Best Movies of the 1950s

Best Movies of the 1950s on Filmtally, ranked by rating and popularity. See where to watch and track what you want to see.

The Big Knife
The Big Knife (1955)
Affair with a Stranger
Affair with a Stranger (1953)
Presentation, or Charlotte and Her Steak
Presentation, or Charlotte and Her Steak (1951)
A Life of Her Own
A Life of Her Own (1950)
Underwater!
Underwater! (1955)
Adorable Creatures
Adorable Creatures (1952)
No Escape
No Escape (1953)
The Cosmic Man
The Cosmic Man (1959)
Flying Leathernecks
Flying Leathernecks (1951)
Back from the Dead
Back from the Dead (1957)
Son of Sinbad
Son of Sinbad (1955)
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)
Action of the Tiger
Action of the Tiger (1957)
Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great (1956)
The French Line
The French Line (1954)
Have Rocket, Will Travel
Have Rocket, Will Travel (1959)
Marguerite of the Night
Marguerite of the Night (1955)
Liane, Jungle Goddess
Liane, Jungle Goddess (1956)
The Impure Ones
The Impure Ones (1954)
A Lawless Street
A Lawless Street (1955)
Be Beautiful and Shut Up
Be Beautiful and Shut Up (1958)
A Lady Without Passport
A Lady Without Passport (1950)
Accused of Murder
Accused of Murder (1956)
Bus Stop
Bus Stop (1956)
The James Dean Story
The James Dean Story (1957)
Paris Is Always Paris
Paris Is Always Paris (1951)
This Side of the Law
This Side of the Law (1950)
Babette Goes to War
Babette Goes to War (1959)
The Maze
The Maze (1953)
...And God Created Woman
...And God Created Woman (1956)
Dream Wife
Dream Wife (1953)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
Secret of the Incas
Secret of the Incas (1954)
Flat Top
Flat Top (1952)
Miss Sadie Thompson
Miss Sadie Thompson (1953)
Count Three and Pray
Count Three and Pray (1955)
Meet Me in Las Vegas
Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)
World Without End
World Without End (1956)
Hellcats of the Navy
Hellcats of the Navy (1957)
Chicago Confidential
Chicago Confidential (1957)
The Scarlet Hour
The Scarlet Hour (1956)
Return of the Fly
Return of the Fly (1959)
The Gamma People
The Gamma People (1956)
The Magnetic Monster
The Magnetic Monster (1953)
The Big Trees
The Big Trees (1952)
The High and the Mighty
The High and the Mighty (1954)
David and Bathsheba
David and Bathsheba (1951)
The Woman on Pier 13
The Woman on Pier 13 (1950)
The Colossus of New York
The Colossus of New York (1958)
Sombrero
Sombrero (1953)
No Man's Woman
No Man's Woman (1955)
One Way Street
One Way Street (1950)
Destination Moon
Destination Moon (1950)
The Night Heaven Fell
The Night Heaven Fell (1958)
Star in the Dust
Star in the Dust (1956)
Home Town Story
Home Town Story (1951)
City Beneath the Sea
City Beneath the Sea (1953)
Sign of the Gladiator
Sign of the Gladiator (1959)
They Were So Young
They Were So Young (1954)
Two Nights with Cleopatra
Two Nights with Cleopatra (1954)