Direction: Fred Zinnemann
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Fred Zinnemann. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
High Noon
1952 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction Fred Zinnemann
Cast Gary Cooper · Grace Kelly · Thomas Mitchell · Lloyd Bridges
Plot 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...
8.1
26K votes
8.1
26K votes
From Here to Eternity
1953 · Movie · 113 min. · United States
Direction Fred Zinnemann
Cast Burt Lancaster · Montgomery Clift · Deborah Kerr · Frank Sinatra
Plot 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,...
7.8
21K votes
7.8
21K votes
A Man for All Seasons
1966 · Movie · 120 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Fred Zinnemann
Cast Paul Scofield · Wendy Hiller · Leo McKern · Robert Shaw
Plot 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,...
7.5
8K votes
7.5
8K votes
The Day of the Jackal
1973 · Movie · 141 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Fred Zinnemann
Cast Edward Fox · Michael Lonsdale · Derek Jacobi · Alan Badel
Plot 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...
7.5
9K votes
7.5
9K votes
Act of Violence
1949 · Movie · 82 min. · United States
Direction Fred Zinnemann
Cast Van Heflin · Robert Ryan · Janet Leigh · Mary Astor
Plot War veteran Frank Enley seems to be a happily married small-town citizen until he realises Joe Parkson is in town. It seems Parkson is out for revenge because of something...
7.2
450 votes
7.2
450 votes
A Hatful of Rain
1957 · Movie · 109 min. · United States
Direction Fred Zinnemann
Cast Anthony Franciosa · Eva Marie Saint · Don Murray · Lloyd Nolan
Plot A Korean War veteran's morphine addiction wreaks havoc upon his family.
7.2
320 votes
7.2
320 votes
The Seventh Cross
1944 · Movie · 110 min. · United States
Direction Fred Zinnemann
Cast Spencer Tracy · Signe Hasso · Hume Cronyn · Jessica Tandy
Plot 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...
7.1
461 votes
7.1
461 votes
The Search
1948 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Direction Fred Zinnemann
Cast Montgomery Clift · Aline MacMahon · Wendell Corey · Jarmila Novotna
Plot 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,...
7.1
719 votes
7.1
719 votes
The Nun's Story
1959 · Movie · 149 min. · United States
Direction Fred Zinnemann
Cast Audrey Hepburn · Peter Finch · Edith Evans · Peggy Ashcroft
Plot 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...
7.0
3K votes
7.0
3K votes
Julia
1977 · Movie · 118 min. · United States
Direction Fred Zinnemann
Cast Jane Fonda · Vanessa Redgrave · Jason Robards · Maximilian Schell
Plot 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...
7.0
2K votes
7.0
2K votes
People on Sunday
1930 · Documentary · 74 min. · Germany
Direction Robert Siodmak · Edgar G. Ulmer · Curt Siodmak · Fred Zinnemann
Cast Brigitte Borchert · Christel Ehlers · Wolfgang von Waltershausen · Annie Schreyer
Plot This semi-documentary tells the tale of five young Berliners - a taxi driver, a travelling wine dealer, a record shop sales girl, a film extra and a model - spending...
7.0
435 votes
7.0
435 votes
Redes
1936 · Movie · 65 min. · Mexico
Direction Emilio Gómez Muriel · Fred Zinnemann
Cast Silvio Hernández · David Valle González · Rafael Hinojosa · Antonio Lara
6.8
102 votes
6.8
102 votes
The Men
1950 · Movie · 85 min. · United States
Direction Fred Zinnemann
Cast Marlon Brando · Teresa Wright · Everett Sloane · Jack Webb
Plot 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...
6.8
880 votes
6.8
880 votes
The Sundowners
1960 · Movie · 133 min. · United States
Direction Fred Zinnemann
Cast Deborah Kerr · Robert Mitchum · Peter Ustinov · Glynis Johns
Plot 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....
6.7
744 votes
6.7
744 votes
Kid Glove Killer
1942 · Movie · 74 min. · United States
Direction Fred Zinnemann
Cast Van Heflin · Marsha Hunt · Lee Bowman · Samuel S. Hinds
Plot First feature film from director Fred Zinneman is a snappy little "B" feature that features Van Heflin as the head of a city crime lab who solves the murder of...
6.6
48 votes
6.6
48 votes
Eyes in the Night
1942 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction Fred Zinnemann
Cast Edward Arnold · Ann Harding · Donna Reed · Stephen McNally
Plot Blind detective Duncan Maclain is visited by old friend Norma Lawry, looking for help in getting rid of one of her old beaus, who is courting Norma's 17-year old step-daughter....
6.4
48 votes
6.4
48 votes
Oklahoma!
1955 · Movie · 140 min. · United States
Direction Fred Zinnemann
Cast Gordon MacRae · Shirley Jones · Charlotte Greenwood · Rod Steiger
Plot 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...
6.3
466 votes
6.3
466 votes
Behold a Pale Horse
1964 · Movie · 118 min. · United States
Direction Fred Zinnemann
Cast Gregory Peck · Anthony Quinn · Omar Sharif · Raymond Pellegrin
Plot 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...
6.3
482 votes
6.3
482 votes
Teresa
1951 · Movie · 102 min. · United States
Direction Fred Zinnemann
Cast Pier Angeli · John Ericson · Patricia Collinge · Richard Bishop
Plot 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...
6.2
65 votes
6.2
65 votes
The Member of the Wedding
1952 · Movie · 93 min. · United States
Direction Fred Zinnemann
Cast Ethel Waters · Julie Harris · Brandon De Wilde · Arthur Franz
Plot 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...
5.9
63 votes
5.9
63 votes