The critical establishment was clearly not prepared to accept a woman's prison film featuring former prostitutes recovering from venereal diseases, unwanted pregnancies, and estranged lovers. With its cat fights, hysterical tantrums, film noir lighting, and dramatic music, White Beast is indicative of the new influences of the Hollywood psychological thriller on Naruse. Caged (John Cromwell, 1950) initiated a cycle of women's prison movies in the United States that may or may not have been shown in Japan, but the stylistics of White Beast draw on the same paranoid woman's films and film noir conventions that preceded the American cycle.
To Kill a Mockingbird
Drama
8.0
Knives Out
Comedy, Crime, Mystery
7.8
Tenet
Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
7.2
Parasite
Comedy, Thriller, Drama
8.5
Eternals
Science Fiction, Action, Adventure
6.9
Bohemian Rhapsody
Music, Drama
8.0
Get Out
Mystery, Thriller, Horror
7.6
Oppenheimer
Drama, History
8.1
Enola Holmes
Adventure, Mystery, Crime
7.3
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Adventure, Action
7.9
1917
War, History, Thriller, Drama
8.0
Léon: The Professional
Crime, Drama, Action
8.3
Limitless
Thriller, Mystery, Science Fiction
7.2
Ratatouille
Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
7.8
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Comedy, Family, Adventure
6.7
Avatar: The Way of Water
Science Fiction, Adventure, Action
7.6
The Godfather
Drama, Crime
8.7
The Marvels
Science Fiction, Adventure, Action
6.1
The Green Mile
Fantasy, Drama, Crime
8.5
Titanic
Drama, Romance
7.9
Alcatraz Island
Romance, Drama, Action, Crime
4.9
Mrs. Soffel
Drama, Romance
6.1
The Lovers on the Bridge
Drama, Romance
7.4
Lady Vengeance
Drama, Thriller
7.5
Revolver
Crime, Drama, Thriller
6.8
Heliotrope
Drama
0.0
3-Iron
Drama, Romance, Crime
7.8
Four Minutes
Drama, Music
6.9
Lights in the Dusk
Drama, Comedy
6.7
Down by Law
Crime, Drama, Comedy
7.4
The Last Castle
Action, Drama, Thriller
7.2
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
Comedy, Romance, Drama
6.9
The Captain from Kopenick
Comedy, Drama
7.2
Führer Ex
Drama
6.3
A Short Film About Killing
Crime, Drama
7.6
Hothead
Comedy, Drama
7.2
Underdogs
Drama, Action, Family
6.8
Inferno
Action, Drama, Romance
6.1
Attica
Drama, History, TV Movie
5.7
Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison
Drama
6.6