The best James Dean’s drama movies

James Dean

James Dean

08/02/1931- 30/09/1955
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Giant

Giant
7.6/10
  • Genre: DramaWestern
  • Release: 24/11/1956
  • Character: Jett Rink
Giant is a movie of huge scale and grandeur in which three generations of land-rich Texans love, swagger, connive and clash in a saga of family strife, racial bigotry and conflict between cattle barons and newly rich oil tycoons.

Rebel Without a Cause

Rebel Without a Cause
7.6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 29/10/1955
  • Character: Jim Stark
After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate, although being the new kid in town brings its own problems. While searching for some stability, Stark forms a bond with a disturbed classmate, Plato, and falls for local girl Judy. However, Judy is the girlfriend of neighborhood tough, Buzz. When Buzz violently confronts Jim and challenges him to a drag race, the new kid's real troubles begin.

East of Eden

East of Eden
7.8/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 10/04/1955
  • Character: Caleb Trask
In the Salinas Valley in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother for the love of their father. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, how to get ahead in business and in life, and how to relate to his estranged mother.

Fixed Bayonets!

Fixed Bayonets!
6.9/10
The story of a platoon during the Korean War. One by one, Corporal Denno's superiors are killed until it comes to the point where he must try to take command responsibility.

The Thief

The Thief
6.9/10
The son of a French aristocrat is accused of stealing his father's money and of stealing his step-sister's heart.

Trouble Along the Way

Trouble Along the Way
6.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 04/04/1953
  • Character: Football Spectator
Struggling to retain custody of his daughter following his divorce, football coach Steve Williams finds himself embroiled in a recruiting scandal at the tiny Catholic college he is trying to bring back to football respectability.

Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration

Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration
5.7/10
  • Genre: DramaFamily
  • Release: 25/03/1951
  • Character: John
The story of the Crucifixion, set within the context of the Korean War.

A Long Time Till Dawn

A Long Time Till Dawn
6.7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 11/11/1953
  • Character: Joe Harris
Just out of prison Joe Harris looks to restart his life. His wife Barbie has moved and the one man who can tell him where refuses to do so. Enraged, Joe beats the old man senseless and runs away to his father's home, where he also finds his wife. A police detective comes around about the beating (which will soon to become a murder) and Joe insists he's innocent. Joe tells his wife and father he's a changed man and he's only a suspect because of his prior conviction. Barbie and Fred struggle with their desire to believe Joe's plea versus their fear he'll never change.

The Bells of Cockaigne

The Bells of Cockaigne
7.3/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 17/11/1953
  • Character: Joey

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