Subgenre Sampler
: 25144 Films to Buy & Rent
La Ronde (1950)
- Dir. Max Ophuls
Feat. Anton Walbrook, Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani…
- A witty chronicle of circular love–affairs and seductions in 19th century Vienna. Lavish sets and extravagent spiralling camerawork complement…
Long John Silver (1950)
- Dir. Byron Haskin
Feat. Robert Newton, Bobby Driscoll, Basil Sydney…
- Rambunctious adventure with arch pirate Long John Silver on the hunt for his young friend Jim Hawkins and maybe some treasure. Arrrrrgh!!! Notably…
Los Olvidados (The Young and the Damned, aka The Forgotten Ones) (1950)
- Dir. Luis Bunuel
- Ground–breaking masterwork from dir. Luis Bunuel's Meixcan period, set among slum children in Mexico City, whose harsh circumstances and…
Magnet, The (1950)
- Dir. Charles Frend
Feat. Stephen Murray, Kay Walsh, James Fox
- After tricking a school–chum out of a toy magnet, an 11yr–old James Fox gets the guilts and resolves to 'do good'. Quirkily…
Men, The (1950)
- Dir. Fred Zinnemann
Feat. Marlon Brando, Teresa Wright, Everett Sloane…
- Famous as Marlon Brando's film debut, playing a paraplegic war veteran struggling to come to terms with post–war life. Brando's smouldering…
Miracle in Milan (1950)
- Dir. Vittorio De Sica
Feat. Paolo Stoppa
- Memorable foray into satirical fantasy for dir. de Sica, in which a hobo philanthropist is given the power to work miracles in the…
Morning Departure (Operation Disaster) (1950)
- Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. John Mills, Nigel Patrick, Richard Attenborough
- A British submarine patrolling in the period just after WWII, hits a leftover mine and plunges seriously damaged to the sea–bed. The captain…
My Blue Heaven (1950)
- Dir. Henry Koster
Feat. Dan Dailey, Betty Grable, David Wayne…
- Treacly musical concerns a variety show couple enduring all manner of misfortune as they try to create a family of their own.
Unusually bright…
My Friend Irma Goes West (1950)
- Dir. Hal Walker
Feat. John Lund, Marie Wilson, Diana Lynn…
- Comedy sequel to MY FRIEND IRMA, based on the popular 1940's radio show of the same name. One of the early outings of comedy duo Dean Martin and…
Night and the City (1950)
- Dir. Jules Dassin
Feat. Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Googie Withers…
- An overlooked film noir gem that fires on all cylinders, marked above all by a sensationally giddy performance by Richard Widmark as a two–bit…