The best movies 1954

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six...

A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.

Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Kyohei Yamane soon discover...

When her American lover visits London, a wealthy woman’s jealous husband hatches a plan to murder her and inherit her fortune.

After two years in Paris, chauffeur's daughter Sabrina returns home elegantly transformed and immediately catches the attention of David, the playboy...

A prizefighter-turned-longshoreman with a conscience goes up against labor leaders to expose corruption, extortion, and murder among the union ranks.

A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.

A man who has just arrived in Río Turbio meets a young woman who makes him reflect on his life.

When scientists exploring the Amazon River stumble on a “missing link” connecting humans and fish, they plan to capture it for later...

A film by Naz Achnas attributed to 1951 and/or 1953. Some press reviews date to 1954.

Medea is centered on Medea's calculated desire for revenge against her unfaithful husband. The play is set in Corinth some time after Jason's quest...

The problems of a man who when he goes to see his newborn son is mistaken for an assailant.

As a result of nuclear testing, gigantic, ferocious mutant ants appear in the American desert southwest, and a father-daughter team of entomologists...

Narrated by actress Katharine Cornell and filmed in black and white, it spends the first 24 minutes introducing viewers, through newsreels,...

From 1928 to 1946, the lives of 12 young people and their school teacher in a poor Japanese village are profoundly affected by historical events and...

In old Spanish California, dashing cattleman Juan Obregon returns to the rancho of his friend Gaspar Melo, to find he's fathered a son on Rosa, one...

Two brothers and their pops end up helping out an orphaned young woman who wants revenge against her father's murderer.

A man who has just arrived in Río Turbio meets a young woman who makes him reflect on his life.

The problems of a man who when he goes to see his newborn son is mistaken for an assailant.

Two brothers and their pops end up helping out an orphaned young woman who wants revenge against her father's murderer.

A gang of criminals takes advantage of a dog's intelligence to commit their misdeeds.

A man marries a woman with the purpose of later eliminating her and inheriting her fortune.

The film narrates the encounter between "La Tigra", a woman known by that nickname in the cafes of the port area for her character and her sharp...

Twin sisters butt heads over a feller. One goes into a convent, the other becomes a professional thiefstress.

Mexican feature film

For love, the rules of society and justice are broken, leading to abduction, exposing life and freedom, facing everything to make a sick child a...

A hard-boiled crime story also known as "The Waiting-room of Death".

In this Mexican comedy, Mr. Lazaro's fashion house is on the brink of bankruptcy and in desperate need of a new model to replace his current business...

Told in flashback, Federico lives in a poor neighbourhood with his siblings and his single mother, working helping in a local bar, he meets Claudio,...

Adult street urchin passes himself off as rich man's long-lost son.

Mexican feature film

The Five Greats of Good Humor (Los Cinco Grandes Del Buen Humor), a group of comic actors that emerged in the 1940s: Luz, Carret, Gueñol, Rico...

A humble man pretends to be a millionaire. When a young man arrives in town asking for his help, he will try to hide the truth.