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Rank
No
Title
Year
Director
Starring
Genre
Country
Language
2.5 Stars
2308
866
I'll Never Forget What's 'Isname
1967
Michael Winner
Orson Welles, Oliver Reed, Carol White, Harry Andrews, Michael Hordern
Comedy / Drama
UK
English
2.5 Stars
2637
994
Death Wish
1974
Michael Winner
Charles Bronson, Hope Lange, Vincent Gardenia, Steven Keats, William Redfield
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Detective / Cult
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2711
1023
The Jokers
1967
Michael Winner
Michael Crawford, Oliver Reed, Harry Andrews, James Donald
Comedy / Crime
UK
English
2.5 Stars
2614
985
Arms and the Man
1958
Franz Peter Wirth
O.W. Fischer, Liselotte Pulver, Ellen Schwiers, Jan Hendriks
Comedy / Romance / War
West Germany
German
5 Stars
194
92
The Sound of Music
1965
Robert Wise
Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer
Musical / Family / Drama / Romance / Cult
USA
English
4.5 Stars
666
249
The Day the Earth Stood Still
1951
Robert Wise
Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal
Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Family
USA
English
4 Stars
1034
370
The Haunting
1963
Robert Wise
Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Russ Tamblyn
Horror / Thriller
USA
English
4 Stars
1163
407
I Want to Live!
1958
Robert Wise
Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland, Virginia Vincent, Theodore Bikel
Crime / Drama / Biography
USA
English
4 Stars
1186
412
Executive Suite
1954
Robert Wise
William Holden, June Allyson, Barbara Stanwyck, Fredric March
Drama
USA
English
3.5 Stars
1598
570
The Sand Pebbles
1966
Robert Wise
Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, Richard Crenna, Candice Bergen
Drama / Romance / War / Adventure / History / Epic
USA
English
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Rank
No
Title
Year
Director
Starring
Genre
Country
Language
3.5 Stars
1774
648
Somebody Up There Likes Me
1956
Robert Wise
Paul Newman, Pier Angeli, Everett Sloane, Eileen Heckart
Drama / Sports / Biography
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2225
824
Odds Against Tomorrow
1959
Robert Wise
Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Shelley Winters, Ed Begley, Gloria Grahame
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Caper / Film-Noir
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2637
994
The Andromeda Strain
1971
Robert Wise
Arthur Hill, David Wayne, James Olson, Kate Reid, Paula Kelly, George Mitchell
Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2637
994
Star!
1968
Robert Wise
Julie Andrews, Richard Crenna, Michael Craig, Daniel Massey, Robert Reed
Biography / Musical / Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2637
994
Two for the Seesaw
1962
Robert Wise
Robert Mitchum, Shirley MacLaine, Edmon Ryan, Elisabeth Fraser, Eddie Firestone
Drama / Romance
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2773
1051
Run Silent, Run Deep
1958
Robert Wise
Clark Gable, Burt Lancaster, Jack Warden, Brad Dexter
War / Action / Drama
USA
English
3.5 Stars
1654
595
High School
1968
Frederick Wiseman
Documentary
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2345
884
Titicut Follies
1967
Frederick Wiseman
Documentary / History / Crime
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2670
1007
Hospital
1970
Frederick Wiseman
Eugene Friedman M.D., Stanley Friedman M.D., Robert Schwartz M.D.
Documentary
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2690
1013
Stars
1959
Konrad Wolf
Sasha Krusharska, Jürgen Frohriep, Erik S. Klein
War / Drama / Romance
East Germany / Bulgaria
Bulgarian
2.5 Stars
2590
978
Glen or Glenda?
1953
Edward D. Wood Jr.
Bela Lugosi, Lyle Talbot, Timothy Farrell, Dolores Fuller, Edward D. Wood Jr.
Drama / Cult
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2667
1006
Plan 9 from Outer Space
1959
Edward D. Wood Jr.
