Seven Samurai
Rating: 8.4
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai ga...
Best movies of 1954
Titles indexed: 30
Ulysses
Rating: 6.5
A movie adaptation of Homer's second epic, that talks about Ulysses' efforts to return to his home after the end of ten years of war....
Pushover
Rating: 6.5
A police detective falls for the bank robber's girlfriend he is supposed to be tailing....
Naked Alibi
Rating: 6.1
Questioned as a murder suspect, solid (but drunk) citizen Al Willis attacks his police questioners, is beaten, and swears vengeance against ...
Rear Window
Rating: 8.3
A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder....
Them!
Rating: 6.8
As a result of nuclear testing, gigantic, ferocious mutant ants appear in the American desert southwest, and a father-daughter team of entom...
Sabrina
Rating: 7.5
After her return from school in Paris, a playboy finally takes notice of his family's chauffeur's daughter Sabrina, who's long had a crush o...
The Yellow Squadron
Rating: 5.5
The year is 1954. The war in Korea has just ended and the superpowers stand by each side of the boarder. The peace in Europe is fragile and ...
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Rating: 6.0
A U.S. Navy pilot and his squad are assigned to bomb a group of heavily defended bridges deep behind enemy lines during the Korean War....
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Rating: 7.1
In 1850 Oregon, when a backwoodsman brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too....
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Rating: 6.8
When scientists exploring the Amazon River stumble on a “missing link” connecting humans and fish, they plan to capture it for later study. ...
Rogue Cop
Rating: 5.3
A police detective on the take tries to catch his brother's killer....
Shield for Murder
Rating: 6.6
A crooked police detective masterminds a robbery then fights to keep the stolen money....
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
Rating: 6.2
When several women are found mutilated and murdered, the Paris police are baffled as to who the killer may be. All evidence points to Dupin,...
The Human Jungle
Rating: 4.8
Danforth is assigned to take over the police department in a section of a large city saddled with juvenile delinquency, petty crimes, graft ...
The Caine Mutiny
Rating: 7.2
When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardize his ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces cour...
Private Hell 36
Rating: 6.2
In New York City, a bank robbery of $300,000 goes unsolved for a year, until some of the marked bills are found in a Los Angeles drugstore t...
The Mad Magician
Rating: 6.9
Don Gallico is an inventor of stage magic effects who aspires to become a star in his own right. Just before his first performance his act i...
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Rating: 7.2
Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a mighty samurai warrior....
Target Earth
Rating: 5.8
Giant robots from Venus invade Chicago. Stranded in the deserted city are Frank and Nora (who has recently attempted suicide). They meet a c...
River of No Return
Rating: 6.7
An itinerant farmer and his young son help a heart-of-gold saloon singer search for her estranged husband....
Witness to Murder
Rating: 6.3
A woman fights to convince the police that she witnessed a murder while looking out her bedroom window....
Drive a Crooked Road
Rating: 6.0
A mechanic gets caught up with the mob when he falls for a gangster's girlfriend....
Cry Vengeance
Rating: 5.9
Ex-cop Vic Barron crossed the wrong mobsters; his wife and child were killed and he was scarred, framed, and imprisoned. On release, Vic has...
The Devil Plays the Flute
Rating: 6.3
When the pieces of a singular figure are unearthed and then joined together, a devil of the lowest category breaks into a small Mediterranea...
Monster from the Ocean Floor
Rating: 3.6
Julie, an American on vacation in Mexico, spots a giant, one-eyed amoeba rising from the ocean, but when she tries to tell the authorities, ...
Killer Leopard
Rating: 5.0
Movie actress Linda Winters has gone into the jungle to find her lost husband Fred. Bomba the Jungle Boy helps in the rescue effort. A major...
Down Three Dark Streets
Rating: 5.7
An FBI Agent takes on the three unrelated cases of a dead agent to track down his killer....
Impulse
Rating: 4.5
An American realtor living in England is dissatisfied with what he believes to be his humdrum life. One weekend while his wife is out of tow...
The Frigid Sea
Rating: 6.0
Several commercial fishermen were attacked by sea pirates and were forced to spend more than one year on a desert island. Many considered th...