Films Released in the 1950s and 1960s

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  1. 2. A 1954 romantic comedy-drama directed by Billy Wilder starring Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, and William Holden in a love triangle involving a chauffeur's daughter.
  2. 5. A 1966 Polish historical epic film directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz depicting the struggle for power between Rameses XIII and the powerful priesthood.
  3. 10. Graduate A 1967 romantic comedy-drama directed by Mike Nichols starring Dustin Hoffman as a recent college graduate who is seduced by an older woman named Mrs. Robinson.
  4. 11. Hustler A 1961 drama directed by Robert Rossen starring Paul Newman as "Fast Eddie" Felson, an ambitious pool shark who challenges legendary player Minnesota Fats.
  5. 13. A 1966 thriller directed by Michelangelo Antonioni centered on a fashion photographer in swinging London who believes he has unintentionally captured a murder on film.
  6. 15. A 1964 epic war film directed by Cy Endfield depicting the historic Battle of Rorke's Drift between the British Army and the Zulu warriors.
  7. 17. A 1960 psychological horror thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock featuring the infamous shower murder scene and the character of Norman Bates.
  8. 19. A 1964 Italian film adaptation of Giuseppe Verdi's opera, directed by Enrico Fulchignoni and based on the classic Shakespearean tragedy.
  9. 21. A 1968 British musical drama directed by Carol Reed based on Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
  10. 23. A 1950 Japanese crime drama directed by Akira Kurosawa that introduced the narrative device of depicting the same event through multiple contradictory viewpoints.
  11. 25. Searchers A 1956 Western film directed by John Ford starring John Wayne as a Civil War veteran who spends years searching for his abducted niece.
  12. 30. Manchurian A 1962 political thriller directed by John Frankenheimer concerning a Korean War veteran who is brainwashed by communists to become an unwitting assassin.
  13. 31. A 1963 epic historical drama starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton that became infamous for its massive budget overruns which nearly bankrupted 20th Century Fox.
  14. 34. A 1940 psychological thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock about a young woman who marries a widower only to be haunted by the memory of his first wife.
  15. 35. A 1950 Disney animated musical fantasy film based on the fairy tale by Charles Perrault, featuring the iconic song Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo.
  16. 36. A 1959 action adventure film directed by Robert Day starring Denny Miller as Edgar Rice Burroughs' legendary jungle hero.
  17. 39. A 1964 spy thriller directed by Guy Hamilton featuring James Bond preventing a mastermind from irradiating the United States gold depository at Fort Knox.
  18. 40. A 1953 Western film directed by George Stevens starring Alan Ladd as a mysterious gunfighter who defends a group of homesteaders against a ruthless cattle baron.
  19. 41. Birds A 1963 horror thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock in which a series of sudden, unexplained violent bird attacks terrorize a small California coastal town.
  20. 42. Producers A 1967 satirical comedy film written and directed by Mel Brooks about two theatrical producers who scheme to get rich by overselling interests in a guaranteed Broadway flop.
  21. 43. A 1959 Western film directed by Howard Hawks starring John Wayne as a small-town Texas sheriff who arrests a murderer and holds him with the help of a disabled deputy and a drunk.
  22. 44. Apartment A 1960 romantic comedy-drama directed by Billy Wilder starring Jack Lemmon as an insurance clerk who lets company executives use his residence for extramarital affairs.
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  1. 1. A 1961 Spanish-Mexican drama directed by Luis Bunuel that was banned in Spain for blasphemy, sharing the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
  2. 3. A 1958 British gothic horror film directed by Terence Fisher that launched the Hammer Horror franchise and starred Christopher Lee as the titular vampire count.
  3. 4. A 1955 romantic drama starring Ernest Borgnine as a lonely, good-natured butcher from the Bronx that won both the Academy Award for Best Picture and the Palme d'Or.
  4. 6. A 1965 psychological horror film directed by Roman Polanski starring Catherine Deneuve as a young woman who descends into severe schizophrenia and madness inside an apartment.
  5. 7. A 1958 psychological thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock starring James Stewart as a former police detective suffering from acrophobia who becomes obsessed with a mysterious woman.
  6. 8. A 1979 Soviet science fiction film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky following a guide who leads clients through a post-apocalyptic wasteland known as the Zone.
  7. 9. A 1968 action thriller starring Steve McQueen as a San Francisco police detective, famous for its influential and lengthy car chase scene through the city's hilly streets.
  8. 12. A 1966 Swedish psychological drama directed by Ingmar Bergman concerning a young nurse and her mute patient, an actress, whose personalities begin to merge.
  9. 14. A 1958 musical romance film directed by Vincente Minnelli that won all nine Academy Awards it was nominated for, set in turn-of-the-century Paris.
  10. 15. A 1964 comedy-drama directed by Michael Cacoyannis starring Anthony Quinn as a boisterous Greek peasant who teaches an uptight English writer how to enjoy life.
  11. 16. Haunting A 1963 British psychological horror film directed by Robert Wise adapted from Shirley Jackson's novel about an investigation into a paranormal mansion.
  12. 18. Jones A 1963 British adventure comedy film directed by Tony Richardson, based on Henry Fielding's classic comic novel, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
  13. 20. A 1959 epic historical drama directed by William Wyler that won eleven Academy Awards and features a legendary nine-minute chariot race scene.
  14. 22. A 1962 epic historical drama directed by David Lean that chronicles the life of T.E. Lawrence in the Ottoman Empire during World War I.
  15. 24. A 1960 epic historical drama directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Kirk Douglas as the leader of a historic slave rebellion against the Roman Republic.
  16. 26. A 1969 spy thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock based on Leon Uris's novel about a French intelligence agent entangled in Cold War espionage leading to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
  17. 27. A 1968 neo-noir thriller directed by Peter Bogdanovich detailing an insurance salesman who goes on a sniper killing spree in Los Angeles while an aging horror star makes a public appearance.
  18. 28. A 1964 psychological thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock starring Tippi Hedren as a habitual thief with severe psychological trauma and an aversion to the color red.
  19. 29. A 1952 historical adventure film starring Robert Taylor and Elizabeth Taylor, adapted from Sir Walter Scott's classic novel about a Saxon knight.
  20. 31. A 1963 romantic comedy thriller directed by Stanley Donen, starring Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant, often referred to as "the best Hitchcock film that Hitchcock never made."
  21. 32. Robe A 1953 historical epic directed by Henry Koster, notable for being the very first widescreen feature film released in the CinemaScope process.
  22. 33. A 1964 spy film directed by Guy Hamilton that serves as the third entry in the James Bond franchise, featuring a villain who plots to contaminate Fort Knox.
  23. 37. A 1966 British comedy-drama starring Michael Caine as a self-centered, womanizing bachelor in London who frequently breaks the fourth wall to speak directly to the audience.
  24. 38. A 1975 thriller directed by Steven Spielberg that pioneered the summer blockbuster format, centered on a man-eating great white shark terrorizing an island resort town.
  25. 40. A 1968 Swedish drama directed by Ingmar Bergman following two former musicians who flee to a remote island to escape an escalating domestic civil war.
  26. 41. Misfits A 1961 drama directed by John Huston, notable for being the final completed film appearance for both Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable.
  27. 45. A 1963 Western drama starring Paul Newman as an arrogant, rebellious Texas rancher in conflict with his principled father, directed by Martin Ritt.