Fred Zinnemann

All Movies of Fred Zinnemann

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  8.0
  George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
  Biography of director George Stevens by his son. It includes clips from many of his films with commentary by the actors and by directors such as Frank Capra, John Huston and Alan J. Pakula, among others. Also included are Stevens'...
  Character: Self

   1984

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  7.0
  Five Days One Summer
  The obsessive love affair between an older Scottish doctor and a younger woman takes a strange turn when they travel together to the Swiss Alps on a short holiday in the 30s.
  Director of the film

   1982

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  6.9
  Julia
  The story of a friendship between two women and their anti-Nazi efforts during World War II. Though purportedly a true story about Lillian Hellman, her involvement was proved to be untrue by the actual Julia after the film came ou...
  Director of the film

   1977

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  7.8
  The Day of the Jackal
  Year 1963. President De Gaulle decides to grant independence to French Algeria, several of the soldiers, who fought in that campaign, feel that De Gaulle is belittling the lives of the men who died there. So they form a group and ...
  Director of the film

   1973

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  7.6
  A Man for All Seasons
  The story takes place in 16th century England. But men like Sir Thomas More, who love life yet have the moral fiber to lay down their lives for their principles, are found in every century. Concentrating on the last seven years of...
  Director of the film

   1966

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  7.0
  Behold a Pale Horse
  Manuel Artiguez (Gregory Peck), a famous bandit during the Spanish civil war, has lived in French exile for 20 years. When his mother is dying he considers visiting her secretly in his Spanish home town. But his biggest enemy, the...
  Director of the film

   1964

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  7.6
  The Sundowners
  In the Australian Outback, the Carmody family--Paddy, Ida and their teenage son Sean--are sheep drovers, always on the move. Ida and Sean want to settle down and buy a farm. Paddy wants to keep moving. A sheep-shearing contest, th...
  Director of the film

   1960

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  7.7
  The Nun's Story
  Audrey Hepburn stars in The Nun's Story as Sister Luke, postulant of a Belgian order of nuns. Though frequently disillusioned in her efforts to spread good will -- at one point she is nearly killed by a mental patient (Colleen Dew...
  Director of the film

   1959

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  6.5
  A Hatful of Rain
  A Korean War veteran's morphine addiction wreaks havoc upon his family.
  Director of the film

   1957

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  6.5
  Oklahoma!
  Set in the times of the early 1900s', the musical is partially about the Indian Territory becoming the state of Oklahoma. Curly is a stubborn cowboy who had trouble admitting his feelings to Laurey, as does she. They both love eac...
  Director of the film

   1955

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  8.0
  From Here to Eternity
  When Private Prewitt (Montgomery Clift) is transferred to Hawaii, Captain Holmes (Philip Ober) finds out about Prewitt’s boxing abilities and tries to coax him to join the team. Prewitt refuses, insisting his boxing days are beh...
  Director of the film

   1953

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  6.8
  The Member of the Wedding
  A film version of the Carson McCullers play. Frankie Addams, a very boyish articulate 12-year-old girl, is going through an unhappy stage of her life, having been spurned by the neighborhood girls. She spends most of her time in t...
  Director of the film

   1952

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  8.1
  High Noon
  A killer that Sheriff Will Kane (Gary Cooper) put away has been let out of the prison and now he and his gang of bad guys are coming to the town of Hadleyville to exact their revenge. While Kane is willing to face his enemy, the t...
  Director of the film

   1952

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  6.5
  Teresa
  Teresa (Pier Angeli) is the Italian bride of GI Philip (John Ericson), who is established from the outset as mentally disturbed. Taking Teresa home with him to New York, Philip begins to crack under the pressure of married life --...
  Director of the film

   1951

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  7.1
  The Men
  Fred Zinnemann's sensitive film on the plight of paraplegic WWII veterans features Marlon Brando in his superbly moving screen debut. He plays Lt. Bud Wilozek, one of a group of veterans recovering in the paraplegic ward of a hosp...
  Director of the film

   1950

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  8.0
  The Search
  A silent nine-year-old Czech boy, a survivor of Auschwitz, flees a refugee center in postwar Germany and is found by an American G.I. At the same time, the boy's mother, the sole surviving member of his family, searches refugee ce...
  Director of the film

   1948

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  7.1
  The Seventh Cross
  In Nazi Germany in 1936 seven men escape from a concentration camp. The camp commander puts up seven crosses and, as the Gestapo returns each escapee he is put to death on a cross. The seventh cross is still empty as George Heisle...
  Director of the film

   1944

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  8.0
  That Mothers Might Live (S)
  Director of the film

   1938