List of the best Stanley Kramer movies: Judgment at Nuremberg(1961), Inherit the Wind(1960), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner(1967), The Defiant Ones(1958), It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World(1963), The Secret of Santa Vittoria(1969), On the Beach(1959), Bless the Beasts and Children(1971), Oklahoma Crude(1973), The Runner Stumbles(1979), The Domino Principle(1977), R.P.M.(1970) ... ...
Drama
USA
1961
186 Minutes
Director
Spencer Tracy Burt Lancaster Richard Widmark Marlene Dietrich Maximilian Schell Judy Garland Montgomery Clift William Shatner Ed Binns Kenneth MacKenna Werner Klemperer
judge defendant lawyer military officer nazi widow dark disturbing courtroom nuremberg, germany world war ii nazism genocide court battles quest wretched excess 1940s
In 1948, an American court in occupied Germany tries four Nazis judged for war crimes.
Drama
USA
1960
127 Minutes
Director
Spencer Tracy Fredric March Gene Kelly Florence Eldridge Dick York Harry Morgan Donna Anderson Elliott Reid Claude Akins Noah Beery Jr. Norman Fell
lawyer teacher reporter intense somber suspenseful witty courtroom tennessee court battles creationism vs. evolution lawsuit rescue rivalry 1920s
Based on a real-life case in 1925, two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1967
108 Minutes
Director
Spencer Tracy Katharine Hepburn Sidney Poitier Katharine Houghton Cecil Kellaway Beah Richards Roy E. Glenn Sr. Virginia Christine Isabel Sanford
fiancée doctor father mother priest maid powerful amusing emotional san francisco family home hawaii racism culture clash parenthood marriage forbidden love 1960s
A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter introduces them to her African-American fiancé.
Drama
USA
1958
97 Minutes
Director
Tony Curtis Sidney Poitier Theodore Bikel Charles McGraw Cara Williams Lon Chaney King Donovan Claude Akins Larry Dobkin Whit Bissell Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer
criminal prisoner sheriff captain landowner brash endearing spirited deep south household friendship racism chain gangs outlaws escape discovery sacrifice 1950s
Two escaped convicts chained together, white and black, must learn to get along in order to elude capture.
Comedy, Adventure
USA
1963
175 Minutes
Director
Spencer Tracy Edie Adams Milton Berle Jimmy Durante Jonathan Winters Buddy Hackett Ethel Merman Mickey Rooney Dick Shawn
thief cop dentist friend owner furniture mover suspenseful madcap california desert car airplane basement santa rosita state park death treasure surveillance betrayal traffic jam quest
A group of motorists hear about a crook's hidden stash of loot, and race against each other across the country to get to it.
Comedy
USA
1969
140 Minutes
Director
Anthony Quinn Anna Magnani Virna Lisi Hardy Kruger Sergio Franchi Renato Rascel Giancarlo Giannini Valentina Cortesa Edward Ciannelli Leopoldo Trieste
mayor townsperson captain nazi drunk endearing inspiring amusing italy small town vineyard wine nazi occupation deception courage resistance quest underdog 1940s
During WWII in Italy, a wine producing village hide a million bottles from the Germans
Sci-Fi
USA
1959
133 Minutes
Director
Gregory Peck Ava Gardner Fred Astaire Anthony Perkins Donna Anderson John Tate Lola Brooks John Meillon Lou Vernon Guy Doleman Harp McGuire
commander alcoholic scientist newlywed lieutenant survivor dark tense emotional australia submarine deep sea hotel san francisco san diego nuclear war radiation survival reconnaissance denial
After a global nuclear war, the residents of Australia must come to terms with the fact that all life will be destroyed in a matter of months.
Drama
USA
1971
109 Minutes
Director
Bill Mumy Barry Robins Miles Chapin Darel Glaser Bob Kramer Marc Vahanian Jesse White Ken Swofford Dave Ketchum Elaine Devry Wayne Sutherlin
A group of social misfits at a summer camp for boys run away to save penned-in buffaloes from a rifle club's slaughter.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1973
108 Minutes
Director
George C. Scott Faye Dunaway John Mills Jack Palance Bill Lucking Harvey Jason Ted Gehring Cliff Osmond Rafael Campos Woodrow Parfrey John Hudkins
businessman woman fighter father love interest friend spirited engaging amusing confident offbeat oklahoma oil well abuse of power territorial disputes oil business determination land dispute greed discovery
In 1913, in Oklahoma, oil derrick owner Lena Doyle (Faye Dunaway), aided by her father (Sir John Mills) and a hobo (George C. Scott), is stubbornly drilling for oil despite the pressure from major oil companies to sell her land.
Drama
USA
1979
99 Minutes
Director
Father Rivard is a priest in a small, economically depressed coal mining town. Working on what he thinks is a "controversial" work, he lives with the brutal lives of his poor parishioners, ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1977
97 Minutes
Director
Gene Hackman Candice Bergen Richard Widmark Mickey Rooney Edward Albert Eli Wallach Ken Swofford Neva Patterson Jay Novello Claire Brennan Ted Gehring
ex-convict stranger wife cellmate employer general tense thrilling prison los angeles household assassination kidnapping mystery conspiracy husband/wife relationship mystery pursuit 1970s
A Vietnam War veteran, imprisoned for murder, is offered his freedom if he accepts to undertake a contract killing for a shady organization.
Drama
USA
1970
97 Minutes
Director
R.P.M. stands for (political) revolutions per minute. Anthony Quinn plays a liberal college professor at a west coast college during the heady days of campus activism in the late 1960's. ... See full summary »
Drama
1955
135 Minutes
Director
Olivia de Havilland Robert Mitchum Frank Sinatra Gloria Grahame Broderick Crawford Charles Bickford Myron McCormick Lon Chaney Jesse White Harry Morgan Lee Marvin
medical student nurse doctor mistress friend engaging emotional intense college small town doctor's office household ambition medicine business love infidelity betrayal discovery temptation
An intern (Robert Mitchum) marries a nurse (Olivia de Havilland) who can pay the bills on his way up as a doctor.
Action
1957
132 Minutes
Director
Cary Grant Frank Sinatra Sophia Loren Theodore Bikel John Wengraf Jay Novello José Nieto Carlos Larrañaga Philip Van Zandt Julián Ugarte Felix de Pomes
british soldier peasant rebel mistress spaniard frenchman inspiring passionate intense melodramatic thrilling spain countryside river camp mountain napoleonic wars weapons journey love triangle
A British naval officer (Cary Grant) and a Spanish guerrilla (Frank Sinatra) salvage a huge cannon to use against Napoleon.