1955 Movies
The Year in Review
Night of the Hunter is still a great film to watch, even today. It was very taboo in its time. Robert Mitchum makes for a terrifyingly "friendly" killer and his presence drives the movie. Night and Fog is a black and white short film shot at various concentration camps in Poland. It combines the shots with real footage from the allies and with still photographs. It's tough viewing but essential for people who want to understand the atrocities.
Notable Mentions ("Surprise" Films)
This Island Earth: Very different to what I expected but way, way too long.
The Biggest Disappointments
None.
All the films I've seen from 1955
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
Bearly Asleep
Beezy Bear
Dam Busters, The
It Came from Beneath the Sea
Lady and the Tramp
Land of the Pharaohs
Man with the Golden Arm, The
Quatermass Xperiment, The
This Island Earth
What's Left to See from 1955?
5 Against the House
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops *
Above Us the Waves – (GB)
Adventures of Quentin Durward, The
Ain't Misbehavin'
All That Heaven Allows
Americano, The
Anděl na horách (Angel in the Mountains) – (Czechoslovakia)
Apache Ambush
Artists and Models
Azaad – (India)
Bad Day at Black Rock
Battle Cry
Beast with a Million Eyes, The
Bedevilled
Big Combo, The
Big Knife, The
Blackboard Jungle
Blood Alley
Bullet for Joey, A
Captain Lightfoot
Carrington V.C. – (GB)
Cast a Dark Shadow – (GB)
Chief Crazy Horse
Cinerama Holiday
Ciske de Rat (aka A Child Needs Love) – (Netherlands)
Cobweb, The
Cockleshell Heroes, The – (GB)
Colditz Story, The – (GB)
Confession – (GB)
Constant Husband, The – (GB)
Count Three and Pray
Counterfeit Coin, The (Istoria mias kalpikis liras) – (Greece)
Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell, The
Crashout
Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz, The (Ensayo de un Crimen) – (Mexico)
Daddy Long Legs
Dam Busters *
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
Death of a Cyclist (Muerte de un ciclista) – (Spain)
Deep Blue Sea, The – (GB)
Desperate Hours, The
Devdas – (India)
Die Ratten (The Rats) – (West Germany)
Dreams (Kvinnodröm) – (Sweden)
East of Eden
El Coyote
Enchanted Boy, The (Zakoldovanyy malchik) – (USSR)
Escuela de vagabundos (School for Tramps) – (Mexico)
Far Horizons, The
Fast and the Furious, The
Female on the Beach
Fire in the Night (Det brenner i natt!) – (Norway)
Floating Clouds (Ukigumo) – (Japan)
Footsteps in the Fog – (GB)
Foxfire
Francis in the Navy
Galapagos, a documentary by Thor Heyerdahl – (Norway)
Generation, A (Pokolenie) – (Poland)
Girl Rush, The
Girl in the Red Velvet Swing, The
Glass Slipper *
Godzilla Raids Again (Gojira no Gyakushū) – (Japan)
Good Morning, Miss Dove
Good Soldier Schweik, The – (Czechoslovakia)
Guys and Dolls
Hell on Frisco Bay
Hell's Island
Heroes of Shipka (Geroite na Shipka) – (Bulgaria/USSR)
Hidden One, The (La Escondida) – (Mexico)
Hit the Deck
House of Bamboo
How to Be Very, Very Popular
I Am a Camera
I Died a Thousand Times
I Live in Fear (Ikimono no kiroku) – (Japan)
I'll Cry Tomorrow
Illegal
Interrupted Melody
It Happened on July 20th (Es geschah am 20. Juli) – (Austria)
It's Always Fair Weather
Jedda – (Australia) *
John and Julie – (GB) *
