Best award winning movies with a non-stop action from 1955

Check out today’s highest ranked movies with a non-stop action from 1955! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with a non-stop action from 1955, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 To Catch a Thief (1955)

An ex-thief is accused of enacting a new crime spree, so to clear his name he sets off to catch the new thief, who’s imitating his signature style.

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1955-08-03 | Mystery / Romance

Cast

Cary Grant, Grace Kelly

Rating

rating icon 7.294
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #22 for
    travelogue
  2. Ranked #51 for
    glitzy
  3. Ranked #58 for
    matte shot

Trailer

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2 Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)

One-armed war veteran John J. Macreedy steps off a train at the sleepy little town of Black Rock. Once there, he begins to unravel a web of lies, secrecy, and murder.

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1955-01-13 | Thriller / Mystery

Cast

Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan

Rating

rating icon 7.264
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #18 for
    bully
  2. Ranked #80 for
    lumberjack
  3. Ranked #105 for
    cautionary tale

Trailer

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3 Killer's Kiss (1955)

Davey Gordon, a New York City boxer at the end of his career, falls for dancer Gloria Price. However, their budding relationship is interrupted by Gloria's violent boss, Vincent Rapallo, who has eyes for Gloria. The two decide to skip town, but before they can, Vincent and his thugs abduct Gloria, and Davey is forced to search for her among the most squalid corners of the city, with his enemy hiding in the shadows.

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1955-10-01 | Thriller / Crime

Cast

Frank Silvera, Jamie Smith

Rating

rating icon 6.353
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #68 for
    hardboiled style
  2. Ranked #80 for
    crème de la crème
  3. Ranked #83 for
    flashback sequence

Trailer

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4 Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

One evening, Hammer gives a ride to Christina, an attractive hitchhiker on a lonely country road, who has escaped from the nearby lunatic asylum. Thugs waylay them and force his car to crash. When Hammer returns to semi-consciousness, he hears Christina being tortured until she dies. Hammer, both for vengeance and in hopes that "something big" is behind it all, decides to pursue the case.

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1955-04-28 | Mystery / Thriller

Cast

Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker

Rating

rating icon 7.176
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #5 for
    grease monkey
  2. Ranked #11 for
    hard-nosed
  3. Ranked #15 for
    hardboiled style

Trailer

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5 Blackboard Jungle (1955)

Richard Dadier is a teacher at North Manual High School, an inner-city school where many of the pupils frequently engage in anti-social behavior. Dadier makes various attempts to engage the students' interest in education, challenging both the school staff and the pupils. He is subjected to violence as well as duplicitous schemes.

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1955-03-25 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Glenn Ford, Anne Francis

Rating

rating icon 6.9
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #37 for
    wayward
  2. Ranked #37 for
    rambunctious
  3. Ranked #112 for
    capturing the zeitgeist

Trailer

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6 The Big Knife (1955)

Movie star Charlie Castle draws the ire of Hollywood producer Stanley Hoff when he refuses to sign a new seven-year contract. Castle is sick of the low quality of the studio's films and wants to start a new life. While his estranged wife supports him in the decision, Castle's talent agent urges him to reconsider. When Castle continues to be uncooperative, Hoff resorts to blackmail in order to get his way.

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1955-10-25 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Jack Palance, Ida Lupino

Rating

rating icon 5.9
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #65 for
    morally bankrupt
  2. Ranked #125 for
    odd casting
  3. Ranked #182 for
    rambling dialogue

Trailer

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7 The Desperate Hours (1955)

Escaped convicts terrorize a suburban family they're holding hostage.

Info

1955-10-05 | Crime / Thriller

Cast

Humphrey Bogart, Fredric March

Rating

rating icon 7.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #44 for
    locking horns
  2. Ranked #49 for
    hard-nosed
  3. Ranked #63 for
    cat-and-mouse

Trailer

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8 The Ladykillers (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.

Info

1955-12-08 | Comedy / Crime

Cast

Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker

Rating

rating icon 7.274
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #105 for
    seriocomedy
  2. Ranked #110 for
    Black Comedy
  3. Ranked #114 for
    haywire

Trailer

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9 Mister Roberts (1955)

Mr. Roberts is a Navy officer who's yearning for battle but is stuck in the backwaters of World War II on a non-commissioned ship run by the bullying Captain Morton.

Info

1955-07-10 | Comedy / Drama

Cast

Henry Fonda, James Cagney

Rating

rating icon 7.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #43 for
    locking horns
  2. Ranked #115 for
    Aerial Combat
  3. Ranked #145 for
    odd casting

Trailer

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10 The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955)

A bizarre black comedy about a man whose overwhelming ambition in life is to be a renowned serial killer of women, and will stop at nothing to achieve it - but not everything goes according to plan...

Info

1955-05-19 | Comedy / Drama

Cast

Ernesto Alonso, Miroslava

Rating

rating icon 7.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #122 for
    minx
  2. Ranked #173 for
    shrewish character
  3. Ranked #242 for
    cruel twist

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