Drama Movies
The Underworld Story (1950)
A blacklisted reporter brings his shady ways to a small-town newspaper after being fired from a big city daily.
Waterfront (1950)
When ship’s fireman Peter McCabe walks out on his long-suffering wife, he leaves her impoverished, with two young daughters and a boy born soon after his departure. After an absence…
The Furies (1950)
A New Mexico cattle man and his strong-willed daughter clash over land and love.
Broken Arrow (1950)
Indian scout Tom Jeffords is sent out to stem the war between the American settlers and Apaches in the late 1870s Arizona. He learns that the Indians kill only to…
The Great Jewel Robber (1950)
Director Peter Godfrey’s 1950 drama, inspired by true events, dramatizes the crime spree of the notorious jewel thief known as “The Hollywood Raffles”, whose famous robbery victims included such real-life…
The Second Woman (1950)
In flashback from a ‘Rebecca’-style beginning: Ellen Foster, visiting her aunt on the California coast, meets neighbor Jeff Cohalan and his ultramodern clifftop house. Ellen is strongly attracted to Jeff,…
Once a Thief (1950)
A down-on-her-luck San Francisco woman, turning in desperation to jewel robbery, barely escapes getting nabbed in a heist and moves to Los Angeles where she gets an honest job as…
Crisis (1950)
An American doctor gets caught in the middle of a revolution when he’s forced to operate on a South American dictator.
Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
A police detective’s violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.
Bitter Springs (1950)
A family buy land set around a water hole in a remote location, that is occupied by native Australians. The two groups clash.
The Next Voice You Hear… (1950)
The Next Voice You Hear… (1950) is a drama film in which a voice claiming to be that of God preempts all radio programs for days all over the world….
Destination Moon (1950)
A team composed of an aerospace scientist, an ex-Air Force general, and an industrialist conceives an ambitious plan to land Americans on the moon. From their base in the Mojave…
Bright Leaf (1950)
Two tobacco growers battle for control of the cigarette market.
The Woman on Pier 13 (1950)
Communists blackmail a shipping executive into spying for them.
Night and the City (1950)
Londoner Harry Fabian is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with Harry’s schemes, his girlfriend, Mary, becomes fed up when he taps her…
Spy Hunt (1950)
Roger Quain, escorting two zoo-bound black panthers on the train from Milan to Paris, is unaware that a Western agent, Catherine Ullven, has hidden a microfilm in the collar of…
Dance Hall (1950)
Episodic tale of four factory girls and their various romances at the local dance hall in Chiswick, London. Unusual at the time, the film tells its story from a feminine…
The Lawless (1950)
A newspaper editor takes on the cause of oppressed migrant Mexican fruit pickers.
Shadow on the Wall (1950)
Angered that her sister Celia has stolen her fiance, Dell Faring kills her and allows Celia’s husband David, knocked out in an argument with Celia, to take the blame and…
Caged (1950)
A single mistake puts a 19-year old girl behind bars, where she experiences the terrors and torments of women in prison.
Father of the Bride (1950)
Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she announces her engagement through to the wedding itself, we learn of all the surprises and…
In a Lonely Place (1950)
A violent screenwriter and a female neighbor fall in love after she clears him of murder, but she begins to have second thoughts.
Last Holiday (1950)
George Bird is a salesman of agricultural machinery who finds out that he hasn’t long to live. On his doctor’s advice, he goes to an exclusive seaside resort to spend…
I Was a Shoplifter (1950)
A police detective uses any means possible to trap a gang of shoplifters.
The Damned Don’t Cry (1950)
Fed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob.
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar “Doc” Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big…
Stars in My Crown (1950)
Civil War veteran Josiah Grey comes to a small town to be a gospel minister. In time, he has a family and many friends but also finds friction with a…
Operation Haylift (1950)
A pilot devises a plan to airlift hay to thousands of ranch cattle stranded and dying due to severe winter weather.
Prelude to Fame (1950)
While holidaying in Italy, Nick Morell, son of John Morell, a famous English philosopher and amateur musician, becomes friendly with young Guido, and Morell discovers the boy has an extraordinary…
Scandal (1950)
Western Pacific Agent (1950)
An agent searches for a psychopath guilty of robbery and murder, and falls in love with a murder victim’s sister.
The Capture (1950)
A badly injured fugitive explains to a priest how he came to be in his present predicament.
One Way Street (1950)
After stealing a gangster’s money and his girlfriend, a doctor heads for a small village in Mexico to hide out.
Appointment with Danger (1950)
Al Goddard, a detective who works for the United States Postal Inspection Service, is assigned to arrest two criminals who’ve allegedly murdered a U.S. postal detective.
Cheaper by the Dozen (1950)
“Cheaper by the Dozen”, based on the real-life story of the Gilbreth family, follows them from Providence, Rhode Island, to Montclair, New Jersey, and details the amusing anecdotes found in…
The Yellow Cab Man (1950)
Pirdy is accident prone. He has been denied insurance from every company in town because he is always getting hit or hurt in some way. On the day that he…
House by the River (1950)
Wealthy writer Stephen Byrne tries to seduce the family maid, but when she resists, he kills her. Long jealous of his brother John, Stephen does his best to pin the…
Guilt Is My Shadow (1950)
A woman is haunted by her conscience after she murders a man and then hides the body. Based on the novel ‘You’re Best Alone’ by Norah Lofts.