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1. Amar Bhoopali (1952)
125 min | Biography, Music, Romance
Veteran director V. Shantaram spins this biopic about poet and musician Honaji Bala - best know for popularizing the lavani dance form and for writing the classic raga Ghanashyam sundara ... See full summary »
Director: Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre | Stars: Panditrao Nagarkar, Lalita Pawar, Sandhya, Sandhya
Votes: 24
2. An American in Paris (1951)
Passed | 114 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Three friends struggle to find work in Paris. Things become more complicated when two of them fall in love with the same woman.
Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Georges Guétary
Votes: 36,867 | Gross: $4.50M
3. Arashi no naka no hara (1950)
86 min | War
Director: Kôzô Saeki | Stars: Kyôko Kagawa, Yaeko Mizutani, Yôichi Numata
4. Cry, the Beloved Country (1951)
103 min | Drama
In the back country of South Africa, black minister Stephen Kumalo (Canada Lee) journeys to the city to search for his missing son, only to find his people living in squalor and his son a ... See full summary »
Director: Zoltan Korda | Stars: Canada Lee, Sidney Poitier, Charles Carson, Joyce Carey
Votes: 994
5. Desires (1952)
97 min | Drama
During the Salzburg Festival a drug-addicted ballerina tries everything to get some morphine in her hands. She put her moves on a young pharmacist, Hans Falkner (O.W. Fischer) and almost ... See full summary »
Director: Rolf Hansen | Stars: Heidemarie Hatheyer, O.W. Fischer, Sybil Werden, René Deltgen
Votes: 14
6. Der Weibsteufel (1951)
99 min | Drama
A border official falls in love with a smuggler's wife.
Director: Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Stars: Hilde Krahl, Kurt Heintel, Bruno Hübner, Hermann Erhardt
7. Detective Story (1951)
Approved | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
On one day in the 21st Precinct squad room, assorted characters form a backdrop for the troubles of hard-nosed Detective Jim McLeod.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker, William Bendix, Cathy O'Donnell
Votes: 9,483
8. Two Cents Worth of Hope (1952)
110 min | Comedy, Romance
A love story between a poor fellow and a daughter of respected workshop owner set in an Italian post-war village.
Director: Renato Castellani | Stars: Maria Fiore, Vincenzo Musolino, Filomena Russo, Luigi Astarita
Votes: 711
9. Encore (1951)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Drama
Adaptations of three short stories by W. Somerset Maugham comprise this anthology film in which the celebrated author introduces each segment of the film in front of the camera.
Directors: Harold French, Pat Jackson, Anthony Pelissier | Stars: Nigel Patrick, Roland Culver, Alison Leggatt, Charles Victor
Votes: 602
10. Fanfan la Tulipe (1952)
Not Rated | 102 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Swashbuckling adventures of young army recruit Fanfan la Tulipe during the reign of King Louis XV in 18th Century France.
Director: Christian-Jaque | Stars: Gérard Philipe, Gina Lollobrigida, Marcel Herrand, Olivier Hussenot
Votes: 3,432
11. Genji monogatari (1951)
121 min | Drama
Based on the classic novel by Murasaki Shikibu, written over 1000 years ago. Genji, the son of the emperor, has gained renown among the nobility of Kyoto for his charm and good looks, yet ... See full summary »
Director: Kôzaburô Yoshimura | Stars: Kazuo Hasegawa, Michiyo Kogure, Machiko Kyô, Nobuko Otowa
Votes: 152
12. Cops and Robbers (1951)
105 min | Comedy, Drama
Esposito is a thief who cons tourists in Rome. Officer Bottoni manages to catch him and starts persecuting him. When Esposito manages to flee, Bottoni's superiors inform him that he'll lose his job if he can't catch Esposito.
Directors: Mario Monicelli, Steno | Stars: Aldo Fabrizi, Totò, Ave Ninchi, William Tubbs
Votes: 1,755
13. No Greater Love (1952)
91 min | Biography, Drama
Young Bertha von Suttner meets Alfred Nobel and envisions the horrendous effect his invention of dynamite will have on modern warfare. Bertha and husband Arthur become pacifists, with Bertha being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1905.
Director: Harald Braun | Stars: Hilde Krahl, Dieter Borsche, Werner Hinz, Mathias Wieman
Votes: 48
14. One Summer of Happiness (1951)
103 min | Drama, Romance
After graduation, a Swedish youth goes to live with his uncle in the countryside and immediately takes a liking to a local girl.
Director: Arne Mattsson | Stars: Edvin Adolphson, Ulla Jacobsson, John Elfström, Folke Sundquist
Votes: 881
15. Son of the Nile (1951)
125 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A young man from outskirt rebels against his life and abandons his woman to go to Cairo.
Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Faten Hamamah, Yehia Chahine, Shukri Sarhan, Mahmoud Al Meleji
Votes: 197
16. The Overcoat (1952)
Approved | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Based on the Nikolai Gogol story but set in 1950s Italy, THE OVERCOAT is the story of a poor city hall clerk (Renato Rascel) whose only desire is to buy a new overcoat.
Director: Alberto Lattuada | Stars: Renato Rascel, Yvonne Sanson, Giulio Stival, Ettore Mattia
Votes: 695
17. La ausente (1952)
112 min | Drama, Mystery
A man suffers great pain for the death of his wife in an automobile accident and decides to investigate the surroundings of the accident that he thinks are mysterious
Director: Julio Bracho | Stars: Arturo de Córdova, Rosita Quintana, Andrea Palma, María Douglas
Votes: 38
18. Lailat gharam (1951)
120 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Ahmed Badrakhan | Stars: Maryam Fakhruddin, Abbas Fares, Gamal Fares, Negma Ibrahim
Votes: 19
19. Le banquet des fraudeurs (1952)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Smugglers, factory workers, and customs agents struggle in an uncertain economy following World War II.
