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852 Titles
Roman Holiday Poster

Roman Holiday

Joe Bradley is a reporter for the American News Service in Rome, a job he doesn't much like as he would rather work for what he considers a real news agency back in the States. He is on the verge of getting fired when he, sleeping in and getting caught in a lie by his boss Hennessy, misses an interview with HRH Princess Ann, who is on a goodwill tour of Europe, Rome only her latest stop. However, he thinks he may have stumbled upon a huge scoop. Princess Ann has officially called off all her Rome engagements due to illness. In reality, he recognizes the photograph of her as being the young well but simply dressed drunk woman he rescued off the street last night (as he didn't want to turn her into the police for being a vagrant), and who is still in his small studio apartment sleeping off her hangover. What Joe doesn't know is that she is really sleeping off the effects of a sedative given to her by her doctor to calm her down after an anxiety attack, that anxiety because she hates her regimented life where she has no freedom and must always do and say the politically correct things, not what is truly on her mind or in her heart. In wanting just a little freedom, she seized upon a chance opportunity to escape from the royal palace where she was staying, albeit with no money in her pockets. Joe believes he can get an exclusive interview with her without she even knowing that he's a reporter or that he's interviewing her. As Joe accompanies "Anya Smith" - her name as she tells him in trying to hide her true identity - around Rome on her incognito day of freedom somewhat unaware that the secret service is searching for her, along for the ride is Joe's photographer friend, Irving Radovich, who Joe has tasked with clandestinely taking photographs of her, those photos to accompany the story. As the day progresses, Joe and Ann slowly start to fall for each other. Their feelings for each other affect what both decide to do, Ann with regard to her royal duties, Joe with regard to the story, and both with regard to if there is a future for them together.

137K votes
8 imdb
% 78 metacritic
% 95 tomato meter
The Robe Poster

The Robe

1953 Drama Unrated

In the Roman province of Judea during the 1st century, Roman tribune Marcellus Gallio is ordered to crucify Jesus of Nazareth but is tormented by his guilty conscience afterwards.

10,513 votes
7. 6 imdb
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Calamity Jane Poster

Calamity Jane

The story of Calamity Jane, her saloon, and her romance with Wild Bill Hickok.

9,973 votes
2. 7 imdb
% metacritic
% 73 tomato meter
Gate of Hell Poster

Gate of Hell

A samurai pursues a married lady-in-waiting.

3,808 votes
2. 7 imdb
% metacritic
% 92 tomato meter
The Bridges at Toko-Ri Poster

The Bridges at Toko-Ri

Set during the Korean War, a Navy fighter pilot must come to terms with with his own ambivalence towards the war and the fear of having to bomb a set of highly defended bridges. The ending of this grim war drama is all tension.

5,834 votes
7. 6 imdb
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The Glenn Miller Story Poster

The Glenn Miller Story

Biography of bandleader Glenn Miller from his beginnings to his death over the English Channel in December 1944.

8,856 votes
2. 7 imdb
% metacritic
% 89 tomato meter
On the Waterfront Poster

On the Waterfront

An ex-prize fighter turned New Jersey longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses, including his older brother, as he starts to connect with the grieving sister of one of the syndicate's victims.

153K votes
1. 8 imdb
% 91 metacritic
% 99 tomato meter
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Poster

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

The oceans during the late 1800s are no longer safe; many ships have been lost. Sailors have returned to port with stories of a vicious narwhal (a giant whale with a long horn) which sinks their ships. A naturalist, Professor (Pierre) Aronnax, his assistant, Conseil, and a professional whaler, Ned Land, join a US expedition which attempts to unravel the mystery.

33,789 votes
2. 7 imdb
% 83 metacritic
% tomato meter
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Poster

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

In 1850 Oregon, when a backwoodsman brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too.

25,055 votes
3. 7 imdb
% 75 metacritic
% 89 tomato meter
From Here to Eternity Poster

From Here to Eternity

It's 1941. Robert E. Lee Prewitt has requested Army transfer and has ended up at Schofield in Hawaii. His new captain, Dana Holmes, has heard of his boxing prowess and is keen to get him to represent the company. However, 'Prew' is adamant that he doesn't box anymore, so Captain Holmes gets his subordinates to make his life a living hell. Meanwhile Sergeant Warden starts seeing the captain's wife, who has a history of seeking external relief from a troubled marriage. Prew's friend Maggio has a few altercations with the sadistic stockade Sergeant 'Fatso' Judson, and Prew begins falling in love with social club employee Lorene. Unbeknownst to anyone, the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor looms in the distance.

46,935 votes
6. 7 imdb
% 85 metacritic
% 88 tomato meter
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