Around the World in Eighty Days (
1956) | IMDb:
6.7
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.
The Ten Commandments (
1956) | IMDb:
7.9
Escaping death, a Hebrew infant is raised in a royal household to become a prince. Upon discovery of his true heritage, Moses embarks on a personal quest to reclaim his destiny as the leader and liberator of the Hebrew people.
Starring:
Charlton Heston
,
Yul Brynner
,
Anne Baxter
,
Edward G. Robinson
,
Yvonne De Carlo
,
Debra Paget
The War of the Worlds (
1953) | IMDb:
7
The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from Mars bringing an army of invaders invincible to any man-made weapon, even the atomic bomb.
The Keys of the Kingdom (
1944) | IMDb:
7.2
A young priest, Father Chisholm is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish among the non-Christian Chinese. While his boyhood friend, also a priest, flourishes in his calling as a priest in a more Christian area of the world, Father Chisholm struggles. He encounters hostility, isolation, disease, poverty and a variety of set backs which humble him, but make him more determined than ever to succeed.
Starring:
Gregory Peck
,
Thomas Mitchell
,
Vincent Price
,
Rose Stradner
,
Roddy McDowall
,
Edmund Gwenn
Wilson (
1944) | IMDb:
6.4
The political career of Woodrow Wilson is chronicled, beginning with his decision to leave his post at Princeton to run for Governor of New Jersey, and his subsequent ascent to the Presidency of the United States. During his terms in office, Wilson must deal with the death of his first wife, the onslaught of German hostilities leading to American involvement in the Great War, and his own country's reticence to join the League of Nations. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 2006.
Starring:
Alexander Knox
,
Geraldine Fitzgerald
,
Thomas Mitchell
,
Ruth Nelson
,
Cedric Hardwicke
,
Charles Coburn
Directed by:
Henry King