The best '50s movies. Eric Francisco. Tue, May 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM UTC. In the first decade after the fallout of World War II, the global movie industry hadn’t missed a step.

Even during the parochial Hays Code and Hollywood blacklisting over supposed alleged communist connections, cinema brimmed with multi-dimensional onscreen characters all throughout the 1950s.

The first instance of leading 50s sci-fi director, Jack Arnold, on our list and the first movie ever in 3D from Universal-International, It Came from Outer Space explores the suspicious goings-on ...

'50s Movies Highlight Changes in Flying Melissa Block talks to Dr. Robert Vanderlinden, curator of air transportation at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, ...