So I love me some older films. Last year I came here and asked for 60s recommendations and got some amazing movie recs. Now I want some from the 50s.
Ones I enjoyed so far are films like:
- Rear Window
- Sunset Boulevard
- Vertigo
- Scrooge (or A Christmas Carol the one with Alastair Sim)
- Stalag 17
The only ones I’ve seen I’m a bit just kind of eh on are Titfield Thunderbolt and Blood of Dracula. I haven’t seen anything I think is outright bad though.
Edit to add movies I’ve seen that people brought up:
- On the Waterfront
- Giant
- Strangers on a Train
- North by Northwest
A touch of evil, that opening sequence is fantastic
The creature from the black lagoon and the incredible shrinking man are both classic 50s horror movies along with the original version of the fly, the blob, and the thing. The lost skeleton of cadavera is a pretty funny parody of the style too.
The day the earth stood still for some 50s sci-fi, and Hitchcock hits his prime in the mid to late 50s for suspense