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Best Films of 1955

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5.9

6.5

The Sea Chase (1955)

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100

7.1

Picnic (1956)

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6.7

6.9

The Rose Tattoo (1955)

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Battle Cry

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163

6.9

Oklahoma! (1955) (1956)

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6.8

Illegal

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424

8.4

8.6

Night and Fog

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493

7.2

7.1

The Trouble with Harry

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6.8

Not as a Stranger (1955)

Director: Stanley Kramer
His 1st Movie
My 7th movie watched from the director.

Mitchum and De Havilland are really good in this debut film from Stanley Kramer. Sinatra plays the rare supporting role well, but the lesser known Gloria Grahame is the one who steals the show.

It's clear Kramer didn't have the directorial acumen he would later have on display, but it's a solid debut for its time. It gets a little melodramatic and the themes are now dated. I found the long surgery scene to be an unusual way to present a climax in a 1950s movie - which means I liked it!

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Top Ten Films - Stanley Kramer
Top Ten Performances - Robert Mitchum
Top Ten Performances - Olivia de Havilland

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679

7.3

7.1

The Seven Year Itch (1955)

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159

7.5

7.6

Mister Roberts

Director: John Ford
His 63rd movie
My 14th movie watched from the director

One of those 50s comedies that must have been dated pretty quickly. It's light comedy about war, strange, and stranger yet with the ending that is trying to be emotional. The acting saves it and it moves along nicely.

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Top Ten Performances - Henry Fonda
Fictional War Stories

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5.6

6.5

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)

A classic romance with a great acting couple

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245

7.7

7.6

All That Heaven Allows (1956)

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7.5

7.1

It's Always Fair Weather (1955)

A classic musical with one of the best song-and-dance men in the biz

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137

7.4

Blackboard Jungle (1955)

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553

7.9

East of Eden (1955)

Director: Elia Kazan
His 11th Movie.
My 7th movie watched from the director.

This is an excellent example of the "dangerous" new era in acting meeting the safe ways of Hollywood. Kazan did it with a number of actors, most famously with Brando. In this, Dean's acting may seem over the top for today's standards but it was goddam revolutionary for the time and it's entirely understandable why he was seen as the next big thing.

The movie itself, while expertly crafted, isn't all that interesting or notable. It mostly relies on the beyond-his-years method acting from dean and very fine performances from a cast of relatively unknowns.