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Every 1950s film in the catalog
131 films from the 1950s, from the famous to the buried. Every title links to its feels-like page: what to watch next if it hit the spot.
1959
- Anatomy of a Murdergritty, contemplative, twisty
- Ben-Hurepic, contemplative
- Black Orpheuscontemplative, romantic, tender
- Floating Weedscontemplative, romantic
- Hiroshima Mon Amourcontemplative, epic, romantic
- House on Haunted Hilldread, unsettling, twisty
- I'm All Right Jackwitty, playful, darkly funny
- North by Northwesttense, epic, romantic
- Odds Against Tomorrowgritty, contemplative, tense
- Pickpocketgritty, contemplative
- Rio Bravogritty, contemplative, cozy
- Sleeping Beautydreamlike, whimsical, romantic
- Some Like It Hotwitty, playful, romantic
- The 400 Blowscontemplative, wistful
1958
- Ashes and Diamondscontemplative, bleak, romantic
- Big Deal on Madonna Streetwitty, playful, gritty
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roofcontemplative
- Draculadread, unsettling
- Elevator to the Gallowsgritty, contemplative, tense
- Mon Onclewitty, playful
- The 7th Voyage of Sinbadkinetic, epic, warm
- The Blobdread, unsettling, cerebral
- The Flycerebral, dread, unsettling
- The Hidden Fortresscontemplative, kinetic, epic
- The Magiciancontemplative, paranoid
- Touch of Evilgritty, tense, contemplative
- Vertigotwisty, romantic, tender
1957
- 12 Angry Mencontemplative
- Funny Facestylish, witty, playful
- Nights of Cabiriacontemplative, witty, playful
- Old Yellerepic, contemplative, warm
- Paths of Glorybleak, contemplative
- Plan 9 from Outer Spacecerebral, dread, unsettling
- Sweet Smell of Successcontemplative, atmospheric
- The Bridge on the River Kwaicontemplative, epic, bleak
- The Cranes Are Flyingcontemplative, romantic, tender
- The Incredible Shrinking Mancerebral, epic, dread
- The Seventh Sealdreamlike, contemplative
- Throne of Bloodcontemplative, epic
- Wild Strawberriescontemplative, dreamlike
- Witness for the Prosecutioncontemplative, twisty, gritty
1956
- A Man Escapedcontemplative, tense
- Around the World in 80 Daysepic, witty, playful
- Bob le Flambeurcontemplative, kinetic, gritty
- Forbidden Planetcerebral, epic, awe
- Giantcontemplative, gritty
- Invasion of the Body Snatcherscerebral, dread, unsettling
- Night and Fogepic
- The Killinggritty, tense, contemplative
- The Man Who Knew Too Muchtense, twisty, contemplative
- The Searchersgritty
- The Ten Commandmentscontemplative, epic
- The Wrong Mangritty, contemplative
1955
- Diaboliquetense, twisty, romantic
- East of Edencontemplative, romantic
- Journey to the Beginning of Timeepic, dreamlike, warm
- Killer's Kisstense, gritty, contemplative
- Lady and the Trampwhimsical, warm, cozy
- Martycontemplative, romantic, tender
- Ordetcontemplative
- Pather Panchalicontemplative, epic, wistful
- Rebel Without a Causecontemplative, wistful
- Rififigritty, tense, contemplative
- Sissiwitty, playful, contemplative
- Smiles of a Summer Nightwitty, playful, romantic
- The Big Combocontemplative, gritty, atmospheric
- The Court Jesterstylish, epic, witty
- The Ladykillerswitty, playful, gritty
- The Night of the Huntergritty, contemplative, tense
- The Seven Year Itchwitty, playful, romantic
- The Trouble with Harrywitty, playful, twisty
- To Catch a Thieftwisty, romantic, tender
1954
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Seaepic, cerebral, dreamlike
- Animal Farmcontemplative
- Creature from the Black Lagoonepic, dread, unsettling
- Dial M for Murdertense, gritty, contemplative
- Godzillatense, dread, unsettling
- Journey to Italycontemplative, romantic, tender
- La Stradacontemplative, relentless, romantic
- On the Waterfrontgritty, contemplative, romantic
- Rear Windowtense, twisty, contemplative
- Sabrinawitty, playful, romantic
- Sansho the Bailiffcontemplative
- Seven Brides for Seven Brotherswitty, playful, contemplative
- Seven Samuraikinetic, contemplative, romantic
- White Christmaswitty, playful, stylish
1953
- From Here to Eternitybleak, romantic, tender
- Genevievewitty, playful
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondeswitty, playful, romantic
- How to Marry a Millionairewitty, playful, romantic
- I Vitelloniwitty, playful, contemplative
- Monsieur Hulot's Holidaywitty, playful, hopeful
- Peter Panwhimsical, warm, cozy
- Roman Holidayromantic, tender, witty
- Shanecontemplative, gritty, warm
- Stalag 17witty, playful, contemplative
- Summer with Monikacontemplative, romantic, tender
- The Big Heatgritty, tense, relentless
- The Earrings of Madame de...contemplative, romantic, tender
- The Wages of Fearcontemplative, tense, epic
- The War of the Worldscerebral, kinetic, bleak
- Tokyo Storycontemplative, dreamlike
- Ugetsudreamlike, contemplative, twisty
1952
- High Noongritty, cozy
- Ikirucontemplative, lonely
- Kansas City Confidentialgritty, playful, atmospheric
- Limelightromantic, tender, contemplative
- Singin' in the Rainwitty, playful, romantic
- The African Queenromantic, tender, epic
- The Narrow Margintense, gritty, atmospheric
- The Quiet Manromantic, tender, witty
- Umberto D.contemplative
1951
- A Streetcar Named Desirecontemplative, tense, melancholy
- Ace in the Holecontemplative, darkly funny, atmospheric
- Alice in Wonderlandwhimsical, warm, cozy
- An American in Parisstylish, romantic, tender
- Diary of a Country Priestcontemplative, cozy
- Strangers on a Traingritty, tense, contemplative
- The Day the Earth Stood Stillcerebral, tense, contemplative
- The Lavender Hill Mobwitty, playful, gritty
- The Man in the White Suitwitty, playful, cerebral
- The Thing from Another Worldcontemplative, dread, unsettling
1950
- All About Evecontemplative
- Cinderellawarm, cozy, dreamlike
- Force of Evilgritty, contemplative, atmospheric
- Gun Crazygritty, romantic, tender
- Harveywitty, playful, dreamlike
- In a Lonely Placetense, contemplative, romantic
- Rashomongritty, contemplative, twisty
- Sunset Boulevardcontemplative, melancholy, atmospheric
- The Asphalt Junglegritty, contemplative, playful