Godzilla Raids Again (1955) IMDb ReviewDB TMDB Skybridge WikiData

ゴジラの逆襲

director: Motoyoshi Oda actor: Hiroshi Koizumi / Setsuko Wakayama …

other title: Godzilla - Il Re Dei Mostri / Godzilla kehrt zurück …

Two fishing scout pilots make a horrifying discovery when they encounter a second Godzilla alongside a new monster named Anguirus. Without the weapon that killed the original, authorities attempt to lure Godzilla away from the mainland. But Anguirus soon arrives and the two monsters make their way towards Osaka as Japan braces for tragedy.

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Shadows

director: John Cassavetes actor: Ben Carruthers / Lelia Goldoni …

other title: Ombre / Sombras …

The relationship between Lelia, a light-skinned black woman, and Tony, a white man is put in jeopardy when Tony meets Lelia’s darker-skinned jazz singer brother, Hugh, and discovers that her racial heritage is not what he thought it was.

The Unearthly (1957) TMDB WikiData IMDb

The Unearthly

director: Boris Petroff actor: John Carradine / Myron Healey …

other title: La casa dei mostri / Terror en la clínica …

A mad doctor uses patients at his isolated psychiatric institute as subjects in his attempts to create longevity by surgically installing an artificial gland in their skulls.

The Mysterians (1957) IMDb TMDB WikiData

地球防衛軍

director: Ishirō Honda actor: Kenji Sahara / Yumi Shirakawa …

other title: I misteriani / Os Bárbaros Invadem a Terra …

In Japan, scientifically advanced invaders from the war-destroyed planet Mysteroid cause an entire village to vanish, then send a giant robot out to storm the city by night, after which they request a small patch of land on Earth and the right to marry earthling women, claiming to be pacifists. Mankind must decide whether to capitulate or to resist.

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954) TMDB IMDb Douban WikiData

宮本武蔵

director: Hiroshi Inagaki actor: Toshirō Mifune / Rentaro Mikuni …

other title: Miyamoto Musashi / Samurai I: The Legend of Musashi …

Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a mighty samurai warrior.

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Zero Hour!

director: Hall Bartlett actor: Dana Andrews / Linda Darnell …

other title: Ora zero / 714 antwortet nicht …

In 1950s Canada, during a commercial flight, the pilots and some passengers suffer food poisoning, thus forcing an ex-WW2 fighter pilot to try to land the airliner in heavy fog.

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Earth vs. the Spider

director: Bert I. Gordon actor: Ed Kemmer / June Kenney …

other title: La vendetta del ragno nero / Die Rache der schwarzen Spinne …

Teenagers from a small town and their high school science teacher join forces to battle a giant mutant spider, living in a cave nearby and getting hungry.

Aventurera (1950) TMDB WikiData IMDb

Aventurera

director: Alberto Gout actor: Ninón Sevilla / Tito Junco …

other title: Maison de rendez-vous / L'Aventurière …

Left alone after her mother runs off with another man and her father kills himself, Elena attempts to make a new life for herself in a new city. Believing he's a friend, Elena goes to dinner with "Pretty Boy" Lucio, but he drugs her champagne and sells her to Rosaura, who runs a brothel out of her nightclub. Elena becomes a sensation as a dancer, but all the while she nurtures plans of revenge against those who have conspired against her.

Journey to Italy (1954) NeoDB TMDB IMDb Douban WikiData

Viaggio in Italia

director: Roberto Rossellini actor: Ingrid Bergman / George Sanders …

other title: Viaggio in Italia / Rejsen til Italien …

Married for eight years with no children, Brits Katherine and Alex Joyce are driving to Italy, their ultimate destination just outside of Naples to sell the villa they have just inherited from his uncle, the villa where they will be staying during their time there. On the drive, they come to the realization that this trip marks the first time that they have truly been alone together, and as such don't really know one another in the true sense.

Illusion Travels by Streetcar (1954) Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB

La ilusión viaja en tranvía

director: Luis Buñuel actor: Lilia Prado / Carlos Navarro …

other title: L'illusione viaggia in tranvai / Die Illusion fährt mit der Straßenbahn …

Confronted with the unfortunate news that their favorite Streetcar, no. 133, is going to be decommissioned, two Municipal Transit workers get drunk and decide to "take 'er for one last spin," as it were. Unfortunately, the "one last spin" ends up being an all-night and all-day scramble to stay out of trouble, as they are confronted with situation after sometimes bizarre situation that prevents them from returning the "borrowed" Streetcar!

