1957 films

Mayabazar

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1957 IMDB Rating: 9.1

Balarama promises Subhadra to get his daughter married to her son. However, when he loses his kingdom to the Kauravas, Balarama has no choice but to break his promise.

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12 Angry Men

Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1957 IMDB Rating: 9

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and sh...

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Paths of Glory

Film Age rating: 10 Year: 1957 IMDB Rating: 8.4

A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.

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Witness for the Prosecution

Film Age rating: 6 Year: 1957 IMDB Rating: 8.4

When Leonard Vole is arrested for the sensational murder of a rich, middle-aged widow, the famous Sir Wilfrid Robarts agrees to appear on his behalf. Sir Wilfrid, recovering from a near-fatal heart at...

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A Face in the Crowd

Film Age rating: 9 Year: 1957 IMDB Rating: 8.2

The rise of a raucous hayseed named Lonesome Rhodes from itinerant Ozark guitar picker to local media rabble-rouser to TV superstar and political king-maker. Marcia Jeffries is the innocent Sarah Lawr...

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Jiban Trishna

Film Age rating: 7 Year: 1957 IMDB Rating: 8.2

A philanderer, the only son of a wealthy doctor, is attracted to a poor orphaned artist. Her stepbrother loathes rich people, and would go to any extent to get money off them. What would happen if the...

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The Bridge on the River Kwai

Film Age rating: 7 Year: 1957 IMDB Rating: 8.1

The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but C...

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Throne of Blood

Film Age rating: 11 Year: 1957 IMDB Rating: 8.1

Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife...

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Sweet Smell of Success

Film Age rating: 11 Year: 1957 IMDB Rating: 8

New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger sister, Susan, who is in a relati...

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