List of the best Robert Wise movies: The Sound of Music(1965), The Day the Earth Stood Still(1951), West Side Story(1961), Executive Suite(1954), I Want to Live!(1958), Run Silent, Run Deep(1958), The Captive City(1952), The Andromeda Strain(1971), Born to Kill(1947), Three Secrets(1949), Blood on the Moon(1948), The Curse of the Cat People(1944) ... ...
8.0/10
Musical
USA
1965
174 Minutes
Director
Julie Andrews Christopher Plummer Eleanor Parker Richard Haydn Peggy Wood Charmian Carr Heather Menzies Nicholas Hammond Duane Chase Angela Cartwright Debbie Turner
governess captain child singer nun soldier heartwarming touching mansion austria cemetery church car mountain world war ii nazism song and dance education politics romance
A woman leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to the children of a Naval officer widower.
7.7/10
Sci-Fi
USA
1951
92 Minutes
Director
Michael Rennie Patricia Neal Hugh Marlowe Sam Jaffe Billy Gray Frances Bavier Lock Martin Frank Conroy Carleton Young Fay Roope Edith Evanson
alien robot scientist single mother son powerful inspiring engaging washington, d.c. earth cold war aliens morality discovery sacrifice 1950s
An alien lands and tells the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets.
7.5/10
Musical
USA
1961
151 Minutes
Director
Natalie Wood Richard Beymer Russ Tamblyn George Chakiris Rita Moreno Simon Oakland Ned Glass William Bramley Tucker Smith
gang member rival love interest police officer melodramatic emotional sad new york city street romance gangs showdown jealousy racism dance forbidden love rivalry 1950s
Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.
7.4/10
Drama
USA
1954
104 Minutes
Director
William Holden June Allyson Barbara Stanwyck Fredric March Walter Pidgeon Shelley Winters Paul Douglas Louis Calhern Dean Jagger Nina Foch Tim Considine
businessperson engineer secretary wife confident dark new york city office apartment business deception corporate espionage corruption rivalry quest 1950s
When the head of a large manufacturing firm dies suddenly from a stroke, his vice presidents vie to see who will replace him.
7.4/10
Biography
USA
1958
120 Minutes
Director
Susan Hayward Simon Oakland Virginia Vincent Theodore Bikel Wesley Lau Philip Coolidge James Philbrook Joe De Santis
petty criminal journalist thief attorney psychologist raw tense cheeky emotional san francisco los angeles san quentin federal penitentiary crime death row court battles morality murder journalism fall wretched excess
A prostitute, sentenced to death for murder, pleads her innocence.
7.3/10
War
USA
1958
93 Minutes
Director
Clark Gable Burt Lancaster Jack Warden Brad Dexter Nick Cravat Mary LaRoche Don Rickles Eddie Foy III
commander military officer sailor enemy thrilling patriotic submarine military base pacific ocean world war ii vengeance rebellion naval warfare obsession pursuit revenge rivalry 1940s
A U.S. sub commander, obsessed with sinking a certain Japanese ship, butts heads with his first officer and crew.
7.3/10
Crime, Drama
USA|UK
1952
91 Minutes
Director
John Forsythe Joan Camden Harold J. Kennedy Ray Teal Marjorie Crossland Victor Sutherland Hal K. Dawson Geraldine Hall Martin Milner Gladys Hurlbut Ian Wolfe
editor mobster crime boss senator private investigator engaging thrilling inspiring rousing senate newsroom crime ring mafia police corruption political activism journalism sacrifice underdog revenge 1950s
During the 1700s, pirate Captain Vallo seizes a British warship and gets involved in various money-making schemes involving Caribbean rebels led by El Libre, British envoy Baron Jose Gruda, and a beautiful courtesan named Consuelo.
7.2/10
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1971
130 Minutes
Director
Arthur Hill David Wayne James Olson Kate Reid Paula Kelly Ramon Bieri George Mitchell Kermit Murdock
scientist doctor nurse soldier military officer chilling intense laboratory nevada arizona virus satellite suicide alien mystery pursuit 1970s
A team of top scientists work feverishly in a secret, state-of-the-art laboratory to discover what has killed the citizens of a small town and learn how this deadly contagion can be stopped.
