Best Movies of the 1950s
The 1950s were widescreen ambition and simmering anxiety - epics and musicals up front, paranoia and rebellion underneath. Hitchcock at his peak, Kurosawa reshaping world cinema, and Hollywood at full power, ranked by rating. Find where the decade's best are streaming now.
Odette
1950
Ask Any Girl
1959
Shakedown
1950
The Good Die Young
1954
Picnic on the Grass
1959
The Happy Time
1952
Captain Lightfoot
1955
Pal Joey
1957
Chain Lightning
1950
These Wilder Years
1956
Time Lock
1957
The Actress
1953
Never Say Goodbye
1956
The Bespoke Overcoat
1955
Fort Defiance
1951
A Dog of Flanders
1959
A Kiss Before Dying
1956
The Unguarded Moment
1956
Until They Sail
1957
Island in the Sky
1953
The Wings of Eagles
1957
Bundle of Joy
1956
Soledad's Shawl
1952
The Man Upstairs
1958
My Six Convicts
1952
Tonka
1958
Up in the World
1956
Wichita
1955
La bestia humana
1957
La Cucaracha
1959
The Mating Game
1959
The Moon Is Blue
1953
The Geisha Boy
1958
Horizons West
1952
Sujata
1959
The Rocket Man
1954
Lisbon
1956
The Decks Ran Red
1958
Band of Angels
1957
The Little Hut
1957
Woman in Hiding
1950
Witness in the City
1959
The Black Orchid
1959
Goodbye, My Fancy
1951
Private Hell 36
1954
Trio
1950
The Last Horse
1950
Cloudburst
1951
The Dark Avenger
1955
Sincere Heart
1953
Queen Bee
1955