Director: Henri Storck | Stars: Françoise Rosay, Jean-Pierre Kérien, Christiane Lénier, Daniel Ivernel
Votes: 58
20. María Morena (1952)
75 min | Drama, Musical
Story of a young man who returns to his village home after twenty years to avenge the murder of his father. He is helped by a gypsy girl with whom he falls in love.
Directors: José María Forqué, Pedro Lazaga | Stars: Paquita Rico, José María Mompín, Rafael Luis Calvo, Félix de Pomés
Votes: 20
21. Nami (1952)
111 min | Drama, Romance
Before a young woman can be sold to a geisha, she becomes pregnant.
Director: Noboru Nakamura | Stars: Chikage Awashima, Akira Ishihama, Hanshirô Iwai, Yôko Katsuragi
22. Dead City (1951)
76 min | Drama
Petros finishes his studies and returns to his home, in Mystras. His mother expects him to continue an old vendetta of his ancestors, but he hasn't such intentions. On the contrary, he falls in love with Lena, member of the hostile family.
Director: Frixos Iliadis | Stars: Irene Papas, Nikos Tzogias, Eleni Zafeiriou, Giannis Argyris
Votes: 56
23. We Are All Murderers (1952)
115 min | Crime, Drama
The problem of the reasonableness of capital punishment.
Director: André Cayatte | Stars: Marcel Mouloudji, Raymond Pellegrin, Antoine Balpêtré, Julien Verdier
Votes: 404
24. Nødlanding (1952)
100 min | Drama, Crime, War
An American bomber is shot down over the western side of the Oslo fjord during World War II, and survivors are hidden in a church by local citizens to escape German occupiers.
Director: Arne Skouen | Stars: Henki Kolstad, Jack Kennedy, Randi Kolstad, Bjarne Andersen
Votes: 107
25. The Evil Forest (1952)
Passed | 79 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Film freely inspired on old poems and legends about the Holy Grail and on the opera by Richard Wagner.
Directors: Daniel Mangrané, Carlos Serrano de Osma | Stars: Gustavo Rojo, Ludmilla Tchérina, Félix de Pomés, Jesús Varela
Votes: 48
26. Pasó en mi barrio (1951)
78 min | Drama, Musical
When her husband is imprisoned for manslaughter, a strong willed woman must work to provide for her family.
Director: Mario Soffici | Stars: Tita Merello, Mario Fortuna, Alberto de Mendoza, Paride Grandi
Votes: 20
27. Mexican Bus Ride (1952)
74 min | Comedy
A newly-wed country boy receives the terrible news that his mother is dying, and takes a long and dangerous bus trip to the city to contact a notary for her last will and testament. Will he resist temptation and do the right thing?
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Lilia Prado, Carmelita González, Esteban Mayo, Luis Aceves Castañeda
Votes: 1,452
28. Surcos (1951)
104 min | Crime, Drama
The struggles of a Spanish family as it emigrates from the country to Madrid circa 1950.
Director: José Antonio Nieves Conde | Stars: Luis Peña, María Asquerino, Francisco Arenzana, Marisa de Leza
Votes: 812
29. The Medium (1951)
84 min | Drama, Music
Madame Flora is terrified when she perceives a supernatural presence during one of her fraudulent séances. Menotti's first international success, "The Medium" is a tragedy in two acts for ... See full summary »
Director: Gian Carlo Menotti | Stars: Marie Powers, Leopoldo Savona, Belva Kibler, Beverly Dame
Votes: 196
30. Othello (1951)
Approved | 90 min | Drama, Romance
The Moorish General Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his Lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality, it is all part of the scheme of a bitter Ensign named Iago.
Director: Orson Welles | Stars: Orson Welles, Micheál MacLiammóir, Robert Coote, Suzanne Cloutier
Votes: 9,452
31. Tico-Tico no Fubá (1952)
109 min | Drama
Fictionalized version of the life of Brazilian composer Zequinha de Abreu (1880-1935), who wrote the song "Tico-Tico no Fubá" that became an international hit in the 1940s.
Director: Adolfo Celi | Stars: Anselmo Duarte, Tônia Carrero, Marisa Prado, Marina Freire
Votes: 102
32. Trois femmes (1952)
104 min | Comedy
Three portraits of young women, each taken from a short story by the French writer Maupassant.
Director: André Michel | Stars: Luc Andrieux, Marcelle Arnold, Madeleine Barbulée, Michel Bouquet
Votes: 17
33. Umberto D. (1952)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama
An elderly man and his dog struggle to survive on his government pension in Rome.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Carlo Battisti, Maria Pia Casilio, Lina Gennari, Ileana Simova
Votes: 28,174 | Gross: $0.07M
34. Unter den tausend Laternen (1952)
94 min | Crime
When a composer is murdered and leaves his work unfinished, his apprentice and a singer must decide who is to blame.
Director: Erich Engel | Stars: Michel Auclair, Gisela Trowe, Hanna Rucker, Inge Meysel
Votes: 38
35. Viva Zapata! (1952)
Approved | 113 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt, oppressive dictatorship of President Porfirio Díaz in the early 20th century.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Marlon Brando, Jean Peters, Anthony Quinn, Joseph Wiseman
Votes: 12,460
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