1950's films I Have seen

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1. Orpheus (1950)

Not Rated | 112 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

A poet in love with Death follows his unhappy wife into the underworld.

Director: Jean Cocteau | Stars: Jean Marais, François Périer, María Casares, Marie Déa

Votes: 13,410

2. Harvey (1950)

Approved | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Due to his insistence that he has an invisible six foot-tall rabbit for a best friend, a whimsical middle-aged man is thought by his family to be insane - but he may be wiser than anyone knows.

Director: Henry Koster | Stars: James Stewart, Wallace Ford, William H. Lynn, Victoria Horne

Votes: 58,239

3. Rocketship X-M (1950)

Approved | 77 min | Family, Sci-Fi

An astronaut crew on their way to the Moon are unexpectedly propelled by gravitational forces and end up on Mars instead.

Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Osa Massen, John Emery, Noah Beery Jr.

Votes: 2,495

4. Cinderella (1950)

G | 74 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy

85 Metascore

When Cinderella's cruel stepmother prevents her from attending the Royal Ball, she gets some unexpected help from the lovable mice Gus and Jaq and from her Fairy Godmother.

Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske | Stars: Ilene Woods, James MacDonald, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton

Votes: 173,974 | Gross: $85.00M

5. Destination Moon (1950)

Not Rated | 92 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

"Destination Moon", tells the tale of when Doctor Charles Cargraves and retired General Thayer approach Jim Barnes, the head of his own aviation construction firms to help build a rocket that will take them to the moon.

Director: Irving Pichel | Stars: John Archer, Warner Anderson, Tom Powers, Dick Wesson

Votes: 4,693 | Gross: $5.00M

6. The Flying Saucer (1950)

Approved | 69 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller

Both the CIA and KGB investigate UFOs in Alaska: friend or foe?

Director: Mikel Conrad | Stars: Mikel Conrad, Pat Garrison, Hantz von Teuffen, Earle Lyon

Votes: 617

7. The Hypo-Chondri-Cat (1950)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Comedy, Short

Those crazy mice Hubie & Bertie are at it again with Claude. This time the mice see that Claude is seriously ill, so they give him an operation.

Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Stan Freberg

Votes: 1,151

9. Gerald McBoing-Boing (1950)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

The story of a little boy who would only talk in sound effects. With story by Dr. Seuss (and Bill Scott of Rocky and Bullwinkle fame) this cartoon won the Oscar for best short subject (animated) for 1950.

Directors: Robert Cannon, John Hubley | Star: Marvin Miller

Votes: 2,083

10. Rabbit's Moon (1950)

7 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy

Pierrot waxes romantic, entranced by the moon. Harlequin appears and bullies him, then uses a magic lantern to project an image of Columbine. Pierrot tries to court the illusory Columbine ... See full summary »

Director: Kenneth Anger | Stars: Claude Revenant, André Soubeyran, Nadine Valence

Votes: 2,001

11. The Cuckoo Clock (1950)

Passed | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A cat is driven up the wall by the inhabitant of the cuckoo clock, so he spends the film trying to catch him.

Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Daws Butler, William Hanna

Votes: 480

12. Primitive Pluto (1950)

6 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

Pluto's primitive wolf nature emerges and berates him for going soft. But their little hunting trip goes bad when Pluto encounters a rabbit and bear that give him some trouble.

Director: Charles Nichols | Stars: Paul Frees, James MacDonald

Votes: 214

13. Motor Mania (1950)

7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Mild-mannered average guy Mr. Walker (Goofy) turns into violent Mr. Wheeler when he starts driving. Back on his feet, Mr. Walker finds it nearly impossible to cross the street.

Director: Jack Kinney | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Bob Jackman, James MacDonald, John McLeish

Votes: 863

14. Out on a Limb (1950)

Approved | 7 min | Family, Comedy, Animation

Donald's doing a little tree surgery when he spots Chip 'n' Dale gathering nuts. He saws off the branch outside their hole and paints it with tar, which Dale gets stuck in. Then Donald has a little fun with the long-handled pruning shears.

