Best Movies of the 1950s

These are the 48 best-rated movies released in the 1950s, led by Dos tipos de cuidado, His Bitter Half and ¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer?. Ranked by audience score, with cast, trailers and legal places to watch on every page.

1. Dos tipos de cuidado (1953)

★ 8.4/10

Jorge Bueno and Pedro Malo are best friends who consider giving up their womanizing ways when they each fall in love. As fate would have it, Pedro Malo unexpectedly marries Jorge Bueno's girlfriend, and the conflict…
2. His Bitter Half (1950)

★ 8.1/10

Daffy Duck marries for money, but the bossy wife and her raucous, trouble-making little son soon have him wanting out.
3. ¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer? (1951)

★ 8.1/10

This musical comedy tells the story of two men whose friendship (whose beginning is told in "A toda máquina") is affected by assumptions love triangles and misunderstandings between the two, however, the value of that…
4. Poverty and Nobility (1954)

★ 8.0/10

Eugene, a young nobleman, asks two penniless idlers to impersonate his noble relatives to help him marry Gemma, the daughter of an enriched cook.
5. Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation (1952)

★ 7.9/10

The Kettles are in Paris along with their daughter-in-law's parents the Parkers. Pa tries to buy racy postcards. He also gets in big trouble when he is given a letter to deliver to Adolph Wade, a spy who gets killed by…
6. Income Tax Sappy (1954)

★ 7.7/10

Tax cheats Moe, Larry and Shemp decide they're so good at cheating the government, that they start a business as crooked tax advisors. They become rich, but an undercover agent from the IRS gets the goods on them, and…
7. Has the Film Already Started? (1951)

★ 7.6/10

“A pink moving screen will stand at the entrance to the theatre, in the night. One hour before the screening a projectionist will show Griffith’s Intolerance on this screen. The start of the film will be announced at…
8. Aventurera (1950)

★ 7.6/10

Left alone after her mother runs off with another man and her father kills himself, Elena attempts to make a new life for herself in a new city. Believing he's a friend, Elena goes to dinner with "Pretty Boy" Lucio…
9. What's Opera, Doc? (1957)

★ 7.6/10

Elmer Fudd is again hunting rabbits - only this time it's an opera. Wagner's Siegfried with Elmer as the titular hero and Bugs as Brunnhilde. They sing, they dance, they eat the scenery.
10. Fate of a Man (1959)

★ 7.6/10

The story of a man whose life was ruthlessly crippled by World War II. His wife and daughters were killed during the bombing of his village, he spent some time as a prisoner, and his only son was killed in action only…
11. 5 Fingers (1952)

★ 7.6/10

During WWII, the valet to the British Ambassador to Ankara sells British secrets to the Germans while trying to romance a refugee Polish countess.
12. Tizoc (1957)

★ 7.6/10

An Indian arouses envy for his expertise in hunting animals without ruining their skins, for his wisdom and his kindness.
13. Rabbit Fire (1951)

★ 7.5/10

Daffy Duck and Bugs argue back and forth whether it is duck season or rabbit season. The object of their arguments is hunter Elmer Fudd.
14. Tree for Two (1952)

★ 7.4/10

A rough and tough bulldog named Spike sets out with his admirer, a small dog named Chester, to rough up a cat. They encounter Sylvester and chase him into a junkyard, where a black panther that escaped from a zoo just…
15. A Mouse Divided (1953)

★ 7.4/10

A drunken stork delivers a baby mouse to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Cat. Sylvester is about to eat the little rodent when it calls him Daddy. Touched, Sylvester adopts the mouse as his son - which…
16. Welcome Mr. Marshall! (1953)

★ 7.4/10

A small Spanish town, Villar del Río, is alerted to the upcoming visit of American diplomats and its ruling townsmen begin preparations to impress the American visitors, in the hopes of benefiting under the Marshall…
17. No Parking Hare (1954)

★ 7.4/10

A construction worker wants to blast Bugs out of his rabbit hole so he can build a freeway.
18. The Fair Haired Hare (1951)

★ 7.3/10

Yosemite Sam and Bugs battle it out over property rights above Bugs' rabbit hole.
19. Bonanza Bunny (1959)

★ 7.3/10

Bugs fights with Blacque Jacque Shellacque over Klondike gold.
20. Double or Mutton (1955)

★ 7.3/10

Ralph Wolf wants to steal sheep; Sam Sheepdog wants to stop him. Ralph's tricks include digging a tunnel, walking a tightrope, launching a guided missile, dressing as Little Bo Peep, shooting a cannon and growing Sam's…
21. Piker's Peak (1957)

★ 7.3/10

In the Alps Bugs and Yosemite Sam vie for 50,000 Cronkites, the prize for the who "climbs the Schmatterhorn."
22. Wild and Woolly Hare (1959)

★ 7.2/10

Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam duel with trains in an Old West shootout.
23. Frisky (1954)

★ 7.2/10

The relationships between a veteran marshal, his bride-to-be, a rookie and his fiancée are severely tested when the young carabiniere is temporarily sent to a distant town.
24. Rabbitson Crusoe (1956)

★ 7.2/10

Crusoe, played by Yosemite Sam, has been living off coconuts for 20 years when Bugs washes up on his island.
25. Aladdin and the Magic Lamp (1954)

