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    • The Prowler (1951)

      1. The Prowler

      19511h 32mApproved
      7.1 (4.9K)
      After Susan Gilvray reports a prowler outside her house, police officer Webb Garwood investigates and sparks fly. If only her husband wasn't in the way.
    • Marlene Dietrich, Mel Ferrer, and Arthur Kennedy in Rancho Notorious (1952)

      2. Rancho Notorious

      19521h 29mApproved
      6.8 (5.9K)
      After the murder of his fiancée, a Wyoming ranch hand sets out to find her killer.
    • Bette Davis in The Star (1952)

      3. The Star

      19521h 29mApproved54Metascore
      6.9 (4.3K)
      A washed-up movie queen finds romance, but still desires a comeback.
    • Dennis O'Keefe and Ann Sheridan in Woman on the Run (1950)

      4. Woman on the Run

      19501h 17mApproved
      7.2 (5.4K)
      Frank Johnson becomes an eyewitness to a murder. He's pursued around San Francisco by his wife, the police, and the killer.
    • Shelley Winters and John Garfield in He Ran All the Way (1951)

      5. He Ran All the Way

      19511h 17mApproved
      7.0 (3.2K)
      Nick and his partner Al stage a payroll holdup. Al is shot, and Nick kills a policeman. Nick hides out at a public pool, where he meets Peg Dobbs. They go back to her apartment, and he forces her family to hide him from the police manhunt.
    • Anne Baxter and Raymond Burr in The Blue Gardenia (1953)

      6. The Blue Gardenia

      19531h 30mApproved
      6.8 (6.6K)
      A telephone operator ends up drunk and at the mercy of a cad in his apartment. The next morning she wakes up with a hangover and the terrible fear she may have committed murder.
    • The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)

      7. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms

      19531h 20mApproved
      6.6 (9.3K)
      A ferocious dinosaur awakened by an Arctic atomic test terrorizes the North Atlantic and, ultimately, New York City.
    • Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)

      8. Cyrano de Bergerac

      19501h 53mApproved
      7.4 (4.8K)
      The charismatic swordsman-poet and provocateur in 1640s Paris helps a young guardsman woo the woman he loves, complicated by the politics of the nobility and the war with Spain.
    • The Moon Is Blue (1953)

      9. The Moon Is Blue

      19531h 39mApproved
      6.7 (2.6K)
      Two aging playboys are both after the same attractive young woman, but she fends them off by claiming that she plans to remain a virgin until her wedding night. Both men determine to find a way around her objections.
    • Joseph Cotten and Teresa Wright in The Steel Trap (1952)

      10. The Steel Trap

      19521h 25mApproved
      6.9 (1.8K)
      A Los Angeles bank assistant-manager devises a plan to steal money from the bank's vault and to flee to Brazil with his unsuspecting wife.
    • Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in The Abbott and Costello Show (1952)

      11. The Abbott and Costello Show

      1952–1957TV-GTV Series
      8.1 (1.4K)
      Bud and Lou are unemployed actors living in Mr. Fields' boarding house. Lou's girlfriend Hillary lives across the hall. Any premise would lead to slapstick, puns, lots of gimmicks from their movies.
    • David Wayne in M (1951)

      12. M

      19511h 28mNot Rated
      6.8 (2.5K)
      In this Americanization of the 1931 German thriller, both the police and the criminal underworld stalk a mysterious serial killer who preys on little girls.
    • Rhonda Fleming and Dick Powell in Cry Danger (1951)

      13. Cry Danger

      19511h 19mApproved
      7.3 (2.9K)
      Ex-con Rocky Mulloy seeks the real culprit in the crime for which he was framed in a night world of deceptive dames and double crosses.
    • Mercedes McCambridge in The Scarf (1951)

      14. The Scarf

      19511h 33mApproved
      6.7 (737)
      A man believed to have murdered a woman, escapes from the insane asylum to find if he was the one who actually killed her using the scarf she was wearing.
    • A Bullet Is Waiting (1954)

      15. A Bullet Is Waiting

      19541h 30mApproved
      5.6 (651)
      After their small plane crashes in the wilderness, a sheriff's deputy and his prisoner take shelter at an isolated farm.
    • Polly Bergen, Jerry Lewis, and Dean Martin in At War with the Army (1950)

      16. At War with the Army

      19501h 33mApproved
      5.5 (2.8K)
      Alvin Corwin is low man on the totem pole, and goes from one mishap to another at an army training camp in World War II.
    • Donovan's Brain (1953)

      17. Donovan's Brain

      19531h 24mApproved
      5.9 (1.8K)
      Three scientists unlawfully remove the still living brain of a dead tycoon and experiment with it but the evil brain begins to telepathically control the lead scientist.
    • Beverly Michaels and Allan Nixon in Pickup (1951)

      18. Pickup

      19511h 18mApproved
      6.7 (973)
      A lonely widower marries a young woman who resents his frugal ways and hatches a plan to murder him.
    • Jackie Robinson in The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)

