Nicholas Ray

Nicholas Ray

August 7, 1911 · 114 years old

Nicholas Ray (born Raymond Nicholas Kienzle; 7 August 1911 – 16 June 1979) was an American film director best known for the films Rebel Without a Cause and Johnny Guitar. Described by the Harvard Film Archive as "Hollywood's last romantic" and "one of postwar American cinema’s supremely gifted and…

Known For

19 titles
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Rebel Without a Cause

Rebel Without a Cause

1955 · 1h 51m · Movie

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

7.6
2
Hair

Hair

1979 · 2h 1m · Movie

Claude Bukowski leaves the family ranch in Oklahoma for New York where he is rapidly embraced into the hippie group of youngsters led by Berger, yet he's already been drafted. He soon falls in love with Sheila Franklin, a rich gir...

7.5
3
In a Lonely Place

In a Lonely Place

1950 · 1h 34m · Movie

A potentially violent screenwriter is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him. However, she soon starts to have her doubts.

7.9
4
Johnny Guitar

Johnny Guitar

1954 · 1h 50m · Movie

After helping a wounded gang member, a strong-willed female saloon owner is wrongly suspected of murder and bank robbery by a lynch mob.

7.6
5
The American Friend

The American Friend

1977 · 2h 8m · Movie

Tom Ripley, who deals in forged art, suggests a picture framer he knows would make a good hit man.

7.4
6
They Live by Night

They Live by Night

1949 · 1h 35m · Movie

An escaped convict injured during a robbery falls in love with the woman who nurses him back to health, but their relationship seems doomed from the beginning.

7.4
7
King of Kings

King of Kings

1961 · 2h 48m · Movie

The life and times of Jesus against a background of Roman paganism. Set in Palestine, depicts the Jews under Roman rule and their struggle for freedom under the leadership of Barabbas, the man who was spared while Jesus was crucif...

7.0
8
Bigger Than Life

Bigger Than Life

1956 · 1h 35m · Movie

A seriously-ill schoolteacher becomes dependent on a "miracle" drug that begins to affect his sanity.

7.4
9
On Dangerous Ground

On Dangerous Ground

1951 · 1h 22m · Movie

Rough, violent city cop Jim Wilson is disciplined by his captain who sends him upstate to a snowy mountain town to help the local sheriff solve a murder case.

7.2
10
55 Days at Peking

55 Days at Peking

1963 · 2h 34m · Movie

During the 1900 Boxer Rebellion, U.S. marine, Maj. Matt Lewis, along with British consul, Sir Arthur Robertson, develop a plan to keep the rebels at bay until an international military relief force can arrive.

6.7
11
Knock on Any Door

Knock on Any Door

1949 · 1h 40m · Movie

An attorney defends a young hoodlum charged with murdering a policeman using the oppressiveness of his client's upbringing in the slums to appeal to the sympathies of the jury.

6.6
12
Party Girl

Party Girl

1958 · 1h 39m · Movie

Lawyer Tommy Farrell is a defender of crooks. Vicki Gaye encourages him to go straight, but mob king Rico Angelo insists otherwise.

7.0
13
The Lusty Men

The Lusty Men

1952 · 1h 53m · Movie

Retired rodeo champion Jeff McCloud agrees to mentor novice rodeo contestant Wes Merritt against the wishes of Merritt's wife who fears the dangers of this rough sport.

7.4
14
The Savage Innocents

The Savage Innocents

1960 · 1h 50m · Movie

An Eskimo who has had little contact with white men goes to a trading post where he accidentally kills a missionary and finds himself being pursued by the police.

6.8
15
A Woman's Secret

A Woman's Secret

1949 · 1h 24m · Movie

Failed singer Marian Washburn confesses she shot her friend, successful singer Susan Caldwell, but her manager Luke Jordan and Detective Fowler doubt her story and cannot establish a reasonable motive.

6.0
16
Run for Cover

Run for Cover

1955 · 1h 33m · Movie

Mistaken for train robbers, Matt Dow and Davey Bishop are shot at by the sheriff and his posse but they are cleared and hired as lawmen.

6.7
17
The True Story of Jesse James

The True Story of Jesse James

1957 · 1h 32m · Movie

Biopic loosely based on the last 18 years of Jesse James' life and focused on the relationship between brothers Jesse and Frank James.

6.2
18
Lightning Over Water

Lightning Over Water

1980 · 1h 31m · Movie

Wim Wenders abandons the shoot of one of his own films in order to help his friend and fellow director Nicholas Ray create his swan song before he dies.

6.7
19
Hot Blood

Hot Blood

1956 · 1h 25m · Movie

Stephen Torino (Wilde), who is tricked by his brother Marco (Adler) into an arranged marriage with tempestuous Annie Caldash (Russell). Annie is willing to give the union a go, but Torino wants none of it.

5.7
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