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Sonny Rollins

release date 1958-06-30 publisher: Concord

The Giant Claw (1957) TMDB IMDb WikiData

The Giant Claw

director: Fred F. Sears actor: Jeff Morrow / Mara Corday …

other title: Il mostro dei cieli / O Ataque Vem do Polo …

Global panic ensues when it is revealed that a mysterious UFO is actually a giant turkey-like bird that flies at supersonic speed and has no regard for life or architecture.

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ゴジラ

8.4 (8 ratings) director: Ishirō Honda actor: Akira Takarada / Momoko Kôchi …

other title: O Monstro do Oceano Pacífico / Godzilla, Japón bajo el terror del monstruo …

Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Kyohei Yamane soon discover something far more devastating than imagined in the form of a 50 meter tall monster whom the natives call Gojira. Now the monster begins a rampage that threatens to destroy not only Japan, but the rest of the world as well.

Cairo Station (1958) TMDB IMDb

باب الحديد

director: Youssef Chahine actor: Farid Shawqy / Hind Rostom …

other title: Stazione centrale / Estação Central do Cairo …

Qinawi, a physically challenged peddler who makes his living selling newspapers in the central Cairo train station, is obsessed with Hanuma, an attractive young woman who sells drinks. While she jokes with him about a possible relationship, she is actually in love with Abu Siri, a strong and respected porter at the station who is struggling to unionize his fellow workers to combat their boss' exploitative and abusive treatment.

Nazarin (1959) IMDb TMDB

Nazarín

director: Luis Buñuel Portolés actor: Marga López / Francisco Rabal …

other title: Nazarín

After hiding a murderer, a Catholic priest is forced into self-exile and decides to embark on a pilgrimage through the Mexican countryside.

Tokyo Story (1953) NeoDB IMDb TMDB Douban Skybridge

東京物語

9.0 (7 ratings) director: Yasujirō Ozu actor: Chishū Ryū / Chieko Higashiyama …

other title: Viaggio a Tokyo / Viagem a Tóquio …

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.

Seven Samurai (1954) TMDB Douban IMDb NeoDB Bangumi YetiWatch NeoDB Test WikiData Skybridge

七人の侍

9.2 (23 ratings) director: Akira Kurosawa actor: Toshiro Mifune / Takashi Shimura …

other title: I sette samurai / De syv samuraier …

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.

Blonde in a White Car (1959) WikiData TMDB IMDb

Toi... le venin

director: Robert Hossein actor: Robert Hossein / Marina Vlady …

other title: Nachts fällt der Schleier / Toi... le venin …

Picked up by a beautiful motorist, jobless hitchhiker Pierre (Hossein) is subsequently romanced by the girl. Immediately thereafter, however, she dumps him, attempting to run him over as a final insult. Memorizing her license number, Pierre pursues the enigmatic motorist. Arriving at her home, Pierre is met by two young ladies (Marina Vlady and Odelle Versois), either one of whom might be the woman he's looking for.

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Du rififi chez les hommes

8.0 (6 ratings) director: Jules Dassin actor: Jean Servais / Carl Möhner …

other title: Guld På Gaden / Du rififi chez les hommes

Out of prison after a five-year stretch, jewel thief Tony turns down a quick job his friend Jo offers him, until he discovers that his old girlfriend Mado has become the lover of local gangster Pierre Grutter during Tony's absence. Expanding a minor smash-and-grab into a full-scale jewel heist, Tony and his crew appear to get away clean, but their actions after the job is completed threaten the lives of everyone involved.

Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958) TMDB NeoDB IMDb Douban WikiData Skybridge

I soliti ignoti

director: Mario Monicelli actor: Vittorio Gassman / Renato Salvatori …

other title: I soliti ignoti / Os Eternos Desconhecidos …

Best friends Peppe and Mario are thieves, but they're not very good at it. Still, Peppe thinks that he's finally devised a master heist that will make them rich. With the help of some fellow criminals, he plans to dig a tunnel from a rented apartment to the pawnshop next door, where they can rob the safe. But his plan is far from foolproof, and the fact that no one in the group has any experience digging tunnels proves to be the least of their problems.