1950s Movies

Can scandalous art still serve God? Does suffering precede all greatness? Can illness be a blessing? In 1950, writer Flannery O'Connor visits her...

Siblings Maisie and Tony, along with their mother, gather for their sister Eileen's wedding. It is a joyous occasion, but through flashbacks, it...

Confronted with the unfortunate news that their favorite Streetcar, no. 133, is going to be decommissioned, two Municipal Transit workers get drunk...

A biopic about star Elza Soares, considered one of the greatest samba singers ever and a symbol of the struggle against racism and women...

In the mid-1950s, Dickson Hughes and Richard Stapley, young composers and romantic partners, are hired by legendary silent film star Gloria Swanson...

The story of Patsy Cline, the velvet-voiced country music singer who died in a tragic plane crash at the height of her fame.

It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment using three interwoven threads:...

Following in his father's footsteps, Albert Pierrepoint becomes one of Britain's most prolific executioners, hiding his identity as a grocery...

Seventeen-year-old Richard and his parents take their annual seaside holiday in a guesthouse on England's east coast in the 1950s. Julia, a teenage...

Bud is a lonely and quiet boy whose moments of solace occur when he sits in rapture at the local cinema, watching towering and iconic figures on the...

On her way to visit her childhood home in a colonial outpost in Northern Cameroon, a young French woman recalls her childhood, her memories...

The extraordinary story of a a race driver coaching legend, his long lost son and the car that connects them after 60 years. A touching and...

The high society court case that scandalised the mores of the day, electrified the nation and changed the course of British history.

Thought to be the first full-hour television adaptation of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' and 'Through the Looking-Glass', broadcast on the CBS...

The dramatic tale of America's race to space and the decision to land a man on the Moon in one of the most ambitious scientific and exploration...

This Canadian made comedy/drama, set in Hamilton, Ontario in 1954, is a sweet and - at times - goofy story that becomes increasingly poignant as the...

Dawn is a quiet young teenager who longs for something or someone to free her from her sheltered life.

Mid-1950s Berlin, before the building of the Wall. Uschi, a salesgirl and aspiring fashion model from the East, is attracted to Hans, from the West....

A year has passed in postwar Tokyo, and struggling writer Chagawa enters the Akutagawa Prize competition in hopes of securing a better future for the...

An aspiring Jewish actor moves out of his parents' Brooklyn apartment to seek his fortune in the bohemian life of Greenwich Village in 1953.