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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

TMDB7.8

1962·1.3K votes

Questions arise when Senator Stoddard attends the funeral of a local man named Tom Doniphon in a small Western town. Flashing back, we learn Doniphon saved Stoddard, then a lawyer, when he was roughed up by a crew of outlaws terrorizing the town, led by Liberty Valance. As the territory's safety hung in the balance, Doniphon and Stoddard, two of the only people standing up to him, proved to be very important, but different, foes to Valance.

The Big Heat

TMDB7.7

1953·554 votes

After the suspicious suicide of a fellow cop, tough homicide detective Dave Bannion takes the law into his own hands when he sets out to smash a vicious crime syndicate.

From Here to Eternity

TMDB7.3

1953·707 votes

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.

Pickup on South Street

TMDB7.4

1953·322 votes

In New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her wallet. Unaware that she has been making deliveries of highly classified information to the communists, Candy, who has been trailed by FBI agents for months in hopes of nabbing the spy ringleader, is sent by her ex-boyfriend, Joey, to find Skip and retrieve the valuable microfilm he now holds.

A Star Is Born

TMDB7.1

1954·330 votes

A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.

Support Your Local Sheriff!

TMDB7.0

1969·202 votes

In the old west, a man becomes a Sheriff just for the pay, figuring he can decamp if things get tough.

Sergeant Rutledge

TMDB7.0

1960·137 votes

Respected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior officer.

Them!

TMDB6.8

1954·463 votes

As a result of nuclear testing, gigantic, ferocious mutant ants appear in the American desert southwest, and a father-daughter team of entomologists join forces with the state police officer who first discovers their existence, an FBI agent and, eventually, the US Army to eradicate the menace, before it spreads across the continent — and the world.

How the West Was Won

TMDB7.0

1962·497 votes

The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.

The Horse Soldiers

TMDB7.0

1959·284 votes

A Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail supply center. Along with them is sent a doctor who causes instant antipathy between him and the commander. The secret plan for the mission is overheard by a southern belle who must be taken along to assure her silence.

Pocketful of Miracles

TMDB7.3

1961·186 votes

A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying royalty.

Don't Bother to Knock

TMDB6.6

1952·168 votes

An airline pilot pursues a live-in babysitter at his hotel and gradually realizes she is not as stable as perhaps she should be.

Suddenly

TMDB6.4

1954·119 votes

The tranquility of a small town is marred only by sheriff Tod Shaw's unsuccessful courtship of widow Ellen Benson, a pacifist who can't abide guns and those who use them. But violence descends on Ellen's household willy-nilly when the U.S. President passes through town... and slightly psycho hired assassin John Baron finds the Benson home ideal for an ambush.

Two Rode Together

TMDB6.4

1961·153 votes

Two tough westerners bring home a group of settlers who have spent years as Comanche hostages.

Cheyenne Autumn

TMDB6.7

1964·146 votes

A reluctant cavalry Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyenne.

Panic in Year Zero!

TMDB6.3

1962·103 votes

While on a fishing trip, Harry Baldwin and his family hear an explosion and realize that Los Angeles has been leveled by a nuclear attack. Looters and killers are everywhere. Escaping to the hills with his family, he sets about the business of surviving in a world where, he knows, the old ideals of humanity will be the first casualties.