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- DirectorJohn SturgesStarsSpencer TracyRobert RyanAnne FrancisA one-armed stranger comes to a tiny town possessing a terrible past they want to keep secret, by violent means if necessary.Release date January 13, 1955
Directed by John Sturges
Ernest Borgnine ... Coley Trimble
Lee Marvin ... Hector David
Robert Ryan ... Reno Smith
Spencer Tracy ... John J. Macreedy
Academy Awards, USA 1956
NOMINEE Best Actor in a Leading Role (Spencer Tracy)
NOMINEE Best Director
NOMINEE Best Writing, Screenplay - DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczStarsMarlon BrandoJean SimmonsFrank SinatraIn New York, a gambler is challenged to take a cold female missionary to Havana, but they fall for each other, and the bet has a hidden motive to finance a crap game.Release date November 3, 1955
Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Marlon Brando ... Sky Masterson
Jean Simmons ... Sarah Brown
Frank Sinatra ... Nathan Detroit
Academy Awards, USA 1956
NOMINEE Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color
NOMINEE Best Cinematography, Color
NOMINEE Best Costume Design, Color
NOMINEE Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture - DirectorJean-Paul Le ChanoisStarsRobert LamoureuxGaby MorlayFernand LedouxRobert Langlois is now married to Catherine, the former housemaid. And they would live happily ever after if the housing crisis did not force them to live together with Gabrielle and Fernand, Robert's parents. For, despite the good will on either side, tension soon arises. What else to expect when there is too little space in their Montmartre apartment for four people (then for six then eight, the couple having... two pairs of twins!) ; the continued presence there of Fernand (who loves peace and quiet) after he is driven to retirement ; the difficult beginnings of Robert as a lawyer in a room of the apartment, etc... Other troubles follow and the harried family is on the verge of implosion...Release date May 13, 1955
Directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois
Louis de Funès ... Monsieur Calomel
Mylène Demongeot ... La fille qui ouvre la porte - DirectorAugusto GeninaStarsDany RobinGino CerviPhilippe LemaireFour regulars at Maxim's restaurant in Paris try to turn a flower seller into a singer.Release date 19 July 1955
Directed by Augusto Genina
Louis de Funès ... Colonel Cousinet-Duval
Mylène Demongeot ... La maîtresse de Cousinet-Duval - DirectorAndré HunebelleStarsMichel SimonEtchika ChoureauMischa AuerMaurice Martin takes care of the concierge's lodge he has with his wife, the amiable Germaine.Release date 26 July 1955
Directed by André Hunebelle
Louis de Funès ... Oncle Robert - DirectorStanley KramerStarsOlivia de HavillandFrank SinatraRobert MitchumAn ego-driven, aspiring physician, intolerant of the weaknesses of others, especially those closest to him, comes to grips with his own imperfections.Release date June 28, 1955
Directed by Stanley Kramer
Olivia de Havilland ... Kristina Hedvigson
Gloria Grahame ... Harriet Lang
Lee Marvin ... Brundage
Robert Mitchum ... Lucas Marsh
Frank Sinatra ... Alfred Boone
Academy Awards, USA 1956
NOMINEE Best Sound, Recording - DirectorNicholas RayStarsJames DeanNatalie WoodSal MineoA rebellious young man with a troubled past comes to a new town, finding friends and enemies.Release date October 26, 1955
Directed by Nicholas Ray
James Dean ... Jim Stark
Dennis Hopper ... Goon
Natalie Wood ... Judy
Academy Awards, USA 1956
NOMINEE Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Sal Mineo)
NOMINEE Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Natalie Wood)
NOMINEE Best Writing, Motion Picture Story - DirectorElia KazanStarsJames DeanRaymond MasseyJulie HarrisTwo brothers in 1910s California struggle to maintain the favor of their affectionate but strict, Bible-toting father as an old secret about their long-absent mother comes to light.Release date March 9, 1955
Directed by Elia Kazan
James Dean ... Cal Trask
Academy Awards, USA 1956
NOMINEE Best Actor in a Leading Role (James Dean)
WINNER Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Jo Van Fleet)
NOMINEE Best Director
NOMINEE Best Writing, Screenplay - DirectorKing VidorStarsKirk DouglasJeanne CrainClaire TrevorSharpshooting drifter Dempsey Rae comes back to Wyoming to work for beautiful rancher Reed Bowman. But Reed's plan to fence in her land's wide open spaces angers other ranchers and soon embroils Dempsey in a bloody range war.Release date March 15, 1955
Directed by King Vidor
Kirk Douglas ... Dempsey Rae
Claire Trevor ... Idonee - DirectorFrank TashlinStarsDean MartinJerry LewisShirley MacLaineRick Todd uses the dreams of his roommate Eugene as the basis for a successful comic book.Release date November 7, 1955
Directed by Frank Tashlin
Anita Ekberg ... Anita
Jerry Lewis ... Eugene Fullstack
Shirley MacLaine ... Bessie Sparrowbrush - DirectorJean RenoirStarsJean GabinFrançoise ArnoulMaría FélixThis comedy drama from Jean Renoir chronicles the revival of Paris' most notorious dance as it tells the story of a theater producer who turns a humble washerwoman into a star at the Moulin Rouge.Release date 9 April 1955
