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 She-Creature (1956)

The Undead (1957)

Day the World Ended (1955)

Invasion, U.S.A. (1952)

The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues (1955)

Swamp Women (1956)

Beginning of the End (1957)

From Hell It Came (1957)

Indestructible Man (1956)

Beast from Haunted Cave (1959)

King Dinosaur (1955)

The Crawling Eye (1958)

Teenagers from Outer Space (1959)

Killers from Space (1954)

The Conqueror (1956)

Robot Monster (1953)

The Wasp Woman (1959)