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Directed by Elia KazanOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Noir,
Crime,
RomanceThemes Mafia films,
Films about religion,
Films about the labor movement,
Political films,
Gangster filmsActors Marlon Brando,
Karl Malden,
Eva Marie Saint,
Lee J. Cobb,
Rod Steiger,
Leif EricksonRating80%
Mob-connected union boss Johnny Friendly (Lee J. Cobb) gloats about his iron-fisted control of the waterfront. The police and the Waterfront Crime Commission know that Friendly is behind a number of murders, but witnesses play "D and D" ("deaf and dumb"), accepting their subservient position rather than risking the danger and shame of informing., 1h42
Directed by Elia Kazan,
John FordOrigin USAGenres DramaThemes Films about racism,
Children's filmsActors Jeanne Crain,
Ethel Barrymore,
Ethel Waters,
Nina Mae McKinney,
William Lundigan,
Griff BarnettRating71%
Pinky Johnson (Jeanne Crain) returns to the South to visit Dicey (Ethel Waters), the illiterate black laundress grandmother who raised her. Pinky confesses to Dicey that she passed for white while studying to be a nurse in the North. She had also fallen in love with white Dr. Thomas Adams (William Lundigan), who knows nothing about her black heritage., 1h32
Directed by Elia KazanOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Noir,
CrimeThemes Medical-themed films,
Transport films,
Films about automobiles,
Films about viral outbreaks,
Road movies,
Children's films,
Chase films,
Disaster filmsActors Richard Widmark,
Paul Douglas,
Barbara Bel Geddes,
Jack Palance,
Zero Mostel,
Tommy CookRating71%
After brawling over a card game in the wharf area of New Orleans, a man named Kochak (Lewis Charles), suffering visibly from a flu-like illness, is killed by gangster Blackie (Jack Palance) and his two flunkies, Kochak's cousin Poldi (Guy Thomajan) and a man named Fitch (Zero Mostel). They leave the body on the docks, and later when the dead man, who carries no identification, is brought to the morgue, the coroner grows suspicious about the bacteria present in his blood and calls his superior, Dr. Clinton Reed (Richard Widmark), a Lt. Cmdr. doctor working for the U.S. Public Health Service. Reed is enjoying a rare day off with his wife Nancy (Barbara Bel Geddes) and their son Tommy (Tommy Rettig), but decides to inspect the body., 2h9
Directed by Elia KazanOrigin USAGenres DramaThemes Films about alcoholism,
Medical-themed films,
Films about drugs,
Children's filmsActors Dorothy McGuire,
Peggy Ann Garner,
Joan Blondell,
James Dunn,
Lloyd Nolan,
Ted DonaldsonRating79%
The film covers several months in the life of the Nolans, an Irish American family living in the Williamsburg neighborhood in the borough of Brooklyn in 1912. The film is much shorter than the book, which covers the time from before Francie is born until after she turns 16. The film focuses on the time when Francie is around 13 years old., 1h30
Directed by Elia KazanOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
CrimeThemes Political filmsActors Patrick McVey,
James Woods,
Steve RailsbackRating62%
Bill Schmidt and his long-term girlfriend Martha Wayne and their young son Hal live in a small Connecticut farmhouse owned by Martha's overbearing father. One snowy winter Sunday, two of Bill's ex-army buddies, Mike and Tony, arrive. A few years ago, they had all served together in Vietnam in the same platoon but later ended up on opposite sides of a court-martial. Bill has never told his girlfriend what happened in Vietnam nor at the court-martial. The story slowly unfolds. Under orders in Vietnam not to take any prisoners, and faced with potentially hostile civilians who might attack them if left behind, Mike kills a civilian. Bill testifies against him and Mike is sent to the stockade (military prison) for two years. He is angry. There is sexual tension between Mike and Martha. The tension builds and culminates in a fight and a rape., 2h6
Directed by Elia KazanOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
MusicalThemes Films about music and musicians,
Films about television,
Musical films,
Political filmsActors Andy Griffith,
Patricia Neal,
Anthony Franciosa,
Walter Matthau,
Lee Remick,
Marshall NeilanRating81%
In late 1950s America, a drunken drifter, Larry Rhodes (Andy Griffith), is plucked out of a rural Arkansas jail by Marcia Jeffries (Patricia Neal) to sing on a radio show at station KGRK. His raw voice, folksy humor and personal charm bring about a strong local following, and he lands a television show in Memphis, Tennessee under the stage name "Lonesome" Rhodes, given to him on a whim by Jeffries., 1h58
Directed by Elia KazanOrigin USAGenres Drama,
RomanceThemes Films about writers,
Films about journalists,
Films about racism,
Films about religion,
Films about Jews and Judaism,
Children's filmsActors Gregory Peck,
Dorothy McGuire,
John Garfield,
Celeste Holm,
June Havoc,
Anne RevereRating71%
Philip Schuyler Green (Gregory Peck) is a widowed journalist who has just moved to New York City with his son Tommy (Dean Stockwell) and mother (Anne Revere). Green meets with magazine publisher John Minify (Albert Dekker), who asks Green, a gentile, to write an article on antisemitism ("some people don't like other people just because they're Jews"). He is not very enthusiastic at first, but after initially struggling with how to approach the topic in a fresh way, Green is inspired to adopt a Jewish identity ("Phil Greenberg") and writes about his first-hand experiences., 1h45
Directed by Elia KazanOrigin USAGenres Drama,
ThrillerThemes Circus films,
Politique,
Political filmsActors Fredric March,
Terry Moore,
Gloria Grahame,
Paul Hartman,
Richard Boone,
Cameron MitchellRating71%
In 1952 Czechoslovakia, circus man Karel Cernik (Fredric March) struggles to keep together his beloved Cirkus Cernik, which belonged to his family before being nationalized by the Communist government. The government allows Cernik to manage the circus, but he grapples with deteriorating conditions in the circus, loss of his workers to the state, and tension with his willful daughter Tereza (Terry Moore) and his young second wife Zama (Gloria Grahame), whom everyone suspects of being unfaithful. Cernik wants to end a budding romance between Tereza and roustabout Joe Vosdek (Cameron Mitchell), who has been with the circus for only a year., 18minutes
Directed by Elia Kazan,
Sidney MeyersOrigin USAGenres DocumentaryThemes Films about the labor movement,
Documentary films about politics,
Political filmsRating69%
The film takes place in rural Tennessee, where communities have experienced economic and environmental devastation created by the coal mining industry. The introduction of the Highlander Folk School in 1931 by educator Myles Horton and the movement to bring labor union representation to the region are shown as means of empowering the population. Efforts are made to stop the union activities with the murder of a local organizer, but eventually the union movement is able to take root with the local workforce., 1h50
Directed by Henry KosterOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
Historical,
RomanceThemes Political films,
Children's films,
Histoire de France,
Napoleonic Wars films,
French Revolution films,
Films about royaltyActors Marlon Brando,
Jean Simmons,
Merle Oberon,
Michael Rennie,
Cameron Mitchell,
Cathleen NesbittRating63%
In 1794, in Marseille, Désirée Clary (Jean Simmons) makes the acquaintance of a Corsican named Joseph Bonaparte (Cameron Mitchell) and invites him and his brother, General Napoleon Bonaparte (Marlon Brando), to call upon the family the following day. The next day, Julie (Elizabeth Sellars), Désirée's sister and Joseph are immediately attracted to each other, and Napoleon is taken with Désirée. He admits to her that the poor Bonaparte brothers need the rich dowries of the Clary sisters. Later, Désirée learns that Napoleon has been arrested and taken to Paris.