FILM

The Day the Earth Stood Still

1951

When an alien lands on Earth, he warns the people to live peacefully...or else.

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The River

1951

Three adolescent girls growing up in Bengal, India, learn their lessons in life after falling for an older American soldier.<br /> <br />

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A Place in the Sun

1951

Loosely based on Theodore Dreiser's 1925 novel <em>An American Tragedy</em>, <em>A Place in the Sun </em>tells the story of a young man who begins working in his rich…

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Strangers on a Train

1951

Two men meet on a train and talk about morbid subjects. One takes action.

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Mr. Imperium

1951

An actress and a monarch have their relationship tampered with by a myriad of circumstances.

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Diary of a Country Priest

1951

A young priest fights a mysterious stomach illness while taking over the parish at Ambricourt.

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Los Olvidados

1950

A group of juvenile delinquents live a violent and crime-filled life in the festering slums of Mexico City, and the morals of young Pedro are gradually corrupted and destroyed by the…

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Sundown

1950

To fight the Nazis, the British accept help from a mysterious Somaliland woman.

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Orpheus

1950

Orphee, a poet, falls in love with Death, the princess, and follows his unhappy wife into the underworld.

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Devil’s Doorway

1950

After the Civil War, a Shoshone Indian veteran returns home only to face racism from the white community by his village.

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Rashomon

1950

Four different point of views tell the story of a murder and rape. Their recollections combine to investigation the nature of truth and the possibility of justice.

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The Asphalt Jungle

1950

An almost-successful robbery begins to fall apart after a night watchman shoots one of the men.

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