1950s Movies

1950s. An escape. A new family. Through VHS footage and rescued letters, a grandmother's past is revealed.

During the anti-communist uprisings of the late 1950s, a writer of comedic poems against socialism was constantly pursued by Securitate troops.

An atypical portrait of singer, songwriter, poet Georges Brassens.

The film looks at men and women of color in the U.S. Merchant Marine from 1938-1975. Through chronicling the lives of these men and women who, with a...

In July 1953, at a glittering party thrown by Truman Capote in Portofino, Italy, Tennessee Williams and his longtime lover Frank Merlo meet Anja...

The city of Madrid as it appears in the Spanish films of the 1950s. A small tribute to all those who filmed and portrayed Madrid despite the...

In a small Italian town, the local youngsters realize that their youth is coming to an end and marriage will soon follow. They gather together for...

Martin Scorsese is among those paying tribute to Gene Tierney, the Academy Award-nominated American actress who was a leading lady in Hollywood...

Two brothers working as news cameramen for competing companies in '50s Australia find their lives dramatically affected by the constantly changing...

Depicts the factual accounts of Vincenzo Di Francesca and Parley P. Pratt and how they came to appreciate the contents of the Book of Mormon.

Alice is a girl who can't hold down a job. When she hears about a typist position at a newspaper, she hopes she'll finally succeed. But things get...

A farm family moves into a city maybe at the end of the Spanish Civil War. They move in with the sister of the farmers wife. In the city everything...

The sea can be many things; provider of food and work, playmate or harbinger of death. Set in the 1950s in the fishing town of Nazare, the ocean...

Sandy Wilcox is a pre-teen girl in rural 1950s British Columbia whose longing to be treated as an adult is roused even further when her older...

A moving comedy-drama about the love, identity and courage of the LGBTQ community during the first walk towards Gay Pride in 1950s England. Based on...

In post-war Japan, it is difficult for private business to stay afloat. The small atelier has a debt of several million yen. To get a loan, his...

Ed Blake is a balding middle-aged man who decides to buy an old movie theater, The Ritz, to shape it up into a retro 1950s music hangout. With the...

This documentary film from the 1950s explains how the citizens of a small midwestern town restore community spirit through a 4-H club.

How in 1959, during the heat of the Cold War, the government of the United States decided to create a secret military base located in the far north...

When a disenfranchised, world-famous photographer is interviewed by university students and presented with a portfolio of his life's work he is...