50s Movie Suggestions

Looking for anything that came out from 50-59, planning on watching a bunch. I want some good lesser known recommendations as well.

any particular genre?

I'm pretty well watched on 50s movies, I love that decade. Like Siddon said it would help to know if there are genre or styles that you really like or dislike.

These 50s films are in my Top 10 on my profile:

Pickup on South Street
Sweet Smell of Success
The Big Country
Abandon Ship

The Seventh Seal and The Bad Seed (who would have guessed) are first two that come to mind.

Here's all the 50's films i gave either 4.5 or 5 on Letterboxd, i'm sure you won't like some. I like plenty of others but these are my favourites so far:

In A Lonely Place
Los Olvidados
Rashomon
Sunset Boulevard
Wagon Master
Early Summer
A Place in the Sun
The Bad and the Beautiful
Europa '51
Tokyo Story
Dial M For Murder
Johnny Guitar
Seven Samurai
Diabolique
Night and Fog
The Wrong Man
12 Angry Men
An Affair To Remember
The Bridge On The River Kwai
Nights of Cabiria
Paths of Glory
Wild Strawberries
A Face in the Crowd
Vertigo
The 400 Blows
Hiroshima Mon Amour
North By Northwest

A few others i also liked a lot which might not be that well known. They certainly aren't obscure either i'm just not sure of what you are and aren't aware of exactly:

The Gunfighter
Night and the City
Othello
Winchester '73
The Earrings of Mademe De
The Naked Spur
The Diary of Anne Frank

The Wild One
Julius Caesar
A Streetcar Named Desire
On the Waterfront
Rio Bravo
In a Lonely Place
Roman Holiday
Stalag 17
Sweet Smell of Success
North by Northwest
Witness for the Prosecution
Ace in the Hole
The Prowler
Gun Crazy
The Wrong Man
Strangers on a Train
Vertigo

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I Was a Teenage Werewolf (Michael Landon's film debut as the titular monster)
The Blob
Oklahoma!

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Genre doesn’t matter

East of Eden and Wild Strawberries.

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Have you seen any of the movies that were posted? Your thoughts on them? What 50s films have you seen?

Assume I've never seen a movie from the 50s. I've seen a handful, I think only 2 that have been posted so far.

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Here's all 141 fifties films on the TSPDT 1000 list:

https://letterboxd.com/oscarkit316/l.../decade/1950s/

Alright, I was just trying to get some sort of discussion going. I mean I have a master list of hundreds of 1950s films that I used to make my Top 25 for the MoFo Top 100 50s Countdown, but I'd rather discuss than just post list. I can post it if you want it?

Compulsion (1959)

Also, have a look through our MoFo Top 100 Movies of the 1950s Countdown.

Action

• The Wages of Fear
• African Queen
• Forbidden Games
• The Bridge on the River Kwai
• The Enemy Below

Comedy

• Ace in the Hole
• Auntie Mame
• Good Morning
• Pat and Mike
• Mister Roberts

Drama

• Wild Strawberries
• Ikiru
• Black Orpheus
• The Human Condition
• Anatomy of a Murder

Mellodrama

• Magnificent Obsession
• All That Heaven Allows
• Peyton Place
• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
• Baby Doll

Horror

• Night of the Demon/Curse of the Demon
• The Tingler
• House on Haunted Hill
• The Abominable Snow Man
• The Mummy

Noir

• A Touch of Evil
• Kiss Me Deadly
• The Killing
• Sunset Blvd
• Elevator to the Gallows

Romance

• The River
• Shadows
• Hiroshima Mon Amour
• Heaven Know's Mr Allison
• Sabrina

Science Fiction

• Forbidden Planet
• Invaders from Mars
• Day the Earth Stood Still
• The Fly
• Tarantula

Western

• High Noon
• Giant
• The Searchers
• Jubal
• Bad Day at Black Rock

Tokyo Story 1953 ‘東京物語’ Directed by Yasujirō Ozu

A timeless portrait. This is a movie that everyone should see. The theme and dialogues are still current!

The Life of Oharu 1952 ‘西鶴一代女’ Directed by Kenji Mizoguch

The ultimate tragedy of life!

Gate of Hell 1953 ‘地獄門’ by Teinosuke Kinugasa

Impressive use of color and a great mise en scene.

Wild Strawberries 1957 ‘Smultronstället’ Directed by Ingmar Bergman

A reflexion of time and death!

The Cranes Are Flying 1957 ‘Летят журавли’ Directed by Mikhail Kalatozov

How war ruin the most important thing in this world: Love!


The Human Condition I: No Greater Love 1959 ‘人間の條件　第１部純愛篇／第２部激怒篇’ Directed by Masaki Kobayashi

Kobayashi ended the 50's with the first two chapters of the best trilogy ever made, the third part was made in the 60's, but who cares?

13 Angry Men
High Noon
The Fly
The Incredible Shrinking Man
North By Northwest
The Man Who Knew Too much
Some Like it Hot
The Ladykillers
Diabolique
Night of the Hunter
Paths of Glory
The Bridge on the River Kwai

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