Highest-Rated Movies about 'Reference To Jesse James'

Witness for the Prosecution (1957), Ace in the Hole (1951), Before Sunrise (1995), The Lost Weekend (1945), Bonnie and Clyde (1967), True Grit (2010), Detective Story (1951), The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Reference To Jesse James movies.

#1. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

Storyline: Britain, 1953. Upon his return to work following a heart attack, barrister takes on a murder case,. The case is defending American war vet Leonard Vole, a poor, out of work, struggling inventor who's accused of murdering his middle-aged lonely and wealthy acquaintance, Emily French. The evidence is circumstantial but points to Leonard as the murderer, butr the csse has constant revelations.

Plot Keywords: lawyer, courtroom drama, alibi, london england, defense attorney, brandy, monocle ...

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#2. Ace in the Hole (1951)

Storyline: Charles Tatum, a down-on-his-luck reporter, takes a job with a small New Mexico newspaper. The job is pretty boring until he finds a man trapped in an old Indian dwelling. He jumps at the chance to make a name for himself by taking over and prolonging the rescue effort, and feeding stories to major newspapers. He creates a national media sensation and milks it for all it is worth - until things go terribly wrong.

Plot Keywords: media manipulation, journalism, dysfunctional marriage, media circus, new mexico, cave, newspaper ...

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#3. Before Sunrise (1995)

Storyline: American tourist Jesse and French student Celine meet by chance on the train from Budapest to Vienna. Sensing that they are developing a connection, Jesse asks Celine to spend the day with him in Vienna, and she agrees. So they pass the time before his scheduled flight the next morning together. How do two perfect strangers connect so intimately over the course of a single day? What is that special thing that bonds two people so strongly? As their bond turns to love, what will happen to them the next morning when Jesse flies away?

Plot Keywords: kiss, teenage girl, coincidence, one night, tourist, french, train ...

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#4. The Lost Weekend (1945)

Storyline: Don Birnam, long-time alcoholic, has been "on the wagon" for ten days and seems to be over the worst; but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother Wick and girlfriend Helen, he begins a four-day bender. In flashbacks we see past events, all gone wrong because of the bottle. But this bout looks like being his last...one way or the other.

Plot Keywords: suicidal thoughts, alcoholism, alcoholic, delirium, desperation, low self esteem, drunkard ...

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#5. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

Storyline: 1934. Young adults Bonnie Parker, a waitress, and Clyde Barrow, a criminal just released from prison, are immediately attracted to what the other represents for their life when they meet by chance in West Dallas, Texas. Bonnie is fascinated with Clyde's criminal past, and his matter-of-factness and bravado in talking about it. Clyde sees in Bonnie someone sympatico to his goals in life. Although attracted to each other physically, a sexual relationship between the two has a few obstacles to happen. Regardless, they decide to join forces to embark on a life of crime, holding up whatever establishments, primarily banks, to make money and to have fun. They don't plan on hurting anyone physically or killing anyone despite wielding loaded guns. They amass a small gang of willing accomplices, including C.W. Moss, a mechanic to fix whatever cars they steal which is important especially for their getaways, and Buck Barrow, one of Clyde's older brothers. The only reluctant tag-along is Buck's ...

Plot Keywords: bank robber, 1930s, gang, on the run, doomed love, gangster, shot repeatedly ...

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#6. True Grit (2010)

Storyline: Following the murder of her father by hired hand Tom Chaney, 14-year-old farm girl Mattie Ross sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. marshal she can find, a man with "true grit," Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn. Mattie insists on accompanying Cogburn, whose drinking, sloth, and generally reprobate character do not augment her faith in him. Against his wishes, she joins him in his trek into the Indian Nations in search of Chaney. They are joined by Texas Ranger LaBoeuf, who wants Chaney for his own purposes. The unlikely trio find danger and surprises on the journey, and each has his or her "grit" tested.

Plot Keywords: revisionist western, based on novel, public execution, spanking, dragged by a horse, 1870s, snake ...

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#7. Detective Story (1951)

Storyline: Jim McLeod is a hard-nosed and cynical detective. He believes in a strict interpretation of the law and doesn't believe in turning the other cheek. The current object of his zealousness is Karl Schneider, an abortionist responsible for the death of several young women. Schneider's lawyer tells the precinct lieutenant that McLeod has his own personal reasons for going after his client. It turns out that his wife was a patient before they met, although Jim knew nothing of it. His world suddenly turned upside down, McLeod is too late in re-evaluating his priorities.—garykmcd

Plot Keywords: taxi driver, wife leaves husband, thief, corpse, dead body, dead man, gun ...

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#8. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)

Storyline: Taking place in the American Northwest in the early 1880s, the film dramatizes the last seven months in the life of famed outlaw Jesse James, beginning with the Blue Cut train robbery of 1881 and culminating in his assassination at the hands of Robert Ford the following April. In the time between these two fateful events, the young and jealous Ford befriends the increasingly mistrustful outlaw, even as he plots his demise.

