1950's SciFi Films

Required Viewing...

The Day the Earth Stood Still

Forbidden Planet

This Island Earth

Conquest of Space

When Worlds Collide

War of the Worlds (George Pal version)

Invaders from Mars (1953 version)

It Came From Outer Space

The Mysterians

Important Precedent-Setting Historical References...

Metropolis (1926)

Der Frau im Mond (1929)

Things to Come (1936)

Also Ran...

Rocket Ship X-M

Destination Moon

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Time Machine (1960, George Pal)

Earth Versus the Flying Saucers

Good, but strictly speaking not SciFi...

King Kong

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms

Creature from the Black Lagoon

Godzilla, King of the Monsters

It Came from Beneath the Seas

Journey to the Center of the Earth

The Incredible Shrinking Man

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