Year 1950 movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant year 1950 movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, suspense, serious, tense, suspenseful and touching films and TV shows about / with brutality, family relations, death, murder, storytelling, father daughter relationship, friendship, flashback, fear and bare chested male plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and War genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as year 1950: Ed Gein: The Musical (2010), The Dead Girls (2025), Parthenope (2024), Operation Chromite (2016), Prisoner of War (2025), Man of Marble (1977), Silent Night, Bloody Night (1972), Snow Falling on Cedars (1999), Sumala (2024), The Battle at Lake Changjin (2021).
Best films
List of year 1950 movies
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A glimpse inside the mind of one of America's most notorious murderers set to a unique musical score.
Style:
parody, scary, slasher, bleak, psychotronic ...
Plot:
murder, killer, serial killer, butcher, killing spree, psychopath, serial murder, obsession, violent, homicidal maniac, brutality, death ...
Time:
year 1950
Place:
wisconsin
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Follows the murderous Baladro sisters which crimes were inspired by the Mexican serial killers known as Las Poquianchis.
Style:
dark, disturbing, intense, historical drama, creepy ...
Plot:
female nudity, killing spree, sisters, sociopathy, sex trafficking, police investigation, corruption, trauma, small town, poverty, organized crime, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
year 1950, year 1964, 20th century, 1950s, 70s ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Parthenope, born in the sea near Naples in 1950, is beautiful, enigmatic, and intelligent. She is shamelessly courted by many. However, beauty comes at a cost.
Style:
mythical, captivating, psychological, crying
Plot:
high society, seaside, brother sister relationship, life, lifestyle, relationships, italian woman, female pubic hair, anthropology, professor, seductress, female nudity ...
Time:
year 1950, year 1982, year 1973, year 1968, year 1975 ...
Place:
italy, naples italy, mediterranean sea
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A squad of soldiers fight in the Korean War's crucial Battle of Incheon.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, psychological, suspense
Plot:
korean war, korean army, military, korean history, spy, friendly fire, overnight success, black ops, invasion, capture, military training, covert operation ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, year 1950
Place:
south korea, korea
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Genre: Action, Thriller, War
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
British RAF Wing Commander James Wright is captured by the Japanese during WWII and forced to fight in brutal hand-to-hand combat. The Japanese soldiers get more than they bargained for when Wright’s years of martial arts training in Hong Kong ...
Style:
period piece, tense, historical drama, dark, action thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
bare chested male, world war two, martial arts, hand to hand combat, survival, captivity, pow, violence, brutality, military, resilience, extreme violence ...
Time:
1940s, year 1950, year 1942
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Three lifelong best friends known as “The Supremes” share the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood from decades of weathering life’s storms. Through the joys and sorrows of life, marriage and children, happiness and blues, love and loss, new shades ...
Style:
crying
Plot:
murder, death, marriage, funeral, tree, pregnancy, child, police, menopause, friendship, racism, piano ...
Time:
60s, year 1968, year 1977, year 1999, year 1950 ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
Man of Marble is a Polish film about a student making a film about a bricklayer who was once idolized. She interviews people who knew him and finds old footage that lead to an unfolding mystery that causes her producer to cancel the project.
Style:
emotional, meditative, compassionate, talky, disturbing ...
Plot:
politics, terrorist, visceral, communism, friendship, working class, honest, eviction, renaissance, heroes, journalism, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
70s, 1950s, year 1976, year 1977, 20th century ...
Place:
poland, eastern europe, europe, canada, japan ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A man inherits a mansion, which once was a mental home. He visits the place and begins to investigate some crimes that happened in old times, scaring the people living in the region.
Style:
christmas horror, psychological, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, haunted by the past, who done it, holiday, murder, mental institution, gory, xmas, danger, rivalry, supernatural, ghost ...
Time:
year 1972, 70s, year 1970, 1950s, year 1950
Place:
new england, usa, massachusetts
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A Japanese-American fisherman may have killed his neighbor Carl at sea. In the 1950s, race figures in the trial. So does reporter Ishmael.
Style:
sentimental, meditative, breathtaking, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, murder mystery, forbidden love, murder, racism, culture clash, betrayal, prejudice, justice, fisherman, jury, lawyer ...
Time:
1940s, 50s, 1930s, year 1999, 20th century ...
Place:
washington state, japan, asia, seattle, fictional island ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Unbeknownst to her husband Soedjiman, Sulastri made a pact with the devil so that she could have children. She gave birth to twins, Kumala, who survived, and Sumala, who died. Kumala grew up to be a kind child, but she was also physically and ...
Style:
supernatural thriller, dark, brutal, sadistic
Plot:
supernatural horror, village, possessed, terror, ghost, devil, haunting, twins, survival, wife, ritual, deformity ...
Time:
1940s, year 1948, year 1947, year 1950, year 1955 ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: China
Duration: 176 min.
Story:
Korean War, winter 1950. In the frozen and snowy area of Changjin Lake, a bloody battle is about to begin between the elite troops of the United States and China.
