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Sidney Lumet • Starring: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Jack Klugman
Based-on-Television • Based-on-Theatre • Courtroom Drama
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Elia Kazan • Starring: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb
Crime Drama • Crime • Drama
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Alfred Hitchcock • Starring: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Mystery • Psychological Thriller
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Elia Kazan • Starring: Vivien Leigh, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden
Based-on-Theatre • Drama • Marriage Drama
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Akira Kurosawa • Starring: Takashi Shimura, Shin'ichi Himori, Haruo Tanaka
Based-on-19th-Century-Literature • Drama • Foreign Language Film
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Akira Kurosawa • Starring: Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô, Minoru Chiaki
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Crime Drama • Crime
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Billy Wilder • Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon
Comedy of Errors • Comedy • Cross-Dressing / Gender-Bending
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Billy Wilder • Starring: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Nancy Olson
Drama • Femme Fatale • Film Noir
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Alfred Hitchcock • Starring: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason
Chase Movie • Mystery • Romance
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Joseph L. Mankiewicz • Starring: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders
Comedy Drama • Drama • Showbiz Drama
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Alfred Hitchcock • Starring: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Tom Helmore
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Femme Fatale • Mindbender
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Delbert Mann • Starring: Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair, Jerry Paris
Drama • Romance • Romantic Drama
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Billy Wilder • Starring: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Courtroom Drama • Crime Drama
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Alfred Hitchcock • Starring: Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings
Based-on-Theatre • Crime Thriller • Crime
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Akira Kurosawa • Starring: Toshirô Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Takashi Shimura
Action • Drama • Ensemble Film
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François Truffaut • Starring: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claire Maurier, Albert Remy
Childhood Drama • Coming-of-Age • Drama
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Richard Brooks • Starring: Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor, Burl Ives
Based-on-Theatre • Drama • Ensemble Film
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John Huston • Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley
Adventure Drama • Adventure • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature
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George Stevens • Starring: Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters
Drama • Psychological Drama • Romance
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Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly • Starring: Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds
Comedy • Jukebox Musical • Musical Comedy
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David Lean • Starring: William Holden, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Drama • Ensemble Film
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Alfred Hitchcock • Starring: Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Crime Thriller • Crime
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Fred Zinnemann • Starring: Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Thomas Mitchell
Western
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Vincente Minnelli • Starring: Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant
Jukebox Musical • Musical Romance • Musical
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Jules Dassin • Starring: Jean Servais, Carl Mohner, Robert Manuel
Caper • Crime Thriller • Crime
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Henri-Georges Clouzot • Starring: Simone Signoret, Vera Clouzot, Paul Meurisse
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Crime • Foreign Language Film
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Joseph L. Mankiewicz • Starring: Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis
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Robert Wise • Starring: Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe
Alien Invasion Films • Apocalyptic Film • Cyborg / Android / Robot
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Billy Wilder • Starring: Kirk Douglas, Robert Arthur, Jan Sterling
Black Comedy • Comedy Drama • Drama
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George Cukor • Starring: Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson
Drama • Marriage Drama • Musical Drama
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Ingmar Bergman • Starring: Max von Sydow, Gunnar Björnstrand, Bengt Ekerot
Drama • Fantasy • Foreign Language Film
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Henri-Georges Clouzot • Starring: Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Folco Lulli
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Foreign Language Film • Psychological Thriller
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Billy Wilder • Starring: Robert Strauss, Harvey Lembeck, Otto Preminger
Comedy Drama • Drama • Ensemble Film
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Stanley Kubrick • Starring: Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou
Anti-War Film • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Drama
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Otto Preminger • Starring: James Stewart, Lee Remick, Eve Arden
Courtroom Drama • Drama
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Martin Ritt • Starring: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa
Drama • Family Drama
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Kenji Mizoguchi • Starring: Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyô, Kinuyo Tanaka
Costume Romance • Drama • Fantasy
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Alain Resnais • Starring: Michel Bouquet, Reinhard Heydrich, Heinrich Himmler
Documentary • Essay Film • Foreign Language Film
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Don Siegel • Starring: Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates
Alien Invasion Films • Apocalyptic Film • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature
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Elia Kazan • Starring: Andy Griffith, Anthony Franciosa, Patricia Neal
Drama • Media Satire • Satire
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Charles Crichton • Starring: Alec Guinness, Alfie Bass, Stanley Holloway
Caper • Comedy • Crime
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Alfred Hitchcock • Starring: Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jesse Royce Landis
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Mystery • Romance
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Ingmar Bergman • Starring: Victor Sjostrom, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin
Drama • Foreign Language Film • Psychological Drama
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Billy Wilder • Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Tom Ewell, Evelyn Keyes
Based-on-Theatre • Comedy • Domestic Comedy
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Fred Zinnemann • Starring: Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr
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John Ford • Starring: John Wayne, Jeffery Hunter, Vera Miles
Epic • Revisionist Western • Western
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Mervyn LeRoy • Starring: Nancy Kelly, Patty McCormack, Henry Jones
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Drama • Horror
