Taras Bulba (
1962) | IMDb:
6.3
Ukraine, 16th century. While the Poles dominate the Cossack steppes, Andrei, son of Taras Bulba, a Cossack leader, must choose between his love for his family and his folk and his passion for a Polish woman.
Birdman of Alcatraz (
1962) | IMDb:
7.8
After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stroud's life gains new meaning when he happens upon a helpless baby sparrow in the exercise yard and nurses it back to health. Despite having only a third grade education, Stroud goes on to become a renowned ornithologist and achieves a greater sense of freedom and purpose behind bars than most people find in the outside world.
Starring:
Burt Lancaster
,
Karl Malden
,
Thelma Ritter
,
Neville Brand
,
Betty Field
,
Telly Savalas
The Unforgiven (
1960) | IMDb:
6.6
The neighbors of a frontier family turn on them when it is suspected that their beloved adopted daughter was stolen from the Kiowa tribe.
Starring:
Burt Lancaster
,
Audrey Hepburn
,
Audie Murphy
,
John Saxon
,
Charles Bickford
,
Lillian Gish
Sweet Smell of Success (
1957) | IMDb:
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 relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas. Hunsecker strongly disapproves of the romance and recruits publicist Sidney Falco to find a way to split the couple, no matter how ruthless the method.