Search results for "1960"
The Sleeping Beast Within

The Sleeping Beast Within

The Sleeping Beast Within
IMDb: 6.6
86

When a middle aged salaryman is unknowingly used by drug traffickers he is dishonored and fires back at the Yakuza bosses, with destructive consequences.

Genre: Action, Crime
The Housemaid

The Housemaid

The Housemaid
IMDb: 7.3
108

A piano composer’s family moves into a new house; when his pregnant wife collapses from working to support the family, he hires a hot housemaid to help with housework.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Satan’s Sword

Satan’s Sword

Satan’s Sword
IMDb: 6.5
106

The Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazatos unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Set in the last period of the Tokugawa Shogunate,…

Genre: Action
The Wackiest Ship in the Army

The Wackiest Ship in the Army

The Wackiest Ship in the Army
IMDb: 6.3
99

Lieutenant Rip Crandall is hoodwinked into taking command of the “Wackiest Ship in the Navy” – a real garbage scow with a crew of misfits who don’t know a jib…

Genre: Comedy, War
Integration Report 1

Integration Report 1

Integration Report 1
IMDb: 7.3
21

Integration Report 1, Madeline Anderson’s trailblazing debut, was the first known documentary by an African American female director. With tenacity, empathy and skill, Anderson assembles a vital record of desegregation…

Genre: Documentary
Devi

Devi

Devi
IMDb: 7.8
93

The life of a woman happily married to the son of an upper-class family in 19th century Bengal is turned upside down when her father-in-law has a vision that she…

Genre: Drama
Mill of the Stone Women

Mill of the Stone Women

Mill of the Stone Women
IMDb: 6.6
90

Hans von Arnam travels to a Flemish village to study a strange carousel located in an old windmill that displays famous murderesses and other notorious women from history. Professor Gregorius…

Twelve Hours to Kill

Twelve Hours to Kill

Twelve Hours to Kill
IMDb: 5.7
83

After witnessing a gangland murder, a young Greek immigrant flees for his life and hides out in a small town, but he soon realizes he’s not as safe there as…

Genre: Crime, Drama
Half Way to Hell

Half Way to Hell

Half Way to Hell
IMDb: 3.1
67

Maria San Carlos, the only daughter of a wealthy landowner, is betrothed to Escobar, a General in the Mexican Revolution, but she does not love him. Escobar sends a mixed…

Genre: Western
Messalina

Messalina

Messalina
IMDb: 5.9
96

Messalina was the Roman noblewoman who inveigled ageing emperor Claudio into marriage. Once ensconced on the throne, Messalina launched a reign of terror that shook the empire to its very…

Genre: Drama
Two Way Stretch

Two Way Stretch

Two Way Stretch
IMDb: 6.9
84

Three criminals plan to break out of prison the day before their release in order to carry out a daring jewel robbery, intending to establish the perfect alibi by returning…

Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Letter Never Sent

Letter Never Sent

Letter Never Sent
IMDb: 7.9
97

Four geologists are searching for diamonds in the wilderness of Siberia. After a long and tiresome journey they manage to find their luck and put the diamond mine on the…

Genre: Adventure, Drama
A Terrible Beauty

A Terrible Beauty

A Terrible Beauty
IMDb: 6.2
90

In 1941, the IRA plans a campaign to coincide with the planned German invasion of England. Dermott O’Neil (Robert Mitchum) finds it easy to get into the IRA, but can…

Genre: Drama, War
Tomorrow Is My Turn

Tomorrow Is My Turn

Tomorrow Is My Turn
IMDb: 6.7
125

Following the defeat of France by Germany during WWII, two french soldiers are taken to a german farm as forced laborers.

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
There Was a Crooked Man

There Was a Crooked Man

There Was a Crooked Man
IMDb: 6.5
107

When a law-abiding demolition expert is duped by a gang of criminals into helping them he is caught and jailed. When he is released he goes straight and then notices…

Genre: Comedy
Five Guns to Tombstone

Five Guns to Tombstone

Five Guns to Tombstone
IMDb: 5
71

Billy Wade (James Brown) is an ex-gunslinger who is approached by his outlaw brother Matt (Robert Karnes), not long out of prison, to help him with a big-time robbery. Matt…

Genre: Western
A French Mistress

A French Mistress

A French Mistress
IMDb: 6
98

The boys of Melbury Primary School are plunged into turmoil when the new French Master turns out to be a Mistress! Madelin Leforge’s (the French Mistress) effect on the boys…

Zazie dans le Métro

Zazie dans le Métro

Zazie dans le Métro
IMDb: 7
93

A brash and precocious ten-year-old comes to Paris for a whirlwind weekend with her rakish uncle. He and the viewer get more than they bargained for, however, in this anarchic…

Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Blood Is Dry

Blood Is Dry

Blood Is Dry
IMDb: 7.1
87

An employee in an assurance company threatens to commit suicide when management announces a massive layoff, the company uses this threat to its own advantage by turning the incident into…

Genre: Drama
Good-for-Nothing

Good-for-Nothing

Good-for-Nothing
IMDb: 6.9
88

Yoshida’s first feature follows the lives of young students against a background of jazz, emptiness and boredom. The plot is fairly simple: a “good-for-nothing” from a poor background falls in…

Genre: Crime, Drama
The Big Risk

The Big Risk

The Big Risk
IMDb: 7.5
110

On crowded Milan streets, two men execute a split-second payroll heist-in broad daylight-then begin a lightning-paced getaway, via every conveyance available. But after all, when a tough guy’s returning to…

Mission of Danger

Mission of Danger

Mission of Danger
IMDb: 5.1
80

After his Rangers are caught during a raid, a major must infiltrate the French army to save his men.

