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 Caddy
1953
Golden Yeggs
1950
Big House, U.S.A
1955
Les Girls
1957
Raintree County
1957
Geordie
1955
Il coraggio
1955
Back to the Wall
1958
Signed, Arsène Lupin
1959
O Homem do Sputnik
1959
The Tall Stranger
1957
Cry Terror!
1958
Kim
1950
Saint Joan
1957
The Red Beret
1953
Black Widow
1954
The Juggler
1953
The Indian Fighter
1955
Forever, Darling
1956
French Touch
1952
The Moonraker
1958
Jumping Jacks
1952
Cage of Gold
1950
Sealed Cargo
1951
The Strange One
1957
Hi-Jack Highway
1955
The Garment Jungle
1957
The Hollywood Ten
1950
Father Brown
1954
The Kidnappers
1953
The Black Castle
1952
My Foolish Heart
1950
The White Squaw
1956
Where Is Freedom?
1954
On Moonlight Bay
1951
Tennessee's Partner
1955
5 Steps to Danger
1956
Two Men in Manhattan
1959
Stranger at My Door
1956
The Magic Box
1952
Lucky Me
1954
Simba
1955
Ten Little Indians
1959
The Aristocrats
1955
Island in the Sun
1957
The Vanquished
1953
Upswept Hare
1953
How to Dance
1953