Drama Movies
Wonderful Things (1958)
Set in a beautiful fishing village in Gibraltar, Wonderful Things! stars Frankie Vaughan as Carmello, a young fisherman who, unable to earn enough from fishing to marry his tempestuous fiancée,…
China Doll (1958)
American pilot Cliff Brandon, fighting the Japanese in China, finds himself the unintentional “owner” of a Chinese housekeeper, Shu-Jen. The unlikely couple falls in love and marries, but not without…
The Ballad of Narayama (1958)
The Case Against Brooklyn (1958)
A rookie cop takes on criminals who have the local government in their pocket.
High School Confidential! (1958)
A tough kid comes to a new high school and begins muscling his way into the drug scene. This is a typical morality play of the era, filled with a…
The Key (1958)
In wartime England, circa 1941, poorly-armed tugs are sent into “U-Boat Alley” to rescue damaged Allied ships. An American named David Ross arrives to captain one of these tugs. He’s…
Ten North Frederick (1958)
After her father’s funeral, Ann Chapin thinks back over the last five years of his life, years of apparent political and personal failure dominated by a selfish and dissatisfied wife,…
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
When an abused wife grows to giant size because of an alien encounter and an aborted murder attempt, she goes after her cheating husband with revenge on her mind.
The Long Hot Summer (1958)
Accused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners.
Violent Road (1958)
Following the crash and explosion of a test rocket, which killed several people, six men volunteer to take explosive rocket-fuel chemical components, in three trucks, over back roads in rugged…
Another Time Another Place (1958)
In England during WWII, an American news correspondent’s affair with a married British correspondent ends tragically when he is killed in action. Fearing a nervous breakdown as a result of…
Marjorie Morningstar (1958)
While working as a counselor at a summer camp, college-student Marjorie Morgenstern falls for 32-year-old Noel Airman, a would-be dramatist working at a nearby summer theater. Like Marjorie, he is…
The Flower in Hell (1958)
In post-Korean War Seoul, a young man from the countryside discovers that his older brother has become romantically involved in a prostitute and has no intentions of returning home.
The Strange Awakening (1958)
Peter Chance suffers a blow to the head and wakes up with amnesia in a luxurious home, where a doctor and several women tell him he’s a missing heir who’s…
The Camp on Blood Island (1958)
Set in a Japanese prisoner of war camp during World War II, the film focuses on the brutality and horror that the allied prisoners were exposed to as the Japanese…
Hell’s Five Hours (1958)
The manager (Stephen McNally) of a rocket-fuel plant deals with a worker (Vic Morrow) threatening to blow himself up.
St. Louis Blues (1958)
Will Handy grows up in Memphis with his preacher father and his Aunt Hagar. His father intends for him to use his musical gifts only in church, but he can’t…
The Young Lions (1958)
The lives of three young men, a German and two Americans, during WWII.
Brink of Life (1958)
Run Silent Run Deep (1958)
The captain of a submarine sunk by the Japanese during WWII is finally given a chance to skipper another sub after a year of working a desk job. His singleminded…
Gideon’s Day (1958)
Scotland Yard Inspector George Gideon starts his day off on the wrong foot when he gets a traffic-violation ticket from a young police officer. From there, his ‘typical day” consists…
Dunkirk (1958)
A British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer is killed. He has to get them back to Britain somehow. Meanwhile, British…
Desire Under the Elms (1958)
Ephraim Cabot is an old man of amazing vitality who loves his New England farm with a greedy passion. Hating him, and sharing his greed, are the sons of two…
Les Misérables (1958)
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men’s lives, and soon Valjean finds himself…
The Cool and the Crazy (1958)
High school thug is front man for a local marijuana ring.
Lafayette Escadrille (1958)
A hotshot young flyer falls for a French prostitute during World War I.
The Narcotics Story (1958)
Semi-documentary on how marijuana dealers lure small-town teenagers into heroin use and prostitution and how the police help to fight it.
The Brothers Karamazov (1958)
Ryevsk, Russia, 1870. Tensions abound in the Karamazov family. Fyodor is a wealthy libertine who holds his purse strings tightly. His four grown sons include Dmitri, the eldest, an elegant…
Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)
London, England, during World War II. After living a tragic life experience, young Violette Szabo joins the Special Operations Executive and crosses the German enemy lines as a secret agent…
Darby’s Rangers (1958)
Stationed in Scotland, Maj. William Darby and the men under his command are trained by British commandos, becoming the U.S. Army’s 1st Ranger Battalion. Their drilling period is rigorous, but…
The Gift of Love (1958)
Fearing she will die, a physicist’s wife hopes her husband will be consoled by the orphan she adopts.
The Quiet American (1958)
Cynical British journalist Fowler falls in love with a young Vietnamese woman but is dismayed when a naïve U.S. official also begins vying for her attention. In retaliation, Fowler informs…
A Tale of Two Cities (1958)
British barrister Sydney Carton lives an insubstantial and unhappy life. He falls under the spell of Lucie Manette, but Lucie marries Charles Darnay. When Darnay goes to Paris to rescue…