion in return. Éva and Lajos are at the point of confessing their love to each other when the boy (through his friend, the scoundrel Api) gets involved in a theft and is sacked. Éva gets him new employment through Vannai's help. Lajos believes Éva to have given herself to the music teacher and the two lovers quarrel. Vannai, a secret international spy, attempts to get an invention out of the country by using Éva. Incidentally Lajos unmasks and catches the gang. The lovers confess their love to each other and Eva starts her career as a singer. ,
- DirectorLadislao VajdaStarsMirtha LegrandArmando CalvoAntonio CasalFrancisquita, owner of a pastry shop with her widowed mother, loves Fernando, but he only has eyes for Aurora, a temperamental artist. It's his father who courts Francisquita, despite her efforts to interest the son. Aided by Fernando's friend, she will follow the steps of the parallel story in the famed Zarzuela of the same name to make him jealous.
- DirectorLadislao VajdaStarsDomingo OrtegaAntonio BienvenidaMaría AsquerinoSellout in the bullring of Las Ventas in Madrid. A luxury poster is about to deal a cattle from Antonio Pérez Tabernero. A spontaneous jumps into the ring, the wife of one of those bullfighters is expecting a child secretly, one of the matadors is prey to nerves during slaughter, some spectators are cheering and discussed among themselves - Halfway between documentary and fiction, carries out this production which, as its title suggests, revolves around a bullfight.
- DirectorLadislao VajdaStarsPablito CalvoAntonio VicoJosé Marco DavóJacinto, a retired bullfighter who lives miserably with his nephew Pepote, receives a letter in which he is informed that, according to an old agreement, he must participate in a mock bullfight that will be celebrated that day in Las Ventas bullring. The letter seems to him a joke in bad taste, since he has not signed any contract; but while Jacinto is picking up cigarette butts around, he checks that his name is on the poster.
- 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.
- DirectorLadislao VajdaStarsPeter UstinovPablito CalvoAroldo TieriA cold-hearted landlord is turned into a dog by a magician, and will remain a dog until he can find someone who loves him.
- DirectorMárton KeletiStarsImre SoósVioletta FerrariFerenc LadányiThis comedy gives us an insight into the cultural life of the 1950s. It takes place in the Vác machine factory, where Gyözö Réz, the leader of the factory workers' choir, who is in fact a "reactionary", shines in his old glory. The young people are represented by the "jampec" Tóni Swing, a fan of Western dance music and aficionado of fashionable dances. As a counterpoint, the young, innovative workers appear, who represent a positive direction in music as well.
- DirectorZoltán FábriStarsBéla BarsiBertalan SoltiLászló BánhidiIn the coal mine of the fictitious village called Sajókút, the tunnel collapses on the people there due to a botched explosion. Those trapped try to fight for survival, while those left on the surface try with all their might to save them.
- DirectorZoltán VárkonyiStarsArtúr SomlayÁdám SzirtesSándor Pécsi
- DirectorMárton KeletiStarsImre SoósJános GörbeVioletta FerrariJóska Teleki is the factory's celebrated star footballer, but he neglects his work and his brigade is left behind in the competition. This causes him to fall out with Pista Rácz, a good worker who doesn't like sports. However, Pista meets Jóska's sister and starts playing sports for her. Soon he falls in love with both the sport and the girl. He becomes the sports supervisor, and following his example, despite the machinations of Bogdan, more and more employees start to play sports.
- DirectorFélix MáriássyStarsMari TörőcsikGéza TordyManyi Kiss
- DirectorZsuzsa SimonStarsGyula BakosBéla BarsiJudit Csengery
- DirectorMihály SzemesStarsKlári TolnayMargit BaraAntal Páger
- DirectorLászló KalmárStarsAntal PágerFerenc ZentheImre Sinkovits
- DirectorMárton KeletiStarsÁdám SzirtesGyula SzabóZoltán Várkonyi
- DirectorIlona KatkicsStarsLajos MányaiFerenc PethesMargit Pogány
- DirectorMárton KeletiStarsGyula BenköMiklós GáborLajos RajczyCount János is tricked into marriage with a baron's daughter by her lover, the priest. When the Church and the Viennese court refuse to annual the marriage, János must find another way out.
