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Selection: ranked from the FlickRatings core library (up to 25,000 titles). Size: this page shows the top 100 results for this slice. Updates: list refreshes as underlying metadata and availability updates (page last built: April 17, 2026). Tip: use title pages to check where-to-watch by country and provider.
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Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (1958) FR #889 | Movie | Drama | USA | English
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Director Richard Brooks
Writer Richard Brooks, James Poe, Tennessee Williams
Cast Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives
Plot Brick is an alcoholic ex-football player who drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife. A reunion with his terminally ill father jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.
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They Shoot Horses, Don'T They? (1969) FR #1909 | Movie | Drama | USA, France | English, French
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Director Sydney Pollack
Writer Horace Mccoy, James Poe, Robert E. Thompson
Cast Jane Fonda, Michael Sarrazin, Susannah York, Bruce Dern
Plot The lives of a disparate group of contestants intertwine in a grueling and inhumane dance marathon.
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Around The World In Eighty Days aka Around The World In 80 Days (1956) FR #3414 | Movie | Adventure, Comedy | USA | English, Spanish
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Director Michael Anderson, John Farrow
Writer James Poe, John Farrow, S.J. Perelman
Cast David Niven, Cantinflas, Finlay Currie, Robert Morley, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard
Plot A Victorian Englishman bets that with the new steamships and railways he can circumnavigate the globe in eighty days.
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Lilies Of The Field (1963) FR #3664 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA, Russia | German, Spanish
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Director Ralph Nelson
Writer James Poe, William E. Barrett
Cast Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala, Lisa Mann
Plot A travelling handyman becomes the answer to the prayers of nuns who wish to build a chapel in the desert.
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Last Train From Gun Hill (1959) FR #4417 | Movie | Western | USA | English
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Director John Sturges
Writer Les Crutchfield, James Poe
Cast Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Carolyn Jones
Plot A marshal tries to bring the son of an old friend, an autocratic cattle baron, to justice for his role in the rape and murder of the marshal's Native American wife.
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Editorial Best Movies/TV Shows Written by (or adapted from) James Poe collects the writer’s most important, popular and top regarded work. This list is built from the cataogue of 25000 core titles provided on FlickRatings, and showcases most important movies and TV shows as ordered by our score generated using public metadata. Combine this with our weekly updated OTT information to shortlist your next watch.