Plot Keywords: based on a novel, betrayal, 19th century, assassination, friendship, father daughter relationship, family relationships ...

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#9. The Grey Fox (1982)

Storyline: Old West highwayman Bill Miner, known to Pinkertons as "The Gentleman Bandit," is released in 1901 after 33 years in prison, a genial and charming old man. He goes to Washington to live and work with his sister's family. But the world has changed much while he has been away, and he just can't adjust. So he goes to Canada and returns to the only thing familiar to him -- robbery (with stagecoaches changed to trains).—Ken Yousten <kyousten@bev.net>

Plot Keywords: train robbery, wheelbarrow, snow, chicken, egg, killed with a gun, lantern ...

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#10. Dillinger (1973)

Storyline: After a shoot-out kills five FBI agents in Kansas City the Bureau target John Dillinger as one of the men to hunt down. Waiting for him to break Federal law they sort out several other mobsters, while Dillinger's bank robbing exploits make him something of a folk hero. Escaping from jail he finds Pretty Boy Floyd and Baby Face Nelson have joined the gang and pretty soon he is Public Enemy Number One. Now the G-men really are after him.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}

Plot Keywords: reference to arizona, based on true story, gangster, 1930s, bank robbery, great depression, prostitute ...

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#11. Rooster Cogburn (1975)

Storyline: A band of drunken thugs overruns a small village in the Indian Nation that is run by Minister Goodnight and his daughter Eula and proceed to violate and kill the villagers. Miss Goodnight teams up with ruthless Marshal Rooster J. Cogburn to go after them and bring them to justice.—Christopher D. Ryan <cryan@direct.ca>

Plot Keywords: gunslinger, based on novel, u.s. marshal, ambush, repeating rifle, cowboys and outlaws, one man army ...

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#12. The Return of Frank James (1940)

Storyline: Frank James, the brother of Jesse James, has been laying low, living as a farmer and taking care of Clem, the son of one of the members of the James gang. He gets word that Jesse was killed by Bob and Charlie Ford, he hoped that the law would deal with them but when he learns that the railroad man whom he and Jesse terrorized contracted them to kill Jesse and helped them get off, he goes after them. Clem whom he told to remain on the farm goes with him and when it's impossible for him to do so, Frank has no choice to let him tag along. Now in order to cover their tracks they start telling people that Frank James is dead and that they saw it. Eleanor Stone, a female reporter, who wants to write about it interviews them and they are both taken with each other. But eventually she learns who Frank is from the Pinkerton detective who is tracking them but doesn't turn them in. But eventually Frank learns that his farm hand, Pinky has been arrested as his accomplice and is about to be hung. Now short of knowing who Frank is, he has not done anything to help Frank, so Frank has to decide what is more important getting the Fords or helping Pinky.—rcs0411@yahoo.com

Plot Keywords: historic figure, pistol, villain turns good, false accusation, brother brother relationship, theatre, preacher ...

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#13. The Quick and the Dead (1995)

Storyline: Ellen, an unknown female gunslinger rides into a small, dingy and depressing prairie town with a secret as to her reason for showing up. Shortly after her arrival, a local preacher, Cort, is thrown through the saloon doors while townfolk are signing up for a gun competition. The pot is a huge sum of money and the only rule: that you follow the rules of the man that set up the contest, Herod. Herod is also the owner, leader, and "ruler" of the town. Seems he's arranged this little gun-show-off so that the preacher (who use to be an outlaw and rode with Herod) will have to fight again. Cort refuses to ever use a gun to kill again and Herod, acknowledging Cort as one of the best, is determined to alter this line of thinking ... even if it gets someone killed ...

Plot Keywords: female gunfighter, death, saloon, murder, torture, bar shootout, shot in the back ...

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#14. The Cimarron Kid (1951)

Storyline: Audie Murphy comes into his own as a Western star in this story. Wrongly accused by crooked railroad officials of aiding a train heist by his old friends the Daltons, he joins their gang and becomes an active participant in other robberies. Betrayed by a fellow gang member, Murphy becomes a fugitive in the end. Seeking refuge at the ranch of a reformed gang member, he hopes to flee with the man's daughter to South America, but he's captured in the end and led off to jail. The girl promises to wait.—Rita Richardson <RRichar790@aol.com>

Plot Keywords: remake, warden, buggy, map, prison, outlaw, marshal ...

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#15. Cops and Robbers (1973)

Storyline: Tom and Joe are disillusioned New York City cops who decide to pull off one big robbery and retire on the proceeds. Bearer bonds are what the local Mafia boss will buy, so that's what they go for. Central Park is the location for the switch. Can they come out of it with their lives and the money ?—Ian Harries <ih@doc.ic.ac.uk>

Plot Keywords: reference to jesus christ, obscene finger gesture, title same as book, basket, counting money, money counting, long haired male ...

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