1950's: Movies I've Seen

Submitted by AJDaGreat on Fri, 10/17/2003 - 05:24
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  • Love 'Em

  • All About Eve (1950)
  • Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
  • Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
  • Diabolique (1955)
  • The Earrings of Madame De... (1953)
  • The 400 Blows (1959)
  • Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
  • Ikiru (1952)
  • The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
  • Marty (1955)
  • Night of the Hunter (1955)
  • Nights of Cabiria (1957)
  • North by Northwest (1959)
  • Los Olvidados (1950)
  • Orpheus (1950)
  • Paths of Glory (1957)
  • Pickpocket (1959)
  • Rashomon (1950)
  • Rear Window (1954)
  • Rio Bravo (1959)
  • Roman Holiday (1953)
  • Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
  • The Seven Samurai (1954)
  • The Seventh Seal (1957)
  • Singin' in the Rain (1952)
  • Some Like It Hot (1959)
  • Sunset Boulevard (1950)
  • Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
  • Touch of Evil (1958)
  • Throne of Blood (1957)
  • 12 Angry Men (1957)
  • Ugetsu (1953)
  • Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

  • Really Like 'Em

  • The African Queen (1951)
  • An American in Paris (1951)
  • Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
  • Ben-Hur (1959)
  • Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)
  • Bob le Flambeur (1955)
  • The Court Jester (1956)
  • The Gazebo (1959)
  • Harvey (1950)
  • The Hidden Fortress (1958)
  • High Noon (1952)
  • The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
  • In a Lonely Place (1950)
  • Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
  • The Killing (1956)
  • Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
  • The Ladykillers (1955)
  • A Man Escaped (1956)
  • Mister Roberts (1955)
  • No Time for Sergeants (1958)
  • A Place in the Sun (1951)
  • Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
  • Rififi (1955)
  • Sabrina (1954)
  • The Searchers (1956)
  • The Seven Year Itch (1955)
  • Shane (1953)
  • La Strada (1954)
  • Strangers on a Train (1951)
  • A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
  • Teacher's Pet (1958)
  • Tokyo Story (1953)
  • Wages of Fear (1953)
  • We're No Angels (1955)
  • Written on the Wind (1956)

  • Like 'Em

  • Alice in Wonderland (1951)
  • Auntie Mame (1958)
  • The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
  • The Band Wagon (1953)
  • Beat the Devil (1954)
  • Born Yesterday (1950)
  • A Christmas Carol (1951)
  • The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
  • Fancy Pants! (1950)
  • Father of the Bride (1950)
  • Father's Little Dividend (1951)
  • From Here to Eternity (1958) (May move up after a rewatch)
  • Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
  • Giant (1956)
  • Houseboat (1958)
  • How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
  • It Should Happen to You (1954)
  • It's Always Fair Weather (1955)
  • Kiss Me Kate (1953)
  • Lady and the Tramp (1955)
  • The Man in the White Suit (1951)
  • Monkey Business (1952)
  • Operation Petticoat (1958)
  • The Pajama Game (1957)
  • Peter Pan (1953)
  • Pickup on South Street (1953)
  • Road to Bali (1952)
  • The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956)
  • The Tender Trap (1955)
  • To Catch a Thief (1955)
  • The Trouble With Harry (1955)
  • Vertigo (1958)
  • Viaggio in Italia (1954)
  • Wild Strawberries (1957)
  • Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)

  • Could Take 'Em or Leave 'Em

  • Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
  • Damn Yankees! (1958)
  • Imitation of Life (1959)
  • Lola Montes (1955)
  • On the Waterfront (1954) (I really need to rewatch this)
  • Ordet (1955)
  • Pat and Mike (1952)
  • Pather Panchali (1955)

  • Could Do Without 'Em

  • The Long, Long Trailer (1954)
  • Mr. Hulot's Holiday (1953)
  • The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)
  • A Star Is Born (1954)
  • The Thing From Another World (1951)

  • Really Don't Like 'Em

  • Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
  • At War With the Army (1950)
  • Forbidden Planet (1956)
  • Love Happy (1950)

  • Hate 'Em

  • The Smallest Show on Earth (1957)

  • Haven't Seen 'Em

  • East of Eden (1955)
  • A Face in the Crowd (1957)
  • Floating Weeds (1959)
  • The Horse's Mouth (1958)
  • The Music Room (1958)
  • The Quiet Man (1952)
  • Stalag 17 (1953)
Author Comments: 

And thus the final chapter on my Movies I've Seen series, the fifties - a great decade for film, though you can't always tell by the movies I've seen.

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1940's: Movies I've Seen
lukeprog08/19/2004

Damn, I wish I'd seen all those great movies. There's just not enough time in the world to enjoy its pleasures.

AJDaGreat08/19/2004

You said it, brother.

wanda08/05/2006

I was wondering if anyone knows the actor who starred in a film about the mau mau uprising. The film came out in the 50's. I don't know the name of the film but would like to see if I can find it. Thanks

AJDaGreat08/07/2006

You might be talking about Something of Value, which starred Rock Hudson and Sidney Poitier.

192201/01/2005

Excellent list!
I may have overseen it, but where is East of Eden?
I also wish I had seen all of these movies.
Among those you haven't yet seen:
- An American in Paris: 7/10 (6 Academy Awards, wonderful songs and dance sequences, great direction, but I think one has to like musicals very much to love this one.)
- Ben-Hur: 5/10 (the horse race is great, but the rest is tedious)
- Rebel without a Cause: 9/10 (sometimes sentimental, but great actors: James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo)
- Rio Bravo: 7/10 (a good western, but there are others that are better, by far)
- Shane: 7/10 (a legendary film, very unusual in tone, sometimes boring)
- A Streetcar Named Desire: 8/10 (for me personally the same problem as with On the Waterfront: a good film, but not great)
[- East of Eden: 10/10 (the best film by Elia Kazan I have seen till today. The novel is great, too.)]
P.S.: It's a relief to see that I'm not the only one who hasn't yet seen The African Queen. :)

Conall06/09/2005

uh... Pather Panchali. What's the deal there?

AJDaGreat06/09/2005

It's probably a good movie, but I couldn't really get into it. Definitely mea culpa, and perhaps I'll try again someday. My review is here.

Conall06/09/2005

Fair enough. It's not a film that's stuck in my memory all that strongly, but I did think it deserved all the hype when I saw it... I guess we both need to watch it again sometime. And I certainly agree about The Ox-Bow Incident

GRAY150803/01/2008

I am trying to find a movie i saw on TV in the 50's.

New York city, last man on earth (black man) finds the last woman on earth (white blonde)

Everythings fine untill a man (white) shows up on a boat in the harbor. He is sick
and the woman nurses him to health. Jelousy arives to create conflict. I have been looking for some time with no luck. Can you help?

Thanks

Gary Gray

AJDaGreat03/17/2008

I'm sorry, I have no idea. Sounds like a Twilight Zone episode though.

GRAY150805/12/2008

Thanks for the reply. I think it may have been a British movie. The actor who showed up in a boat is British.

"More power to public domain."
Gary