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Movies from the 50s

by antodimichele • Created 2 years ago • Modified 2 months ago
Horror and sci-fi movies from the 50s to watch
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  • Richard Carlson, Charles Drake, Kathleen Hughes, and Barbara Rush in It Came from Outer Space (1953)

    1. It Came from Outer Space

    19531h 21mApproved68Metascore
    6.5 (12K)
    A spaceship from another world crashes in the Arizona desert and only an amateur stargazer and a schoolteacher suspect alien influence when the local townsfolk begin to act strangely.
    DirectorJack ArnoldStarsRichard CarlsonBarbara RushCharles Drake
  • The War of the Worlds (1953)

    2. The War of the Worlds

    19531h 27mG78Metascore
    7.0 (40K)
    A small town in California is attacked by Martians, beginning a worldwide invasion.
    DirectorByron HaskinStarsGene BarryAnn RobinsonLes Tremayne
  • 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)

    3. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

    19542h 7mG83Metascore
    7.2 (39K)
    A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.
    DirectorRichard FleischerStarsKirk DouglasJames MasonPaul Lukas
  • Revenge of the Creature (1955)

    4. Revenge of the Creature

    19551h 22mApproved
    5.6 (7.4K)
    Men capture the Creature from the Black Lagoon and make him an aquarium attraction, from which he escapes.
    DirectorJack ArnoldStarsJohn AgarLori NelsonJohn Bromfield
  • The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)

    5. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms

    19531h 20mApproved
    6.6 (9.3K)
    A ferocious dinosaur awakened by an Arctic atomic test terrorizes the North Atlantic and, ultimately, New York City.
    DirectorEugène LouriéStarsPaul HubschmidPaula RaymondCecil Kellaway
  • David Hedison and Patricia Owens in The Fly (1958)

    6. The Fly

    19581h 34mApproved62Metascore
    7.1 (27K)
    A scientist has a horrific accident when he tries to use his newly invented teleportation device.
    DirectorKurt NeumannStarsDavid HedisonPatricia OwensVincent Price
  • Jeff Morrow, Gregg Palmer, Rex Reason, and Leigh Snowden in The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)

    7. The Creature Walks Among Us

    19561h 18mApproved
    5.6 (4.3K)
    A scientist captures the Creature and turns him into an air-breather, only for him to escape and start killing.
    DirectorJohn SherwoodStarsJeff MorrowRex ReasonLeigh Snowden
  • Them! (1954)

    8. Them!

    19541h 34mApproved74Metascore
    7.2 (26K)
    The earliest atomic tests in New Mexico cause common ants to mutate into giant man-eating monsters that threaten civilization.
    DirectorGordon DouglasStarsJames WhitmoreEdmund GwennJoan Weldon
  • John Agar and Mara Corday in Tarantula (1955)

    9. Tarantula

    19551h 20mApproved
    6.4 (11K)
    A spider escapes from an isolated Arizona desert laboratory experimenting in gigantism and grows to tremendous size as it wreaks havoc on the local inhabitants.
    DirectorJack ArnoldStarsJohn AgarMara CordayLeo G. Carroll
  • The Space Children (1958)

    10. The Space Children

    19581h 9mApproved
    4.3 (1.5K)
    An alien intelligence aborts the launching of a rocket with the help of a bunch of children.
    DirectorJack ArnoldStarsMichel RayAdam WilliamsPeggy Webber
  • The Monster That Challenged the World (1957)

    11. The Monster That Challenged the World

    19571h 24mApproved
    5.7 (3.3K)
    When a horde of prehistoric mollusk monsters enter the canal system of the California's Imperial Valley and terrorize the populace.
    DirectorArnold LavenStarsTim HoltAudrey DaltonHans Conried
  • The Black Scorpion (1957)

    12. The Black Scorpion

    19571h 28mApproved
    5.4 (3.6K)
    Volcanic activity frees giant scorpions from the earth who wreak havoc in the rural countryside and eventually threaten Mexico City.
    DirectorEdward LudwigStarsRichard DenningMara CordayCarlos Rivas
  • Ray Corrigan, Shirley Patterson, and Marshall Thompson in It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)

    13. It! The Terror from Beyond Space

    19581h 9mApproved
    6.0 (6.6K)
    A mission sent to rescue the first manned expedition to Mars is invaded by an unknown life form, which stows away on the rescue ship.
    DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsMarshall ThompsonShirley PattersonKim Spalding
  • The Mole People (1956)

