By decade
The 1950s on disc
The films of the 1950s worth owning, ranked by standing.
Treasure Island 1950
Treasure Island
1950 · Byron Haskin
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 1956
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
1956 · Fritz Lang
The Battle of the River Plate 1956
The Battle of the River Plate
1956 · Emeric Pressburger
Royal Wedding 1951
Royal Wedding
1951 · Stanley Donen
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel 1951
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951 · Henry Hathaway
Il Grido 1957
Il Grido
1957 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Wagon Master 1950
Wagon Master
1950 · John Ford
Suddenly 1954
Suddenly
1954 · Lewis Allen
Rancho Notorious 1952
Rancho Notorious
1952 · Fritz Lang
The Teahouse of the August Moon 1956
The Teahouse of the August Moon
1956 · Daniel Mann
The Great Caruso 1951
The Great Caruso
1951 · Richard Thorpe
Last Train from Gun Hill 1959
Last Train from Gun Hill
1959 · John Sturges
Ilya Muromets 1956
Ilya Muromets
1956 · Aleksandr Ptushko
The Enemy Below 1957
The Enemy Below
1957 · Dick Powell
Pickup on South Street 1953
Pickup on South Street
1953 · Samuel Fuller
My Cousin Rachel 1952
My Cousin Rachel
1952 · Henry Koster
Le Amiche 1955
Le Amiche
1955 · Michelangelo Antonioni
The Tall Men 1955
The Tall Men
1955 · Raoul Walsh
Neptune's Daughter 1950
Neptune's Daughter
1950 · Edward Buzzell
With a Song in My Heart 1952
With a Song in My Heart
1952 · Walter Lang
The Tin Star 1957
The Tin Star
1957 · Anthony Mann
Orpheus 1950
Orpheus
1950 · Jean Cocteau
Cops and Robbers 1951
Cops and Robbers
1951 · Steno
This Island Earth 1955
This Island Earth
1955 · Joseph M. Newman
Scaramouche 1952
Scaramouche
1952 · George Sidney
Trapeze 1956
Trapeze
1956 · Carol Reed
Two Cents Worth of Hope 1952
Two Cents Worth of Hope
1952 · Renato Castellani
Escape from Fort Bravo 1953
Escape from Fort Bravo
1953 · John Sturges
Carrie 1952
Carrie
1952 · William Wyler
Bigger Than Life 1956
Bigger Than Life
1956 · Nicholas Ray
Band of Angels 1957
Band of Angels
1957 · Raoul Walsh
Do Bigha Zamin 1953
Do Bigha Zamin
1953 · Bimal Roy
Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion 1950
Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion
1950 · Charles Lamont
It Came from Beneath the Sea 1955
It Came from Beneath the Sea
1955 · Robert Gordon
The Tall T 1957
The Tall T
1957 · Budd Boetticher
The Man in the White Suit 1951
The Man in the White Suit
1951 · Alexander Mackendrick
Justice Is Done 1950
Justice Is Done
1950 · André Cayatte
Dreams 1955
Dreams
1955 · Ingmar Bergman
Affair in Trinidad 1952
Affair in Trinidad
1952 · Vincent Sherman
A Face in the Crowd 1957
A Face in the Crowd
1957 · Elia Kazan
Silk Stockings 1957
Silk Stockings
1957 · Rouben Mamoulian
Hercules Unchained 1959
Hercules Unchained
1959 · Pietro Francisci
The Living Desert 1953
The Living Desert
1953 · James Algar
Fourteen Hours 1951
Fourteen Hours
1951 · Henry Hathaway
Macao 1952
Macao
1952 · Josef von Sternberg
Royal Affairs in Versailles 1954
Royal Affairs in Versailles
1954 · Sacha Guitry
The Flame and the Arrow 1950
The Flame and the Arrow
1950 · Jacques Tourneur
The Men 1950
The Men
1950 · Fred Zinnemann