1950s Movies

Documentary about the life and work of Mário Eloy, one of the greatest painters of the second generation of modernism in Portugal.

Set in the Faubourg à mélasse district of Montreal, Quebec, in the 1950s, the film centres on a conflict between the Roman Catholic...

In the summer of 1959, as a magazine correspondent, writer and filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-75) traveled along the Italian coast. In 1963, he...

Carmen has a daughter, Patricia, who attends a school for young ladies where they think Carmen is married to a sailor. Viviano is a friend of Carmen...

The fifties, a Soviet space shuttle crashes in West Germany. The only passenger, a cosmonaut chimpanzee, spreads a deadly virus all over the country.

Well-intentioned Tin Tan who is always making trouble for other people, sometimes on purpose and sometimes by accident.

A depressed wife and mother whose reality is starting to fracture into fantasy, drives her children to the beach. On the return journey she stops at...

The movie recalls children who suffered mental and physical harm both during the last century, particularly in religious orphanages, and during the...

The daughter of two famous writers, Helena upholds her late father's reputation, reciting his poems on various occasions and cherishing the memory of...

At the racetrack, cleaner, Willy Joy is tricked into buying Lindy Lou, a useless greyhound, who's not too healthy either. While getting the dog back...

Set in 1952, the story follows events around the "Peace Run", a propaganda 3-day marathon for peace. The winner is to be presented with a new...

A biopic of Iranian-born tennis player and showman Mansour Bahrami.

A young detective in 1950’s Los Angeles comes to terms with their identity while tracking down a serial killer targeting the city’s top...

This dark comedy horror short is a twisted parody of 1950s how-to videos, with a cheerful yet sinister charm.

The story, written by former George Stransky former political prisoners and today's chairman Pen Club is situated to 50 years and uranium camp of...

Film biography of Eileen Joyce, the celebrated Australian pianist, concentrating on her childhood in the Tasmanian bush and the Kalgoorlie...

The nostalgic retrospective of the time from a very candid perspective, over five chapters.

An atypical portrait of singer, songwriter, poet Georges Brassens.