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, disturbing, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
korean war, chinese army, propaganda, soldier, army, historical event, heroism, cold weather, courage, war, battles, river battle ...
Time:
year 1950, 1950s, 20th century
Place:
china, korea, asia, north korea
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Genre: Drama, History, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, this film tells the tale of the 1950 US soccer team who, against all odds, beat England 1 - 0 in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Although no US team has yet won a World Cup title, this story is about the family traditions ...
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, sentimental, independent film
Audience:
kids
Plot:
soccer, interracial friendship, sport team, underdog, football, human spirit, against the odds, contests and competitions, rivalry, hopes, friendship, soccer match ...
Time:
year 2005, 50s, 20th century, 1950s, year 1950
Place:
brazil, missouri, usa, washington d.c., rio de janeiro ...
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Romance
Country: Belgium
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Jan Bocquoy narrates the story of his sexual life to age 28, imagining his conception (parents drunk, the encounter lasting ten seconds) and reporting his first orgasm (at the hands of Eddy, in a beach-side caravan, as they watch Laurel and Hardy), ...
Style:
erotic, sexual, biting, sex comedy, semi serious ...
Plot:
sexual initiation, bullying, writer's life, politics, storytelling, male nudity, hospital, nudity, older man younger woman relationship, teacher student relationship, older woman younger man relationship, sexual awakening ...
Time:
70s, 50s, 20th century, year 1950, year 1978 ...
Place:
belgium, brussels, europe, japan, tokyo ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In a small town in post-World-War-II France, an unhappy sixteen-year-old (Janine Castang) tries to escape her dreary situation by any means at her disposal. Three successive friends (Michel Davenne, a married lover; Raoul, a fellow thief; Mauricette ...
Style:
anthology, realistic, serious, touching, sentimental ...
Plot:
teenage girl, beach, irony, maid, teen angst, unfaithfulness, cheating on boyfriend, coming of age, world war two, teenage pregnancy, passion, extramarital affair ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, 1940s, post world war two, year 1950 ...
Place:
normandy, paris france, france
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, History
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Tells of the daring heist of The Stone of Destiny in the 1950s by a charming group of idealistic Scottish undergraduates, whose action rekindled Scottish nationalistic pride.
Style:
exciting, semi serious, touching, realistic, humorous ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
politics, nationalism, rebelliousness, folk hero, against the odds, rebellion, state affairs, perfect crime, cons and scams, caper, abbey, forgery ...
Time:
50s, year 2008, year 1951, year 1950, 20th century ...
Place:
london, england, europe, scotland, glasgow scotland
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A scientist from the failed Philadelphia Experiment leads a team of Navy SEALs back in time to the Cretaceous Period to rescue the first team he sent back during the 1940s. Things go wildly awry though, when on his return he accidentally brings a ...
Style:
tense, semi serious, mockbuster, exciting, natural horror ...
Plot:
time travel, tyrannosaurus rex, dinosaur, heroes, fish out of water, experiment gone awry, time portal, chaos and mayhem, imaginary, creature feature, creature, expedition ...
Time:
future, 1940s, prehistory, year 1950, year 1998 ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The career of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is halted by a witch hunt in the late 1940s when he defies the anti-communist HUAC committee and is blacklisted.
Style:
emotional, political, sad, factual, talky ...
Plot:
communism, politics, hollywood, biopic, gossip columnist, gossip, communist, cancer, movie business, mccarthyism, screenwriter, lung cancer ...
Time:
2010s, year 2015, 70s, year 1947, 1940s ...
Place:
los angeles, usa, kentucky
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A Hungarian family forced to flee the Communist country for the United States, must leave a young daughter behind. Six years later the family arranges to bring the absent daughter to the United States where she has trouble adjusting. The daughter ...
Style:
emotional, sentimental, touching, sincere, melancholic ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
immigrant, justice, family relations, cold war, police investigation, adolescence, family bonds, friendship, love and romance, self discovery, human nature, on the run ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, year 2001, 60s, 50s ...
Place:
california, budapest, europe, usa, austria ...
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Ip Man's peaceful life in Foshan changes after Gong Yutian seeks an heir for his family in Southern China. Ip Man then meets Gong Er who challenges him for the sake of regaining her family's honor. After the Second Sino-Japanese War, Ip ...
Style:
visually stunning, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu master, wing chun, kung fu, medieval, tai chi, heir, wuxia, vengeance, heroes, fight, opponent ...
Time:
1930s, 2010s, year 2013, 1940s, 50s ...
Place:
china, japan, hong kong, east asia, asia ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
During the Korean War Sergeant Paul Ryker is accused of defecting to Communist China and then returning to his unit as a spy.He's court-martialed and sentenced to death but his attorney believes Ryker's innocent and asks for a new trial.
Style:
period piece, tense, realistic, serious
Plot:
korean war, courtroom drama, court martial, courtroom, death sentence, spy, innocence, attorney, investigation, desertion, interrogation, false accusation ...
