Panic in the Streets 1950
A medical examiner discovers that an innocent shooting victim in a robbery died of bubonic plague. With only 48 hours to find the killer, who is now a ticking time bomb threatening the entire city, a grisly manhunt through the seamy underworld of the New Orleans Waterfront is underway.
Dir. Elia Kazan · United States · 6.8/10
The Killer That Stalked New York 1950
In New York, Sheila Bennet and her spouse, Matt Krane, are trying to unload a trove of rare jewels they smuggled into America from Cuba, but the police are hot on the couple's trail. Meanwhile, government officials begin a desperate search for an unknown individual who is infecting the city with smallpox.
Dir. Earl McEvoy · United States · 6.1/10
Five 1951
Five survivors of a nuclear holocaust struggle to coexist and rebuild in a devastated world.
Dir. Arch Obler · United States · 6.5/10
When Worlds Collide 1951
As a rogue planet hurtles toward Earth a small group of people construct a spaceship to escape.
Dir. Rudolph Maté · United States · 6.3/10
Captive Women 1952
In a post-nuclear New York three tribes of survivors fight for dominance and survival.
Dir. Stuart Gilmore · United States · 4.7/10
Red Skies of Montana 1952
Smokejumpers battle a massive forest fire in Montana.
United States · 5.2/10
Robot Monster 1953
An alien robot attempts to wipe out humanity leaving only a small group of survivors.
Dir. Phil Tucker · Australia · 4.5/10
Day the World Ended 1955
Survivors of a nuclear war take refuge in a valley protected from radiation facing various challenges.
Dir. Roger Corman · United States · 5/10
The Night My Number Came Up 1955
British Air Marshal Hardie is attending a party in Hong Kong when he hears of a dream, told by a pilot, in which Hardie's flight to Tokyo on a small Dakota propeller plane crashes on a Japanese beach. Hardie dismisses the dream as pure fantasy, but while he is flying to Tokyo the next day, circumstances start changing to align with the pilot's vivid vision, and it looks like the dream disaster may become a reality.
United Kingdom · 6.8/10
The Rains of Ranchipur 1955
India. The spoilt and stubborn Edwina Esketh, comes to a small town with her husband. She falls in love with an indian doctor, Dr. Safti. She also meets an old friend of hers, the alcoholic Tom Ransome. An awful earthquake is followed by days of rain.
Dir. Jean Negulesco · United States · 4.9/10
A Short Vision 1956
The leaders, the wise men, the leopard, the deer, the owl and the rat all look up in the sky in fear as a strange object flies through the sky.
United Kingdom · 6.4/10
World Without End 1956
Astronauts crash-land centuries in the future, on an Earth ravaged by nuclear war and inhabited by mutants.
United States
The Night the World Exploded 1957
Scientists race to save the world from destruction caused by a new unstable element.
United States · 4.6/10
Zero Hour! 1957
In 1950s Canada, during a commercial flight, the pilots and some passengers suffer food poisoning, thus forcing an ex-WW2 fighter pilot to try to land the airliner in heavy fog.
United States · 6.7/10
A Night to Remember 1958
The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the perspective of the ocean liner's second officer, Charles Lightoller. Despite numerous warnings about ice, the ship sails on, with Capt. Edward John Smith keeping it going at a steady clip. When the doomed vessel finally hits an iceberg, the crew and passengers discover that they lack enough lifeboats, and tragedy follows.
United Kingdom · 7.6/10
Teenage Caveman 1958
A young caveman challenges his tribe's superstitions in a world that may be post-apocalyptic.
Dir. Roger Corman · United States · 3.9/10
The Lost Missile 1958
A mysterious missile threatens to destroy Earth as scientists race to stop it.
Dir. Lester Wm. Berke · United States · 4.6/10
Godzilla Raids Again (ゴジラの逆襲) 1959
Two fishing scout pilots make a horrifying discovery when they encounter a second Godzilla alongside a new monster named Anguirus. Without the weapon that killed the original, authorities attempt to lure Godzilla away from the mainland. But Anguirus soon arrives and the two monsters make their way towards Osaka as Japan braces for tragedy.
Japan · 6/10
On the Beach 1959
Survivors in Australia await the arrival of deadly radiation following a nuclear war.
Dir. Stanley Kramer · United States · 6.6/10
The World the Flesh and the Devil 1959
Three survivors of a global catastrophe struggle with their relationships and prejudices in an empty New York City.
Dir. Ranald MacDougall · United States · 6.3/10