Cool Hand Luke(1967)

Combined Rating:
79
Combined Critics Rating: 71

A laid back Southern man is sentenced to two years in a rural prison, but refuses to conform.



The Army of Shadows(1969)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 80

An account of underground resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied France.



Le cercle rouge(1970)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 74

After leaving prison, master thief Corey crosses paths with a notorious escapee and an alcoholic former policeman. The trio proceed to plot an elaborate heist.



The Manchurian Candidate(1962)

Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 47

A former prisoner of war is brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy.



Major Dundee(1965)

Combined Rating:
50
Combined Critics Rating: 52

In 1864, due to frequent Apache raids from Mexico into the U.S., a Union officer decides to illegally cross the border and destroy the Apache, using a mixed army of Union troops, Confederate POWs, civilian mercenaries, and scouts.



The Great Escape(1963)

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Combined Rating:
49
Combined Critics Rating: 25

Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II.



The Dirty Dozen(1967)

Combined Rating:
47
Combined Critics Rating: 26

During World War II, a rebellious U.S. Army Major is assigned a dozen convicted murderers to train and lead them into a mass assassination mission of German officers.



Point Blank(1967)

Combined Rating:
37
Combined Critics Rating: 22

After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the rather inconsequential sum of money that was stolen from him.



Ivanovo detstvo(1962)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 15

In WW2, twelve year old Soviet orphan Ivan Bondarev works for the Soviet army as a scout behind the German lines and strikes a friendship with three sympathetic Soviet officers.



Birdman of Alcatraz(1962)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 15

A surly convicted murderer held in permanent isolation redeems himself when he becomes a renowned bird expert.



Von Ryan's Express(1965)

Combined Rating:
30
Combined Critics Rating: 14

An American POW leads a group of mainly British prisoners to escape from the Germans in WWII.



One-Eyed Jacks(1961)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 13

After robbing a Mexican bank, Dad Longworth takes the loot and leaves his partner Rio to be captured but Rio escapes and searches for Dad in California.



Accattone(1961)

Combined Rating:
22
Combined Critics Rating: 10

A pimp with no other means to provide for himself finds his life spiraling out of control when his prostitute is sent to prison.



Le trou(1960)

Combined Rating:
21
Combined Critics Rating: 0

In prison four long-sentence inmates planning an elaborate escape cautiously induct a new inmate to join in their scheme which leads to distrust and uncertainty.



The Hill(1965)

Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 0

In a North African military prison during World War II, five new prisoners struggle to survive in the face of brutal punishment and sadistic guards.



The Comancheros(1961)

Combined Rating:
19
Combined Critics Rating: 4

Texas Ranger Jake Cutter arrests gambler Paul Regret, but soon finds himself teamed with his prisoner in an undercover effort to defeat a band of renegade arms merchants and thieves known as Comancheros.



The List of Adrian Messenger(1963)

Combined Rating:
19
Combined Critics Rating: 11

A former intelligence officer is tasked by the heir to the Gleneyre estate to investigate the unusual deaths of a disparate group of eleven men on a list.



The Chase(1966)

Combined Rating:
18
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The escape of Bubber Reeves from prison affects the inhabitants of a small Southern town.



There Was a Crooked Man...(1970)

Combined Rating:
16
Combined Critics Rating: 8

A charming but totally ruthless criminal is sent to a remote Arizona prison. He enlists the help of his cellmates in an escape attempt with the promise of sharing his hidden loot.



King Rat(1965)

Combined Rating:
13
Combined Critics Rating: 3

A fast-taking wheeler-dealer corporal in a Malaysian POW camp during WWII uses bribery and larceny to take de facto control of the camp from his senior officers.




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