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The decade of the '''1950s in film''' involved many significant films.

==Trends==
Films of the 1950s were of a wide variety. As a result of the introduction of television, the studios and companies sought to put audiences back in theaters. They used more techniques in presenting their films through widescreen and big-approach methods, such as [[Cinemascope]], [[VistaVision]], and [[Cinerama]], as well as gimmicks like [[3-D film]]. Big production and spectacle films were perfect for this gained popularity, with the many historic and fantasy epics like ''[[The Robe (film)|The Robe]]'' (1953),''[[The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men]]'' (1952), ''[[The Ten Commandments (1956 film)|The Ten Commandments]]'' (1956), ''[[The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad]]'' (1958), and ''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]'' (1959). Other big-scoped films thrived internationally, too, such as Soviet fantasy director [[Aleksandr Ptushko]]'s mythological epics ''[[Sadko]]'', ''[[Ilya Muromets (film)|Ilya Muromets]]'', and ''[[Sampo (film)|Sampo]]'', and Japanese director [[Akira Kurosawa]]'s historic ''[[Seven Samurai]]'', ''[[Throne of Blood]]'', and ''[[Rashomon]]''. [[Toshiro Mifune]], who starred in those Kurosawa films, also starred in the color spectacle ''[[Samurai Trilogy]]''.

This spectacle approach, coupled with [[Cold War]] paranoia, a renewed interest in science from the [[atomic bomb]], as well as increased interest in the mysteries of outer space and other [[forteana]], lent itself well to what this film decade is best known for, [[science fiction]]. The [[science fiction film|science fiction]] genre began its [[golden age]] during this decade with such notable films as ''[[The Day the Earth Stood Still]]'' (1951), ''[[The Thing from Another World]]'' (1951), ''[[The War of the Worlds (1953 film)|The War of the Worlds]]'' (1953), ''[[It Came from Outer Space]]'' (1953), ''[[Creature from the Black Lagoon]]'' (1954), ''[[Them!]]'' (1954), ''[[This Island Earth]]'' (1955), ''[[Earth vs. the Flying Saucers]]'' (1956), and ''[[Forbidden Planet]]'' (1956), as well as [[Japanese science fiction]] [[tokusatsu]] films. There were also Earth-based "sci-fi" subjects, including [[kaiju]] films such as the ''[[Godzilla (franchise)|Godzilla]]'' series as well as ''[[20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film)|20,000 Leagues Under the Sea]]'' (1954) and ''[[When Worlds Collide (1951 film)|When Worlds Collide]]'' (1951). Companies such as [[American International Pictures]], Japan's [[Toho]], and Britain's [[Hammer Film Productions]] were created to solely produce films of the [[fantastique]] genres.

The decade was equally adept at both character and realistic films. The highly noted actors [[James Stewart]], [[John Wayne]], and [[Marlon Brando]] were at the peak of their popularity. Stewart, starring in ''[[Winchester '73 (1950 film)|Winchester '73]]'', and Wayne, starring in John Ford's Cavalry Trilogy and ''[[The Searchers (film)|The Searchers]]'', revitalized the [[western film|western]]. Brando mastered versatile roles in films such as ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 film)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]'', ''[[The Wild One]]'' (1953), ''[[Julius Caesar (1953 film)|Julius Caesar]]'', ''[[On the Waterfront]]'' (1954), ''[[Guys and Dolls (film)|Guys and Dolls]]'' (1955), ''[[The Teahouse of the August Moon (film)|The Teahouse of the August Moon]]'' (1956), and ''[[Sayonara]]'' (1957).

Director [[Alfred Hitchcock]] was at the peak of his craft, with films such as ''[[Strangers on a Train (film)|Strangers on a Train]]'' (1951), ''[[Dial M for Murder]]'' (1954), ''[[Rear Window]]'' (1954), ''[[To Catch a Thief (film)|To Catch a Thief]]'' (1955), ''[[The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956 film)|The Man Who Knew Too Much]]'' (1956), ''[[Vertigo (film)|Vertigo]]'' (1958), and ''[[North by Northwest]]'' (1959), with [[James Stewart]] and [[Grace Kelly]] starring in three each. The [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali]] Indian director [[Satyajit Ray]], who began his career in the 1950s, was also at the peak of his career during this decade, with films such as ''[[The Apu Trilogy]]'' (1955–1959), ''[[Jalsaghar]]'' (1958), and ''[[Parash Pathar]]'' (1958).

==Lists of films==
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==See also==
* [[Film]], [[History of film]], [[Lists of films]]

==External lists==
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature,short&release_date=1950-01-01,1959-12-31&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 1950s films] at [[IMDb]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=1950-01-01,1959-12-31&adult=include List of 1950s deaths] at [[IMDb]]
* [https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?birth_date=1950-01-01,1959-12-31&adult=include List of 1950s births] at [[IMDb]]

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