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Apr 19, 2024 · 32 MORE LISTS. 1950s: The Postwar Boom. Over 400 filmgoers have voted on the 40+ films on Best 1950s Thriller Movies, Ranked. Current Top 3: Rear Window, North by Northwest, Dial M for Murder.
- Rear Window 1954, 112 min. Alfred Hitchcock • Starring: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey. Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Mystery • Psychological Thriller.
- North by Northwest 1959, 136 min. Alfred Hitchcock • Starring: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason. Chase Movie • Mystery • Romance. find this movie on ►
- Rashômon 1950, 88 min. Akira Kurosawa • Starring: Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô, Minoru Chiaki. Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Crime Drama • Crime. find this movie on ►
- Vertigo 1958, 129 min. Alfred Hitchcock • Starring: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Tom Helmore. Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Femme Fatale • Mindbender.
- Strangers on A Train
- Touch of Evil
- North by Northwest
- The Killing
- Dial M For Murder
- The Big Heat
- Rear Window
- Kiss Me, Deadly
- Vertigo
- The Night of The Hunter
Top-tier Alfred Hitchcock, a timeless psychological thriller. Farley Granger and Robert Walker play strangers who unofficially agree to "exchange murders" in each other's unhappy respective lives. Based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith. RELATED:10 Movies From the 1950s Everyone Should See At Least Once When it was released, Strangers on a Train r...
Orson Welles wrote and directed himself, Janet Leigh and Charlton Heston (playing a Mexican agent—that one element hasn't aged so well) in a mystery noir of murder and corruption in a border town. Known for a stunning opening tracking shot that inspired John Carpenter's opening shot of Halloween. Initially dismissed by many critics and audiences, e...
A massive hit in its day (following the box-office thud of Vertigo) that's maintained esteem and popularity ever since, North by Northwest stars Cary Grant as a selfish bachelor who's wrongly accused and entangled in a muderous conspiracy. RELATED: 8 Most Romantic Alfred Hitchcock Movies, Ranked Thanks to one of the wittiest scripts ever written, p...
An early great of Stanley Kubrick, that's now considered by some to be the ultimate heist film. Though he of course went on to master most major genres, Kubrick made noir his Hollywood calling card with this innovative, artistic, eyebrow-raising adaptation of a work of pulp fiction (Lionel White's Clean Break). The Killing's storyline is fairly ped...
Hitchcock directed hit after hit throughout the 1950s. Among the classics that didn't quite make this list are To Catch a Thief, The Wrong Man and his remake of The Man Who Knew Too Much. Regular collaborator Grace Kelly stars in a thriller about a love triangle that leads to a homicide plot. Dial M for Murder was released at the height of the shor...
M and Metropolis helmer Fritz Lang directs an adaptation of William P. McGivern's novel, originally published as a serial, about an idealistic, straight-edged cop who discovers deep corruption. Adapted by screenwriter Sydney Boehm. The Big Heat is a brutal watch even today. The most infamous scene of violence is where a thug played (perfectly) by L...
One of the most iconic works of Alfred Hitchcock stars Jimmy Stewart as an anxiously recuperating photographer who may or may not have witnessed a murder across the courtyard. Grace Kelly and Thelma Ritter co-star. RELATED:10 Movies From the 1930s Everyone Should See At Least Once Rear Window is stll a landmark film for airtight suspense. It also h...
Based on the 1952 crime novel by Mickey Spillane, Kiss Me, Deadly follows a private investigator in Los Angeles who becomes entangled in a complex mystery after picking up a female hitchhiker. The shadowy thriller stars Ralph Meeker and Robert Dekker. Controversial in its time for violent and suggestive content, Kiss Me, Deadly is cemented in histo...
Lovable everyman Jimmy Stewart went against audience expectations in Hitchcock's masterpiece about a private investigator who falls for a woman (Kim Novak) he's asked to follow. Hitchcock's ultimate masterpiece, Vertigo is simply a work of genius. For ten years, it topped Sight and Sound's critics' poll.Its influence is felt throughout every corner...
One of the strangest films you're likely ever to see, and absolutely one of the best. A German Expressionism-accented tale of a small-town serial killer, The Night of the Hunter's singularity and lurid content repulsed audiences. Charles Laughton's filmmaking career ended abruptly. For decades now, The Night of the Hunter has been re-assessed as a ...
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- 'The Seventh Seal' (1957) The Seventh Seal could well be the most famous film directed by the legendary Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, and it's arguably one of his best, too.
- 'The Night of the Hunter' (1955) Charles Laughton was a well-known actor, appearing in both U.K. and U.S. films throughout his impressive career, but he only ever directed a single film.
- 'The 400 Blows' (1959) The 400 Blows is undeniably one of the greatest coming-of-age movies of all time, and an instrumental French New Wave film, too.
- 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' (1957) Few movies drive home the futility of war quite as well as David Lean's The Bridge on the River Kwai does. This World War II epic was a critical hit, and also proved to be hugely successful at the Academy Awards, being nominated for eight Oscars and winning a total of seven, including Best Picture.
Welcome to our cinematic time machine! Join us as we explore the iconic Mystery movies that shaped the silver screen during the 1950s. From timeless classics...
R | 109 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller. A Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother. Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin.
