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...

Max

7.0

435 votes

7.0

435 votes

Redes

1936 · Movie · 65 min. · Mexico

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