Movies Set in the 1950s
Kinora's catalogue lists 222 films set in the 1950s, spanning 1950–2024. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.
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- 1957
12 Angry Men
Urbandir. Sidney Lumet - 1991
A Brighter Summer Day
Urbandir. Edward Yang - 1957
A Face in the Crowd
Urban · Ruraldir. Elia Kazan - 1951
A Place in the Sun
Urban · Ruraldir. George Stevens - 1954
A Star Is Born
Urbandir. George Cukor - 1951
A Streetcar Named Desire
Urbandir. Elia Kazan - 1951
Ace in the Hole
Desert · Ruraldir. Billy Wilder - 1955
All That Heaven Allows
Suburbandir. Douglas Sirk - 1992
American Me
Urbandir. Edward James Olmos - 1957
An Affair to Remember
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Leo McCarey - 1951
An American in Paris
Urbandir. Vincente Minnelli - 1959
Anatomy of a Murder
Ruraldir. Otto Preminger - 1953
Angel Face
dir. Otto Preminger - 1987
Angel Heart
Urbandir. Alan Parker - 1985
Back to the Future
Suburbandir. Robert Zemeckis - 1989
Back to the Future Part II
Suburbandir. Robert Zemeckis - 1990
Back to the Future Part III
Rural · Desertdir. Robert Zemeckis - 1974
Badlands
Rural · Wildernessdir. Terrence Malick - 1952
Bellissima
Urbandir. Luchino Visconti - 1958
Big Deal on Madonna Street
Urbandir. Mario Monicelli - 2003
Big Fish
Ruraldir. Tim Burton - 1996
Big Night
Coastal Seadir. Stanley Tucci - 1956
Bigger Than Life
Suburbandir. Nicholas Ray - 1988
Bird
Urbandir. Clint Eastwood - 1959
Black Orpheus
Urbandir. Marcel Camus - 1955
Blackboard Jungle
Urbandir. Richard Brooks - 1956
Bob le Flambeur
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Jean-Pierre Melville - 1989
Born on the Fourth of July
Suburbandir. Oliver Stone - 1950
Born Yesterday
Urbandir. George Cukor - 2015
Bridge of Spies
Urbandir. Steven Spielberg - 2015
Brooklyn
Urban · Ruraldir. John Crowley - 1956
Bus Stop
Urban · Ruraldir. Joshua Logan - 2005
Capote
Ruraldir. Bennett Miller - 1958
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Ruraldir. Richard Brooks - 2000
Chocolat
Ruraldir. Lasse Hallström - 1988
Cinema Paradiso
Rural · Urbandir. Giuseppe Tornatore - 1985
Clue
Ruraldir. Jonathan Lynn - 1980
Coal Miner's Daughter
Ruraldir. Michael Apted - 2018
Cold War
Urban · Ruraldir. Paweł Pawlikowski - 1967
Cool Hand Luke
Ruraldir. Stuart Rosenberg - 1954
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Wildernessdir. Jack Arnold - 1990
Cry-Baby
Urbandir. John Waters - 1989
Dead Poets Society
Ruraldir. Peter Weir - 1957
Desk Set
Urbandir. Walter Lang - 1951
Detective Story
Urbandir. William Wyler - 1955
Diabolique
Suburbandir. Henri-Georges Clouzot - 1954
Dial M for Murder
Urbandir. Alfred Hitchcock - 1951
Diary of a Country Priest
Ruraldir. Robert Bresson - 1982
Diner
Urbandir. Barry Levinson - 1989
Driving Miss Daisy
Urbandir. Bruce Beresford - 1951
Early Summer
Urban · Suburbandir. Yasujirō Ozu - 1994
Ed Wood
Urbandir. Tim Burton - 1958
Elevator to the Gallows
Urbandir. Louis Malle - 2022
Elvis
Urbandir. Baz Luhrmann - 1988
Everybody's All-American
Urbandir. Taylor Hackford - 2002
Far from Heaven
Suburbandir. Todd Haynes - 1993
Farewell My Concubine
Urbandir. Chen Kaige - 1950
Father of the Bride
Suburbandir. Vincente Minnelli - 2016
Fences
Urbandir. Denzel Washington - 1959