Director: Jack Hannah | Stars: Dessie Flynn, James MacDonald, Clarence Nash

Votes: 674

16. Appreciating Your Parents (1950)

10 min | Drama, Short

A boy realizes that he could help his parents by doing things around the house.

Director: Ted Peshak | Star: Skip Peshak

Votes: 342

17. Golden Yeggs (1950)

Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short

A goose claims that Daffy laid a golden egg. Daffy is willing to take the credit until Rocky the gangster orders him to lay more.

Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Stan Freberg

Votes: 1,168

18. Bee at the Beach (1950)

Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Donald is enjoying a day at the beach, but he's inadvertently staked out a spot right next to a bee. This, of course, means war...

Directors: Jack Hannah, Dick Lundy | Stars: James MacDonald, Clarence Nash

Votes: 574

19. Alice in Wonderland (1951)

G | 75 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

68 Metascore

Alice stumbles into the world of Wonderland. Will she get home? Not if the Queen of Hearts has her way.

Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Jack Kinney | Stars: Kathryn Beaumont, Ed Wynn, Richard Haydn, Sterling Holloway

Votes: 154,070 | Gross: $1.07M

20. The Thing from Another World (1951)

Approved | 87 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

Scientists and American Air Force officials fend off a bloodthirsty alien organism while at a remote arctic outpost.

Directors: Christian Nyby, Howard Hawks | Stars: Kenneth Tobey, Margaret Sheridan, James Arness, Robert Cornthwaite

Votes: 33,359

21. Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)

Passed | 82 min | Comedy, Family, Horror

Two bumbling private eyes help a man, wrongly accused of murder who has become invisible, to clear his name.

Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Nancy Guild, Arthur Franz

Votes: 6,096 | Gross: $3.38M

22. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

G | 92 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

83 Metascore

An alien lands in Washington, D.C. and tells the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets.

Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe

Votes: 85,768

23. Penny Points to Paradise (1951)

77 min | Comedy, Crime

Harry Flakers is a pools winner who is targeted by a forger.

Director: Anthony Young | Stars: Harry Secombe, Alfred Marks, Peter Sellers, Vicky Page

Votes: 186

24. The Man in the White Suit (1951)

Approved | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi

An altruistic chemist invents a fabric which resists wear and stain as a boon to humanity, but big business and labor realize it must be suppressed for economic reasons.

Director: Alexander Mackendrick | Stars: Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Cecil Parker, Michael Gough

Votes: 10,811 | Gross: $0.01M

25. Five (1951)

Approved | 93 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

The world is destroyed in a nuclear holocaust. Only five Americans survive, including a pregnant woman, a neo-Nazi, a black man and a bank clerk.

Director: Arch Oboler | Stars: William Phipps, Susan Douglas Rubes, James Anderson, Charles Lampkin

Votes: 1,568

26. Lost Continent (1951)

Passed | 83 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Major Joe Nolan heads a rescue mission in the South Pacific to recover a downed atomic rocket. The crew crash lands on a mysterious island, and spends much time rock-climbing.

Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Cesar Romero, Hillary Brooke, Chick Chandler, John Hoyt

Votes: 1,768

27. A Christmas Carol (1951)

TV-PG | 86 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy

Ebenezer Scrooge, a curmudgeonly, miserly businessman, has no time for sentimentality and largely views Christmas as a waste of time. However, this Christmas Eve, he will be visited by three spirits who will show him the error of his ways.

Director: Brian Desmond Hurst | Stars: Alastair Sim, Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison, Mervyn Johns

Votes: 25,726

28. Plutopia (1951)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

Mickey's on vacation at Camp Utopia. At first Pluto thinks it really is utopia: trees everywhere and a cat to chase. But the cabin rules are strict: no dogs indoors, and dogs must be ... See full summary »

Directors: Charles Nichols, Clyde Geronimi | Stars: Jim Backus, James MacDonald, Clarence Nash

Votes: 462

29. The Prize Pest (1951)

7 min | Animation, Family, Comedy

For no apparent reason, Porky Pig is awarded the grand prize of the "What's the Name of Your Name" game show. Unfortunately, the prize is Daffy Duck, whose tactless and rude visit gets him ... See full summary »