Gregory Walcott, Mona McKinnon, Duke Moore, Tom Keene, Carl Anthony
Horror / Sci-Fi / Action / Cult
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2654
1002
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
1970
Caspar Wrede
Tom Courtenay, Espen Skjønberg, Alf Malland
Drama
UK / Norway
English
5 Stars
234
112
Ben-Hur
1959
William Wyler
Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith
Action / Adventure / Drama / Romance / Epic / Religion / History
USA
English
5 Stars
388
167
Roman Holiday
1953
William Wyler
Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn
Drama / Romance / Comedy
USA
English
4.5 Stars
831
304
Friendly Persuasion
1956
William Wyler
Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire
Drama / Religion / War
USA
English
4.5 Stars
977
353
Funny Girl
1968
William Wyler
Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif
Drama / Romance / Musical / Comedy / Biography
USA
English
4 Stars
1093
386
Detective Story
1951
William Wyler
Kirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker, William Bendix, Cathy O'Donnell
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Detective
USA
English
4 Stars
1394
488
The Big Country
1958
William Wyler
Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, Charlton Heston, Burl Ives
Drama / Romance / Western / Epic
USA
English
3.5 Stars
1956
711
The Desperate Hours
1955
William Wyler
Humphrey Bogart, Fredric March, Arthur Kennedy, Martha Scott, Dewey Martin
Film-Noir / Drama / Thriller / Crime
USA
English
3 Stars
2016
736
Carrie
1952
William Wyler
Laurence Olivier, Jennifer Jones, Miriam Hopkins, Eddie Albert
Drama / Romance
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2223
822
The Collector
1965
William Wyler
Terence Stamp, Samantha Eggar, Mona Washbourne, Maurice Dallimore
Drama / Horror / Thriller
UK / USA
English
2.5 Stars
2449
927
The Children's Hour
1961
William Wyler
Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine, James Garner, Miriam Hopkins, Fay Bainter
Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2474
941
How to Steal a Million
1966
William Wyler
Audrey Hepburn, Peter O'Toole, Eli Wallach, Hugh Griffith, Charles Boyer
Comedy / Crime / Drama / Romance / Caper
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2732
1031
The Abbott & Costello Show: 100th Anniversary Collection Season 1 (TV Series 1952-1957)
1952
Jean Yarbrough
Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Hillary Brooke, Sid Fields, Gordon Jones
Comedy / Serial
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2732
1031
The Abbott & Costello Show: 100th Anniversary Collection Season 2 (TV Series 1952-1957)
1953
Jean Yarbrough
Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Hillary Brooke, Sid Fields, Gordon Jones
Comedy / Serial
USA
English
4.5 Stars
680
254
Bullitt
1968
Peter Yates
Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset, Don Gordon, Simon Oakland
Action / Drama / Thriller / Crime / Detective / Cult
USA
English
3.5 Stars
1989
722
The Hot Rock
1972
Peter Yates
Robert Redford, George Segal, Ron Leibman, Paul Sand, Zero Mostel, Moses Gunn
Comedy / Crime / Caper
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2200
811
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
1973
Peter Yates
Robert Mitchum, Peter Boyle, Richard Jordan, Steven Keats
Crime / Thriller / Drama / Post-Noir / Gangster
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2637
994
The Blob
1958
Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr., Russell S. Doughten Jr.
