Movies: 1950s

A young man by the name of Atif Kurtovic goes into a mine for the first time in his life to become a miner and to continue exactly where his now retired grandfather had left off. However, his fate is soon completely changed when he is picked as the f...

A documentary about 1950's Reunion island....

A domestic black comedy, MISTER E expresses some of the edgier mischief and discontent that women of mid-century America could rarely express openly. This short film narrates the revenge acted out by a young wife, left at home while her husband is at...

Dreams and reality collide as Shelly, a lonely 50s housewife trapped in a loveless marriage, struggles to reconcile her identity with her conflicting fears and desires....

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"Stolen Education" documents the untold story of Mexican-American school children who challenged discrimination in Texas schools in the 1950s and changed the face of education in the Southwest....

In 1950s North Korea, during the war with South Korea, Son-a, a stunningly beautiful young girl, saves the life of Il-kyu, a wounded soldier left behind after a brutal battle. Despite being thrown together by tragic circumstances, the innocent young ...

What if I told you the plot of Vertigo is true, but the story even more perversely rooted in the traumatic history of a dictatorship, in a nation’s obsession with a woman who became a goddess and a savior, and in the real-life attempt to reincarnate ...

Chapter 11 of the series 18 decades of life in Mexico in the twentieth century. Images of the cultural, social and political life in Mexico between 1950 and 1954 Narrates the period of the history of Mexico from 1950 to 1954, marked by capitalism an...

Set in the 1950s, the PLA exterminates residual bandits in the Yunwushan Mountain....

Pat's babysitting responsibilities are tested when eight-year-old Bean's parents never return....

Canberra, the National Capital of Australia, is a city which has been planned; a place where modern living is enriched by a lovely setting. But the hustling young city of today is expanding and developing, and there is emerging the pattern of the pro...

When a disenfranchised, world-famous photographer is interviewed by university students and presented with a portfolio of his life's work he is transported back to his very first photoshoot with a special yet mysterious subject....

A young detective in 1950’s Los Angeles comes to terms with their identity while tracking down a serial killer targeting the city’s top detectives....

In the movies since he was an infant, Chris Olsen appeared in films by some of the best directors of the 1950's. Even though he never became a famous child actor, he played a pivotal role in some of the most iconic movies of the era. Retired since ...

Born Norma Jean Baker, actress Marilyn Monroe would become one of the most iconic and desirable women in the world. From her humble beginnings, to her USO performances, to her now-famous pin-up photographs and award-winning acting roles, Marilyn made...

The leader of an all-girl teenage greaser gang attempts to get the attention of her bookworm crush, but her usual tactics don’t seem to be working....

Stop-motion animation on the arranging of marriages in 1950/60s set in the Eastern-Polish borderland. The script is based on a part of Mikołaj Smyk's diary, the director's grandfather. The biographical objects used in the animation, such as an authen...

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Inspired by real events, combat surgeon Sergio Passaro is deployed to a remote UN position in North Korea in November 1950, He finds himself at the Chosin Reservoir, where outnumbered Marines face annihilation at the hands of thousands of Chinese sol...