Movie List for "1957"

Man of a Thousand Faces (1957) Biography Drama Movie

The life and career of vaudevillian and silent screen horror star Lon Chaney, including his contentious relationship with his neurotic wife and his premature death. Year 1957.

Generes: Biography, Drama
Director: Joseph Pevney
Writer: Ralph Wheelwright, R. Wright Campbell, Ivan Goff
Actors: James Cagney, Dorothy Malone, Jane Greer

The Cranes Are Flying (1957) Drama Romance War Movie

Veronica plans a rendezvous with her lover, Boris, at the bank of river, only for him to be drafted into World War II shortly thereafter. Year 1957.

Generes: Drama, Romance, War
Director: Mikhail Kalatozov
Writer: Viktor Rozov
Actors: Tatyana Samoylova, Aleksey Batalov, Vasiliy Merkurev

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) Adventure Drama War Movie

British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it. Year 1957.

Generes: Adventure, Drama, War
Director: David Lean
Writer: Pierre Boulle, Carl Foreman, Michael Wilson
Actors: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins

Le notti di Cabiria (1957) Drama Movie

A waifish prostitute wanders the streets of Rome looking for true love but finds only heartbreak. Year 1957.

Generes: Drama
Director: Federico Fellini
Writer: Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli
Actors: Giulietta Masina, François Périer, Franca Marzi

Bujang lapok (1957) Comedy Movie

The first of four ‘Bujang Lapok’ (Worn Out Bachelor) movies, this movie chronicles the loves and lives of three bachelors living in ’50s Singapore. Year 1957.

Generes: Comedy
Director: P. Ramlee
Writer: B.H. Chua, P. Ramlee
Actors: P. Ramlee, S. Shamsuddin, Aziz Sattar

Los jueves, milagro (1957) Comedy Fantasy Movie

In the village of Fuentecilla is a medicinal spa which was very popular in the past but has now been forgotten by the public. To bring back the tourists, the “prominent men” of the village organize a fake miracle: the apparition of S Year 1957.

Generes: Comedy, Fantasy
Director: Luis García Berlanga
Writer: Luis García Berlanga, José Luis Colina, Sandro Continenza
Actors: Richard Basehart, José Isbert, Paolo Stoppa

Man Bo nu lang (1957) Drama Romance Movie

A woman finds out she’s adopted and seeks to find her long lost mother. Year 1957.

Generes: Drama, Romance
Director: Wen Yi
Writer: Wen Yi
Actors: Grace Chang, Peter Chen Hou, Chien-Fei Chang

Ore wa matteru ze (1957) Action Crime Drama Movie

A former boxer gets involved with a club hostess trying to escape the clutches of her gangster employer. Year 1957.

Generes: Action, Crime, Drama
Director: Koreyoshi Kurahara
Writer: Shintarô Ishihara
Actors: Yûjirô Ishihara, Mie Kitahara, Isamu Kosugi

Donzoko (1957) Drama Movie

In a Japanese slum, various residents play out their lives, dreaming of better things or settling for their lot. Among them is a man who pines for a young woman but is stymied by her deceptive family. Year 1957.

Generes: Drama
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Writer: Maxim Gorky, Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni
Actors: Toshirô Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Kyôko Kagawa

Hang Tuah (1957) Drama Musical Movie

Bollywood style Malay film about a popular Renaissance era admiral who fought under the Malacca Sultanate, and his rivalry with a close friend. Year 1957.

Generes: Drama, Musical
Director: Phani Majumdar
Writer: Phani Majumdar, Mubin Sheppard
Actors: P. Ramlee, Saadiah, Nordin Ahmad

Arakure (1957) Drama Movie

A woman marries, gives birth to a stillborn child, and divorces, falls in love with a hotel-keeper, only to find herself subordinated to his drive for success, takes up with a tailor who cannot console himself with her strong persona Year 1957.

Generes: Drama
Director: Mikio Naruse
Writer: Yôko Mizuki, Shusei Tokuda
Actors: Hideko Takamine, Ken Uehara, Daisuke Katô

Kuroi kawa (1957) Action Crime Drama Movie

A love triangle develops between a benevolent student, his innocent girlfriend, and a cruel petty criminal, all as a point of diagnosis of a social disease that had Japan slowly succumbing to lawlessness during the post-War era. Year 1957.

Generes: Action, Crime, Drama
Director: Masaki Kobayashi
Writer: Zenzô Matsuyama, Takeo Tomishima
Actors: Fumio Watanabe, Tatsuya Nakadai, Ineko Arima

Kuchizuke (1957) Drama Romance Movie

Story of a young couple whose fathers are prison bound. Year 1957.

Generes: Drama, Romance
Director: Yasuzô Masumura
Writer: Kazuo Funahashi, Matsutarô Kawaguchi
Actors: Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Hitomi Nozoe, Aiko Mimasu

Le notti bianche (1957) Drama Romance Movie

A humble clerk courts a woman who awaits her lover’s return night after night. Year 1957.

Generes: Drama, Romance
Director: Luchino Visconti
Writer: Fyodor Dostoevsky, Suso Cecchi D’Amico, Luchino Visconti
Actors: Maria Schell, Marcello Mastroianni, Jean Marais

Poveri ma belli (1957) Comedy Romance Movie

Romolo and Salvatore are two young men that are neighbors and friends. They live with their parents in Piazza Navona in Rome. They are poor but handsome, and both fall in love with the beautiful Giovanna. Year 1957.

Generes: Comedy, Romance
Director: Dino Risi
Writer: Dino Risi, Pasquale Festa Campanile, Massimo Franciosa
Actors: Marisa Allasio, Maurizio Arena, Renato Salvatori

Tôkyô boshoku (1957) Drama Movie

Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot take the truth of being abandoned as a child. Year 1957.

Generes: Drama
Director: Yasujirô Ozu
Writer: Kôgo Noda, Yasujirô Ozu
Actors: Setsuko Hara, Ineko Arima, Chishû Ryû