Floating Weeds
Coastal Seadir. Yasujirō Ozu - 1950
Force of Evil
Urbandir. Abraham Polonsky - 1994
Forrest Gump
Rural · Urban · Coastal Seadir. Robert Zemeckis - 1957
Funny Face
Urbandir. Stanley Donen - 1953
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Howard Hawks - 1998
Gods and Monsters
dir. Bill Condon - 1954
Godzilla
Urban · Island · Coastal Seadir. Ishirō Honda - 1959
Good Morning
Suburbandir. Yasujirō Ozu - 2005
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Urbandir. George Clooney - 1990
GoodFellas
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese - 1978
Grease
Suburbandir. Randal Kleiser - 1950
Gun Crazy
Ruraldir. Joseph H. Lewis - 1955
Guys and Dolls
Urbandir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz - 1950
Harvey
Suburbandir. Henry Koster - 1994
Heavenly Creatures
Urbandir. Peter Jackson - 2016
Hidden Figures
Urbandir. Theodore Melfi - 1959
Hiroshima Mon Amour
Urbandir. Alain Resnais - 1986
Hoosiers
Ruraldir. David Anspaugh - 1959
House on Haunted Hill
dir. William Castle - 1953
How to Marry a Millionaire
Urbandir. Jean Negulesco - 1964
I Am Cuba
Urban · Rural · Mountaindir. Mikhail Kalatozov - 1953
I Confess
Urbandir. Alfred Hitchcock - 1953
I Vitelloni
Coastal Seadir. Federico Fellini - 1958
I Want to Live!
Urbandir. Robert Wise - 1952
Ikiru
Urbandir. Akira Kurosawa - 1959
Imitation of Life
Urbandir. Douglas Sirk - 1950
In a Lonely Place
Urbandir. Nicholas Ray - 1967
In Cold Blood
Ruraldir. Richard Brooks - 1956
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Ruraldir. Don Siegel - 2014
Jersey Boys
Urbandir. Clint Eastwood - 1954
Journey to Italy
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Roberto Rossellini - 2009
Julie & Julia
Urbandir. Nora Ephron - 1952
Kansas City Confidential
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Phil Karlson - 1955
Kiss Me Deadly
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Robert Aldrich - 1997
Kundun
Mountain · Urbandir. Martin Scorsese - 1997
L.A. Confidential
Urbandir. Curtis Hanson - 1987
La Bamba
Urbandir. Luis Valdez - 1954
La Strada
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Federico Fellini - 1962
Lolita
Suburbandir. Stanley Kubrick - 1997
Lolita
Suburbandir. Adrian Lyne - 1996
Lone Star
Ruraldir. John Sayles - 1957
Love in the Afternoon
Urbandir. Billy Wilder - 2016
Loving
Ruraldir. Jeff Nichols - 1970
M*A*S*H
Ruraldir. Robert Altman - 1992
Malcolm X
Urbandir. Spike Lee - 1955
Marty
Urbandir. Delbert Mann - 2016
Maudie
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Aisling Walsh - 2000
Men of Honor
Coastal Seadir. George Tillman Jr. - 1951
Miracle in Milan
Urbandir. Vittorio De Sica - 1958
Mon Oncle
Suburban · Urbandir. Jacques Tati - 1953
Monsieur Hulot's Holiday
Coastal Seadir. Jacques Tati - 1980
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
Urbandir. Vladimir Menshov - 1985
My Life as a Dog
Ruraldir. Lasse Hallström - 1988
My Neighbor Totoro
Ruraldir. Hayao Miyazaki - 1953
Niagara
Urbandir. Henry Hathaway - 1957
Nights of Cabiria
Urbandir. Federico Fellini - 1959
North by Northwest
Urban · Ruraldir. Alfred Hitchcock - 1999
October Sky
Rural · Undergrounddir. Joe Johnston - 1954
On the Waterfront
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Elia Kazan - 1961
