| Howl (2010) | 6.6 | |
| September 30, 1955 (1977) | 6.2 | |
| The Fall of '55 (2006) | 5.8 | |
| Till (2022) | 7.2 | |
| Shout (1991) | 5.3 |
Year 1955 movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant year 1955 movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, realistic, independent film, sentimental, touching and emotional films and TV shows about / with family relations, supernatural, small town, society, teenager, death, coming of age, flashback, teacher and flash forward plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Horror genres shot in USA, Canada, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as year 1955: Back to the Future Part III (1990), Just Looking (1999), Shout (1991), The Rosa Parks Story (2002), Cantinflas (2014), The Alchemist (1983), The Fall of '55 (2006), The Rocket (2005), The Long Walk Home (1990), Oh, What a Night (1992).
Best films
List of year 1955 movies
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The final installment of the Back to the Future trilogy finds Marty digging the trusty DeLorean out of a mineshaft and looking for Doc in the Wild West of 1885. But when their time machine breaks down, the travelers are stranded in a land of spurs. ...
Style:
light, saga, futuristic, sentimental, not serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, date night ...
Plot:
time travel, time machine, mad scientist, changing the past or future, old west, sent to the past, time, time loop, inventor, alternate timeline, time paradox, duel ...
Time:
19th century, 1950s, future, 90s, 80s ...
Place:
space western, los angeles, north america, california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
It's 1955. Lenny is a 14-year old boy who is totally fascinated by sex. He is too scared to "do it," so he dedicates his summer to seeing two other people do it. Easier said than done. Caught in the act of spying, his mother and ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, touching, period piece, sex comedy ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, kids, teens
Plot:
coming of age, voyeur, voyeurism, coitus, teenager, nudity, infidelity, youth, obsession, friendship, young lovers, sexual relations ...
Time:
year 1955, 1950s, year 1999, 50s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, bronx new york city, new jersey
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A new music teacher in a 1955 West Texas home for wayward boys brings new vision and hope for many of the interned boys.
Style:
independent film, uplifting, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
rock and roll, music teacher, teacher, troubled youth, school teacher, schoolboy, coming of age, escape, teachers and students, school, high school, rock ...
Time:
year 1955, 1950s, year 1991, 50s
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The story of the civil rights heroine whose refusal to obey racial bus segregation was just one of her acts in her fight for justice.
Style:
uplifting, thought provoking, realistic, serious, political ...
Plot:
civil rights movement, civil disobedience, african american, civil rights, racial segregation, racism, black history, fighting the system, rebellion, social differences, injustice, legal ...
Time:
year 1955, 50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place:
alabama, america, usa
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Mike Todd is a Broadway producer struggling to produce the film. Around the World in 80 Days. In Mexico, Mario Moreno, a young entertainer is struggling to get some respect, and he manages to become a star. A twist of faith makes them partners. ...
Style:
sentimental, serious, realistic, captivating, crying
Plot:
filmmaking, biopic, hollywood, showbiz, rising to stardom, actor's life, rise to the top, artists and showbiz, celebrity, husband wife relationship, fame, film history ...
Time:
year 1941, year 1966, year 1940, year 1993, year 1955 ...
Place:
mexico city, usa, los angeles, mexico
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A man seeks revenge on an evil magician who placed a curse on him.
Style:
psychotronic, lovecraft, independent film, eighties
Plot:
supernatural, demon, curse, automobile, premonition, possession, forest, devil, magician, portal, exploitation, magic ...
Time:
year 1955
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Genre: Documentary, Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
In late 1955 and early 1956, the citizens of Boise, Idaho believed there was a menace in their midst. On Halloween, investigators arrested three men on charges of having sex with teenage boys. The investigators claimed the arrests were just the tip ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, gay slur, witch hunt, halloween, justice, prison, interview, police, homosexual, sex scandal, homosexual history ...
Time:
year 1956, year 1955, 1950s, 50s
Place:
idaho
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
In the late 1930s, a young machinist named Maurice Richard distinguished himself as a ice hockey player of preternatural talent. Although that was enough to get him into the Montreal Canadiens, his frequent injuries cost him the confidence of his ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sincere, touching, sentimental ...
Plot:
hockey player, ice hockey, hockey, factory, discrimination, athlete's life, protest, working class, contests and competitions, rise to the top, human spirit, underdog ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 1930s, year 1955, year 1937 ...
Place:
quebec, montreal, toronto ontario canada, boston, new york ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Two women, black and white, in 1955 Montgomery Alabama, must decide what they are going to do in response to the famous bus boycott lead by Martin Luther King.
Style:
inspirational, independent film, touching, realistic, political ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
racism, civil rights, segregation, african american, friendship, ku klux klan, women, black history, racial discrimination, social commentary, race issues, black ...
