Tag: 1950s

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Torn from the Flag

Torn from the Flag

A sociopolitical historical documentary-thriller about the international decline of communism...

Going All the Way

Going All the Way

Korean War--era veterans and ex-classmates "Gunner" Casselman and "Sonny" Burns...

Hollywood Rated 'R'

Hollywood Rated 'R'

A roller-coaster ride through the history of American exploitation films,...

A Scent of Paradise

A Scent of Paradise

Stockholm 1956. The Swedish botanist, candidate and lieutenant Nils von...

El crimen del cine Oriente

El crimen del cine Oriente

Valencia, Spain, in the early 1950s. Salvador and María, two...

Murder Remembered - Norfolk County 1950.

Murder Remembered - Norfolk County 1950.

The recounting of a deadly Canadian bank robbery in the...

Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess

Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess

In 1956, actress and Hollywood star Grace Kelly (1929-82), then...

The Silly Age

The Silly Age

The "edad de la peseta" or silly age is the...

Mário Eloy - A Runaway Painter

Mário Eloy - A Runaway Painter

Documentary about the life and work of Mário Eloy, one...

Gods and Monsters

Gods and Monsters

It's 1957, and James Whale's heyday as the director of...

The Iron Giant

The Iron Giant

In the small town of Rockwell, Maine in October 1957,...

October Sky

October Sky

Homer Hickam is a kid with only one future in...

Liberty Heights

Liberty Heights

This semi-autobiographical film by Barry Levinson follows various members of...

The Day Silence Died

The Day Silence Died

A handsome and mysterious stranger, played by Darío Grandinetti, walks...

Blindfolded

Blindfolded

Two 9-year-old boys, Jontti and Länki, grow up in a...

Good Night, and Good Luck.

Good Night, and Good Luck.

The story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator...

The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio

The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio

A Midwestern housewife supports her large family by entering contests...

Saint Ralph

Saint Ralph

This Canadian made comedy/drama, set in Hamilton, Ontario in 1954,...

A Painted House

A Painted House

A young boy, his family, and the migrant workers they...

Code Breakers

Code Breakers

In 1951, a cheating scandal rocks West Point academy, as...

Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us

Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us

Directors Stephen Spielberg, George Lucas, Ridley Scott and James Cameron...

Kitchen Stories

Kitchen Stories

Swedish efficiency researchers come to Norway for a study of...

Always - Sunset on Third Street

Always - Sunset on Third Street

Teenage Mutsuko comes to Tokyo for work but ends up...

Who Got Diana Dors's Millions?

British cinema's original sex symbol, Diana Dors, left her £2...