Journey to the Beginning of Time (Cesta do Pravěku) – (Czechoslovakia)
Jupiter's Darling
Kanyasulkam – (India)
Kentuckian, The
Killer's Kiss *
King's Thief, The
Kiss Me Deadly
Lady Godiva of Coventry
Ladykillers, The – (GB) *
Last Frontier, The
Last Ten Days, The (Der letzte Akt) – (Austria/West Germany)
Le Amiche (The Girlfriend) – (Italy)
Left Hand of God, The
Les Diaboliques (The Devils) – (France)
Little Red Monkey – (Britain)
Lola Montès – (France)
Long Gray Line, The
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing *
Love Me or Leave Me
Love Never Dies (El Amor nunca muere) – (Argentina)
Lucy Gallant (reissued as Oil Town)
Magic Fire
Mambo – (U.S./Italy)
Man Alone, A
Man Who Loved Redheads, The – (GB)
Man Without a Star
Man from Laramie, The
Man with the Gun
Marty
McConnell Story, The
Mill of Good Luck, The (La 'Moara cu noroc') – (Romania)
Miracle of Marcelino (Marcelino Pan Y Vino) – (Spain)
Missamma – (India)
Mister Roberts
Moonfleet
Mr. & Mrs. '55 – (India)
Mr. Arkadin – (France/Spain/Switzerland)
My Sister Eileen
New York Confidential
Night My Number Came Up, The – (GB)
Not as a Stranger
Oh, Ibuku (O, My Mother) – (Indonesia)
Oklahoma!
Ordet (The Word) – (Denmark)
Our Best Days (Ayyamna al-Holwa) – (Egypt)
Out of the Clouds – (U.K.)
Passage Home – (U.K.)
Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road) – (India)
Pete Kelly's Blues
Phantom from 10,000 Leagues, The
Phenix City Story, The
Picnic
Prince of Players
Princess Yang Kwei-Fei (aka Yôkihi) – (Japan)
Prisoner, The
Private War of Major Benson, The
Prodigal, The
Queen Bee
Racers, The
Radio Stories (Historias de la radio) – (Spain)
Rage at Dawn
Rains of Ranchipur, The
Rebel Without a Cause
Red Fish (Los peces rojos) – (Spain)
Richard III – (GB)
Rififi (Du rififi chez les hommes) – (France)
Ripple in the Pond, A (Ena votsalo sti limni) – (Greece)
Romeo and Juliet (Romeo i Dzhulyetta) – (USSR)
Roots (Raíces) – (Mexico)
Rose Tattoo, The
Run for Cover
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (Zoku Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijōji no kettō) – (Japan)
Scandal in Sorrento (Pane, amore e...) – (Italy)
Scarlet Coat, The
Sea Chase, The
Seagulls Die in the Harbour (Meeuwen sterven in de haven) – (Belgium)
Seema, starring Nutan – (India)
Seven Angry Men
Seven Little Foys, The
Seven Year Itch, The *
Shree 420 – (India)
Shrike, The
Sign of Venus, The (Il segno di Venere) – (Italy)
Simba – (GB)
Sissi – (Austria)
Six Bridges to Cross
Smiles of a Summer Night (Sommarnattens leende) – (Sweden)
So This Is Paris
Son of Sinbad
Spoilers, The
Stella – (Greece)
Storm Over the Nile – (U.K.)
Strategic Air Command
Summertime – (Britain/U.S.)
Swindle, The (Il bidone) – (Italy)
Taira Clan Saga (Shin Heike Monogatari) – (Japan)
Tall Man Riding
Tall Men, The
Tarantula
Tender Trap, The
That Lady – (GB/Spain)
This Island Earth
Three for the Show
Tight Spot
To Catch a Thief
To Hell and Back
Treasure of Pancho Villa, The
Trouble with Harry, The
Unchained
Underwater!
Unknown Soldier (Tuntematon sotilas) – (Finland)
Untamed
Violent Men, The
Violent Saturday
Virgin Queen, The
We're No Angels *
White Feather
Wichita
Wicked go to Hell (Les salauds vont en enter) *
Woman in the Painting, The (Amici per la pelle) – (Italy)
Women's Prison
You're Never Too Young