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Robert Wise • Starring: Paul Newman, Sal Mineo, Everett Sloane
Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic • Docudrama
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Ishirô Honda • Starring: Akira Takarada, Momoko Kochi, Akihiko Hirata
Drama • Foreign Language Film • Horror
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George Cukor • Starring: Judy Holliday, Broderick Crawford, William Holden
Based-on-Theatre • Comedy • Comedy of Manners
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Delmer Daves • Starring: Van Heflin, Felicia Farr, Leora Dana
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Outlaw • Thriller
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Billy Wilder • Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, William Holden
Comedy Drama • Romance • Romantic Comedy
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Albert Lamorisse • Starring: Pascal Lamorisse, Georges Sellier, Vladimir Popov
Adventure • Family • Family-Oriented Adventure
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William Wyler • Starring: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet
Based-on-19th-Century-Literature • Drama • Epic
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Federico Fellini • Starring: Giulietta Masina, Richard Basehart, Al Silvani
Drama • Foreign Language Film • Italian Neorealism
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John Huston • Starring: Louis Calhern, James Whitmore, Sam Jaffe
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Akira Kurosawa • Starring: Toshirô Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Kamatari Fujiwara
Adventure • Costume Adventure • Foreign Language Film
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Henry Koster • Starring: James Stewart, Josephine Hull, Peggy Dow
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Stanley Kubrick • Starring: Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Caper • Crime Thriller
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Richard Fleischer • Starring: Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor, Jacqueline White
Film Noir • Police Detective Film • Psychological Thriller
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Otto Preminger • Starring: Darren McGavin, John Conte, Doro Merande
Addiction Drama • Drama • Melodrama
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Vincente Minnelli • Starring: Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor
Comedy • Domestic Comedy • Sophisticated Comedy
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Yasujirô Ozu • Starring: Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama, Setsuko Hara
Drama • Family Drama • Foreign Language Film
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Akira Kurosawa • Starring: Toshirô Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Minoru Chiaki
Action Thriller • Action • Based-on-Shakespeare
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Charles Laughton • Starring: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish
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Lewis Allen • Starring: Frank Sinatra, James Gleason, Nancy Gates
Crime Thriller • Crime • Film Noir
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Henry Hathaway • Starring: Tyrone Power, Susan Hayward, Hugh Marlowe
Adventure • Drama • Home Invasion Film
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Michael Gordon • Starring: José Ferrer, Mala Powers, William Prince
Costume Romance • Drama • Period Film
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Robert Stevenson • Starring: Dorothy McGuire, Fess Parker, Kevin Corcoran
Animal Picture • Coming-of-Age • Drama
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Dick Powell • Starring: Robert Mitchum, Curd Jürgens, David Hedison
Combat Films • Drama • War
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Marcel Camus • Starring: Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Marcel Camus
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Kaneto Shindô • Starring: Nobuko Otowa, Osamu Takizawa, Niwa Saito
Docudrama • Drama • Foreign Language Film
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Michael Curtiz • Starring: Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney
Comedy • Holiday Film • Musical
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Robert Wise • Starring: Don Rickles, Jack Warden, Burt Lancaster
Action • Combat Films • Drama
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Akira Kurosawa • Starring: Setsuko Hara, Masayuki Mori, Toshirô Mifune
Based-on-19th-Century-Literature • Costume Romance • Drama
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Leo McCarey • Starring: Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Charles Watts
Comedy Drama • Drama • Melodrama
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Hal Walker • Starring: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour
Adventure Comedy • Buddy Film • Comedy
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Vincente Minnelli • Starring: Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon
Drama • Showbiz Drama
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David Miller • Starring: Ann Blyth, Farley Granger, Jane Wyatt
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Alexander Mackendrick • Starring: Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison
Drama • Film Noir • Media Satire
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Kurt Neumann • Starring: David Hedison, Patricia Owens, Vincent Price
Body Horror • Horror • Monster Film
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Delmer Daves • Starring: Richard Egan, Dorothy McGuire, Sandra Dee
Drama • Melodrama • Romance
83
Nicholas Ray • Starring: James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo
Coming-of-Age • Drama • Family Drama
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Fritz Lang • Starring: Alexander Scourby, Lee Marvin, Glenn Ford
Crime Drama • Crime Thriller • Crime
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George Stevens • Starring: Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin
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John Ford, Mervyn LeRoy • Starring: William Powell, Jack Lemmon, James Cagney
Based-on-Theatre • Comedy • Ensemble Film
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Mark Robson • Starring: Lee Philips, Lloyd Nolan, Diane Varsi
Coming-of-Age • Drama • Ensemble Film
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Chuck Jones • Starring: Mel Blanc
Animation • Cartoon • Comedy
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Mark Robson • Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger, Jan Sterling
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Vittorio De Sica • Starring: Carlo Battisti, Maria-Pia Casilio, Lina Gennari
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Irving Rapper • Starring: Michel Ray, Rodolfo Hoyos Jr., Elsa Cardenas
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Vincente Minnelli • Starring: Gregory Peck, Lauren Bacall, Dolores Gray
Comedy • Romance • Romantic Comedy
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Stanley Kramer • Starring: Sidney Poitier, Theodore Bikel, Tony Curtis
Buddy Film • Chase Movie • Drama
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Alain Resnais • Starring: Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada
Anti-War Film • Drama • Foreign Language Film
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Clyde Geronimi • Starring: Ilene Woods, Verna Felton, Don Barclay
Animated Musical • Animation • Fairy Tales and Legends
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Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. • Starring: Steve McQueen, Aneta Corsaut, Earl Rowe
Horror • Monster Film • Sci-Fi Horror
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Clarence Brown • Starring: Paul Douglas, Janet Leigh, Keenan Wynn
Comedy • Family-Oriented Comedy • Fantasy
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Howard Hawks • Starring: Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn
Comedy • Musical • Musical Comedy
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Robert Wise • Starring: William Holden, June Allyson, Barbara Stanwyck
Drama
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Clyde Geronimi • Starring: Kathryn Beaumont, Ed Wynn, Richard Haydn
Animated Musical • Animation • Based-on-19th-Century-Literature
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