List of the best Nicholas Ray movies: In a Lonely Place(1950), Johnny Guitar(1954), Rebel Without a Cause(1955), Bigger Than Life(1956), They Live by Night(1948), The Lusty Men(1952), On Dangerous Ground(1951), King of Kings(1961), Party Girl(1958), Knock on Any Door(1949), Run for Cover(1955), 55 Days at Peking(1963) ... ...
8.0/10
Drama
USA
1950
91 Minutes
Director
Humphrey Bogart Gloria Grahame Frank Lovejoy Carl Benton Reid Art Smith Jeff Donnell Martha Stewart Robert Warwick Morris Ankrum William Ching Steven Geray
lover screenwriter dead person detective agent engaging dark gripping hollywood, calif. police station nightclub love unusual behavior murder investigation fall mystery 1940s
A potentially violent screenwriter is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him. However, she soon starts to have her doubts.
7.7/10
Western
USA
1954
110 Minutes
Director
Joan Crawford Sterling Hayden Mercedes McCambridge Scott Brady Ward Bond Ben Cooper Ernest Borgnine John Carradine Royal Dano Frank Ferguson Paul Fix
owner rancher friend townsperson cowboy gunslinger intense thrilling saloon small town hideout arizona robbery mob violence showdown passion railroad rivalry quest underdog
After helping a wounded gang member, a strong-willed female saloon owner is wrongly suspected of murder and bank robbery by a lynch mob.
7.7/10
Drama
USA
1955
111 Minutes
Director
James Dean Natalie Wood Sal Mineo Jim Backus Ann Doran Corey Allen William Hopper Rochelle Hudson Virginia Brissac Nick Adams Jack Simmons
teenager girlfriend friend rival mother father dark emotional los angeles police station household abandoned building observatory teenage rebellion teen angst generation gap alienation family dysfunction accidental death growing up
A rebellious young man with a troubled past comes to a new town, finding friends and enemies.
7.6/10
Drama
USA
1956
95 Minutes
Director
James Mason Barbara Rush Walter Matthau Robert F. Simon Chris Olsen Roland Winters Rusty Lane Rachel Stephens Kipp Hamilton
schoolteacher wife friend son doctor dark gripping intense small town family home hospital school america drug addiction experiments small-town life unusual behavior american dream fall transformation
A seriously ill schoolteacher becomes dependent on a "miracle" drug that begins to affect his sanity.
7.5/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1948
95 Minutes
Director
Cathy O'Donnell Farley Granger Howard da Silva Jay C. Flippen Helen Craig Will Wright Marie Bryant Ian Wolfe Bill Phipps Harry Harvey
fugitive wrongly accused brother niece tense passionate sad gripping texas small town cabin prison break unusual friendship bank heist doomed romance betrayal escape underdog love 1940s
An escaped convict, injured during a robbery, falls in love with the woman who nurses him back to health, but their relationship seems doomed from the beginning.
7.4/10
Western
USA
1952
113 Minutes
Director
Susan Hayward Robert Mitchum Arthur Kennedy Arthur Hunnicutt Frank Faylen Walter Coy Carol Nugent Maria Hart Lorna Thayer Burt Mustin
rodeo rider cowboy wife brooding gutsy american west ranch rodeo rodeo marriage injury dreams sports sacrifice quest rivalry transformation 1950s
Retired rodeo champion Jeff McCloud agrees to mentor novice rodeo contestant Wes Merritt against the wishes of Merritt's wife who fears the dangers of this rough sport.
7.3/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1951
82 Minutes
Director
Ida Lupino Robert Ryan Ward Bond Charles Kemper Anthony Ross Ed Begley Ian Wolfe Sumner Williams Gus Schilling Frank Ferguson Cleo Moore
police detective sister killer father partner captain dark gritty brooding new york city police station apartment countryside cabin investigation brother/sister relationship murder mental breakdown blindness redemption
Rough city cop Jim Wilson is disciplined by his captain and is sent upstate, to a snowy mountain town, to help the local sheriff solve a murder case.
7.0/10
Other, Drama, History
USA
1961
160 Minutes
Director
Jeffrey Hunter Siobhan McKenna Robert Ryan Hurd Hatfield Viveca Lindfors Rita Gam Rip Torn Carmen Sevilla
jesus virgin baptists judas iscariot pontius pilate ruler brutal emotional tense spirited jerusalem egypt desert prison small town stable spiritual journey god miracles betrayal
The temporary physical life of the Biblical Savior, Jesus Christ.
7.0/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1958
99 Minutes
Director
Robert Taylor Cyd Charisse Lee J. Cobb John Ireland Kent Smith Claire Kelly Corey Allen Lewis Charles David Opatoshu Kem Dibbs Patrick McVey
lawyer crime boss showgirl henchman wife assistant dark offbeat striking campy chicago courtroom party mafia redemption blackmail new love law surgery transformation
Lawyer Tommy Farrell is a defender of crooks. Vicki Gaye encourages him to go straight, but mob king Rico Angelo insists otherwise.
6.8/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1949
100 Minutes
Director
Humphrey Bogart John Derek George Macready Allene Roberts Susan Perry Mickey Knox Barry Kelley Dooley Wilson Cara Williams Jimmy Conlin
lawyer juvenile delinquent judge district attorney partner gritty dark big city courtroom office slum murder poverty crime trial quest transformation 1940s
An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court.
