By decade
The 1950s on disc
The films of the 1950s worth owning, ranked by standing.
Serengeti Shall Not Die 1959
Serengeti Shall Not Die
1959 · Michael Grzimek
Vengeance Valley 1951
Vengeance Valley
1951 · Richard Thorpe
The Giant Claw 1957
The Giant Claw
1957 · Fred F. Sears
Maigret Sets a Trap 1958
Maigret Sets a Trap
1958 · Jean Delannoy
Brigadoon 1954
Brigadoon
1954 · Vincente Minnelli
Jazz on a Summer's Day 1959
Jazz on a Summer's Day
1959 · Aram Avakian
Atoll K 1951
Atoll K
1951 · John Berry
Jet Pilot 1957
Jet Pilot
1957 · Josef von Sternberg
The Mountain 1956
The Mountain
1956 · Edward Dmytryk
The Sea Chase 1955
The Sea Chase
1955 · John Farrow
Soldier of Fortune 1955
Soldier of Fortune
1955 · Edward Dmytryk
Rickshaw Man 1958
Rickshaw Man
1958 · Hiroshi Inagaki
The Big Knife 1955
The Big Knife
1955 · Robert Aldrich
Love Nest 1951
Love Nest
1951 · Joseph M. Newman
Right Cross 1950
Right Cross
1950 · John Sturges
A Summer Place 1959
A Summer Place
1959 · Delmer Daves
Les Misérables 1958
Les Misérables
1958 · Jean-Paul Le Chanois
The Night Heaven Fell 1958
The Night Heaven Fell
1958 · Roger Vadim
Dallas 1950
Dallas
1950 · Stuart Heisler
Show Boat 1951
Show Boat
1951 · George Sidney
A Bucket of Blood 1959
A Bucket of Blood
1959 · Roger Corman
Montana 1950
Montana
1950 · Raoul Walsh
Mayabazar 1957
Mayabazar
1957 · Kadiri Venkata Reddy
Island in the Sun 1957
Island in the Sun
1957 · Robert Rossen
Anatahan 1953
Anatahan
1953 · Josef von Sternberg
A Tale of Two Cities 1958
A Tale of Two Cities
1958 · Ralph Thomas
No Way Out 1950
No Way Out
1950 · Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Flying Leathernecks 1951
Flying Leathernecks
1951 · Nicholas Ray
The Mystery of Picasso 1956
The Mystery of Picasso
1956 · Henri-Georges Clouzot
The Blue Veil 1951
The Blue Veil
1951 · Curtis Bernhardt
A Lesson in Love 1954
A Lesson in Love
1954 · Ingmar Bergman
The Black Orchid 1959
The Black Orchid
1959 · Martin Ritt
Darby O'Gill and the Little People 1959
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
1959 · Robert Stevenson
Little Fugitive 1953
Little Fugitive
1953 · Ruth Orkin
The Naked and the Dead 1958
The Naked and the Dead
1958 · Raoul Walsh
Young Bess 1953
Young Bess
1953 · George Sidney
The Barkleys of Broadway 1950
The Barkleys of Broadway
1950 · Charles Walters
The Red Badge of Courage 1951
The Red Badge of Courage
1951 · John Huston
Edge of the City 1957
Edge of the City
1957 · Martin Ritt
Nine Lives 1957
Nine Lives
1957 · Arne Skouen
The Purple Plain 1954
The Purple Plain
1954 · Robert Parrish
La Pointe Courte 1955
La Pointe Courte
1955 · Agnès Varda
I Was a Male War Bride 1950
I Was a Male War Bride
1950 · Howard Hawks
And Quiet Flows the Don 1957
And Quiet Flows the Don
1957 · Sergei Gerasimov
The Immortal Garrison 1956
The Immortal Garrison
1956 · Zakhar Agranenko
True Friends 1954
True Friends
1954 · Mikhail Kalatozov
Old Khottabych 1957
Old Khottabych
1957 · Gennady Kazansky
The Fast and the Furious 1954
The Fast and the Furious
1954 · John Ireland