    14. The Mole People

    19561h 17mApproved
    5.0 (4.2K)
    A party of archaeologists discovers the remnants of a mutant five-millennia-old Sumerian civilization living beneath a glacier atop a mountain in Mesopotamia.
    DirectorVirgil W. VogelStarsJohn AgarCynthia PatrickHugh Beaumont
  • Lola Albright and Grant Williams in The Monolith Monsters (1957)

    15. The Monolith Monsters

    19571h 17mApproved
    6.3 (4.3K)
    Rocks from a meteor which grow when in contact with water threaten a sleepy Southwestern desert community.
    DirectorJohn SherwoodStarsGrant WilliamsLola AlbrightLes Tremayne
  • Grant Williams in The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)

    16. The Incredible Shrinking Man

    19571h 21mApproved73Metascore
    7.6 (21K)
    After Scott Carey begins to shrink because of exposure to a combination of radiation and insecticide, medical science is powerless to help him.
    DirectorJack ArnoldStarsGrant WilliamsRandy StuartApril Kent
  • Jock Mahoney, Shirley Patterson, and William Reynolds in The Land Unknown (1957)

    17. The Land Unknown

    19571h 18mApproved
    5.7 (2.1K)
    Three men and a woman crash-land in a deep crater in Antarctica, where they find a prehistoric world.
    DirectorVirgil W. VogelStarsJock MahoneyShirley PattersonWilliam Reynolds
  • Donald Curtis, Faith Domergue, and Kenneth Tobey in It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955)

    18. It Came from Beneath the Sea

    19551h 19mApproved
    5.9 (6.9K)
    A giant, radioactive octopus rises from the Philippine Trench to terrorize the North American Pacific Coast.
    DirectorRobert GordonStarsKenneth TobeyFaith DomergueDonald Curtis
  • Jean Byron, Richard Carlson, and King Donovan in The Magnetic Monster (1953)

    19. The Magnetic Monster

    19531h 16mApproved
    5.8 (2.1K)
    The Office of Scientific Investigation sends A-Men agents to investigate reports of unusual magnetic activity in various communities.
    DirectorsCurt SiodmakHerbert L. StrockStarsRichard CarlsonKing DonovanJean Byron
  • The Angry Red Planet (1959)

    20. The Angry Red Planet

    19591h 23mApproved
    5.3 (4.1K)
    One of only two survivors from a Martian expedition is so traumatized she doesn't remember the circumstances of the trip.
    DirectorIb MelchiorStarsGerald MohrNora HaydenLes Tremayne
  • Carolyn Kearney, Andra Martin, and William Reynolds in The Thing That Couldn't Die (1958)

    21. The Thing That Couldn't Die

    19581h 9mApproved
    4.3 (2.1K)
    A psychically gifted young woman discovers a centuries-old crate buried on her aunt's ranch. Opening it, her family discovers the living head of Gideon Drew, a 16th century devil worshiper who was beheaded by Sir Francis Drake.
    DirectorWill CowanStarsWilliam ReynoldsAndra MartinJeffrey Stone
  • World Without End (1956)

    22. World Without End

    19561h 20mApproved
    5.8 (2.7K)
    Astronauts returning from a voyage to Mars are caught in a time warp and are propelled into a post-Apocalyptic Earth populated by mutants.
    DirectorEdward BerndsStarsHugh MarloweNancy GatesNelson Leigh
  • Queen of Outer Space (1958)

    23. Queen of Outer Space

    19581h 20mUnrated
    4.7 (2.8K)
    American astronauts are drawn by a mysterious force to the planet Venus, which they find to be inhabited only by beautiful women and their despotic queen.
    DirectorEdward BerndsStarsZsa Zsa GaborEric FlemingDave Willock
  • Faith Domergue and Gene Nelson in The Atomic Man (1955)

    24. The Atomic Man

    19551h 16mPG
    5.6 (492)
    A scientist is found floating with bullet and a radiation halo around his body. The radioactivity has put him seven-and-a-half seconds ahead of us in time. He teams up with a reporter to stop his double from destroying his experiments.
    DirectorKen HughesStarsGene NelsonFaith DomergueJoseph Tomelty
  • Monster on the Campus (1958)

    25. Monster on the Campus

    19581h 17mApproved
    5.8 (2.2K)
    The blood of a primitive fish exposed to gamma rays causes a benign research professor to regress to an ape-like, bloodthirsty prehistoric hominid.
    DirectorJack ArnoldStarsArthur FranzJoanna MooreJudson Pratt

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