Films from the 1950s on The Criterion Channel 2026
Updated September 14, 2026Checked September 14, 2026
290 films
- The 400 Blows (1959)
- After the Curfew (1954)
- The Age of Swordfish (1955)
- Aladdin and the Magic Lamp (1954)
- Alain Mimoun (1959)
- All That Heaven Allows (1955)
- ...And God Created Woman (1956)
- And Now Miguel (1953)
- Androcles and the Lion (1952)
- Aparajito (1956)
- Appalachian Spring (1959)
- Araya (1959)
- Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
- The Atomic Submarine (1959)
- Aventurera (1950)
- Baby (1954)
- Baby Doll (1956)
- Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
- The Ballad of Narayama (1958)
- The Baron of Arizona (1950)
- Beautiful Days (1955)
- Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)
- Bigger Than Life (1956)
- Bim, the Little Donkey (1951)
- Black Orpheus (1959)
- Black River (1957)
- The Blazing Sun (1954)
- The Blob (1958)
- Blue Jeans (1958)
- Boyfriend in Sight (1954)
- Boyhood (1951)
- The Bridge (1959)
- Bridges-Go-Round 1 (1958)
- Brink of Life (1958)
- The Browning Version (1951)
- Bullfight (1955)
- The Burmese Harp (1956)
- Cairo Station (1958)
- The Caliph Stork (1954)
- The Card (1952)
- Carmen Comes Home (1951)
- Carmen's Innocent Love (1952)
- Casque d'Or (1952)
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
- A Chairy Tale (1957)
- Come Back, Africa (1959)
- Conflagration (1958)
- Corridors of Blood (1958)
- The Cousins (1959)
- The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
- Crazed Fruit (1956)
- Crazeologie (1954)
- The Cry of Jazz (1959)
- Dance in the Sun (1953)
- A Dancer's World (1957)
- Danger Stalks Near (1957)
- A Day in Barbagia (1958)
- Dead Horizons (1951)
- Death of a Cyclist (1955)
- The Devil of the Desert (1954)
- Diabolique (1955)
- Diary of a Pregnant Woman (1958)
- Dreams (1955)
- Early Spring (1956)
- Early Summer (1951)
- The Earrings of Madame de... (1953)
- Easter in Sicily (1955)
- Él (1953)
- Elena and Her Men (1956)
- Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
- Encore (1951)
- Endless Desire (1958)
- Equinox Flower (1958)
- The Eternal Rainbow (1958)
- Europa '51 (1952)
- Farewell to Dream (1956)
- Farewell to Spring (1959)
- Fear (1954)
- Fiend Without a Face (1958)
- Fires on the Plain (1959)
- Fireworks Over the Sea (1951)
- First Man into Space (1959)
- Fishing Boats (1958)
- The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (1952)
- Floating Clouds (1955)
- Floating Weeds (1959)
- The Flowers of St. Francis (1950)
- Flowing (1956)
- Forever a Woman (1955)
- The Forgotten (1959)
- Fountainhead (1956)
- French Cancan (1955)
- The Garden of Women (1954)
- Gate of Hell (1953)
- A Generation (1955)
- Ginza Cosmetics (1951)
- The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955)
- Girl with Hyacinths (1950)
- Godzilla (1954)
- Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
- Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956)
- Gold and Glory (1953)
- The Golden Coach (1952)
- The Golden Demon (1954)
- Golden Parable (1955)
- The Good Fairy (1951)
- Good Morning (1959)
- The Grand Manoeuvre (1955)
- Green Grow the Rushes (1951)
- He Who Is Without Sin... (1952)
- Hell Drivers (1957)
- The Hidden Fortress (1958)
- Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
- Hobson's Choice (1954)
- The Horse in Focus (1956)
- The Horse's Mouth (1958)
- I Am Waiting (1957)
- I Live in Fear (1955)
- I Vitelloni (1953)
- I Will Buy You (1956)
- The Idiot (1951)
- Ikiru (1952)
- Il Grido (1957)
- The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
- In Paris Parks (1954)
- Islands of Fire (1955)
- A Japanese Tragedy (1953)
- Journey to Italy (1954)
- Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955)
- Kanal (1957)
- A Kid for Two Farthings (1955)
- A King in New York (1957)
- King Lavra (1951)
- A Kiss Before Dying (1956)
- La Pointe Courte (1956)
- La Ronde (1950)
- La Strada (1954)
- La Villa Santo-Sospir (1952)
- Lady of The Train (1952)
- The Lamp (1959)
- Last Holiday (1950)
- Late Chrysanthemums (1954)
