Ben-Hur (1959)

Ben-Hur (1959)

[10] Charlton Heston stars as Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish prince whose life is thrown into years of soul-crushing turmoil after being betrayed by a childhood friend. That friend, a Roman soldier named Messala (Stephen Boyd), turns against Judah after he…
Cinderella (1950)

Cinderella (1950)

[4] Cinderella was the biggest hit Walt Disney had since 1937's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Walt credited it for saving the company from bankruptcy. While I'm certainly thankful the film allowed Disney's legacy to continue, I can't say…
Some Like It Hot (1959)

Some Like It Hot (1959)

[9] Two Chicago musicians (Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis) try to evade mobsters by disguising themselves as women and joining an all-girl band on its way to perform at a Florida resort. Both men fall in love with the band's…
Quatermass 2 (1957)

Quatermass 2 (1957)

[6] Director Val Guest and star Brian Donlevy return for Hammer Films' second of three Quatermass films. Professor Quatermass (Donlevy) happens upon a mysterious factory complex built on the ruins of a small town. When he investigates, a colleague finds…
X… The Unknown (1956)

X… The Unknown (1956)

[5] The British army discovers a deep crevasse and a surge in radioactivity in a remote Scottish village. Scientists and security officials convene and determine that an organism of unknown origin is consuming radioactivity and growing at an alarming rate.…
There’s Always Tomorrow (1956)

There’s Always Tomorrow (1956)

[6] Director Douglas Sirk (Written on the Wind) mines male middle-aged malaise in this melodrama that reteams Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray (Double Indemnity) for their fourth and final film together. MacMurray plays a successful toy manufacturer with a wife…
All I Desire (1953)

All I Desire (1953)

[6] Barbara Stanwyck stars as a theater actress returning to the small, gossip-ridden town where she abandoned her family ten years earlier. Richard Carlson (It Came from Outer Space, Creature from the Black Lagoon) plays her husband, who is at…
The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)

The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)

[6] A rocket ship returns to earth, but two of the pilots are missing and the third is inexplicably ill and unable to speak. Professor Quatermass (Brian Donlevy), who sent the men into space without the government's consent, is eager…
Sunset Boulevard (1950)

Sunset Boulevard (1950)

[10] In this darkly comic noir masterpiece from Billy Wilder, a struggling Hollywood screenwriter (William Holden) moves in with a delusional silent film star named Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson) who wants him to write the script for her big comeback.…
East of Eden (1955)

East of Eden (1955)

[10] James Dean received the first posthumous acting nomination from the Academy Awards for his riveting performance as the troubled Cal in East of Eden, his first major film role. (He died in a car accident just a few months…