91. Early Summer ( Bakushû )
Year of Release: 1951
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Yasujiro Ozu
Actors: Setsuko Hara, Chishû Ryû, Chikage Awashima, Kuniko Miyake, Ichirô Sugai, Chieko Higashiyama
Plot: A family living in postwar Tokyo are loving and serene - with the only problem being Noriko, the 28-year-old daughter, being headstrong and independent - and unmarried. When her boss suggest she marry a 40-year-old friend, her family hastily agrees, but Noriko has her own ideas about where she wants to end up.
92. The Quiet Man
Year of Release: 1952
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Ford
Actors: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond, Victor McLaglen, Mildred Natwick
Plot: A retired boxer returns to Ireland, his birthplace, to obtain some land.
93. Red Balloon, The ( ballon rouge, Le )
Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Fantasy/Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Albert Lamorisse
Actors: Pascal Lamorisse, René Marion, Sabine Lamorisse, Georges Sellier, Vladimir Popov, Paul Perey
Plot: The only short film to win an Oscar outside the short film category (for Best Original Screenplay) - this near silent film tells the story of a boy on the streets of Paris, and the seemingly sentient red balloon that follows him.
94. The Ladykillers
Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Actors: Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers, Danny Green, Katie Johnson
Plot: Five criminals, led by the erudite Professor Marcus, plan a daring
daylight heist of gold bullion while posing as classical musicians for
octogenarian Mrs. Wilberforce, Marcus' landlady. The heist is pulled off
without a hitch, but Mrs. Wilberforce soon deduces the quintet's
involvement in it, and demands that they return the money and then turn
themselves in. Not too keen on this idea, the five criminals resolve to
'do in' the old lady. Killing a sweet, defenseless old widow in cold
blood, though, turns out to be a lot harder than the criminals first
anticipated.
95. The Big Country
Year of Release: 1958
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: William Wyler
Actors: Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, Charlton Heston, Burl Ives, Charles Bickford
Plot: A sea captain has retired with a good bit of wealth and relocates the vast expanse of the West and plans to marry his fiancee. But soon after arriving, he finds himself in the middle of a feud with his wife's family and the rough hewn Hannassey family over a key piece of land.
96. Sweet Smell of Success
Year of Release: 1957
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Actors: Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, Martin Milner, Sam Levene, Barbara Nichols
Plot: Columnist J.J. Hunsecker can make or break a career with a single newspaper item, and has no qualms with so doing. Press agent Sidney Falco aspires to be the next Hunsecker and has cast off morals to do Hunsecker's bidding, including breaking up the romance between Hunsecker's sister and a young musician. An excellent, memorable script highlights this look at the symbiotic relationship between two hearts of darkness.
97. Drunken Angel ( Yoidore tenshi )
Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Actors: Takashi Shimura, Toshirô Mifune, Reisaburo Yamamoto, Michiyo Kogure, Chieko Nakakita, Noriko Sengoku
Plot: The film focuses on an unlikely relationship of an alcoholic doctor (Takashi Shimura) treats a hood named Matsunaga (Toshiro Mifune).
98. Forbidden Planet
Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Fred M. Wilcox
Actors: Leslie Nielsen, Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Warren Stevens, Richard Anderson, Robby the Robot
Plot: A space crew travels to a distant planet when it is silence for unknown
reasons. When they arrive only two survivors and a robot are left while
neither of them understands what has happened how what caused the
disappearances until a terrifying secret is discovered.
99. Samurai 2: Duel at Ichijoji Temple ( Zoku Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijôji no kettô )
Year of Release: 1955
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Adventure/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki
Actors: Toshirô Mifune, Koji Tsuruta, Mariko Okada, Kaoru Yachigusa, Akihiko Hirata, Daisuke Katô
Plot: Legendary Samurai Musashi Miyamoto travels, and comes across adversaries as he battles to become the country's greatest samurai.
100. The Court Jester
Year of Release: 1955
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Melvin Frank, Norman Panama
Actors: Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Basil Rathbone, Angela Lansbury, Cecil Parker, Mildred Natwick
Plot: An evil king has usurped the throne - while the real king is still just
an infant. The Black Fox band knows the key to reclaiming the throne
lies in a different key - one that lead to a secret tunnel. When they
come across the king's new jester on the road, they initiate a daring
plan to replace him with Hawkins - one of the gentlest men in the crew,
so he can get close to the king and steal the key. Things are
complicated by a crush from the evil king's daughter and a witch with a
penchant for poison.
