1950-60s Movies & TV shows
by vertair7 | created - 23 Apr 2017 | updated - 14 Apr 2022 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1.
Run for Your Life (1965–1968)
Episode:
The Sadness of a Happy Time
(1966)
60 min | Drama
Paul falls in love with a novelist, but leaves her to protect his agent Mike Allen.
Director: Alf Kjellin | Stars: Ben Gazzara, Claudine Longet, Stephen McNally, Lili Valenty
Votes: 17
2.
Run for Your Life (1965–1968)
Episode:
The Word Would Be Goodbye
(1967)
60 min | Drama
French novelist Nicole and Paul resume their old romance when they meet accidentally en route to Paris.
Director: Alf Kjellin | Stars: Ben Gazzara, Claudine Longet, Albert Paulsen, Émile Genest
Votes: 14
3. Adventures of Superman (1952–1958)
TV-G | 30 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The Man of Steel fights crime with help from his friends at the "Daily Planet."
Stars: George Reeves, Noel Neill, Jack Larson, John Hamilton
Votes: 4,459
4. The Quiet Man (1952)
Passed | 129 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A retired American boxer returns to the village of his birth in 1920s Ireland, where he falls for a spirited redhead whose brother is contemptuous of their union.
Director: John Ford | Stars: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond
Votes: 42,394 | Gross: $10.55M
5. Submarine Patrol (1938)
Passed | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A naval officer is demoted for negligence and put in command of a run-down submarine chaser and with a motley crew.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Richard Greene, Nancy Kelly, Preston Foster, George Bancroft
Votes: 287
6. Wine of Morning (1955)
114 min | Drama
Have you ever wondered about Barabbas, the man whom the mob chose instead of Christ? How he became a murderer and an outlaw? What happened to him after Pilate released him and condemned Jesus Christ to die on his cross?
Director: Katherine Stenholm | Stars: Al Carter, Joan DeVolk, Katherine Helmond, George Hennix
Votes: 65
7. Ritmo nuevo y vieja ola (1965)
113 min | Comedy, Musical
A mother of a family becomes a successful singer. An Argentine journalist chases a woman from the beginning of the 20th century. The reunion of three old actors and their lies about their successes.
Director: Enrique Carreras | Stars: Roberto Airaldi, Elvia Andreoli, Tono Andreu, Guillermo Battaglia
Votes: 14
8. La edad del amor (1954)
105 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Director: Julio Saraceni | Stars: Lolita Torres, Alberto Dalbés, Floren Delbene, Domingo Sapelli
Votes: 68
9. Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Abbott and Costello's version of the famous fairy tale, about a young boy who trades the family cow for magic beans.
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Buddy Baer, Dorothy Ford
Votes: 3,436
10. Jack the Giant Killer (1962)
Passed | 94 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A farmboy-turned-knight must protect a princess from the schemes of an evil wizard.
Director: Nathan Juran | Stars: Kerwin Mathews, Judi Meredith, Torin Thatcher, Walter Burke
Votes: 3,040
11.
Sinbad Jr. and his Magic Belt (1965–1966)
Episode:
Jack and the Giant
(1965)
Animation, Adventure, Family
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Mel Blanc, Tim Matheson
Votes: 8
12. Slaves of Babylon (1953)
Approved | 82 min | Adventure, Drama, History
In ancient times, a Jew is instrumental in the crowning of a new Median-Persian king who, in return, conquers Babylon and frees all the Jewish slaves.
Director: William Castle | Stars: Richard Conte, Linda Christian, Maurice Schwartz, Terry Kilburn
Votes: 144
13. Serpent of the Nile (1953)
Approved | 81 min | Adventure, Biography, History
In 44 BC, after the assassination of the leader of Rome Julius Caesar, Egyptian Queen Cleopatra and one of the highest ranking Roman generals and Caesar's possible successor Mark Anthony begin a tragic love affair.
