Drama Movies
I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1951)
A ruthless fashion designer steps on everyone in her way in order to reach the top of her profession. Eventually she is forced to choose between her ambition and the…
Teresa (1951)
An Italian war bride has problems dealing with her husband’s possessive mother.
The Thing from Another World (1951)
Scientists and US Air Force officials fend off a blood-thirsty alien organism while investigating at a remote arctic outpost.
The Late Edwina Black (1951)
When a sickly Victorian woman dies suddenly, a postmortem reveals that her body contains a fatal dose of arsenic. Suspicion falls on her husband and her companion, who are lovers….
Cause for Alarm! (1951)
A bedridden and gravely ill man believes his wife and doctor are conspiring to kill him, and outlines his suspicions in a letter.
Insurance Investigator (1951)
When a businessman who has had a double indemnity policy taken out on him dies mysteriously, his insurance company sends an undercover investigator to town to determine exactly what happened.
Bird of Paradise (1951)
Andre Laurence accompanies his college roommate, Tenga, back to Tenga’s Polynesian island home. There, Andre becomes attracted to the native life and his friend’s sister, Kalua.
Air Cadet (1951)
A group of cadets have assorted problems at the U.S. Air Force Pilot Training Academy.
Mask of the Dragon (1951)
A private eye and his girlfriend avenge his buddy, stabbed over a jade dragon.
The Blonde Pick-Up (1951)
Scalli is a gangster who manages women wrestlers as a front for his bookmaking, drug, and prostitution rackets. He trusts the wrong people and ends up trying to run away…
Native Son (1951)
M (1951)
Remake of the 1931 Fritz Lang original. In the city, someone is murdering children. The Police search is so intense, it is disturbing the ‘normal’ criminals, and the local hoods…
The Enforcer (1951)
After years of investigation, Assistant District Attorney Martin Ferguson has managed to build a solid case against an elusive gangster whose top lieutenant is about to testify.
Pool of London (1951)
Jewel thieves, murder, and a manhunt swirl around a sailor off a cargo ship in post-war London.
I’d Climb the Highest Mountain (1951)
A minister from the Deep South is assigned a new parish and moves with his wife to a town in Georgia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, where he tends to the spiritual…
Storm Warning (1951)
A fashion model witnesses the brutal assassination of an investigative journalist by the Ku Klux Klan while traveling to a small town to visit her sister.
Diary of a Country Priest (1951)
The Long Dark Hall (1951)
A devoted family man tries to help a beautiful alcoholic showgirl with her life, and becomes the the only suspect when someone else murders her.
Payment on Demand (1951)
David gives his wife, Joyce, an unexpected—and unpleasant—surprise when he suddenly demands a divorce. When she then learns that David has taken up with a younger woman, Joyce decides to…
Operation Pacific (1951)
During WWII, Duke E. Gifford is second in command of the USS Thunderfish, a submarine which is firing off torpedoes that either explode too early or never explode at all….
The Frogmen (1951)
The new commander of a Navy Underwater Demolition Team–nicknamed “Frogmen”–must earn the respect of the men in his unit, who are still grieving over the death of their former commander…
The Steel Helmet (1951)
A ragtag group of American stragglers battles against superior Communist troops in an abandoned Buddhist temple during the Korean War.
The Dark Man (1951)
A killer called ‘The Dark Man’ commits double murder. This is witnessed by the young aspiring actress Molly Lester. The Dark Man tries everything to put Molly out of the…
Halls of Montezuma (1951)
Richard Widmark leads an all star cast of marine leathernecks including Jack Palance, Robert Wagner, Karl Malden, Richard Boone and Jack Webb into battle on a heavily fortified island. This…
Dead Horizons (1951)
Pagan Love Song (1950)
Island girl Mimi plans to leave Tahiti, but maybe she’ll have a reason to stay when Mr. Endicott arrives.
The Flying Missile (1950)
A Navy commander experiments with launching missiles from submarines.
The Flowers of St. Francis (1950)
In a series of simple and joyous vignettes, director Roberto Rossellini and co-writer Federico Fellini lovingly convey the universal teachings of the People’s Saint: humility, compassion, faith, and sacrifice. Gorgeously…
The Sound of Fury (1950)
A family man – desperate for a job – latches onto a friend who encourages him into being a criminal.
Kim (1950)
During the British Raj, the orphan of a British soldier poses as a Hindu and is torn between his loyalty to a Buddhist mystic and aiding the English secret service.
Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard (1950)
A federal agent joins forces with a British lawman to foil a spy ring.
The Tougher They Come (1950)
Set in a rugged Northwest logging camp, this drama follows the exploits of the lumberjack who inherits the camp. For a long time, he has been courting a pretty young…
Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)
France, 1640. Cyrano, the charismatic swordsman-poet with the absurd nose, hopelessly loves the beauteous Roxane; she, in turn, confesses to Cyrano her love for the handsome but tongue-tied Christian. The…
The Fireball (1950)
Johnny Casar runs away from the orphanage to start a successful career as a roller skater and after setbacks learns to curb his ruthlessness and ambition.
All About Eve (1950)
From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers…
American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950)
American soldiers stranded in the Philippines after the Japanese invasion form guerrilla bands to fight back. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation…