Movie List for "united states 2"

East of Eden (1955) Drama Movie

Two brothers in 1910s California struggle to maintain their strict, Bible-toting father’s favor as an old secret about their long-absent mother comes to light. Year 1955.

Generes: Drama
Director: Elia Kazan
Writer: John Steinbeck, Paul Osborn
Actors: James Dean, Raymond Massey, Julie Harris

Key Largo (1948) Action Crime Drama Movie

A man visits his war buddy’s family hotel and finds a gangster running things. As a hurricane approaches, the two end up confronting each other. Year 1948.

Generes: Action, Crime, Drama
Director: John Huston
Writer: Richard Brooks, John Huston, Maxwell Anderson
Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall

L.A. Confidential (1997) Crime Drama Mystery Movie

As corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen – one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy – investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice. Year 1997.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director: Curtis Hanson
Writer: James Ellroy, Brian Helgeland, Curtis Hanson
Actors: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce

Mark of the Vampire (1935) Horror Mystery Movie

When a nobleman is murdered, a professor of the occult blames vampires, but not all is what it seems. Year 1935.

Generes: Horror, Mystery
Director: Tod Browning
Writer: Guy Endore, Bernard Schubert, John L. Balderston
Actors: Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan, Bela Lugosi

Planet of the Apes (1968) Adventure Sci-Fi Movie

An astronaut crew crash-lands on a planet in the distant future where intelligent talking apes are the dominant species, and humans are the oppressed and enslaved. Year 1968.

Generes: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Writer: Michael Wilson, Rod Serling, Pierre Boulle
Actors: Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter

Mississippi Masala (1991) Drama Romance Movie

An ethnic Indian family is expelled from Idi Amin’s Uganda in 1972 and lives in Mississippi 17 years later. The dad sues Uganda to get his property back. The grown daughter falls in love with a black man. Year 1991.

Generes: Drama, Romance
Director: Mira Nair
Writer: Sooni Taraporevala
Actors: Denzel Washington, Sarita Choudhury, Roshan Seth

King Kong (1933) Adventure Horror Sci-Fi Movie

A film crew goes to a tropical island for an exotic location shoot and discovers a colossal ape who takes a shine to their female blonde star. He is then captured and brought back to New York City for public exhibition. Year 1933.

Generes: Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Director: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack
Writer: James Ashmore Creelman, Ruth Rose, Merian C. Cooper
Actors: Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot

Inherit the Wind (1960) Biography Drama History Movie

Based on a real-life case in 1925, two great lawyers argue the case for and against a Tennessee science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution. Year 1960.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Stanley Kramer
Writer: Nedrick Young, Harold Jacob Smith, Jerome Lawrence
Actors: Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly

Ed Wood (1994) Biography Comedy Drama Movie

Ambitious but troubled movie director Edward D. Wood Jr. tries his best to fulfill his dreams, despite his lack of talent. Year 1994.

Generes: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Director: Tim Burton
Writer: Rudolph Grey, Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski
Actors: Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker

Phantom of the Opera (1943) Drama Horror Music Movie

An acid-scarred composer rises from the Paris sewers to boost his favorite opera understudy’s career. Year 1943.

Generes: Drama, Horror, Music
Director: Arthur Lubin
Writer: Eric Taylor, Samuel Hoffenstein, Hans Jacoby
Actors: Nelson Eddy, Susanna Foster, Claude Rains

Rio Bravo (1959) Western Movie

A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy. Year 1959.

Generes: Western
Director: Howard Hawks
Writer: Jules Furthman, Leigh Brackett, B.H. McCampbell
Actors: John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson

Misery (1990) Drama Thriller Movie

After a famous author is rescued from a car crash by a fan of his novels, he comes to realize that the care he is receiving is only the beginning of a nightmare of captivity and abuse. Year 1990.

Generes: Drama, Thriller
Director: Rob Reiner
Writer: Stephen King, William Goldman
Actors: James Caan, Kathy Bates, Richard Farnsworth

Harvey (1950) Comedy Drama Fantasy Movie

Due to his insistence that he has an invisible six foot-tall rabbit for a best friend, a whimsical middle-aged man is thought by his family to be insane – but he may be wiser than anyone knows. Year 1950.

Generes: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Director: Henry Koster
Writer: Mary Chase, Oscar Brodney, Myles Connolly
Actors: James Stewart, Wallace Ford, William H. Lynn

Selena (1997) Biography Drama Music Movie

The true story of Selena, a Texas-born Tejano singer who rose from cult status to performing at the Astrodome, as well as having chart-topping albums on the Latin music charts. Year 1997.

Generes: Biography, Drama, Music
Director: Gregory Nava
Writer: Gregory Nava
Actors: Jennifer Lopez, Edward James Olmos, Jon Seda

White Heat (1949) Action Crime Drama Movie

A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. Year 1949.

Generes: Action, Crime, Drama
Director: Raoul Walsh
Writer: Ivan Goff, Ben Roberts, Virginia Kellogg
Actors: James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O’Brien

To Catch a Thief (1955) Mystery Romance Thriller Movie

A retired jewel thief sets out to prove his innocence after being suspected of returning to his former occupation. Year 1955.

Generes: Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writer: John Michael Hayes, David Dodge, Alec Coppel
Actors: Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jessie Royce Landis