Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor sizzle together in this Oscar-nominated Best Picture that adapts Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer-winning play about a smoldering wife (Taylor) who watches her bitter young husband (Newman) turn to the bottle. Newman, Taylor and director Richard Brooks also were nominated. Remade in 1976 and 1984.
This cheery documentary looks at New York City public-school students who learn the basics of ballroom dancing with the goal of entering a city-wide competition. Marilyn Agrelo directed.
Two runners compete in the 1924 Paris Olympics: both British, both from very different backgrounds. This Best Picture winner is based on actual events.
Best Picture winner about a black police detective from Philadelphia who forces a bigoted Southern sheriff to accept his help with a homicide investigation after a wealthy Chicago businessman is murdered in a small Mississippi town.
Film-noir thriller about a rogue homicide detective who undertakes a one-man vendetta against mobsters who killed his wife. He gets surprise support from a gangster's moll.
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