Time:
1950s, year 1950
Place:
china
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Genre: Family
Country: Australia, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Set in Tasmania, a boy is sent to stay with cousins while his mother is ill and discovers a wilderness adventure.
Plot:
woods, rural setting, horse riding, fog, father son relationship, storytelling, blood, fear, little boy, little girl, singing, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
year 1950
Place:
australia, tasmania
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Genre: Comedy, War
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Some British soldiers in Singapore are more concerned with finding sex than finding Communists.
Style:
sex comedy, dark comedy, black comedy, entertaining, crying ...
Plot:
sexual frustration, british empire, public nudity, hairy chested man, sex scene, cancan dance, bare butt, woods, shootout, nudity, male pubic hair, horniness ...
Time:
1950s, year 1950, 50s
Place:
singapore
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Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Norway, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A fun journey through the history of the automobile, this film is about a group of future computer hackers that wire an arcade game to work as a time machine. Among appearances in the movie are Henry Ford, Mercedes Benz, and modern race car driver ...
Plot:
time travel, group of friends, artificial intelligence, computer, formula 1, hacker, sick father, bonnie and clyde, teenager, altering history, classic car, woman driver ...
Time:
80s, 1880s, year 1971, year 1914, 1920s ...
Place:
santa monica california, europe, italy
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In 1957, insurance investigator George Lazarus is tasked with interviewing twelve employees of the Deadly Sin Cigarette Company when his firm receives a suspicious insurance claim. He learns that all twelve had been let go after contracting ...
Style:
psychotronic, scary, tense, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
zombie, murder, virus, psycho, death, gangster, undead, fate of humanity, camaraderie, peril, rivalry, survival ...
Time:
year 1960, year 1950
Place:
new york
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
In 1950, amidst the ravages of the Korean War, Sergeant Süleyman stumbles upon a a half-frozen little girl, with no parents and no help in sight. Frantic, scared and on the verge of death, this little girl captures the heart of Süleyman, who risks ...
Style:
touching, disturbing, suspenseful, factual, suspense ...
Plot:
little girl, korean war, turk, orphan, soldier, care, child custody, school, military base, rescue, mother daughter relationship, military ...
Time:
50s, year 2010, year 1950, 1950s
Place:
turkey, korea
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: South Korea, USA, Ireland, Italy
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A noisy and absurd re-telling of the great 1950 invasion of Inchon during the Korean War which was masterminded by General Douglas MacArthur.
Style:
historical drama, psychotronic, independent film
Plot:
korean war, military industrial complex, american imperialism, historical event, conservative, cold war era, bomb squad, invasion, marines, stalinism, un, voice over narration ...
Time:
1950s, year 1981, year 1950, 80s, 50s
Place:
north korea, seoul, tokyo, usa, korea ...
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29K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min.
TV show
Story:
Dr. Joyce Reardon, a psychology professor, leads a team of psychics into the decrepit mansion known as Rose Red. Her efforts unleash the spirit of former owner Ellen Rimbauer and uncover the horrifying secrets of those who lived and died there.
Style:
creepy, atmospheric, psychological, scary, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, stephen king, supernatural, mansion, psychic, haunted, afterlife, psychic power, telekinesis, paranormal phenomena, supernatural ability ...
Time:
year 2000, 20th century, year 1991, 1910s, 1900s ...
Place:
seattle, africa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Norway, Spain
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
Swedish thriller based on Stieg Larsson's novel about a male journalist and a young female hacker. In the opening of the movie, Mikael Blomkvist, a middle-aged publisher for the magazine Millennium, loses a libel case brought by corrupt Swedish ...
Style:
tense, sexy, detective, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hacker, rape, investigation, journalist, twists and turns, strong female lead, sexual abuse, age difference, violence against women, goth, femme fatale, strong female character ...
Time:
2000s, year 2009, year 2010, year 1949, year 1958 ...
Place:
scandinavia, stockholm sweden, europe, eastern europe, australia
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Bless Me Father is a British sitcom starring Arthur Lowe, Daniel Abineri, Gabrielle Daye, Patrick McAlinney, David Ryall, Derek Francis and Sheila Keith. It was aired on ITV from 1978 until 1981 and described the adventures of an Irish Catholic ...
Style:
sitcom, period piece, light hearted, heartfelt, witty ...
Plot:
catholicism, unhappiness, social commentary, religions or cults, social relations, church, suburbs, suburban life, society, clergy, housekeeper, priest ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, 50s, year 1950
Place:
london, england
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Freddie, a volatile, heavy-drinking veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, finds some semblance of a family when he stumbles onto the ship of Lancaster Dodd, the charismatic leader of a new "religion" he forms after World ...
Style:
art house, atmospheric, philosophical, cerebral, surreal ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
psychiatry, scientology, right hand man, drifter, sex, female pubic hair, mentor, religion, bare breasts, religions or cults, brainwashing, writers ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 20th century, 1940s, year 1950 ...
Place:
usa, phoenix arizona, san francisco, alabama, pennsylvania ...
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