Steve McQueen, Aneta Corsaut, Earl Rowe, Olin Howland, Alden 'Stephen' Chase
Horror / Sci-Fi / Comedy / Cult
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2314
871
Viy
1967
Konstantin Yershov, Georgi Kropachyov
Leonid Kuravlyov, Natalya Varley, Aleksei Glazyrin, Vadim Zakharchenko
Horror
Soviet Union
Russian
2.5 Stars
2637
994
Come Blow Your Horn
1963
Bud Yorkin
Frank Sinatra, Lee J. Cobb, Molly Picon, Barbara Rush, Jill St. John, Tony Bill
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2637
994
Start the Revolution Without Me
1970
Bud Yorkin
Gene Wilder, Donald Sutherland, Hugh Griffith, Jack MacGowran, Billie Whitelaw
Comedy
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2725
1029
Divorce American Style
1967
Bud Yorkin
Dick Van Dyke, Debbie Reynolds, Jason Robards, Jean Simmons, Van Johnson
Comedy
USA
English
NR
-
Inspector Clouseau
1968
Bud Yorkin
Alan Arkin, Frank Finlay, Delia Boccardo, Patrick Cargill, Beryl Reid, Barry Foster
Comedy / Crime / Detective
UK
English
2.5 Stars
2598
981
Sisters of Nishijin
1952
Kozaburo Yoshimura
Yumiko Miyagino, Mitsuko Miura, Yuko Tsumura, Kinuyo Tanaka, Jukichi Uno
Drama
Japan
Japanese
4 Stars
1333
462
Dr. No
1962
Terence Young
Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Joseph Wiseman, Jack Lord
Action / Adventure / Thriller / Spy / Family / Cult
UK / USA
English
4 Stars
1453
516
From Russia with Love
1963
Terence Young
Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi, Pedro Armendáriz, Robert Shaw
Thriller / Adventure / Action / Drama / Spy / Family / Cult
UK / USA
English
2.5 Stars
2363
894
Thunderball
1965
Terence Young
Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi, Luciana Paluzzi, Rik Van Nutter
Action / Adventure / Thriller / Spy / Family / Cult
UK / USA
English
2.5 Stars
2474
941
Wait Until Dark
1967
Terence Young
Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Jack Weston
Thriller / Drama / Crime
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2711
1023
Mayerling
1968
Terence Young
Omar Sharif, Catherine Deneuve, James Mason, Ava Gardner
Drama / Romance / Period Film / Biography / History
France / UK
English
2.5 Stars
2542
962
Days of Thrills and Laughter
1961
Robert Youngson
Douglas Fairbanks, Charles Chaplin, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Harry Houdini
Adventure / Comedy / Documentary / Family
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2542
962
4 Clowns
1970
Robert Youngson
Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Buster Keaton, Charley Chase, Jay Jackson
Comedy / Family
USA
English (Silent Scenes)
2.5 Stars
2542
962
The Golden Age of Comedy
1957
Robert Youngson
Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Will Rogers, Carole Lombard, Jean Harlow, Ben Turpin
Comedy / Documentary / History / Family
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2542
962
30 Years of Fun
1963
Robert Youngson
Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Douglas Fairbanks
Comedy / Documentary / Family
USA
English (Silent Scenes)
2.5 Stars
2542
962
When Comedy Was King
1960
Robert Youngson
Charles Chaplin, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Buster Keaton, Charley Chase
Comedy / Documentary / History / Family
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2598
981
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's
1965
Robert Youngson
Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Anita Garvin, Edgar Kennedy
Comedy / Family
USA
English (Silent Scenes)
2.5 Stars
2637
994
Otello
1955
Sergei Yutkevich
Sergei Bondarchuk, Irina Skobtseva, Andrei Popov, Vladimir Soshalsky
Drama / Period Film
Soviet Union
Russian
2.5 Stars
2690
1013
Velikiy voin Albanii Skanderbeg
1953
Sergei Yutkevich
Akaki Khorava, Besa Imami, Adivie Alibali, Semyon Sokolovsky
Drama
Albania / Soviet Union
Albanian