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
Urban · Ruraldir. Clyde Geronimi - 2023
Oppenheimer
Desert · Urbandir. Christopher Nolan - 1950
Panic in the Streets
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Elia Kazan - 2017
Phantom Thread
Urbandir. Paul Thomas Anderson - 1959
Pickpocket
Urbandir. Robert Bresson - 1953
Pickup on South Street
Urbandir. Samuel Fuller - 1959
Pillow Talk
Urbandir. Michael Gordon - 1998
Pleasantville
Suburbandir. Gary Ross - 1981
Porky's
Suburban · Wildernessdir. Bob Clark - 1960
Psycho
Ruraldir. Alfred Hitchcock - 1994
Quiz Show
Urbandir. Robert Redford - 1980
Raging Bull
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese - 1954
Rear Window
Urbandir. Alfred Hitchcock - 1955
Rebel Without a Cause
Suburban · Urbandir. Nicholas Ray - 1955
Rififi
Urbandir. Jules Dassin - 1953
Roman Holiday
Urbandir. William Wyler - 1954
Sabrina
Suburbandir. Billy Wilder - 1954
Secret of the Incas
Mountain · Urbandir. Jerry Hopper - 1997
Seven Years in Tibet
Mountain · Urbandir. Jean-Jacques Annaud - 1996
Shine
Suburban · Urbandir. Scott Hicks - 2010
Shutter Island
Islanddir. Martin Scorsese - 1986
Stand by Me
Ruraldir. Rob Reiner - 1951
Strangers on a Train
Urbandir. Alfred Hitchcock - 1952
Sudden Fear
Urbandir. David Miller - 1953
Summer with Monika
Urban · Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Ingmar Bergman - 1950
Sunset Boulevard
Urbandir. Billy Wilder - 1957
Sweet Smell of Success
Urbandir. Alexander Mackendrick - 1959
The 400 Blows
Urban · Coastal Seadir. François Truffaut - 1950
The Asphalt Jungle
Urbandir. John Huston - 1952
The Bad and the Beautiful
Urbandir. Vincente Minnelli - 1956
The Bad Seed
dir. Mervyn LeRoy - 1953
The Band Wagon
Urbandir. Vincente Minnelli - 1954
The Barefoot Contessa
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz - 1966
The Battle of Algiers
Urbandir. Gillo Pontecorvo - 1955
The Big Combo
Urbandir. Joseph H. Lewis - 1953
The Big Heat
Urbandir. Fritz Lang - 1958
The Blob
dir. Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. - 2024
The Brutalist
Urbandir. Brady Corbet - 1951
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Urbandir. Robert Wise - 2017
The Death of Stalin
Urbandir. Armando Iannucci - 1958
The Defiant Ones
Rural · Wildernessdir. Stanley Kramer - 1955
The Desperate Hours
Suburbandir. William Wyler - 2022
The Fabelmans
Suburban · Urbandir. Steven Spielberg - 1958
The Fly
Urbandir. Kurt Neumann - 2016
The Founder
Suburbandir. John Lee Hancock - 1972
The Godfather
Urbandir. Francis Ford Coppola - 1974
The Godfather Part II
Urban · Ruraldir. Francis Ford Coppola - 1956
The Harder They Fall
Urbandir. Mark Robson - 1953
The Hitch-Hiker
Desertdir. Ida Lupino - 1994
The Hudsucker Proxy
Urbandir. Joel Coen - 1957
The Incredible Shrinking Man
Suburbandir. Jack Arnold - 2019
The Irishman
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese - 1999
The Iron Giant
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Brad Bird - 1956
The Killing
Urbandir. Stanley Kubrick - 1987
The Last Emperor
Urbandir. Bernardo Bertolucci - 1971
The Last Picture Show
Ruraldir. Peter Bogdanovich - 1958
The Long, Hot Summer
Ruraldir. Martin Ritt - 1991
The Man in the Moon
Ruraldir. Robert Mulligan - 1956