7.2/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1947
92 Minutes
Director
Lawrence Tierney Claire Trevor Walter Slezak Phillip Terry Audrey Long Elisha Cook Jr. Isabel Jewell Esther Howard Kathryn Card Tony Barrett Grandon Rhodes
murderer woman half sister fiancé proprieter investigator brutal dark raw reno, nev. boardinghouse train san francisco household bedroom investigation desire murder jealousy greed
A calculating divorcée risks her chances at wealth and security with a man she doesn't love by getting involved with the hotheaded murderer romancing her foster sister.
6.9/10
Drama
USA
1949
98 Minutes
Director
Eleanor Parker Patricia Neal Ruth Roman Frank Lovejoy Leif Erickson Ted de Corsia Edmon Ryan Larry Keating Katharine Warren Arthur Franz Duncan Richardson
Three women who secretly gave their new-born sons up for adoption in 1945, wonder if the 5-year old survivor of a plane crash, named in the local newspapers, is their long-abandoned son.
6.9/10
Western
USA
1948
88 Minutes
Director
Robert Mitchum Barbara Bel Geddes Robert Preston Walter Brennan Phyllis Thaxter Frank Faylen Tom Tully Charles McGraw Tom Tyler
cowboy outlaw homesteader daughter beautiful woman cattle rancher bleak gutsy gritty suspenseful new mexico territory ranch tavern sedona, ariz. settlement native american reservation friendship ethics betrayal showdown
Unemployed cowhand Jim Garry is hired by his dishonest friend Tate Riling as muscle in a dispute between homesteaders and cattleman John Lufton.
6.8/10
Horror
USA
1944
70 Minutes
Director
Simone Simon Kent Smith Ann Carter Jane Randolph Elizabeth Russell Eve March Julia Dean Erford Gage Sir Lancelot Joel Davis
young girl father mother spirit cat actress eerie emotional new york state small town household mansion childhood supernatural ghosts imagination jealousy rescue metamorphosis growing up
The young, friendless daughter of Oliver and Alice Reed befriends her father's dead first wife and an aging, reclusive actress.
6.7/10
Western
USA
1950
92 Minutes
Director
Joseph Cotten Linda Darnell Jeff Chandler Cornel Wilde Dale Robertson Jay C. Flippen Noah Beery Jr. Harry von Zell
Forced by circumstances,Confederate POWs and Union soldiers join forces against Indians but old animosities resurface during their fragile alliance.
6.7/10
Drama
USA
1962
120 Minutes
Director
Robert Mitchum Shirley MacLaine Edmon Ryan Elisabeth Fraser Eddie Firestone Billy Gray Victor Lundin Shirley Citron Cia Dave Virginia Whitmore Colin Campbell
lawyer dancer ex-boyfriend ex-wife witty emotional profound new york city omaha, neb. law firm dance studio apartment marriage divorce unlikely romance dance law fresh start love transformation
Jerry Ryan is wandering aimlessly around New York, having given up his law career in Nebraska when his wife asked for a divorce. He meets up with Gittel Mosca, an impoverished dancer from ... See full summary »
6.7/10
Drama
USA
1953
101 Minutes
Director
Jane Wyman Sterling Hayden Nancy Olson Steve Forrest Elisabeth Fraser Martha Hyer Walter Coy Richard Beymer Tommy Rettig Roland Winters Jacques Aubuchon
mother husband son composer artist surrogate child engaging moving rousing illinois farm chicago parenthood career family mother/son relationship art aspirations growing up transformation
In the late 1890s, a young widowed woman becomes a successful farmer and can send her son, nicknamed 'So Big', to college. After graduating, he finds a job as an architect, but forgoes his dream in favor of an immediate financial success.