      19. The Jackie Robinson Story

      19501h 17mApproved
      6.4 (1.5K)
      Biography of Jackie Robinson, the first black major league baseball player in the 20th century. Traces his career in the negro leagues and the major leagues. Restored in original Black and White.
    • Herbert Berghof, Peter Graves, and Andrea King in Red Planet Mars (1952)

      20. Red Planet Mars

      19521h 27mApproved
      4.9 (1.6K)
      An American scientist is able to contact and communicate with Mars with shattering political, economic, and spiritual repercussions.
    • Sydney Greenstreet, Lucille Bremer, Louis Hayward, Diana Lynn, Zachary Scott, and Martha Vickers in Ruthless (1948)

      21. Ruthless

      19481h 44mApproved
      6.8 (1.5K)
      A poor boy who saved a rich girl from drowning is adopted by her family, but he grows into a money-hungry ruthless businessman who would step on others to get to the top of the social ladder.
    • Charlton Heston and Jennifer Jones in Ruby Gentry (1952)

      22. Ruby Gentry

      19521h 22m
      6.6 (1.9K)
      A sexy but poor young girl marries a rich man she doesn't love, but carries a torch for another man.
    • Fred MacMurray and Claire Trevor in Borderline (1950)

      23. Borderline

      19501h 28mApproved
      6.0 (1.7K)
      Two undercover agents infiltrate a drug-smuggling ring in Mexico, but neither is aware of the other's identity.
    • Mickey Rooney, Pat O'Brien, Glen Corbett, and Beverly Tyler in The Fireball (1950)

      24. The Fireball

      19501h 24mApproved
      5.6 (391)
      An orphanage runaway becomes a roller-skating champion, then contracts polio.
    • Beverly Michaels in Wicked Woman (1953)

      25. Wicked Woman

      19531h 17mApproved
      6.7 (1.1K)
      Drifting floozy Billie Nash gets a bar job where she seduces the owner's husband by convincing him to defraud his drunkard wife in order to elope together to Mexico, but a sleazy neighbor with designs on Billie jeopardizes her plans.
    • Randolph Scott, Karin Booth, George 'Gabby' Hayes, and Bill Williams in The Cariboo Trail (1950)

      26. The Cariboo Trail

      19501h 21mApproved
      5.9 (978)
      Montanans Jim Redfern and Mike Evans head into Canada's British Columbia via the Cariboo Trail intent to raise cattle and dig for gold but find trouble instead.
    • Celeste Holm and Ronald Colman in Champagne for Caesar (1950)

      27. Champagne for Caesar

      19501h 39mNot Rated
      7.3 (1.4K)
      In order to get even with the pompous president of a soap company, an eccentric genius goes on his quiz show in order to bankrupt his company.
    • Robert Young and Betsy Drake in The Second Woman (1950)

      28. The Second Woman

      19501h 31mApproved
      6.3 (1.5K)
      In flashback from a 'Rebecca'-style beginning: Ellen Foster, visiting her aunt on the California coast, meets neighbor Jeff Cohalan and his ultramodern clifftop house.
    • Howard Duff and Ida Lupino in Jennifer (1953)

      29. Jennifer

      19531h 13mNot Rated
      5.8 (554)
      Agnes Langley gets a job, through Jim Hollis, as caretaker of an old and vacated estate. The owner's cousin, Jennifer, was the last occupant and mysteriously disappeared. Agnes soon begins to believe that Jennifer was murdered and that Jim, whom she has fallen in love with, is responsible.
    • Forever, Darling (1956)

      30. Forever, Darling

      19561h 36mApproved
      6.0 (1.3K)
      TV's great comedy duo, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, star in this madcap comedy about a research chemist whose dedicated pursuit of a new pesticide wreaks havoc on his marriage.
    • Guilty of Treason (1950)

      31. Guilty of Treason

      19501h 26mNot Rated
      6.1 (262)
      The story of Cardinal Josef Mindszenty, a Roman Catholic cardinal from Hungary who spoke out against both the German occupation of his country during World War II and the Communist regime that replaced it after the war. Mindszenty was arrested, tortured, and eventually released, but was persecuted to the extent that he wound up taking refuge in the US Embassy in Budapest for many years, still acting as a spokesman for the Hungarians who wanted the Soviet occupation forces and their Hungarian collaborators out of the country.
    • June Vincent in Shed No Tears (1948)

      32. Shed No Tears

      19481h 10mApproved
      6.3 (515)
      A wife convinces her husband to fake his death so they can collect on the life insurance. However, he doesn't know that she has been having an affair for some time, and she has plans for the money - and they don't include him.
    • Actors and Sin (1952)

      33. Actors and Sin

      19521h 22mNot Rated
      5.3 (227)
      Two-part story--the first is about a washed-up Broadway actor and his tough daughter, who is a bigger star than he is; the second is about a literary agent whose newest client--a nine-year-old girl--is the author of a borderline pornographic book.
    • John Ireland and Jane Randolph in Open Secret (1948)