Director: Robert McKimson | Stars: Mel Blanc, Tedd Pierce

Votes: 310

30. Pen Point Percussion (1951)

6 min | Documentary, Short

Add a Plot

Director: Norman McLaren | Star: Norman McLaren

Votes: 162

31. Cock-a-Doodle Dog (1951)

Approved | 6 min | Comedy, Family, Animation

Collection of classic Tex Avery visual gags, set up as a battle between a sleep-deprived bulldog who just wants some shut-eye, and a rooster driven by his natural instincts to crow all night long.

Director: Tex Avery | Star: Tex Avery

Votes: 390

32. Lion Down (1951)

Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Comedy

Goofy is about to set up a hammock in the backyard of his penthouse apartment but is minus one tree. He immediately decides to get another one but he shows poor judgement in regards that ... See full summary »

Director: Jack Kinney | Stars: James MacDonald, Pinto Colvig

Votes: 597

33. Corn Chips (1951)

Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Comedy

After Donald tricks the chipmunks to shovel snow, they get things a-poppin' in the duck's house.

Director: Jack Hannah | Stars: Dessie Flynn, Clarence Nash, Norma Swank

Votes: 1,330

34. Cold Turkey (1951)

7 min | Family, Comedy, Animation

Pluto and Milton the cat, goaded by a TV commercial for turkey, raid the fridge and find a turkey inside. Milton gets there first and re-heats the turkey, first on the furnace duct, and ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Nichols | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Richard Lane, James MacDonald, Clarence Nash

Votes: 251

35. Prehistoric Perils (1951)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Action

Mighty Mouse encounters a Time Machine while trying to save pure-hearted Pearl Pureheart from the unwanted advances and clutches of the evil oily-villain, Oil Can Harry. After brief stops ... See full summary »

Director: Connie Rasinski | Stars: Roy Halee, Tom Morrison

Votes: 70

37. Let's Go Crazy (1951)

32 min | Comedy, Short, Musical

A short musical featurette set in a nightclub combining variety acts with linking comedy sketches written by Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan.

Director: Alan Cullimore | Stars: Peter Sellers, Manley & Austin, Tommy Manley, Florence Austin

Votes: 177

38. A Swiss Miss (1951)

7 min | Animation, Short

While mountain climbing in the Swiss Alps, Oil Can Harry abducts Mighty Mouse's girlfriend, Pearl Pureheart and, once he's gained sufficient altitude, cuts the rope that tethers the fair ... See full summary »

Director: Mannie Davis | Stars: Roy Halee, Tom Morrison

Votes: 42

39. Out of Scale (1951)

7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Donald Duck has a model train and town laid out in his yard. He decides to move a live tree that doesn't match the model scale, not realizing it is home to chipmunks Chip and Dale. They in turn move into one of the miniature houses.

Directors: Jack Hannah, Jack Kinney | Stars: Dessie Flynn, James MacDonald, Clarence Nash

Votes: 1,146

40. Daredevil Droopy (1951)

Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Similar in tone to The Chump Champ (1950), but this time Droopy and Spike are in competition for a circus acrobat's job.

Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Bill Thompson, Tex Avery, Daws Butler, Shepard Menken

Votes: 537

41. Down Among the Z Men (1952)

Not Rated | 82 min | Comedy

The cast of the popular radio program "The Goon Show" perform some of their favourite routines.

Director: Maclean Rogers | Stars: Harry Secombe, Michael Bentine, Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers

Votes: 403

42. Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)

Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Abbott and Costello's version of the famous fairy tale, about a young boy who trades the family cow for magic beans.

Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Buddy Baer, Dorothy Ford

Votes: 3,438

43. The Crimson Pirate (1952)

Not Rated | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

During the 1700s, pirate Captain Vallo seizes a British warship and gets involved in various money-making schemes involving Caribbean rebels led by El Libre, British envoy Baron Jose Gruda, and a beautiful courtesan named Consuelo.

Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Nick Cravat, Eva Bartok, Torin Thatcher

Votes: 6,990

44. Radar Men from the Moon (1952)

Approved | 167 min | Action, Family, Sci-Fi

Strategic targets on Earth are being destroyed by an unknown weapon. Government security head Henderson suspects it's an "atomic ray" originating from the moon.

Director: Fred C. Brannon | Stars: George D. Wallace, Aline Towne, Roy Barcroft, William Bakewell

Votes: 1,180

45. Red Planet Mars (1952)

Approved | 87 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

An American scientist is able to contact and communicate with Mars with shattering political, economic, and spiritual repercussions.

Director: Harry Horner | Stars: Peter Graves, Andrea King, Herbert Berghof, Walter Sande

Votes: 1,487

46. Water, Water Every Hare (1952)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Bugs Bunny's rabbit hole floods, causing him to float to the laboratory of an evil scientist who wants to use his brain for a robot.

Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, John T. Smith

Votes: 2,295

47. Feed the Kitty (1952)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A bulldog, charmed by a kitten, tries to keep her hidden from his human guardian.

Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Bea Benaderet, Mel Blanc

Votes: 3,548

48. Happy Holland (1952)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Action

When a Dutch wolf puts the snatch on a Dutch-damsel-in-distress, the Holland-visiting Might Mouse comes to her rescue. As always, the Super Mighty Mouse, has a few problems before the villain is dispatched, but comes though in the end.

Director: Eddie Donnelly | Star: Roy Halee

Votes: 56

49. Operation: Rabbit (1952)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

Wile E. Coyote set up an elaborate scientific contraption to trap Bugs.

Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Mel Blanc

Votes: 1,495

50. Pluto's Party (1952)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

At his own party, Pluto gets pushed around by the nephews and cannot even get any of his own cake until after the party, when Mickey presents him with a piece he had saved.

Director: Milt Schaffer | Stars: Ruth Clifford, James MacDonald, Clarence Nash

Votes: 794

51. Pluto's Christmas Tree (1952)

G | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

The tree that Mickey and Pluto chop down to bring home for Christmas is the tree that Chip 'n Dale live in.

Director: Jack Hannah | Stars: Ruth Clifford, Pinto Colvig, Dessie Flynn, James MacDonald

Votes: 3,471

52. The Witch (1952)

80 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Archaeological team unearths a body of a young woman, who was told to be a witch buried in the bog some 300 years ago. Soon a naked woman appears and drives the men of the village crazy. ... See full summary »

Director: Roland af Hällström | Stars: Mirja Mane, Toivo Mäkelä, Hillevi Lagerstam, Sakari Jurkka

Votes: 478

53. Neighbours (1952)

Not Rated | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A surreal story of two neighbours' destructive feud over a flower.

Director: Norman McLaren | Stars: Grant Munro, Jean Paul Ladouceur

Votes: 3,883

54. A Phantasy (1952)

Not Rated | 8 min | Animation, Short

Drawn in pastels, and scored with jazzy music, fantastical plant-like things "grow" from the ground, launching five spheres in to space to create even more fantastical scenes.

Director: Norman McLaren

Votes: 366

55. Bells of Atlantis (1952)

Not Rated | 12 min | Short

An experimental short in which underwater film and live-action above water film are combined.

Director: Ian Hugo | Star: Anaïs Nin

Votes: 244

56. Operation: Rabbit (1952)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

Wile E. Coyote set up an elaborate scientific contraption to trap Bugs.

Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Mel Blanc

Votes: 1,495

57. Le grand Méliès (1952)

Not Rated | 31 min | Short, Biography, Drama

A biography of the pioneer film director Georges Méliès, featuring his son André playing Georges, and with shots of his second wife, aged 90.

Director: Georges Franju | Stars: Jehanne d'Alcy, André Méliès, Marie-Georges Méliès, François Lallement

Votes: 359

58. The Little House (1952)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Family

The story of a little house, experiencing isolation progress through the ages, finding happiness in the quiet, simple countryside.

Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Sterling Holloway, June Foray, Stan Freberg, Bob Jackman

Votes: 697

59. Father's Lion (1952)

6 min | Comedy, Family, Animation

George Geef takes his son camping. His son thinks he sees lions everywhere; George can't see them even when they are right next to him. Lucky for George, his son's got his trusty pop-gun.

Directors: Jack Kinney, Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Bobby Driscoll, James MacDonald, Pinto Colvig

Votes: 423

60. Two Weeks Vacation (1952)

6 min | Animation, Short, Family

After several long days at work, Goofy finally takes a much needed vacation. However, his trip never quite gets off the ground mainly because he spends most of it stuck behind a slow moving... See full summary »

Director: Jack Kinney | Stars: Xavier Atencio, Al Bertino, Pinto Colvig, Dick Kinney

Votes: 525

61. Hello Aloha (1952)

6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

In the city, Goofy finds his daily job much too stressful so he decides to leave this hustle and bustle for a more peaceful life in the tropics. He finds life there most enjoyable ... See full summary »

Director: Jack Kinney | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Winston Hibler, James MacDonald, Harry Owens

Votes: 448

62. Donald Applecore (1952)

Approved | 7 min | Family, Comedy, Animation

Donald the apple farmer notices his apples have been nibbled on and catches Chip n' Dale in the act. In the ensuing battle, Donald uses a helicopter to spray them (but they have tiny gas ... See full summary »

Director: Jack Hannah | Stars: Dessie Flynn, James MacDonald, Clarence Nash

Votes: 774

63. Lambert the Sheepish Lion (1951)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A mix-up by Mr. Stork finds a little lion cub in the care of a gentle flock of sheep. But when a hungry wolf begins to stalk the herd, will Lambert find the courage to protect his mama?

Directors: Jack Hannah, Clyde Geronimi | Stars: Sterling Holloway, June Foray, Stan Freberg, James MacDonald

Votes: 2,605

64. Orange Blossoms for Violet (1952)

Approved | 9 min | Short, Comedy

In this short, with the sound effects and voices of the Warner Bros animation shorts, but with black and white footage of monkeys and other animals, we see a struggle between two boy monkeys and the girl they love.

Directors: Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet, Robert C. Bruce

Votes: 172

65. Posture Pals (1952)

10 min | Short

A teacher gives her third-grade class a "posture test". Four students--two boys and two girls--fail it. The teacher then suggests that the four become each other's "posture pals" and point ... See full summary »

Votes: 305

66. Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)

Approved | 77 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Two workmen accidentally launch a space rocket intended for Mars, and find mistakenly landing in New Orleans just the beginning of their misadventures.

Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Robert Paige, Mari Blanchard

Votes: 3,604

67. It Came from Outer Space (1953)

Approved | 81 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

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.

Director: Jack Arnold | Stars: Richard Carlson, Barbara Rush, Charles Drake, Joe Sawyer

Votes: 11,051

68. Robot Monster (1953)

Approved | 66 min | Comedy, Family, Horror

The monstrous Ro-Man attempts to annihilate the last family alive on Earth, but finds himself falling for their beautiful daughter.

Director: Phil Tucker | Stars: George Nader, Gregory Moffett, Claudia Barrett, Selena Royle

Votes: 5,453 | Gross: $1.00M

69. The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (1953)

G | 89 min | Family, Fantasy, Music

A young boy dreams that he is in an imaginary world where, assisted by his family's plumber, he must save other piano-playing kids like himself from the dungeons of his dictatorial piano teacher who also mind-controls his mother.

Director: Roy Rowland | Stars: Peter Lind Hayes, Mary Healy, Hans Conried, Tommy Rettig

Votes: 4,462

70. The Tell-Tale Heart (I) (1953)

Passed | 8 min | Animation, Short, Crime

A madman tells his tale of murder, and how a strange beating sound haunted him afterward.

Director: Ted Parmelee | Stars: James Mason, Jack Mather

Votes: 2,211

71. Planet Outlaws (1953)

Approved | 69 min | Action, Family, Sci-Fi

A 20th Century pilot named Buck Rogers and his young friend Buddy Wade awake from 500 years in suspended animation to find that the world has been taken over by the outlaw army of Killer Kane.