Genre: Western
Daughters, Wives and a Mother

Daughters, Wives and a Mother

Daughters, Wives and a Mother
IMDb: 7.2
123

This film features a large extended family (and associates) even more extensive than the one portrayed by Ozu in “End of Summer”. The central character is Setsuko Hara — a…

Genre: Drama
The House in Marsh Road

The House in Marsh Road

The House in Marsh Road
IMDb: 6
70

When a woman inherits a valuable house, her nasty husband and his mistress plot murder. But the house has a protective poltergeist who thwarts the wicked pair.

Genre: Horror, Thriller
Beyond the Curtain

Beyond the Curtain

Beyond the Curtain
IMDb: 5.8
88

A British flight officer plans to rescue an airline stewardess who is trapped in East Germany.

Genre: Drama
Murder, Inc.

Murder, Inc.

Murder, Inc.
IMDb: 6.6
103

Chronicles the rise and fall of the organised crime syndicate known as Murder, Incorporated, focusing on powerful boss Lepke and violent hit man Reles.

A Dog of Flanders

A Dog of Flanders

A Dog of Flanders
IMDb: 7.1
96

The love and friendship of a boy and his dog as the boy tries to become an artist like his idol, Peter Paul Reubens.

Genre: Drama, Family
Blitz on Britain

Blitz on Britain

Blitz on Britain
IMDb: 7
71

Featuring archival footage from both German and UK sources, this documentary examines the defense of Britain during the early years of World War II.

Genre: Documentary
The Challenge

The Challenge

The Challenge
IMDb: 6.2
101

Jailed for his role in a gang heist and ditched by its female leader (Jayne Mansfield), a widower (Anthony Quayle) decides to keep the loot.

Genre: Drama, Thriller
Song Without End

Song Without End

Song Without End
IMDb: 6.1
141

The romantic story of Hungarian pianist Franz Liszt, whose scandalous love affair forced him to abandon his adoring audiences.

Genre: Drama, Romance
Can-Can

Can-Can

Can-Can
IMDb: 6.3
131

Parisian nightclub owner Simone Pistache (Shirley MacLaine) is known for her performances of the can-can, a provocative dance recently outlawed for being immoral. Though her dancing delights patrons to no…

Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
During One Night

During One Night

During One Night
IMDb: 6.3
85

Story of a young U.S. Army officer, stationed in England during World War II, who is suddenly conscious of a desire to “prove” himself sexually.

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Austerlitz

Austerlitz

Austerlitz
IMDb: 6.3
166

The first half of this film covers Napoleon’s coronation as Emperor and political manoeuvrings while the second half covers the actual battle.

Genre: Drama, History, War
The Shakedown

The Shakedown

The Shakedown
IMDb: 6.7
92

Augie comes out of prison and finds his old vice racket has been taken over by the sinister Harry H Corbett (Gollar). So he dreams up a new scam

I Aim at the Stars

I Aim at the Stars

I Aim at the Stars
IMDb: 6.3
106

The life story of the famed rocket scientist Dr. Werner von Braun, one of the most brilliant and controversial figures of the space age. Dr. von Braun literally pioneered man’s…

Genre: Drama
Conspiracy of Hearts

Conspiracy of Hearts

Conspiracy of Hearts
IMDb: 7
113

In wartime Italy nuns in a convent regularly smuggle Jewish children out of a nearby internment camp. The Italian army officer in charge suspects what may be going on but…

Genre: Drama, War
The Tell-Tale Heart

The Tell-Tale Heart

The Tell-Tale Heart
IMDb: 5.8
78

When Edgar sees his girlfriend Betty getting up close and personal with his best friend Carl, he murders Carl in a jealous rage and hides the corpse under the floor…

Genre: Horror, Thriller
Horrors of Spider Island

Horrors of Spider Island

Horrors of Spider Island
IMDb: 2.5
89

A team of chorus girls finds themselves caught in a deadly web when they are shipwrecked on a remote South Seas island. The lush, tropical isle seems an ideal place…

Genre: Horror
Prefabricated Houses

Prefabricated Houses

Prefabricated Houses
IMDb: 5.4
6

A student work by Jiří Menzel, filmed during his second year at the FAMU film school. Views of old Prague and its tenement buildings, symbolizing the obsolete past, alternate with…

Genre: Documentary
America as Seen by a Frenchman

America as Seen by a Frenchman

America as Seen by a Frenchman
IMDb: 6.9
90

This documentary is a general, unquestioning travelog of the United States through the eyes of French director and co-cameraman Francois Reichenbach, a director often fascinated with life in the home…

Genre: Documentary