6.7/10
Western
USA
1955
93 Minutes
Director
James Cagney Viveca Lindfors John Derek Jean Hersholt Grant Withers Jack Lambert Ernest Borgnine Ray Teal
cowboy sheriff townspeople young woman unrestrained thrilling spirited rousing engaging confident wild west frontier shoot out mistaken identity train robbery adventure pursuit 19th century
Mistaken for train robbers, Matt Dow and Davey Bishop are shot at by the sheriff and his posse but they are cleared and hired as lawmen.
6.7/10
Drama, History
USA
1963
150 Minutes
Director
Charlton Heston Ava Gardner David Niven Flora Robson John Ireland Harry Andrews Leo Genn Robert Helpmann Icchizo Itami Kurt Kaszner Philippe Leroy
military officer empress diplomat baroness soldier emotional melodramatic gripping compound beijing battle of peking boxer rebellion hostages war love escape rescue love 1900s
During the 1900 Boxer Rebellion, U.S. marine, Maj. Matt Lewis, along with British consul, Sir Arthur Robertson, develop a plan to keep the rebels at bay until an international military relief force can arrive.
6.7/10
Drama
USA
1950
94 Minutes
Director
Joan Fontaine Robert Ryan Zachary Scott Joan Leslie Mel Ferrer Harold Vermilyea Virginia Farmer Kathleen Howard Dick Ryan Bess Flowers Joy Hallward
novelist cousin fiancé socialite wealthy man femme fatale brash dark melodramatic tense san francisco boston family home ballroom manipulation family love triangle marrying for money affair deception
A woman's attempt to appear innocent and sweet clashes with her lover who sees through her act and the wealthy man she tries to trick into marrying her.
6.5/10
War
USA
1951
102 Minutes
Director
John Wayne Robert Ryan Janis Carter Jay C. Flippen Don Taylor William Harrigan
marine pilot major captain sergeant brother-in-law intense thrilling inspiring military base airplane guadalcanal okinawa, japan world war ii aviation obsession discipline resistance alcohol quest
Major Kirby leads The Wildcats squadron into the historic WWII battle of Guadalcanal.
5.7/10
Drama
USA
1949
100 Minutes
Director
Farley Granger Joan Evans Charles Bickford Raymond Massey Richard Basehart Gigi Perreau Aline MacMahon Marshall Thompson
young man young girl father rival brother love interest dark gripping tense kentucky west virginia woods house church feud family hostages romance murder hatfields vs. mccoys
The saga of the Hatfield-and-McCoy feud is romanticized in Samuel Goldwyn's Roseanna McCoy. Newcomer Joan Evans stars as the title character, whose elopement with Johnse Hatfield serves to ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
1956
85 Minutes
Director
Jane Russell Cornel Wilde Luther Adler Joseph Calleia Mikhail Rasumny Nina Koshetz Helen Westcott Jamie Russell Wally Russell Nick Dennis Richard Deacon
A Gypsy king (Luther Adler) tricks his brother (Cornel Wilde) in Los Angeles into marrying a Roma bride (Jane Russell) that he bought.
Western
1957
92 Minutes
Director
Robert Wagner Jeffrey Hunter Hope Lange Agnes Moorehead Alan Hale Jr. Alan Baxter John Carradine Rachel Stephens
brother outlaw bank robber mother confederate soldier brooding gritty spirited tense missouri minnesota farm bank jesse james bank heist train robbery loyalty retribution family adventure
Misfit Missouri brothers Jesse and Frank James (Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter) turn to crime in the post-Civil War South.
Adventure
1959
110 Minutes
Director
Anthony Quinn Yôko Tani Peter O'Toole Carlo Giustini Marie Yang Marco Guglielmi
eskimo wife trooper missionary friend tense fascinating incredible profound canadian tundra arctic culture clash eskimo culture accidental killing blizzard unlikely allies moral dilemma escape rescue 1950s
An Eskimo (Anthony Quinn) goes about his business until an accident makes him a fugitive hunted by Mounties.
War
1958
102 Minutes
Director
Richard Burton Curt Jurgens Ruth Roman Raymond Pellegrin Anthony Bushell Alfred Burke Christopher Lee Sean Kelly Nigel Green Harry Landis
captain major guide wife soldier general tense emotional fiery gutsy libyan desert military base london airplane nightclub camp journey power struggle cowardice love triangle
A British captain (Richard Burton) goes on a raid in World War II Libya with a major (Curt Jurgens) he knows his wife (Ruth Roman) has slept with.
7.4/10
Mystery & Thriller
West Germany|France
1977
127 Minutes
Derwatt
Dennis Hopper Bruno Ganz Elisabeth Kreuzer Gérard Blain Nicholas Ray Samuel Fuller Peter Lilienthal Daniel Schmid Jean Eustache Rudolf Schündler Sandy Whitelaw
art dealer husband artist forger friend wife uneasy profound dark suspenseful hamburg, germany car train city apartment murder plot unlikely criminal family desperation terminal illness
Tom Ripley, who deals in forged art, suggests a picture framer he knows would make a good hit man.
7.6/10
Musical
USA|West Germany
1979
121 Minutes
The General
John Savage Treat Williams Beverly D'Angelo Annie Golden Dorsey Wright Don Dacus Cheryl Barnes Richard Bright Nicholas Ray Charlotte Rae Miles Chapin
farmer debutante hippie military officer soldier frenetic unrestrained wild central park new york city military base nevada vietnam war love freedom growing up transformation love 1960s
Claude Bukowski leaves the family ranch in Oklahoma for New York where he is rapidly embraced into the hippie group of youngsters led by Berger, yet he's already been drafted. He soon falls in love with Sheila Franklin, a rich girl but still a rebel inside.
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