My Top 25 Films of 1955

Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.

In the waning days of World War II, the cargo officer of a Navy supply ship chafes at its role far from the action in the Pacific's backwater areas, his frustration rising when its captain denies the crew liberty over petty irritations.

Two brothers in 1910s California struggle to maintain the favor of their affectionate but strict, Bible-toting father as an old secret about their long-absent mother comes to light.

The wife and mistress of a loathed school principal plan to murder him with what they believe is the perfect alibi.

In Sweden at the turn of the century, members of the upper class and their servants find themselves in a romantic tangle that they try to work out amidst jealousy and heartbreak.

A fictionalized account of the career of jazz singer Ruth Etting and her tempestuous marriage to gangster Marty Snyder, who helped propel her to stardom.

A Sicilian seamstress who idolizes her husband must deal with several family crises upon his sudden death.

A middle-aged butcher and a school teacher who have given up on the idea of love meet at a dance and fall for each other.

A self-proclaimed preacher marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real dad hid the $10,000 he'd stolen in a robbery.

A hapless carnival performer masquerades as the court jester as part of a plot against an evil ruler who has overthrown the rightful King.

A rebellious young man with a troubled past comes to a new town, finding friends and enemies.

An American spinster's dream of romance finally becomes a bittersweet reality when she meets a handsome--but married--Italian man while vacationing in Venice.

Three escaped convicts move in on and terrorize a suburban household.

Harry's dead and, while no one really minds, everyone feels responsible. After Harry's body is found in the woods, several locals must determine not only how and why he was killed but what to do with the body.

A new English teacher at a violent, unruly inner-city school is determined to do his job, despite resistance from both students and faculty.

A retired jewel thief sets out to prove his innocence after being suspected of returning to his former occupation.

In Oklahoma, several farmers, cowboys and a traveling salesman compete for the romantic favors of various local ladies.

When his family goes away for the summer, a hitherto faithful husband with an overactive imagination is tempted by a beautiful neighbor.

Emotions are ignited among the complacent townsfolk when a handsome drifter arrives in a small Kansas community on the morning of the Labor Day picnic.

Susan Hayward stars as singer-actress Lillian Roth, whose rise to stardom was nearly destroyed by alcoholism.

Following World War II, a one-armed stranger arrives in a tiny California desert town, but finds the residents hostile and protecting a terrible secret they want to keep hidden, by violent means if necessary.

After submitting a story of her beautiful sister, a woman assumes her identity to maintain the attention of a playboy publisher.

In New York, a gambler is challenged to take a cold female missionary to Havana, but they fall for each other, and the bet has a hidden motive to finance a crap game.

An upper-class widow falls in love with a much younger, down-to-earth nurseryman, much to the disapproval of her children and criticism of her country club peers.

Rick Todd uses the dreams of his roommate Eugene as the basis for a successful comic book.