- DirectorGyörgy RévészStarsVioletta FerrariZoltán MakláryFerenc ZentheOne of the most popular musical comedies of the 1950s starts with flirting between a bohemian sport pilot and a serious mathematics teacher. The lesson is that in life, not everything happens as would appear logical at the outset. In the wake of the inflexible and demagogic dramas of Stalinism, this colorful comedy was a true breath of fresh air.
- DirectorLászló RanódyStarsÉva PapGéza TordyKlári Tolnay
- DirectorFélix MáriássyStarsGábor RajnayMiklós GáborMária MezeiSet during Christmas Eve in 1944, the film follows the story of Pintér and Gozsó, who manage to get through the Soviet blockade around Budapest. Pintér seeks refuge in a flat he believed was abandoned by his relatives, only to discover that the Turnovszkys are hiding there, along with a Jewish woman named Jutka. As the narrative unfolds, a love story develops between Zoltán and Jutka amidst the backdrop of war-torn Budapest.
- DirectorZoltán VárkonyiKároly MakkStarsÁgi MészárosÁdám SzirtesBéla BarsiEvery member of a small community in the snow-capped Bükk Mountains is trying to help the doctor get to István Simon forester's house where his wife is about to give birth to their first child.
- DirectorKároly MakkStarsTibor MolnárZoltán MakláryIván DarvasYoung worker Gáspár Tóth is hospitalized with stomach problems. The doctor on duty suspects an ulcer. At night, Tóth's condition worsens, but the nurse on duty, Málnási, does not go to the patient despite the nurse's call, because she spends the night with her assistant Margo. Tóth writes in the complaint book, but receives no satisfaction, and the hospital staff brand him a sickness fraudulent malingerer. Doctor Málnási is becoming uncomfortable with the pregnant Margo.
- DirectorKároly MakkGyörgy HintschStarsJános GörbeIrén PsotaMargit BaraA returned prisoner of war, his pretty new wife and his first wife's hunchbacked sister live together in a small isolated house, but none of them can find happiness.
- DirectorMárton KeletiStarsÁgi MészárosÁdám SzirtesErzsi PápaiA young woman goes to work on the construction site for the future Stalin City.
- DirectorMárton KeletiStarsSándor PécsiÉva SzörényiMiklós GáborBiopic on 19th century musician Erkel Ferenc, father of Hungarian grand opera and composer of that country's national anthem.
- DirectorLászló KalmárStarsKlári TolnayGábor RajnayGyula GózonA movie about the first Hungarian opera singer Rosa Széplaky Déry, who was active as an actress in a travelling theatre era in the beginning of the 19th century in Hungary, the eastern part of the then Austrian empire.
- DirectorViktor GertlerStarsMiklós GáborKálmán LatabárKamill FelekiKocsis Ferenc excellent staff appointed the new director of public stores. Ilonka a talented fashion designer, Boriska a dear, Daniel, a overzealous, Klimke, a conservative sale and Glauziusz uncle, conscientious, honest book promotes the work. Ilonka initially rather just keep arguing, even though both of their lives off the job. The selfishness will love soon. Dancs Meanwhile, the old manager spreads the rumor that the new socialist trade can not meet the demand. Relatives and friends start buying into action, leading to mass hysteria. However, the new store is borne by the customer siege until the arrival of the supply
- DirectorImre FehérStarsMari TörőcsikZoltán LatinovitsIstván AvarWhen aspiring actress Vera and chemical engineer Imre fell in love they got married and leave everything behind. But their sacrifice might not be enough to keep the two very different people together.
- DirectorImre FehérStarsIván DarvasMargit BaraSándor Pécsi1914 in a small Hungarian town. The journalist Sándor has a love affair with a girl but ruins it when he won't marry below his own ranks.
- DirectorZoltán FábriStarsErnö SzabóNoémi AporEmmi ButtykayWhen a Latin teacher publishes an essay on the Carthaginian General Hannibal, he is quickly hailed as a celebrity genius, but in reality has become an unwitting pawn of far-right politicians.
- DirectorDon SiegelStarsViveca LindforsPaul HubschmidLudwig StösselA young girl's loyalty to the Communist Party is tested in Prague when she falls in love with an attaché who has just arrived from the United States.
- DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsFrank SinatraDean MartinShirley MacLaineA veteran returns home to deal with family secrets and small-town scandals.
