8.3Tokyo Story

Tokyo Story

The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi, a doctor, and their daughter, Shige, a hairdresser, don't have much time to spend with their aged parents, and so it falls to Noriko, the widow of their younger son who was killed in the war, to keep her in-laws company.

NR
8.3
1953Drama137 minPlay
8.1The Wages of Fear

The Wages of Fear

In the South American jungle, supplies of nitroglycerine are needed at a remote oil field. The oil company pays four men to deliver the supplies in two trucks. A tense rivalry develops between the two sets of drivers on the rough remote roads where the slightest jolt can result in death.

PG-13
8.1
1953Adventure153 minPlay
7.3From Here to Eternity

From Here to Eternity

In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second in command are falling in love.

NR
7.3
1953Drama118 minPlay
7.7The Big Heat

The Big Heat

Tough cop Dave Bannion takes on a politically powerful crime syndicate.

NR
7.7
1953Crime89 minPlay
7.5Shane

Shane

A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler and rancher conflict forces him to act.

NR
7.5
1953Drama118 minPlay
7.9Roman Holiday

Roman Holiday

Overwhelmed by her suffocating schedule, touring European princess Ann takes off for a night while in Rome. When a sedative she took from her doctor kicks in, however, she falls asleep on a park bench and is found by an American reporter, Joe Bradley, who takes her back to his apartment for safety. At work the next morning, Joe finds out Ann's regal identity and bets his editor he can get exclusive interview with her, but romance soon gets in the way.

G
7.9
1953Comedy119 minPlay
7.1The Band Wagon

The Band Wagon

A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.

NR
7.1
1953Comedy112 minPlay
7.8Stalag 17

Stalag 17

It's a dreary Christmas 1944 for the American POWs in Stalag 17 and the men in Barracks 4, all sergeants, have to deal with a grave problem—there seems to be a security leak.

NR
7.8
1953Comedy120 minPlay
6.9House of Wax

House of Wax

A New York sculptor who opens a wax museum to showcase the likenesses of famous historical figures runs into trouble with his business partner, who demands that the exhibits become more extreme in order to increase profits.

NR
6.9
1953Horror88 minPlay
7.7I Vitelloni

I Vitelloni

Five young men dream of success as they drift lazily through life in a small Italian village. Fausto, the group's leader, is a womanizer; Riccardo craves fame; Alberto is a hopeless dreamer; Moraldo fantasizes about life in the city; and Leopoldo is an aspiring playwright. As Fausto chases a string of women, to the horror of his pregnant wife, the other four blunder their way from one uneventful experience to the next.

NR
7.7
1953Comedy103 minPlay
7.1Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

The assassination of the would be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for the idealist and the republic.

NR
7.1
1953Drama120 minPlay
6.8The War of the Worlds

The War of the Worlds

The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from Mars bringing an army of invaders invincible to any man-made weapon, even the atomic bomb.

NR
6.8
1953Action85 minPlay
6.7The Wild One

The Wild One

The Black Rebels Motorcycle Club ride into the small California town of Wrightsville, eager to raise hell. Brooding gang leader Johnny Strabler takes a liking to Kathie, the daughter of the local lawman, as another club rolls into town.

NR
6.7
1953Drama79 minPlay