Top 17 Action Movies Highly Rated Released in 1958

Two chained-together escaped convicts, one white and one black, must learn to get along in order to elude capture. See more about The Defiant Ones / IMDB / YouTube

On her maiden voyage in April 1912, the supposedly unsinkable RMS Titanic strikes an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean. Info on A Night to Remember / IMDB / YouTube

A slave and a Viking prince fight for the love of a captive princess. Check out The Vikings / IMDB / YouTube

When a princess is shrunken by an evil wizard, Sinbad must undertake a quest to an island of monsters to cure her and prevent a war. Check out The 7th Voyage of Sinbad / IMDB / YouTube

A U.S. submarine commander who's obsessed with sinking a particular Japanese ship butts heads with his first officer and crew. More about Run Silent Run Deep / IMDB / YouTube

During WWII an American destroyer discovers a German U-boat, and in the ensuing duel the American captain must draw upon all his experience to defeat the equally experienced German commander. Check out The Enemy Below / IMDB / YouTube

The lives of three young men, a German and two Americans, during WWII. Check out The Young Lions / IMDB / YouTube

A veteran comes home from the Korean War to the mountains and takes over the family moonshining business. He has to battle big-city gangsters who are trying to take over the business and the police who are trying to put him in prison. Info on Thunder Road / IMDB / YouTube

A dramatization of the British Expeditionary Force's 1940 retreat to the beaches of France and the extraordinary seaborne evacuation that saved it from utter destruction by Nazi Germany. More about Dunkirk / IMDB / YouTube

A military officer survives a nuclear blast, only to begin to uncontrollably grow into an increasingly unstable giant. Look into The Amazing Colossal Man / IMDB / YouTube

In 1950s Canada, during a commercial flight, the pilots and some passengers suffer food poisoning, thus forcing an ex-WWII fighter pilot (Dana Andrews) to try to land the airliner in heavy fog. Read about Zero Hour! / IMDB / YouTube

The criminal exploits of Public Enemy number 1, George 'Machine-Gun' Kelly, during the 1930s. Learn about Machine-Gun Kelly / IMDB / YouTube

Toward the end of World War II, two American soldiers fighting in Southern France become romantically involved with a young, American woman. Her background will reveal more about them than her. Info on Kings Go Forth / IMDB / YouTube

The lives, loves, and battles of fictional characters in the Army's First Ranger Battalion during WWII. Look into Darby's Rangers / IMDB / YouTube

In 1952, during the Korean War, two American pilots become bitter enemies over the same woman but must shelve their personal feud when confronted by deadly Chinese MIG fighter jets in battle. Look into The Hunters / IMDB / YouTube

Virgil Renchler owns most of the town, providing a thriving economy. When his men go too far and kill one of his migrant workmen, the sheriff goes after him, even if it means his job and everyone else's. Read about Man in the Shadow / IMDB / YouTube

After ranch hand Tod Lohman accidentally kills the son of a powerful rancher, he panics and flees, but the rancher and his vengeful crew hunt Tod down. Read about From Hell to Texas / IMDB / YouTube