- DirectorDaniel MannGeorge CukorStarsShirley BoothAnthony QuinnShirley MacLaineA housewife is doing her best to keep her family together as it's slowly falling apart, a fact she's trying to ignore. Her cheating husband's birthday party is approaching and many lines will be crossed after that event.
- DirectorJoseph AnthonyStarsDean MartinAnthony FranciosaShirley MacLaineMore than anything in the world, Sam Lawson wants to be a successful actor. Is he willing to sacrifice his wife, happiness and personal reputation to achieve his goal?
- DirectorCharles WaltersStarsJudy GarlandGene KellyEddie BrackenA small-town farmer, down on her luck, finds her homestead invaded by a theatrical troupe invited to stay by her ne'er-do-well sister.
- DirectorMauro BologniniStarsPeppino De FilippoLaura AdaniCristina GaioniIn post-war Italy during the 1950s, finding a house to rent is so difficult that a family ends up living in a former brothel.
- DirectorMarcel CarnéStarsSimone SignoretRaf ValloneJacques DubyA truck driver kills the husband of the woman he loves, and becomes the object of blackmail.
- DirectorGiuseppe AmatoStarsLinda DarnellValentina CorteseLea PadovaniTamara, a Roman prostitute, tries to kill herself throwing herself out of the window of the licensed brothel she works in. While she is being taken to hospital the other girls learn that, following the implementing provisions of the Merlin bill, their house is to be closed. Wally, Franca and Lola find shelter in the beautiful apartment of a generous former colleague, Rosita. Wally tries to get married, Tamara goes through a religious crisis while Franca finds an honest job in order to support her young daughter and herself. As for Lola, she considers going back to her parents' home but won't she give offense to her sister, who is about to be wedded?
- DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsGabriella PallottaGiorgio ListuzziGastone RenzelliA married couple learns that it is possible to build an illegal house in the outskirts of Rome, as long as it is erected in one single night and has a roof.
- DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsSpencer TracyJoan BennettElizabeth TaylorThe father of a young woman deals with the emotional pain of her getting married, along with the financial and organizational trouble of arranging the wedding.
- DirectorStanley DonenStarsJane PowellHoward KeelJeff RichardsWhen a backwoodsman in 1850s Oregon brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too.
- DirectorRoberto RosselliniStarsAldo FabriziGianfranco BelliniPeparuoloA series of vignettes depicting the lives of the original Franciscan monks, including their leader and the bumbling Ginepro.
- DirectorJacques BeckerStarsGérard PhilipeLilli PalmerAnouk AiméeAbout the last years of the life of the great artist Modigliani. A poor Italian artist suffering from alcoholism and opium addiction falls in love with Jeanne, a girl from a wealthy family whose parents are categorically against it.
- DirectorMario MonicelliStarsVittorio GassmanMarcello MastroianniRenato SalvatoriA motley quintet of inept small-time thieves attempt the burglary of a local pawnshop in this Italian farce.
- DirectorPietro GermiStarsPietro GermiClaudia CardinaleFranco FabriziA police detective and his team attempt to solve two crimes committed within a day of each other in neighboring apartment rooms.
- DirectorPhil KarlsonStarsJohn DerekDonna ReedBroderick CrawfordThe editor of an exploitation newspaper commits a murder and assigns his protégé to investigate hoping to divert attention away from himself.
- DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsBurt LancasterMontgomery CliftDeborah KerrAt a U.S. Army base in 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his commanding officer's wife and top aide begin a tentative affair.
- DirectorBlake EdwardsStarsCary GrantTony CurtisJoan O'BrienDuring World War II, a commander finds himself stuck with a decrepit (and pink) submarine, a con man executive officer, and a group of army nurses.
- DirectorErnst MarischkaStarsRomy SchneiderKarlheinz BöhmMagda SchneiderIn the first of a trilogy of movies about Elisabeth "Sissi" of Austria, the vibrant young princess catches the eye of her sister's fiancé, Emperor Franz Josef.
- DirectorRobert BressonStarsClaude LayduNicole LadmiralJean RiveyreA young priest taking over the parish at Ambricourt tries to fulfill his duties even as he fights a mysterious stomach ailment.
- DirectorHenri-Georges ClouzotStarsYves MontandCharles VanelPeter van EyckIn a decrepit South American village, four men are hired to transport an urgent nitroglycerine shipment without the equipment that would make it safe.
- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsMax von SydowIngrid ThulinGunnar BjörnstrandA traveling magician and his assistants are persecuted by authorities in Sweden of the 19th century. Their capture, however, didn't bring victory to those in power.
- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsEva DahlbeckHarriet AnderssonGunnar BjörnstrandTwo different women - a young photo model and her boss - dream about a happy life with beloved men. Their dreams are as different as they are.
- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsEva DahlbeckGunnar BjörnstrandYvonne LombardAfter a 15-year marriage, the spouses are going to divorce, but suddenly find out that their feelings have not vanished yet.
- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsÅke GrönbergHarriet AnderssonHasse EkmanThe complicated relationships between a circus ringmaster, his estranged wife and his lover.
- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsAnita BjörkEva DahlbeckMaj-Britt NilssonThe four wives of four brothers share stories of their marriages as they each wait for their husbands in a small, secluded cottage.
- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsMaj-Britt NilssonBirger MalmstenAlf KjellinA lonely woman recalls her first love thirteen years prior during a brief summer vacation.
- DirectorNicholas RayStarsJames MasonBarbara RushWalter MatthauA seriously-ill schoolteacher becomes dependent on a "miracle" drug that begins to affect his sanity.
- DirectorJohn FordMervyn LeRoyJoshua LoganStarsHenry FondaJames CagneyWilliam PowellIn the waning days of World War II, the cargo officer of a Navy supply ship chafes at its role far from the action in the Pacific's backwater areas, his frustration rising when its captain denies the crew liberty over petty irritations.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsHenry FondaVera MilesAnthony QuayleIn 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinClaire BloomNigel BruceA fading comedian and a suicidally despondent ballet dancer must look to each other to find purpose and hope in their lives.
- DirectorJohn Paddy CarstairsStarsNorman WisdomLana MorrisBelinda LeeCivil Servant Norman becomes the favourite of the rulers of a South Seas island that the British have an interest in.
- DirectorHenri VerneuilStarsFernandelFrançoise ArnoulAndrexA small town seeking publicity tries to bring together the quintuplet grandsons of the town's oldest inhabitant.
- DirectorCharles BrabantMarcello PaglieroStarsBarbara LaageIvan DesnyWalter BryantFred, the nephew of a senator,has murdered a Black man on a train. The two only witnesses are Lizzie McKay, a prostitute from New York, and Sidney, a colored man. Fred decides to seduce Lizzie in order to make her give false evidence according to which Sidney has attempted to rape her. The uncle also puts pressure on the young woman. After much hesitation, Lizzie finally accepts but Sidney, who has nearly got lynched, takes refuge at her home...
- DirectorDino RisiStarsPeppino De FilippoSylva KoscinaRenato SalvatoriRaffaele, a Neapolitan student, get the news that his beloved grandmother Sabella is dying. He immediately goes to Pollena to be beside her.
- DirectorPietro FrancisciStarsAnthony QuinnSophia LorenHenri VidalAttila, the leader of the barbarian Huns and called by the Romans "The Scourge of God", sweeps onto the Italian peninsula, defeating all of the armies of Rome, until he and his men reach the gates of the city itself.
- DirectorMario CameriniStarsSilvana ManganoKirk DouglasAnthony QuinnA movie adaptation of Homer's second epic, that depicts Ulysses' efforts to return to his home after the end of ten years of war.
- DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsAudrey HepburnPeter FinchEdith EvansAfter leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World War II.
- DirectorMichelangelo AntonioniStarsMassimo GirottiLucia BosèGino RossiPaola is a young, beautiful woman married to a wealthy entrepreneur. She meets her former lover Guido after seven years, but their relationship is marked by tragic events.
- DirectorMichelangelo AntonioniStarsLucia BosèGino CerviAndrea ChecchiA new starlet is discovered and has ups and downs in Italian films.
- DirectorMichelangelo AntonioniStarsEtchika ChoureauJean-Pierre MockyJacques SempeyA trilogy of stories of well-off youths who commit murders. In the French episode, a group of high school students kill one of their colleagues for his money. In the Italian episode, a university student's involved in smuggling cigarettes. In the English episode, a lazy poet finds the body of a woman on the downs, and tries to sell his story to the press.