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.
Thunder Road (1958)
Operation Pacific (1951)
Plymouth Adventure (1952)
This Woman Is Dangerous (1952)
The Shadow on the Window (1957)
Bombers B-52 (1957)
Run of the Arrow (1957)
The Fat Man (1951)
Those Redheads from Seattle (1953)
My Outlaw Brother (1951)
Kill Me Tomorrow (1957)
The Long Wait (1954)
Destination Gobi (1953)
The Lamp (1959)
The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
Footsteps in the Night (1957)
The First Traveling Saleslady (1956)
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock (1959)
Behind the High Wall (1956)
The Night Runner (1957)
Aida (1953)
The Scarf (1951)
Escapade in Japan (1957)
Small Town Girl (1953)
Young Bess (1953)
That's My Boy (1951)
That Naughty Girl (1956)
Another Time, Another Place (1958)
Gog (1954)
The Gambler and the Lady (1952)
South Pacific (1958)
One Step to Eternity (1954)
Tarzan's Peril (1951)
Three Days to Live (1958)
Congo Crossing (1956)
Their Last Night (1953)
The Law (1959)
The Pride and the Passion (1957)
Young at Heart (1954)
Ferry to Hong Kong (1959)
Fast and Sexy (1958)
Man in the Vault (1956)
Street Corner (1953)
Don't Panic Chaps (1959)
The Hidden One (1956)
The Grass Is Always Greener (1950)
Go for Broke! (1951)
Son of Ali Baba (1952)
Blind Date (1959)
The Stranger Came Home (1954)
Three Violent People (1956)
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle (1955)
The Las Vegas Story (1952)
Denver and Rio Grande (1952)
Ten Wanted Men (1955)
The System (1953)
The Golden Horde (1951)
Female Jungle (1956)
The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958)