Director: William Castle | Stars: Rhonda Fleming, William Lundigan, Raymond Burr, Jean Byron
Votes: 343
14. The Queen of Babylon (1954)
Approved | 98 min | Action, Drama
Beautiful goatherd helps Chaldean rebel fight evil king in ancient Babylon.
Director: Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia | Stars: Rhonda Fleming, Ricardo Montalban, Roldano Lupi, Carlo Ninchi
Votes: 156
15. Slave Queen of Babylon (1963)
101 min | Drama, History
Story of an ancient Assyrian queen that supposedly took place around 810 B.C.
Director: Primo Zeglio | Stars: Yvonne Furneaux, John Ericson, Renzo Ricci, Gianni Rizzo
Votes: 160
16. War Gods of Babylon (1962)
Not Rated | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Noble, wise King Sardanapolo and his more soft and naive younger brother Prince Sammash get into a bitter feud over the affections of sweet and alluring innocent peasant girl Mirra. ... See full summary »
Director: Silvio Amadio | Stars: Howard Duff, Jocelyn Lane, Luciano Marin, Giancarlo Sbragia
Votes: 161
17. Sins of Jezebel (1953)
Approved | 74 min | Drama, History, Romance
The aging Ahab, king of Israel, comes under the influence of a young and beautiful but scheming pagan woman named Jezebel and, against the advice of his advisers and the prophet Elijah, ... See full summary »
Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Paulette Goddard, George Nader, Eduard Franz, John Hoyt
Votes: 185
18. Babes in Bagdad (1952)
Approved | 79 min | Comedy
Hassan, the Kadi of Bagdad, has a harem housing twelve beauties, but concentrates his attention on Zohara. A newcomer, Kyra, introduces rebellion into the by the unheard of act of ... See full summary »
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer | Stars: Paulette Goddard, Gypsy Rose Lee, Richard Ney, John Boles
Votes: 131
19. The Saracen Blade (1954)
Approved | 76 min | Adventure, Romance
Based on the book of the same name by Frank Yerby. Pietro is an orphan who is raised by a family friend in 15th century Italy. After the friend is killed by the same nasty baron who ... See full summary »
Director: William Castle | Stars: Ricardo Montalban, Betta St. John, Rick Jason, Carolyn Jones
Votes: 181
20. Cromwell (1970)
G | 139 min | Biography, Drama, History
Puritan statesman Oliver Cromwell leads England in a civil war against the absolutist and Catholic-sympathetic King Charles I.
Director: Ken Hughes | Stars: Richard Harris, Alec Guinness, Robert Morley, Dorothy Tutin
Votes: 6,954 | Gross: $1.37M
21. The Last Valley (1971)
PG | 128 min | Adventure, Drama, War
During the Thirty Years' War of 1600s, a band of Protestant mercenaries peacefully coexist with German Catholic villagers in a hidden idyllic mountain valley untouched by war.
Director: James Clavell | Stars: Michael Caine, Omar Sharif, Florinda Bolkan, Nigel Davenport
Votes: 3,581 | Gross: $0.25M
22. Mary, Queen of Scots (1971)
PG-13 | 128 min | Biography, Drama, History
During the sixteenth century, the Catholic Mary, Queen of Scots engages in over two decades of religious and political conflict with her cousin, the Protestant Queen Elizabeth I of England, amidst political intrigue in her native land.
Director: Charles Jarrott | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Glenda Jackson, Patrick McGoohan, Timothy Dalton
Votes: 4,882 | Gross: $2.33M
23. Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
PG | 145 min | Biography, Drama, History
King Henry VIII of England discards one wife, Catharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn.
Director: Charles Jarrott | Stars: Richard Burton, Geneviève Bujold, Irene Papas, Anthony Quayle
Votes: 8,112 | Gross: $2.07M
24. Saul e David (1964)
TV-G | 105 min | Adventure, Drama
David of Bethlehem slays the giant and becomes a rival to King Saul.
Director: Marcello Baldi | Stars: Norman Wooland, Gianni Garko, Luz Márquez, Virgilio Teixeira
Votes: 113
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