Time:
1950s, year 1955, 20th century, 50s
Place:
america, usa, alabama, southern usa, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
During the summer of 1955, seventeen-year-old Eric Hansen embarks on a journey in his new town, a journey which will change his life forever.
Style:
semi serious, sentimental, humorous, independent film, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
older woman younger man relationship, older woman younger man sex, small town, adolescence vs adulthood, older woman younger man, best friend, love and romance, eccentric family, teenage love, society, family problems, misfit ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1955
Place:
canada
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
"We are all angels. It is what we do with our wings that separates us." In the next two days, the town of Northfork will cease to exist. The year is 1955 and Northfork is literally about to be "dammed," flooded to make way for a ...
Style:
visually stunning, surreal, psychological, melancholic, touching ...
Plot:
small town, adoption, boy, dream, coming of age, society, hopes, human nature, social relations, sick child, priest, terminal illness ...
Time:
year 2003, 50s, 20th century, 1950s, year 1955
Place:
montana, usa, california, minnesota, tokyo
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
As lawyer and power broker Roy Cohn lies dying of AIDS in a private hospital room, ghosts from his past visit him as he reflects on his life and loves.
Style:
sincere, captivating, thought provoking, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
closeted homosexual, aids, mccarthyism, hospital, politics, hotshot lawyer, gay, gay lead character, lawyer, homosexual history, hallucination, sexual attraction ...
Time:
year 1935, 20th century, 50s, year 1952, year 1972 ...
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Set against the backdrop of an increasingly violent strike, a worker falls in love with the middle-class daughter of his landlady.
Style:
humorous, sentimental, stylized, touching, atmospheric ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
female nudity, strike, couples, injustice, family relations, sexual dysfunction, weakness, couple relations, love and romance, destructive relationship, unfulfillment, prostitute ...
Time:
year 1982, 20th century, 50s, year 1955, 1950s
Place:
france, brittany
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Several years after the tragic death of their little girl, a dollmaker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home, soon becoming the target of the dollmaker's possessed creation, Annabelle.
Style:
spooky, religious horror, psychological, suspense, saga ...
Plot:
ghost, evil doll, supernatural horror, supernatural, doll, nun, demonic possession, haunted, orphan, evil spirit, demon, loss of daughter ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, year 1955, 1950s, 50s
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
After moving from their home to an apartment building, a new terror awaits Rini’s family.
Style:
psychological, tense, bleak, gothic horror, captivating ...
Plot:
supernatural horror, terror, ghost, halloween, supernatural, house, life is a bitch, old dark house, haunting, haunted, ritual, evil ...
Time:
2020s, year 1955, 1950s, year 1984, 80s ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An abusive sexual relationship between a white spinster schoolteacher and a young black janitor in 1956 Kansas complicates her struggle to come to grips with her sexuality and emotions.
Style:
independent film, freeze frame, crying, f word
Plot:
sexual attraction, interracial sex, sexual abuse, seductive behavior, interracial rape, sexual tension, rape victim, sexual harassment, caught having sex, older woman younger man relationship, nudity, bare chested male ...
Time:
year 1979, year 1954, year 1956, 1950s, year 1955 ...
Place:
kansas
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Death (in Bavarian: Boandlkramer) is supposed to get little Maxl, but he falls in love with Maxl's mother. Confused by the previously unknown feelings, he confides in the devil. The incarnate persuades him to start a business where the ...
Style:
heartfelt, mythical, period piece, emotional, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mortality, afterlife, devil, supernatural, folklore, bittersweet, village life, family drama, magic realism, redemption, temptation, moral dilemma ...
Time:
1950s, year 1955
Place:
bavaria
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Susie Q was going to a dance one night when she and her boyfriend got into a car crash and fell off a bridge. Years later, a teenager named Zach Sands moves into Susie's old house. Zach's father died in a car accident so his family is his ...
Style:
teen, semi serious, humorous
Audience:
kids, teens, teen drama
Plot:
ghost, reincarnation, teenager, high school, high school romance, supernatural, adolescence, car crash, afterlife, friends, fall in love, angel ...
Time:
1950s, year 1995, 90s, 50s, year 1955
Place:
washington d.c., washington state
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young nurse is kidnapped by a group of violent teens who escape from a mental hospital and take her on the road trip from hell. Pursued by an equally deranged lawman out for revenge, one of the teens is destined for tragedy and horrors that will ...
Style:
slasher, perverse, psychotronic, suspense, brutal ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
serial killer, maniac, chainsaw, revenge, chainsaw murder, mental institution, kidnapping, rage, torture, crime spree, psycho killer, disturbed individual ...
Time:
60s, year 1965, 1950s, year 1955, 50s
Place:
texas, southern usa
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A young man finds out that his parents had been used in an atomic-weapons experiment shortly before he was born, and that the results have had some unexpected effects on him.
