Films and TV Shows from the 1950s

poster Captain Scarface
Captain Scarface
72mn - Action, Drama, Romance
A daring group of Soviet saboteurs plots to hijack a ship in the Panama Canal and destroy its vital locks, threatening global security during the height of the Cold War.
poster The She-Wolf
The She-Wolf
(3.5/5)
93mn - Drama
When a possessive matriarch orchestrates her daughter's marriage to an innocent young man, forbidden desires and conflicting loyalties spiral into a devastating family tragedy that threatens to destroy th…
poster The Joe Louis Story
The Joe Louis Story
(2.9/5)
88mn - Drama
From the poverty of Alabama sharecropping to the heavyweight championship of the world, Joe Louis battles both devastating opponents in the ring and crushing racism outside it, becoming an American icon w…
poster Sins of Jezebel
Sins of Jezebel
75mn - Drama, History, Romance
The aging King Ahab of Israel marries the scheming pagan princess Jezebel, whose introduction of idolatry and persecution of prophets bring divine wrath upon the kingdom.
poster Anatahan
Anatahan
(3.5/5)
94mn - Drama
From June 1944, twelve Japanese seamen are stranded for seven years on an abandoned and forgotten island called Anatahan.
poster The Marshal's Daughter
The Marshal's Daughter
(2.9/5)
71mn - Western
The spirited daughter of a retired U.S. marshal secretly takes on the masked identity of 'El Coyote' to help her father capture the notorious outlaw who once escaped his justice, but her double life becom…
poster Robot Monster
Robot Monster
66mn - Sci-Fi, Horror
An alien robot sent to destroy the last humans on Earth finds his deadly mission compromised when he falls in love with one of his intended victims, forcing him to choose between his programming and his n…
poster The Hitch-Hiker
The Hitch-Hiker
(3.5/5)
71mn - Crime, Thriller
Dos amigos en un viaje de pesca recogen a un autoestopista que resulta ser un psicópata peligroso en fuga. Con una peculiar condición física que le impide cerrar un ojo incluso al dormir, el asesino los m…
poster Glen or Glenda
Glen or Glenda
65mn - Drama
Glen doesn't dare tell his fiancée Barbara that he is a transvestite; in addition, Alan is undergoing medical treatment to become a woman named Anne; both stories are told by a psychiatrist.
poster Aah
Aah
(3.6/5)
146mn - Drama, Romance
At the behest of his father, Raj writes letters to Chandra, a prospective bride. However, unbeknownst to him, it is Neelu, Chandra's sister, who responds to his letters and falls in love with him.
poster Kansas Pacific
Kansas Pacific
(2.9/5)
73mn - Western, Action
As a crucial railroad line pushes into dangerous territory after the Civil War, a former Union officer must protect its construction from a Confederate agent determined to sabotage the project at any cost.
poster Ancient Fistory
Ancient Fistory
(3.1/5)
7mn - Comedy, Animation, Family
It's the middle ages (sort of); Popeye is working in Bluto's Beanery. Bluto is going to the ball where Princess Olive will choose her mate. Popeye's fairy godpappy appears and it's a reverse Cinderella st…
poster Never Wave at a WAC
Never Wave at a WAC
(3.0/5)
87mn - Comedy, Adventure, Romance
A wealthy socialite joins the Women's Army Corps hoping to be near her Colonel boyfriend, but quickly discovers army life isn't quite as glamorous as she imagined—especially when her scheming ex-husband u…
poster Hysterical History
Hysterical History
7mn - Animation
An amusing look at American history, starting with Columbus' discovery of America, and touching on the formation of the original thirteen states, the Gold Rush, and several other important events. The car…
poster Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
(2.9/5)
102mn - Adventure
A young sponge diver and his father venture into the treacherous 'Twelve-Mile Reef' to recoup their losses, only to face deadly underwater dangers and a forbidden romance with a rival's daughter.
poster Fear and Desire
Fear and Desire
(2.7/5)
62mn - Drama, War
After their airplane crashes behind enemy lines, four soldiers must survive and try to find a way back to their battalion. However, when they come across a local peasant girl the horrors of war quickly be…
poster The Story of King Midas
The Story of King Midas
(3.4/5)
10mn - Animation, Fantasy, Family
A greedy King Midas is visited one day by a mysterious visitor who grants him the ability to turn all things he touches to gold. He learns his lesson when the food he tries to eat and his own daughter are…
poster The Gambler and the Lady
The Gambler and the Lady
(2.9/5)
72mn - Crime, Thriller, Drama
A greedy but successful professional gambler wants to join the British Establishment when he falls in love with a blue-blooded lady. But first he must mend his ways and then dump his nightclub singer girl…
poster The Snows of Kilimanjaro
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
(3.1/5)
114mn - Action, Adventure, Drama
Stranded at a hunting camp at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro, a dying writer reflects on his failures and lost loves as he drifts through a lifetime of memories from the Spanish Civil War to the cafes of P…
poster Big Bad Sindbad
Big Bad Sindbad
(3/5)
9mn - Animation
Popeye is taking his nephews to the museum, and proves to them that he is the greatest sailor in the world by telling them of a time he bested Sindbad the Sailor when Sindbad tried to abduct Olive Oyl.