Films of 1950-1959

After living a life marked by coldness, an aging professor is forced to confront the emptiness of his existence.

A knight returning to Sweden after the Crusades seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague.

The rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter.

An ex-prize fighter turned New Jersey longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses, including his older brother, as he starts to connect with the grieving sister of one of the syndicate's victims.

Disturbed Blanche DuBois moves in with her sister in New Orleans and is tormented by her brutish brother-in-law while her reality crumbles around her.

A bored photographer recovering from a broken leg passes the time by watching his neighbors and begins to suspect one of them of murder.

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

A colonel defends three of his soldiers in a court-martial after they abandon a suicidal attack.

A rebellious young man with a troubled past comes to a new town, finding friends and enemies.

A former San Francisco police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with the hauntingly beautiful woman he has been hired to trail, who may be deeply disturbed.

An heiress begins to realize her attraction to one of her family's servants.

After two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.

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

A New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and falls for a woman whose loyalties he begins to doubt.

A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.

A French actress filming an anti-war film in Hiroshima has an affair with a married Japanese architect as they share their differing perspectives on war.

An American doctor and his wife, a former singing star, witness a murder while vacationing in Morocco, and are drawn into a twisting plot of international intrigue when their young son is kidnapped.

Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.

Two brothers in 1910s California struggle to maintain the favor of their affectionate but strict, Bible-toting father as an old secret about their long-absent mother comes to light.

The story about the thief who didn't get crucified because Jesus was chosen to take his place.

Crook Johnny Clay assembles a five-man team to plan and execute a daring racetrack robbery.

After being snubbed by the royal family, a malevolent fairy places a curse on a princess which only a prince can break, along with the help of three good fairies.

A knight seeks to free the captive King Richard and put him back on the throne.

A pair of teenagers meet one summer day, start a reckless affair and abandon their families to be with one another.

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.