71. Human Condition I, The ( Ningen no joken I )
Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Masaki Kobayashi
Actors: Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Ineko Arima, Chikage Awashima, Keiji Sada, Sô Yamamura
Plot: In the first part of a trilogy, a man named Kaji, hoping to avoid military service during WWII instead supervises a Manchurain POW camp, which functions as an iron ore mine. He treats the prisoners with respect and, in turn, improves production. But the influx of a large group of prisoners exposes the corrupt system, and when a foreman organizes an escape attempt, it ultimately leads to Kaji being accused of helping the rebels, being labeled a Red and sent to war after all.
72. Peter Pan
Year of Release: 1953
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson
Actors: Bobby Driscoll, Kathryn Beaumont, Hans Conried, Bill Thompson, Heather Angel, Paul Collins
Plot: J. M. Barrie's story is brought to animated life when Wendy Darling and her brothers are whisked away to Neverland by the boy who never grew up, Peter Pan. Once there they find magic and adventure as they fight against the dreaded Captain Hook and his pirates.
73. Idiot, The ( Hakuchi )
Year of Release: 1951
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Actors: Setsuko Hara, Masayuki Mori, Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Chieko Higashiyama, Chiyoko Fumiya
Plot: Kameda has been on an asylum after the war, but after being released, travels to Hokkaido where he becomes involved in a love triangle between his friend and a woman they both love.
74. On the Beach
Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Stanley Kramer
Actors: Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, Anthony Perkins, Donna Anderson, John Tate
Plot: After nuclear war wipes out most of humanity, the few survivors -- including a submarine commander, a young married couple and a party girl searching for true love -- wait for the fallout to hit them in this grim anti-war film.
75. Samurai 3: Duel on Ganryu Island aka Bushido ( Miyamoto Musashi kanketsuhen: kettô Ganryûjima )
Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Adventure/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki
Actors: Koji Tsuruta, Toshirô Mifune, Kaoru Yachigusa, Mariko Okada, Daisuke Katô, Michiko Saga
Plot: The Conclusion of the definitive Samurai trilogy, in which the ultimate warrior Musashi Miyamoto finds his true love, battles his nemesis, and continues along the path of the warrior.
76. The Caine Mutiny
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Actors: Humphrey Bogart, José Ferrer, Van Johnson, Fred MacMurray, Robert Francis, E.G. Marshall
Plot: During WWII on a small ship ship in the U.S. Pacific fleet an executive
officer removes the captain from command that is deemed a mutiny. But in
the subsequent trial that follows, the captain is shown to be mentally
unstable so the jury must conclude whether to charge the officer with
mutiny or commend him from saving the ship from the hands of the captain.
77. Compulsion
Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Richard Fleischer
Actors: Orson Welles, Diane Varsi, Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman, E.G. Marshall, Richard Anderson
Plot: This film is based on the trial of Leopold and Loeb in the 1920s. They were the two well to do young men, who murdered a boy just to experience murder.
78. To Catch a Thief
Year of Release: 1955
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Actors: Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jessie Royce Landis, John Williams, Brigitte Auber, Charles Vanel
Plot: Light and breezy Hitchcock trifle about a retired jewel thief lured out of
retirement by a copycat criminal. Romance ensues with a beautiful
American heiress against the luscious backdrop of the French Riviera.
79. Cinderella
Year of Release: 1950
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson
Actors: Ilene Woods, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton, Claire Du Brey, Rhoda Williams, James MacDonald
Plot: A woman, horribly mistreated by her step-family, magically changes into a stunning beauty.
80. Kind Hearts and Coronets
Year of Release: 1950
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Hamer
Actors: Alec Guinness, Dennis Price, Valerie Hobson, Joan Greenwood, Audrey Fildes, Hugh Griffith
Plot: A man who is considered to be the least important in his family, tries to kill off all of his family members through his life so that he inherits the family money.