6.7/10
War
USA
1953
88 Minutes
Director
Richard Burton James Mason Robert Newton Robert Douglas Torin Thatcher Chips Rafferty Charles Davis Ben Wright
general captain australian soldier british soldier nazi rousing gritty north africa battlefield fort port city tobruk, libya siege of tobruk world war ii field marshal erwin rommel armed conflict camaraderie underdog quest 1940s
Richard Burton plays a Scottish Army officer put in charge of a disparate band of ANZAC troops on the perimeter of Tobruk with the German Army doing their best to dislodge them.
6.6/10
Drama
USA
1957
95 Minutes
Director
Jean Simmons Paul Newman Joan Fontaine Piper Laurie Charles Drake Sandra Dee Wally Cassell Alan Napier Ralph Votrian John Wilder Adam Kennedy
marine salesgirl military officer unwed mother sister wife emotional melodramatic mushy suspenseful new zealand dance hall hotel courtroom doomed romance war bride world war ii domestic violence sister relationship alcohol
During WW2, husband-less New Zealand women meet and marry American soldiers who are fighting in the Pacific theater.
6.5/10
Biography
USA
1968
122 Minutes
Director
Julie Andrews Richard Crenna Michael Craig Daniel Massey Robert Reed Bruce Forsyth Beryl Reid John Collin
singer playwright husband actor spirited melodramatic engaging theater england new york city entertainment fame marital problems debt rise transformation love 1940s
A musical biography of Gertrude Lawrence, who led a hustling and bustling life on the stage.
6.4/10
Sci-Fi
USA
1979
132 Minutes
Director
William Shatner Leonard Nimoy DeForest Kelley Stephen Collins Persis Khambatta James Doohan Nichelle Nichols Walter Koenig George Takei Majel Barrett Grace Lee Whitney
captain kirk scientist doctor alien navigator engineer thrilling creative spectacular engaging earth outer space starship enterprise spacecraft leadership exploration artificial intelligence mind control telepathy space travel
When an alien spacecraft of enormous power is spotted approaching Earth, Admiral James T. Kirk resumes command of the overhauled USS Enterprise in order to intercept it.
6.3/10
Drama
USA
1975
125 Minutes
Director
George C. Scott Anne Bancroft William Atherton Roy Thinnes Gig Young Burgess Meredith Charles Durning Richard Dysart Robert Clary Rene Auberjonois Katherine Helmond
military officer nazi countess gambler ad executive pilot thrilling suspenseful intricate emotional germany new jersey zeppelin disaster conspiracy sabotage the hindenburg investigation aviation mystery
A film that chronicles the events of the Hindenburg disaster in which a zeppelin burst into flames.
6.2/10
Adventure
USA
1955
118 Minutes
Director
Rossana Podestà Jack Sernas Cedric Hardwicke Stanley Baker Niall MacGinnis Nora Swinburne Robert Douglas Torin Thatcher Harry Andrews Janette Scott Ronald Lewis
helen of troy greek god brash brutal engaging gory intense melodramatic powerful spirited thrilling troy rescue trojan wars rescue love ancient times
The Iliad's story of the Trojan war, told from the Trojan viewpoint.
6.1/10
Drama
USA
1973
100 Minutes
Director
Peter Fonda Lindsay Wagner Estelle Parsons Alan Fudge Philippe March Frances Sternhagen Brian Lima Geoffrey Horne
model deserter editor photographer ex-boyfriend veteran somber emotional morocco train paris airplane airport new york city relationships vietnam war drugs travel pregnancy romance
Evan Bonner is an army deserter who returns home to deal with the fallout of his actions. He becomes distracted when he meets attractive model Diedre McCluskey, thinking he's fallen in love.
5.9/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1946
63 Minutes
Director
Tom Conway Martha O'Driscoll June Clayworth Robert Armstrong Addison Richards Pat Gleason Steve Brodie Robert Warwick Phil Warren Joe Devlin Lee Bonnell
A lawyer who is planning to run for District Attorney accidentally kills a gangster who owns the nightclub where the attorney's girlfriend is a singer. Although he manages to cover up his ... See full summary »
5.8/10
Horror
USA
1945
72 Minutes
Director
A remake of Richard Connell's famous short story, "The Most Dangerous Game," about a madman who hunts human prey on his personal island habitat.