Directors: Ford Beebe, Saul A. Goodkind | Stars: Buster Crabbe, Constance Moore, Jackie Moran, Jack Mulhall

Votes: 462

72. Invaders from Mars (1953)

Approved | 78 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

A young boy learns that space aliens are taking over the minds of earthlings.

Director: William Cameron Menzies | Stars: Helena Carter, Arthur Franz, Jimmy Hunt, Leif Erickson

Votes: 8,836

73. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)

Approved | 80 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

A ferocious dinosaur awakened by an Arctic atomic test terrorizes the North Atlantic and, ultimately, New York City.

Director: Eugène Lourié | Stars: Paul Hubschmid, Paula Raymond, Cecil Kellaway, Kenneth Tobey

Votes: 8,725 | Gross: $5.00M

74. The War of the Worlds (1953)

G | 85 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

78 Metascore

A small town in California is attacked by Martians, beginning a worldwide invasion.

Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Tremayne, Robert Cornthwaite

Votes: 38,540 | Gross: $4.36M

75. Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)

Passed | 76 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

Two bumbling American cops hunt for the mysterious Mr. Hyde in London, England.

Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Boris Karloff, Craig Stevens

Votes: 5,000 | Gross: $2.62M

76. The Wild One (1953)

Approved | 79 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

67 Metascore

Two rival motorcycle gangs terrorize a small town after one of their leaders is thrown in jail.

Director: Laslo Benedek | Stars: Marlon Brando, Mary Murphy, Robert Keith, Lee Marvin

Votes: 17,585

77. Peter Pan (1953)

G | 77 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

76 Metascore

Wendy and her brothers are whisked away to the magical world of Neverland with the hero of their stories, Peter Pan.

Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Jack Kinney | Stars: Bobby Driscoll, Kathryn Beaumont, Hans Conried, Bill Thompson

Votes: 153,116 | Gross: $87.40M

78. Glen or Glenda (1953)

PG | 65 min | Drama

A psychiatrist tells the stories of a transvestite (Glen or Glenda) and a pseudohermaphrodite (Alan or Anne).

Director: Edward D. Wood Jr. | Stars: Edward D. Wood Jr., Bela Lugosi, Lyle Talbot, Timothy Farrell

Votes: 9,191

79. Project Moon Base (1953)

Approved | 63 min | Sci-Fi

A saboteur posing as a scientist strives to destroy the world's first space station.

Director: Richard Talmadge | Stars: Donna Martell, Hayden Rorke, Ross Ford, Larry Johns

Votes: 1,381

80. Gerald McBoing-Boing's Symphony (1953)

8 min | Animation, Short

Gerald McBoing Boing, a little boy who can't talk but can imitate any sound, is working as a one-man sound effects department for a radio station. When a scheduled symphony orchestra does ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Cannon | Star: Marvin Miller

Votes: 126

81. When Mousehood Was in Flower (1953)

7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

The Black Knight overwhelms his competitors in a jousting tournament until an operetta-singing Mighty Mouse comes to save the day.

Director: Connie Rasinski

Votes: 45

82. A Communications Primer (1953)

22 min | Documentary, Short

Add a Plot

Director: Charles Eames | Star: Charles Eames

Votes: 20

83. Eaux d'artifice (1953)

Not Rated | 12 min | Short

A woman dressed in an elegant period dress wanders through the water gardens at the Villa d'Este.

Director: Kenneth Anger | Star: Carmilla Salvatorelli

Votes: 1,787

84. Hot Rods (1953)

7 min | Animation, Short

The boy mice of the village become hot rod fans and soon it isn't safe to walk the streets. Three cats seize up the situation and challenge the mice to a race, and then set a trap to catch ... See full summary »

Director: Eddie Donnelly | Star: Tom Morrison

Votes: 47

85. Don't Give Up the Sheep (1953)

Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short

A sheepdog thwarts the efforts of a thieving wolf whose tricks include altering the time clock, hiding in a bush, imitating Pan, digging a tunnel, unleashing a wildcat and disguising himself as the dog's coworker.

Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Mel Blanc

Votes: 1,616

88. Punch Trunk (1953)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short

A tiny elephant arrives in the city and spooks various inhabitants.

Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet, Robert C. Bruce, June Foray

Votes: 367

89. Catty Cornered (1953)

7 min | Crime, Family, Animation

Rocky the gangster kidnaps Tweety Bird for a million dollar ransom and holes up in an abandoned city building. Sylvester Cat in an alley below hears Tweety's sad cries and decides to rescue him - for his lunch.

Director: Friz Freleng | Star: Mel Blanc

Votes: 297

90. Cat-Tails for Two (1953)

Approved | 6 min | Family, Animation, Short

Two cats, one crafty but ill-fated, the other a lunkheaded oaf, decide to hunt mice on a Mexican ship and meet Speedy Gonzales, the fastest mouse in all Mexico. Not surprisingly, all their ... See full summary »

Director: Robert McKimson | Stars: Mel Blanc, Stan Freberg

Votes: 395

91. Working for Peanuts (1953)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

Chip 'n Dale live next door to a zoo and spot the elephant's stash of peanuts. They go after them, but both the elephant and his keeper, Donald, are too clever. Then the boys realize the ... See full summary »

Directors: Jack Hannah, Clyde Geronimi | Stars: Dessie Flynn, Pinto Colvig, James MacDonald, Clarence Nash

Votes: 699

92. Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)

G | 79 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

68 Metascore

A strange prehistoric beast lurks in the depths of the Amazonian jungle. A group of scientists try to capture the animal and bring it back to civilization for study.

Director: Jack Arnold | Stars: Richard Carlson, Julie Adams, Richard Denning, Antonio Moreno

Votes: 34,432 | Gross: $1.30M

93. Seven Samurai (1954)

Not Rated | 207 min | Action, Drama

98 Metascore

Farmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, who gathers six other samurai to join him.

Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Yukiko Shimazaki

Votes: 366,862 | Gross: $0.27M

94. Them! (1954)

Not Rated | 94 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

74 Metascore

The earliest atomic tests in New Mexico cause common ants to mutate into giant man-eating monsters that threaten civilization.

Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon, James Arness

Votes: 24,193

95. Godzilla (1954)

Not Rated | 96 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

79 Metascore

American nuclear weapons testing results in the creation of a seemingly unstoppable dinosaur-like beast.

Director: Ishirô Honda | Stars: Takashi Shimura, Akihiko Hirata, Akira Takarada, Momoko Kôchi

Votes: 39,656 | Gross: $2.42M

96. Target Earth (1954)

Approved | 75 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

Giant robots from Venus invade Chicago. Stranded in the deserted city are strangers Frank and Nora.

Director: Sherman A. Rose | Stars: Richard Denning, Kathleen Crowley, Virginia Grey, Richard Reeves

Votes: 1,503

97. Ulysses (1954)

Not Rated | 94 min | Adventure, Fantasy

A movie adaptation of Homer's second epic, that depicts Ulysses' efforts to return to his home after the end of ten years of war.

Director: Mario Camerini | Stars: Silvana Mangano, Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Rossana Podestà

Votes: 4,648

98. Animal Farm (1954)

Approved | 72 min | Animation, Drama

A successful farmyard revolution by the resident animals vs. the farmer goes horribly wrong when the victors create a new tyranny among themselves.

Directors: Joy Batchelor, John Halas | Stars: Gordon Heath, Maurice Denham

Votes: 18,998

99. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)

G | 127 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

83 Metascore

A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.

Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas, Peter Lorre

Votes: 37,177 | Gross: $28.20M

100. Crash of Moons (1954 TV Movie)

Unrated | 78 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi

This was never released as a feature film but, instead, is comprised of 3 episodes from the TV series, Rocky Jones, Space Ranger (1954) which were edited together and released on video as a feature-length story.

Director: Hollingsworth Morse | Stars: Richard Crane, Scotty Beckett, Sally Mansfield, Robert Lyden

Votes: 924



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