      34. Open Secret

      19481h 8mApproved
      6.3 (364)
      Newlyweds come to visit groom's friend, only to discover him missing; and their investigation uncovers evidence of a ring of anti-semites terrorizing the neighborhood.
    • Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray in The Moonlighter (1953)

      35. The Moonlighter

      19531h 18mApproved
      5.8 (818)
      A cattle herder turned rustler runs from a lynch mob and falls, again, for an ex-lover.
    • Charles Laughton, Bud Abbott, Hillary Brooke, Lou Costello, and Fran Warren in Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)

      36. Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd

      19521h 10mApproved
      5.7 (2.4K)
      Rocky and Puddin' Head are waiting tables at an inn on Tortuga when a letter given them by Lady Jane for delivery to Martingale gets switched with a treasure map. Kidd and Bonney kidnap them to Skull Island to find said treasure.
    • Three Husbands (1950)

      37. Three Husbands

      19501h 18mApproved
      5.5 (368)
      When a recently deceased playboy gets to heaven and is granted one wish--granted to all newcomers--he requests that he be able to see the reactions of three husbands.
    • World for Ransom (1954)

      38. World for Ransom

      19541h 22mApproved
      5.8 (694)
      In Singapore, a private detective and the British authorities are on the trail of a crime syndicate that kidnaps a nuclear physicist with the aim of selling him to the highest bidder.
    • Sterling Hayden, Viveca Lindfors, and Thomas Mitchell in Journey Into Light (1951)

      39. Journey Into Light

      19511h 27mApproved
      6.4 (147)
      A minister embittered by his wife's suicide turns away from God and ends up among the Skid Row bums before finding meaning again through the love of a missionary's blind daughter.
    • Roses Are Red (1947)

      40. Roses Are Red

      19471h 7mApproved
      6.0 (286)
      A paroled convict who bears a striking resemblance to the local District Attorney is hired by the mob to impersonate him, while the real District Attorney is kidnapped and held captive at a secret location.
    • Jack Nicholson, Mickey Rooney, and John Ireland in The Big Wheel (1949)

      41. The Big Wheel

      19491h 32mApproved
      5.6 (695)
      A brash young midget car race driver lives in the shadow of his famous father, a drunken womanizer, who was killed in an accident years earlier.
    • Laurette Luez in Prehistoric Women (1950)

      42. Prehistoric Women

      19501h 14mApproved
      2.9 (658)
      Tigri and her stone-age girl friends hate all men, but realizing they are a necessary evil, capture some for potential husbands.
    • Ginger Rogers, Jack Carson, and Joan Davis in The Groom Wore Spurs (1951)

      43. The Groom Wore Spurs

      19511h 21mApproved
      5.3 (407)
      An attorney is hired to keep a dumb cowboy out of trouble.
    • Gwendolyn Laster and Richard Rober in The Well (1951)

      44. The Well

      19511h 26mApproved
      7.2 (942)
      A small, racially-mixed American town succumbs to violence and utter mayhem after a white man suspected of kidnapping a missing black girl is released by the white authority.
    • Glenn Langan, Brenda Marshall, and George Montgomery in The Iroquois Trail (1950)

      45. The Iroquois Trail

      19501h 26mApproved
      6.2 (214)
      Hawkeye, an American scout, helps the British side in the French and Indian War, aided by his Indian blood brother Sagamore.
    • Queen for a Day (1951)

      46. Queen for a Day

      19511h 47mApproved
      6.9 (64)
      A series of vignettes linked together with the popular radio show of the same name, where women publicly reveal why they deserve to be Queen for the Day.
    • Lee J. Cobb, Richard Conte, and Vanessa Brown in The Fighter (1952)

      47. The Fighter

      19521h 18mApproved
      5.8 (185)
      In Mexico, a young boxer uses his winnings to buy guns to avenge his family's murder.
    • Don Castle, Virginia Christine, and Richard Gaines in The Invisible Wall (1947)

      48. The Invisible Wall

      19471h 12mApproved
      6.1 (138)
      When a mob boss sends gambler Harry Lane to Vegas to deliver 20K to a contact, Harry gambles the money away and must somehow recover it before getting into trouble with his employer.
    • Paula Corday and George Montgomery in The Sword of Monte Cristo (1951)

      49. The Sword of Monte Cristo

      19511h 20mApproved
      5.0 (216)
      In 1858 France, rebels hunt treasure to fund rebellion against Emperor. Noblewoman Christianne decodes uncle's clue to sword treasure. Captain Renault arrests rebels, gets sword for Minister La Roche who jails Christianne's uncle.
    • Yvonne De Carlo and Joel McCrea in The San Francisco Story (1952)

      50. The San Francisco Story

      19521h 20mApproved
      6.0 (338)
      In 1856, San Francisco is the scene of political battles between criminal organizations led by corrupt politicians and vigilante committees formed by honest citizens.

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