★ 7.2/10

Aladdin, a poor tailor in Baghdad, discovers a magic lamp with a genie inside. After he uses it to gain wealth and the hand of the caliph's daughter, he must fend off an evil sorcerer who wants the lamp for himself.
26. Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki (1955)

★ 7.2/10

Ma and Pa, along with daughter Rosie, go off to Hawaii in answer to cousin Rodney's call for help running his pineapple farm while he recovers from an illness. Pa soon causes a major explosion and gets himself kidnapped.
27. Rabbit Every Monday (1951)

★ 7.2/10

Yosemite Sam traps Bugs Bunny and tries to cook him -- until he sees that Bugs is having a party and wants to join in the fun.
28. Knighty Knight Bugs (1958)

★ 7.2/10

King Arthur's kingdom and the knights of the Round Table are in the doldrums since the Dark Knight stole the Singing Sword and put it under the protection of a fire-breathing dragon. The king's jester, Bugs Bunny, says…
29. Lumber Jack-Rabbit (1953)

★ 7.2/10

Bugs Bunny stumbles on the carrot patch of Paul Bunyan, but doesn't realize that it is guarded by a 124-foot, 4,600-ton dog named Smidgen.
30. Dracula in Istanbul (1953)

★ 7.1/10

Azmi has taken on the role of lawyer for a count named Dracula living in Romania. Dracula is a vampire descended from Vlad the Impaler and wants to buy many houses in Istanbul through Azmi. When Azmi learned that…
31. The Kettles in the Ozarks (1956)

★ 7.1/10

Ma and the kids head out to help Pa's brother Sedgewick with the his farm in Mournful Hollow, Arkansas. Things get tighter when a couple of bootleggers rent Sedge's barn to manufacture moonshine. With Ma and the kids…
32. The Framed Cat (1950)

★ 7.1/10

Tom filches a drumstick from a fresh-baked chicken. When Mammy is about to discover him, he hands it off to Jerry; this lets him be a hero to Mammy and still get his chicken. Jerry is miffed, and sees his chance to…
33. Boobs in the Woods (1950)

★ 7.1/10

Porky sets out to the great outdoors to paint landscapes, but Daffy claims that the lake and mountains are his, and he refuses to let Porky paint them.
34. Cracked Quack (1952)

★ 7.1/10

Daffy Duck takes shelter from a blizzard by sneaking into a cozy home owned by Porky Pig. Daffy tries to secretly mooch off of Porky for an entire winter, but Porky's dog realizes that Daffy isn't the stuffed ornament…
35. Hip Hip-Hurry! (1958)

★ 7.1/10

Wile E. Coyote is once again after the Road Runner, this time resorting to hand grenades, dynamite, falling rocks and a speed potion (which contains vitamins R, P and M).
36. The Caliph Stork (1954)

★ 7.0/10

Wishing to take power for himself, a magician tricks his nephew, The Caliph of Baghdad, into sniffing a powder which turns him into a stork.
37. Beanstalk Bunny (1955)

★ 7.0/10

Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck (as Jack) find themselves at the top of a beanstalk where they get chased around by a giant Elmer Fudd.
38. The Lower Depths (1957)

★ 7.0/10

Residents of a rundown boardinghouse in 19th-century Japan, including a mysterious old man and an aging actor, get drawn into a love triangle that turns violent. When amoral thief Sutekichi breaks off his affair with…
39. The Grasshopper and the Ant (1954)

★ 7.0/10

A musical Grasshopper continues to play his violin while the Ant works hard to prepare for the winter. Later as winter arrives Grasshopper realizes he is not ready for winter and falls ill.
40. Victims of Sin (1951)

★ 6.9/10

A nightclub performer decides to raise the baby boy she found abandoned in a trash can, putting her job and social life in jeopardy.
41. Ben and Me (1953)

★ 6.9/10

A revisionist version of American history as a small mouse comes to live with Benjamin Franklin and turns out to be responsible for many of his ideas; including the beginning of the Declaration of Independance!
42. A Bear for Punishment (1951)

★ 6.9/10

Junyer Bear has a number of surprises for Good Ol' Pa on Good Ol' Father's Day, whether he wants them or not.
43. People Are Bunny (1959)

★ 6.9/10

Daffy Duck needs to get Bugs Bunny into QTTV's studio ASAP in order to win the thousand dollar prize.
44. Baby Buggy Bunny (1954)

★ 6.9/10

Baby-Faced Finster robs a bank, but the baby carriage with the money in it goes down Bugs' rabbit hole.
45. Plop Goes the Weasel! (1953)

★ 6.9/10

A lip-smacking weasel invades the barnyard of Foghorn Leghorn and his usual canine foe, and Foghorn is quite willing to put baby chicks in danger of being taken by the weasel so long as it makes the dog appear to be…
46. The Vampire (1957)

★ 6.9/10

A pretty young Mexican girl returns to her hometown to make funeral arrangements for her beloved aunt, who has just died. Soon she begins to hear disturbing stories about the town being infested by vampires, and she…
47. The Moonraker (1958)

★ 6.8/10

After the battle of Worcester at the end of the Civil War, the main aim of Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth is to capture Charles Stuart. The future king's escape depends on the intrepid Earl of Dawlish, who as the…
48. The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm (1957)

★ 6.8/10

Ma and Pa do their bit to hook lumberman Brad Johnson up with spoiled socialite Sally Flemming. Ma teaches Sally how to behave like a hick so she'll be compatible with Brad.