Directed by Jean Renoir
María Félix ... Lola de Castro de la Fuente de Extremadura
Jean Gabin ... Henri Danglard - DirectorCarmine GalloneStarsFernandelGino CerviClaude SylvainBewildered, Don Camillo learns that Peppone intends to stand for parliament. Determined to thwart his ambitions, the good priest, ignoring the recommendations of the Lord, decides to campaign against him.Release date 30 September 1955
Directed by Carmine Gallone
Fernandel ... Don Camillo - DirectorCharles LaughtonStarsRobert MitchumShelley WintersLillian GishA self-proclaimed preacher marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real dad hid the $10,000 he'd stolen in a robbery.Release date July 26, 1955
Directed by Charles Laughton
Lillian Gish ... Rachel Cooper
Robert Mitchum ... Harry Powell
Shelley Winters ... Willa Harper - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsCary GrantGrace KellyJessie Royce LandisA retired jewel thief sets out to prove his innocence after being suspected of returning to his former occupation.Release date August 2, 1955
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Cary Grant ... John Robie
Grace Kelly ... Frances Stevens
Academy Awards, USA 1956
NOMINEE Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color
WINNER Best Cinematography, Color
NOMINEE Best Costume Design, Color - DirectorHenri-Georges ClouzotStarsSimone SignoretVéra ClouzotPaul MeurisseThe wife and mistress of a loathed school principal plans to murder him with what they believe is the perfect alibi.Release date 29 January 1955
Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot
Johnny Hallyday ... Un élève (uncredited)
Jean Lefebvre ... Le soldat
Michel Serrault ... M. Raymond, le surveillant - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJohn ForsytheShirley MacLaineEdmund GwennHarry's dead and, while no one really minds, everyone feels responsible. After Harry's body is found in the woods, several locals must determine not only how and why he was killed but what to do with the body.Release date September 30, 1955
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Shirley MacLaine ... Jennifer Rogers - DirectorBilly WilderStarsMarilyn MonroeTom EwellEvelyn KeyesWhen his family goes away for the summer, a hitherto faithful husband with an overactive imagination is tempted by a beautiful neighbor.Release dates June 1, 1955
Directed by Billy Wilder
Marilyn Monroe ... The Girl - DirectorOtto PremingerStarsFrank SinatraKim NovakEleanor ParkerA junkie must face his true self to kick his drug addiction.Release date December 15, 1955
Directed by Otto Preminger
Kim Novak ... Molly
Frank Sinatra ... Frankie Machine
Academy Awards, USA 1956
NOMINEE Best Actor in a Leading Role (Frank Sinatra)
NOMINEE Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White
NOMINEE Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture - DirectorErnst MarischkaStarsRomy SchneiderMagda SchneiderGretl SchörgYoung Stanzi who is visiting Vienna helps a young corporal and musician to become famous for his marching song "Die Deutschmeister".Release Date August 11, 1955
Directed by Ernst Marischka
Romy Schneider ... Constanze ("Stanzi") Hübner - DirectorErnst MarischkaStarsRomy SchneiderKarlheinz BöhmMagda SchneiderIn the first of a trilogy of movies about Elisabeth "Sissi" of Austria, the vibrant young princess catches the eye of her sister's fiancé, Emperor Franz Josef.Release date December 21, 1955
Directed by Ernst Marischka
Romy Schneider ... Sissi - DirectorH. Bruce HumberstoneStarsRandolph ScottJocelyn BrandoRichard BooneWhen his ward seeks protection with rival cattleman John Stewart, embittered, jealous rancher Wick Campbell hires ten outlaws to help him seize power in the territory.Release date February 1, 1955
Directed by Bruce Humberstone
Randolph Scott ... John Stewart
Lee Van Cleef ... Al Drucker - DirectorJoseph H. LewisStarsCornel WildeRichard ConteJean WallaceA police lieutenant is ordered to stop investigating deadly crime boss Mr. Brown because he hasn't been able to get any hard evidence against him. He goes after Brown's girlfriend, who despises him, for information instead.Release date February 13, 1955
Directed by Joseph H. Lewis
Lee Van Cleef ... Fante - DirectorGeorg Wilhelm PabstStarsAlbin SkodaOskar WernerLotte TobischThe last ten days of Adolf Hitler and his Third Reich during World War 2.Release date 14 April 1955
Directed by G. W. Pabst - DirectorGeorg Wilhelm PabstStarsBernhard WickiKarl Ludwig DiehlCarl WeryA dramatic reconstruction of the July 1944 attempt by German Army Officers to assassinate Hitler with a bomb and end the war before Germany was totally destroyed.Release date 19 June 1955
Directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst - DirectorJesse HibbsStarsAudie MurphyMarshall ThompsonCharles DrakeThe true WWII story of Audie Murphy, the most decorated soldier in U.S. history. Based on the autobiography of Audie Murphy who stars as himself in the film.Release date August 17, 1955
Directed by Jesse Hibbs