2.5 Stars
2717
1026
I'm an Elephant, Madame
1969
Peter Zadek
Heinz Baumann, Wolfgang Schneider, Guido Baumann, Margot Trooger
Drama / Comedy
West Germany
German
2.5 Stars
2651
1001
Zapruder Film
1963
Abraham Zapruder
John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, John Connally
Documentary / Short / History / Crime
USA
English
4.5 Stars
676
253
Romeo and Juliet
1968
Franco Zeffirelli
Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey
Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK / Italy
English
3.5 Stars
1765
641
The Taming of the Shrew
1967
Franco Zeffirelli
Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Cyril Cusack, Michael Hordern
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Italy / USA
English
2.5 Stars
2637
994
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
1972
Franco Zeffirelli
Graham Faulkner, Judi Bowker, Leigh Lawson, Kenneth Cranham, Lee Montague
Drama / Biography / Religion / Period Film
Italy / UK
English
2.5 Stars
2654
1002
La Bohème
1965
Franco Zeffirelli
Mirella Freni, Adriana Martino, Gianni Raimondi, Rolando Panerai
Musical / Drama
West Germany
Italian
2.5 Stars
2709
1022
Nattlek
1966
Mai Zetterling
Ingrid Thulin, Keve Hjelm, Jörgen Lindström, Lena Brundin
Drama
Sweden
Swedish
2.5 Stars
2790
1062
Loving Couples
1964
Mai Zetterling
Harriet Andersson, Gunnel Lindblom, Gio Petré,
Drama
Sweden
Swedish
2.5 Stars
2699
1017
Early Works
1969
Zelimir Zilnik
Milja Vujanovic, Bogdan Tirnanic, Cedomir Radovic, Marko Nikolic
Comedy / Drama
Yugoslavia
Serbo-Croatian
5 Stars
117
55
High Noon
1952
Fred Zinnemann
Gary Cooper, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges, Katy Jurado, Grace Kelly
Thriller / Western
USA
English
5 Stars
247
118
From Here to Eternity
1953
Fred Zinnemann
Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed, Frank Sinatra
Drama / Romance / War
USA
English
5 Stars
360
158
A Man for All Seasons
1966
Fred Zinnemann
Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Leo McKern, Robert Shaw, Orson Welles
Drama / History / Period Film
UK
English
4.5 Stars
548
217
The Nun's Story
1959
Fred Zinnemann
Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch
Drama / Religion
USA
English
4.5 Stars
758
276
The Day of the Jackal
1973
Fred Zinnemann
Edward Fox, Michel Lonsdale, Alan Badel, Michel Auclair
Thriller
UK / France
English
4.5 Stars
860
315
The Men
1950
Fred Zinnemann
Marlon Brando, Teresa Wright, Everett Sloane, Jack Webb
Drama
USA
English
4 Stars
1082
383
The Sundowners
1960
Fred Zinnemann
Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Peter Ustinov
Drama / Adventure
UK / Australia
English
4 Stars
1384
483
A Hatful of Rain
1957
Fred Zinnemann
Don Murray, Eva Marie Saint, Anthony Franciosa, Lloyd Nolan
Drama
USA
English
3.5 Stars
1762
640
Oklahoma!
1955
Fred Zinnemann
Gordon MacRae, Gloria Grahame, Gene Nelson, Charlotte Greenwood
Musical / Romance / Western
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2459
934
The Member of the Wedding
1952
Fred Zinnemann
Ethel Waters, Julie Harris, Brandon De Wilde, Arthur Franz, Nancy Gates
Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2709
1022
Teresa
1951
Fred Zinnemann
Pier Angeli, John Ericson, Patricia Collinge, Richard Bishop
Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2682
1010
Confessions of an Opium Eater
1962
Albert Zugsmith
Vincent Price, Linda Ho, Richard Loo, June Kyoto Lu
Drama / Action / Adventure
USA
English
3 Stars
2127
781
Girl with a Suitcase
1961
Valerio Zurlini
Claudia Cardinale, Jacques Perrin, Luciana Angiolillo
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Italy / France
French
2.5 Stars
2691
1014
Cronaca familiare
1962
Valerio Zurlini
Marcello Mastroianni, Jacques Perrin, Salvo Randone, Sylvie
Drama
France / Italy
French
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