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.
Tree for Two (1952)
Royal Wedding (1951)
The Blue Lamp (1950)
Lady Chatterley's Lover (1955)
Fear Strikes Out (1957)
The Egyptian (1954)
Houdini (1953)
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
The Crimson Kimono (1959)
Roses for the Prosecutor (1959)
The Blue Gardenia (1953)
The Big Sky (1952)
Beanstalk Bunny (1955)
Zero Hour! (1957)
Secret of Naruto (1957)
Kiss Me Kate (1953)
Terror in a Texas Town (1958)
Safety Second (1950)
The Last Act (1955)
The Well (1951)
The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950)
Woman's World (1954)
A Midsummer's Night Dream (1959)
08/15 (1954)
The Art of Getting Along (1954)
I Was Monty's Double (1958)
Al Capone (1959)
Tread Softly Stranger (1958)
Our Mr. Sun (1956)
This Was Pancho Villa: First chapter (1957)
The Monolith Monsters (1957)
Disneyland: U.S.A. (1956)
Home Before Dark (1958)
Eroica (1958)
A Summer Place (1959)
Taira Clan Saga (1955)
Sands of Iwo Jima (1950)
The Tall Men (1955)
The Stooge (1951)
The Lost One (1951)
The Reluctant Debutante (1958)
The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1954)
The Overcoat (1952)
The Eagle of the Pacific (1953)
The Jackpot (1950)
Outrage (1950)
A Hatful of Rain (1957)
Pushover (1954)
Storm Center (1956)
The Smallest Show on Earth (1957)
A Star Is Bored (1956)
The Man in the Sky (1957)
Belles on Their Toes (1952)
Man on the Tracks (1957)
Bright Victory (1951)
The Wooden Horse (1950)
Death of a Salesman (1951)
Abandoned (1955)
La cambiale (1959)
You're Never Too Young (1955)