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.
The Grand Manoeuvre
1955
The Oklahoman
1957
Interrupted Melody
1955
September Affair
1950
The Lawless
1950
Rocky Mountain
1950
The Moment of Truth
1952
The Maverick Queen
1956
Girls Marked Danger
1952
The Most Wanted Man
1953
Beat the Devil
1953
Sorority Girl
1957
When a Woman Meddles
1957
The Littlest Outlaw
1955
Carmen Jones
1954
Off Limits
1952
Riders to the Stars
1954
Timeslip
1955
Alias Jesse James
1959
Beloved Infidel
1959
Bright Leaf
1950
The Proud Rebel
1958
The Wayward Wife
1953
The Big Night
1959
Riding Shotgun
1954
Imperial Violets
1952
Never Let Me Go
1953
Soldier of Fortune
1955
Blowing Wild
1953
The Red Ball Express
1952
The Clown
1953
Money from Home
1953
C.I.D.
1956
Thunder in the Sun
1959
The Human Jungle
1954
Supersonic Saucer
1956
The Nevadan
1950
Run for the Sun
1956
Kill Her Gently
1957
The Deep Six
1958
They Who Dare
1954
Trent's Last Case
1952