1950s films
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DramaHarlem Globetrotters
Drama 1951 / 77 minutes Rating: 7/10 This won’t appeal to most of Reformed Perspective‘s readers. But for the right audience, this will be an…
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DramaAnastasia
Drama / Mystery 1956 / 105 min Rating: 7/10 In 1918 Communist revolutionaries murdered the Czar and his family, and for years afterwards rumors persisted…
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FamilyIvanhoe
Drama / Adventure 1952 / 107 minutes Rating: 8/10 If you love the story of Robin Hood, this is the sequel (or maybe prequel) that…
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DramaThe Man in the White Suit
Drama / Conspiracy / Comedy 1951 / 85 minutes RATING: 8/10 Planned obsolescence – it’s why you have to replace your 5-year-old laptop even though…
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DramaBad Day at Black Rock
Drama 1955 / 81 minutes Rating: 8/10 John J. Macreedy wasn’t looking to start anything. But when he steps off the train into a one-road…
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FamilyThe Court Jester
Musical comedy/Spoof 1956 / 101 min Rating: 8/10 In medieval England, the crown has been usurped, and the only surviving heir to the throne is…
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DramaRoman Holiday
Comedy 1953 / 118 minutes RATING: 8/10 Princess Ann is on a tour of Europe, and the masses can’t get enough of her. It’s no…
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Drama12 Angry Men
Drama 1957 / 96 min. Rating: 9/10 A movie that takes place in a single room? All dialogue, and no car chases or explosions? 12…
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DramaHigh Noon
Western / Drama 1952 / 85 min. Rating: 9/10 In a contender for best Western of all time, Gary Cooper plays the newly married Marshal…
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DramaRun Silent, Run Deep
Drama 1958 / 93 minutes RATING: 8/10 After a Japanese destroyer, the Akrikaze, sinks his submarine, Commander P.J. Richardson is assigned desk duty, giving him plenty of…
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AnimatedAnimal Farm (1954)
Animated / Drama 1954 / 72 minutes RATING: 7/10 This is George Orwell’s classic dystopian tale brought to the big screen. A farm setting is…
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FamilyThe Red Balloon
Family / Foreign 1956 / 34 minutes RATING: 7/10 This Oscar-winning short film tells the story of a boy and the bright red balloon that…
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FamilyThe Sword and the Rose
Family / Drama 1953 / 92 minutes Rating: 7/10 When I first found this film and read in the description that the hero was Mary…
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FamilyJack and the Beanstalk
Children’s 1952 / 83 minutes Rating: 7/10 Bud Abbott and Lou Costello star in their own version of this classic tale. The story begins with…
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FamilyThe Sign of Zorro
Family / Drama 1958 / 90 minutes Rating: 8/10 Is Zorro a Spanish version of Robin Hood? The Spanish California of the 1800s stands in…
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Movie ReviewsDragnet Season 1 (1951) – 4 free episodes
TV series 1951 / 26 minutes each RATING: 7/10 In the 1950s fans of Dragnet could not only watch it on TV, but listen to it…
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FamilyJohnny Tremain
Historical drama / Family 80 min / 1957 RATING: 7/10 Walt Disney clearly loved American history, and Johnny Tremain is another of his homages to…
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Family20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Family / Classic 127 minutes / 1954 RATING 7/10 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a childhood favorite that I’ve been looking forward to sharing…
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DramaThe Spirit of St. Louis
Family / Biography 1957 / 135 minutes RATING: 7/10 Charles Lindbergh’s 1927 flight wasn’t the first to cross the North Atlantic. That was accomplished 8…