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A list of science fiction films released in the 1950s. These films include core elements of science fiction, but can cross into other genres. They have been released to a cinema audience by the commercial film industry and are widely distributed with reviews by reputable critics.
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- Forbidden Planet. Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen. 594 votes. Noted for pioneering several sci-fi tropes, this visually stunning 1956 film enthralls viewers with its tale of space explorers seeking the truth behind the mysterious disappearance of a previous expedition to the distant planet Altair IV.
- H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds. Gene Barry, Ann Robinson. 557 votes. This 1953 adaptation of H.G. Wells' seminal novel is arguably the finest film version of the story, combining stunning visuals, masterful storytelling, and societal commentary to create a sci-fi masterpiece.
- The Day the Earth Stood Still. Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe. 637 votes. Capturing the essence of Cold War paranoia, this 1951 film is regarded as one of the most influential science fiction movies ever made for its strong anti-war message and iconic robot Gort.
- The Thing from Another World. James Arness, Paul Frees, George Fenneman. 518 votes. Helmed by influential director Howard Hawks, this pulse-pounding 1951 film boasts a claustrophobic atmosphere and gripping narrative that keeps viewers on the edge of their seats.
The Top 20 1950's sci-fi movies. List activity. 42K views. 71 this week. Create a new list. List your movie, TV & celebrity picks. 20 titles. Sort by List order. 1. Creature from the Black Lagoon. 1954 1h 19m G. 6.9 (35K) Rate. 68 Metascore. A strange prehistoric beast lurks in the depths of the Amazonian jungle.
Oct 20, 2010 · Off screen and on, the 1950s was a spectacular era for science fiction. In literature, Ray Bradbury kicked off the decade with his masterpiece, The Martian Chronicles, while digest magazines...
- 7 The Thing from Another World
- 6 Godzilla
- 5 The War of The Worlds
- 4 Forbidden Planet
- 3 The Creature from The Black Lagoon
- 2 Invasion of The Body Snatchers
- 1 The Day The Earth Stood Still
Unearthing an alien vessel at the North Pole, an expedition discovers a presumed dead alien creature in The Thing from Another World. When the monster is defrosted, the team must defend themselves in the most claustrophobic and coldest of spaces in this film based on the short story Who Goes There?by John Campbell. Like others on this list, the fea...
A post-war reaction from the Japanese perspective, and just nine years after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Godzillaallegorizes the all-encompassing destructive power of the "Little Boy" bomb as a giant radioactive lizard. Ignore the very slow talky parts in favor of the sparse moments of Godzilla destroying the city, or seek out the origi...
Following the H.G Wells novel and the Orson Welles radio incident, the movie inevitably followed, and with it arrived a seminal them and us alien invasion movie. The effects in War of the Worldsare cool but obviously dated, with the few scenes actually featuring any of the invaders coming off as wooden, but stick with it for its tale of humans agai...
A crew land on a foreign planet to determine what happened to the residents that arrived before them... turns out there's something there with them that isn't human in this wildly inventive update of Shakespeare's The Tempest. Robbie the Robot is one of the greatest sci-fi characters ever created, and in a wonderful piece of casting, check out Nake...
Everything about this jungle adventure is just gold, with its black and white coloring even adding to the murk of the creature lurking beneath the water. In a classic tale of adventurers trying to prove what is yet unproven, a team head to the Amazon jungle to search for the elusive "Gill-Man" in Creature from the Black Lagoon. With pretty much the...
Following World War II, and with the ongoing Cold War, America was mistrusting of the rest of the world. McCarthyism and the so-called 'red scare' led to a witch hunt, with many people being accused of communism. Invasion of the Body Snatcherstakes that mistrust and fear and realigns it by way of making the invaders shape-shifting aliens that are r...
Pure bubblegum sci-fi at its finest, with a powerful anti-war message just seven years after World War II. In what is pretty much exactly the same plot that E.T.would tackle three decades later, an alien arrives on Earth with a plea of peace only to discover that time and again humanity is violent and destructive. Michael Rennie shines as the hands...
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40 titles. Sort by List order. 1. The Incredible Shrinking Man. 1957 1h 21m Approved. 7.6 (20K) Rate. 73 Metascore. After Scott Carey begins to shrink because of exposure to a combination of radiation and insecticide, medical science is powerless to help him.