- Le Amiche (1955)
- Le Beau Serge (1959)
- Le Plaisir (1952)
- Le Sabotier du Val de Loire (1956)
- A Lesson in Love (1954)
- Letter from Siberia (1957)
- The Life of Oharu (1952)
- Limelight (1952)
- Lola Montès (1955)
- The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
- Look Back in Anger (1959)
- Love letter (1954)
- The Lovers (1958)
- The Lower Depths (1957)
- The Machine That Kills Bad People (1952)
- Madeleine (1950)
- The Magic Horse (1953)
- The Magician (1958)
- A Man Escaped (1956)
- Memories of the Olympic Summer of 1952 (1954)
- Miracle in Milan (1951)
- Miracles of Thursday (1957)
- The Mischief Makers (1957)
- Miss Julie (1951)
- A Moment in Love (1956)
- Mon Oncle (1958)
- Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953)
- The Moon Has Risen (1955)
- Mother (1952)
- Mother India (1957)
- The Munekata Sisters (1950)
- Murder (1957)
- The Music Room (1958)
- My One And Only Love (1957)
- The Mysterians (1957)
- The Mystery of Picasso (1956)
- Never Fear (1950)
- Niagara (1953)
- Night and Fog (1956)
- Night Drum (1958)
- The Night Heaven Fell (1958)
- The Night of the Hunter (1955)
- A Night to Remember (1958)
- No Down Payment (1957)
- Nobody's Children (1951)
- Odd Obsession (1959)
- Olympic Games 1956 (1956)
- On the Bowery (1957)
- Ordet (1955)
- Orgosolo’s Shepherds (1958)
- Orpheus (1950)
- Othello (1951)
- Pather Panchali (1955)
- The Perfect Game (1958)
- The Phantom Horse (1955)
- Pickpocket (1959)
- Plucking the Daisy (1956)
- Poison (1951)
- Presentation, or Charlotte and Her Steak (1951)
- Princess Yang Kwei-fei (1955)
- Rashomon (1950)
- The Red Balloon (1956)
- Repast (1951)
- Return to Glennascaul (1952)
- Richard III (1955)
- The River (1951)
- Robinson Crusoe (1954)
- The Rocket from Calabuch (1956)
- Rodan (1956)
- The Rose on His Arm (1956)
- The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film (1959)
- Rusty Knife (1958)
- Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)
- Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)
- Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956)
- Samurai Saga (1959)
- Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
- Sapphire (1959)
- Sawdust and Tinsel (1953)
- Scandal (1950)
- Sea Ballerinas (1956)
- Sea Countrymen (1955)
- Sea Urchins (1954)
- Senso (1954)
- Seven Samurai (1954)
- The Seventh Seal (1957)
- She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum (1955)
- Shozo, a Cat and Two Women (1956)
- Skyscraper (1959)
- Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
- The Snow Flurry (1959)
- So Long at the Fair (1950)
- Some Came Running (1958)
- The Song of Styrene (1958)
- Sound of the Mountain (1954)
- Stakeout (1958)
- The Star of Bethlehem (1956)
- The Steel Helmet (1951)
- Stolen Desire (1958)
- Street of Love and Hope (1959)
- Street of Shame (1956)
- Stromboli (1950)
- Struggle in the Harbor (1956)
- Summer Interlude (1951)
- Summer with Monika (1953)
- Summertime (1955)
- Sunday in Peking (1956)
- Sunlight (1957)
- Take Me in Your Arms (1954)
- The Tattered Wings (1955)
- The Thick-Walled Room (1956)
- Three Cases of Murder (1955)
- Throne of Blood (1957)
- Thus Another Day (1959)
- Tiger Bay (1959)
- Time Without Pity (1957)
- To Joy (1950)
- Tokyo Story (1953)
- Tokyo Twilight (1957)
- Tormento (1950)
- Torna! (1954)
- Trio (1950)
- Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)
- Two Men and a Wardrobe (1958)
- Ugetsu (1953)
- Umberto D. (1952)
- Uncle (1959)
- Undercurrent (1956)
- Variety Lights (1950)
- Vendetta of a Samurai (1952)
- Véronique and Her Dunce (1959)
- The VI Olympic Winter Games, Oslo 1952 (1952)
- Victims of Sin (1951)
- Violent Saturday (1955)
- The Wages of Fear (1953)
- Waiting Women (1952)
- Wedding Ring (1950)
- Welcome Mr. Marshall! (1953)
- When Angels Fall (1959)
- Where the World Meets (1952)
- The White Angel (1955)
- White Mane (1953)
- White Vertigo (1956)
- Wife (1953)
- The Wild Geese (1953)
- Wild Strawberries (1957)
- The Woman in Question (1950)
- Written on the Wind (1956)