On the Bowery (1956), Throne of Blood (1957), James Dean (2001), The Wide Blue Road (1956), Lovers and Lollipops (1956), The Burmese Harp (1956), No Way Out (1950), The Mouse That Roared (1959) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best 1950s movies.
Storyline: Filmmaker Lionel Rogosin turns his camera on the homeless "bums" who frequent New York City's Bowery area.
Plot Keywords: documentary, new york, alcoholism, social realism, black and white, independent film, street life ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A Japanese version of "Macbeth" features a samurai (Toshirô Mifune), his scheming wife (Isuzu Yamada) and a flurry-of-arrows finale.
Plot Keywords: tragedy, black and white film, 1950s, power struggle, betrayal, supernatural elements, fate ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Problems early in life fuel the actor's (James Franco) rapid ascent to legend status in spite of the brevity of his career.
Plot Keywords: biography, drama, history, usa, hollywood, actor, legend ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A provincial fisherman (Yves Montand) angers other villagers by using dynamite illegally to expedite his catch.
Plot Keywords: drama, adventure, italian cinema, poverty, survival, family, sea ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Ann (Lori March), a beautiful widow, lives in New York City with her 7-year-old daughter, Peggy (Cathy Dunn). When Larry (Gerald S. O'Loughlin), a kind engineer who has recently returned from South America, begins courting Ann, Peggy becomes jealous. Larry attempts to win over both mother and daughter, taking them on a trip to a series of New York City landmarks. However, as Ann and Larry begin to fall in love, Peggy's mischievous behavior gets in the way.
Plot Keywords: romance, comedy, new york, independent film, black and white, children, coming of age ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Kon Ichikawa's anti-war parable about a Japanese soldier burying his fallen comrades at the end of World War II.
Plot Keywords: war, world war ii, music, redemption, peace, humanity, death ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Robbers Ray Biddle (Richard Widmark) and his brother are shot and taken to the local hospital. There, the two are treated by Dr. Brooks (Sidney Poitier), the hospital's only black doctor. The brothers assault Brooks with racist slurs. And, when his brother ends up dying on the operating table, Ray accuses the doctor of murdering him. Blind with rage, Ray works to turn the white community of the city against Brooks, who finds an unlikely ally in the dead man's widow, Edie (Linda Darnell).
Plot Keywords: film noir, thriller, drama, crime, mystery, suspense, betrayal ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The field marshal, prime minister and grand duchess (Peter Sellers) of Fenwick declare war on the United States.
Plot Keywords: comedy, political satire, cold war, absurd plot, british film, nuclear weapons, anti-war ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Filmmaker Chuck Workman charts the achievements of Beat notables Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, Neal Cassady.
Plot Keywords: documentary, counterculture, american culture, rebellion, social change, cultural revolution, underground culture ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Racial tension flares up among an ex-cop, a bigot and a black entertainer who band together to rob a bank.
Plot Keywords: film noir, crime, drama, thriller, race relations, heist, suspense ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In a seedy, plague-ridden corner of turn-of-the-century Mexico, a pious priest, Nazarín (Francisco Rabal), takes in mentally ill Beatriz (Marga López) and her prostitute sister, Andara (Rita Macedo). At odds with the other members of his clergy, he decides to go on a religious journey with the two women, but manages to accidentally alienate or ruin almost everyone he meets. As Nazarín attempts to bring goodwill and faith to a decaying society, he's met with scorn, suspicion and persecution.
Plot Keywords: religion, morality, poverty, redemption, faith, humanity, social criticism ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: An alcoholic stage actor (Bing Crosby) leans on his wife (Grace Kelly) as he tries to make a comeback.
Plot Keywords: drama, romance, marriage, alcoholism, broadway, actor, director ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Liberated from any form of attachment that was holding him back from immersing himself into Kolkata's urban lifestyle after Sarbojaya's death in Aparajito (1956), Apu, now an optimistic, 23-year-old idealist and struggling author, has no other choice but to give up his degree for lack of financial resources. Being no longer accountable to anyone, Apu barely manages to scrape by, content with a meagre income and a humble roof over his head, until an unforeseen complication during the wedding of Aparna, the delicate sister of his university friend, Pulu, leads to an act of kindness and a wonderful, youthful romance. All his life, death, and the sense of loss, have been accompanying Apu in his perpetual odyssey of spirituality and knowledge, and now, a lifetime of joys, hopes, sadness, and tragedies culminate in the most momentous decision of his life. But, life's mysterious duality cannot be defined by tragedy. What more could one ask for than a child's charming, wide-eyed smile?—Nick Riganas
Plot Keywords: indian cinema, drama, coming of age, realism, black and white, 1950s, family ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In post-World War II Tokyo, Eddie Kenner (Robert Stack) is on a U.S. Army special assignment to investigate a murderous clique led by ex-soldier Sandy Dawson (Robert Ryan). Kenner ingratiates himself with Dawson and his inner circle, gaining their trust while starting a relationship with Mariko (Shirley Yamaguchi), the wife of a murdered gang member. But the sinister Dawson suspects there's a traitor among them when the police are tipped off about a planned robbery.
Plot Keywords: crime, film noir, thriller, american film, 1950s, japan, gangster ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: After living awhile in Benares, 10 year old Apu and his mother move in with her uncle in a small Bengali village. Apu enters a local school, where he does well. By the time he graduates, he has a scholarship to study at a college in Calcutta. So off he goes. His mother is torn by his leaving, and by his growing independence. She loves her son very much and wants him to succeed, but she does not want to be left alone.—John Oswalt <jao@jao.com>
Plot Keywords: india, black and white, drama, coming of age, family, poverty, rural life ...
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