By decade
The 1950s on disc
The films of the 1950s worth owning, ranked by standing.
Pal Joey
1957 · George Sidney
eBay from $52
Hondo
1953 · John Farrow
eBay from $24
Miss Julie 1951
Miss Julie
1951 · Alf Sjöberg
A Hatful of Rain 1957
A Hatful of Rain
1957 · Fred Zinnemann
Shadows
1958 · John Cassavetes
eBay from $123
One Summer of Happiness 1951
One Summer of Happiness
1951 · Arne Mattsson
4K 
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
1955 · Charles Lamont
eBay from $59
The Brothers Karamazov
1958 · Richard Brooks
eBay from $50
Some Came Running
1958 · Vincente Minnelli
eBay from $41
Summer Interlude
1951 · Ingmar Bergman
eBay from $29
Duck and Cover 1952
Duck and Cover
1952 · Anthony Rizzo
Bonjour Tristesse
1958 · Otto Preminger
eBay from $60
Sudden Fear
1952 · David Miller
eBay from $38
Ride Lonesome
1959 · Budd Boetticher
eBay from $25
Across the Wide Missouri
1951 · William A. Wellman
eBay from $25
Devdas 1955
Devdas
1955 · Bimal Roy
4K 
It Came from Outer Space
1953 · Jack Arnold
eBay from $89
Gun Crazy
1950 · Joseph H. Lewis
eBay from $29
The River
1951 · Jean Renoir
eBay from $46
The Prisoner of Zenda
1952 · Richard Thorpe
eBay from $46
Legend of the Lost
1957 · Henry Hathaway
eBay from $29
Tarantula
1955 · Jack Arnold
eBay from $28
The Revenge of Frankenstein
1958 · Terence Fisher
eBay from $30
Gates of Paris 1957
Gates of Paris
1957 · René Clair
Diary of a Country Priest 1951
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Robert Bresson
The Wings of Eagles 1957
The Wings of Eagles
1957 · John Ford
The Hanging Tree
1959 · Karl Malden
eBay from $28
The Fugitive Kind
1959 · Sidney Lumet
eBay from $383
The Rainmaker
1956 · Joseph Anthony
eBay from $19
La Ronde
1950 · Max Ophüls
eBay from $34
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
1956 · Fred F. Sears
eBay from $35
Don Quixote 1957
Don Quixote
1957 · Grigori Kozintsev
Le Beau Serge
1958 · Claude Chabrol
eBay from $31
Hercules
1958 · Pietro Francisci
eBay from $20
I'll Cry Tomorrow
1955 · Daniel Mann
eBay from $25
Richard III 1955
Richard III
1955 · Laurence Olivier
The Spirit of St. Louis 1957
The Spirit of St. Louis
1957 · Billy Wilder
Teacher's Pet 1958
Teacher's Pet
1958 · George Seaton
Caged 1950
Caged
1950 · John Cromwell
The Big Combo 1955
The Big Combo
1955 · Joseph H. Lewis
Hannibal 1959
Hannibal
1959 · Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
Prince Valiant 1954
Prince Valiant
1954 · Henry Hathaway
The World in His Arms 1952
The World in His Arms
1952 · Raoul Walsh
Welcome Mr. Marshall! 1953
Welcome Mr. Marshall!
1953 · Luis García Berlanga
The Bad Seed 1956
The Bad Seed
1956 · Mervyn LeRoy
The Sun Also Rises 1957
The Sun Also Rises
1957 · Henry King
While the City Sleeps 1956
While the City Sleeps
1956 · Fritz Lang
The Desperate Hours 1955
The Desperate Hours
1955 · William Wyler