4.9/10
Action
USA
1989
95 Minutes
Director
Jason Gedrick Troy Beyer Eddie Velez Alexis Cruz Tisha Campbell-Martin Allen Payne
A skilled young street fighter battles criminals across the rooftops of New York City.
Drama
1949
72 Minutes
Director
Robert Ryan Audrey Totter George Tobias Alan Baxter Wallace Ford Percy Helton Hal Baylor Darryl Hickman Kenny O'Morrison James Edwards Edwin Max
boxer wife manager mobster brooding intense united states city boxing ring boxing competition betrayal shady dealings corruption fixed game underdog rivalry 1940s
An aging boxer (Robert Ryan) leaves his crying wife (Audrey Totter), then crosses the street for a fixed fight.
Drama
1944
69 Minutes
Director
Simone Simon John Emery Kurt Kreuger Alan Napier Helen Freeman Jason Robards Sr. Norma Varden Romaine Callender Fay Helm Edmund Glover Charles Waldron
During the Franco-Prussian War, a young French laundress shares a coach ride with several of her condescending social superiors. When a Prussian officer holds the coach over, social standings are leveled and integrity and spirit are put to the test.
Horror
1945
79 Minutes
Director
Boris Karloff Bela Lugosi Henry Daniell Edith Atwater Russell Wade Paula Corday Sharyn Moffet Donna Lee
doctor assistant taxi driver woman young man grave robber brooding dark hedonistic tense laboratory cemetery house edinburgh, scotland corpse excavation medical experiments mysterious past murder blackmail rivalry
A carriage cabby (Boris Karloff) sells cadavers to a medical-school doctor (Henry Daniell) in 19th-century Edinburgh.
Crime, Drama
1959
95 Minutes
Director
Harry Belafonte Robert Ryan Shelley Winters Ed Begley Gloria Grahame Will Kuluva Richard Bright Lew Gallo Fred Scollay Carmen de Lavallade Wayne Rogers
thief ex-convict entertainer girlfriend police chief wife dark gritty gripping new york state bank new york city heist racism escape greed dangerous assignment fall wretched excess temptation
Racial tension flares up among an ex-cop, a bigot and a black entertainer who band together to rob a bank.
Romance
1952
81 Minutes
Director
lobbyist old man zoologist matron politician landlady witty lighthearted washington, d.c. party museum hotel political corruption activism mccarthyism deception environmental consciousness underdog quest love
An old rascal (Edmund Gwenn) unites Washington lobbyists (Victor Mature, Patricia Neal) at odds on a bill affecting the California condor.
Western
1956
95 Minutes
Director
James Cagney Don Dubbins Irene Papas Stephen McNally Vic Morrow James Griffith Onslow Stevens James Bell Jeanette Nolan Chubby Johnson Royal Dano
rancher cowboy wife thief dark gripping melodramatic united states ranch valley vigilantism farming love triangle theft horses revenge wretched excess transformation 1870s
An Easterner (Don Dubbins) goes to work for a Colorado rancher (James Cagney) who keeps law and order with a rope.
Biography
1956
113 Minutes
Director
Paul Newman Pier Angeli Everett Sloane Eileen Heckart Sal Mineo Harold J. Stone Joseph Buloff Sammy White Arch Johnson Robert Lieb Theodore Newton
boxer trainer young woman mother inmate father brooding tense passionate new york city jail boxing ring lower east side street army base boxing rebellion training blackmail prison life
A youth turns his rebellious nature into a successful ring career in this fact-based portrait of boxer Rocky Graziano.
War
1953
89 Minutes
Director
Richard Widmark Don Taylor Casey Adams Ross Bagdasarian Murvyn Vye Judy Dann
pilot tribal leader soldier native engaging patriotic rousing mongolia desert armed conflict friendship historical events leadership military native people underdog rivalry quest 1940s
In exchange for saddles, Mongols help a Navy weather-station officer (Richard Widmark) and his men evade the Japanese.
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