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 Magnificent Tramp (1959)
Seven Waves Away (1957)
The Flying Cat (1952)
The Colditz Story (1955)
Chase a Crooked Shadow (1958)
Ben and Me (1953)
The One That Got Away (1957)
Designing Woman (1957)
The Possessors (1958)
Plunder Road (1957)
The Mad Magician (1954)
Three Little Bops (1957)
Silk Stockings (1957)
The Lovers of Montparnasse (1958)
Rawhide (1951)
No Man of Her Own (1950)
Mystery Street (1950)
The Duel at Silver Creek (1952)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1954)
The Snorkel (1958)
Lili (1953)
Mister 880 (1950)
Anna (1951)
The Tall Target (1951)
Another Man's Poison (1951)
A Hero of Our Times (1955)
Man in the Shadow (1957)
Champagne for Caesar (1950)
1984 (1956)
Gunman's Walk (1958)
So Long at the Fair (1950)
Hell Drivers (1957)
Men in War (1957)
No Name on the Bullet (1959)
O. Henry's Full House (1952)
The Baron of Arizona (1950)
The Rainmaker (1956)
A Bear for Punishment (1951)
Moonfleet (1955)
The Last Wagon (1956)
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956)
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
Rancho Notorious (1952)
Summer Stock (1950)
The Virgin Queen (1955)
Madeleine (1950)
The Swan (1956)
Man Without a Star (1955)
Tribute to a Bad Man (1956)
The Conquest of Everest (1953)
The Bigamist (1953)
The Naked Jungle (1954)
From All of Us, To All of You (1958)
Angels in the Outfield (1951)
Seven Days to Noon (1950)
Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)
Cruise Cat (1952)
Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
What's Up, Doc? (1950)
The Scapegoat (1959)