Style:
medical horror, suspenseful, rough, gothic, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
supernatural, experiment gone awry, danger, supernatural ability, government agency, body horror, secret past, monster, burned alive, conspiracy, exploitation, scientist ...
Time:
90s, 50s, 80s, 20th century, year 1955 ...
Place:
california
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Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Arizona Indian Ira Hayes' (Tony Curtis) life is a tragedy after he joins the Marines and helps raise the flag at Iwo Jima.
Plot:
world war two, spy, soldier, addiction, lonely, u.s. marine, ptsd, biopic, marines, alcoholism, pacific war, american indian ...
Time:
1940s, year 1961, year 1945, year 1955, 20th century ...
Place:
arizona
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Moments in four different years in the lives of the Harper family beginning with 1955 as a hopeful Eunice prepares to go to a party, and her brother Phillip, a recent college graduate, departs for New York In 1963, a married Eunice and her husband ...
Style:
period piece, heartfelt, comedy drama, sentimental, dramatic
Plot:
female protagonist, family relations, family drama, dysfunctional family, regret, bittersweet, siblings, character study, mother daughter conflict, small town, homecoming, nostalgia ...
Time:
1950s, 60s, 70s, year 1955, year 1963 ...
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Drama about students at a girls' school, their boyfriends, and an unexpected pregnancy.
Style:
heartfelt
Audience:
teens
Plot:
high school, good girl gone bad, coming of age, death, nostalgia, pregnancy, school nurse, pregnant teenager, teenage pregnancy, young love, death of friend, christmas party ...
Time:
year 1955, 1950s, 50s
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Rebel. Icon. Legend. James Dean’s untimely death on September 30, 1955, shocked the world and helped define an entire generation. This gripping drama chronicles the reactions of an Arkansas college town to the tragedy and focuses on Jimmy J., a ...
Style:
southern gothic, period drama
Plot:
grief, tragedy, mourning, mental breakdown, self destructing, loss of innocence, car crash, teenage angst, obsession, youth culture, isolation, fan culture ...
Time:
1950s, year 1955, 50s
Place:
arkansas
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Genre: Drama
Country: Venezuela
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Dauna dared to be different. She faced the ancestral practices of her culture and she paid the price. She made decisions which made herself suffer and others as well. Without giving up before defeats and loses, these led her to reconcile and become ...
Style:
non-linear
Plot:
husband wife conflict, american indian, fire, prison, singing, photograph, priest, female protagonist, beach, teacher, flashback, tradition ...
Time:
year 1955, year 1973, year 1970, year 1980, year 1985 ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Somewhere in England, in the Autumn of 1955, a widowed father and his son live an idyllic life together. Only their gas station happens to sit on a piece of land that a local developer wants to buy. And when he won't take no for an answer, and ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, touching, feel good
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
father son relationship, single father, poaching, real life father and son playing father and son, english countryside, landowner, hunting, poacher, gypsy, family relations, social differences, family life ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1955
Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Dack Rambo and Elyssa Davalos star as sweethearts Andy Stuart and Jessica Gordon. The course of true love is messed up when Satan claims Jessica as his own personal property. Desperately, Andy turns to a pair of priests, Fathers Kemschler and ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, rough, dark, cult horror ...
Plot:
supernatural, exorcism, devil worship, priest, partner, afterlife, supernatural ability, danger, child in peril, car accident, killer animal, ghost ...
Time:
70s, year 1955
Place:
new orleans, california, san francisco, new york, louisiana
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Anti-Semitism, race relations, coming of age, and fathers and sons: in Baltimore from fall, 1954, to fall, 1955.
Style:
period piece, frightening, sentimental, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, racism, interracial relations, white male black female relationship, friendship, love, interracial romance, adolescence, family relations, high school, culture clash, interracial ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1999, 60s, 20th century ...
Place:
baltimore, maryland, usa, atlantic city new jersey, belgium ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After Brad and Meg move to a detached house in need of major repairs after a fire and decades of neglect, they're happy that cheerful teenage son Tyler behaves normally, for puberty. Young daughter Gina's stories about sometimes evil ...
Style:
suspense, scary, serious, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
goblin, family relations, supernatural, ghost, riddles and clues, danger, family life, monster, psychiatrist, little creatures, magical creature, psychiatric hospital ...
Time:
year 1955
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Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, UK, France, Italy, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A French football playing exchange student falls in love.
Style:
sexual, independent film, contemplative, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
white male black female relationship, interracial couple, interracial romance, age difference, interracial, interracial relations, college, couples, love and romance, fall in love, self discovery, coming of age ...
Time:
year 1994, 50s, 1950s, year 1955
Place:
virginia, paris france, france, europe, usa ...
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