Your Favorite,1950's Movie Recommendations

Now that the Top 100 Documentary Countdown is up and running, it's a great time to start watching some 1950's movies for the upcoming Top 100 1950's Countdown, hosted by Raul. There's still many months until it starts, so plenty of time to discover some great 50s movies

So post your favorite 50s movie recommendations.

Here's mine:
Compulsion (1959) based on a true life murder trial.
A Christmas Carol (1951)
The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
Mon Oncle (1958)
The Fly (1958)
The Bad Seed (1956)
The Weapon (1956)
Pickup on South Street (1953)
In a Lonely Place (1950)
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)


What do you guys recommend?

I really haven't watched enough 50s movies to suggest anything other than films everyone already knows about but this thread will be useful.

Can i ask for some lesser known 50s Westerns that i should check out?

Ok this is the link to the entire thread, but there's 1950-1960 sci-fi in here
http://www.movieforums.com/community...ad.php?t=38189


1950
The Flying Saucer
1951
The Day The Earth Stood Still
1952
Untamed Women
1953
Invaders From Mars
1954
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
1955
The Quatermass Xperiment
1956
Invasion Of The Body Snatchers
1957
Invasion Of The Saucer-Men
1958
The Blob
1959
Journey To The Center Of The Earth

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The Furies and The Baron of Arizona

The only one i've seen there is The Day the Earth Stood Still, which i thought was pretty great. It is in the mix for my list right now but after i've finished watching i'm not sure if it still will be.

My dad loves the 50s Body Snatchers, he says it is alot better than the 70s one which i thought was ok.

Camo, let me check out, lesser know 50s westerns and post them, I can think of a few of the top of my head but my memory isn't what it use to be, (actually it was never that good)

Rodent of your list I've seen and think highly of these:

The Day The Earth Stood Still 1951...awesome film that even none sci fi fans can appreciate. This is a classic and a statement on humanity.

Invasion Of The Body Snatchers 1956 I just watched this one, much better movie than I would have guessed, great choice.

Journey To The Center Of The Earth 1959...one of my guilty pleasures, I love this one and it has a duck and Pat Boone!

Thanks JJ. I'll check both of them out. I watched Winchester '73 by Mann and thought it was excellent. It is crazy that he made that, The Furies and two other films in the same year.

C'mon it's not that bad

I've seen these and thought they were top notch.

Broken Arrow (1950)
The Bravado's (1958)
JJ mentioned, The Furies (1950) good one!
Forty Guns (1957)
Warlock (1959)
Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)...this one is well known.
Stars in my Crown (1950)...this is a favorite
Winchester '73 (1950) just for James Stewart and Dan Duryea.

My 50's list is pretty long, but these are some of the highlights:

Cinderella (Disney-1950)
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
All About Eve (1950)
Harvey (1950)
D.O.A. (1950)
In a Lonely Place (1950)
Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
Summer Stock (Gene Kelly-1950)
The Jackpot (James Stewart-1950)
Tea for Two (Doris Day, Gordon MacRae-1950)
Champagne for Caesar (1950)

Alice in Wonderland (Disney-1951)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
The African Queen (1951)
An American in Paris (1951)
People Will Talk (Cary Grant-1951)
When Worlds Collide (1951)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Show Boat (1951)
Royal Wedding (Fred Astaire-1951)
No Highway in the Sky (1951)
On Moonlight Bay (Doris Day, Gordon MacRae-1951)
I'll See You in My Dreams (Doris Day-1951)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
Detective Story (Kirk Douglas-1951)
Storm Warning (Ginger Rogers, Ronald Reagan, Doris Day-1951)
Fourteen Hours (Noir-1951)

Singin' in the Rain (1952)
High Noon (1952)
Monkey Business (Cary Grant-1952)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Hans Christian Andersen (1952)
Pat and Mike (Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn-1952)
The Jazz Singer (Danny Thomas-1952)

Peter Pan (Disney-1953)
The War of the Worlds (1953)
Calamity Jane (Doris Day-1953)
The Band Wagon (1953)
By the Light of the Silvery Moon (Doris Day, Gordon MacRae-1953)
Pickup on South Street (1953)
Walking My Baby Back Home (Donald O'Connor-1953)
Call Me Madam (Ethel Merman, Donald O'Connor-1953)
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)
The Hitch-Hiker (Noir-1953)

Rear Window (1954)
Dial M for Murder (1954)
White Christmas (1954)
Brigadoon (1954)
Magnificent Obsession (1954)
It Should Happen to You (Jack Lemmon-1954)

To Catch a Thief (Hitchcock, Cary Grant-1955)
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Lady and the Tramp (1955)
East of Eden (1955)
Oklahoma! (1955)
The Court Jester (1955)
Mister Roberts (1955)
My Sister Eileen (Jack Lemmon-1955)
It's Always Fair Weather (Gene Kelly-1955)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)

The King and I (1956)
Forbidden Planet (1956)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (Hitchcock-1956)
High Society (1956)
Carousel (1956)

12 Angry Men (1957)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
An Affair to Remember (1957)
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
Desk Set (Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Gig Young-1957)
The Pajama Game (Doris Day-1957)
The Three Faces of Eve (1957)

Vertigo (Hitchcock-1958)
Damn Yankees! (1958)
Indiscreet (Cary Grant-1958)

North by Northwest (Hitchcock-1959)
Sleeping Beauty (Disney-1959)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Pillow Talk (Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall-1959)
Operation Petticoat (Blake Edwards, Cary Grant, Tony Curtis-1959)
The Shaggy Dog (1959)
Compulsion (Orson Welles-1959)
The Gazebo (Glenn Ford, Debbie Reynolds, Carl Reiner-1959)
It Happened to Jane (Doris Day, Jack Lemmon-1959)

Watched Winchester and Broken Arrow was already on my radar. Thanks for the rest

Damn, gbg thanks for that.

o_O

*picks up nearby VHS tape*

Oh.

I have that.

I got it for free at a giveaway. Haven't watched it yet.

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Just to let you know, those are all movies that I've seen, that are being considered for my list. That list does NOT include my watchlist of movies that I haven't seen yet.

Glad to see quite a few of them there. The one that stands out is Witness For the Prosecution, i can't remember who it was Daniel or Cobpyth i think that really didn't like it which disappointed me since i loved it.

I wonder how many Hitchcock films will make the list. I have seen 6/11 he made in the 50s, two are locks for my list, two have a very good chance and the other two wont because they are among my least favourite Hitchs. One of those i dislike has a good shot at #1 on the list though. The Wrong Man is the 50s HItchcock i want to see next.

Witness For the Prosecution, is one of the great 50s films and is a nomination in the 50s HOF
There's a lot of great 50s films there, and anyone can post and commit on that thread, so click on the link and check it out.

The Wrong Man was a nomination in the Film Noir HOF and a damn fine film. I believe it was based on a true story too.

I think i said that exact thing in the 50s thread when the noms were announced actually. Thanks for reminding me that i always talk the same bs Citizen

The Wrong Man was good, but it's not one of my favorite Hitchcock movies. It's definitely worth watching, but it won't make my list.

How many of his 11 Fifties movies have you seen gbg?

I've seen all 11 of Hitchcock's 1950's movies.


These are all being considered for my list, and some of them are locks to make it:
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Dial M for Murder (1954)
Rear Window (1954)
To Catch a Thief (1955)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
Vertigo (1958)
North by Northwest (1959)


These won't make my list:
Stage Fright (1950)
I Confess (1953)
The Trouble with Harry (1955)
The Wrong Man (1956)