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Urbandir. Alfred Hitchcock - 1955
The Man with the Golden Arm
Urbandir. Otto Preminger - 1962
The Manchurian Candidate
Urbandir. John Frankenheimer - 1979
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Urban · Suburbandir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder - 2012
The Master
Urbandir. Paul Thomas Anderson - 2004
The Motorcycle Diaries
Mountain · Desert · Ruraldir. Walter Salles - 1952
The Narrow Margin
dir. Richard Fleischer - 1994
The Postman
Island · Coastal Seadir. Michael Radford - 1993
The Remains of the Day
Ruraldir. James Ivory - 1983
The Right Stuff
Desert · Off Worlddir. Philip Kaufman - 1955
The Seven Year Itch
Urbandir. Billy Wilder - 1994
The Shawshank Redemption
Urbandir. Frank Darabont - 1999
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Anthony Minghella - 1951
The Thing from Another World
Wildernessdir. Christian Nyby - 1957
The Three Faces of Eve
Urbandir. Nunnally Johnson - 2011
The Tree of Life
Suburban · Off Worlddir. Terrence Malick - 1955
The Trouble with Harry
Ruraldir. Alfred Hitchcock - 1964
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Jacques Demy - 1953
The Wages of Fear
Desert · Wildernessdir. Henri-Georges Clouzot - 1953
The War of the Worlds
Rural · Urbandir. Byron Haskin - 1973
The Way We Were
dir. Sydney Pollack - 1952
The White Sheik
Urbandir. Federico Fellini - 1953
The Wild One
Ruraldir. László Benedek - 1956
The Wrong Man
Urbandir. Alfred Hitchcock - 1950
The Young and the Damned
Urbandir. Luis Buñuel - 1954
Them!
Desert · Urban · Undergrounddir. Gordon Douglas - 1993
This Boy's Life
Rural · Mountaindir. Michael Caton-Jones - 1955
To Catch a Thief
Coastal Seadir. Alfred Hitchcock - 1994
To Live
Ruraldir. Zhang Yimou - 1953
Tokyo Story
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Yasujirō Ozu - 1958
Touch of Evil
Urbandir. Orson Welles - 1954
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
Urbandir. Jacques Becker - 1952
Umberto D.
Urbandir. Vittorio De Sica - 1958
Vertigo
Urbandir. Alfred Hitchcock - 2005
Walk the Line
Rural · Urbandir. James Mangold - 1974
We All Loved Each Other So Much
Urbandir. Ettore Scola - 1955
We're No Angels
Coastal Seadir. Michael Curtiz - 1961
West Side Story
Urbandir. Jerome Robbins - 1993
What's Love Got to Do with It
Urbandir. Brian Gibson - 1950
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Urbandir. Otto Preminger - 1954
White Christmas
Rural · Mountaindir. Michael Curtiz - 1957
White Nights
Urbandir. Luchino Visconti - 1957
Wild Strawberries
Ruraldir. Ingmar Bergman - 1957
Witness for the Prosecution
Urbandir. Billy Wilder - 1956
Written on the Wind
dir. Douglas Sirk - 1963
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Urbandir. Vittorio De Sica
Frequently asked
How many movies are set in the 1950s?
Kinora's catalogue lists 222 films set in the 1950s, spanning 1950–2024.
What are some movies set in the 1950s?
Films set in the 1950s in our catalogue include 12 Angry Men (1957), A Brighter Summer Day (1991), A Face in the Crowd (1957), A Place in the Sun (1951), and A Star Is Born (1954).
What is the oldest movie set in the 1950s?
Born Yesterday (1950) is the earliest film set in the 1950s in our catalogue; the most recent is The Brutalist (2024).